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Whatis.NET?
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.NETisessentiallyaframeworkforsoftwaredevelopment.Itissimilarinnaturetoanyothersoftwaredevelopmentframework(J2EEetc)inthatitprovidesasetofruntimecontainers/capabilities,andarichsetofpre-builtfunctionalityintheformofclasslibrariesandAPIs
The.NETFrameworkisanenvironmentforbuilding,deploying,andrunningWebServicesandotherapplications.Itconsistsofthreemainparts:theCommonLanguageRuntime,theFrameworkclasses,andASP.NET.
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Howmanylanguages.NETissupportingnow?
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When.NETwasintroduceditcamewithseverallanguages.VB.NET,C#,COBOLandPerl,etc.ThesiteDotNetLanguages.Netsays44languagesaresupported.
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Howis.NETabletosupportmultiplelanguages?
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AlanguageshouldcomplywiththeCommonLanguageRuntimestandardtobecomea.NETlanguage.In.NET, codeiscompiledtoMicrosoftIntermediateLanguage(MSILforshort).ThisiscalledasManagedCode.ThisManagedcodeisrunin.NETenvironment.SoaftercompilationtothisILthelanguageisnotabarrier.Acodecancalloruseafunctionwritteninanotherlanguage.
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HowdoyouvalidatethecontrolsinanASP.NETpage?
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Usingspecialvalidationcontrolsthataremeantforthis.WehaveRangeValidator,EmailValidator.
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Canthevalidationbedoneintheserverside?OrthiscanbedoneonlyintheClientside?
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Clientsideisdonebydefault.Serversidevalidationisalsopossible.Wecanswitchofftheclientsideandserversidecanbedone.
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WhatareAttributes?
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Attributesaredeclarativetagsincodethatinsertadditionalmetadataintoanassembly.Thereexisttwotypesofattributesinthe.NETFramework:PredefinedattributessuchasAssemblyVersion,whichalreadyexistandareaccessedthroughtheRuntimeClasses;andcustomattributes,whichyouwriteyourselfbyextendingtheSystem.Attributeclass.
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WhatisWeb.config?
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InclassicASPallWebsiterelatedinformationwasstoredinthemetadataofIIS.ThishadthedisadvantagethatremoteWebdeveloperscouldn'teasilymakeWeb-siteconfigurationchanges.Forexample,ifyouwanttoaddacustom404errorpage,asettingneedstobemadethroughtheIISadmintool,andyou'reWebhostwilllikelychargeyouaflatfeetodothisforyou.WithASP.NET,however,thesesettingsaremovedintoanXML-formattedtextfile(Web.config)thatresidesintheWebsite'srootdirectory.ThroughWeb.configyoucanspecifysettingslikecustom404errorpages,authenticationandauthorizationsettingsfortheWebsitempilationoptionsfortheASP.NETWebpages,iftracingshouldbeenabled,etc.
TheWeb.configfileisanXML-formattedfile.Attherootlevelisthetag.Insidethistagyoucanaddanumberofothertags,themostcommonandusefulonebeingthesystem.webtag,whereyouwillspecifymostoftheWebsiteconfigurationparameters.However,tospecifyapplication-widesettingsyouusethetag.
Forexample,ifwewantedtoaddadatabaseconnectionstringparameterwecouldhaveaWeb.configfilelikeso.
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ExplainwhatrelationshipisbetweenaProcess,ApplicationDomain,andApplication?
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EachprocessisallocateditsownblockofavailableRAMspace,noprocesscanaccessanotherprocess‟codeordata.Iftheprocesscrashes,itdiesalonewithouttakingtheentireOSorabunchofotherapplicationsdown.
Aprocessisaninstanceofarunningapplication.Anapplicationisanexecutableontheharddriveornetwork. Therecanbenumerousprocesseslaunchedofthesameapplication(5copiesofWordrunning),but1processcanrunjust1application.
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Whatisaformatter?
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Aformatterisanobjectthatisresponsibleforencodingandserializingdataintomessagesononeend,anddeserializinganddecodingmessagesintodataontheotherend.
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WhatisDelegation?
