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1) Creating and programming a Web application (12%) 1. Create and configure a Web application. o Create a new Web application.

o Add Web Forms pages to a Web application. 2. Add and configure Web server controls. o Configure Web server control properties by using the Microsoft Visual Studio Property Editor. o Specify whether events of a control cause a Web Form to post to the server. o Configure a control to receive postback events. o Use the Panel Web server control to arrange controls in groups on a page. o Create a container for a group of View controls by using the MultiView Web server control. o Access controls in Web Forms pages when working with naming containers and child controls. o Create HTML server controls in the designer. o Set HTML server control properties programmatically. o Use HTML server controls to programmatically access HTML tags. o Create HTML controls as elements in an HTML document. o Use the Label Web server control to display customized text on a Web page. o Display a hyperlink style button on a Web Form by using the LinkButton Web server control. o Display lists of information by using controls that derive from the ListControl class. o Create a Web Form with static text by using the Literal Web server control. o Implement pagination for controls on a page by using the Pager Web server control. o Use the AdRotator Web server control to manage banners and pop-up windows. o Use the Button Web server control to send a command to the server when a button is clicked. o Display a calendar on a Web page by using the Calendar Web server control. o Implement the CheckBox Web server control. o Implement the FileUpload Web server control. o Create and manipulate links on a Web Form by using the HyperLink Web server control. o Display an image on a Web Form by using the Image Web server control. o Implement a button on a Web Form by using the ImageButton Web server control. o Define hotspot regions within an image by using the ImageMap Web server control. o Use the View Web server control to create a Web application.

