.NET MVP KenLin's Blog : Training

Enable ASP.NET AJAX v1.0 to your existing ASP.NET 2.0 Web Site or Web Application.

kenlin — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:59:00 GMT

Few days ago, I shared about how to upgrade your ASP.NET 1.1 to ASP.NET 2.0, this time I am going to discuss about enabling ASP.NET AJAX v1.0 to your existing Web Site or Web Application.

1) You have to downlaod and install the ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions 1.0. Here
2) You may download and extract the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit. Here

After install it, you will found out that you may create AJAX Enabled Web Application when creating new projects(Web Site or Web Application). You may also found out that there is a new tab called "AJAX Extensions" in Toolbox. If you have extracted the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit, you may do the following,

1) Create new tab called "AJAX Control Toolkit";
2) Right click under the created tab and click on "Choose Items...";
3) Click "Browse..." and browse to the folder which you extract the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit, and then browse to "~\SampleWebSite\Bin\" and select AjaxControlToolokit.dll
4) Now you will see a lot of controls which you are ready to use. You may browse and view the "Toolkit Live" to get the sample and idea on the controls.

You are now ready to build your AJAX web site or web application. However, if you have any existing ASP.NET 2.0 Web Site or Web Application, you do the normal action to write AJAX, you will found out that the AJAX is not working in your existing Web Site or Web Application. You have to do the following in order to let your existing ASP.NET 2.0 Web Site or Web Application to be "AJAX Enabled",

1) Open web.config from your existing web site or web application
2) Add the following XML under <configuration> tab.

<configSections>
    <sectionGroup name="system.web.extensions" type="System.Web.Configuration.SystemWebExtensionsSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35">
      <sectionGroup name="scripting" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35">
          <section name="scriptResourceHandler" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingScriptResourceHandlerSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication"/>
        <sectionGroup name="webServices" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingWebServicesSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35">
          <section name="jsonSerialization" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingJsonSerializationSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="Everywhere" />
          <section name="profileService" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingProfileServiceSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication" />
          <section name="authenticationService" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingAuthenticationServiceSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication" />
        </sectionGroup>
      </sectionGroup>
    </sectionGroup>
</configSections>

<system.web>
    <pages>
      <controls>
        <add tagPrefix="asp" namespace="System.Web.UI" assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
      </controls>
    </pages>
    
    <compilation debug="false">
      <assemblies>
        <add assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
      </assemblies>
    </compilation>

    <httpHandlers>
      <remove verb="*" path="*.asmx"/>
      <add verb="*" path="*.asmx" validate="false" type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
      <add verb="*" path="*_AppService.axd" validate="false" type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
      <add verb="GET,HEAD" path="ScriptResource.axd" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptResourceHandler, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" validate="false"/>
    </httpHandlers>

    <httpModules>
      <add name="ScriptModule" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptModule, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
    </httpModules>
</system.web>

<system.web.extensions>
    <scripting>
      <webServices>
      
      
      
      

      
      
      </webServices>
      
    </scripting>
</system.web.extensions>

<system.webServer>
    <validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false"/>
    <modules>
      <add name="ScriptModule" preCondition="integratedMode" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptModule, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
    </modules>
    <handlers>
      <remove name="WebServiceHandlerFactory-Integrated" />
      <add name="ScriptHandlerFactory" verb="*" path="*.asmx" preCondition="integratedMode"
           type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
      <add name="ScriptHandlerFactoryAppServices" verb="*" path="*_AppService.axd" preCondition="integratedMode"
           type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
      <add name="ScriptResource" preCondition="integratedMode" verb="GET,HEAD" path="ScriptResource.axd" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptResourceHandler, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" />
    </handlers>
</system.webServer>

Now you are ready to make your web site or web application to be "AJAX Enabled".

Upgrading ASP.NET 1.x to ASP.NET 2.0

kenlin — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:24:00 GMT

Last time, I speak in UserGroup gathering in 2007 Sept right after MSDN Seminar, the topic was "Experience Sharing: Upgrading ASP.NET 1.x --> 2.0 --> AJAX". Well, I also promised that i will blog about it. Actually, it is nothing new and it is nothing special. I just shared my experience on how I upgrade ASP.NET 1.1 to 2.0 and how to enable AJAX.