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Adelegateactslikeastronglytypefunctionpointer.Delegatescaninvokethemethodsthattheyreferencewithoutmakingexplicitcallstothosemethods.
Delegateisanentitythatisentrustedwiththetaskofrepresentation,assignorpassingoninformation.Incodesense,itmeansaDelegateisentrustedwithaMethodtoreportinformationbacktoitwhenacertaintask(whichtheMethodexpects)isaccomplishedoutsidetheMethod'sclass.
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Writeaquerytofindthetotalnumberofrowsinatable?
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Selectcount(*)fromt_employee;
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Writeaquerytoeliminateduplicaterecordsintheresultsofatable?
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Selectdistinct*fromt_employee;
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Writeaquerytoinsertarecordintoatable?
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Insertintot_employeevalues('empid35','Barack','Obama');
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Writeaquerytodeletearecordfromatable?
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deletefromt_employeewhereid='empid35';
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Writeaquerytodisplayarowusingindex?
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Forthis,theindexedcolumnofthetableneedstobesetasaparameterinthe
whereclause
select*fromt_employeewhereid='43';
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Writeaquerytofetchthehighestrecordinatable,basedonarecord,saysalaryfieldinthet_salarytable?
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Selectmax(salary)fromt_salary;
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Writeaquerytofetchthefirst3charactersofthefielddesignationfromthetablet_employee?
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Selectsubstr(designation,1,3)fromt_employee;--Noteherethatthesubstrfunctionhasbeenused.
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Writeaquerytoconcatenatetwofields,sayDesignationandDepartmentbelongingtoatablet_employee?
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SelectDesignation+„„+Departmentfromt_employee;
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WhatisthedifferencebetweenUNIONandUNIONALLinSQL?
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UNIONisanSQLkeywordusedtomergetheresultsoftwoormoretablesusingaSelectstatement,containingthesamefields,withremovedduplicatevalues.UNIONALLdoesthesame,howeveritpersistsduplicatevalues.
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Ifthereare4SQLSelectstatementsjoinedusingUnionandUnionAll,howmanytimesshouldaUnionbeusedtoremoveduplicaterows?
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Onetime.
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ExplainthedifferencesbetweenServer-sideandClient-sidecode?
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Serversidecodewillexecuteatserver(wherethewebsiteishosted)end,&allthebusinesslogicwillexecuteatserverendwhereasclientsidecodewillexecuteatclientside(usuallywritteninjavascript,vbscript,jscript)atbrowserend.
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Whattypeofcode(serverorclient)isfoundinaCode-Behindclass?
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Serversidecode.
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Howtomakesurethatvalueisenteredinanasp:Textboxcontrol?
24
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UseaRequiredFieldValidatorcontrol.
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Whichpropertyofavalidationcontrolisusedtoassociateitwithaservercontrolonthatpage?
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ControlToValidateproperty.
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HowwouldyouimplementinheritanceusingVB.NET&C#?
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C#DerivedClass:Baseclass
VB.NEt:DerivedClassInheritsBaseclass
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WhichmethodisinvokedontheDataAdaptercontroltoloadthegenerateddatasetwithdata?
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Fill()method.
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Howmanywayscanwemaintainthestateofapage?
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1.ClientSide-Querystring,hiddenvariables,viewstate,cookies
2.Serverside-application,cache,context,session,database
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Whatistheuseofamulticastdelegate?
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Amulticastdelegatemaybeusedtocallmorethanonemethod.
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WhatistheuseofSingletonpattern?
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ASingletonpattern.isusedtomakesurethatonlyoneinstanceofaclassexists.
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Whatisencapsulation?
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EncapsulationistheOOPsconceptofbindingtheattributesandbehaviorsinaclass,hidingtheimplementationoftheclassandexposingthefunctionality.
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Whatisadatatype?Howmanytypesofdatatypesaretherein.NET?
