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WINDOWS FORMS USING C#
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This course provides a practical, hands-on coverage of GUI development using Windows Forms and C#. The student will acquire proficiency in the use of Visual Studio .NET to create professional class Windows applications, gain a thorough grounding in the important controls provided by Windows Forms, and learn how to implement dialogs, menus, toolbars and status bars. Finally, understanding the use of resources and application settings in Windows Forms applications is covered.
Course Length: 5 Days
Course Tuition: $1890 (US)
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| Experience programming the .NET Framework using C# |
• Introduction to Windows Forms
What Are Windows Forms?
Windows Forms Class Hierarchy
Control Class
Form Class
Form Class Methods
Building a Form
Application Class
Simple Windows Application
Using the .NET Framework SDK
Using Controls
Common Control Properties
Ambient Control Properties
Common Control Events
Trapping Events
Using the Button Control
HelloWorld – Step 3
Using the Label Control
Using the TextBox Control
MSDN Documentation
Visual C 2005 Express Edition
VC 2005 Express Command Line
• Visual Studio and the Forms Designer
Visual Studio
Using the Forms Designer
Examining the Forms Designer Generated Code
Designing "Pretty" Forms
Designing "Easy-to-Use" Forms
Setting the Tab Order
Defining Keyboard Shortcuts
Defining Default and Cancel Buttons
• Using Controls
Controls
Using the TextBox – Again
Using the Clipboard
Making Selections
Using the CheckBox
Using the RadioButton with a GroupBox
Working with Ranges
Using the NumericUpDown
Using the TrackBar
Using the ProgressBar
Working with Dates
Using the MonthCalendar
Using DateTimePicker
Other Controls
Tracing
Debug and Trace Classes
Viewing Trace Output
Debug Statements
Debug Output
WriteLine Syntax
• List Controls
Working with Lists
Using a ListBox
Selected Items
Selected Indices
Other ListBox Features
Adding and Removing Items Dynamically
Using the ComboBox
Storing Objects in List Controls
Using the DomainUpDown Control
Using a ListView
Adding Columns to a ListView
Adding items to a ListView
• Working with Dialogs
Modal vs. Modeless Dialogs
Message Box
MessageBox Show Method
Closing a Form
Custom Dialogs
Modal Dialogs
Creating a New Form
Common Dialog Properties
Designing the Form
Configuring the DialogResult
Displaying the Form
Accessing Data on the Form
Changing the Behavior of a Button's DialogResult
Displaying Errors with the ErrorProvider Control
Validation Using the ErrorProvider
Modeless Dialogs
Designing the Modeless Dialog
Displaying the Form
Managing the Relationship Between the Parent and Modeless Dialog
Programming the Apply and Close Buttons
Programming the Apply Button
Managing the Number of Instances of the Modeless Dialog
Common Dialogs
Using the Common Dialog Controls
• Menus, Toolbars and Status Bars
Menus
MainStrip Control
Attaching a Menu to a Form
Configuring Items in a Menu
Testing the Menu
Responding to Menu Events
DropDownOpening Event
ContextMenuStrip Control
Context Menu Events
Handling Multiple Events
Status Bars
A Quick Status Bar
Toolbars
Importing Images
Associating an Event Handler
Image and Text on Buttons
• Advanced Windows Forms Topics
Forms and Controls
Parent/Child Relationships
Owner/Owned Relationships
Top-Most Forms
MDI Applications
.NET MainMenu Class
Creating an MDI Parent Window
Creating and Displaying an MDI Child Window
Arranging MDI Child Windows
Merging the Parent and Child Menus
Clipboard Object
Placing Data on the Clipboard
Retrieving Data from the Clipboard
Visual Inheritance
Building the Base Form
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• Using Advanced Controls
Panel Control
TreeView Control
TreeView Properties
TreeView Methods
TreeView Events
TreeNode Class
Adding Nodes
Removing Nodes
Iterating Through Nodes
ImageList
Image Collection Editor
Splitter Control
Splitter and SplitContainer
Tab Control
Controls on Tab Pages
Selected Index
Tab Control Event Handling
Controls Documentation
• Resources
Resources
Image Resources
Loading the Bitmaps
Embedded Resources
Accessing Embedded Resources
Creating String Resources
Strings in the Program
Accessing Resources from Code
Cultures and Internationalization
.NET Support for Cultures
Changing the Current Culture
Building Localizable Forms
MainForm.resx File
Code for Localization
Visual Studio Localization Support
• Applications and Settings
The Application Class
Starting and Stopping Applications
Application Events
Logging to a File
Closing a Window
Processing Windows Messages
Filtering Messages
Configuration Files
Reading Configuration Files
Configuration File and Visual Studio
Accessing the Registry
• Data Access and Data Binding
ADO.NET
.NET Namespaces
ADO.NET Architecture
.NET Data Providers
Connected Data Access
DataSet Architecture
Why DataSet?
DataSet Components
XML File Schema Definition
XML File Data
Reading and Writing XML
Accessing a DataSet
Adding a New Row
Searching and Updating a Row
Deleting a Row
Data Adapters
Data Binding Concept
Simple Data Binding
Binding to a List
Binding to a DataGrid
DataView
Filtering and Sorting
DataView and Data Binding
Column Formatting
• Windows Forms in .NET 2.0
Evolution of Microsoft Windows
New Controls in .NET 2.0
ToolStrip and SplitContainer
WebBrowser Control
Application Settings
Application Settings Using Visual Studio
Application Configuration File
User Configuration File
Manual Application Settings
Default Values of Settings
New Data Binding
BindingSource Architecture
Binding to a List
Setting up the Bindings
Category Class
Code in the Form
DataGridView Control
Performing a Query
BackgroundWorker Component
BackgroundWorker Code
ClickOnce Deployment
Publishing a ClickOnce App
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