Table of Contents
About the Author ix
Introduction xi
Getting Started 1 (40)
Why ASP.NET? 2 (21)
Designing an Interactive Web Site 23 (15)
Summary 38 (3)
Browser Compatibility with ASP.NET Server 41 (42)
Controls
Built-In Intelligence 42 (1)
A Test Application 43 (3)
Viewing the Test Pages 46 (8)
Specifying Up-level or Down-level Clients 54 (3)
List Control Formatting and Templates 57 (10)
What If There's No Client-Side Script 67 (7)
Support?
The ASP.NET Panel Control 74 (4)
Don't Get Caught Out by Output Caching 78 (3)
Summary 81 (2)
Laying the Foundations 83 (46)
Obtaining the Example Files 83 (2)
Xrox Cars Client-Side Technical 85 (8)
Requirements
Checking for Sessions and Scripting 93 (12)
Support
Cross-Browser Compatibility Issues 105(3)
Solving Browser Compatibility Issues 108(16)
Making Sites Accessible to All Visitors 124(2)
Summary 126(3)
The Home Page 129(48)
The Overall Page Structure 129(8)
Setting the Styles for the Page 137(6)
Providing Accessibility Navigation Aids 143(6)
The Links to Other Pages 149(2)
The ``News and Special Offers'' Section 151(10)
The List of Car Models 161(15)
Summary 176(1)
Banners, Footers, and Email 177(48)
About ASP.NET User Controls 177(6)
The Animated Page Banner 183(18)
The Page Footer Section 201(5)
Adding Users to the Mailing List 206(17)
Summary 223(2)
The Ancillary Pages 225(58)
The Structure of the Ancillary Pages 225(8)
Choosing Static or Dynamic Content 233(5)
The ``Read News Item'' Page 238(9)
The ``Compare Models'' Page 247(34)
Summary 281(2)
Creating Graphs and Charts 283(58)
Dynamically Generated Graphics and Images 283(7)
The .NET Framework Drawing Classes 290(3)
Creating a Simple Pie Chart 293(26)
The Vehicle Comparison Charts 319(19)
Summary 338(3)
Interactive Web Forms 341(42)
Meeting the Design Requirements 341(13)
The Model Details Page in Outline 354(12)
The Structure of the Model Details Page 366(15)
Summary 381(2)
The Interactive Model Details 383(46)
The Data for the Model Details Page 383(15)
The Code in the Model Details Page 398(5)
The Model Details ``Tab'' Pages in Detail 403(23)
Summary 426(3)
Car Prices and Quotations 429(42)
Calculating the Price of the Vehicle 429(9)
Calculating the Finance Terms 438(9)
Saving the Configuration As a Quotation 447(12)
The No-Script Version of the Page 459(10)
Summary 469(2)
The Login and Register Page 471(50)
Web Site Users and Identities 471(13)
Xrox Cars Login and Register Process 484(8)
The Login and Register Page 492(26)
Summary 518(3)
Quotations and Orders 521(42)
Binding List Controls to Related Data 521(13)
Building the My Cars Page 534(26)
Summary 560(3)
Index 563