First, I am not sure if you know that, in .NET framework 2.0, there is 2 types of Web Projects, ASP.NET 2.0 Web Site and ASP.NET 2.0 Web Application. You may refer to the following link for more information if you would like to read more.

Introduction to Web Application Projects
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa730880(VS.80).aspx

If you are going to upgrading your existing ASP.NET 1.x project, you should choose to be using ASP.NET 2.0 Web Application project. This is the message from one of ScottGu's blog, Tutorial on VB and C# are also mentioned.

"Because the VS 2005 Web Application Project model has the same conceptual semantics as the VS 2003 Web Project Model, it also makes migrating VS 2003 web projects very, very easy – with zero/minimal code changes required. To learn how to automatically upgrade a VS 2003 web project using this option, please review these VB and C# tutorials that walkthrough the VS 2003 to VS 2005 upgrade process step-by-step."

However, if you want to move your existing ASP.NET 2.0 Web Site to ASP.NET 2.0 Web Application, you may read the following message from ScottGu's blog,

"If you want to migrate an existing VS 2005 Web Site Project to be a VS 2005 Web Application Project, please also review these other VB and C# migration tutorials that walkthrough the Web Site to Web Application conversion process step-by-step. This article here also describes some of the differences between the VS 2005 Web Site Project Model and VS 2005 Web Application Project Model. "

Q: How can I create ASP.NET 2.0 Web Application Project?
A: Your machine must installed VS2005 with SP1 in order to create ASP.NET 2.0 Web Application Project

Q: I don't want to install VS2005 SP1 at the moment, any other way?
A: you need the deprecated “Microsoft Visual Studio Web Application Projects” installer you can find it here.

Q: Anything I need to download if I am going to start developing in ASP.NET 2.0 Web Application Project?
A: Available as a separate download is a custom build tool for generating a strongly-typed Profile class for the ASP.NET 2.0 Profile system. This allows you to right-click on a web.config file containing profile declarations and auto-generate the Profile type into your code-behind project assembly. You can learn more about this and download it here.

Q: I would like to read more and the full story on ScottGu blog.
A: Sure, you may go to ScottGu's blog - VS 2005 Web Application Project V1.0 Released

Q: Any other resource from Microsoft Official link?
A: Sure, here you are, MSDN: Upgrade from ASP.NET 1.x

Q: You mentioned ASP.NET 2.0 to AJAX....
A: Yes, I am going to blog about it later on. Please come back some time for more detail.

Knowledge of language features, "Operator Overloading "

kenlin — Mon, 14 May 2007 20:29:00 GMT

Well, I am one of the VB insiders, we are talking about a video. This video is a chatting video between 5 guys from difference team(VB, C#, C++, Channel 9 interviewer). They are going to answer you few question about the language future from their view when developing CLR/LINQ/VB/C#/C++. But the point we VB Insider discussing is, one of them, Brian Beckman has spoken that he likes C# because of the "Operator Overloading" support. That means he does not know that VB.NET(Or shorten called VB9 now) also has operator overloading support.

Another interesting issue I found afterward, I open up .NET Documentation, type the "operator overloading" keyword in Index Tab, I found a C# article("Help me, I am overloaded") on Operator Overloading and explain to you how to do so, why to do so(ms-help://MS.VSCC.v80/MS.MSDN.v80/MS.VSADD.v10.en/dncscol/html/csharp06212001.htm). But when I click in VB, it only shows you the "SAMPLE"(ms-help://MS.VSCC.v80/MS.MSDN.v80/MS.VisualStudio.v80.en/dv_vbcode/html/30202e10-8bdc-47dc-8fd1-f0ff9ffa0641.htm). Oh...god...no article in VB? How the VB beginner learn and understand it then? No wonder why he said the above comment.

http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=273697#273697
Anders Hejlsberg, Herb Sutter, Erik Meijer, Brian Beckman: Software Composability and the Future of Languages

Posted by Charles // Mon, Jan 22, 2007 1:09 PM

How will imperative programming languages evolve to suit the needs of developers in the age of Concurrency and Composability? What role can programming languages play in enabling true composability? What are the implications of LINQ on the furture of managed (CLS-based) and unmanaged(C++) languages? How will our imperative languages (static) become more functional (dynamic) in nature while preserving their static "experience" for developers?

