Professional Web Parts And Custom Controls With ASP.NET 2.0

482 Pages·2006·5.086 MB·English

by  Peter Vogel

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Professional
Web Parts and Custom Controls
with ASP.NET 2.0
Peter Vogel
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Professional
Web Parts and Custom Controls
with ASP.NET 2.0
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Professional
Web Parts and Custom Controls
with ASP.NET 2.0
Peter Vogel
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Professional Web Parts and Custom Controls
with ASP.NET 2.0
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Professional Web parts and custom controls with ASP.NET 2.0 / Peter Vogel.
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1. Active server pages. 2. Web sites—Authoring programs. 3. Web site development. 4. Microsoft.net. 5. User interfaces
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About the Author
Peter Vogel(MBA, MCSD) is a principal in PH&V Information Services. PH&V provides consulting ser-
vices in client/server and Web development. Its clients include Volvo, Christie Digital, the Canadian
Imperial Bank of Commerce, the Government of Ontario, and Microsoft. Peter’s white papers appeared
in the Visual Studio .NET and Office 2003 release package. Peter is the editor of the Smart Accessnews-
letter from Pinnacle Publishing, and wrote The Visual Basic Object and Component Handbook, which has
been called “The definitive guide to ‘thinking with objects.’” Peter was the founding editor of the XML
Developernewsletter. In addition to teaching for Learning Tree International, Peter wrote their ASP.NET
1.1, ASP.NET 2.0, and Technical Writing courses. His articles have appeared in every major magazine
devoted to VB-based development and can be found in the Microsoft Developer Network libraries.
Peter lives in Goderich, Ontario, Canada, and presents at conferences all over the world, frequently as
the keynote speaker.
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