The document provides an overview of the table of contents for Visual Studio 2005. It outlines topics such as application and page frameworks, GUI controls, validation controls, master pages, themes and skins, collections and lists, data binding, data management with ADO.Net, working with XML, site navigation, security, state management, caching, debugging and error handling, and file I/O and streams. It also briefly discusses machine and web configurations.

1. Table of contents
 Introduction to VS 2005
 Application and Page Frameworks
 GUI Controls
 Validation Server Controls
 Working with Master Pages
 Themes & Skins
 Collections & Lists
 Data Binding
 Data Management with ADO.Net
 Working with XML
 Site Navigation
 Security
 State Management
 Caching
 Debugging & Error Handling
 File I/O & Streams
 Configurations

2.  We can access an aspx web application by
means of virtual path.
http://localhost/VirtualDirectoryName/Defau
lt.aspx
If Default.aspx file exists in the application,
this URL would open the file in browser.
We can also give any other valid aspx file
name in the browser to view that file

3.  Threats faced by an application
◦ Spoofing
◦ Tampering
◦ Repudiation
◦ Information disclosure
◦ Denial of Service
◦ Elevation of privilege

4.  Security in the context of ASP.NET
application involves 3 fundamental terms
 Authentication
◦ is the process of identifying users who can use
the application (password checking)
 Authorization
– Defining what operations the users can do and to what
level (access rights check)
 Impersonation
◦ This is the technique used by a server application to
access resources on behalf of a client

5.  Authentication Modes
◦ Windows Authentication – IIS authentication
◦ Forms Authentication - Application credential
verification
◦ Microsoft Passport Authentication
 Specifying Authentication Mode
◦ Can be specified in the Web.config file as follows
<authentication mode=“Windows" />
<authentication mode=“Forms" />
<authentication mode=“Passport" />

6.  Basic
◦ IIS instructs the browser to send the user's credentials over HTTP
◦ Credentials are Base64 encoded which are not that much secure
 Digest
◦ Digest authentication sends credentials across the network as a Message
Digest 5 (MD5) hash (encrypted)
 Integrated Windows (Used in large organisation connected with
Network)
◦ Uses either NTLM challenge/response or Kerberos to authenticate users
with a Windows NT Domain or Active Directory account
◦ A Hash of the credentials is sent, password is encrypted and sent
 .NET Passport
◦ The credentials that are registered with Microsoft which can be used with
any microsoft application like – hotmail, msn messenger or skydrive or
windows Live etc

7.  We can allow or deny Users using authorization tag in
web.config file
<authorization>
<deny users="?"></deny>
<allow users="*" /> <!-- Allow all users -->
<!--
<allow users="[comma separated list of users]"
roles="[comma separated list of roles]"/>
<deny users="[comma separated list of users]"
roles="[comma separated list of roles]"/>
-->
</authorization>

8.  Can store credentials in web.config files
 For Login page, only if given the following
credentials it will allow.
<authentication mode="Forms">
<forms name="Login" loginUrl="Login.aspx">
<credentials passwordFormat="Clear">
<user name="smith" password="manager"></user>
<user name="Smith" password="manager"></user>
</credentials>
</forms>
</authentication>

9.  Web forms are created and destroyed each time a client makes a
request
 Page state is not retained
◦ For postbacks
◦ Between pages
 State management is implemented using
◦ Client side options
 Viewstate
 Cookies
 QueryString
◦ Server side options
 Application
 Session
 Database support

10.  Stores information as hidden fields
 ViewState is enabled for every page by default
 Saving Arraylist in a view state
protected void Page_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
ViewState.Add("arrayListInViewState", PageArrayList);
}
We can access the same as follows
ViewState[“arrayListInViewState”]

11.  To store small amounts of information on a client
 To store user-specific information
 Store as key/value pair
//Create a cookie
HttpCookie uname = new HttpCookie("UserName");
uname.Value = txtUser.Text;
//Add the cookie
Response.Cookies.Add(uname);
//Set the Expiry date for the cookie
Response.Cookies["UserName"].Expires = d1.AddYears(2);
//Retrive the value of cookie
if(Request.Cookies["UserName"] != null) {
//Display the value of cookie
lblUser.Text = Request.Cookies["UserName"].Value;
}

