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This article demonstrates how to populate a control from JavaScript by calling a server-side method. The server-side method returns the data (from a database or anywhere else), which the JavaScript uses to populate the control.

This article demonstrates how to populate a control from JavaScript by calling a server-side method. The server-side method returns the data (from a database or anywhere else), which the JavaScript uses to populate the control.

An easy way to share data with programs like Microsof Excel is to read and write Comma-Separated Values (CSV) files.

SQL Server’s Full-Text Search offers a powerful and efficient way to search your data. However, the Full-Text Search syntax can be rather cryptic, especially for unsuspecting users. Here’s a class that will convert simple search queries into valid Full-Text Search queries.

JavaScript that has been compressed to use less bandwidth can be very difficult to read. Here’s a C# class that will format JavaScript code, making it easy to read again.

Microsoft has recently published some great end-to-end video training courses on the asp.net website.

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Microsoft's Developer Guidance team has just released Starting Web Development with Microsoft WebMatrix on MSDN.

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.NET Reflector is a tool for browsing .NET classes. If you've never seen this, you are really missing out. In effect, it's like having searchable source code for the .NET libraries, including those written by third parties.

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Here’s some code that generates a random machineKey element suitable for pasting into your ASP.NET web.config file.