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Adatatypeisadatastorageformatthatcancontainaspecifictypeorrangeofvalues.Wheneveryoudeclarevariables, eachvariablemustbeassignedaspecificdatatype.Somecommondatatypesincludeintegers,floatingpoint, characters,andstrings.Thefollowingarethetwotypesofdatatypesavailablein.NET:
Valuetype-Referstothedatatypethatcontainsthedata.Inotherwords,theexactvalueorthedataisdirectlystoredinthisdatatype.Itmeansthatwhenyouassignavaluetypevariabletoanothervariable,thenitcopiesthevalueratherthancopyingthereferenceofthatvariable.Whenyoucreateavaluetypevariable,asinglespaceinmemoryisallocatedtostorethevalue(stackmemory).Primitivedatatypes,suchasint,float,andcharareexamplesofvaluetypevariables.
Referencetype-Referstoadatatypethatcanaccessdatabyreference.Referenceisavalueoranaddressthataccessesaparticulardatabyaddress,whichisstoredelsewhereinmemory(heapmemory).Youcansaythatreferenceisthephysicaladdressofdata,wherethedataisstoredinmemoryorinthestoragedevice.Somebuilt-inreferencetypesvariablesin.Netarestring,array,andobject.
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IsStringaReferenceTypeorValueTypein.NET?
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StringisaReferenceTypeobject.
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Canasingle.NETDLLcontainmultipleclasses?
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Yes,asingle.NETDLLmaycontainanynumberofclasseswithinit.
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WhatisaCompositeControlin.NET?
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CompositeControlisanabstractclassin.NETthatisinheritedbythosewebcontrolsthatcontainchildcontrolswithinthem.
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Whatarethenewfeaturesin.NET2.0?
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Plentyofnewcontrols,Generics,anonymousmethods,partialclasses,iterators,propertyvisibility(separatevisibilityforgetandset)andstaticclasses.
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WhatarePartialClassesinAsp.Net2.0?
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In.NET2.0,aclassdefinitionmaybesplitintomultiplephysicalfilesbutpartialclassesdonotmakeanydifferencetothecompilerasduringcompiletime,thecompilergroupsallthepartialclassesandtreatsthemasasingleclass.
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WhatisaIL?
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(IL)IntermediateLanguageisalsoknownasMSIL(MicrosoftIntermediateLanguage)orCIL(CommonIntermediateLanguage).All.NETsourcecodeiscompiledtoIL.ThisIListhenconvertedtomachinecodeatthepointwherethesoftwareisinstalled,oratrun-timebyaJust-In-Time(JIT)compiler.
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WhatisaCTS?
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CTSdefinesallofthebasictypesthatcanbeusedinthe.NETFrameworkandtheoperationsperformedonthosetype.
Allthistimewehavebeentalkingaboutlanguageinteroperability,and.NETClassFramework.Noneofthisispossiblewithoutallthelanguagesharingthesamedatatypes.WhatthismeansisthatanintshouldmeanthesameinVB,VC++,C#andallother.NETcompliantlanguages.ThisisachievedthroughintroductionofCommonTypeSystem(CTS).
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Whatis"CommonLanguageSpecification"(CLS)?
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CLSisthecollectionoftherulesandconstraintsthateverylanguage(thatseekstoachieve.NETcompatibility) mustfollow.ItisasubsectionofCTSanditspecifieshowitsharesandextendsoneanotherlibraries.
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Whatis"CommonLanguageRuntime"(CLR)?
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CLRis.NETequivalentofJavaVirtualMachine(JVM).ItistheruntimethatconvertsaMSILcodeintothehostmachinelanguagecode,whichisthenexecutedappropriately.TheCLRistheexecutionenginefor.NETFrameworkapplications.Itprovidesanumberofservices,including:
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QUESTION 40
-Codemanagement(loadingandexecution)
-Applicationmemoryisolation
-Verificationoftypesafety
-ConversionofILtonativecode.
-Accesstometadata(enhancedtypeinformation)
-Managingmemoryformanagedobjects
-Enforcementofcodeaccesssecurity
-Exceptionhandling,includingcross-languageexceptions
-Interoperationbetweenmanagedcode,COMobjects,andpre- existingDLL's(unmanagedcodeanddata)
-Automationofobjectlayout
-Supportfordeveloperservices(profiling,debugging,andsoon).

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WhatisaManagedCode?
