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Tip: HTTP Content Disposition
Use HTTP content disposition to find out the name of the file you are downloading.
Creating Native Web Services in SQL Server
Expose your SQL Server data directly over the web. Learn to create SOAP-based native web services in SQL Server 2005/2008 that can be consumed from client applications over HTTP.
Using ASP.NET Master Pages for Consistent Site Design
Wrox author Jacob J. Sanford walks through the essentials of creating ASP.NET master pages to consistently format the design of your pages around your different dynamic content placeholders.
ASP.NET Tip: Place Cursor in the First Input Box Automatically
With the new ASP.NET 2.0 ClientScript manager object, you can implement a JavaScript function that puts your web site user's cursor into the first input text box on a form.
Two ASP.NET HttpHandler Image Hacks
Wrox author, Microsoft MVP and Regional Director, and Tech Ed 2006 Speaker Scott Hanselman shares two ASP.NET hacks for working with images via the HttpHandler.
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.
.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...

How to Determine Which Office Version is Installed with VB.NET and C#
Knowing which version of MS Office is installed on the client computer is vital; unfortunately, many programmers see this as an afterthought. Hannes du Preeze shows you four different ways to determine the Office versions installed so that you don't make this mistake.

Building an Azure Queuing Message Pipeline
A developer building messaging solutions with Azure Queuing and Azure Service Bus should follow a Pipeline pattern when processing a significant number of different messages. One approach to building a Pipeline is to layer a message following an Envelope pattern.