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Course Length: 07 Hours 36 Minutes 26 Seconds
Course Outline
Module 1: Introducing Windows Forms
This module introduces Windows forms and controls in the .NET Framework. Students will learn how to create and populate base forms and inherited forms by using the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Framework. They will also learn how to add controls to a form and how to create Multiple Document Interface (MDI) applications.
Creating a Form
Adding Controls to a Form
Creating an Inherited Form
Organizing Controls on a Form
Creating MDI Applications
Module 2: Working With Controls
This module explains how to create event procedures (handlers) in your application that will run in response to user actions. Students will learn how to add programming logic to the event procedures of a control, how to use the Windows Forms intrinsic controls, dialog boxes, and menus, and how to validate the data entered by users of your application.
Creating an Event Handler for a Control
Using Windows Forms Controls
Using Dialog Boxes in a Windows Forms Application
Adding Controls at Run Time
Creating Menus
Validating User Input
Module 3: Building Controls
This module explains how to extend the functionality of an existing Windows control, combine multiple existing controls into a composite control, and build a new custom control. Students will also learn how to add design-time licensing support to a control.
Extending and Creating Controls
Adding Design-Time Support for Controls
Licensing a Control
Module 4: Using Data in Windows Forms Applications
This module explains how to bind Windows forms to various data sources by using ADO .NET. Students will learn about binding Windows forms to data from sources such as databases and XML files. Students will get an overview of the XML Web services programming model and learn how to create applications that use XML Web services. The module also provides an overview of how to persist data to and read data from files and isolated storage.
Adding ADO.NET Objects to and Configuring ADO.NET Objects in a Windows Forms Application
Accessing and Modifying Data by Using DataSets
Binding Data to Controls
Overview of XML Web Services
Creating a Simple XML Web Services Client
Persisting Data
Module 5: Web Services and Serializations
Module 6: Printing and Reporting in Windows Forms Applications
This module explores how to implement printing in a Windows Forms application and how to create reports in a Windows Forms application by using Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET.
Printing From a Windows Forms Application
Using the Print Preview, Page Setup, and Print Dialogs
Constructing Print Document Content by Using GDI+
Creating Reports by Using Crystal Reports
Module 7: Asynchronous Programming
This module explains how to use the techniques of asynchronous programming and multithreading to avoid blocking the user interface of an application.
The .NET Asynchronous Programming Model
The Asynchronous Programming Model Design Pattern
How to Make Asynchronous Calls to Any Method
Protecting State and Data in a Multithreaded Environment
Module 8: Enhancing the Usability of Applications
This module covers how to use the accessibility, Help, and localization features available in the .NET Framework.
Adding Accessibility Features
Adding Help to an Application
Localizing an Application
Module 9: Deploying Windows Forms Applications
This module explains assemblies and how to use strong-named assemblies and the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) in the .NET Framework. Students will also learn how to configure and deploy .NET-based applications.
.NET Assemblies
Deploying Windows Forms Applications
Module 10: Securing Windows Forms Applications
This module explains the .NET Framework security model. Students will learn how to use .NET Framework security features in Windows Forms applications.
Security in the .NET Framework
Using Code Access Security
Using Role-Based Security
Audience
This course is intended for the intermediate programmer who is responsible for designing and building Windows-based applications with the .NET Framework. It is designed for developers who have Visual Basic development skills. Students are required to have the following skills:
Experience with a .NET language such as Visual Basic .NET
Experience developing basic applications with MFC and/or Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
Typically, these individuals perform the following key activities:
Help create functional specifications.
Design and develop user interfaces.
Create and test prototypes.
Write Windows Forms applications.
Course Completion
Upon completing this course, students will be able to:
Create and populate Windows Forms.
Organize controls on Windows Forms.
Create menus in a Windows Forms application.
Add code to form and control event procedures in a Windows Forms application.
Create Multiple Document Interface (MDI) applications.
Use dialog boxes in Windows Forms applications.
Validate user input in a Windows Forms application.
Create and use user controls in a Windows Forms application.
Create licenses for controls.
Bind Windows Forms applications to various data sources by using Microsoft ADO.NET.
Consume XML Web services from Windows Forms applications.
Use .NET and COM components in a Windows Forms application.
Call Microsoft Win32® APIs from a Windows Forms application.
Migrate Visual Basic 6.0 applications to Visual Basic .NET.
Print documents in a Windows Forms application.
Make asynchronous calls to methods from a Windows Forms application.
Debug a Windows Forms application.
Incorporate accessibility features in a Windows Forms application.
Localize a Windows Forms application.
Add support for Help to localize a Windows Forms application.
Create Help files in a Windows Forms application.
Deploy a Windows Forms application.
Implement code access and role-based security in a Windows Forms application.
Add deployment flexibility to applications by using shared assemblies.
Prerequisites
The course assumes that students have the following skills:
Understanding of Visual Basic programming
Experience building applications
The following prerequisites are recommended for this course:
Course 2559—Introduction to Visual Basic .NET programming
Or
Equivalent knowledge