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ManagedcoderunsinsidetheenvironmentofCLRi.e..NETruntime.InshortallILaremanagedcode.ButifyouareusingsomethirdpartysoftwareexampleVB6orVC++componenttheyareunmanagedcodeas.NETruntime(CLR)doesnothavecontroloverthesourcecodeexecutionofthelanguage.
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Whatisanassembly?
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Anassemblyisacollectionofoneormore.exeordll‟s.Anassemblyisthefundamentalunitforapplicationdevelopmentanddeploymentinthe.NETFramework.Anassemblycontainsacollectionoftypesandresourcesthatarebuilttoworktogetherandformalogicalunitoffunctionality.AnassemblyprovidestheCLRwiththeinformationitneedstobeawareoftypeimplementations.
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WhatarethedifferenttypesofAssembly?
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TherearetwotypesofassemblyPrivateandPublicassembly.Aprivateassemblyisnormallyusedbyasingleapplication,andisstoredintheapplication'sdirectory,orasub-directorybeneath.Asharedassemblyisnormallystoredintheglobalassemblycache,whichisarepositoryofassembliesmaintainedbythe.NETruntime.Sharedassembliesareusuallylibrariesofcodewhichmanyapplicationswillfinduseful,e.g.CrystalreportclasseswhichwillbeusedbyallapplicationforReports.
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WhatisDifferencebetweenNameSpaceandAssembly?
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Followingarethedifferencesbetweennamespaceandassembly:
Assemblyisphysicalgroupingoflogicalunits.Namespacelogicallygroupsclasses.
Namespacecanspanmultipleassembly.
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WhatisManifest?
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AssemblymetadataisstoredinManifest.Manifestcontainsallthemetadataneededtodothefollowingthings:
Versionofassembly
Securityidentity
Scopeoftheassembly
Resolvereferencestoresourcesandclasses.
TheassemblymanifestcanbestoredineitheraPEfile(an.exeor.dll)withMicrosoftintermediatelanguage(MSIL)codeorinastand-alonePEfilethatcontainsonlyassemblymanifestinformation.
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Whatisgarbagecollection?
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GarbagecollectionisaCLRfeaturewhichautomaticallymanagesmemory.Programmersforgettoreleasetheobjectswhilecoding.....Laziness(RememberinVB6whereoneofthegoodpracticesistosetobjecttonothing). CLRautomaticallyreleasesobjectswhentheyarenolongerinuseandrefernced.CLRrunsonnon-deterministictoseetheunusedobjectsandcleansthem.Onesideeffectofthisnon-deterministicfeatureisthatwecannotassumeanobjectisdestroyedwhenitgoesoutofthescopeofafunction.Therefore,weshouldnotputcodeintoaclassdestructortoreleaseresources.
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WhatisconceptofBoxingandUnboxing?
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Boxingisusedtoconvertvaluetypestoobject.
E.g.intx=1;
objectobj=x;
Unboxingisusedtoconverttheobjectbacktothevaluetype.
E.g.inty=(int)obj;
Boxing/unboxingisquietanexpensiveoperation.
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DefineOverriding?
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Overridingisaconceptwhereamethodinaderivedclassusesthesamename,returntype,andargumentsasamethodinitsbaseclass.Inotherwords,ifthederivedclasscontainsitsownimplementationofthemethodratherthanusingthemethodinthebaseclass,theprocessiscalledoverriding.
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Canyouusemultipleinheritancein.NET?
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.NETsupportsonlysingleinheritance.Howeverthepurposeisaccomplishedusingmultipleinterfaces.
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Whatareeventsanddelegates?
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Aneventisamessagesentbyacontroltonotifytheoccurrenceofanaction.Howeveritisnotknownwhichobjectreceivestheevent.Forthisreason,.NETprovidesaspecialtypecalledDelegatewhichactsasanintermediarybetweenthesenderobjectandreceiverobject.
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Whatisaconnectionpool?
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Aconnectionpoolisa„collectionofconnections‟whicharesharedbetweentheclientsrequestingone.Oncetheconnectionisclosed,itreturnsbacktothepool.Thisallowstheconnectionstobereused.
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Whatiscodereview?
