GoLive CS2 is more than just a simple Web authoring tool: As part of
Adobe’s updated Creative Suite 2, it’s a key component of an overall
Web workflow that lets you work seamlessly among all of your graphics
applications to create spectacular Web sites. This info-packed guide
lets users get right down to doing by focusing on just the GoLive
features they’re mostly like to use and showcasing each in stand-alone
tips�complete with a relevant hint or two and a graphic example. In
this fashion, you learn just what you need to know, exploring the
program in a way that makes sense to you. Before you know it, you’ll be
importing layered Photoshop files into GoLive, creating PDF files from
within the GoLive environment, and using the visual layout grid and
Cascading Style Sheets to turn out fluid, beautiful Web pages. Also
covered are all of GoLive CS2’s new features: enhanced live rendering,
mobile CSS support, Visual CVG-Tiny authoring and more

When you need to get the job done fast, you’ll reach for this
practical, nuts-n-bolts toolkit. Rather than focusing on ActionScript
in the abstract, this Cookbook puts theory into practice with
ready-made answers to common ActionScript problems. Flash MX developers
can solve issues quickly, while learning practical techniques for
resolving similar dilemmas in the future. ActionScript has blossomed
into a large and important language whose sheer volume of capabilities
can be daunting. The ActionScript Cookbook
breaks it all down into tasks that are relevant, practical, and
insightful. Appealing to the budding coder as well as the experienced
ActionScript jockeys, this book offers new perspectives and approaches
to ActionScript development that will empower all developers. This
O’Reilly Cookbook complements ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide,
2nd Edition by providing quick solutions to common ActionScript
problems. This book trades on our respected “Cookbook” approach, which
provides a worked-out script for every problem addressed. You can use
these “recipes” to solve an immediate problem, and then explore the
issue further in The Definitive Guide when time permits. The ActionScript Cookbook contains over 300 recipes on a myriad of topics. Here’s a sampling of what you’ll find:

• Drawing shapes at runtime
• Controlling movie clips programmatically
• Accepting user input and manipulating text strings
• Accessing audio and video via Flash Communications Server
• Working with Flash Remoting to connect to back end databases
• Using record sets with data grids
• And, much, much more in over 20 recipe-laden chapters…

This book features step-by-step examples in major game programming
areas such as graphics, GUI, networking, tiles, animation, and sound.
Additionally, the book goes into some detail about the business model
of wireless game distribution.

SQL Server is the dominant relational database in the Windows market
and data security is a huge and growing concern for all businesses.
Securing SQL Server is one of the most important responsibilities of
the SQL Server professional.

SQL Server Distilled, Second Edition
is a very carefully researched, clearly explained book on securing SQL
Server, by an author who knows SQL Server inside and out. If you follow
the practical guidelines that are clearly set out in this book, then
you stand a very good chance of making sure that the data stored in
your database is secure and that the conversation between your
applications and the database is secure (preventing SQL injection
attacks, etc.).

This second edition will have more practical
advice on how to implement good practices that will ward off future
viruses before they are even created. This book will contain new
content that reflects all updates to SQL Server’s security mechanisms.

SQL Performance Tuning is a handbook of practical
solutions for busy database professionals charged with managing an
organization’s critically important data. Covering today’s most popular
and widely installed database environments, this book is an
indispensable resource for managing and tuning SQL across multiple
platforms.

Packed with tips, techniques, and best practices, this
hands-on guide covers SQL commands and queries over a wide range of
conditions and environments. Every facet of the SQL environment is
covered, from concurrency control to optimization�and every issue in
between. The book includes an overview of each of the most widely used
database management systems (DBMS) and provides tuning tips for common
day-to-day situations.

Topics covered include:

Whether
you are a programmer, consultant, or user, you will find SQL
Performance Tuning an indispensable guide to optimizing SQL performance
across today’s popular database environments.

