Index_B

B

BackColor property

Label class, 301

ListView class, 340

TextBoxBase class, 310

bang (!)

!= (not equal) operator, 39, 169, 173

! (NOT) logical operator, 39, 169

base class, 18. See also inheritance

accessing members of, 135–137

creating objects, 138

defining, 131–133

interfaces vs., 144–145

overriding member functions, 140–144

sealed classes, 144

BaseType property (System::Type), 542

BeforeCheck event (TreeView), 333

BeforeCollapse event (TreeView), 333

BeforeExpand event (TreeView), 333

BeforeLabelEdit event (ListView), 342

BeforeLabelEdit event (TreeView), 333

BeforeSelect event (TreeView), 333

BeginUpdate method

ComboBox class, 308

ListBox class, 307

ListView class, 341

TreeView class, 333

binary I/O, 396–401

BinaryReader, BinaryWriter classes (System::Diagnostics), 279

BinaryReader, BinaryWriter classes (System::IO), 380, 396–401

BinarySearch method (System::Array), 218

BitArray class (System::Collections), 277

Bitmap class (System::Drawing), 358, 372–373

bitmaps in forms, 372–373

BitVector32 class (System::Collections::Specialized), 278

bitwise operators, 40, 169

Bold property (Font), 369

bool data type, 28

Boolean type, 276

BorderStyle enumeration (System::Windows::Forms), 288

BorderStyle property

Label class, 301

ListView class, 340

TextBoxBase class, 310

TreeView class, 332

bounds for arrays, 209, 210, 220

__box keyword (managed C++), 513

boxing and unboxing types, 513–515

boxing types, 176

braces {}

for enumerations, 34

for function bodies, 50

brackets [ ]

arrays, 208, 213

indexed properties, 234

break statements, 75, 83–84. See also switch statements

browsers

Web applications from, 497

Web services from, 479–480

Brush class (System::Drawing), 358, 360–361

Brushes class (System::Drawing), 358

BufferedStream class (System::IO), 380

building executable files, 12

Button class (System::Windows::Forms), 281, 288, 330

button controls (forms), 298–304

buttons on toolbars, 349

ButtonState enumeration (System::Windows::Forms), 288

Byte type, 276