b (backspace) escape sequence, 41
BackColor property, 393
BannerText property, 567
base classes, 191, 250–251
base keyword, 217, 251–252
base type, arrays, 106
BaseAddress property, 962
BeforeLabelEdit event, 434
BeginUpdate() method, 433, 438
Behavior Editor option, Editor zone, 644
binary operators, 44, 304, 306
binary serialization, 638
binary units, components, 852
BinaryFormatter class, 731
Bitmap class, 1002
bitwise operators, 60–63
black outline indication, classes, 225
block of code example, 30
block-structured language, 30
blue box indication, classes, 225
BodyText property, 567
bool Contains() method, 335
bool IComparable<T>.Equals() method, 338
bool Remove() method, 336
bool type, 36, 41
Boolean logic, flow control, 57–60
BorderStyle property, 402
Bottom property, 393
boxing, type comparisons, 297–299
branching, flow control
constant variables, 74
else if statement, 72
if statement, 69–72
switch statement, 72–76
ternary operators, 68
variable scope, 137–138
break command, 86
break mode, debugging
assertions, 165
Autos tab, 167
breakpoints, 162–164
entering, 161–162
line-by-line execution, 169
Locals tab, 167
Step Into icon, 169
Step Out icon, 169
Step Over icon, 169
unhandled exceptions, 165
variable content, monitoring, 166–169
Watch tab, 167
breakpoints
Breakpoints window, 163–164
conditioning, 164
deleting, 164
disabling, 164
hit counts, 164–165
inserting, 163
overview, 162
toggling, 163
tracepoints and, 159–160
broadcasts, networking, 953
Brush class, 995–997
BufferResponse property, 665
BugFixAttribute attribute, 907–909
building block Web services, 657
built-in attributes
list of, 888
System.Diagnostics.ConditionalAttribute attribute, 889–891
System.ObsoleteAttribute attribute, 891–892
System.SerializableAttribute attribute, 892
BulletIndent property, 419
business tier, multitier applications, 773
buttons
adding to applications, 24–25
button clicks, event handling, 198
Button control, Web programming, 588
controls, Windows programming
Click event, 398
events, 399–401
properties, 399
toolbar, 457
byte type, 35