Answers to these questions and much more are to be found in this interview with some of Microsoft's leading language designers and programming thought leaders: Anders Hejlsberg, Technical Fellow and Chief Architect of C#, Herb Sutter, Architect in the C++ language design group, Erik Meijer, Architect in both VB.Net and C# language design and programming language guru, and Brian Beckman, physicist and programming language architect working on VB.Net.

This is a great conversation with some of the industry's most influential programming language designers. Tune in. You may be surprised by what you learn...

Windows Workflow Foundation(WF) Hands-On Lab01 to Lab03 in VB2005

kenlin — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:04:00 GMT

If you are interesting in Windows Workflow Foundation(WF), you should found only C# hands-On Lab. A good news to you, I tried to translated them into VB2005, and it was tested by WF Team and now, you may download them from the following link, the full story are here...

I have 2 entries on the translation of WF, one is including Lab01, while another one is including Lab01-Lab03, they are both top 5 download in http://www.netfx3.com/

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http://blogs.msdn.com/pandrew/archive/2006/12/02/Windows-Workflow-Foundation-and-Visual-Basic-.NET.aspx
The Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) runtime supports all CLS compliant programming languages. The Visual Studio 2005 extensions for WF are only provided for C# and Visual Basic .NET. It's easy to find C# samples to get started. Here's some pointers to samples for getting started with Windows Workflow Foundation in Visual Basic .NET.

Hands on Labs in VB.NET - Ken Lin has kindly translated these introductory WF HOLs to VB.NET

http://wf.netfx3.com/files/folders/documentation/entry7167.aspx (Lab01)

http://wf.netfx3.com/files/folders/documentation/entry7553.aspx (Lab01-Lab03)
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Webclass on VB2005(in Cantonese)

kenlin — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:34:00 GMT

I have recorded one webclass few months ago, it is about deploy VB2005 with ClickOnce. Althought this is nothing related to Vista, but I just want to share this with you, if you understand Cantonese, you may go and listen to it. Later on, I will do few more on Windows Workflow Foundation(WF), because I have writen few WF training guide, and it is now waiting approval to be post on MSDN site.

For Developers: Windows Vista Readiness Hands-on-Lab

kenlin — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:44:00 GMT

Reading from Nick White's blog(a Product Manager at Microsoft working on the Windows Vista launch team), found that there is a free download Windows Vista Readiness Hands-on-Lab, I am sure that many developers are love to get it and take the lab. Here are the story,

Thom Robbins, Microsoft Director for Developer Marketing, points out a fantastic hands-on lab focused on helping developers create great experiences for customers running their applications in Windows Vista. Here's how the download page describes the lab:

Microsoft has put together a Hands-on Lab designed to educate developers on known Microsoft Windows Vista application compatibility issues. This process will walk the developer through specifics, focusing on solutions that will enable customers running your application to have a better experience on Microsoft Windows Vista. After completing this lab, the developer should be able to determine if and how the most commonly known application compatibility issues could affect their specific application.

Download the Lab here.

If you're a developer (or just interested in application compatability on Windows Vista), you can also head over to MSDN's Windows Vista Developer Center for a wealth of resources on developing applications specifically for the new OS.
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TechNet Virtual Lab: Windows Vista

kenlin — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 02:01:00 GMT

The soon-to-be-released desktop OS, Windows Vista, has been developed from the ground up and includes advancements in security and reliability, along with increased cost and operational efficiencies. For the IT professional, Windows Vista is easier to deploy, and less expensive to maintain, than any earlier version of Windows. And for your end users, Windows Vista's improved performance and reliability add value by allowing people to be more effective while performing their jobs. Get an early peek at improved security, management and productivity by experiencing Windows Vista Beta 2 virtual labs.

• Configuring Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
• Exploring New Group Policy Settings in Windows Vista
• Exploring User Account Control in Windows Vista
• Migrating User State from Windows XP to Windows Vista

Correction of URL for Windows Workflow Foundation Resources page in netfx3.com

kenlin — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 03:58:00 GMT

I am going to be guest speaker for Microsoft HK to the ISV about Windows Workflow Foundation. The first sign come to my mind that I should go to search the information is http://www.netfx3.com/. But then I found out that the URL in the Resources Tab under Windows Workflow Foundation in http://wf.netfx3.com/content/resources.aspx is incorrect and it only redirect you to the default page of the Windows Workflow Foundation in MSDN site http://msdn.microsoft.com/winfx/technologies/workflow/default.aspx. After I look carefully at the redirect URL link, I would like to correct them here and I wish Windows Workflow Foundation team could update them.

