Links (10/15/2006)

Hope everyone is doing well after the earthquake in Hawaii, especially two of my favorite authors Larry O'Brien (SD Times) and Rick Strahl (Code Magazine - great ASP.NET stuff).

.NET, C#, VB.NET

1. InRule.NET - Jim Holmes has recommended this rule engine.
2. Questions you should ask before using a callback/delegate
3. Introducting Perf+, A better perfmon - written by Roy Osherove
4. How to change screen resolution in C#
5. Monitor internet connection state
6. **** The .NET file format
7. **** A Textbox with Outlook 2007-style prompt
8. Security tips for temporary file usage in applications
9. RegexToXml regular expression to XML converter
10. Concepts behind the C# 3.0 language
11. Framing the framework conversation - notes and additional links on application framework design
12. Free E-Learning: Using .NET Framework 3.0 with Visual Studio 2005

ASP.NET, Atlas

1. Creating a Composite Web Control - new base class in ASP.NET 2.0
2. Another Simple Wait Page
3. How to return a user defined object from a Web Service
4. URL Mapping in ASP.NET 2.0
5. HttpWatch
6. Call a Web Service using Atlas
7. **** Zero to Professional Web Site in Two Days using Microsoft's Visual Studio Design Templates
8. Property overriding the Width property of Web Control?
9. ASP.NET 2.0 - Investigating .NET exceptions with WinDbg (Compilation and Load Exceptions)
10. LosFormatter for easy Serialization
11. Reading Xml fast
12. **** Creating a Project Status Dashboard using ASP.NET
13. Creating a custom Extender control with Atlas Control Toolkit
14. Decreasing load time of web pages (via Jason Haley)
15. Call a Web Service with ASP.NET AJAX without writing client-side scripts
16. Http troubleshooting tools (via Jason Haley)
17. **** Application Domains in .NET
18. Book Store application using ASP.NET - always good to see application code samples
19. User confirmation before deleting items in ASP.NET 2.0
20. Custom AutoCompleteExtender with multiple word suggestions
21. DropDownList and ListBox ASP.NET controls with autosearch and popup tooltip
22. Preventing Multiple Logins in ASP.NET

Delphi

1. The alternative Delphi roadmap to success - Simon Kissel has a written an open letter to the Borland/Delphi community which is receiving lots of attention.

ORM

1. ORM vs. your own DAL with everything in Stored Procedures - lots of links on ActiveRecord
2. Peter Bell has tons of posts on ORM