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Sams Teach Yourself Visual C# 2005 in 24 Hours, Complete Starter Kit

ISBN: 0672327406
EAN: 2147483647

Year: N/A
Pages: 248

Authors: James Foxall

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• Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Visual C 2005 in 24 Hours, Complete Starter Kit
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• About the Author
• Acknowledgments
• We Want to Hear from You
• Introduction
• Part I: The Visual C Environment
• Hour 1. Jumping In with Both Feet: A Visual C 2005 Programming Tour
• Starting Visual C 2005
• Creating a New Project
• Understanding the Visual Studio .NET Environment
• Changing the Characteristics of Objects
• Adding Controls to a Form
• Designing an Interface
• Writing the Code Behind an Interface
• Running a Project
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 2. Navigating Visual C 2005
• Using the Visual C 2005 Start Page
• Navigating and Customizing the Visual C Environment
• Working with Toolbars
• Adding Controls to a Form Using the Toolbox
• Setting Object Properties Using the Properties Window
• Managing Projects
• A Quick-and-Dirty Programming Primer
• Getting Help
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 3. Understanding Objects and Collections
• Understanding Objects
• Understanding Properties
• Understanding Methods
• Building a Simple Object Example Project
• Understanding Collections
• Using the Object Browser
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 4. Understanding Events
• Understanding Event-Driven Programming
• Building an Event Example Project
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Part II: Building a User Interface
• Hour 5. Building FormsThe Basics
• Changing the Name of a Form
• Changing the Appearance of a Form
• Showing and Hiding Forms
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 6. Building FormsAdvanced Techniques
• Working with Controls
• Adding a Control by Double-Clicking It in the Toolbox
• Adding a Control by Dragging from the Toolbox
• Adding a Control by Drawing It
• Creating Topmost Nonmodal Windows
• Creating Transparent Forms
• Creating Scrollable Forms
• Creating MDI Forms
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 7. Working with Traditional Controls
• Displaying Static Text with the Label Control
• Allowing Users to Enter Text Using a Text Box
• Creating Buttons
• Presenting YesNo Options Using Check Boxes
• Creating Containers and Groups of Option Buttons
• Displaying a List with the List Box
• Creating Drop-Down Lists Using the Combo Box
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 8. Using Advanced Controls
• Creating Timers
• Creating Tabbed Dialog Boxes
• Storing Pictures in an Image List
• Building Enhanced Lists Using the List View
• Creating Hierarchical Lists with the Tree View
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 9. Adding Menus and Toolbars to Forms
• Building Menus
• Using the Toolbar Control
• Creating a Status Bar
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Part III: Making Things HappenProgramming
• Hour 10. Creating and Calling Methods
• Understanding Class Members
• Defining and Writing Methods
• Calling Methods
• Exiting Methods
• Creating Static Methods
• Avoiding Infinite Recursion
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 11. Using Constants, Data Types, Variables, and Arrays
• Understanding Data Types
• Defining and Using Constants
• Declaring and Referencing Variables
• Working with Arrays
• Determining Scope
• Naming Conventions
• Using Variables in Your Picture Viewer Project
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 12. Performing Arithmetic, String Manipulation, and DateTime Adjustments
• Performing Basic Arithmetic Operations with Visual C
• Comparing Equalities
• Understanding Boolean Logic
• Working with Dates and Times
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 13. Making Decisions in Visual C Code
• Making Decisions Using if...else
• Evaluating an Expression for Multiple Values Using switch
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 14. Looping for Efficiency
• Looping a Specific Number of Times Using for
• Using while and do...while to Loop an Indeterminate Number of Times
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 15. Debugging Your Code
• Adding Comments to Your Code
• Identifying the Two Basic Types of Errors
• Using Visual C Debugging Tools
• Writing an Error Handler Using Try...Catch...Finally
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 16. Designing Objects Using Classes
• Understanding Classes
• Instantiating Objects from Classes
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 17. Interacting with Users
• Displaying Messages Using the MessageBox.Show() Method
• Creating Custom Dialog Boxes
• Interacting with the Keyboard
• Using the Common Mouse Events
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 18. Working with Graphics
• Understanding the Graphics Object
• Working with Pens
• Using System Colors
• Working with Rectangles
• Drawing Shapes
• Drawing Text
• Persisting Graphics on a Form
• Building a Graphics Project Example
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Part IV: Working with Data
• Hour 19. Performing File Operations
• Using the Open File Dialog and Save File Dialog Controls
• Manipulating Files with the File Object
• Manipulating Directories with the Directory Object
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 20. Working with Text Files and the Registry
• Working with the Registry
• Reading and Writing Text Files
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 21. Working with a Database
• Introducing ADO.NET
• Manipulating Data
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 22. Controlling Other Applications Using Automation
• Creating a Reference to an Automation Library
• Creating an Instance of an Automation Server
• Manipulating the Server
• Automating Microsoft Word 2003
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Part V: Developing Solutions and Beyond
• Hour 23. Deploying Applications
• Understanding ClickOnce Technology
• Using the Publish Wizard to Create a ClickOnce Application
• Testing Your Picture Viewer ClickOnce Install Program
• Uninstalling an Application You ve Distributed
• Setting Advanced Options for Creating ClickOnce Programs
• Summary
• QA
• Workshop
• Hour 24. The 10,000-Foot View
• The .NET Framework
• Common Language Runtime
• Microsoft Intermediate Language
• Namespaces
• Common Type System
• Garbage Collection
• Further Reading
• Summary
• License Agreement Addendum
• What s on the CD-ROM
• Installation Instructions
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