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Internet Resources
March 1996
This section provides pointers to resources, online and otherwise, that you will find useful in your Internet content and application development tasks.
Mailing Lists
Feedback Aliases
Newsgroups
Links to Other Microsoft Internet Technology Pages
Internet Organizations and Specs
Publications
Training
Events
Mailing Lists
Microsoft is busily working to create Internet mailing lists covering the broad range of Microsoft Internet technologies and related tools. The lists will allow you to tap into the latest information about these tools and technologies, and will serve as an open forum for asking questions and exchanging ideas with other developers. Additionally, you will have access to members of the Microsoft development and support teams. We will be providing you with information on signing up on this site. Stay tuned!
Feedback Aliases
Please send your comments, suggestions, and other feedback on the Internet products and technologies listed below by sending e-mail to the following addresses:
- Internet Explorer (HTML extensions for active content, palette support): iexplore@microsoft.com
- Visual Basic Scripting Edition: vbwish@microsoft.com
- Internet Control Pack: icpwish@microsoft.com
- ActiveVRML: avrmlsig@microsoft.com
- Private Communications Technology (PCT): pct@microsoft.com
- Cryptographic API: cryptapi@microsoft.com
- Merchant Server: merchsrv@microsoft.com
- FrontPage: frontpg@microsoft.com
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Newsgroups
For your convenience, we've compiled a list of USENET newsgroups that focus on Internet technologies, Windows-based programming, and content development.
Section Newsgroups Internet browsers
Web browsers for Microsoft® Windows®Internet servers
Web servers for Microsoft Windows and Windows NT™Web content
development
Writing CGI scripts for the Web
Writing HTML for the Web
Using images and image maps on the Web
Miscellaneous Web authoring issuesWindows, networking,
Internet technologies
Controls, dialogs, and VBXes
Programming Microsoft Windows
OLE 2, COM, and DDE programming
32-bit Windows programming interfaces
Network programming
Windows NT announcements (moderated)
Announcements relating to Windows (moderated)
Windows Sockets programming
Windows and other networks
Windows and TCP/IP networking
Windows built-in networking
Windows 95-specific networking
Windows Sockets e-mail applications
Other Windows Sockets applications
Windows Sockets news applications
Windows Sockets programming
Windows Sockets and voice-data technologies
Windows Sockets, generalLanguages and tools
The C language
The object-oriented C++ language
MFC-based development for Windows
Windows development tools
Windows Sockets programming tools
Controls, dialogs, and VBXes
OLE 2, COM, and DDE programming
32-bit Windows programming interfaces
General coverage of the BASIC language
General coverage of the BASIC language
General coverage of the BASIC language
Add-ins for Visual Basic®
Official information on Visual Basic (moderated)
Database aspects of Visual Basic
Visual Basic in general
VRML discussionEnterprise tools
and technologies
Microsoft Access database discussion
Microsoft SQL Server and related products
Windows NT and BackOffice™
Windows NT system services softwareWindows NT and
network administration
Windows RAS networking
Windows NT system administration
Windows NT network administration
General discussion on Windows NTEncryption and
security technologies
Security technology announcements
Computer and network security issues
CryptographyLinks to Other Microsoft Internet Technology Pages
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
Visit the Internet Explorer 3.0 Web site for information on the new features of Internet Explorer 3.0, showcase pages, and ActiveX controls. Be sure to check out the ActiveX Gallery.Component Builders
Do you create or use OLE Controls, add-ons, or toolkits for Microsoft development tools? If yes, visit the Component Builders Web page for a listing of OLE controls and other add-on components.Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Just as Visual Basic® made it easier to develop Windows-based applications, a newly developed subset of the Visual Basic language called VBScript is now revolutionizing active Internet application development. Visit the VBScript Web site to find out more.Microsoft Internet Control Pack
The Microsoft Internet Controls combine the versatility of the OCX with the power of the most up-to-date Internet protocols. Start building custom browsers, integrated file viewing applications, newsgroup readers, and more by downloading the free beta software from the Internet Control Pack Web site today.Microsoft Typography
Microsoft Internet Explorer allows Web site designers to specify which TrueType® fonts should be used to display their pages, and Microsoft is working on bringing a set of core fonts optimized for screen display to the World Wide Web. Visit the Microsoft Typography site to find out why TrueType is the ideal font format for displaying fonts on the Web and information on how to get the Microsoft Web Font Pack.Internet Organizations and Specs
(Please note that the links in this section point to servers that are not under Microsoft's control. Please read Microsoft's official statement regarding other servers.)
