MCAD/MCSD: Visual Basic .NET XML Web Services and Server Components Study Guide

Chapter 1: Creating and Managing Windows Services

Table 1.1: Methods of the ServiceBase Class

Table 1.2: Properties of the ServiceBase Class

Table 1.3: Properties of the ServiceController Class

Table 1.4: Methods of the ServiceController Class

Chapter 2: Creating and Managing Serviced Components

Table 2.1: : ServicedComponent Attributes

Table 2.2: Methods of the ServicedComponent Class

Table 2.3: Properties and Methods of the ContextUtil Class

Table 2.4: Methods Used to Control Transaction Outcome

Chapter 3: Creating and Managing .NET Remoting Objects

Table 3.1: Important Properties of the Lease Object

Chapter 4: Creating and Managing XML Web Services

Table 4.1: Parameters of the WebMethod Attribute

Table 4.2: Attributes That Can Be Used with XML Web Services

Chapter 5: Working with the .NET Data Providers

Table 5.1: Additional Connection String Properties to Control Connection Pooling

Table 5.2: Selected Properties of the Command Object

Table 5.3: Methods of the SqlCommand and OleDbCommand Objects

Table 5.4: Properties of the SqlDataReader and the OleDbDataReader

Table 5.5: Methods That Are Common to SqlDataReader and OleDbDataReader

Table 5.6: The Command.ExecuteReader (CommandBehavior) Enumeration

Table 5.7: Properties of SqlParameter and OleDbParameter

Table 5.8: Properties and Methods of SqlTransaction and OleDbTransaction

Table 5.9: Enumeration Values of the IsolationLevel Property

Table 5.10: Properties of SqlException, SqlError, OleDbException, and OleDbError

Chapter 6: Working with the DataSet

Table 6.1: Important Properties and Methods of the SqlDataAdapter and OleDbDataAdapter Classes

Table 6.2: Classes in System.Data Namespace That Make Up the Internal Structure of the DataSet

Table 6.3: Selected Properties and Methods of the DataSet Class

Table 6.4: Selected Properties and Methods of the DataTable Class

Table 6.5: Selected Properties and Methods of the DataRow Class

Table 6.6: RowState and RowVersion Enumerations

Table 6.7: Derived Types of the System.Data.DataException Class

Table 6.8: Properties and Methods of the DataView Class

Table 6.9: Properties of the Constraint Class

Table 6.10: Properties of the DataRelation Class

Chapter 7: Working With XML Data

Table 7.1: ML Methods of the DataSet

Table 7.2: Element and Attribute Names Used in DiffGram Output

Table 7.3: Properties and Methods of the XmlReader Base Class and Derived Classes

Table 7.4: Properties and Methods of the XmlWriter Base Class and Derived XmlTextWriter Class

Table 7.5: Properties and Methods of the XmlNode Base Class

Table 7.6: Extended Properties and Methods of the XmlDocument Class

Table 7.7: Extended Properties and Methods of the XmlElement Class

Table 7.8: Extended Properties and Methods of the XmlAttribute Class

Table 7.9: Extended Properties and Methods of the XmlCharacterData and XmlText Class

Table 7.10: Properties and Methods of the System.Xml.XPath.XPathNavigator Class

Chapter 8: Testing and Debugging

Table 8.1: Properties and Methods of the Debug and Trace Classes

Table 8.2: Properties and Methods of the TextWriterTraceListener and the EventLogTraceListener Classes

Table 8.3: Properties of the BooleanSwitch and TraceSwitch Classes

Table 8.4: Enumerated Values of the TraceSwitch.Level Property

Chapter 9: Overview of Security Concepts

Table 9.1: Security-Related Namespaces in .NET

Table 9.2: Selected .NET Authentication Mechanisms

Table 9.3: Common .NET Code Access Permission Classes

Table 9.4: Common .NET Framework Identity Permission Objects

Table 9.5: Common .NET Named Permission Sets

Table 9.6: Selected .NET Permission Object Methods

Table 9.7: Selected .NET Code-Access Permission Object Methods

Table 9.8: Selected .NET Framework PermissionSet Object Methods

Table 9.9: Selected Evidence Used by Code Access Security

Table 9.10: .NET Security Policy Levels

Table 9.11: Selected Cryptographic Algorithms Available in the .NET Framework

Table 9.12: Cryptography-Related Classes and Interfaces Available in the .NET Framework

Chapter 10: Deploying, Securing, and Configuring Windows-Based Applications

Table 10.1: he Special Folders

Table 10.2: A Sample of Attributes Used for Dynamic Registration

Table 10.3: Command Switches for regsvcs.exe

Chapter 11: Deploying and Securing XML Web Services

Table 11.1: Valid URLType Values