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Create a mutually exclusive set of choices by using the RadioButton Web server control. o Construct a table by using the Table, TableRow, and TableCell Web server controls. o Enable users to type information into a Web Form by using the TextBox Web server control. o Create a wizard by using the Wizard Web server control to collect data through multiple steps of a process. o Use the XML Web server control to create XML data at the location of the control. o Customize the appearance of Web server controls by using Web control templates. o Programmatically edit settings in a Web site's configuration file. o Dynamically add Web server controls to a Web Forms page. o Add Web server controls to a Web Form. o Configure the properties of Web server controls programmatically. Create event handlers for pages and controls. o Create event handlers for a page or control at design time. o Respond to application and session events. Manage state and application data. o Manage state of an application by using client-based state management options. o Manage state of an application by using server-based state management options. o Maintain state of an application by using database technology. Implement globalization and accessibility. Implement site navigation and input validation. o Use the SiteMap Web server control to display a representation of a Web site's navigation structure. o Use validation controls to perform Web Forms validation. o Validate against values in a database for server controls by using a CustomValidator control. o Create a CustomValidator control and tie it to a custom function. o Test programmatically whether a user's input passed validation before running code. o Specify the location of a validation error message for server controls. o Format validation error messages for server controls. o Specify the layout for in-place messages on server controls. o Disable validation for server controls. o Display custom error messages for server controls. o Validate server controls programmatically. Write an ASP.NET handler to generate images dynamically for display on a Web page. Configure settings for a Web application. o Configure system-wide settings in the Machine.config file. o Configure settings for a Web application in the Web.config file.
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Manage a Web application's configuration by using the Web Site Administration Tool. 9. Program a Web application. o Programmatically access the header of a Web page. o Implement cross-page postbacks. o Assign focus to a control on a page when the page is displayed. o Avoid performing unnecessary processing on a round trip by using a page's IsPostBack property. o Access encapsulated page and application context. o Avoid unnecessary client-side redirection by using the HttpServerUtility.Transfer method. o Avoid round trips by using client-side scripts. o Use a page's Async attribute to create a page that has built-in asynchronous capabilities. o Convert HTML server controls to HTML elements. o Redirect users to another Web page by using a server-side method. o Detect browser types in Web Forms. o Ascertain the cause of an unhandled exception at the page level.
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2) Integrating data in a Web application by using ADO.NET, XML, and data-bound controls (20%) Implement data-bound controls. o Use tabular data source controls to return tabular data. o Use hierarchical data source controls to display hierarchical data. o Display data by using simple data-bound controls. o Display data by using composite data-bound controls. o Display data by using hierarchical data-bound controls. o Use the FormView control to display the values of a single table record from a data source. 2. Manage connections and transactions of databases. o Configure a connection to a database graphically by using the Connection Wizard. o Configure a connection by using Server Explorer. o Configure a connection to a database by using the connection class. o Connect to a database by using specific database connection objects. o Enumerate through instances of Microsoft SQL Server by using the DbProviderFactories.GetFactoryClasses method. o Open a connection by using the Open method of a connection object. o Close a connection by using the connection object. o Secure a connection to protect access to your data source. o Create a connection designed for reuse in a connection pool. o Control connection pooling by configuring ConnectionString values based on database type. o Use connection events to detect database information. o Handle connection exceptions when connecting to a database.
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Perform transactions by using the ADO.NET Transaction object. 3. Create, delete, and edit data in a connected environment. o Retrieve data by using a DataReader object. o Build SQL commands visually in Server Explorer. o Build SQL commands in code. o Create parameters for a command object. o Perform database operations by using a command object. o Retrieve data from a database by using a command object. o Perform asynchronous operations by using a command object. o Perform bulk copy operations to copy data to a SQL Server computer. o Store and retrieve binary large object (BLOB) data types in a database. 4. Create, delete, and edit data in a disconnected environment. o Resolve conflicts between a DataSet and a database by using the DataAdapter. o Respond to changes made to data at the data source by using DataAdapter events. o Perform batch operations by using DataAdapters. o Create an instance of the DataSet class programmatically. o Create a DataSet graphically. o Create a DataSet programmatically. o Add a DataTable to a DataSet. o Add a relationship between tables. o Navigate a relationship between tables. o Merge DataSet contents. o Copy DataSet contents. o Create a strongly typed DataSet. o Create DataTables. o Manage data within a DataTable. o Create and use DataViews. o Represent data in a DataSet by using XML. o Access an ADO Recordset or Record by using the OleDbDataAdapter object. o Generate DataAdapter commands automatically by using the CommandBuilder object. o Generate DataAdapter commands programmatically. o Populate a DataSet by using a DataAdapter. o Update a database by using a DataAdapter. 5. Manage XML data with the XML Document Object Model (DOM). o Read XML data into the DOM by using the Load method. o Modify an XML document by adding and removing nodes. o Modify nodes in an XML document. o Write data in XML format from the DOM. o Work with nodes in the XML DOM by using XmlNamedNodeMap and the XmlNodeList. o Handle DOM events.
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Modify XML declaration. 6. Read and write XML data by using the XmlReader and XmlWriter. o Read XML data by using the XmlReader. o Read all XML element and attribute content. o Read specific element and attribute content. o Read XML data by using the XmlTextReader class. o Read node trees by using the XmlNodeReader. o Validate XML data by using the XmlValidatingReader. o Write XML data by using the XmlWriter.
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3) Creating custom Web controls (14%) Create a composite Web application control. o Create a user control. o Convert a Web Forms page to a user control. o Include a user control in a Web Forms page. o Manipulate user control properties. o Handle user control events within the user control code-declaration block or code-behind file. o Create instances of user controls programmatically. o Develop user controls in a code-behind file. o Create a templated user control. 2. Create a custom Web control that inherits from the WebControl class. o Create a custom Web control. o Add a custom Web control to the Toolbox. o Individualize a custom Web control. o Create a custom designer for a custom Web control. 3. Create a composite server control. o Create a base class for composite controls. o Create a composite control. 4. Develop a templated control. o Create a templated control. o Develop a templated data-bound control.
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4) Tracing, configuring, and deploying applications (14%) Use a Web setup project to deploy a Web application to a target server. o Create a Web setup project. o Configure deployment properties for a Web setup project. o Install a Web application on a target server. 2. Copy a Web application to a target server by using the Copy Web tool. 3. Precompile a Web application by using the Publish Web utility. 4. Optimize and troubleshoot a Web application. o Customize event-level analysis by using the ASP.NET health-monitoring API. o Use performance counters to track the execution of an application.
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Troubleshoot a Web application by using ASP.NET tracing. Optimize performance by using the ASP.NET Cache object.