Brilliantly compiled by author Juval Lowy, Programming .NET Components, Second Edition is the consummate introduction to the Microsoft .NET Framework–the technology of choice for building components on Windows platforms. From its many lessons, tips, and guidelines, readers will learn how to use the .NET Framework to program reusable, maintainable, and robust components. Following in the footsteps of its best-selling predecessor, Programming .NET Components, Second Edition has been updated to cover .NET 2.0. It remains one of the few practical books available on this topic. This invaluable resource is targeted at anyone who develops complex or enterprise-level applications with the .NET platform–an ever-widening market. In fact, nearly two million Microsoft developers worldwide now work on such systems. Programming .NET Components, Second Edition begins with a look at the fundamentals of component-oriented programming and then progresses from there. It takes the time to carefully examine how components can simplify and add flexibility to complex applications by allowing users to extend their capabilities. Next, the book introduces a variety of .NET essentials, as well as .NET development techniques. Within this discussion on component development, a separate chapter is devoted to each critical development feature, including asynchronous calls, serialization, remoting, security, and more. All the while, hazardous programming pitfalls are pointed out, saving the reader from experiencing them the hard way. A .NET expert and noted authority on component-oriented programming, Lowy uses his unique access to Microsoft technical teams to the best possible advantage, conveying detailed, insider information in easy-to-grasp, activity-filled language. This hands-on approach is designed to allow individuals to learn by doing rather than just reading. Indeed, after digesting Programming .NET Components, Second Edition, readers should be able to start developing .NET components immediately.

This book was written for the many thousands of people involved in designing and writing software for the Microsoft .NET platform. It is chock-full of tips and insights about user-based security, which I like to term “Windows security” because it’s been around in one form or another since Windows NT first shipped. Given the plethora of books that cover the new security features in the .NET Framework, such as code access security and ASP.NET forms authentication, I decided to write a book to help folks with the basics of Windows security, a topic that most other books miss entirely or get subtly or blatantly wrong. This book is in some sense a second edition of my first security book, Programming Windows Security, but I hope that you will find it immensely more approachable and practical. I’ve tried to distill the Zen of these topics into small tidbits of information–items that link to one another–allowing you to read the book in any order that suits you. I hope that you’ll find the format of 75 concise tidbits of information helpful as a reference. The “what is” items focus on explaining concepts, while the “how to” items focus on helping you perform a common task. Within these pages I cover security features in various versions of Windows based on Windows NT. This includes Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, and Windows Server 2003, but does not include 16-bit Windows or any of the Win9X flavors (Windows 95/98, Windows ME, Windows XP Home Edition). So, when I talk about “Windows” I’m referring to the versions based on Windows NT. Whenever I talk about the file system, I’m assuming that you’re using NTFS, not FAT partitions. Whenever I talk about domains, I’m assuming Windows 2000 or greater. If you’re still living with a Windows NT 4 domain, you have my sincere condolences! Many people have expressed surprise that I occasionally talk about Win32 APIs and refer to Win32 header files in a book for .NET programmers. I wish I didn’t have to do this, but as anyone who has experience with the .NET Framework knows, the framework class library wraps only a fraction of the functionality of the Windows
platform as of this writing. The coverage will get better over time, but to do many things in Windows (including security programming), you often need to call native Win32 APIs. Even as version 2.0 of the framework is being revealed in beta 1, you can see that coverage increasing, but it’s still not complete. In any case, I’ve tried to make it clear in the prose when I’m talking about a Win32 API versus a .NET Framework class, and I’ve provided lots of sample code and helper classes written in Managed C++ that you can leverage to avoid having to call those APIs yourself.

The authoritative study guide to prepare for the MySQL Core Certification and MySQL Professional Certification exams.

When
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Covering both the basic MySQL Core Certification exam and the advanced MySQL Professional Certification exam, MySQL Certification Study Guide
is the one authority to look to when you�re preparing for either test.
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Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Unleashed, 2E offers a variety of
topics for system and database administrators to help them learn new
features of the product and to solve problems they face on a daily
basis. It shows them how to build upon their working knowledge of the
product and take their experience and knowledge to a higher level. This
new edition of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Unleashed covers the
latest updates and service packs to SQL Server 2000, including full
support for XML, notification services, and SQL Server CE.

Gide to some of the most important concepts and ideas required to formulate and understand intercultural management strategies. For MBA students and professionals. Includes chapter summaries, case studies, case discussion questions, and academic discussion. Softcover. DLC: Management–Social aspects.