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Theprocessofexaminingthesourcecodegenerallythroughapeer,toverifyitagainstbestpractices.
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WhatisBLOB?
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ABLOB(binarylargeobject)isalargeitemsuchasanimageoranexerepresentedinbinaryform.
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WhatisaCOMCallableWrapper(CCW)?
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CCWisawrappercreatedbythecommonlanguageruntime(CLR)thatenablesCOMcomponentstoaccess.NETobjects.
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WhatisaRuntimeCallableWrapper(RCW)?
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RCWisawrappercreatedbythecommonlanguageruntime(CLR)toenable.NETcomponentstocallCOMcomponents.
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WhatisMSIL?
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Whenthecodeiscompiled,thecompilertranslatesyourcodeintoMicrosoftintermediatelanguage(MSIL).ThecommonlanguageruntimeincludesaJITcompilerforconvertingthisMSILthentonativecode.
MSILcontainsmetadatathatisthekeytocrosslanguageinteroperability.Sincethismetadataisstandardizedacrossall.NETlanguages,aprogramwritteninonelanguagecanunderstandthemetadataandexecutecode, writteninadifferentlanguage.MSILincludesinstructionsforloading,storing,initializing,andcallingmethodsonobjects,aswellasinstructionsforarithmeticandlogicaloperations,controlflow,directmemoryaccess,exceptionhandling,andotheroperations.
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WhatisJIT?
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JITisacompilerthatconvertsMSILtonativecode.ThenativecodeconsistsofhardwarespecificinstructionsthatcanbeexecutedbytheCPU.
RatherthanconvertingtheentireMSIL(inaportableexecutable[PE]file)tonativecode,theJITconvertstheMSILasitisneededduringexecution.Thisconvertednativecodeisstoredsothatitisaccessibleforsubsequentcalls.
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WhatisGAC?WhatarethestepstocreateanassemblyandaddittotheGAC?
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Theglobalassemblycache(GAC)isamachine-widecodecachethatstoresassembliesspecificallydesignatedtobesharedbyseveralapplicationsonthecomputer.Youshouldshareassembliesbyinstallingthemintotheglobalassemblycacheonlywhenyouneedto.
Steps
-Createastrongnameusingsn.exetooleg:sn-kmykey.snk
-inAssemblyInfo.cs,addthestrongnameeg:[assembly:AssemblyKeyFile("mykey.snk")]
-recompileproject,andtheninstallittoGACintwoways:
•drag&dropittoassemblyfolder(C:WINDOWSassemblyORC:WINNTassembly)(shfusion.dlltool)
•gacutil-iabc.dll
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Whatisthecaspol.exetoolusedfor?
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Thecaspoltoolgrantsandmodifiespermissionstocodegroupsattheuserpolicy,machinepolicy,andenterprisepolicylevels.
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WhatisIlasm.exeusedfor?
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Ilasm.exeisatoolthatgeneratesPEfilesfromMSILcode.YoucanruntheresultingexecutabletodeterminewhethertheMSILcodeperformsasexpected.
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WhatisIldasm.exeusedfor?
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Ildasm.exeisatoolthattakesaPEfilecontainingtheMSILcodeasaparameterandcreatesatextfilethatcontainsmanagedcode.
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WhatistheResGen.exetoolusedfor?
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ResGen.exeisatoolthatisusedtoconvertresourcefilesintheformof.txtor.resxfilestocommonlanguageruntimebinary.resourcesfilesthatcanbecompiledintosatelliteassemblies.
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Whatisadigitalsignature?
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Adigitalsignatureisanelectronicsignatureusedtoverify/guaranteetheidentityoftheindividualwhoissendingthemessage.
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NametheclassesthatareintroducedintheSystem.Numericsnamespace.
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ThefollowingtwonewclassesareintroducedintheSystem.Numericsnamespace:
•BigInteger-Referstoanon-primitiveintegraltype,whichisusedtoholdavalueofanysize.Ithasnolowerandupperlimit,makingitpossibleforyoutoperformarithmeticcalculationswithverylargenumbers,evenwiththenumberswhichcannotholdbydoubleorlong.
