Copyright About the Authors Acknowledgments Tell Us What You Think! Introduction Audience and Organization Conventions Used in This Book Onward and Upward! Part I. The Visual Studio Environment Hour 1. A C# Programming Tour Starting C# Creating a New Project Understanding the C# Environment Changing the Characteristics of Objects Naming Objects Setting the Text Property of the Form Giving the Form an Icon Changing the Size of the Form Adding Controls to a Form Designing an Interface Adding an Invisible Control to a Form Coding an Interface Running a Project Summary Q&A Workshop Hour 2. Navigating C# Using the Visual Studio .NET Start Page Navigating and Customizing the C# Environment Adding Controls to a Form Using the Toolbox Setting Object Properties Using the Properties Window Managing Projects Managing Project Files with the Solution Explorer Getting Help Summary Q&A Workshop Hour 3. Understanding Objects and Collections Understanding Objects Understanding Properties Understanding Methods Building an Object Example Project Understanding Collections Using the Object Browser Summary Q&A Workshop Hour 4. Understanding Events Understanding Event-Driven Programming Building an Event Example Project Summary Q&A Workshop Part II. Building a User Interface Hour 5. Building Forms—Part I Changing the Name of a Form Changing the Appearance of a Form Showing and Hiding Forms Summary Q&A Workshop Hour 6. Building Forms—Part II Working with Controls Creating TopMost Windows Creating Transparent Forms Creating Scrollable Forms Creating MDI Forms Setting the Startup Object Summary Q&A Workshop Hour 7. Working with the Traditional Controls Displaying Static Text with the Label Control Allowing Users to Enter Text Using a Text Box Creating Buttons Creating Containers and Groups of Option Buttons Displaying a List with the List Box Creating Drop-Down Lists Using the Combo Box Summary Q&A Workshop Hour 8. Advanced Controls Creating Timers Creating Tabbed Dialog Boxes Storing Pictures in an Image List Building Enhanced Lists Using the List View Creating Hierarchical Lists with the Tree View Summary Q&A Workshop Hour 9. Adding Menus and Toolbars to Forms Building Menus Programming Menus Using the Toolbar Control Creating a Status Bar Summary Q&A Workshop Hour 10. Drawing and Printing Understanding the Graphics Object Working with Pens Using System Colors Working with Rectangles Drawing Shapes Drawing Text Persisting Graphics on a Form Build a Graphics Project Example Summary Q&A Workshop Part III. Making Things Happen—Programming! Hour 11. Creating and Calling Methods Creating Class Members Writing Methods Creating the User Interface of Your Project Calling Methods Exiting Methods Working with Tasks Summary Q&A Workshop Hour 12. Using Constants, Data Types, Variables, and Arrays Understanding Data Types Defining and Using Constants Declaring and Referencing Variables Determining Scope Naming Conventions Summary Q&A Workshop Hour 13. Performing Arithmetic, String Manipulation, and Date/Time Adjustments Performing Basic Arithmetic Comparing Equalities Understanding Boolean Logic Manipulating Strings Working with Dates and Times Summary Q&A Workshop Hour 14. Making Decisions in C# Code Making Decisions Using if Statements Evaluating an Expression for Multiple Values Using switch Branching Within Code Using goto Summary Q&A Workshop Hour 15. Looping for Efficiency Looping a Specific Number of Times Using for Statements Using do while to Loop an Indeterminate Number of Times Summary Q&A Workshop Hour 16. Debugging Your Code Adding Comments to Your Code Identifying the Two Basic Types of Errors Using C#'s Debugging Tools Writing an Error Handler Using try .catch .finally Summary Q&A Workshop Hour 17. Designing Objects Using Classes Understanding Classes Instantiating Objects from Classes Summary Q&A Workshop Hour 18. Interacting with Users Displaying Messages Using the MessageBox.Show() Method Creating Custom Dialog Boxes Interacting with the Keyboard Using the Common Mouse Events Summary Q&A Workshop Part IV. Working with Data Hour 19. Performing File Operations Using the Open File Dialog and Save File Dialog Controls Manipulating Files with the File Object Manipulating Directories with the Directory Object Summary Q&A Workshop Hour 20. Controlling Other Applications Using Automation Creating a Reference to an Automation Library Creating an Instance of an Automation Server Manipulating the Server Summary Q&A Workshop Hour 21. Working with a Database Introduction to ADO.NET Connecting to a Database Manipulating Data Using the Data Form Wizard Summary Q&A Workshop Part V. Deploying Solutions and Beyond Hour 22. Deploying a Solution Creating a Custom Setup Program Running a Custom Setup Program Uninstalling an Application You've Distributed Summary Q&A Workshop Hour 23. Introduction to Web Development XML SOAP ASP.NET Web Forms XML Web Services Summary Q&A Workshop Hour 24. The 10,000-Foot View The .NET Framework Common Language Runtime (CLR) Microsoft Intermediate Language Namespaces Common Type System Garbage Collection Summary Q&A Workshop Appendix A. 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