Microsoft Visual C# 2005:Complete Starter Kit

Hour 1. Jumping In with Both Feet: A Visual C# 2005 Programming Tour What You'll Learn in This Hour: Building a simple (yet functional) Visual C# applicationLetting a user browse a hard driveDisplaying a picture from...

Hour 2. Navigating Visual C# 2005 What You'll Learn in This Hour: Navigating Visual C#Using the Visual Studio .NET Start Page to open and create projectsShowing, hiding, docking, and floating design windowsCustomizin...

Hour 3. Understanding Objects and Collections What You'll Learn in This Hour: Understanding objectsGetting and setting propertiesTriggering methodsUnderstanding method dynamismWriting object-based codeUnderstanding c...

Hour 4. Understanding Events What You'll Learn in This Hour: Understanding event-driven programmingTriggering eventsAvoiding recursive eventsAccessing an object's eventsWorking with event parametersCreating event han...

Hour 5. Building FormsThe Basics What You'll Learn in This Hour: Changing the name of a formChanging the appearance of a formDisplaying text on a form's title barAdding an image to a form's backgroundGiving a form an...

Hour 6. Building FormsAdvanced Techniques What You'll Learn in This Hour: Adding controls to a formPositioning, aligning, sizing, spacing, and anchoring controlsCreating intelligent tab ordersAdjusting the z-order of...

Hour 7. Working with Traditional Controls What You'll Learn in This Hour: Displaying static text with the Label controlAllowing users to enter text using a text boxCreating password fieldsWorking with buttonsUsing pa...

Hour 8. Using Advanced Controls What You'll Learn in This Hour: Creating timersCreating tabbed dialog boxesStoring pictures in an Image List controlBuilding enhanced lists using the List View controlCreating hierarch...

Hour 9. Adding Menus and Toolbars to Forms What You'll Learn in This Hour: Adding, moving, and deleting menu itemsCreating checked menu itemsProgramming menusImplementing context menusAssigning shortcut keysCreating...

Hour 10. Creating and Calling Methods What You'll Learn in This Hour: Creating methodsCalling methodsExiting methodsPassing parametersAvoiding recursive methodsWorking with tasks You've now spent about nine hours...

Hour 11. Using Constants, Data Types, Variables, and Arrays What You'll Learn in This Hour: Understanding data typesDetermining data typeConverting data to different data typesDefining and using constantsDeclaring an...

Hour 12. Performing Arithmetic, String Manipulation, and Date/Time Adjustments What You'll Learn in This Hour: Performing arithmeticUnderstanding the order of operator precedenceComparing equalitiesUnderstanding Bool...

Hour 13. Making Decisions in Visual C# Code What You'll Learn in This Hour: Making decisions using if statementsExpanding the capability of if statements using elseEvaluating an expression for multiple values using t...

Hour 14. Looping for Efficiency What You'll Learn in This Hour: Looping a specific number of times using for statementsLooping based on a condition using do...while and while statements You will often encounter si...

Hour 15. Debugging Your Code What You'll Learn in This Hour: Adding comments to your codeIdentifying the two basic types of errorsUsing the Command windowUsing the Output windowCreating a structured error handler...

Hour 16. Designing Objects Using Classes What You'll Learn in This Hour: Encapsulating data and code using classesComparing classes to standard modulesCreating an object interfaceExposing object attributes as propert...

Hour 17. Interacting with Users What You'll Learn in This Hour: Displaying messages using the MessageBox.Show() functionCreating custom dialog boxesInteracting with the keyboardUsing the common mouse events Forms...

Hour 18. Working with Graphics What You'll Learn in This Hour: Understanding the Graphics objectWorking with pensUsing system colorsWorking with rectanglesDrawing shapesDrawing textPersisting graphics on a form Vi...

Hour 19. Performing File Operations What You'll Learn in This Hour: Using the Open File Dialog and Save File Dialog controlsManipulating files with System.IO.FileManipulating directories with System.IO.Directory I...

Hour 20. Working with Text Files and the Registry What You'll Learn in This Hour: Using the Registry object to create and delete Registry keys and valuesUsing a StreamWriter object to open, read, and edit text filesM...

Hour 21. Working with a Database What You'll Learn in This Hour: to ADO.NETConnecting to a databaseUnderstanding DataTablesCreating a DataAdapterReferencing fields in a DataRowNavigating recordsAdding, editing, and...

Hour 22. Controlling Other Applications Using Automation What You'll Learn in This Hour: Creating a reference to an automation libraryCreating an instance of an automation serverManipulating the objects of an automat...

Hour 23. Deploying Applications What You'll Learn in This Hour: Understanding ClickOnce technologyUsing the Publish Wizard to create a ClickOnce programTesting a ClickOnce install programSetting Advanced Options when...

Hour 24. The 10,000-Foot View What You'll Learn in This Hour: Understanding the .NET FrameworkUnderstanding the Common Language Runtime (CLR)How Visual C# 2005 Uses the Microsoft Intermediate LanguageUsing Visual Stu...