•Complex-Representscomplexnumbersandenablesdifferentarithmeticoperationswithcomplexnumbers.Anumberrepresentedintheforma+bi,whereaistherealpart,andbistheimaginarypart,isacomplexnumber.
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Explainmemory-mappedfiles.
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Memory-mappedfiles(MMFs)allowyoumapthecontentofafiletothelogicaladdressofanapplication.ThesefilesenablethemultipleprocessesrunningonthesamemachinetosharedatawitheachOther.TheMemoryMappedFile.CreateFromFile()methodisusedtoobtainaMemoryMappedFileobjectthatrepresentsapersistedmemory-mappedfilefromafileondisk.
ThesefilesareincludedintheSystem.IO.MemoryMappedFilesnamespace.Thisnamespacecontainsfourclassesandthreeenumerationstohelpyouaccessandsecureyourfilemappings
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Whichmethoddoyouusetoenforcegarbagecollectionin.NET?
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TheSystem.GC.Collect()method.
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StatethedifferencesbetweentheDispose()andFinalize().
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CLRusestheDisposeandFinalizemethodstoperformgarbagecollectionofrun-timeobjectsof.NETapplications.
TheFinalizemethodiscalledautomaticallybytheruntime.CLRhasagarbagecollector(GC),whichperiodicallychecksforobjectsinheapthatarenolongerreferencedbyanyobjectorprogram.ItcallstheFinalizemethodtofreethememoryusedbysuchobjects.TheDisposemethodiscalledbytheprogrammer.Disposeisanothermethodtoreleasethememoryusedbyanobject.TheDisposemethodneedstobeexplicitlycalledincodetodereferenceanobjectfromtheheap.TheDisposemethodcanbeinvokedonlybytheclassesthatimplementtheIDisposableinterface.
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Whataretuples?
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Tupleisafixed-sizecollectionthatcanhaveelementsofeithersameordifferentdatatypes.Similartoarrays,ausermusthavetospecifythesizeofatupleatthetimeofdeclaration.Tuplesareallowedtoholdupfrom1to8elementsandiftherearemorethan8elements,thenthe8thelementcanbedefinedasanothertuple.Tuplescanbespecifiedasparameterorreturntypeofamethod.
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Whichistherootnamespaceforfundamentaltypesin.NETFramework?
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System.Objectistherootnamespaceforfundamentaltypesin.NETFramework.
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Definevariableandconstant.
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Avariablecanbedefinedasameaningfulnamethatisgiventoadatastoragelocationinthecomputermemorythatcontainsavalue.Everyvariableassociatedwithadatatypedetermineswhattypeofvaluecanbestoredinthevariable,forexampleaninteger,suchas100,adecimal,suchas30.05,oracharacter,suchas'A'.
Youcandeclarevariablesbyusingthefollowingsyntax:
<Data_type><variable_name>;
Aconstantissimilartoavariableexceptthatthevalue,whichyouassigntoaconstant,cannotbechanged,asincaseofavariable.Constantsmustbeinitializedatthesametimetheyaredeclared.Youcandeclareconstantsbyusingthefollowingsyntax:
constintinterestRate=10;
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Whichstatementisusedtoreplacemultipleif-elsestatementsincode?
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InVisualBasic,theSelect-CasestatementisusedtoreplacemultipleIf-ElsestatementsandinC#,theswitch- casestatementisusedtoreplacemultipleif-elsestatements.
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Whatisanidentifier?
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Identifiersarenorthingbutnamesgiventovariousentitiesuniquelyidentifiedinaprogram.Thenameofidentifiersmustdifferinspellingorcasing.Forexample,MyProgandmyProgaretwodifferentidentifiers.Programminglanguages,suchasC#andVisualBasic,strictlyrestricttheprogrammersfromusinganykeywordasidentifiers. Programmerscannotdevelopaclasswhosenameispublic,because,publicisakeywordusedtospecifytheaccessibilityofdatainprograms.
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CanoneDLLfilecontainthecompiledcodeofmorethanone.NETlanguage?
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No,aDLLfilecancontainthecompiledcodeofonlyoneprogramminglanguage.
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WhatisNativeImageGenerator?
