Programming Microsoft Windows Forms

by Petzold, Charles

• ISBN13: 9780735621534
• ISBN10: 0735621535
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-02
• Publisher: Microsoft Press

Summary

Windows Forms can streamline the development of a variety of applications--but many Windows-related programming books skip over the details that allow developers to take full advantage of Windows Forms capabilities. In addition, Version 2.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework introduces new capabilities that even those familiar with early versions of Windows Forms will want to learn to use. Written by Charles Petzold--one of the premier authors in the developer community--this book offers a concise, focused tutorial suitable for new and experienced Windows Forms developers who want to expedite their productivity with Microsoft Visual Studio- 2005 and .NET Framework 2.0. The book features insightful code samples in Microsoft Visual C#- 2005.

Author Biography

Charles Petzold has been writing about Windows programming for 25 years. A Windows Pioneer Award winner, Petzold is author of the classic Programming Windows, the widely acclaimed Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, Programming Windows Phone 7, and more than a dozen other books.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
Your Background and Needs	xi
Organization of This Book	xii
System Requirements	xiii
Prerelease Software	xiii
Technology Updates	xiii
Code Samples	xiv
Support for This Book	xiv
Questions and Comments	xiv
The Author's Web Site	xiv
Special Thanks	xv
Creating Applications	1	(46)
Orientation	1	(4)
Programming Tools	2	(1)
The Docs	3	(2)
Development	5	(42)
The Littlest Programs	5	(1)
Visual Studio Projects	6	(2)
References	8	(1)
From Console to Windows	9	(2)
Fixing the Flaws	11	(2)
Events and Event Handlers	13	(3)
Inheriting from Form	16	(3)
Properties and Events in Visual Studio	19	(3)
Children of the Form	22	(4)
Subclassing Controls	26	(3)
Device-Independent Coding	29	(4)
Assembly Information	33	(1)
Dialog Boxes	34	(10)
DLLs	44	(3)
The Control Cornucopia	47	(50)
Controls in General	48	(7)
Parents and Children	48	(2)
Visibility and Response	50	(1)
Location and Size	51	(1)
Fonts and Color	52	(1)
Keeping Track of Controls	53	(1)
Image Lists	54	(1)
ToolTips	54	(1)
Static (and Not Quite so Static) Controls	55	(5)
GroupBox	55	(1)
Label	56	(1)
LinkLabel	56	(3)
PictureBox	59	(1)
ProgressBar	60	(1)
Push Buttons and Toggles	60	(4)
Button	61	(1)
CheckBox	61	(1)
RadioButton	62	(2)
Scroll Bars	64	(3)
Horizontal and Vertical Scrolls	65	(2)
Track Bars	67	(1)
Text-Editing Controls	67	(3)
MaskedTextBox	69	(1)
TextBox	69	(1)
RichTextBox	69	(1)
List and Combo Boxes	70	(6)
ListBox	71	(2)
CheckedListBox	73	(1)
ComboBox	74	(1)
Up/Down Controls	75	(1)
NumericUpDown	75	(1)
DomainUpDown	76	(1)
Dates and Times	76	(5)
MonthCalendar	76	(2)
DateTimePicker	78	(3)
Tree View and List View	81	(16)
TreeView	81	(8)
ListView	89	(8)
Panels and Dynamic Layout	97	(54)
Approaches to Layout	97	(6)
Layout Headaches	98	(1)
The AutoSize Property	99	(3)
Panels and Containers	102	(1)
Dock and Anchor	103	(6)
Docking Techniques	103	(2)
Plain Panels	105	(3)
Anchors	108	(1)
Splitters	109	(3)
Padding and Margin	112	(2)
Flow Layout Panel	114	(13)
Docking and Anchoring in Flow Layout	114	(7)
Bye, Bye, GroupBox	121	(6)
Table Layout Panel	127	(22)
Automatic Table Growth	127	(6)
Cell Positions	133	(1)
Column and Row Styles	134	(1)
Dock and Anchor	135	(3)
Column and Row Spans	138	(1)
Case Study: Font Dialog	139	(10)
Testing Your Layouts	149	(2)
Custom Controls	151	(62)
Enhancing Existing Controls	151	(14)
Overriding Methods	152	(4)
Adding New Properties	156	(3)
Control Paint Jobs	159	(6)
Combining Existing Controls	165	(20)
The Sheer Pleasure of Autoscroll	179	(6)
Controls from Scratch	185	(28)
An Interactive Ruler	185	(19)
Color Selection	204	(9)
Cruisin' the Strip	213	(48)
Menus and Menu Items	214	(29)
Menu Items in General	216	(2)
Assembling the Menu	218	(5)
Fields or Fishing	223	(1)
Controls, Items, and Owners	224	(2)
Checking and Unchecking	226	(4)
Adding Images	230	(7)
Custom Menu Items	237	(3)
Context Menus	240	(3)
Tool Strips and Their Components	243	(15)
Tool Strip Buttons	244	(1)
Controls as ToolStrip Items	245	(1)
A Text-Formatting ToolStrip	245	(12)
Handling Multiple Tool Strips	257	(1)
Status Strips	258	(3)
Status Labels	259	(2)
Data Binding and Data Views	261	(52)
Linking Controls and Data	261	(14)
How It Works	262	(2)
Control Bites Data	264	(3)
ColorScroll Revisited	267	(4)
The ComboBox Difference	271	(4)
Entry-Level Data Entry	275	(18)
The Traditional Approach	275	(3)
XML Serialization	278	(4)
Not Quite Bindable	282	(2)
The BindingSource Intermediary	284	(5)
Navigating the Data	289	(4)
Direct to Data	293	(1)
The DataGridView Control	293	(20)
DataGridView and Text	294	(3)
The Class Hierarchy	297	(1)
Expanding Our Data Horizons	298	(4)
Saving to XML	302	(3)
Validation and Initialization	305	(2)
Implementing a Calendar Column	307	(1)
DataGridView and Data Binding	308	(5)
Two Real Applications	313	(56)
Case Study 1: ControlExplorer	313	(24)
The Control Class Hierarchy	315	(2)
Read-Only Properties	317	(3)
Dynamic Event Trapping	320	(6)
Wrapping It Up	326	(7)
ClickOnce Installation	333	(2)
Security Issues	335	(1)
Publishing the Application	336	(1)
Case Study 2: MdiBrowser	337	(32)
The Multiple Document Interface	338	(1)
Solution and Project	339	(1)
Favorites and Settings	339	(3)
The Child Window	342	(2)
The Application Form	344	(3)
The File Menu	347	(5)
The View Menu	352	(3)
The Favorites Menu	355	(2)
The Window Menu	357	(2)
The Help Menu	359	(1)
The Two Tool Strips	360	(5)
HTML Help	365	(4)
Index	369