12.  Easy way to pass information
◦ Between pages
 Way to pack information with URL
 The URL with a query string look like below
http://localhost/Demo/Default.aspx?Uname=“guest”
To send page data as query string
Response.Redirect("welcome.aspx?category="+txtCategory.T
ext)
To retrieve data in next page
lblCategory.Text=“We welcome” +
Request.QueryString[“category”];

13. ◦ Can store information that we want to keep local to the current
session (single user)
◦ We can store values that need to be persisted for the duration of a
user
◦ Every user session will be assigned a unique SessionId
protected void Session_Start(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Session["userName"] =“guest";
}
protected void Session_End(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Session.Remove("userName");
}

14.  Session state can be stored in three ways
◦ InProc
 Stores session data in the memory of the ASP.NET worker process
 Provides faster access to these values
 Session data is lost when the ASP.NET worker process is recycled
 Need to give in the Web.config file as follows
<sessionState mode="InProc“/>
◦ StateServer
 Uses a stand alone window service (State Server) to store session variables
 Independent of IIS as it can run as separate service
 Better load balancing management as clustered servers can share their session
information
 Need to give in the Web.config file as follows
<sessionState mode=" StateServer“/>

15. ◦ SQLServer
 Similar to State Server, except that the information persists in MS-SQL
Server database tables
 Need to give the following in Web.config file
<sessionState mode=“SQLServer“/>
 Note: To use SQL Server as session state store, create the necessary
tables and stored procedures
 .NET SDK provides us with a SQL script InstallPersistSqlState.sql

16.  Provides a mechanism for storing data that is accessible to all users
using the Web Application
 Are declared in a special file called as Global.asax
void Application_Start() {
Application["startTime"] = DateTime.Now.ToString();
}
void Application_End() {
Application["startTime"] = null;
}

17.  Database support may be used to maintain state of your Web
site
 Advantages of Using a Database to Maintain State
◦ Security
◦ Storage capacity
◦ Data persistence
◦ Robustness and data integrity
◦ Accessibility
◦ Widespread support
 Disadvantages of Using a Database to Maintain State
◦ Complexity
◦ Performance considerations

18. ◦ In ASP.NET, page gets processed and is destroyed
for every request
◦ Some times, dynamic contents of page may not
change frequently
◦ ASP.NET holds such content in memory so that it
can be delivered again efficiently without
processing

19.  Use the @OutputCache page directive to cache a Web form in
the server’s memory
◦ The Duration attribute of @OutputCache directive’s controls
how long the page is cached.
 Setting VaryByParam="None” caches only one version of the
web form
// Web form is Cached for 60 seconds
<%@ OutputCache Duration="60" VaryByParam="None" %>

20. //This page sends item (Infopage.aspx)
private void btnSubmit_Click(object sender,
System.EventArgs e)
{
Response.Redirect("NextPageVaryParam.aspx?id="+drpTimeZone
.SelectedItem);
}
// Web form is Cached for dropdownlistbox selected item
//This page is cached depend on item selected from
//infopage.aspx
<%@ OutputCache Duration="60" VaryByParam=“id" %>

21.  Cache regions of a page content
 Attribute used
◦ @ OutputCache
◦ VaryByParam -varies cached results based on name/value pairs
sent using POST or GET
◦ VaryByControl -varies the cached fragment by controls within the
user control
<%@ OutputCache Duration="120" VaryByParam="none"
VaryByControl="Category" %>

22.  Data caching is storing of data internal to a web application
 This enables to use the cached object across all the pages of
the application
 Cache is global to entire web application and is accessible to
all the clients of that application
 The lifetime of such cached objects is that of the application
itself
 If the application is restarted then all the cached objects are
destroyed
 Expiry time can be set for cache objects
◦ Absolute Expiry (Absolute value)
◦ Sliding Expiry (relative value – from now onwards 5 seconds)

