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Configure ASP.NET to Manage Local Files
The default ASPNET account has limited access for better security, but you can enable read/write permissions for needed resources
Design and Write Serviced .NET Components
In .NET, a serviced component is a managed class that can be hosted in a COM+ application in order to consume COM+ services. Dino provides some programming guidelines for the authoring of a serviced component in the .NET Framework.
Persistence for ASP.NET Controls
A private view state manager without the overhead of the ViewState property
Hidden Fields in ASP.NET
There is no reason to hide your use of hidden fields
Create Custom Columns for the WinForms DataGrid Control
WinForm's DataGrid control is powerful, but its default display doesn't provide much utility. You can replace it with a third-party control, of course, but Dino demonstrates how you can use the DataGrid's customization layer to add features like hyperlinked URLs yourself.
Spying on .NET Applications
When developing .NET GUI apps with the Windows Forms library, you may need to see a hierarchy of .NET objects, examine their properties, and monitor events. Here's a .NET spy tool that injects an agent into the address space of another .NET application to provide the ability to examine not just windows and messages, but also .NET objects and events.
Custom ASP.NET Controls
You can roll your own controls in ASP.NET, but first make sure the intended behavior of the control makes sense in the HTML environment
Choosing the Right Version of ASP.NET
Upgrading from ASP.NET 1.0 to 1.1 may automatically upgrade all of your apps. Here are some tips for resetting the older runtime for apps that need it
Adding Application Icons to the Task Bar
Since Windows 95, handling icons in the tray area has been controlled by the Shell_NotifyIcon function in the Win32 API. The .NET Framework wraps this API into an invisible control named NotifyIcon. Dino takes a look at the programming interface and demonstrates a sample tray application.
Secret Storage of ASP.NET Data
You can store critical data in a COM+ Catalog, using the Data Protection API, or in custom configuration files, but the best option is to avoid storing secret data entirely
