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Course Number:  VSCSF

Course Description: 

Course Description: NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005 is a significant advance in Microsoft’s .NET platform. This 5-day course provides a practical hands-on introduction of the .NET Framework 2.0, and all of its new features. Participants will get quickly up to speed using Visual Studio .NET 2005 while gaining experience using C# to create professional Windows applications, as well as achieving a solid foundation in the components used to create Windows applications. Attendees will learn how to implement dialogs, menus, toolbars, a status bar, windows components, and other significant classes. Finally, participants will develop a proficiency in how to use resources and application settings in Windows Forms. The main goal of this course, is to prepare students to dive in and start working with Visual Studio, C#, and the .Net Framework 2.0. Lab exercises equip the student to begin building applications using the new features in C# 2.0, such as Generic Types, terators, Partial Classes, Nullable Types, Delegates - Named Methods, Anonymous Methods, Delegate Covariance and Contravariance, Simpler Delegate syntax, Accessor Accessibility, Namespace Qualification, Static Classes, extern, metadata, reflection, I/O, and serialization.

Objectives: 

Objectives: Participants will: - Gain a thorough understanding of the philosophy and architecture of .NET - Acquire a working knowledge of the .NET programming model. - Implement database applications using .NET - Program with Visual C# and .Net Framework 2.0 - Build applications using Generic Types, Iterators, Partial Classes, Assemblies, I/O and serialization. - Create applications using Windows Forms Controls - Utilize a COM client to interact with a .NET server - Utilize a .NET client to interact with a COM server - Connect to a database using .NET data providers - Interact with XML data - Create and work with Dialogs - Use Common Dialogs, Menus, Toolbars, and status bar in a Windows application - Create classes and interfaces - Use Applications Class, resources, such as Strings, and Files in an application - Add resources to Assemblies - Use Multiple Document interface - Describe Visual Inheritance

Benefits: 

Participants learn how to use Visual Studio 2005 and Visual C# 2005 to build Windows applications to run on the .NET 2.0 platform. You will become familiar with the Windows Forms and Windows Forms controls, focusing on new Visual Studio 2005 features. Access data using ADO.NET and its DataTable, DataReader, DataAdapter, and DataSet classes. Take advantage of new Visual Studio 2005 data binding features, and explore the range of controls and components provided by Visual Studio 2005. Build solid applications using structured exception handling, and debug your applications using new Visual Studio 2005 debugging features. Access legacy code in COM components, Win32 APIs using P/Invoke, and remote code in Web Services. Add professional-looking menus and toolbars using the new ToolStrip controls, and add unprecedented flexibility to your user interfaces using the new container controls. Deploy and maintain your application easier than ever before, taking advantage of Click-Once deployment.

Target Audience: 

Experienced application developers or architects who may be new to C# but have working experience in C++ and/or Visual C++ and need to develop GUI applications using Windows Forms.

Prerequisites: 

Solid working experience in C++ and object oriented programming.

Course Length:  Instructor Led

CourseTopics:

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 Hand • ling • 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 Data Binding Techniques • Data Binding Basics • Creating a Data Source • Creating Data-Bound Forms • Data Binding Components and Controls • Displaying Data from Related Tables • Displaying Data from Lookup Tables • Adding Search Capabilities to a Form • Filtering by Values from a Lookup Table • Working with Local Data • Data Validation • Working with Local Data Using the Data Controls • Data Controls • The BindingNavigator Control • The BindingSource Control • The DataGridView Control • The ReportViewer Control 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 2005 • 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 • Evaluating Variables and Objects • Edit and Continue • Debugging Code in Assemblies • Tracing and Instrumenting Applications 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 Creating MDI Applications • MDI Applications • MDI Parent and Child Forms • Managing Open Windows • Managing Menus • Working with Open Forms Complex Windows Forms Controls • Introducing Complex Controls • NotifyIcon Control • WebBrowser Control • MaskedTextBox Control • RichTextBox Control • TreeView and ListView Controls • MonthCalendar and DateTimePicker Controls Creating Custom Controls • Control Creation in Windows Forms • Inheriting from an Existing Control • Drawing Your Own Custom Controls • Creating Composite Controls Working with ToolBox Components • Introducing Components • FileSystemWatcher Component • Process Component • EventLog Component More ToolBox Components • Timer Component • BackgroundWorker Component • PerformanceCounter Component • ServiceController Component Interoperability • COM and .NET • Calling COM Objects from .NET • Calling .NET Assemblies from COM • Using Platform Invoke • Web Services Deploying Applications using Click-Once • ClickOnce Deployment • Publishing an Application • Setting Publish Options • Updating a Deployed Application • What Happens When You Publish an Application? • What Happens When You Publish an Update to an Application? • ClickOnce and Security • Using the Deployment API to Manage Updates