Introduction to Windows Forms

• .NET Does Windows
• Adding Controls to a Form
• A Peek behind the Scenes
• Adding Event Handling Code
• Adding a Menu to the Form
• Adding Non-Graphical Components

Taking Advantage of the Form Event Model

• How Visual C# Handles Events
• Exploring Form and Control Events

Common Windows Forms Controls

• Label, TextBox, and Button
• CheckBox and RadioButton
• ComboBox, ListBox, and CheckedListBox
• LinkLabel, NumericUpdown, PictureBox and ProgressBar

Exception Handling

• Perspectives on Exception Handling
• Getting Started with Exception Handling
• Catching Specific Exceptions
• Raising Errors
• Running Code Unconditionally
• Handling Unhandled Exceptions
• Creating Exception Classes

Working with Strings and Dates

• Basic .NET Data Types
• Working with Text: The String Class
• Working with Dates and Times

Accessing Data

• Overview of ADO.NET
• Connecting to Data
• Executing Commands
• Working with Data
• Choosing an ADO.NET Provider

Introduction to LINQ

• LINQ Syntax
• LINQ SQL
• LINQ DataSets
• LINQ to XML

Data Binding Techniques

• Data Binding Basics
• Creating a Data Source
• Creating Data-Bound Forms
• Data Binding Components and Controls
• Displaying Data from Related Tables
• Enforcing Referential Integrity
• Displaying Data from Lookup Tables
• Adding Search Capabilities to a Form
• Filtering by Values from a Lookup Table
• Data Validation
• Working with Local Data

Using the Data Controls

• Data Controls
• The BindingNavigator Control
• The BindingSource Component
• The DataGridView Control
• The ReportViewer Control

Introduction to WPF

• Introducing Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
• Investigating XAML and the WPF Designer
• Introducing Content and Grid Controls

Revisiting WPF

• Laying Out the Application
• Creating the MoviePlayer Control
• Creating a Data Source and Hook up Data Binding
• Adding a Data Converter and a Data Template

Handling Input/Output Tasks

• Introducing the System.IO Namespace
• Selecting Files
• Browsing for Folders
• Handling Path Information
• Working with Directories and Files
• Using Stream-Based Objects to Read and Write File Contents

Project Settings in Visual Studio

• The Project Designer
• Application Properties
• Compilation Properties
• Debugging Properties
• Project References
• Project Resources
• Project Settings

Debugging Your Applications

• Debugging Applications
• Setting Breakpoints and Stepping through Code
• Debugging Code in Assemblies
• Evaluating Variables and Objects
• Edit and Continue
• Tracing Applications
• Unit Testing

Container Controls

• Introducing Container Controls
• Grouping Controls with the GroupBox Control
• Introducing the Panel Control
• Displaying Multiple Panels with the SplitContainer Control
• Laying out Panels with the TabControl Control
• Simple Layout Using the FlowLayoutPanel Control
• Advanced Layout Using the TableLayoutPanel Control

Menus and Toolbars

• Introducing the ToolStrips
• Working with the ToolStrips

Complex Windows Forms Controls

• Introducing Complex Controls
• NotifyIcon Control
• WebBrowser Control
• MaskedTextBox Control
• RichTextBox Control
• TreeView and ListView Controls
• MonthCalendar and DateTimePicker Controls

Working with My Namespace

• The My Namespace
• My.Application
• My.Computer
• My.User
• My.Forms
• My.Resources
• My.Settings
• My.WebServices

Interoperability

• COM Interoperability
• COM DLLs and .NET Applications
• .NET Assemblies in COM Applications
• Wrap .NET Framework in COM Applications
• Windows API using Platform Invoke
• Web Services

Windows Communication Foundation

• WCF
• Creative Service
• Host Services in Applications
• Communication between Clients and Services
• Configure Client and Service Communication

Working with Toolbox Components

• Timer Component
• BackgroundWorker Component
• FileSystemWatcher Component
• Process Component
• ServiceController Component
• EventLog Component

Deploying Applications Using ClickOnce

• ClickOnce Deployment
• Publish an Application
• Deploy Updates to Applications
• Maintain Applications

Serialization

• Concept of Serialization
• Serialization of Built-In Objects
• BinaryFormatter and SoapFormatter Classes.
• Serialize User-Defined Objects
• Serialization Formatters

Creating and Displaying Reports

• ReportViewer Control
• Grouping, Sorting, and Filtering to Reports
• Subreports and Drillhtrough Reports

Windows Workflow Foundation

• Workflows and Activites
• Declarative and Code Conditions
• RuleSets and Policy Activities
• Application Communication
• Business Process States

Filling the .NET Gaps with WMI

• Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
• .NET Framework's Management Namespace
• WMI Classes
• WMI Object Methods and Property Values
• Visual Studio WMI Server Explorer

WMI Events and Asynchronous Handling

• System Events using WMI
• Work with WMI Objects Asynchronously
• Create Handlers for WMI Events

Creating MDI Applications

• MDI Applications
• MDI Parent and MDI Child Forms
• Menu Lists Open Child Forms
• Manage Menus
• Open Forms and their Controls

Printers and Printing

• System.Drawing.Printing Namespace
• PrintDocument, PrinterSettings, and PageSettings
• PrintPreviewControl, PageSetupDialog, PrintPreviewDialog, and PrintDialog Controls

Examining the DataGridView

• Architecture of DataGridView Control
• Appearance of Data in Grids
• Work with Data in Grids

Creating Rich User Interfaces with GDI+

• System.Drawing Namespace
• Owner-Drawn Controls
• Non-Rectangular Forms
• TransparencyKey Property
• DataGridView Control Columns

Creating Office Applications Using Visual Studio 2008

• Office Templates
• Ribbon Designer
• Custom Task Pane
• Word 2007's Content Controls
• Outlook Custom Form Region
• Odification Form