Windows Forms In Action

Description

Using many examples all on a common theme, this second edition of Windows Forms Programming with C# presents Windows application development in a step-by-step, easy to follow format. Written for beginner and intermediate programmers eager to get their hands dirty, the text covers fundamentals like labels, buttons, and tool strips, as well as advanced concepts like owner-drawn lists, custom controls, and two-way data binding.

 The book is a tutorial, leading the reader through Windows application development using C# and Visual Studio .NET. It illustrates how the classes in the .NET Framework interact in a fully functional application. Material added for the second edition includes coverage of the .NET 2.0 Framework, extender providers, cryptographic classes, and application deployment.

CONTENTS:

preface
preface to the first edition
acknowledgments
about this book
what's new in 2.0
about the cover illustration
I Hello Windows Forms

1 Getting started with Windows Forms
    Programming in C#
    Windows Forms controls
    Loading files
    Recap
2 Getting started with Visual Studio
    Programming with Visual Studio
    Windows Forms controls
    Loading files
    Recap

II Basic Windows Forms

3 Menus
    Controls and containers
    The nature of menus
    Menu bars
    Menu handling
    Recap
4 Context menu and status strips
    Context menu strips
    Drop-down events and event arguments
    Status strips
    Recap
5 Reusable libraries
    Class libraries
    The object class
    Interfaces
    Generics
    Recap
6 Files and common dialog boxes
    Standard menus
    Common file dialog boxes
    Streams and writers
    Album management
    Recap
7 Dialog boxes
    Message boxes
    The Form.Close method
    Forms and panels
    Modeless dialog boxes
    Recap
8 Text boxes
    Form inheritance
    Standard text boxes
    Masked text boxes
    Recap
9 Buttons
    Push buttons
    Radio buttons
    Check box buttons
    Tooltips and error providers
    Recap
10 Handling user input and encryption
    Keyboard events
    Mouse events
    Encryption
    Link labels
    Recap
11 List boxes
    List controls
    Simple list boxes
    Multiselection list boxes
    Recap
12 Combo boxes
    Standard combo boxes
    Editable combo boxes
    Automatic completion
    Item formatting
    Recap
13 Tab controls and pages
    Tab control fundamentals
    Tab page fundamentals
    Owner-drawn tabs
    Owner-drawn list boxes
    Recap
14 Dates, calendars, and progress bars
    Date and time display
    Date and time formats
    Calendars
    Progress bars
    Recap
15 Bells and whistles
    Images and cursors
    Embedded resources and sounds
    Track bars
    Timers
    Recap
16 Tool strips
    Tool strip fundamentals
    Tool strip item fundamentals
    Image lists
    Tool strip containers
    Specialized button items
    Recap

III Advanced Windows Forms

17 Custom controls
    Extending existing controls
    Control-based classes
    The ScrollablePictureBox class
    User controls
    Custom controls in Visual Studio
    Recap
18 Explorer interfaces and tree views
    Interface styles
    Explorer interfaces in .NET
    Tree nodes
    Custom tree views
    Recap
19 List views
    List view fundamentals
    List view columns
    List view features
    Virtual Items
    Recap
20 Multiple document interfaces
    MDI forms
    Merged menus
    MDI children
    MDI child window management
    Recap
21 Data binding
    Data grid views
    Columns and rows
    Cells
    Recap
22 Two-way binding and binding sources
    Binding lists
    Editable objects
    Simple data binding
    Recap
23 Odds and ends .NET
    Printing
    Drag-and-drop
    Web browsing
    Application settings
    Deployment
    Recap
appendix A C# primer
appendix B .NET namespaces
appendix C Visual index
appendix D For more information
bibliography
index