5) Customizing and personalizing a Web application (14%) Implement a consistent page design by using master pages. o Change master pages dynamically. o Create a master page. o Add a ContentPlaceHolder control to a master page. o Specify default content for a ContentPlaceHolder. o Reference external resources in a master page. o Define the content of a particular page in a content page. o Create a content page. o Add content to a content page. o Reference a master page member from a content page. o Handle events when using master pages. o Create a nested master page. 2. Customize a Web page by using themes and user profiles. o Apply a theme declaratively. o Apply a theme programmatically. o Apply a user-selected theme programmatically. o Define custom themes. o Define the appearance of a control by using skins. o Enable users to personalize an application by using Web Parts. o Track and store user-specific information by using user profiles. o Personalize a Web page by dynamically adding or removing child controls in a Placeholder control at run time. 3. Implement Web Parts in a Web application. o Track and coordinate all Web Parts controls on a page by adding a WebPartManager control. o Connect Web Parts to each other by using connection objects. o Divide a page that uses Web Parts into zones by using WebPartZones. o Present a list of available Web Parts controls to users by using CatalogPart controls. o Enable users to edit and personalize Web Parts controls on a page by using EditorPart controls.
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6) Implementing authentication and authorization (17%) Establish a user's identity by using forms authentication. o Configure forms authentication for a Web application by using a configuration file. o Enable cookieless forms authentication by setting the cookieless attribute. o Use membership APIs and the Membership class to manage users. o Enable anonymous identification. 2. Use authorization to establish the rights of an authenticated user.
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Manage roles in the Web Site Administration Tool. Ascertain whether a specific user is in role. Get the roles for a specific user by using the Roles object or the User object. o Store role information in a cookie. o Restrict access to files by using file authorization. o Restrict access to portions of an application by using URL authorization. 3. Implement Microsoft Windows authentication and impersonation. o Establish a user's identity by using Windows authentication. o Use impersonation to control access to resources. 4. Use login controls to control access to a Web application. o Use the Login Web server control. o Use the LoginView Web server control to view a user's login status. o Use the PasswordRecovery Web server control to allow a user to recover a password. o Use the LoginStatus Web server control to display either a login or logout link. o Use the LoginName Web server control to display a user's login name on a Web page. o Use the CreateUserWizard Web server control as a UI for creating new Web application user accounts. o Use the ChangePassword Web server control to allow users to change their passwords. o Specify the membership provider used for logging on. o Configure a mail server so that login controls can be used to send e-mail messages to users.
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7) Creating ASP.NET mobile Web applications (8%)


Create a mobile Web application project. Use device-specific rendering to display controls on a variety of devices. Use adaptive rendering to modify the appearance of Web server controls. Use the mobile Web controls to display content on a device.

Monday 1 March 2010


MCTS .NET 2.0 Web-based Client Development 70-528 Objectives List Part 4

This is the fourth post (first, second, third) in another collection of posts that have links to the different objectives covered in the 70-528 exam. There is also a series on ASP.NET 3.5 exam 70-562 (here) Tracing, configuring, and deploying applications

Use a Web setup project to deploy a Web application to a target server. o Create a Web setup project. Web Pages and Projects What's New in Web Projects o Configure deployment properties for a Web setup project. Build, Configuration Properties, Deployment Project Properties Dialog Box o Install a Web application on a target server. Copy a Web application to a target server by using the Copy Web tool. Precompile a Web application by using the Publish Web utility. Optimize and troubleshoot a Web application. o Customize event-level analysis by using the ASP.NET health-monitoring API. ASP.NET Health Monitoring Overview Configuring ASP.NET Health Monitoring Buffering ASP.NET Health Monitoring Events Using WMI to Deliver ASP.NET Health Monitoring Events Walkthrough: Listening for WMI Events in ASP.NET Health Monitoring Extending ASP.NET Health Monitoring Implementing Custom ASP.NET Health Monitoring Events and Providers Securing ASP.NET Health Monitoring System.Web.Management System.Management System.Management.Instrumentation HealthMonitoringSection healthMonitoring Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema) o Use performance counters to track the execution of an application. How to: Create Performance Counter Categories, Category and Counter Management How to: Create Custom Performance Counters. How to: View the ASP.NET Performance Counters Available on Your Computer Developing High-Performance ASP.NET Applications o Troubleshoot a Web application by using ASP.NET tracing. ASP.NET Tracing Overview Application-Level ASP.NET Tracing Overview How to: Enable Tracing for an ASP.NET Page How to: Enable Tracing for an ASP.NET Application

Writing Custom ASP.NET Trace Messages How to: View ASP.NET Trace Information with the Trace Viewer Reading ASP.NET Trace Information Walkthrough: Integrating ASP.NET Tracing with System.Diagnostics Tracing System.Web.TraceContext Optimize performance by using the ASP.NET Cache object. ASP.NET Caching Overview What's New in ASP.NET Caching Caching ASP.NET Pages Caching Application Data Caching Multiple Versions of a Page Caching Portions of an ASP.NET Page Dynamically Updating Portions of a Cached Page Caching in ASP.NET with the SqlCacheDependency Class Cache Configuration in ASP.NET System.Web.Caching HttpCachePolicy HttpCacheability @ OutputCache Caching Application Data How to: Add Items to the Cache. How to: Retrieve Values of Cached Items. CacheItemPriority AggregateCacheDependency How to: Cache Page Output with File Dependencies

