background, tasks, 904
interactive applications, 905
BackgroundWorker control, 910
base class, 116
abstract
MustInherit keyword, 160–161
MustOverride keyword, 161
fragile base class problem
implementation and, 202–203
interfaces and, 200–201
BeginExecuteNonQuery method, 352
BeginExecuteReader method, 352
BeginExecuteXmlReader method, 352
behavior, 64
bin directory, Visual Studio, 509
binary formatter, 1003
binding, COM, 874
BitArray object, Collections namespace, 42
blogs, author blogs, 1204
books, 1204
Boolean datatype, 25
Boolean types, 26–28
bootstrapper, ClickOnce deployment, 870
borders, Windows Forms, 605
boxing, 44–45
BSTR structure, 211
buffering, streaming XML email and, 416
build configurations (Visual Studio), 546–549
BuildSqlCommand method, 356
Button control, 639
local resources, 247
Byte datatype, 22, 25, 32–33