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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In controversy about Ossian, the man on the affirmative side has an immeasurable advantage over all others; and, with an average practical acquaintance with the subject, may exhaust any antagonist. The contents, the connection, and the details; the origin, the tradition, the translation; the poetry, the sentiment, the style; the history, the characters, the dramatis personæ; the aspects of nature represented, the customs and manners of the people; the conflicting nationalities introduced, the eventful issues, the romantic incidents; the probable scenes, the subsequent changes; the philosophy and the facts, and multiplied revelations of humanity—all these, and many more such themes inseparably connected with Ossian, if a man rightly understands and believes in them, would enable him to maintain his position in actual controversy, with integrity and ease, for a twelvemonth. The man, on the other hand, who does not believe in the authenticity of Ossian must forego all (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…)