What’s on the CD-ROM

The software provided with this book is not compatible for installation on the Mac OS, Linux, or other operating systems or non-PC hardware.

Using the CD with Windows

To install the items from the CD to your hard drive, follow these steps:

1.Insert the CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.

2.A window will appear with the following options: Install, Explore, eBook, Links, and Exit.

Install: Gives you the option to install the supplied software and/or the authorcreated samples on the CD-ROM.

Explore: Allows you to view the contents of the CD-ROM in its directory structure. eBook: Allows you to view an electronic version of the book.

Links: Opens a hyperlinked page of web sites. Exit: Closes the autorun window.

If you do not have autorun enabled or if the autorun window does not appear, follow the steps below to access the CD.

1.Click Start Run.

2.In the dialog box that appears, type d:\setup.exe, where d is the letter of your CD-ROM drive. This will bring up the autorun window described above.

3.Choose the Install, Explore, eBook, Links, or Exit option from the menu. (See Step 2 in the preceding list for a description of these options.)

What’s on the CD

The following sections provide a summary of the software and other materials you’ll find on the CD.

Author-created materials

All author-created material from the book, including code listings and samples, are on the CD in the folder named “Author”.

The sample programs developed or discussed in the text

SQL scripts to create the Music database discussed in the text

The Software Directory

The Software directory contains the self-assessment test and evaluation or trial applications that may assist you in your ASP.NET development.

The installation files for each application can be found in their respective subdirectories.

The HMI Test directory contains test software and data files. Their purposes are to help you determine how much you have learned from this book and to help you identify sessions you may need to study more, as well as those you can skip.

Applications

The following evaluation or trial products are on the CD:

Adobe Acrobat Reader

BrowserHawk

BrowserHawk allows developers to accurately recognize Web browsers and their capabilities. This tool allows you to easily create dynamic Web sites which support a wide variety of browsers. BrowserHawk frees you from all the hassles and complexities involved in detecting and accounting for browser differences. It allows you to easily produce sites with a consistent look, feel, and level of operation for all visitors to your site, regardless of the browser used, with graceful degradation for older browsers. For more information, visit www.cyscape.com.

ASPUpload

ASPUpload is an Active Server component which enables an ASP application to accept, save and manipulate files uploaded with a browser. For more information, visit www.aspupload.com.

Brinkster.com Web Hosting Service

Brinkster is a Web hosting company focused on providing Microsoft active server pages (ASP) hosting services to the small and mid-market web developer. Services offered allow unconstrained creativity in the design of fully functional and interactive Web sites. For more information, visit www.brinkster.com

.NET Compression Library

This tool is filled with components which extend the .NET class library. Xceed developers have created a new object-oriented, transactional design that is a radical departure from traditional ActiveX Zip component architectures. For more information, visit www.exceedsoft.com.

Infragistics UltraSuite

Infragistics UltraSuite offers a huge array of ActiveX controls for Windows development, giving developers everything necessary to create solutions that look great and run efficiently, faster than ever before. For more information visit www.infragistics.com.

Shareware programs are fully functional, trial versions of copyrighted programs. If you like particular programs, register with their authors for a nominal fee and receive licenses, enhanced versions, and technical support. Freeware programs are copyrighted games, applications, and utilities that are free for personal use. Unlike shareware, these programs do not require a fee or provide technical support. GNU software is governed by its own license, which is included inside the folder of the GNU product. See the GNU license for more details.

Trial, demo, or evaluation versions are usually limited either by time or functionality (such as being unable to save projects). Some trial versions are very sensitive to system date changes. If you alter your computer’s date, the programs will “time out” and will no longer be functional.

eBook version of ASP.NET Database Programming Weekend Crash Course

The complete text of this book is on the CD in Adobe’s Portable Document Format (PDF). You can read and search through the file with the Adobe Acrobat Reader (also included on the CD). For more information on Adobe Acrobat Reader, go to www.adobe.com.

Troubleshooting

If you have difficulty installing or using any of the materials on the companion CD, try the following solutions:

Turn off any anti-virus software that you may have running. Installers sometimes mimic virus activity and can make your computer incorrectly believe that it is being infected by a virus. (Be sure to turn the anti-virus software back on later.)

Close all running programs. The more programs you’re running, the less memory is available to other programs. Installers also typically update files and programs; if you keep other programs running, installation may not work properly.

Reference the ReadMe: Please refer to the ReadMe file located at the root of the CD-ROM for the latest product information at the time of publication.

If you still have trouble with the CD, please call the Hungry Minds Customer Care phone number: (800) 762-2974. Outside the United States, call 1 (317) 572-3994. You can also contact Hungry Minds Customer Service by e-mail at techsupdum@hungryminds.com. Hungry Minds will provide technical support only for installation and other general quality control items; for technical support on the applications themselves, consult the program’s vendor or author.