Index

A

Abandon method, Session object, 100

access control

ACLs (access control lists), 178–79

ASP.NET security, 158–59

Web services, 422–25

accessibility variables, 58–59

Access, Microsoft, 286, 297–98

accounts, security limitations, 150–51

ACLs (access control lists), 178–79. See also access control

ACL-based authorization, 178–79

Windows-based authentication and, 178

ActiveX Data Objects. See ADO (ActiveX Data Objects)

AddAt method, Controls collection, 240

<add> child element

<appSettings>, 560

<clientTarget>, 557

<httpHandlers>, 258

<httpModules>, 551

Add/Edit Application Extension Mapping dialog box, 393

Add method, Cache class, 457

Add New Item dialog box, 41–42, 47

Add New Project dialog box, 478

Add Or Remove Programs

IIS installation, 562

removing unnecessary services, 135–38

addresses, SqlConnection connection string keys, 285

Addr, SqlConnection connection string keys, 285

Add Web Reference dialog box, 435–36

Add Web User Control, Solution Explorer, 447

administrators

IIS installation, 562

security settings, 142

ADO (ActiveX Data Objects)

compared with ADO.NET, 280

constants, 59–60

improvements to, 5

migrating to ADO.NET, 511

ADO.NET, 280–90

ASPNET account setup, 288–90

DataAdapters, 301–2

database connections, 283

DataColumns, 302–3

DataReaders, 322–23, 517

DataRelations, 308

DataRows, 302–8

DataSets, 282–83, 301, 312–21

DataTables, 302–11

DataViews, 321–22

migrating from ADO, 511

.NET Data Providers, 280–82, 287

OleDbCommand, 296–98

OleDbConnection, 286–87

OleDbDataReader, 323

overview of, 280

parameter name specification, 301

ReadXml method, 302

resources, 279

SqlCommand, 290–96

SqlConnection, 283–86

SqlDataReader, 322–23

stored procedures, 299–301

trusted connections, 287

typed datasets, 313–21

updating datasets, 312–13

Web services and, 422

XML in, 283

ADO.NET Step by Step (Riordan), 279

AdRotator control, 257–60

advertising Web services, 425–27, 439

<a>, HTML element, 230

alias attribute, <clientTarget> element, 557

AllKeys property, Application Collection, 93

<allow> child element

roles attribute, 542

users attribute, 180, 542

verbs attribute, 180–81, 542

anonymous access, 178

APIs (application programming interfaces), for caching, 441, 456

Application collection, 112

Application Configuration dialog box, 392, 394

application deployment, 462

application structure and, 466

assembly deployment, 474–75

content deployment, 473–74

global assembly deployment, 474–75

IIS configured as an application, 466–69

IIS permissions, 475–76

manually, 473–76

overview of, 465

physical paths vs. URLs, 469–71

storing configuration settings, 471–72

target directories for, 473–75

versioning and, 475

Visual Studio .NET, 477–80

application-level output, tracing, 486–87, 504

Application Name, SqlConnection connection string keys, 284

Application objects

ASP.NET, 30

caching and, 442

methods and properties, 93

application pools, 129

application root, 481

applications. See also Web applications

configuring, 118

running, 14

scalability and, 104–5

structure of, 466

application state, 92–98

Application object methods and properties, 93

defined, 92

limitations of, 97–98

overview of, 92–93

reading and writing, 94–96

recommendations for information stored in, 96–97

synchronizing access to, 94

Application StaticObjects, 112

appRequestQueueLimit attribute, <httpRuntime>, 523

<appSettings> element

adding to configuration files, 481

attributes of, 560

overview of, 559

storing configuration settings, 472

storing user ID and passwords, 513

arrays

binding to DataGrids, 329–30

data type, 53

.ascx files, 37, 203, 213

.asmx files, 37, 413

ASP classic

ADO and, 280

application deployment, 465

Application object, 91

caching, 442

code compatibility, 213

