This article is a continuation of the introductory Web Services article and expands with specific examples of passing ADO.NET DataSet objects over Web Services to be consumed in a Windows Form application. The article discusses the DataSet object in some detail and delves into how data is consumed and displayed in the Windows Form environment along with a number of related issues such as security. More info

This article elucidates how to build and install-managed code that will be used from COM applications. A classic COM server is activated using the Service Control Manager (SCM). It looks up numerous information such as CLSIDs, IIDs, ProgIDs etc. More info

This is part one of a two part series on threading in C#. It's fairly complex so you have to have a good idea of what you're doing to jump into it. However, it describes how to create a thread and use join, monitor, and other features in accordance with threading. More info

In this article I cover the area how to use a COM server in a .NET client. Existing COM components are precious resources to your managed applications. So now let us observe how you can build a .NET Client that uses a COM Server. More info

One of most repetitive, boring and thus error prone tasks when accessing databases from C# (or other language) is writing SQL commands. And when there is explicit SQL, no matter whether it's in stored procedures or inside your code, it has to be maintained. For instance if column is added to database, that one must be added to all 4 commands (INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE, DELETE - aka CRUD), and there are often more than one SELECTs with different filters. There are certainly times when you must write some SQL, but it would be better if machine could create as much as possible. This article is about writing some code that can do that job. It was made for SQL Server but you shouldn't have too much problems to customize it to db you use. More info

Find out how Web Services work and are created in the .Net framework. This article introduces the concepts of Web Services, the technology and then demonstrates how Web Services are created and consumed via several examples. Source code available for download. More info

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Boxing and unboxing is a essential concept in C#’s type system. With Boxing and unboxing one can link between value-types and reference-types by allowing any value of a value-type to be converted to and from type object. Boxing and unboxing enables a unified view of the type system wherein a value of any type can ultimately be treated as an object. More info

This article describes NNTP in C#. It explains how to connect to a newsgroup and grab the news and then re-use the information for your own use. More info

The first of fifteen lessons exclusively available on Programmers Heaven to teach you about the .NET platform and the C# language. This lesson introduces the course, details the architecture of the .NET platform and gives a high level overview of the C# language. More info