You can also find some information on preparing for your exams here and here, in the actual exam for 70-528. Also errata for the MS Press training kit Email this Technorati Links Save to del.icio.us Add to del.icio.us Digg This! outside.in: geotag this story Share on Facebook Discuss on Newsvine Stumble It! Add to Mixx! Posted by Niall Merrigan at 11:15 0 comments Labels: 2008, 70-528, ASP.NET, Certification, MCPD, MCTS, Tips and Tricks

Sunday 21 February 2010


MCTS .NET 2.0 Web-based Client Development 70-528 Objectives List Part 3
This is the third post (first, second) in another collection of posts that have links to the different objectives covered in the 70-528 exam. There is also a series on ASP.NET 3.5 exam 70-562 (here)

Creating custom Web controls

Create a composite Web application control. o Create a user control How to: Create an ASP.NET User Control. o Convert a Web Forms page to a user control. o Include a user control in a Web Forms page. How to: Include a User Control in an ASP.NET Web Page o Manipulate user control properties. o Handle user control events within the user control code-declaration block or code-behind file. o Create instances of user controls programmatically. o Develop user controls in a code-behind file. o Create a templated user control. PlaceHolder ITemplate. INamingContainer TemplateContainerAttribute Create a custom Web control that inherits from the WebControl class. o Create a custom Web control. o Add a custom Web control to the Toolbox. How to: Use Custom ASP.NET Server Controls in Visual Studio o Individualize a custom Web control. o Create a custom designer for a custom Web control. Create a composite server control. o Create a base class for composite controls. CreateChildControls EnsureChildControls o Create a composite control. A Crash Course on ASP.NET Control Development: Building Composite Controls Develop a templated control. o Create a templated control. o Develop a templated data-bound control.

You can also find some information on preparing for your exams here and here, in the actual exam for 70-528. Also errata for the MS Press training kit Email this Technorati Links Save to del.icio.us Add to del.icio.us Digg This! outside.in: geotag this story Share on Facebook Discuss on Newsvine Stumble It! Add to Mixx! Posted by Niall Merrigan at 12:39 0 comments Labels: 2008, 70-528, ASP.NET, Certification, MCTS, Tips and Tricks, Visual Studio

Wednesday 17 February 2010


MCTS .NET 2.0 Web-based Client Development 70-528 Objectives List Part 2
This is the second post (first) in another collection of posts that have links to the different objectives covered in the 70-528 exam. There is also a series on ASP.NET 3.5 exam 70562 (here) Integrating data in a Web application by using ADO.NET, XML, and data-bound controls

Implement data-bound controls. o Use tabular data source controls to return tabular data. ObjectDataSource ObjectDataSource Control Overview Using Parameters with the ObjectDataSource Control SqlDataSource SqlDataSource Web Server Control Overview How to: Connect to a SQL Server Database Using the SqlDataSource Control How to: Connect to an Access Database Using the SqlDataSource Control How to: Connect to an ODBC Database Using the SqlDataSource Control How to: Connect to an Oracle Database Using the SqlDataSource Control AccessDataSource Retrieving Data Using the AccessDataSource Web Server Control XmlDataSource XmlDataSource Control Overview Binding a Tabular Control to the XmlDataSource Control o Use hierarchical data source controls to display hierarchical data. XmlDataSource XmlDataSource Control Overview SiteMapDataSource SiteMapDataSource Web Server Control Overview o Display data by using simple data-bound controls. o Display data by using composite data-bound controls. GridView GridView Web Server Control Overview Comparing the GridView and DataGrid Web Server Controls Sorting Data in a GridView Web Server Control Paging in a GridView Web Server Control Modifying Data in a GridView Web Server Control GridView Web Server Control Events

Creating a Custom Column in a GridView Web Server Control How to: Set GridView Web Server Control Column Width Dynamically DetailsView DetailsView Web Server Control Overview Paging in a DetailsView Web Server Control Modifying Data Using a DetailsView Web Server Control Creating a Custom Row in a DetailsView Web Server Control DetailsView Web Server Control Events FormView FormView Web Server Control Overview Creating Templates for the FormView Web Server Control Paging in a FormView Web Server Control Modifying Data Using a FormView Web Server Control FormView Web Server Control Events Repeater Repeater Web Server Control Overview How to: Add a Repeater Control to a Web Forms Page DataList DataList Web Server Control Overview How to: Add DataList Controls to an ASP.NET Web Page How to: Specify Flow or Table Format in DataList Web Server Controls How to: Specify Horizontal or Vertical Layout in DataList Web Server Controls How to: Allow Users to Select Items in DataList Web Server Controls How to: Allow Users to Edit Items in DataList Web Server Controls How to: Allow Users to Delete Items in DataList Web Server Controls How to: Respond to Button Events in DataList, Repeater, or GridView Items How to: Customize DataList Items at Run Time How to: Customize Items Dynamically in the DataList Web Server Control How to: Create Templates Dynamically in DataList Web Server Controls Display data by using hierarchical data-bound controls. Menu Menu Web Server Control SiteMapPath SiteMapPath Web Server Control Overview How to: Customize the Appearance of SiteMapPath Web Server Controls

