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In this five day, instructor-led, hands-on course you will learn how to use Visual Studio 2005 to build Windows applications to run on the .NET 2.0 platform. You will become familiar with the Windows Forms and Windows Forms controls, focusing on new Visual Studio 2005 features. You'll see how to use new .NET 2.0 features and access data using ADO.NET and its DataTable, DataReader, DataAdapter, and DataSet classes. Take advantage of new Visual Studio 2005 data binding features, and explore the range of controls and components provided by Visual Studio 2005. Build solid applications using structured exception handling, and debug your applications using new Visual Studio 2005 debugging features. Access legacy code in COM components, Win32 APIs using P/Invoke, and remote code in Web Services. Add professional-looking menus and toolbars using the new ToolStrip controls, and add unprecedented flexibility to your user interfaces using the new container controls. Deploy and maintain your application easier than ever before, taking advantage of Click-Once deployment.
This course is conducted in both VB.NET and C#. Students need to select a language only when working on lab exercises. Otherwise the course content is identical for all .NET languages.
Course Outline
Introduction to Windows Forms
- .NET Does Windows
- Adding Controls to a Form
- A Peek behind the Scenes
- Adding Event Handling Code
- Adding a Menu to the Form
- Adding Non-Graphical Components
Taking Advantage of the Form Event Model
- How .NET Languages Handle Events
- Exploring Form and Control Events
Common Windows Forms Controls
- Label, TextBox, and Button
- CheckBox and RadioButton
- ComboBox, ListBox, and CheckedListBox
- LinkLabel, NumericUpdown, PictureBox and ProgressBar
Exception Handling
- Perspectives on Exception Handling
- Getting Started with Exception Handling
- Catching Specific Exceptions
- Raising Errors
- Running Code Unconditionally
- Handling Unhandled Exceptions
- Creating Exception Classes
Working with Strings and Dates
- Core .NET Data Types
- Working with Text: The String Class
- Working with Dates and Times
Accessing Data
- Overview of ADO.NET
- Connecting to Data
- Executing Commands
- Working with Data
- Choosing an ADO.NET Provider
Data Binding Techniques
- Data Binding Basics
- Creating a Data Source
- Creating Data-Bound Forms
- Data Binding Components and Controls
- Displaying Data from Related Tables
- Displaying Data from Lookup Tables
- Adding Search Capabilities to a Form
- Filtering by Values from a Lookup Table
- Data Validation
- Working with Local Data
Using the Data Controls
- Data Controls
- The BindingNavigator Control
- The BindingSource Component
- The DataGridView Control
- The ReportViewer Control
Handling Input/Output Tasks
- Introducing the System.IO Namespace
- Selecting Files
- Browsing for Folders
- Handling Path Information
- Working with Directories and Files
- Using Stream-Based Objects to Read and Write File Contents
Project Settings in Visual Studio 2005
- The Project Designer
- Application Properties
- Compilation Properties
- Debugging Properties
- Project References
- Project Resources
- Project Settings
Debugging Your Applications
- Debugging Applications
- Setting Breakpoints and Stepping through Code
- Debugging Code in Assemblies
- Evaluating Variables and Objects
- Edit and Continue
- Tracing Applications
Container Controls
- Introducing Container Controls
- Grouping Controls with the GroupBox Control
- Introducing the Panel Control
- Displaying Multiple Panels with the SplitContainer Control
- Laying out Panels with the TabControl Control
- Simple Layout Using the FlowLayoutPanel Control
- Advanced Layout Using the TableLayoutPanel Control
Menus and Toolbars
- Introducing the ToolStrips
- Working with the ToolStrips
Creating MDI Applications
- MDI Applications
- MDI Parent and Child Forms
- Managing Open Windows
- Managing Menus
- Working with Open Forms
Complex Windows Forms Controls
- Introducing Complex Controls
- NotifyIcon Control
- WebBrowser Control
- MaskedTextBox Control
- RichTextBox Control
- TreeView and ListView Controls
- MonthCalendar and DateTimePicker Controls
Creating Custom Controls
- Control Creation in Windows Forms
- Inheriting from an Existing Control
- Drawing Your Own Custom Controls
- Creating Composite Controls
Working with Toolbox Components
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- Introducing Components
- Timer Component
- BackgroundWorker Component
- FileSystemWatcher Component
- PerformanceCounter Component
- Process Component
- ServiceController Component
- EventLog Component
Interoperability
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- COM and .NET
- Calling COM Objects from .NET
- Calling .NET Assemblies from COM
- Using Platform Invoke
- Web Services
Deploying Applications Using Click-Once
- ClickOnce Deployment
- Publishing an Application
- Setting Publish Options
- Updating a Deployed Application
- What Happens When You Publish an Application?
- What Happens When You Publish an Update to an Application?
- ClickOnce and Security
- Using the Deployment API to Manage Updates
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