23.  Visual studio 2005 provides a built in
debugger.
 Breakpoint – Press F9 to insert break point at
a location or Select Insert Break Point from
Debug Menu
 We can Step Over using (F10 key) or Step Into
using (F11 key) a function

24.  .NET CLR provides structured Exception handling
◦ Using try catch block
 ASP.NET provides declarative error handling
◦ Automatically redirect users to error page when unhandled
exceptions occur
◦ Prevents ugly error messages from being sent to users
The Web.Config should have these lines
<configuration>
<customErrors mode=“On” defaultRedirect=“error.htm”>
<error statusCode=“404”
redirect=“adminmessage.htm”/>
<error statusCode=“403”
redirect=“noaccessallowed.htm”/>
</customErrors>
</configuration>

25.  The mode attribute can be one of the following:
◦ On
 Error details are not shown to anybody, even local users
 If you specify a custom error page it will be always used
◦ Off
 Everyone will see error details, both local and remote users
 If you specify a custom error page it will NOT be displayed
◦ RemoteOnly
 Local users will see detailed error pages
 Remote users will be presented with a concise page notifying
them that an error occurred
 Note : Local user means User browsing the site on the same
machine where web applications are deployed

26.  System.IO name space will have Methods and
classes for File Handling
 FileInfo and DirectoryInfo class helps us in
managing files and directory
 Both these classes are inherited from
FileSystemInfo class

27.  Used to discover general characteristics
about a given file or directory.
 Properties
- Attributes
- Creation Time
- Exists
- Extension
- Full Name
- Last Access Time
- Last Write time
- Name

28.  Methods
- AppendText() - MoveTo()
- CopyTo() - Open()
- Create() - OpenRead()
- CreateText() - OpenText()
- Delete() - OpenWrite()
 Properties
- Directory
- DirectoryName
- Length
- Name

29. FileInfo FI = new FileInfo(@"form1.cs“)
MessageBox.Show(FI.DirectoryName.ToString());
MessageBox.Show(FI.Extension.ToString());
MessageBox.Show(FI.LastAccessTime.ToString());
MessageBox.Show(FI.LastWriteTime.ToString());

30.  Streams are channels of communication between programs
and source/destination of data
◦ A stream is either a source of bytes or a destination for
bytes.
 Provide a good abstraction between the source and
destination
 Abstract away the details of the communication path from I/O
operation
 Streams hide the details of what happens to the data inside
the actual I/O devices.
 Streams can read/write data from/to blocks of memory, files
and network connections
 Stream can be File or Console or Network or Hardware

31.  Byte Stream
◦ FileStream – Works with File
◦ MemoryStream – Works with array
◦ BufferedStream - Optimized read/write operations
 Character Stream
◦ TextReader
◦ TextWriter

32.  FileStream class is used to read from, write to, open, and
close files on a file system
 The MemoryStream class creates streams that have memory
as a backing store instead of a disk or a network connection
◦ encapsulates data stored as an byte array
 BufferedStream
◦ A buffer is a block of bytes in memory used to cache data
◦ reduces the number of calls to the operating system
◦ Buffers improve read and write performance.

33.  Both are abstract classes used read and write data using
characters from different streams
 TextReader
◦ Represents a reader that can read a sequential series of
characters
 TextWriter
◦ Represents a writer that can write a sequential series of
characters
 To read and write we use derived classes like StreamReader
and StreamWriter

34. It can be used in the way StreamReader/Writer are used.
The BinaryReader methods
◦ bool ReadBoolean()
◦ byte ReadByte()
◦ char ReadChar()
◦ float ReadSingle()
◦ double ReadDouble()
◦ int ReadInt32()
The BinaryWriter method
-void Write( any single primitive type argument )

35.  These two files helps us in setting
configurations
 Machine.Config – Machine level configuration
 Web.Config – Application level configuration

36.  Configuration files can be stored in application folders
◦ Configuration system automatically detects changes
 Hierarchical configuration architecture
◦ Applies to the actual directory and all subdirectories
Examples:
<compilation defaultLanguage="c#“ debug="true“/>
<sessionState>
<!--- sessionstate subelements go here -->
</sessionState>