How to: Filter the Nodes Retrieved by SiteMapDataSource Web Server Controls TreeView TreeView Web Server Control TreeView Web Server Control Events Customizing the Look and Feel of the TreeView Web Server Control Populating Tree Nodes in the TreeView Web Server Control Binding Data to the TreeView Web Server Control Selection, Navigation, and Check Boxes in the TreeView Web Server Control Using Images with the TreeView Control o Use the FormView control to display the values of a single table record from a data source. FormView FormView Web Server Control Overview Creating Templates for the FormView Web Server Control Paging in a FormView Web Server Control Modifying Data Using a FormView Web Server Control FormView Web Server Control Events Manage connections and transactions of databases. o Configure a connection to a database graphically by using the Connection Wizard. o Configure a connection by using Server Explorer. o Configure a connection to a database by using the connection class. o Connect to a database by using specific database connection objects. SqlConnection OleDbConnection OdbcConnection OracleConnection o Enumerate through instances of Microsoft SQL Server by using the DbProviderFactories.GetFactoryClasses method. o Open a connection by using the Open method of a connection object. o Close a connection by using the connection object. o Secure a connection to protect access to your data source. o Create a connection designed for reuse in a connection pool. o Control connection pooling by configuring ConnectionString values based on database type. o Use connection events to detect database information. InfoMessage o Handle connection exceptions when connecting to a database. o Perform transactions by using the ADO.NET Transaction object. Create, delete, and edit data in a connected environment. o Retrieve data by using a DataReader object. o Build SQL commands visually in Server Explorer. How to: Create and Execute an SQL Statement that Returns Rows

How to: Create and Execute an SQL Statement that Returns a Single Value How to: Create and Execute an SQL Statement that Returns No Value How to: Execute a Stored Procedure that Returns Rows How to: Execute a Stored Procedure that Returns a Single Value How to: Execute a Stored Procedure that Returns No Value o Build SQL commands in code. o Create parameters for a command object. ParameterDirection Input InputOutput Output ReturnValue o Perform database operations by using a command object. Executing a Command Working with Command Parameters Automatically Generating Commands Obtaining a Single Value from a Database o Retrieve data from a database by using a command object. o Perform asynchronous operations by using a command object BeginExecuteNonQuery BeginExecuteReader BeginExecuteXmlReader EndExecuteNonQuery EndExecuteReader EndExecuteXmlReader Calling Synchronous Methods Asynchronously Creating ASP.NET Applications Using Wait Handles o Perform bulk copy operations to copy data to a SQL Server computer. o Store and retrieve binary large object (BLOB) data types in a database. Create, delete, and edit data in a disconnected environment. o Create an instance of the DataSet class programmatically. o Create a DataSet graphically. How to: Open a Dataset in the Dataset Designer How to: Edit a Dataset Walkthrough: Creating a Dataset with the Dataset Designer o Create a DataSet programmatically. o Add a DataTable to a DataSet. TableName o Add a relationship between tables. DataRelation UniqueConstraint ForeignKeyConstraint o Navigate a relationship between tables. o Merge DataSet contents.

