Pro Visual Studio . NET

by Sempf, Bill

• ISBN13: 9781590593684
• ISBN10: 1590593685
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-01
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

Visual Studio is a complex and feature-rich vehicle mainly for C#, VB.NET and Web development and drawing out its full potential can be a challenge for novice and professional programmers alike. This book reveals and demystifies the product to enable programmers to do their job more quickly and with fewer errors. All the authors are well known in each field of .NET development and lever their hands-on experience of making the tool work in the real world. Programmers will understand how to tweak this environment to get the very best out of it and learn by seeing practical tasks put into, and through Studio, to get the best results.

Table of Contents

About the Authors	xv
About the Technical Reviewer	xix
Acknowledgments	xxi
Introduction	xxiii
Chapter 1 An IDE Tour	1	(44)
The IDE Tour	1	(35)
Windows
Start Page	7	(1)
Menus	8	(6)
Solution Explorer	14	(1)
Server Explorer	15	(12)
Class View	27	(2)
Toolbox	29	(2)
Properties Window	31	(3)
Resource Window	34	(1)
Task List	34	(2)
Help	36	(3)
Context-Sensitive Help	36	(1)
IntelliSense	37	(1)
Dynamic Help	37	(2)
Projects and Solutions	39	(1)
Migration	40	(3)
Migrate Settings	40	(1)
Developer Workflow	41	(1)
Versions of the IDE and .NET	41	(1)
Crystal Reports	42	(1)
Interoperability	42	(1)
Summary	43	(2)
Chapter 2 Building Windows Applications	45	(48)
General Overview	45	(1)
Creating a Project	46	(5)
Creating a WinForms Project	47	(2)
Solution Contents	49	(1)
How a Form Works	50	(1)
WinForms Controls	51	(16)
Controlling Form Elements	53	(7)
UI Controls and Components	60	(1)
Data Controls	61	(6)
Menus, Toolbars, and Dialog Boxes	67	(10)
Message Boxes and Dialogs	68	(3)
Form Menus	71	(2)
Context Menus	73	(1)
Toolbars	74	(3)
Creating Additional Forms	77	(3)
Visual Inheritance	79	(1)
Debugging Applications	80	(7)
Setting Breakpoints	80	(1)
Stepping Through Code	81	(3)
Examining Values	84	(1)
The Command Window/Immediate Window	84	(1)
Processes	85	(1)
Exceptions	86	(1)
Importing Additional Functionality	87	(4)
Adding References	88	(1)
Adding Components	89	(2)
Component Designer	91	(1)
Summary	91	(2)
Chapter 3 Web Application Development	93	(54)
Introduction	93	(1)
Microsoft's Vision of Web Development	93	(1)
n-Tier Methodology	94	(1)
The Death of ASP As We Know It	95	(1)
The New Presentation Layer	95	(2)
Dividing the Presentation Layer into Logical Segments	97	(1)
Web Page Development Using the ASRNET Web Application
Template	98	(49)
Visual Studio .NET 2003 and ASP.NET Version 1.1	99	(1)
Files in the Project	100	(4)
Working on the Page	104	(32)
ASP.NET Mobile Web Application	136	(9)
Summary	145	(2)
Chapter 4 Data Tool Orientation	147	(56)
Introduction	147	(1)
Data Access in .NET	148	(1)
An Overview of ADO.NET	149	(1)
.NET Data Provider	150	(1)
A First Taste of Visual Studio .NET	150	(9)
Data Components in the ToolBox	159	(27)
Connection Data Component	161	(6)
Command Data Components	167	(7)
The DataAdapter Data Component	174	(7)
The DataSet Data Component	181	(3)
The DataView Data Component	184	(2)
Using Third-Party Data Access Components in Visual Studio .NET	186	(4)
Connecting to a Data Source Through an SqlDataSource Control in Visual Studio .NET	187	(3)
Visual Studio .NET = Rapid Application Development	190	(13)
Server Explorer	190	(11)
Summary	201	(2)
Chapter 5 Mobile Client Development	203	(34)
Mobile Web Development	204	(16)
The .NET Mobile Framework	204	(4)
Designing for Mobile Devices	208	(3)
A Look at the Mobile Controls	211	(3)
Debugging Mobile Web Applications	214	(3)
Security for Small Screens	217	(3)
Smart Device Development	220	(15)
Installing Windows Mobile Support	220	(1)
