XPath is one of the important elements in the W3C's XSLT standard and is often referred as a query language used to help us navigate through attributes, elements and other XML objects. It helps us identify the information and process the data in xml-based data sources in an efficient manner. Read on to learn more...
XSD provides the syntax and defines a way in which elements and attributes can be represented in an XML document. Ramesh Balaji introduces XSD Schema and explains the technology's benefits using a case study.
Understand the basics of the ODF format, and specifically its implementation in spreadsheet applications (OpenOffice.org Calc and Microsoft Office Excel 2007 SP2). Presented is a demo application that writes/reads tabular data to/from .ODS files.
Discover how to design user-driven applications
By Chris Bennett - Learn how to create Word documents in your application without using Office Interop or third-party libraries.
Gain an understanding of LINQ (Language Integrated Query) to XML and see why you'll never want to use the DOM again.
Discover how to use the XamlReader to dynamically create a Datatemplate. Then, see how you can bind to a Dataset and display the data in a ListView control (via a sample application pointing to the Northwind database).
Let the .NET Framework write your XML Schema document (XSD) for you.
Many WPF demos focus on slick graphics and designer user interfaces. While this is all good, those regular business database applications will eventually make the transition from WinForms to WPF. Learn how to get started accessing business data in your WPF applications.
Store XML data directly in SQL Server. Use the power of the XML data type to store and manipulate XML data efficiently and easily.
Learn to build a Management Pack to monitor your application.
Learn about BizTalk 2006 R2's core features housed in the BizTalk Messaging Engine and what they can do for you.
Discover when and why you may want to use a custom XSL document for mapping rather than the BizTalk Mapper.
Leverage the BizTalk POP3 Adapter to manage an inbox.
Learn how to implement the Content Enricher integration pattern using BizTalk 2006 R2 and SQL Server 2005.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Services (MOSS) 2007 introduced a mechanism to integrate back-end systems and Line of Business processes with the Portal infrastructure, bringing external data inside the Portal. In addition to creating XML schemas manually, with SharePoint's Object Model the BDC can be generated programmatically.
Learn how to more easily extend, re-use, and configure a BizTalk Custom Pipeline Component.
If you're already familiar with the fundamental aspects of Windows Communication Foundations, learning about MessageEncoders can take your application to the next level.
See how to take advantage of some new XML features in SQL Server 2005 that will come in handy in your ASP.NET development in this update from Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Special Edition by Scott Hanselman.
Learn how to read and write Open XML files (MS Office 2007).
Discover how to use the new Yahoo! Connection Manager — one of the most popular new Ajax libraries.
Using XML to store configuration settings is a great idea, and thanks to the My feature, you don't have to learn XML to do so.
For the first time, SQL Server 2005 offers a native XML data type. See how you can store and query XML documents as part of a SQL Server table, and how to use XML indexes to make queries against these columns more efficient.
