Table of Contents

Sams Teach Yourself C# in 24 Hours

Copyright
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Tell Us What You Think!

Introduction
   Audience and Organization
   Conventions Used in This Book
   Onward and Upward!

Part  I.  The Visual Studio Environment

    Hour  1.  A C# Programming Tour
           Starting C#
           Creating a New Project
           Understanding the C# Environment
           Changing the Characteristics of Objects
           Naming Objects
           Setting the Text Property of the Form
           Giving the Form an Icon
           Changing the Size of the Form
           Adding Controls to a Form
           Designing an Interface
           Adding an Invisible Control to a Form
           Coding an Interface
           Running a Project
           Summary
           Q&A
           Workshop

    Hour  2.  Navigating C#
           Using the Visual Studio .NET Start Page
           Navigating and Customizing the C# Environment
           Adding Controls to a Form Using the Toolbox
           Setting Object Properties Using the Properties Window
           Managing Projects
           Managing Project Files with the Solution Explorer
           Getting Help
           Summary
           Q&A
           Workshop

    Hour  3.  Understanding Objects and Collections
           Understanding Objects
           Understanding Properties
           Understanding Methods
           Building an Object Example Project
           Understanding Collections
           Using the Object Browser
           Summary
           Q&A
           Workshop

    Hour  4.  Understanding Events
           Understanding Event-Driven Programming
           Building an Event Example Project
           Summary
           Q&A
           Workshop

Part  II.  Building a User Interface

    Hour  5.  Building Forms ”Part I
           Changing the Name of a Form
           Changing the Appearance of a Form
           Showing and Hiding Forms
           Summary
           Q&A
           Workshop

    Hour  6.  Building Forms ”Part II
           Working with Controls
           Creating TopMost Windows
           Creating Transparent Forms
           Creating Scrollable Forms
           Creating MDI Forms
           Setting the Startup Object
           Summary
           Q&A
           Workshop

    Hour  7.  Working with the Traditional Controls
           Displaying Static Text with the Label Control
           Allowing Users to Enter Text Using a Text Box
           Creating Buttons
           Creating Containers and Groups of Option Buttons
           Displaying a List with the List Box
           Creating Drop-Down Lists Using the Combo Box
           Summary
           Q&A
           Workshop

    Hour  8.  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
           Q&A
           Workshop

    Hour  9.  Adding Menus and Toolbars to Forms
           Building Menus
           Programming Menus
           Using the Toolbar Control
           Creating a Status Bar
           Summary
           Q&A
           Workshop

    Hour  10.  Drawing and Printing
           Understanding the Graphics Object
           Working with Pens
           Using System Colors
           Working with Rectangles
           Drawing Shapes
           Drawing Text
           Persisting Graphics on a Form
           Build a Graphics Project Example
           Summary
           Q&A
           Workshop

Part  III.  Making Things Happen ”Programming!

    Hour  11.  Creating and Calling Methods
           Creating Class Members
           Writing Methods
           Creating the User Interface of Your Project
           Calling Methods
           Exiting Methods
           Working with Tasks
           Summary
           Q&A
           Workshop

    Hour  12.  Using Constants, Data Types, Variables, and Arrays
           Understanding Data Types
           Defining and Using Constants
           Declaring and Referencing Variables
           Determining Scope
           Naming Conventions
           Summary
           Q&A
           Workshop

    Hour  13.  Performing Arithmetic, String Manipulation, and Date/Time Adjustments
           Performing Basic Arithmetic
           Comparing Equalities
           Understanding Boolean Logic
           Manipulating Strings
           Working with Dates and Times
           Summary
           Q&A
           Workshop

    Hour  14.  Making Decisions in C# Code
           Making Decisions Using if Statements
           Evaluating an Expression for Multiple Values Using switch
           Branching Within Code Using goto
           Summary
           Q&A
           Workshop

    Hour  15.  Looping for Efficiency
           Looping a Specific Number of Times Using for Statements
           Using do while to Loop an Indeterminate Number of Times
           Summary
           Q&A
           Workshop

    Hour  16.  Debugging Your Code
           Adding Comments to Your Code
           Identifying the Two Basic Types of Errors
           Using C#'s Debugging Tools
           Writing an Error Handler Using try...catch...finally
           Summary
           Q&A
           Workshop

    Hour  17.  Designing Objects Using Classes
           Understanding Classes
           Instantiating Objects from Classes
           Summary
           Q&A
           Workshop

    Hour  18.  Interacting with Users
           Displaying Messages Using the MessageBox.Show() Method
           Creating Custom Dialog Boxes
           Interacting with the Keyboard
           Using the Common Mouse Events
           Summary
           Q&A
           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
           Q&A
           Workshop

    Hour  20.  Controlling Other Applications Using Automation
           Creating a Reference to an Automation Library
           Creating an Instance of an Automation Server
           Manipulating the Server
           Summary
           Q&A
           Workshop

    Hour  21.  Working with a Database
           Introduction to ADO.NET
           Connecting to a Database
           Manipulating Data
           Using the Data Form Wizard
           Summary
           Q&A
           Workshop

Part  V.  Deploying Solutions and Beyond

    Hour  22.  Deploying a Solution
           Creating a Custom Setup Program
           Running a Custom Setup Program
           Uninstalling an Application You've Distributed
           Summary
           Q&A
           Workshop

    Hour  23.  Introduction to Web Development
           XML
           SOAP
           ASP.NET
           Web Forms
           XML Web Services
           Summary
           Q&A
           Workshop

    Hour  24.  The 10,000-Foot View
           The .NET Framework
           Common Language Runtime (CLR)
           Microsoft Intermediate Language
           Namespaces
           Common Type System
           Garbage Collection
           Summary
           Q&A
           Workshop

    Appendix  A.  Answers to Quizzes/Exercises
           Answers to Hour 1
           Answers to Hour 2
           Answers to Hour 3
           Answers to Hour 4
           Answers to Hour 5
           Answers to Hour 6
           Answers to Hour 7
           Answers to Hour 8
           Answers for Hour 9
           Answers to Hour 10
           Answers to Hour 11
           Answers to Hour 12
           Answers to Hour 13
           Answers to Hour 14
           Answers to Hour 15
           Answers to Hour 16
           Answers to Hour 17
           Answers to Hour 18
           Answers for Hour 19
           Answers to Hour 20
           Answers to Hour 21
           Answers to Hour 22
           Answers for Hour 23
           Answers for Hour 24

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