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1) Introducing Windows Workflow Foundation by David Chappel

Incorrect: http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/building/workflow/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnlong/html/WFIntro.asp

Correct: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnlong/html/WFIntro.asp
or http://msdn.microsoft.com/winfx/technologies/workflow/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnlong/html/WFIntro.asp
2) Getting Started with Windows Workflow Foundation by Dino Esposito

Incorrect: http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/building/workflow/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnlong/html/WWFGetStart.asp

Correct: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnlong/html/WFGetStart.asp
or http://msdn.microsoft.com/winfx/technologies/workflow/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnlong/html/WFGetStart.asp
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From the above sample correction, you may found out 2 points and you could apply for other resource link,
1) changing from http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/building/ into http://msdn.microsoft.com/winfx/technologies/

2) changing WWF into WF only. In the past Microsoft is naming Windows Workflow Foundation as WWF, but somehow reason, now Microsoft only called it as WF only.

Useful Link:

[Day 3] Vista Training in SG

kenlin — Mon, 29 May 2006 02:12:00 GMT

Nothing to do today, Heard few topics, 2 of them are boring and I was going into asleep. The speaker was bad, the content is bad. Well. tonight I am going out with my 3 SG friends. As I blog last year, they were my uni schoolmate. All got married. They are coming at 7pm.

1) MCE was developed by Microsoft Research China. And you may build MCE application by using Hosted HTML, XBAP(XAML Browser Application) and MCML(Media Center Markup Langauge). And for more information, you may go to blog.mediacentersanbox.com and read their blog.

2) Speech Recognition(SR) and Text to Speech (TTS) are keeping research. Now, there will be English-US supporting in Vista Beta2. However, more will be coming when released Vista. But.....cantonese may not be including yet. Have to wait. And the speaker told us that about 40% of code need to rewrite for specific language, only about 60% of code can be share in difference langauge. And TTS, now Anna(the new female voice in Vista) can speak English more like human, you may try it if you have beta 2. But male sound are still no-name yet.

[Day 2] Vista Training in SG

kenlin — Fri, 26 May 2006 13:18:00 GMT

This is the first day that we have training. Due to the late sleeping last night, this morning I suppose have to wake at 7am and get to cafe for the breakfast at 7:30am to 8:30am. But I am late wake at 7:50am, a bit hurry to finished my fast breakfast within 25 mins. That means that I spend 15 min to get the morning bath.

After that, took the bus to a local SG training Center as we use a room from that training center. I met a handsome, smart guy who is coming from the Windows Client Product Group Team. Took handsome photo with him.

About the training, Due to the NDA, i cannot disclose many things. But all I can tell is.....the training is making me disappoint. I feel bad. I learn little thing only. Before I come, I thought this is some Hands-On training as this is called Vista Training Lab. However, No PC, No VPC are installed Vista except those from Product Group. We are sitting like in Seminar and listening only. Bad experience and many complain this as well. All I can tell here is. There will be IE7.x in 2007, and IE 8 will be in 2008. That is.

After training, we have dinner near the hotel I am living in. Many seafood and they tasted nice. I took photos on every diskes. And then we took group photo and I also took photo with the girl from the agency. Oh yes, i forgot to mention, there was a girl also was in airport to pick us MVPs up. And one of them are same girl in last year. She remember me. And I felt sorry as I cannot remember her and I never contact any girls who I took photo with. I am a lazy guy, you know. Even last few times, in Global summit, I took photo with Japanese MVP Lead, I also did not send any of them email. Anyway, a bit amazing as I only met that girl in SG few days last year and she can remember me.

And today, I found a TW MVP wearing a t-shirt mention Vista after Microsoft Global Summit 2005. Oh....never see that t-shirt, I ask him if he get it from TW's event. Then he told me that it is from last global summit. Oh.....How come I never see it and get one too. NICE T-SHIRT.

Later on, I will go to "MoHan Southern Street" for drink with TW and CN MVPs. Fir night, and sure we must go out for fun than staying in Hotel. This time I make closer with them as we are less people, we may talk more and closer. Easier for me to remember others with my bad memory on who they are.

