Windows Forms Programming in C#

Name: Windows Forms Programming in C#
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ISBN: 9780321116208

ISBN-10: 0321116208

ISBN-13: 9780321116208

Edition: 2004

Authors: Chris Sells

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Much of the publicity around .NET has focused on using .NET to build Webbased applications. Many developers, however, are using .NET to build traditional Windows-based applications. Microsoft has provided a package called Windows Forms, or WinForms, which makes the development of these apps easier and faster than ever. Chris Sells has written the definitive book to help experienced Microsoft developers master the use of this powerful toolkit. Based on the experience he has gained developing with and teaching WinForms for the last two years, he goes beyond other books currently on the market. Chris has a critically acclaimed writing style that allows him to keep the material concise and…

Book details

List price: $59.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional
Publication date: 8/27/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 736
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.50" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 3.146
Language: English

Chris Sells is a Program Manager for the Connected Systems Division at Microsoft. He's written several books, including the first edition of "Programming WPF", "Windows Forms 2.0 Programming" and "ATL Internals" (both Addison-Wesley). In his free time, Chris hosts various conferences and makes a pest of himself on Microsoft internal product team discussion lists. More information about Chris, and his various projects, is available at http://www.sellsbrothers.com



Figures


Tables


Foreword


Preface



Hello, Windows Forms


WinForms from Scratch


Windows Forms in Visual Studio .NET


Arranging Controls


Controls


Application Settings


Resources


Dialogs


Drawing and Printing


Data Binding


Multithreaded User Interfaces


Deployment


Moving from MFC


Where Are We?



Forms


Showing Forms


Form Lifetime


Form Size and Location


Form Adornments


Form Transparency


Form Menus


Child Controls


Layout


Multiple Document Interface


Visual Inheritance


Where Are We?



Dialogs


Standard Dialogs


Styles


Data Exchange


Data Validation


Implementing Help


Where Are We?



Drawing Basics


Drawing to the Screen


Colors


Brushes


Pens


Shapes


Paths


Images


Where Are We?



Drawing Text


Fonts


Strings


Where Are We?



Advanced Drawing


Page Units


Transforms


Regions


Optimized Drawing


Where Are We?



Printing


Print Documents


Print Controllers


Basic Print Events


Margins


Page Settings


Printer Settings


Where Are We?



Controls


Standard Controls


Custom Controls


User Controls


Drag and Drop


Where Are We?



Design-Time Integration


Components


Design-Time Integration Basics


Extender Property Providers


Type Converters


UI Type Editors


Custom Designers


Where Are We?



Resources


Resource Basics


Resource Localization


Where Are We?



Applications and Settings


Applications


Environment


Settings


Where Are We?



Data Sets and Designer Support


Data Sets


Designer Support


Typed Data Sets


Where Are We?



Data Binding and Data Grids


Data Binding


Data Grids


Custom Data Sources


Where Are We?



Multithreaded User Interfaces


Long-Running Operations


Asynchronous Web Services


Where Are We?



Web Deployment


Hosting Controls in Internet Explorer


Code Access Security


No-Touch Deployment


Partially Trusted Assembly Considerations


Increasing Permissions


Authenticode


Where Are We?



Moving from MFC


A Few Words About MFC


MFC Versus WinForms


Genghis



Delegates and Events


Delegates


Events


Happiness in the Universe



Serialization Basics


Streams


Formatters


ISerializable


Data Versioning



Standard WinForms Components and Controls


Components and Controls Defined


Standard Components


Standard Controls


Bibliography


Index