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Starting with ASP.NET 3.5 SP 1, the ScriptManager control in the ASP.NET AJAX Framework includes functionality for creating history points in an AJAX-enabled web page. Adding a history point creates an entry in the browser's history for a particular page state.

This article shows how to add history points using the ScriptManager control. In particular, it shows how to record history points whenever the user pages or sorts a GridView.

For those of you who have been sitting on the sideline waiting for "Orcas" to ship before you take a look at the new features in ASP.NET 3.5, it's time for you to get in the game.

This article is about a Password Strength control, which can be used in password dialogs and login windows in Windows based .NET applications. If you want, you can use it as a progress bar control as well. This control can be shaped to different styles and can be extended, if needed.

ASP.NET's new ListView control provides template-based layout for both display and CRUD database operations, making it an extremely way to build data-centric Web applications.

Create a custom asp.net 3.5 control with WebResources, client side JS and httphandlers

Single sign-on using ASP.NET Forms authentication is not a new topic. If you Google it, you’ll find a fair amount of articles talking about it. However, it does not appear to be easy enough to get a clear picture when you try to implement it. The concepts and implementation details are often scattered around, which requires adequate efforts to put pieces together. In this article, I’ll try to summarize my understandings through literature study as well as my own practice, and hope to make it easy for you if you ever need to implement it.

This article is about Matematico, a logical game I played when I was 11 years old. I never forgot this game and my teacher who was a very clever woman. Now, my daughter Nina is able to play with me and I create this page for her just for fun. And for you, of course. You can play this game with your children, parents, and friends. IMHO this game is better than bingo, and poker.

This article presents some best practices that you can follow to deploy ASP.NET applications in production mode. These practices help you avoid problems both during and after deployment.

Anyone who has spent time developing URL rewriters will know that these do not always play nicely with AJAX components. This is because the HtmlForm element written out by .NET uses the actual URL for post-backs, and not the page's virtual URL that you are trying to preserve. This article discusses how this can be resolved cleanly, and also shows how control adapters may be set programmatically using Reflection. This is useful for creating plug & play components such as URL rewriters in order to minimise the amount of configuration required.

Enhancements and Fixes that add features like more control over column widthes and preventing wrapping.