Pro Vb 6 Xml

This book introduces the VB community to the concepts of XML, and shows how to consider the form of XML data when creating VB front-end applications.

1. Web Fundamentals -- 2. Windows DNA: a framework for building applications -- 3. An Overview of Building Windows DNA Applications with Visual Basic -- 4. Client-Side Programming with Visual Basic -- 5. Building Client-Side ActiveX Controls -- 6. Dynamic HTML Applications -- 7. Integrating Web Browsing Using the WebBrowser Objects -- 8. Getting Started By Understanding ASP -- 9. Building Server Components in Visual Basic -- 10. Advanced Visual Basic Server Components -- 11. Interfacing With Server Services in Visual Basic --12. Introducing Webclasses and IIS Applications -- 13. The Fundamentals of IIS Applications -- 14. Advanced Webclass Techniques -- 15. Meet RDS -- 16. A Guide to XML -- Case Study 1. Message Board Part 1 -- Case Study 1. Message Board Part 2 -- Case Study 2. Web Based Document Management -- Case Study 3. DHTML Applications -- Case Study 4. CGI Integration.

An experienced MTS programmer situates professional MTS programming in the real world, discussing MTS/COM from a deep design standpoint and covering transaction theory and the MTS security model.

The authors approach Crystal, Palm, and Web programming from the standpoint of report development.

This book provides a complete A-to-Z reference for using VB with the .NET 2.0 platform and the .NET 3.0 extensions. It contains new chapters that explore the interactions between the existing framework and the new extensions, offering readers an edge when they evaluate and implement .NET 3.0 for the first time. To provide even more support, the book comes with a bonus CD that provides over 500 pages of carefully selected additional content to help broaden a reader's understanding of both .NET 2.0 and .NET 3.0.

XML is the de facto language for communication both within and between distributed applications whether they are on the Internet or a corporate network. No matter how disparate applications and their architectures may be almost everything can read text files and hence can accept XML data. This book provides a complete solution to XML on the .NET 2.0 Framework, including the new .NET 3.0 extensions. It provides readers with everything they need to know to take advantage of XML in every aspect of their working lives up to and including integration using Windows Communication Foundation.

* Comprehensive, authoritative explanation of VB.NET 2005 and .NET 2.0 from a proven author who has a history of writing award-winning, successful books for professional developers. * The broad scope of this book provides aspiring professionals with all the information that they need to become proficient in coding .NET 2.0 applications "overnight." * Visual Basic has one of the largest user groups of any coding language. It is estimated that a large number of them will be following the next path to the latest edition of the language from previous versions (VB.NET 1.1 and VB6 especially). This book is well placed to meet their needs.