Sams Teach Yourself .Net Windows Forms in 21 Days

by Payne, Chris

• ISBN13: 9780672323201
• ISBN10: 0672323206
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-13
• Publisher: Sams Publishing

Summary

.NET Windows Forms are a new programming paradigm introduced with Microsoft's .NET initiative. Windows Forms are very similar to Web Forms, which allow programmers to build complex Web application interfaces easily, sharing the same underlying framework and programming concepts. Windows Forms, however, are used for the Win32 platform, instead of the Internet, and allow programmers to build traditional Windows desktop-based applications structured around .NET. Sams Teach Yourself .NET Windows Forms in 21 Dayscovers all the major aspects of Windows Forms necessary to build professional, functional applications. This book follows the tried-and-tested 21 Days tutorial model to guide the reader through Windows Forms. It features code examples and tips for programmers migrating from pre-Windows Forms Microsoft technologies. The reader will be introduced to the many controls available for .NET Windows Forms and how to build them, learn how to create events and event handlers, explore ADO.NET and methods to retrieve data from dynamic data sources, and learn how to take advantage of the Internet and Internet Explorer from their .NET Windows Forms applications. As readers advance through the tutorials, they progress toward more advanced topics and projects by creating simple graphical applications and enhancing existing ones, learn how to integrate with other .NET applications, use Web services, build Windows services, build Windows Forms controls, create multi-threaded applications, work with COM and COM+ configure and deploy .NET Windows Forms, and how to de-bug .NET Windows Forms.

Author Biography

Chris Payne, author of Sams Teach Yourself ASP.NET in 21 Days, has had a passion for computers and writing since a young age. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University and supported himself through college as an independent consultant and writer of technical articles, focused on Web development. Currently making his home in Orlando, Florida, with his wife, Eva, he works as a Web developer and is continuing his career as an author, both of technical and fictional material.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
Week 1 At a Glance	5	(222)
Getting Started with .NET Windows Forms	7	(18)
Building Windows Forms Applications	25	(30)
Working with Your Windows Forms	55	(32)
Adding Menus and Toolbars to Your Windows	87	(36)
Handling Events in Your Windows Forms	123	(24)
Enhancing Your Windows Forms with More Controls	147	(52)
Working with Dialog Boxes	199	(28)
Week 1 In Review	227	(18)
Week 2 At a Glance	245	(218)
Databinding in Your Windows Forms	247	(26)
Using ADO.NET	273	(40)
Creating MDI Applications	313	(26)
Working with Windows Input/Output	339	(36)
Internet Enabling Your Forms	375	(22)
Creating Graphical Applications with GDI+	397	(38)
Using ActiveX	435	(28)
Week 2 In Review	463	(10)
Week 3 At a Glance-Inside Windows Forms	473	(188)
Using Web Services	475	(24)
Building Windows Services	499	(26)
Advanced Windows Forms Controls Techniques	525	(22)
Building Custom Windows Forms Controls	547	(30)
Creating Multithreaded Applications	577	(34)
Configuring and Deploying Your Windows Forms	611	(26)
Debugging Your Windows Forms	637	(24)
Week 3 In Review	661	(176)
Appendixes
Appendix A Answers to Quiz Questions and Exercises	681	(80)
Appendix B Windows Forms Controls	761	(54)
Appendix C ADO.NET Controls: Properties and Methods	815	(22)
Index	837