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TheNativeImageGenerator(Ngen.exe)isatoolthatcreatesanativeimagefromanassemblyandstoresthatimagetonativeimagecacheonthecomputer.Whenever,anassemblyisrun,thisnativeimageisautomaticallyusedtocompiletheoriginalassembly.Inthisway,thistoolimprovestheperformanceofthemanagedapplicationbyloadingandexecutinganassemblyfaster.
Notethatnativeimagesarefilesthatconsistofcompiledprocessor-specificmachinecode.TheNgen.exetoolinstallsthesefilesontothelocalcomputer.
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NametheMSILDisassemblerutilitythatparsesany.NETFrameworkassemblyandshowstheinformationinhumanreadableformat
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TheIldasm.exeutility.
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WhatisthesignificanceoftheStrongNametool?
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TheStrongNameutility(sn.exe)helpsincreatinguniquepublic-privatekeypairfilesthatarecalledstrongnamefilesandsigningassemblieswiththem.Italsoallowskeymanagement,signaturegeneration,andsignatureverification.
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Discusstheconceptofstrongnames.
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Whenever,anassemblyisdeployedinGACtomakeitshared,astrongnameneedstobeassignedtoitforitsuniqueidentification.Astrongnamecontainsanassembly'scompleteidentity-theassemblyname,versionnumber,andcultureinformationofanassembly.Apublickeyandadigitalsignature,generatedovertheassembly,arealsocontainedinastrongname.AstrongnamemakesanassemblyidenticalinGAC.
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Whatisthedifferencebetween.EXEand.DLLfiles?
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EXE
1.Itisanexecutablefile,whichcanberunindependently.
2.EXEisanout-processcomponent,whichmeansthatitrunsinaseparateprocess.
3.Itcannotbereusedinanapplication.
4.Ithasamainfunction.
DLL
1.ItisDynamicLinkLibrarythatisusedasapartofEXEorotherDLLs.Itcannotberunindependently.
2.Itrunsintheapplicationprocessmemory,soitiscalledasin-processcomponent.
3.Itcanbereusedinanapplication.
4.Itdoesnothaveamainfunction.
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Whichutilityallowsyoutoreferenceanassemblyinanapplication?
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Anassemblycanbereferencedbyusingthegacutil.exeutilitywiththe/roption.The/roptionrequiresareferencetype,areferenceID,andadescription.
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TheAssemblyInfo.csfilestorestheassemblyconfigurationinformationandotherinformation,suchastheassemblyname,version,companyname,andtrademarkinformation.(True/False).
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QUESTION
True.
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Whatarecodecontracts?
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Codecontractshelpyoutoexpressthecodeassumptionsandstatementsstatingthebehaviorofyourcodeinalanguage-neutralway.Thecontractsareincludedintheformofpre-conditions,post-conditionsandobject- invariants.Thecontractshelpyoutoimprove-testingbyenablingrun-timechecking,staticcontractverification, anddocumentationgeneration.
TheSystem.Diagnostics.Contractsnamespacecontainsstaticclassesthatareusedtoexpresscontractsinyourcode.
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WhatareMergeModuleprojects?
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MergeModuleprojectsenablecreationanddeploymentofcodethatcanbesharedbymultipleapplications.ThismayincludeDll‟s,resourcefiles,registrybasedentriesetc.TheWindowsdatabasealsokeepstrackofareferencecountforthoseprojects.
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WhatisaServicedcomponent?
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AservicedcomponentisaclassthatisinsidealltheCLS-complaintlanguages.ItderivesdirectlyorindirectlyfromtheSystem.EnterpriseServices.ServicedComponentclass.ThiswayofconfiguringtheclassesallowstobehostedinaCOM+applicationandisabletouseCOM+services.
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Whatisaflatfile?
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Aflatfileisthenamegiventotext,whichcanbereadorwrittenonlysequentially.
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WhatisanXMLWebservice?
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XMLWebServiceisaunitofcodethatcanbeaccessedindependentofplatformsandsystems.TheyareusedtointerchangedatabetweendifferentsystemsindifferentmachinesforinteroperabilityusingHTTPprotocols. RequestsaremadeandresponsesarereturnedintheformofXMLasXMLislanguageandplatformindependent.
