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Visual Studio 2008 adds a large set of new functionality for the Visual Studio developer. From new language features, including LINQ (Language Integrated Query), to new client-side data support, Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 make it easier than ever to create robust, enterprise-level applications. You will learn how to build solid applications using structured exception handling, how to use the Visual Studio debugging features, how to use MenuStrip and ToolStrip controls, and how to add unprecedented flexibility to your user interfaces using the container controls. As you continue through this course you will learn about important development topics that aren't normally covered in a beginning Windows application programming course such as an introduction to .NET interoperability, using .NET Serialization, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), and drawing your own user interfaces using the System.Drawing namespace. You will dig deeper into the most complex of Visual Studio's built-in controls, the DataGridView control, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), using ClickOnce, Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), and many more topics that will extend your knowledge, your capabilities, and your value as a developer.
In this course you will learn...
- Learn about creating Windows Forms applications
- Understand how to trap Windows Forms events
- Investigate the many Windows Forms controls
- Work with debugging features
- Learn the role of DataSets and DataTables in ADO.NET
- Understand error handling using Exception objects
- Create flexible user interfaces using new container controls
- Learn to create MDI applications and application using Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
- Interoperate between managed code and COM components.
- Communicate using XML Web Services, and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).
- Install applications using ClickOnce technology.
- Save and restore nearly any object to a stream using serialization.
- Create and execute workflows, using Windows Workflow Foundation (WF).
- Take advantage of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to add features to the .NET Framework.
- Manage printers, and create free-form documents.
- Display and edit data using DataGridView control.
- Create owner-drawn controls and non-rectangular forms using the GDI+ and the System.Drawing namespace.
- Create managed applications for Office 2007 products using Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO).
Prerequisites:
Before taking this course, students should have a working knowledge of writing code for the .NET Framework, equivalent to our Learning to Program in Visual C# 2005 course.
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Introduction to Windows
Forms
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.NET Does Windows
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Adding Controls to a Form
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A Peek behind the Scenes
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Adding Event Handling
Code
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Adding a Menu to the Form
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Adding Non-Graphical
Components
Taking Advantage of the
Form Event Model
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How Visual Basic Handles
Events
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Exploring Form and
Control Events
Common Windows Forms
Controls
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Label, TextBox, and
Button
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CheckBox and RadioButton
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ComboBox, ListBox, and
CheckedListBox
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LinkLabel, NumericUpdown,
PictureBox and ProgressBar
Exception Handling
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Perspectives on Exception
Handling
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Getting Started with
Exception Handling
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Catching Specific
Exceptions
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Raising Errors
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Running Code
Unconditionally
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Handling Unhandled
Exceptions
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Creating Exception
Classes
Working with Strings and
Dates
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Basic .NET Data Types
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Working with Text: The
String Class
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Working with Dates and
Times
Accessing Data
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Overview of ADO.NET
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Connecting to Data
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Executing Commands
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Working with Data
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Choosing an ADO.NET
Provider
Introduction to LINQ
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LINQ Syntax
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LINQ SQL
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LINQ DataSets
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LINQ to XML
Data Binding Techniques
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Data Binding Basics
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Creating a Data Source
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Creating Data-Bound Forms
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Data Binding Components
and Controls
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Displaying Data from
Related Tables
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Enforcing Referential
Integrity
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Displaying Data from
Lookup Tables
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Adding Search
Capabilities to a Form
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Filtering by Values from
a Lookup Table
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Data Validation
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Working with Local Data
Using the Data Controls
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Data Controls
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The BindingNavigator
Control
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The BindingSource
Component
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The DataGridView Control
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The ReportViewer Control
Introduction to WPF
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Introducing Windows
Presentation Foundation (WPF)
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Investigating XAML and
the WPF Designer
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Introducing Content and
Grid Controls
Revisiting WPF
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Laying Out the
Application
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Creating the MoviePlayer
Control
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Creating a Data Source
and Hook up Data Binding
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Adding a Data Converter
and a Data Template
Handling Input/Output
Tasks
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Introducing the System.IO
Namespace
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Selecting Files
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Browsing for Folders
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Handling Path Information
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Working with Directories
and Files
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Using Stream-Based
Objects to Read and Write File Contents
Project Settings in Visual
Studio
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The Project Designer
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Application Properties
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Compilation Properties
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Debugging Properties
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Project References
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Project Resources
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Project Settings
Debugging Your
Applications
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Debugging Applications
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Setting Breakpoints and
Stepping through Code
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Debugging Code in
Assemblies
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Evaluating Variables and
Objects
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Edit and Continue
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Tracing Applications
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Unit Testing
Container Controls
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Introducing Container
Controls
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Grouping Controls with
the GroupBox Control
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Introducing the Panel
Control
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Displaying Multiple
Panels with the SplitContainer Control
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Laying out Panels with
the TabControl Control
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Simple Layout Using the
FlowLayoutPanel Control
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Advanced Layout Using the
TableLayoutPanel Control
Menus and Toolbars
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Introducing the
ToolStrips
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Working with the
ToolStrips
Complex Windows Forms
Controls
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Introducing Complex
Controls
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NotifyIcon Control
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WebBrowser Control
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MaskedTextBox Control
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RichTextBox Control
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TreeView and ListView
Controls
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MonthCalendar and
DateTimePicker Controls
Working with My Namespace
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The My Namespace
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My.Application
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My.Computer
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My.User
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My.Forms
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My.Resources
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My.Settings
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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
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Instructor
Ken Getz is a nationally renowned speaker and best-selling author who specializes in programming with Visual C# and Visual Basic. He has been working with for more than 10 years, and is the author and presenter of some of A most popular courses (click here for list of courses). Ken is also a senior consultant with MCW Technologies and the author or co-author of several best-selling books including Access 2002 Developer's Handbooks (with Paul Litwin and Mike Gunderloy (Sybex)), Access Cookbook (with Andy Baron and Paul Litwin (O'Reilly)), VBA Developer's Handbook (with Mike Gilbert (Sybex)), and ASP.NET Developer's JumpStart (with Paul D. Sheriff (Addison-Wesley)). Since the inception of the program, Ken has been selected each year as a Microsoft Support MVP and is a member of the INETA speaker's bureau, traveling to speak at .NET user groups throughout the country. Ken is a frequent speaker at technical conferences, including Microsoft's Tech-Ed, as well as VSLive and DevConnections. Ken is also a technical editor for Advisor Guide to Microsoft Access and Advisor Guide to Microsoft Visual Basic and is a columnist for both CoDe Magazine and MSDN Magazine.
Robert Green is a senior consultant with MCW Technologies, a Microsoft Certified Partner. Before joining MCW, Robert worked at Microsoft for 8 years, most recently as a Program Manager on the Visual Basic product team and previously as a Product Manager for several products including Visual Studio, Visual Basic, Visual Studio Tools for Office and Visual FoxPro. Prior to joining Microsoft, Robert was a Vice President and co-founder of The Information Management Group, a consulting and education services firm in Chicago. Robert has been a frequent speaker at technology conferences, including TechEd, VSLive, VSConnections and Advisor Live. His articles have appeared on MSDN and Advisor Publication’s VB.NET Advisor, and will appear in other venues as well throughout the year. Robert is the co-author and co-presenter of Visual Basic 2005 and Visual C# 2005 training, along with Ken Getz.
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