P

Package, XPS documents, 731–32

Padding, 981

PageBounds, 662

Page numbers, printing, 663–64

PageScale, 562

PageSettings, 553, 955

Page Setup, 11

PageSetupDialog, 273, 953–55

properties, 954–55

PageUnits, 562

Paint

event handlers, 580–82

Form, 1021

Palette, 638

Panel, 264, 266–67, 955–56

SplitContainer properties, 976

PaperSize, 553

PaperSource, 553

ParagraphInfo, 663–69

Parameter arrays, 201–2

defined, 201

restrictions, 201–2

Parameter declarations, 195–202

array parameters, 197–98

ByRef, 196–97

ByVal, 196–97

events, 468, 1026

features of, 159–62

nonstatic procedure scope of, 159–61

Optional, 199–200

parameter arrays, 201–2

parameter passing and structures, 454–55

parameters, declaring, 160

parenthesized parameters, 198–99

Parent

abstraction, 433

child class derived from. See Inheritance

DirectoryInfo, 793

ParentColumns, 350

ParentKeyConstraints, 350

ParentRelations, 343

ParentTable, 350

shadows, 378–79

Shadows, 434

Parentheses ( )

grouping operator ( ), 176

in order of precedence, 177

parenthesized parameters, 198–99

ParenthesizePropertyName, 192

Parsing

data types, 139

OpenTextFieldParser, 801

Partial

classes, 440–41, 1023

code region function, 112

Passwords

building, 842–45

PasswordBox, 1003

PasswordChar, 986

Paste Button Image, 42–43

Path, 797–99

ChangExtension, 798

Combine, 798

CombinePath, 799

DirectorySeparatorChar, 797

ExecutablePath, 763

Exists, 778

GetDirectoryName, 798

GetExtension, 798

GetFileName, 798

GetFileNameWithoutExtension, 798

GetFullPath, 798

GetParentPath, 800

GetPathRoot, 798

GetTempPath, 798

HasExtension, 799

InvalidPathChar, 797

IsPathRooted, 799

LocalUserAppDataPath, 764

methods, 1098–99

MoveTo, 793

PathData, 610

PathPoints, 610

PathSeparator, 798

PathTypes, 610

properties, 1097–98

StartupPath, 764

ToString, 793

UserAppDataPath, 764

VolumeSeparatorChar, 797

XAML drawing, 720–23

PathGradientBlend, 546

Pattern matching operators, 173–74

Peek

BinaryReader, 773

PeekChar, 773

queue, 524

TextReader, 775, 776

Pen, 583–91, 1035–36

actions of, 542, 583

Alignment, 584, 586–87

CompoundArray, 584, 587–88

constructors, 584

CustomEndCap, 584, 588–90

CustomStartCap, 584, 588–90

graphical transformations, 583–85

properties/methods, 584–85, 1034–35

System.Drawing, 544

thickness, 583–84

transformations, 590–91

PerformanceCounter, 264, 956

PerformanceData, 746

Performance Tools, 38, 46

Performance Wizard, 38

Physical Dimension, 638

PictureBox, 264, 273, 956–58

AutoRedraw, 642–44

values, 956

Pictures

centering and printing, 669–71

fitting to page and printing, 671–73

Pie slice, DrawPie, 554

Pixels

colors, 647–48

GetPixelFormatSize, 638

IsAlphaPixelFormat, 638

PixelFormat, 638

SingleBitPerPixel, 551

SingleBitPerPixelGridFit, 551

See also Bitmap(s)

