If you use one server to develop your applications and another to deploy them, you probably have to change your database connection settings each time you deploy your configuration files. Learn a quick fix for this problem.
ASP.NET 2.0 enables you to encrypt portions of your configuration file. You can pick a section in your Web.config file to encrypt and then decrypt.
Explores this helpful technique presented by Wrox author Stefan Schackow for working in ASP.NET in multiple environments from testing, to staging, to live, to backup servers.
Discover the main differences between accessing the Registry with VB 6 and with VB.NET.
Changes to the .NET configuration file are not available in the application until a new application domain is started. This behavior can be a real headache when you need to read changed configuration settings. Learn what your options are for achieving this with minimal pain.
A new namespace in the upcoming 2.0 release of the Microsoft .NET Framework adds support for some very useful network-related items. Explores some of these new items and how you can use them to your advantage.
Become more proficient on the usage of statements to control the flow of execution through a C++/CLI application.
Learn to manipulate existing sound files, and then to create your own custom sounds. You even can dial a telephone from your code.
Create a project that will change your monitor's brightness from within a Visual Basic program.
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