Similarities Between .NET CF and the .NET Framework	220	(1)
Differences Between .NET CF and the .NET Framework	221	(2)
Creating a Smart Device Application	223	(7)
.NET CF in VS.NET: The Internals	230	(2)
Data Access in Smart Device Applications	232	(1)
CE .NET Versus Pocket PC Development	233	(2)
Summary	235	(2)
Chapter 6 Team Development with VS .NET	237	(18)
Getting Started with Source Control	238	(4)
Team Development Strategy	242	(7)
Development Workstations	243	(1)
Server Environment	243	(1)
Solutions and Projects	243	(6)
Web Forms	249	(1)
Collaborative Development	249	(1)
Semi-isolated Models	249	(1)
Working in an Isolated Development Model	250	(1)
Some Final Thoughts	250	(3)
MSSCCI and Other Source Control Packages	250	(2)
Automation	252	(1)
Summary	253	(2)
Chapter 7 Performance Testing	255	(36)
Performance Testing	256	(1)
Overview	257	(2)
What ACT Can Do	258	(1)
What ACT Can't Do	258	(1)
A First Look at ACT	259	(5)
Walkthrough: Creating a New Test	264	(4)
Recording a Browser Session	264	(1)
Creating a Test Manually	265	(1)
Project Properties	265	(3)
Reading and Analyzing test Results	268	(15)
Overview Summary	268	(7)
Requests	275	(3)
Graphs	278	(2)
Performance Counters	280	(2)
Authentication and Users	282	(1)
Customizing Test Scripts	283	(4)
Test Script Structure	284	(1)
Modifying Test Scripts	284	(3)
ACT in Visual Studio .NET	287	(2)
Creating a Test	287	(1)
Configuring Test Properties	288	(1)
Reading Test Results	288	(1)
Summary	289	(2)
Chapter 8 Project Deployment	291	(38)
Windows Installer and Visual Studio .NET	292	(1)
The Setup Project Type	293	(23)
A Simple Windows Application	293	(1)
Creating the Installer	294	(12)
Deploy Applications	306	(5)
Applications with Dependent Assemblies	311	(2)
A Setup Project for Applications Using COM	313	(2)
When You Don't Need Setup Projects	315	(1)
XCopy Deployment	316	(1)
Merge Module Projects	316	(4)
A Merge Module Project	317	(1)
Installation Locations for Client Projects	318	(2)
Cab Projects	320	(3)
The ActiveX Control	320	(2)
Limitations	322	(1)
The Cab Project as a Compression Tool	322	(1)
Web Setup Project	323	(4)
XCopy Deployment for Web Applications	323	(1)
Deploy a Web Application	324	(1)
Deploy a Windows Application	324	(3)
No-Touch Deployment	327	(1)
Summary	328	(1)
Chapter 9 Crystal Reports for .NET	329	(24)
.NET Integration Features and Options	329	(1)
Concepts and Terms	330	(2)
Binding Reports	332	(1)
Push Model	333	(1)
Creating Reports with the Crystal Designer	333	(3)
Customizing Reports	336	(3)
Integrating Reports into Applications	339	(11)
WinForms Applications	339	(1)
Adding a ReportDocument Component	340	(1)
Previewing with Report Files	341	(1)
Printing the Report Without Previewing It	341	(1)
ASP.NET Applications	342	(1)
Adding the Report to the Project	343	(1)
Adding a ReportDocument Component	344	(1)
Previewing with Report Files	345	(3)
Web Services	348	(2)
Error Handling	350	(1)
Web Resources	351	(2)
http://support.BusinessObjects.com	351	(1)
http://support.BusinessObjects.com/forums	351	(1)
http://www.CrystalReportsBook.com	352	(1)
NNTP:microsoft.public.vb.crystal	352	(1)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CrystalReportsDotNet	352	(1)
http://www.Experts-Exchange.com	352	(1)
http://www.tek-tips.com	352	(1)
Newsgroup Tips	352	(1)
Chapter 10 Customization	353	(46)
Visual Studio .NET Customization Options	353	(1)
Environment Settings	354	(10)
Developer Profiles	354	(2)
Start-Up Behavior	356	(1)
Speeding Up Dynamic Help	357	(1)
Learning Keyboard Shortcuts	358	(1)
Creating Keyboard Shortcuts	358	(1)
Source Code Readability	358	(1)
Default Project Location	358	(1)
Task List Tokens	359	(1)
Auto-Reload Externally Changed Documents	359	(1)
Managing Help	360	(1)
Custom Keywords in Visual C++	360	(1)
Customizing the Text Editor	361	(3)
Build Configurations	364	(8)
Project Configurations	364	(4)