Placeholders, composite formatting, 1052

Platform constant, 115

PlayRecord, 652, 1040

PNG format, bitmaps, 641

Point

CenterPoint, 601

GetLastPoint, 610

PathPoints, 610

PointCount, 610

PointToClient, 1016

PointToScreen, 1016

System.Drawing, 545

Pointer tool, 262, 902

Point size, fonts, 921

Polygon

DrawPolygon, 554

XAML drawing of, 719

Polyline, XAML drawing of, 719–20

Polymorphism, 435–36

benefits of, 436

defined, 435

Pop, 522

Ports, SerialPort, 265, 974, 1069–71

Position

CurrencyManager, 359

properties, 93–94

Streams, 770

Power Packs. See Microsoft Power Packs

Precedence operators, 175–76

Prefix, 340, 343, 348

Prepare, 337

Preview Data, 34

Previous Method, 13

PrimaryKey, 343

PrintDocument, 273–74, 658–62

events, 658–59

PrintDialog, 264, 273, 660–61, 958–62

PrinterSettings, 553, 955, 962

PrintPage, 658–60, 662, 962

PrintPreviewControl, 265, 273, 274, 660, 962–64

PrintPreviewDialog, 265, 273, 274, 659, 964–65

Printing

drawing/printing combined, 673–76

fitting picture to page, 671–73

gutters, 662–64

image centered on page, 669–71

margins, 662

Print command, 11

PrintDialog properties, 959–61

printer compatibility library, 1005–6

PrinterResolution, 553

PrintLine, 782

print preview, 659–60, 663

simple versus complex output, 657–58

System.Drawing.Printing, 553

text broken across pages, 662–69

value to file, 782

VSTO application, use of, 658

See also PrintDocument

Private

classes, 442

constants, 166

events, 468

multiple variable declarations, 153

namespace scope, 158

subroutines, 195

variable accessibility, 131, 141

PrivateFontCollection, 550

Procedure scope, 157–58

module scope, 158

namespace scope, 158–59

restricting scope, 159

Process

Attach to Process, 31, 36

Processes command, 31

Process object, 965–66

ProcessorCount, 743

ProductName, 764

ProductVersion, 764

Programs, 802

ProgressBar, 265, 271, 966–67, 1003

Project(s)

Add Existing Item, 16

Add New Item, 16

Close Project, 11

defined, 4, 105

Exclude From Project, 16

Existing Project, 11

Export Template, 11

New Items, 16

New Project, 6, 9, 11

Open Project, 9

program files, viewing, 4

Recent Projects, 11

structure of. See Project structure

Project menu commands, 16–21

Projects and Solutions, 46

Project structure

code file structure, 110–22

hidden files, 105–9

Prompt, MaskedTextBox properties, 940

Properties, 79–94

adopted by control on form, 287–88

attributes, listing of, 191–93

collection properties, 84–86

compound properties, 81

control properties, 88–93

defined, 79, 425, 466

display area, 93

display pages, 15, 17–19

find and replace, 12

Form property-changed events, 1022

hiding, 379–80

implementing, custom controls, 372–73

IntelliSense functions, 60–61

modifying at design time, 73, 80–86

modifying at run time, 86–88

My.Settings, 751

ParenthesizePropertyName, 192

Properties window, 8, 80–81, 96

PropertyGrid, 265, 270, 967

Property Pages, 15

read-only, 88

restricted properties, 82–83

setting, 17–20

size and position properties, 93–94

splitting forms, 93

WindowsApplication1 Properties, 17–21

write-only, 88

See also specific types of properties

Property procedures, 162–63

breakpoints in, 162

in code module, 206

for read-only/write-only variables, 163, 886

functions of, 162, 205

implementing, 205–6

in object module, 206

Property Get, 162

Property Set, 162, 377–78

Protected

classes, 441–42

constants, 166

events, 467

namespace scope, 158

subroutines, 195

variable accessibility, 141

Protected Friend

classes, 442

constants, 166

events, 468

namespace scope, 158

subroutines, 195

variable accessibility, 141

Provider, 324

Public

classes, 441–42

constants, 166

events, 467

multiple variable declarations, 153

namespace scope, 158–59

subroutines, 194

variable accessibility, 131, 141

Public interface

defined, 427

encapsulation, 427–28

Public-key encryption, 841

Publish Wizard, 22–23

Publish WindowsApplication1, 22

Push, 522