This special edition of CODE Focus covers Windows AccessibilityTable of Contents:*) A Letter from the Director of Accessibility at Microsoft*) Open Accessibility*) Accessibility 101*) Windows Automation API 3.0 Overview*) What’s New in Windows 7 Automation API*) Creating Accessibility-aware Silverlight 2 Content*) Making Custom Controls Accessible*) Microsoft Accessibility Testing Tools vs. the Ten-ton Gorilla of Accessibility Guidelines Compliance*) Internet Explorer 8 New Accessibility Features*) A Pragmatic Approach to WPF Accessibility*) Writing a UI Automation Provider for a Win32-based Custom Control*) Creating UI Automation Client ApplicationsFor more information, visit www.codemag.com

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This CODE Focus Issue takes a close look at Visual FoxPro 8.0 and all its new features.This is the ad-free version of this publication.Table of Contents:*) VFP 8: A Great Tool For Data-Centric Solutions*) VFP 8: Visual FoxPro’s Biggest Update Since Version 3.0*) VFP 8 Feature Highlights*) Collections are Cool!*) Event Binding in VFP 8*) Introducing the CursorAdapter Class*) Structured Error Handling in VFP 8*) Member Classes Bring Flexibility*) The VFP 8 XMLAdapter Class*) My Favorite Feature*) VFP 8 Tips and Tricks*) Creating a Statusbar Control with VFP 8For more information, visit www.codemag.com

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This CODE Focus Issue takes a close look at Visual FoxPro 8.0 and all its brand new features.Table of Contents:*) VFP 8: A Great Tool For Data-Centric Solutions*) VFP 8: Visual FoxPro’s Biggest Update Since Version 3.0*) VFP 8 Feature Highlights*) Collections are Cool!*) Event Binding in VFP 8*) Introducing the CursorAdapter Class*) Structured Error Handling in VFP 8*) Member Classes Bring Flexibility*) The VFP 8 XMLAdapter Class*) My Favorite Feature*) VFP 8 Tips and Tricks*) Creating a Statusbar Control with VFP 8For more information, visit www.codemag.com

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Who We AreemPower is a strong, upbeat, voice that praises Black accomplishments, deals with the day-to-day challenges facing people of African descent, and highlights community organizations and individuals who are giving back.Why We WriteemPower’s mission is to not only deliver timely and thought-provoking articles and advice, but to also challenge readers to take action.Our MissionemPower collaborates with non profit organizations so emPower readers can become active participants in their communities by donating their time, talents or money. Each year, the magazine will focus on one issue or cause. By having feature articles, blogs, and short documentaries on the spotlighted subject once a month, this will allow readers to become educated and thus become social changers. In 2009, the focus will be on HIV/AIDS in the African American community and in Africa. Kindle blogs are fully downloaded onto your Kindle so you can read them even when you’re not wirelessly connec (more…)

This special edition of CODE Focus covers Database AccessibilityThis is the ad-free version of this publication.Table of Contents:*) Welcome Letter*) An Entity Data Model for Relational Data Part I: Defining the Entity Data Model*) An Entity Data Model for Relational Data Part II: Mapping an Entity Data Model to a Relational Store*) Programming Against the ADO.NET Entity Framework*) Rich Query for DataSet- An Introduction to LINQ to DataSet*) LINQ to Relational Data: Who’s Who?*) Browsing Windows Live Expo with LINQ to XML*) ADO.NET Data Services*) Caching with SQL Server Compact and the Microsoft Sync Framework for ADO.NET*) Introducing the Microsoft Sync Framework: Next Generation Synchronization Framework*) What’s New in SQL Server 2008?*) Programming SQL Server 2008*) Use SQL CLR 2.0-Advancing CLR Integration in SQL Server 2008*) Visual Studio 2008: RAD Gets RADer*) The Data Dude Meets Team Build*) XML Tools in Visual Studio 2008*) ODBC Rocks!*) TESLA: Democrat (more…)

Special Focus issue on Visual Studio ExtensibilityTable of Contents:*) Have You Xiine It?*) Welcome Letter from the VSX Team*) History of the VS IDE*) Introduction to the Visual Studio 2008 Shell*) How XML Tools Use the Visual Studio SDK*) Visual Studio SDK Tips and Tricks*) Creating and Distributing Packages with the Visual Studio SDK*) Domain-Specific Development in Visual Studio*) Creating Visual Studio Add-Ins*) Learning the Visual Studio SDK with VSSDK Assist*) VSMessenger: Taking the Extensibility Plunge*) XPathmania: Extending the XML Editor in Visual Studio 2005For more information, visit www.codemag.com

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Special Focus issue on Visual Studio ExtensibilityTable of Contents:*) Have You Xiine It?*) Welcome Letter from the VSX Team*) History of the VS IDE*) Introduction to the Visual Studio 2008 Shell*) How XML Tools Use the Visual Studio SDK*) Visual Studio SDK Tips and Tricks*) Creating and Distributing Packages with the Visual Studio SDK*) Domain-Specific Development in Visual Studio*) Creating Visual Studio Add-Ins*) Learning the Visual Studio SDK with VSSDK Assist*) VSMessenger: Taking the Extensibility Plunge*) XPathmania: Extending the XML Editor in Visual Studio 2005For more information, visit www.codemag.com

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This issue covers development on Tablet PCs and Mobile Windows PCsThis is the ad-free version of this publication.Table of Contents:*) The Modern World of Mobility*) Welcome Letter from the Tablet PC Team*) Introduction to Tablet PC Development*) Ink Recognition and Ink Analysis*) Get Control and Performance with the Real Time Stylus API*) Ink on the Web*) Ink And The Database*) Scaling and Hit-Testing in Ink Applications*) Know Your Networks*) Power To The People*) Data Access for Partially Connected Applications*) Unveiling Windows SideShow*) Into the FutureFor more information, visit www.codemag.com

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This issue features the first ever published in-depth technical information about Visual Studio Codename “Whidbey” and SQL Server codename “Yukon”.Table of Contents:*) Toys, Toys, Toys*) An Introduction to Visual Studio .NET Whidbey*) Exploring New WinForm Controls in VS .NET Whidbey*) Touring Base Class Library Enhancements*) Creating User-Defined Data Types in Yukon*) Creating Web Sites with ASP.NET Whidbey*) Three Cool New Features in C#For more information, visit www.codemag.com

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This issue features the first ever published in-depth technical information about Visual Studio Codename “Whidbey” and SQL Server codename “Yukon”.Table of Contents:*) Toys, Toys, Toys*) An Introduction to Visual Studio .NET Whidbey*) Exploring New WinForm Controls in VS .NET Whidbey*) Touring Base Class Library Enhancements*) Creating User-Defined Data Types in Yukon*) Creating Web Sites with ASP.NET Whidbey*) Three Cool New Features in C#For more information, visit www.codemag.com

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