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This article explains how to enable Skype features in your ASP.NET website.

While the ObjectDataSource's parameters' values can typically be set declaratively, without requiring a line of code, it's easy to set the parameter values programmatically. This tutorial concludes the Basic Reporting section.

While the ObjectDataSource's parameters' values can typically be set declaratively, without requiring a line of code, it's easy to set the parameter values programmatically. This tutorial concludes the Basic Reporting section.

In order to use methods with input parameters, we need to specify the values for the parameters in the ObjectDataSource's SelectParameters collection. Different types of parameters allow for the parameter value to be obtained from different sources.

In order to use methods with input parameters, we need to specify the values for the parameters in the ObjectDataSource's SelectParameters collection. Different types of parameters allow for the parameter value to be obtained from different sources.

Shows how to define timezone of the remote user and display date time values according to remote time zonoe

Visual Basic .NET and Visual Basic 6.0 developers get an introduction to building Web applications with ASP.NET 2.0, as well as the major differences between developing desktop and Web applications.

Visual Basic .NET and Visual Basic 6.0 developers get an introduction to building Web applications with ASP.NET 2.0, as well as the major differences between developing desktop and Web applications.

A tutorial on how to use the Provider Templates to create your own provider.

In .NET applications, an illegal operation - an invalid cast, attempting to reference a null value, trying to connect to a database that's been taken offline, and so on - raises an exception. Exceptions can be caught and handled directly in code through the use of Try / Catch blocks. For ASP.NET applications, if the exception is not handled in code, it bubbles up to the ASP.NET runtime, which raises an HttpUnhandledException. By default, unhandled exceptions result in a page that displays the text, "Runtime Error" with instructions for developers on how to display exception details (see the screen shot to the right). This "Runtime Error" error page is what is seen by external visitors; if you visit your site through localhost and an unhandled exception occurs, the default error page includes the type and details of the exception thrown.

End users will no doubt find the "Runtime Error" page to be intimidating and confusing - do you think the average computer user knows what "Runtime" means? All the user knows is that something went horribly wrong. They might fear that their data or progress has been lost and that they are responsible for the error. Ironically, the person who does care that an unhandled exception has occurred - the developer - is left out of the loop unless the end user takes the time to email the developer the details of the error (what page it happened on, the steps the user had performed that caused the error, and so on)..