Programming Microsoftï¿½ Windowsï¿½ Forms

Name: Programming Microsoftï¿½ Windowsï¿½ Forms
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ISBN: 9780735621534

ISBN-10: 0735621535

ISBN-13: 9780735621534

Edition: 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Charles Petzold

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Windows Forms empower developers to tap the full power of the Windows client PC, and they are compatible with any .NET development language. With visual inheritance, developers can simplify the creation of Windows-based applications by reusing common logic and user interface throughout their solution. Using control anchoring and docking, programmers can build resizable forms automatically, while the in-place menu editor enables developers to visually author menus directly from within the Forms Designer. In the .NET Framework 2.0, enhancements to the Windows Forms classes will help improve the application deployment model, increase developer productivity, and simplify data access. The .NET…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 11/2/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



Introduction


Your Background and Needs


Organization of This Book


System Requirements


Prerelease Software


Technology Updates


Code Samples


Support for This Book


Questions and Comments


The Author's Web Site


Special Thanks



Creating Applications


Orientation


Programming Tools


The Docs


Development


The Littlest Programs


Visual Studio Projects


References


From Console to Windows


Fixing the Flaws


Events and Event Handlers


Inheriting from Form


Properties and Events in Visual Studio


Children of the Form


Subclassing Controls


Device-Independent Coding


Assembly Information


Dialog Boxes


DLLs



The Control Cornucopia


Controls in General


Parents and Children


Visibility and Response


Location and Size


Fonts and Color


Keeping Track of Controls


Image Lists


ToolTips


Static (and Not Quite so Static) Controls


GroupBox


Label


LinkLabel


PictureBox


ProgressBar


Push Buttons and Toggles


Button


CheckBox


RadioButton


Scroll Bars


Horizontal and Vertical Scrolls


Track Bars


Text-Editing Controls


MaskedTextBox


TextBox


RichTextBox


List and Combo Boxes


ListBox


CheckedListBox


ComboBox


Up/Down Controls


NumericUpDown


DomainUpDown


Dates and Times


MonthCalendar


DateTimePicker


Tree View and List View


TreeView


ListView



Panels and Dynamic Layout


Approaches to Layout


Layout Headaches


The AutoSize Property


Panels and Containers


Dock and Anchor


Docking Techniques


Plain Panels


Anchors


Splitters


Padding and Margin


Flow Layout Panel


Docking and Anchoring in Flow Layout


Bye, Bye, GroupBox


Table Layout Panel


Automatic Table Growth


Cell Positions


Column and Row Styles


Dock and Anchor


Column and Row Spans


Case Study: Font Dialog


Testing Your Layouts



Custom Controls


Enhancing Existing Controls


Overriding Methods


Adding New Properties


Control Paint Jobs


Combining Existing Controls


The Sheer Pleasure of Autoscroll


Controls from Scratch


An Interactive Ruler


Color Selection



Cruisin' the Strip


Menus and Menu Items


Menu Items in General


Assembling the Menu


Fields or Fishing


Controls, Items, and Owners


Checking and Unchecking


Adding Images


Custom Menu Items


Context Menus


Tool Strips and Their Components


Tool Strip Buttons


Controls as ToolStrip Items


A Text-Formatting ToolStrip


Handling Multiple Tool Strips


Status Strips


Status Labels



Data Binding and Data Views


Linking Controls and Data


How It Works


Control Bites Data


ColorScroll Revisited


The ComboBox Difference


Entry-Level Data Entry


The Traditional Approach


XML Serialization


Not Quite Bindable


The BindingSource Intermediary


Navigating the Data


Direct to Data


The DataGridView Control


DataGridView and Text


The Class Hierarchy


Expanding Our Data Horizons


Saving to XML


Validation and Initialization


Implementing a Calendar Column


DataGridView and Data Binding



Two Real Applications



ControlExplorer


The Control Class Hierarchy


Read-Only Properties


Dynamic Event Trapping


Wrapping It Up


ClickOnce Installation


Security Issues


Publishing the Application



MdiBrowser


The Multiple Document Interface


Solution and Project


Favorites and Settings


The Child Window


The Application Form


The File Menu


The View Menu


The Favorites Menu


The Window Menu


The Help Menu


The Two Tool Strips


HTML Help


Index