[Day 1] Vista Training in SG

kenlin — Fri, 26 May 2006 13:15:00 GMT

Arrive SG la. I use about 1 hour to get to the Arrival Exit from Aeroplane, I have to do the scanning on my package after the plane, interesting, SG security is higher than other country(including US). I then found no person to pick me up, i go around, from one end of airport to another end, and back to the first end again. Then I take a seat in the exit area to wait. Finally, someone come to me and ask if I am Ken Lin. She is just holding a A4 paper and writing my name in normal pen. How can I see it??? Anyway, I still have to wait for another half hour to get another one from other plane and then take the same car to hotel.

And then I check in to the hotel, arrive my room, WOOWOWOWO, so BIG, it is double size of the noraml room. And I have taken some photos. SO BIG.....it is VIP room. No wonder, when I check in, the hotel service man take me to the room(normally, they won't do it, just give you key and you go in your way). He even ask for my package and help me to hold it.

Anyway,I just found out that tonight. and Microsoft gave us SG$40 dollar on room Service. See if my room mate get anything to do or if my friends got anything to do. Otherwise, tonight sleep early. And my computer,.....the screen is .....dying again, have to offline la.

HKCT Seminar on VB2005

kenlin — Thu, 11 May 2006 02:14:00 GMT

Wow.....Perpare for 2 weeks on creating the powerpoint and demo for Hong Kong College of Technology(HKCT) on topic of "introduction to VB2005". And I also created VPC for the Demo. I have to learn some new features on VB2005, and also this is the hardest and worst seminar I even have. Reason:

1) The MOC for VB2005 is .....BAD. I don't learn anything even I got knowledge on .NET 1.1

2) Powerpoint for VB2005 from MOC also......nothing at all, 2-4 powerpoints, and finished 1 chapter. Cannot re-use at all.

3) I got knowledge on .NET 1.1, so my mind to show/talk in this seminar, mainly foucs on VB2005 new feature, which I suppose should be thinking that the guest listeners are NEW to .NET.

4) Finally, my topic can say.....it is ....."intorduce to VS2005" more than "introduce to VB2005", Not showing any VB2005 Code........(another points.....no code at all.....how to show VB2005? But I at least miss.....MY class)

5) Showing too much for newbies. I talk about win Form, then Web Form, then ADO.NET2.0, and Deployment. Too many for newbies.......

Anyway, Thanks to andyK ask for the feedback. I have to learn from you sin.....heheheh

Another Free e-book for VB6 developer

kenlin — Thu, 11 May 2006 02:12:00 GMT

I just visiting Microsoft Site and found another free e-book, this time it is "Upgrading Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 to Microsoft Visual Basic .NET". It is the complete technical guide to upgrading Visual Basic 6 applications to Visual Basic .NET, covering all upgrade topics from APIs to ZOrders. It shows how to fix upgrade issues with forms, language, data access, and COM+ Services, and how to upgrade applications with XML Web services, ADO.NET, and .NET remoting. It also provides big-picture architectural advice, a reference of function and object model changes, hundreds of before-and-after code samples, and a CD packed with useful examples.

Click here to download it

Few MOC courses content for .NET 2.0

kenlin — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 06:08:00 GMT

Well, these few days, I am ready and tried the new set of MOC course on .NET 2.0. However, I totally feel upset on it. I have experience on .NET 1.1, I started chapter one on

1) 2541: Core Data Access Development with Visual Studio 2005 (Three days)

2) 2543: Core Web Application Development with Visual Studio 2005 (Three days)

3) 2546: Core Windows Application Development with Visual Studio 2005 (Three days)

4) 2364: What's New in Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 for Existing Visual Studio .NET Developers

I can only tell yuo, they are worthless. After reading the first chapter, Start the lab, I totally don't know what I can do. There is no step by step to show me HOW TO. Then.....my hands are stoped....and thinking....how to do it......or...what I should do it......

Feel sad on these course in .NET 2.0. I am sure, when I am going to teach thses course in the coming years, I am sure that students will ask me a lot of questions on .....HOW TO!!!!!

P.S., I wanna ask.....how can I install Northwind this sample DB in SQL2005? I have to get the DB Backup from SQL2000?