What is not in the Next Version of the Framework
What is not in the Next Version of the Framework
- The “ADO.NET DataServices” samples are for demonstration purposes and not planned to be added to the framework.
- The “Dynamic Data Futures” samples are demonstrating useful techniques that developers may want in their applications but these are not currently planned to be added to the framework.
- The “DomainDataSource” samples that utilize the .NET RIA Services are not currently in the next release of the framework but will instead ship when the .NET RIA Services ships.
.NET RIA Services
This is new technology that is currently in CTP for that provides a framework for building data driven applications that run in Silverlight. One of the components of this framework is a Domain Service which is a pattern for building a business logic layer. Business logic layers are a thin layer of code that sits on top of a Entity Framework or Linq to SQL data model. This business layer gives the developer a simple place to add access security to methods, custom validation by verify parameters before making a call to the data access layer and providing a simple place to inject logic before or after the call to the data access layer.
Microsoft Web Application Stress Tool 1.1
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Installation Notes
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Microsoft Web Application Stress Tool requires Microsoft
Windows NT version 4.0 Service Pack 4 or above and Microsoft
Internet Explorer version 4.0 or above.
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Online Support
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To check for the latest news and updates regarding this tool
you can go to the web site http://webtool.rte.microsoft.com.
This web site contains a knowledge base that provides
in-depth answers to performance testing questions and
additional information on the most frequently asked
questions.
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Known Issues
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Web Application Stress Tool only supports stress against one
server or DNS name at a time.
To use authentication, you must add users with valid user
names and passwords.
To record, you will need to modify your browser settings if
using a browser other than, or prior to, IE 5.0. See online
help for more information.
Webtool respects the "user-agent: stress-agent" directive in
the ROBOTS.TXT file on a web server and will not start a
stress test against a server or domain that contains this
file with this directive. This file should be located in
the root directory of your web site
In general, you should NOT install the WebTool service on
the web server you are testing since this may interfere with
your results.
The Web Application Stress Tool object model can be used to
start, stop, and configure a test run. However, this feature
cannot be used to modify a running test in this version of
the tool.
Web Application Stress Tool is year 2000 compliant.
IMPORTANT: Start your test with a small number of
Concurrent Connections and then work your way up to the
desired stress level slowly, watching the processor
utilization on the clients and web server. If the
processor utilization is consistently above 90% on one or
more machines, the test is probably invalid. If this
occurs, decrease the number of concurrent connections or
add more client machines to handle the desired stress load.
On-line help contains a discussion of performance testing
techniques.
Although there is no hard limit on the number of script
items you can have in one script, the most practical limit
is 3000 script items. Beyond that you will find that it
takes an inordinately long time to start and stop tests.
Excel 2007 Developer Reference
This reference contains conceptual overviews, programming tasks, samples, and reference documentation for developing solutions that are based on Microsoft Office Excel 2007.
Publish date of this reference: April 2009 (version 2007)
This documentation can be accessed from the following locations:
- From the product (most recent version): If you are connected to the Internet, you can view the most recent version of this reference in Excel. Click Help, and in the Search box, under Content from Office Online, click Developer Reference.
- From the product (installed version): If you are not connected to the Internet, you can still view the version of this reference that was included with your product. Click Help, and in the Search box, under Content from this computer, click Developer Reference. October 2006 (version 2007) is included with the product.
- From the MSDN Library. To view the April 2009 version of this reference in the MSDN Library, click the items in the MSDN table of contents that is displayed in the navigation pane of your browser.
Take Advantage of the New Features in Internet Explorer 8
Introduction
Internet Explorer 8 is more standards compliant than any earlier version of Internet Explorer. This means that pages you have written to standards will work better with Internet Explorer 8. Cross-browser compatibility is much easier because you don't have to modify your pages as much to display on specific browsers.
Note Even browsers that are standards-compliant will interpret some part of standards slightly differently. The Internet Explorer team has published the test cases used for testing Internet Explorer CSS compliance. You can use these test cases as samples for determining differences in the various browsers' interpretations of standards. Those test cases are located HERE World Wide Web link.
Internet Explorer 8 also adds some new end-user features that you can take advantage of on your sites. The new features are Web Slices, Accelerators, and Search Suggestions for Search Providers. Big improvements have been made to AJAX, JScript, and Developer Tools.
This article assumes that your site works well with Internet Explorer 8 and that you have decided against using the META tag to force rendering to the Internet Explorer 7 engine. If this is a problem for you, please see How Do I Fix My Site Today?. You should also consider using the Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT). If your site looks better in Internet Explorer 7 than in Internet Explorer 8, set the META tag and continue reading to see how you can take advantage of new and updated features of Internet Explorer 8.
For more information on all the new features for developers in Internet Explorer 8, see What's New in Internet Explorer 8.
CSS Support
Internet Explorer 8 fully supports CSS 2.1 and more of CSS 3. See CSS Overviews and Tutorials for a full history of CSS support in Internet Explorer, including Internet Explorer 8 support.
For more information, see CSS Improvements in Internet Explorer 8.
HTML and DOM Support
Internet Explorer 8 has improved support for HTML 4.01 and 5, also for DOM 2 and 3. Internet Explorer 8 also more strictly adheres to those standards. In terms of compatibility between Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8, this area will cause you the most problems. Some objects you used with Internet Explorer 7 have changed to work according the various standards specifications. In other words, some methods, properties, and so on that worked in a non-standard way in Internet Explorer 7 now comply with standards in Internet Explorer 8.
Test your site in Internet Explorer 8 to look for problems caused by non-standard usage. For more information, see HTML Enhancements in Internet Explorer 8 and Standards Compliance Updates in Internet Explorer 8.
Better AJAX Support
Internet Explorer 8 more easily supports backward navigation of page fragments. It provides better communication between pages, frames, sites, and domains. JScript also now provides native JSON support. See the following pages for more information:
* An Introduction to Cross-Document Messaging in Internet Explorer 8
* XMLHttpRequest Enhancements in Internet Explorer 8
* Connectivity Enhancements in Internet Explorer 8
* Introducing AJAX Navigations
* JSON Object
Developer Tools Built In
You may have used downloaded and used the Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar. This add-on was released at nearly the same time that Internet Explorer 7 was released. The toolbar's functionality has been incorporated into the browser, so there's no need for an additional installation. The Developer Tools have been greatly improved to include a debugger, a profiler, and more. When using Internet Explorer 8, press F12 and try it out. For more information, see Developer Tools User Interface Reference.
Accelerators
You can make your Web services available to users as Accelerators. Users can add Accelerators to Internet Explorer 8 and use them anywhere they browse. The user selects some text (for example, an address on a page) and can select an Accelerator for a mapping Web service to see the location. Accelerators offer a preview of results so users don't have to navigate away from the page they are looking at and disrupt the flow of their work.
Setting up a Web service as an Accelerator is easy. It requires an XML file, similar to a manifest file, on your server. There are also scripting methods for adding the Accelerator to Internet Explorer. Microsoft has set up a Gallery (http://ieaddons.com/) where you can make your Accelerators available.
For more information about Accelerators, see OpenService Accelerators Developer Guide.
Web Slices
Like an RSS feed, you can set up portions of your Web pages that contain frequently updated information as Web Slices for your users. Users subscribe to a Web Slice and can monitor changes without having to navigate back to the original page unless they want to see more information. Microsoft has set up a Gallery (http://ieaddons.com/) where you can advertise your Web Slices.
For example, news feeds, auctions, social networking updates, and weather updates are all good scenarios for Web Slices, but there are many more.
For more information about setting up a Web Slice, see Subscribing to Content with Web Slices.
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