Solution Build Configurations	368	(2)
Dependencies and Build Orders	370	(2)
Window Control	372	(3)
Restoring the Default Configuration	372	(1)
Window Types	372	(1)
Window Modes	372	(1)
Window Manipulation	372	(2)
Window Configuration (Normal, Debug, Full Screen)	374	(1)
Using Full Screen Mode	374	(1)
External Tools	375	(2)
Adding External Tools	375	(1)
Removing External Tools	376	(1)
Passing Command Line Arguments	376	(1)
Toolbars and Menus	377	(5)
Organizing Toolbars	377	(1)
Organizing Menus	378	(1)
Creating Toolbars	378	(2)
Creating Menus	380	(2)
Customizing the Toolbox	382	(5)
Dynamic Help	387	(5)
XML Help Provider	388	(4)
Extensibility Options	392	(7)
Macros	393	(1)
Add-Ins	393	(2)
Wizards	395	(1)
Visual Studio .NET Integration Kit	395	(2)
Summary	397	(2)
Chapter 11 Add-Ins	399	(42)
Visual Studio .NET DTE	399	(1)
Add-In Architecture	400	(2)
The Visual Studio Add-In Wizard	402	(5)
The Default Connect.cs Code	407	(2)
Modifying the Add-in Code	409	(1)
Tracing Add-In Methods in the Debugger	410	(2)
Using the Add-In Manager	412	(9)
The Connect Class in More Detail	413	(4)
The Icon Explorer Add-In	417	(4)
Exploring the EnvDTE Automation Model	421	(13)
Running CodeModelWalker	423	(10)
Language-Specific Features of EnvDTE	433	(1)
A Multiline Find & Replace Add-In	434	(5)
Additional Resources for Add-Ins	439	(1)
Summary	440	(1)
Chapter 12 Macros	441	(22)
Recording Macros	441	(2)
Managing Macros	443	(1)
Macro Projects	443	(1)
Running and Editing Macros	444	(1)
Hot Keys and IDE Integration	444	(2)
DTE	446	(4)
DTE.ActiveDocument	446	(1)
DTE.ActiveWindow	447	(1)
DTE.Addlns	447	(1)
DTE.Co m mandBars	448	(1)
DTE.Commands	448	(1)
DTE.Events	448	(1)
DTE.Properties	449	(1)
DTE.Solution	449	(1)
DTE.SourceControl	449	(1)
DTE.SupressUI	449	(1)
DTE.Windows	449	(1)
Property Generator Macro	450	(9)
Adding a Macro	450	(1)
Implementation	451	(2)
Dissecting PropertyMacro	453	(4)
Extending PropertyMacro	457	(2)
Best Practices	459	(1)
Running the Macro	459	(1)
Moving On	460	(2)
New Add-In Project	460	(2)
Summary	462	(1)
Chapter 13 Wizards	463	(28)
Visual Studio .NET Wizards Overview	463	(3)
Script-Based Wizards	466	(4)
Template	470	(1)
Summary	470	(1)
Wizards in Visual Basic .NET	470	(19)
Summary	489	(2)
APPENDIX A Project Files	491	(8)
Project Types and Their Associated Files	491	(3)
Project File Types Explained	494	(5)
APPENDIX B Visual Studio .NET Directory Structure	499	(12)
Installation Directories	499	(2)
Language Directories	499	(1)
Tools	500	(1)
MSDE	500	(1)
Graphics	500	(1)
Templates	500	(1)
Interoperability	501	(1)
Project Directories	501	(1)
.NET Framework Directories	502	(3)
Framework Versions	502	(1)
The Global Assembly Cache	503	(2)
ASP.NET Directories	505	(3)
Temporary ASP.NET Files	505	(1)
VSWebCache	506	(1)
aspnet_client	507	(1)
FrontPage Extensions	507	(1)
Special Directories	508	(3)
APPENDIX C Certification	511	(26)
Overview of Microsoft Certification	511	(4)
Certification Process	511	(1)
Certification Tracks	512	(1)
Booking an Exam	513	(1)
Preparing for a Microsoft Exam	514	(1)
Taking the Exam	514	(1)
Microsoft Certified Professional	515	(1)
What You Are Being Tested For	515	(1)
Choosing Your Exam	515	(1)
Microsoft Certified Application Developer	516	(10)
What You Are Being Tested For	516	(1)
Core Exams	516	(4)
Second Core Exam	520	(1)
Elective Exams	521	(5)
Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer	526	(2)
Solution Architectures Exam Topics	526	(2)
After MCSD	528	(6)
Microsoft Certified Database Administrator	528	(1)
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator	529	(2)
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer	531	(1)
Specialization	532	(1)
Non-Microsoft Certification	532	(2)
Exam Resources	534	(2)
Exam Requirements	535	(1)
Study Guides	535	(1)
Practice Tests	535	(1)
Training	535	(1)
Summary	536	(1)
INDEX	537