Copy DataSet contents. Create a strongly typed DataSet. Create DataTables. Manage data within a DataTable. Create and use DataViews. Sorting and Filtering Data Using a DataView Viewing Data Using a DataView Modifying Data Using a DataView Working with DataView Events Setting Default Table Views Using a DataViewManager o Represent data in a DataSet by using XML. DiffGrams Loading a DataSet from XML Writing a DataSet as XML Data Loading DataSet Schema Information from XML Writing DataSet Schema Information as XML Schema (XSD) Synchronizing a DataSet with an XmlDataDocument Nested DataRelations Generating DataSet Relational Structure from XML Schema (XSD) Inferring DataSet Relational Structure from XML o Access an ADO Recordset or Record by using the OleDbDataAdapter object. o Generate DataAdapter commands automatically by using the CommandBuilder object. o Generate DataAdapter commands programmatically. o Populate a DataSet by using a DataAdapter. o Update a database by using a DataAdapter. o Resolve conflicts between a DataSet and a database by using the DataAdapter. o Respond to changes made to data at the data source by using DataAdapter events. o Perform batch operations by using DataAdapters. Manage XML data with the XML Document Object Model (DOM). o Read XML data into the DOM by using the Load method. o Modify an XML document by adding and removing nodes. RemoveChild o Modify nodes in an XML document. o Write data in XML format from the DOM. o Work with nodes in the XML DOM by using XmlNamedNodeMap and the XmlNodeList. XmlNodeList o Handle DOM events. NodeChanged NodeChanging NodeInserted
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NodeInserting NodeRemoved NodeRemoving o Modify XML declaration. Read and write XML data by using the XmlReader and XmlWriter. o Read XML data by using the XmlReader. o Read all XML element and attribute content. o Read specific element and attribute content. o Read XML data by using the XmlTextReader class. o Read node trees by using the XmlNodeReader. o Validate XML data by using the XmlValidatingReader. o Write XML data by using the XmlWriter.

You can also find some information on preparing for your exams here and here, in the actual exam for 70-528. Also errata for the MS Press training kit

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Thursday 21 January 2010


MCTS .NET 2.0 Web-based Client Development 70-528 Objectives List Part 1
This is the first in another collection of posts that have links to the different objectives covered in the 70-528 exam. There is also a series on ASP.NET 3.5 exam 70-562 (here) Creating and programming a Web application

Create and configure a Web application o Comparing Web Site Projects and Web Application Projects o Create a new Web application o Add Web Forms pages to a Web application Add and configure Web server controls o Add Web server controls to a Web Form o How to: Add Web Server Controls to a Web Forms Page Using the Web Forms Designer

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How to: Add Server Controls to an ASP.NET Web Page Using ASP.NET Syntax How to: Add Controls to an ASP.NET Web Page Programmatically Configure the properties of Web server controls programmatically Configure Web server control properties by using the Microsoft Visual Studio Property Editor Specify whether events of a control cause a Web Form to post to the server Configure a control to receive postback events Access controls in Web Forms pages when working with naming containers and child controls How to: Locate Child Controls by ID in an ASP.NET Web Page How to: Locate the Web Forms Controls on a Page by Walking the Controls Collection Create HTML server controls in the designer. Set HTML server control properties programmatically. Use HTML server controls to programmatically access HTML tags. Create HTML controls as elements in an HTML document. Use the AdRotator Web server control to manage banners and pop-up windows. AdRotator How to: Display Ads From a Database Using the AdRotator Web Server Control How to: Display Ads From an XML File Using the AdRotator Web Server Control How to: Select Ads in an AdRotator Web Server Control Programmatically Walkthrough: Displaying and Tracking Advertisements with the AdRotator Control Use the Button Web server control to send a command to the server when a button is clicked. Button How to: Add Button Web Server Controls to a Web Forms Page How to: Respond to Button Events in Data-Bound Controls How to: Respond to Button Events in DataList, Repeater, or GridView Items How to: Respond to Button Web Server Control Events Command CommandName CommandArgument Click Display a calendar on a Web page by using the Calendar Web server control. Calendar How to: Control Month Navigation in a Calendar Web Server Control

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How to: Control User Date Selection in a Calendar Web Server Control How to: Customize Calendar Web Server Control Appearance How to: Customize Individual Days in a Calendar Web Server Control How to: Display Selected Dates from a Database in the Calendar Control How to: Format Calendar Web Server Control Elements Using Styles How to: Read Selected Dates in the Calendar Web Server Control How to: Respond to Date Selection in a Calendar Web Server Control How to: Set Today's Date Programmatically in a Calendar Web Server Control Implement the CheckBox Web server control. Implement the FileUpload Web server control. How to: Upload Files with the FileUpload Web Server Control FileUpload Web Server Control Overview Create and manipulate links on a Web Form by using the HyperLink Web server control. How to: Add HyperLink Web Server Controls to a Web Forms Page HyperLink Web Server Control Overview Display an image on a Web Form by using the Image Web server control. How to: Add Image Web Server Controls to a Web Forms Page Implement a button on a Web Form by using the ImageButton Web server control. How to: Add ImageButton Web Server Controls to a Web Forms Page Define hotspot regions within an image by using the ImageMap Web server control. ImageMap control How to: Add ImageMap Web Server Controls to a Web Page (Visual Studio) How to: Respond to User Clicks in ImageMap Web Server Controls Use the Label Web server control to display customized text on a Web page. How to: Add Label Web Server Controls to a Web Forms Page Display a hyperlink style button on a Web Form by using the LinkButton Web server control. LinkButton class Display lists of information by using controls that derive from the ListControl class. Create a Web Form with static text by using the Literal Web server control.

