Windows Forms in Action Second Edition of Windows Forms Programming with C#

Name: Windows Forms in Action Second Edition of Windows Forms Programming with C#
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ISBN: 9781932394658

ISBN-10: 1932394656

ISBN-13: 9781932394658

Edition: 2nd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Erik Brown

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Using many examples all on a common theme, this second edition of Windows Forms Programming with C# presents Windows application development in a step-by-step, easy to follow format. Written for beginner and intermediate programmers eager to get their hands dirty, the text covers fundamentals like labels, buttons, and tool strips, as well as advanced concepts like owner-drawn lists, custom controls, and two-way data binding. The book is a tutorial, leading the reader through Windows application development using C# and Visual Studio .NET. It illustrates how the classes in the .NET Framework interact in a fully functional application. Material added for the second edition includes coverage…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Manning Publications Company
Publication date: 5/7/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 752
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 3.036
Language: English

A mathematician by training, Erik Brown has been working with code for over 17 years, as a developer, architect, consultant, and manager. He is a veteran of three successful start up companies and currently works as a program manager at Unisys Corporation. Erik lives in northern Virginia with his wife and two daughters.



Preface


Preface to the first edition


Acknowledgments


About this book


What's new in 2.0


About the cover illustration



Hello Windows Forms



Getting started with Windows Forms



Programming in C#



Windows Forms controls



Loading files



Resizing forms



Recap



Getting started with Visual Studio



Programming with Visual Studio



Windows Forms controls



Loading files



Resizing forms



Recap



Basic Windows Forms



Menus



Controls and containers



The nature of menus



Menu bars



Menu handling



Recap



Context menu and status strips



Context menu strips



Drop-down events and event arguments



Status strips



Recap



Reusable libraries



Class libraries



The object class



Interfaces



Generics



Recap



Files and common dialog boxes



Standard menus



Common file dialog boxes



Streams and writers



Album management



Recap



Dialog boxes



Message boxes



The Form.Close method



Forms and panels



Modeless dialog boxes



Recap



Text boxes



Form inheritance



Standard text boxes



Masked text boxes



Recap



Buttons



Push buttons



Radio buttons



Check box buttons



Tooltips and error providers



Recap



Handling user input and encryption



Keyboard events



Mouse events



Encryption



Link labels



Recap



List boxes



List controls



Simple list boxes



Multiselection list boxes



Recap



Combo boxes



Standard combo boxes



Editable combo boxes



Automatic completion



Item formatting



Recap



Tab controls and pages



Tab control fundamentals



Tab page fundamentals



Owner-drawn tabs



Owner-drawn list boxes



Recap



Dates, calendars, and progress bars



Date and time display



Date and time formats



Calendars



Progress bars



Recap



Bells and whistles



Images and cursors



Embedded resources and sounds



Track bars



Timers



Recap



Tool strips



Tool strip fundamentals



Tool strip item fundamentals



Image lists



Tool strip containers



Specialized button items



Recap



Advanced Windows Forms



Custom controls



Extending existing controls



Control-based classes



The ScrollablePictureBox class



User controls



Custom controls in Visual Studio



Recap



Explorer interfaces and tree views



Interface styles



Explorer interfaces in .NET



Tree nodes



Custom tree views



Recap



List views



List view fundamentals



List view columns



List view features



Virtual Items



Recap



Multiple document interfaces



MDI forms



Merged menus



MDI children



MDI child window management



Recap



Data binding



Data grid views



Columns and rows



Cells



Recap



Two-way binding and binding sources



Binding lists



Editable objects



Simple data binding



Recap



Odds and ends .NET



Printing



Drag-and-drop



Web browsing



Application settings



Deployment



Recap



C# primer



.NET namespaces



Visual index



For more information


Bibliography


Index