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User Interfaces in VB .NET: Windows Forms and Custom Controls

ISBN: 1590590449
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2002
Pages: 74

Authors: Matthew MacDonald

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• Cover
• Copyright
• Acknowledgments
• Tell Us What You Think
• Introduction
• Who Should Read This Book
• This Book s Approach
• Chapter 1 - Windows Controls
• Control Concepts
• Control Anatomy 101
• Control Appearance and Behavior
• Composite Controls
• VS .NET Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
• Summary
• Chapter 2 - Control Basics
• Control Base Classes
• Properties
• Events
• The IconButton Control
• Testing the IconButton Control
• Summary
• Chapter 3 - Designer Basics
• The ControlDesigner Base Class
• DesignerAttribute
• The IconButton Designer
• Adding a Toolbox Bitmap
• Summary
• Chapter 4 - GDI
• The Graphics Class
• Brushes
• Pens
• Fonts
• Working with Images
• The ControlPaint Class
• Summary
• Chapter 5 - Advanced Control Development
• Control Base Classes
• Designer Base Classes
• Designer Services
• Designer Attributes
• Design-Time UI Clues
• Attributes
• Properties
• Basic Control Debugging
• Summary
• Chapter 6 - Control Design Concepts
• Control Design
• Control Internals
• A Preview of the OutlookBar Control
• Summary
• Chapter 7 - OutlookBarTab Component
• Detailed Design
• Implementation
• Summary
• Chapter 8 - OutlookBar Control
• Control Design
• OutlookBar Control Implementation
• Summary
• Chapter 9 - ImageListView Control
• Design
• Implementation
• Testing the OutlookBar Control
• Summary
• Chapter 10 - Control Deployment
• Licensing
• Hosting Controls in Internet Explorer
• GAC (Global Assembly Cache) Versus Local Assemblies
• Summary
• Appendix A - Extender Providers
• Creating Extender Providers
• Control-Based Extender Providers
• Summary
• About the Author