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01_57860x ffirs.qxd 10/4/05 9:29 PM Page iii Professional Web Parts and Custom Controls with ASP.NET 2.0 Peter Vogel 01_57860x ffirs.qxd 10/4/05 9:29 PM Page i Professional Web Parts and Custom Controls with ASP.NET 2.0 01_57860x ffirs.qxd 10/4/05 9:29 PM Page ii 01_57860x ffirs.qxd 10/4/05 9:29 PM Page iii Professional Web Parts and Custom Controls with ASP.NET 2.0 Peter Vogel 01_57860x ffirs.qxd 10/4/05 9:29 PM Page iv Professional Web Parts and Custom Controls with ASP.NET 2.0 Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 10475 Crosspoint Boulevard Indianapolis, IN 46256 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada ISBN-13: 978-0-7645-7860-1 ISBN-10: 0-7645-7860-X Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1B/SR/RQ/QV/IN Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Vogel, Peter, 1953– Professional Web parts and custom controls with ASP.NET 2.0 / Peter Vogel. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-7645-7860-1 (paper/website : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-7645-7860-X (paper/website : alk. paper) 1. Active server pages. 2. Web sites—Authoring programs. 3. Web site development. 4. Microsoft.net. 5. User interfaces (Computer systems) 6. Computer software—Development. I. Title. TK5105.8885.A26V64 2005 005.2 76—dc22 2005021557 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646-8600. 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Trademarks:Wiley, the Wiley logo, Wrox, the Wrox logo, Programmer to Programmer, and related trade dress are trademarks or registered trademarks of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and/or its affiliates, in the United States and other countries, and may not be used without written permission. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Wiley Publishing, Inc., is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. 01_57860x ffirs.qxd 10/4/05 9:29 PM Page v About the Author Peter Vogel(MBA, MCSD) is a principal in PH&V Information Services. PH&V provides consulting services 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. 01_57860x ffirs.qxd 10/4/05 9:29 PM Page vi 01_57860x ffirs.qxd 10/4/05 9:29 PM Page vii Credits Senior Acquisitions Editor Graphics and Production Specialists Jim Minatel Denny Hager Joyce Haughey Development Editor Barbara Moore Sara Shlaer Alicia South Technical Editors Quality Control Technicians Derek Comingore John Greenough Richard Purchas Leeann Harney Copy Editor Media Development Specialists Nancy Rapoport Angela Denny Kate Jenkins Editorial Manager Steve Kudirka Mary Beth Wakefield Kit Malone Travis Silvers Production Manager Tim Tate Media Development Coordinator Laura Atkinson Vice President and Executive Group Publisher Richard Swadley Proofreading and Indexing TECHBOOKS Production Services Vice President and Executive Publisher Joseph B. Wikert 01_57860x ffirs.qxd 10/4/05 9:29 PM Page viii