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xtender classes do just that; they allow you to extend the functionality of a .NET control class. The Error Provider and Tooltip classes are two examples of extender classes in

‘m writing this column in my head at about 3 am on a Sunday morning, while staring at the roof of a swaying tent on top of a mountain in

elcome to this first issue of 2003. We have some interesting things in this issue for you. The first item to note is our coverage of Visual C++ 2003. YES,

hen I first met the ASP.NET DataGrid control, it was love at first sight. Together we built several applications, taught dozens of classes, published countless articles and tips; we even

eflection in .NET is an exciting new tool for most developers. This article shows you how to use reflection to discover objects at runtime that you did not know existed

xecuting code dynamically at runtime is a powerful tool to allow users to customize applications after deployment. .NET provides all the tools that make it possible to build code on

solated storage represents a subset of the file system that partially trusted applications can access to perform their private I/O operations. Introduced to preserve the integrity and the functionality of

hat you are involved in at Microsoft and what changes have been made in the security arena? Steve Lipner: The Secure Windows Initiative (SWI) was created in early 2000, right

he process of securing applications begins with understanding the threats against your applications. Portions of this article are excerpted from Writing Secure Code, 2nd Edition, available from Microsoft Press. A