compared with ASP.NET, 34

debugging, 483

directives, 194

error messages, 483–84

execution model, 220

impersonation, 181

migrating to ASP.NET, 507–9

overview of, 30

server controls, 111

Session object, 91, 98

storing configuration settings, 471

AspCompat attribute, @ Page directive, 509, 517

ASP Intrinsic objects, Page class, 209

ASP.NET

Access database and, 298

application deployment. See application deployment

application state, 92

attributes, 415

caching features, 441

classic ASP and, 30

code-behind, 35–36

code writing in, 211

configuration elements. See configuration elements

controls, 44–45

error messages, 496

event handlers, 45

event model, 369

execution model, 220

file types, 37–38

migrating from ASP, 507–9

mobile features, 36–37, 270–76

new features, 31–32

project types, 33–34

security. See security

server control state, 111

server-side data binding, 323

session state, 99, 103

side-by-side execution, 128

Web applications. See Web applications

Web Forms. See Web Forms

Web pages, 46–47

Web services. See Web services

Windows authentication and, 185

ASPNET account, 288–90

ASP.NET configuration, 113–30. See also Web.config

404 handler, 118–23

applications, 118

<httpModules>, 123–26

locking down, 127

overriding subdirectory settings, 126

overview of, 113–15

running ASP.NET applications against .NET Framework versions, 128–29

ASP.NET Mobile Web Application Project, 270

.aspx files, 37, 189, 484

assemblies

defined, 5

deploying, 474–75

managed, 5, 415

private, 362

shared, 362, 480

updating, 475

versions, 475

<assemblies> child element, <compilation>, 206, 530

assembly attribute, <compilation> element

<add> child element, 531

<remove> child element, 531

Assembly attribute, @Register directive, 205

<assemblyBinding>, 128

@ Assembly directive, Web Forms, 205–6

AssemblyName, Web services, 413

AssemblyVersionAttribute attribute, 362

Assert method, Debug class, 496, 503

AttachDBFilename, SqlConnection connection string keys, 284

attacks. See malicious users

attributes

@Assembly directive, 206

case sensitivity, 232

@Control directive, 203–4

@Implements directive, 204

@Import directive, 204

metadata attributes, 415

@OutputCache directive, 207–8

@Page directive, 195–98

@Register directive, 205

Attributes collection, HTML controls, 231

Attributes collection, server controls, 277

attributes, configuration elements, 519–60

<appSettings>, 560

<authentication>, 537–40

<authorization>, 542–43

<browserCaps>, 558–59

<clientTarget>, 557

<compilation>, 526–31

<customErrors>, 534–36

<globalization>, 521

<httpHandlers>, 548–50

<httpModules>, 551

<httpRuntime>, 523

<identity>, 541

<machineKey>, 543–44

<pages>, 532–34

<processModel>, 553–56

<securityPolicy>, 544–45

<sessionState>, 547

<trace>, 520

<trust>, 546

<webControls>, 557

auditing, 159

authentication, 165–84

access control and, 158

configuring Windows authentication, 168–69

Forms-based, 170–77, 185

IIS methods, 167–68

Passport, 169, 185

selecting type, 166

Web services, 428–29

Windows-based, 166–67, 185

<authentication> element

attributes, 537–40

configuring Forms authentication, 173

configuring Windows authentication, 168–69

overview of, 536–37

Authentication Methods dialog box, 167–68

authorization

access control and, 158

ACL-based, 178–79

locking down settings, 185

URL-based, 179–81

<authorization> element

ACL-based authorization and, 178–79

attributes, 542–43

configuring Forms authentication, 173

overview of, 541

RegLogin control, 391

URL-based authorization and, 179–81

Authors.xsl, code example, 295–96

AuthSuccess event handler, 398

autoEventWireup attribute, <pages> element, 532

Auto Format dialog box, 332–33, 516

Auto HIDE, Visual Studio .NET, 17

automatic postbacks, 74