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Implement pagination for controls on a page by using the Pager Web server control. Use the Panel Web server control to arrange controls in groups on a page. How to: Add Panel Controls to a Web Forms Page (Visual Studio) Create a container for a group of View controls by using the MultiView Web server control. MultiView and View Web Server Controls Overview How to: Add MultiView Web Server Controls to a Web Forms Page Use the View Web server control to create a Web application. View Class MultiView and View Web Server Controls Overview How to: Add MultiView Web Server Controls to a Web Forms Page Create a mutually exclusive set of choices by using the RadioButton Web server control. How to: Add Individual RadioButton Web Server Controls to a Web Forms Page How to: Add RadioButton Web Server Controls to a Web Forms Page (Visual Studio) How to: Add RadioButtonList Web Server Controls to a Web Forms Page How to: Respond to a User Selection in a RadioButton Web Server Control Group How to: Set and Get the Selection in a RadioButton Web Server Control How to: Set Layout in a RadioButtonList Web Server Control Construct a table by using the Table, TableRow, and TableCell Web server controls. TableCell Server Control TableRow Server Control How to: Add and Remove HTML Table Elements How to: Add Rows and Cells Dynamically to a Table Web Server Control How to: Add Table Web Server Controls to a Web Forms Page How to: Resize HTML Table Elements Walkthrough: Editing HTML Tables Enable users to type information into a Web Form by using the TextBox Web server control. How to: Get and Set Values in TextBox Web Server Controls How to: Respond to Changes in a TextBox Web Server Control How to: Set a TextBox Web Server Control for Password Entry How to: Specify Multiline Input for a TextBox Web Server Control Create a wizard by using the Wizard Web server control to collect data through multiple steps of a process.

Walkthrough: Creating a Basic ASP.NET Wizard Control Walkthrough: Advanced Use of the ASP.NET Wizard Control o Use the XML Web server control to create XML data at the location of the control. How to: Add XML Web Server Controls to a Web Forms Page How to: Load XML Data in the XML Web Server Control How to: Transform XML Data in the XML Web Server Control o Customize the appearance of Web server controls by using Web control templates. How to: Create Web Server Control Templates Using the Designer. o Programmatically edit settings in a Web site's configuration file. Using the Configuration Classes. ASP.NET Configuration Overview How-to Topics Configuring ASP.NET Applications o Dynamically add Web server controls to a Web Forms page PlaceHolder Dynamic Web Server Controls and View State ASP.NET Page Life Cycle Overview Create event handlers for pages and controls. o Create event handlers for a page or control at design time. How to: Dynamically Bind Event Handlers at Run Time in ASP.NET Web Pages Handling and Raising Events Server Event Handling in ASP.NET Web Pages (Visual Studio) ASP.NET Web Server Control Event Model o Respond to application and session events. BeginRequest EndRequest SessionStateModule.Start Event SessionStateModule.End Event Manage state and application data. o ASP.NET State Management Recommendations o Manage state of an application by using client-based state management options. ViewState How to: Read Values from View State How to: Save Values in View State. ControlState HiddenField Cookies QueryString o Manage state of an application by using server-based state management options. ASP.NET Application State Overview HttpApplicationState

Session State Overview. HttpSessionState ASP.NET Profile Properties Overview. o Maintain state of an application by using database technology. Session-State Modes. StateServer SQLServer Custom Implement globalization and accessibility. o CultureInfo class o How to: Create Resource Files for ASP.NET Web Sites o How to: Display Right-to-Left Text Using HTML Tags for Globalization o How to: Retrieve Resource Values Programmatically o How to: Set the Culture and UI Culture for ASP.NET Web Page Globalization o Building ASP.NET 2.0 Web sites using web standards Implement site navigation and input validation. o Use the SiteMap Web server control to display a representation of a Web site's navigation structure. ASP.NET Site Navigation Overview. How to: Add Simple Site Navigation How to: Configure Multiple Site Maps and Site-Map Providers How to: Customize the Appearance of SiteMapPath Web Server Controls How to: Display Site-Map Data in Non-Hierarchical Web Server Controls How to: Filter the Nodes Retrieved by SiteMapDataSource Web Server Controls How to: Implement ASP.NET Site-Map Providers How to: Localize Site-Map Data How to: Programmatically Enumerate Site-Map Nodes How to: Programmatically Modify Site-Map Nodes in Memory Walkthrough: Adding Site Navigation to a Web Site o Use validation controls to perform Web Forms validation. RequiredFieldValidator CompareValidator RangeValidator CustomValidator o Validate against values in a database for server controls by using a CustomValidator control. CustomValidator o Create a CustomValidator control and tie it to a custom function. o Test programmatically whether a user's input passed validation before running code. Page.IsValid o Specify the location of a validation error message for server controls.

