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What do you do when you need to read in an entire file and process it as a string? Here is a simple solution.
New Files and Folders in ASP.NET 2.0
"With the release of ASP.NET 2.0, Microsoft has greatly increased the power of ASP.NET by introducing a suite of new features and functionalities. As part of this release, ASP.NET 2.0 also comes with a host of new special files and folders that are meant to be used to implement a specific functionality. This article examines these new files and folders in detail and provides examples that demonstrate how to utilize them to create ASP.NET 2.0 applications.
Rendering Images in ASP.NET Directly from Your Database
There's no need to store file system paths in a database. Just store images in your database and then directly load them to your ASP.NET pages.
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Learn how to read and write Open XML files (MS Office 2007).
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