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Describethestepstodeployawebservice.
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a.UsingxcopyorPublishwizardcopythefiletothedestinationserver.
b.MakethedestinationdirectoryavirtualdirectoryinIIS.
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WhatisMIME?
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ThedefinitionofMIMEorMultipurposeInternetMailExtensionsasstatedinMSDNis“MIMEisastandardthatcanbeusedtoincludecontentofvarioustypesinasinglemessage.MIMEextendstheSimpleMailTransferProtocol(SMTP)formatofmailmessagestoincludemultiplecontent,bothtextualandnon-textual.Partsofthemessagemaybeimages,audio,ortextindifferentcharactersets.TheMIMEstandardderivesfromRFCssuchas2821and2822”
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Whataremock-ups?
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Mock-upsareasetofdesignsintheformofscreens,diagrams,snapshotsetc.,thathelpsverifythedesignandacquirefeedbackabouttheapplication‟srequirementsandusecases,atanearlystageofthedesignprocess.
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Whatislogging?
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Loggingistheprocessofpersistinginformationaboutthestatusofanapplication.
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What’saWindowsprocessin.NET?
91
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WindowsProcessisanapplicationthat‟srunningandhadbeenallocatedmemoryin.NET
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Howtomanagepaginationinapage?
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UsingpaginationoptioninDataGridcontrol.Wehavetosetthenumberofrecordsforapage,thenittakescareofpaginationbyitself.
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Whatissmartnavigation?
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Thecursorpositionismaintainedwhenthepagegetsrefreshedduetotheserversidevalidationandthepagegetsrefreshed.
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HowdoyoutriggerthePainteventinSystem.Drawing?
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Invalidatethecurrentform,theOSwilltakecareofrepainting.TheUpdatemethodforcestherepaint.
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HowdoyouassignRGBcolortoaSystem.Drawing.Coloronject?
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CallthestaticmethodFromArgbofthisclassandpassittheRGBvaluesin.NET
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What’saproxyoftheserverobjectin.NETRemoting?
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It‟safakecopyoftheserverobjectthatresidesontheclientsideandbehavesasifitwastheserver.Ithandlesthecommunicationbetweenrealserverobjectandtheclientobject.Thisprocessisalsoknownasthemarshaling.
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WhatareChannelsin.NETRemoting?
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Channelsrepresenttheobjectsthattransfertheotherserializedobjectsfromoneapplicationdomaintoanotherandfromonecomputertoanother,aswellasoneprocesstoanotheronthesamebox.AChannelmustexistbeforeanobjectcanbetransferred.
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What’ssinglecallactivationmodeusedforin.NET?
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Iftheserverobjectisinstantiatedforrespondingtojustonesinglerequest,therequestshouldbemadeinSingleCallmodein.NET
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What’sSingletonactivationmodein.NET?
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ASingleobjectisinstantiatedofthenumberofclientsaccessingit.Lifetimeofthisobjectisdeterminedbylifetimelease.
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Howdoyoudefinetheleaseoftheobjectin.NET?
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ByImplementingIleaseinterfacewhenwritingtheclasscodein.NET
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Canyouconfigurea.NETRemotingobjectviaXMLfile?
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Yes,viamachine.configandapplicationlevel.configfile(orweb.configinASP.NET).Application-levelXMLsettingstakeprecedenceovermachine.config.
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Resources
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http://www.slideshare.net/vineetkumarsaini/net-interview-questions-and-answer
http://vijaybalajithecitizen.blogspot.com/2011/06/100-net-interview-questions-and- answers.html
http://prsu.ac.in:8010/Admin_1/Upload_Data/Data/1470.pdf
http://www.dotnetcurry.com/showarticle.aspx?ID=64
http://www.dotnetcurry.com/showarticle.aspx?ID=70
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http://www.indiabix.com/technical/dotnet/dot-net-framework/3
http://www.indiabix.com/technical/dotnet/dot-net-programming-concepts/
http://www.indiabix.com/technical/dotnet/dot-net-assemblies/4
http://careerride.com/NET-what-are-merge-module-projects.aspx
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