DirectX in C# in Brief
Several techniques of implementing DirectX functionality into C# application will be presented. Their common attribute is an idea of component object model (COM) because DirectX is based on component technology. This paper will be focused on use of DirectX graphical capabilities within the C# code of the Microsoft .NET Framework. Three main techniques will be described. First, COM interoperability which allows us to decide what specific functionality to use. There will be also mentioned some basic principles like memory management and garbage collector (GC) and some approaches based on wrapper classes. Second, Visual Basic type library that includes all the functionality, and third, the complete solution known as DirectX 9.0. Each technique will be supported with a code snippet and with several reasons stating its suitability. Nowadays, the need for security can be more important than for the efficiency. This also gives a right answer for the question of how good is solution provided by use of DirectX and .NET Framework.
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Working with Data in ASP.NET 2.0 - Efficiently Paging Through Large Amounts of Data
As we discussed in the preceding tutorial, paging can be implemented in one of two ways:
- Default Paging – can be implemented by simply checking the Enable Paging option in the data Web control’’s smart tag? however, whenever viewing a page of data, the ObjectDataSource retrieves all of the records, even though only a subset of them are displayed in the page
- Custom Paging – improves the performance of default paging by retrieving only those records from the database that need to be displayed for the particular page of data requested by the user? however, custom paging involves a bit more effort to implement than default paging
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XML-RPC and SOAP Programming Guide
XML-RPC and SOAP Programming Guide describes how to use Apple Script and the Apple Event Manager in Mac OS X to make remote procedure calls using the XML-RPC and SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) protocols. XML-RPC is a protocol for using XML and HTTP to make remote procedure calls over the Internet. SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is a remote procedure call protocol designed for exchanging information in a distributed environment, where a server may consist of a hierarchy of objects. This book describes only how to send XML-RPC and SOAP requests, not how to serve them.
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Programming Web Services with Perl
There are currently two object-oriented modules for Perl that provide support for developing SOAP client/server applications: SOAP and SOAP::Lite. This chapter introduces these two modules. By comparing and contrasting the modules, you”ll learn their strengths and weaknesses. The last part of the chapter covers other SOAP-related utility modules, which either augment the client/server SOAP modules or add SOAP-related functionality to other packages and systems. By the time you finish this chapter, you”ll be able to develop basic SOAP applications with the toolkits and utility modules and make an informed choice of software to use in your SOAP projects.
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SOAP Architecture and Application Programming Interface
The SOAP adapter interface leverages the adapter architecture of the Element Management System (EMS) component in the Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch. This architecture allows for a variety of adapters to provide operations, administration, management, and provisioning (OAM&P) by adapting the external interface to a common infrastructure in the EMS. Login sessions expire in 10 minutes with no activity. This means that a command must traverse each session once every 10 minutes to keep a session alive. This is important for any client application that deploys the use of connection pools.
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