Index

A

About menus, 139–140

abstraction (classes), 284

access keys (menus), 112

adding. See also creating

breakpoints, 340–342

buttons, 21

code, 23

controls, 20–21

dialog boxes, 78–84

labels, 20

menu systems, 106–109

menus

access keys, 112

check marks, 113–114

items, 108

separator bars, 114–115

shortcut keys, 111

submenus, 108

sound, 318–321

Status Strips, 72–76

text boxes, 21

toolbars, 120–122

Align command (Format menu), 36

alignment. See also moving

Align command (Format menu), 36

controls, 22, 35–36

dialog boxes, 82

windows/forms, 35–36, 66–67

alternatives (.NET Framework), 13

anchoring controls, 324

ANSI/ISO Standard (.NET Framework), 8

applications. See also projects

code (storing), 36–37

debug versions, 84, 340

development speed, 181

menus. See menus

.NET Framework. See .NET Framework

release versions, 84–85

running, 20

runtime versions, 84–85

sound, 318–321

standalone, 84–85

toolbars

adding, 120–122

buttons, 121–122, 124–125

code, 124–125

commands, 33–34

customizing, 32, 34

event handling, 124–125

graphics, 122–123

.NET Framework, 120

overview, 33–34

Standard, 33

styles, 122

text, 121–122

ToolTips, 122

troubleshooting. See troubleshooting code

windows/forms. See windows/forms

arguments (functions), 246

default arguments, 253–254

passing, 251–254

arrays

defined, 146, 159

defining, 150–160

elements, 150–160

indexes, 159, 236

loops, 160

overview, 158–159

troubleshooting, 160

asterisks (windows/forms), 35

ATL support, 10

audio. See sound

AutoDock, 30–31

autohide (windows/forms), 31–32