There are a number of interesting sites on the Web maintained by various Internet organizations. The major sites are:
- The World Wide Web Consortium (http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW)
The World Wide Web Consortium (more commonly known as "W3C") states that it "exists to realize the full potential of the Web. W3C works with the global community to produce specifications and reference software" for the World Wide Web. Among other things, it publishes specifications for HTML, HTTP, CGI, and other Web technologies.
- The Internet Engineering Task Force (http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us)
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is "the protocol engineering and development arm of the Internet." It publishes specifications on Internet protocols such at TCP/IP. Its many specifications and RFC (Request for Comment) documents are available via ftp at ftp://ds.internic.net/std/ and ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/. You can review the index.txt file in each of these directories to find a specific spec.
- The Internet Society (http://info.isoc.org/home.html)
The Internet Society is a "non-governmental international organization for global cooperation and coordination for the Internet and its internetworking technologies and applications. Its principal purpose is to maintain and extend the development and availability of the Internet and its associated technologies and applications -- both as an end in itself, and as a means of enabling organizations, professions, and individuals worldwide to more effectively collaborate, cooperate, and innovate in their respective fields and interests."W3C specs:
- The HyperText Markup Language (HTML) specification explains each HTML tag and attribute. Current issues in this evolving spec include style sheets.
- The HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) specification describes how Web browsers communicate with Web servers.
- The Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS) specification describes a scheme for rating content on the World Wide Web that has been endorsed by Microsoft.
- W3W also provides a discussion of various payment schemes that have been proposed for the Internet.
- W3C also provides a discussion of security on the Internet.
- The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) specification describes how application programs running on the server can interface with a Web server.
- The Universal Resource Locator/Identifier (URL/URI) specifications describe the syntax of URLs and URIs and talk about various other Universal Resource schemes.
- There's also a sea of information published on W3C on topics such as graphics, collaboration, mobile code (including Java), demographics of Web site visitors, and non-western character sets.
IETF specs:
The standards and protocols on which the Internet is based are available at ftp://ds.internic.net/std and ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc. Each of these directories contains an *index.txt file that specifies the title of each document and its filename. For example, the TCP specification can be found at ftp://ds.internic.net/std/std7.txt. The index file has directions for how to obtain the spec if you don't have access to ftp.
Other ways of obtaining these documents are described at gopher://info.isoc.org/00/isoc/faq/where.and.how.rfcs.
Publications
New Releases from Microsoft Press
A listing of Microsoft Press® books on Internet technologies that will be available in the coming months.Microsoft Interactive Developer Magazine
Magazine Premiere! Microsoft Interactive Developer magazine, launched March 12, will offer in-depth technical articles that give developers the inside track on Microsoft's technologies for the Internet, the corporate intranet, multimedia, games, VR, interactive TV and beyond. Preview it by clicking the heading above...Training
Web Authoring with Microsoft Tools
Microsoft has collaborated with Gestalt Systems, Inc., a Microsoft Authorized Technical Education Center, to create a one-day training seminar for Web authors and Internet application developers. This course provides hands-on training in the fundamentals of Web design, Microsoft's Internet strategy, standard hypertext markup language (HTML), Internet Explorer HTML extensions such as inline audio-video interleaved (AVI) file format, marquees, watermarks, background sounds, and virtual reality modeling language (VRML). Link to the Gestalt Web site for schedules and locations.Internet Application Development with the Internet Information Server
This course will show students how to maintain and develop applications for a Web site based on Microsoft's Internet Information Server. This course is designed for Windows and Windows NT developers who are familiar with products like Microsoft Access and Visual Basic®--you do not need to know C++ or Perl scripting to create compelling, interactive Internet applications. The Information Management Group (IMG) collaborated with Microsoft to develop this course, and it is being distributed to training companies across North America by Gestalt Systems, Inc. While this course is not official Microsoft Curriculum, it represents an important knowledge base that you will want to take advantage of. Link to the Gestalt Web site for details...Events
Internet Conferences
Link to the Developer Events site for a list of upcoming seminars and conferences that focus on Internet authoring and development.Microsoft at the Movies
Miss the Professional Developers Conference? Unable to go to Tech*Ed? You can see all keynotes and select sessions at your local movie theater instead. Comfortable seats, big screen, great quality picture, distraction-free environment, no travel, and little expense. Your takeaways are LIVE information from Microsoft developers, the latest software on CD, pointers to follow-up information, and FREE popcorn and soda... To locate a theater in your area and to review the agenda, link to the Microsoft at the Movies Web site or call (800) 340-8255.