COBOL and Visual Basic on .NET

A Guide for the Reformed Mainframe Programmer

By: Chris L. Richardson

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Paperback | 15 April 2003

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The Mainframe Programmer's Guide to .NET is designed to be a guide covering the entire .NET platform. In order to cover as wide of a scope as this book does, low-level reference type detail is conservatively included. Richardson's book carefully covers every aspect .NET. Starting with a complete list of .NET Retraining Prerequisites and a full chapter answering the question "What is .NET", the author skillfully takes the reader through the .NET Framework, Database Access, Windows, Web, and Web Services topics. Additional topics range from Printing with Crystal Reports, using XML, and HTML to advanced .NET topics like .NET Configuration and Security for Web Services. The Mainframe Programmer's Guide to .NET is certainly a complete guide for the Mainframe programmer. Each chapter provides valuable references for continued learning. Having been given a context, the informed reader is then encouraged to take advantage of the references for continued in-depth training.

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"This book explains what .Net is, then provides a comprehensive guide to retraining. The style is conversational and easy to read. ... Presentation is well structured, with plenty of notes, tips and cautions on matters such as registry editing. There are cross references to related topics covered in other chapters, and a copious index and relevant references are provided at the end of each chapter, with useful downloads." (Philip Ballinger, Computer Bulletin, March, 2004)

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Foreword	p. xv
About the Author	p. xxiii
About the Technical Reviewer	p. xxv
About the Foreword Writer	p. xxvii
Acknowledgments	p. xxix
Introduction	p. xxxi
The Mainframe Paradigm Shift	p. 1
Your Future with COBOL	p. 3
Why Software Vendors Care About Mainframe COBOL	p. 4
Creating a New Standard for Mainframe COBOL	p. 6
Mainframe COBOL: How Will It Look?	p. 15
Your Reformation Has Begun	p. 25
Summary	p. 27
To Learn More	p. 28
What Is .NET?	p. 29
Putting the .NET Question into Perspective	p. 30
Programming Essentials with a .NET Language	p. 31
Accessing Data the .NET Way	p. 37
Interfacing with the User Using .NET	p. 40
Understanding Advanced .NET Technologies	p. 46
Marketing and Planning for .NET	p. 52
Summary	p. 57
To Learn More	p. 58
.NET Retraining Prerequisites	p. 59
Presenting a Historical View to Understand Our Future	p. 60
Take a Reality Check	p. 65
Building Blocks for Your .NET Training	p. 66
Summary	p. 90
To Learn More	p. 91
.NET Retraining Prerequisites, Part 2	p. 93
Object-Oriented Programming	p. 94
Hypertext Markup Language	p. 105
Client-Side Scripting Languages	p. 110
Extensible Markup Language	p. 115
Summary	p. 127
To Learn More	p. 127
.NET Programming Essentials	p. 131
Inside the .NET Integrated Development Environment	p. 133
Integrated Development Environments	p. 134
Choosing Your .NET Language	p. 159
Developing Your First .NET Programs	p. 163
Summary	p. 169
To Learn More	p. 170
The Nuts and Bolts of .NET Programming	p. 171
Taking a New Look at Old Programming Syntax	p. 171
Examining Microsoft Intermediate Language	p. 197
Summary	p. 202
To Learn More	p. 202
The .NET Framework	p. 205
Dicing the .NET Framework	p. 205
(Re)using the .NET Framework	p. 228
Summary	p. 242
To Learn More	p. 243
The .NET Common Language Runtime	p. 245
Understanding the Common Language Runtime	p. 245
The Garbage Collector	p. 249
Summary	p. 278
To Learn More	p. 278
Creating and Using Objects	p. 281
The Origin of "the Object"	p. 282
Finally, Value versus Reference Objects	p. 288
Object Visibility and Availability	p. 313
Summary	p. 318
To Learn More	p. 318
Reading, Writing, and Describing Data	p. 321
A New Perspective Toward Data	p. 323
A Basic View of Data: Files	p. 324
An Extended View of Data: Data Repositories	p. 342
A Meta View of Data: Metadata	p. 347
Summary	p. 357
To Learn More	p. 357
Database Programming with .NET	p. 359
SQL Server 2000: A .NET Enterprise Server	p. 360
Database Programming with .NET	p. 377
Summary	p. 405
To Learn More	p. 406
XML in a Managed Environment	p. 409
XML and the .NET Dataset	p. 410
An XML Namespace: System.Xml	p. 434
The Other XML Namespaces	p. 439
Summary	p. 440
To Learn More	p. 441
Interfacing and Interacting with the User	p. 443
Windows Forms, Web Forms, and No Forms	p. 445
Developing with the User in Mind	p. 447
Windows Development on .NET	p. 453
ASP .NET Web Development	p. 471
Summary	p. 505
To Learn More	p. 505
Adding Value to Your Interface	p. 509
Making Your Windows Applications Informative	p. 510
Making Your ASP .NET Applications Interactive	p. 528
Adding Value with XML Web Services	p. 543
Summary	p. 547
To Learn More	p. 548
Managing Cache and State for ASP .NET	p. 551
Legacy CICS "State Management"	p. 552
Preparation for Cache and State	p. 554
Save Your Cache!	p. 556
State for the Stateless Protocol	p. 562
Other Types of "State Management"	p. 590
User Interface for the Sample Applications	p. 592
Summary	p. 593
To Learn More	p. 594
Reporting and Information Delivery	p. 597
Using Crystal Reports for VS .NET	p. 598
Electronic Report Delivery	p. 614
Summary	p. 628
To Learn More	p. 629
Deploying Your .NET Application	p. 631
Deployment Considerations	p. 632
Automate with Microsoft Windows Installer 2.0	p. 647
The Manual Approach: XCOPY or Copy	p. 667
Summary	p. 676
To Learn More	p. 677
Advanced .NET Technologies	p. 679
Configuration for .NET Applications	p. 681
Configuration with Directives	p. 682
Configuration with Custom Attributes	p. 684
Configuration with XML-Based Files	p. 706
Configuration with Configuration Namespaces	p. 718
Configuring for Code Access Security	p. 722
Summary	p. 746
To Learn More	p. 747
Using Enterprise Services (COM+)	p. 749
What Is COM+?	p. 750
Creating a Serviced Component	p. 757
Introducing Your Serviced Component to COM+	p. 767
Using Your Serviced Component	p. 790
Summary	p. 797
To Learn More	p. 798
Developing for the Enterprise	p. 801
Distributed, Asynchronous, and Concurrent Application Models	p. 803
Revisiting Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ)	p. 805
Asynchronous Processing	p. 821
.NET Remoting	p. 843
Introducing Multithreading	p. 847
Summary	p. 877
To Learn More	p. 878
Appendixes	p. 883
Debugging and Testing	p. 885
Debugging	p. 886
Testing	p. 900
Summary	p. 909
To Learn More	p. 910
A Sharp Primer: C# and J#	p. 913
Introducing Visual C# .NET	p. 913
Introducing Visual J# .NET	p. 925
Summary	p. 933
To Learn More	p. 934
Religion, Landmines, and Distractions	p. 937
Distractions: Been There, Done That	p. 938
Summary	p. 944
To Learn More	p. 945
Fujitsu's NetCOBOL for .NET	p. 947
Product Features	p. 947
Product Documentation	p. 949
Summary	p. 950
To Learn More	p. 951
Index	p. 953
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