ValidationSummary o Format validation error messages for server controls. o Specify the layout for in-place messages on server controls. o Disable validation for server controls. CausesValidation o Display custom error messages for server controls. o Validate server controls programmatically. Write an ASP.NET handler to generate images dynamically for display on a Web page. o Serving dynamic content with HTTP Handlers Configure settings for a Web application. o ASP.NET Configuration Overview o Format of ASP.NET Configuration Files o ASP.NET Configuration Files o Configuration Files o Configure system-wide settings in the Machine.config file. o Configure settings for a Web application in the Web.config file. o Manage a Web application's configuration by using the Web Site Administration Tool. Program a Web application. o Redirect users to another Web page by using a server-side method. Redirection Methods o Detect browser types in Web Forms. o Ascertain the cause of an unhandled exception at the page level. o Programmatically access the header of a Web page. o Implement cross-page postbacks. How to: Post ASP.NET Web Pages to a Different Page. o Assign focus to a control on a page when the page is displayed. SetFocus o Avoid performing unnecessary processing on a round trip by using a page's IsPostBack property. o Access encapsulated page and application context. Context o Avoid unnecessary client-side redirection by using the HttpServerUtility.Transfer method. o Avoid round trips by using client-side scripts. o Use a page's Async attribute to create a page that has built-in asynchronous capabilities. o Convert HTML server controls to HTML elements.

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Exam tips for 70-528..ASP.NET Web Applications MCTS
This exam is aimed at ASP.NET Web Developers who are using the 2.0 version of the framework. So, by the name you can guess that it requires quite a bit of knowledge of the IIS, the ASP.NET web.config file and also standard web protocols. The ASP.NET exam is a bit varied; it is not just concerned with how to develop ASP.NET web applications but also how to deploy them. This is what sometimes catches people in this exam as it expects you to know how you would publish your application to the web once you have it developed. And what are the reasons you would use a particular tool over another. So with that in mind, you should take a look at the exam landing page, which details what is expected for this exam. So what should you be doing? Take a look at this post and it should help you test your readiness for the exam. If the exam landing page looks ok, have a go at one of the practice exams from www.measureup.com and see how you score. This will give you a good idea of where you are in relation to passing the exam. After that, you should have a copy of Visual Studio 2005. As this exam is aimed at the 2.0 framework, it is better to use the specific tool for it rather than using Visual Studio 2008. Even though VS2008 supports multi targeting of the different frameworks, it has additional tools and functionality not in 2005 and the exam was designed around that. Now the following is a question that I am sometimes asked in relation to VS2005 and this exam. Are the Express Editions sufficient to use for understanding the UI and tools? And I always answer, I dont know as I have never actively used any of the Express Editions to any great extent. So I cant answer with any certainty if all the tools are included in those editions as compared to the Pro editions. Next thing I would be doing is getting hold of the 180 day trial of either Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 and installing it in on your virtualisation software of choice. Having this will allow you to test your deployments and also remote debugging etc. If you use Server 2008, you will need to configure some extra bits such as IIS6.0 compatibility so that your web apps will work.

Also you will need a book. I used the MCTS Training Kit from MS Press and supplemented it with information from MSDN and blogs where I saw the need. One of my tricks here was to download the exam matrix to an Excel file and add links to different topics when I needed them so that I would have them on file. Unfortunately I have lost that excel file, but I will recreate it and publish it when I can. The main key points you need to take away before you sit the exam would be Understand the web.config

Security using IIS and web.config, also with ASP.NET applications and the implications of using the different types The web deployment tools supplied with VS2005 Web controls and how to implement them Master Pages, implementation, use, reasoning etc.

While this is not meant to an exhaustive list, it gives you an idea of what you should be looking at when you are studying for this exam. There are other aspects to the material which needs to be given sufficient time but the points above are standard parts of the whole of the toolkit that are expected in any ASP.NET developer. More information on preparing for your exams can be found here and also some information on doing the exam (here)

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