Tài liệu Visual C Sharp 2005 Express Edition Starter Kit

About the Author v
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xix
Part I: Introduction and Concepts 1
Chapter 1: Starting Strong with Visual C# 2005 Express Edition 3
What Is Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express? 4
The Differences between C# and C# Express 4
Members of the Express Series 4
Overview of C# Express Development Environment 9
What Is the IDE (Integrated Development Environment)? 9
Taking a Look at the C# Express Start Page 10
Tools of the C# Express IDE 15
Structure of C# Express Solutions and Projects 16
Summary 18
Exercises 19
Chapter 2: Programming 101: A Quick Discussion 21
What Is Programming? 21
General Programming Overview 22
Hardware versus Software 22
Programming Then and Now 22
Compiled versus Interpreted 23
What about OOP? 24
Introduction to Windows Programming 25
Different Levels of Programming 25
Event Programming 26
Dynamic-Link Libraries 26
Summary 27
Exercises 27
xiv
Contents
Chapter 3: Quick Start Creating Your First C# Express Windows Project 29
Which Type of Application to Create: Windows or Console? 30
Differences between Using Windows and Console Applications 30
Purposes for Using Windows and Console Applications 30
Getting Started with Windows Application Projects 31
Setting the IDE up for a Windows Application Project 32
Overview of the Solution Explorer 37
Discussion about Properties 39
Adding Controls to the Form 41
Working with Code on an Event 46
Summary 49
Exercises 50
Chapter 4: Introducing .NET 51
Introduction to .NET Framework 51
Common Language Runtime 53
.NET Framework Class Library 53
Working with .NET Namespaces 55
Object Browser: Tool of the Namespace Trade 55
Supplying the Fully Qualified Namespace 59
The Using Directive 61
Summary 64
Exercises 65
Chapter 5: Getting into C# Types 67
What Are Variables and Constants? 67
Declaring and Assigning C# Variables 68
Standard C# Types 73
Naming C# Variables 76
Converting between Variable Types 77
Enumerations 79
Using C# Constants 80
Summary 80
Exercises 80
Chapter 6: Debugging Applications in C# Express 81
What is Debugging in C# Express? 82
Types of Errors That Can Occur in Your Applications 82
C# Express Debugging Features: Tools of the Trade 82
xv
Contents
Working with Breakpoints 86
Edit and Continue Feature in C# Express 87
Displaying and Modifying Variables when in Break Mode 89
Using IntelliSense 89
Additional Ways of Displaying Variables 90
Locals Window 90
Immediate Window 91
Watch Window 92
Additional Windows 92
Stepping through Code 92
Other Debugging Tools 93
Summary 94
Exercises 95
Chapter 7: Selections, Iterations, and Catching Exceptions 97
Performing Selections in Your Applications 98
Creating the Chapter 7 Project 98
Simple Selection Using if .else Statements 99
Working with switch . case Statements 104
Performing Iterations 109
Working with for Statements 109
Handling Objects with foreach Statement 111
Using do and while Statements 112
Catching Exceptions in Your Code 115
Starting Off Easy with try .catch Statements 116
Using the finally Statement 118
Summary 121
Exercises 121
Part II: Creating Applications with C# Express 123
Chapter 8: Working with Forms and Controls 125
Creating User Interfaces Using Windows Standards 125
Use of Switchboards 126
Form Application Types and Standards 127
Looking at Forms 128
Form Properties 128
Controls Overview 137
Control Properties 138
The MenuStrip Control 138
Moving, Aligning, and Resizing Controls 141
xvi
Contents
Working with MDI Forms 144
The MDI Form Property 144
The MDI Line of Code 145
The Optional MDI Menu Property 145
Summary 147
Exercises 148
Chapter 9: Adding Dialog Boxes and Rich Text to Your Application 149
Introducing the Application 149
Working with the RichTextBox Control 153
Docking the RichTextBox Control 153
Some Other RichTextBox Control Properties 155
Introducing the Dialog Controls 158
Using the ColorDialog Control 158
Using the FontDialog Control 160
Using the OpenFileDialog Control 162
Using the SaveFileDialog Control 164
Summary 165
Exercises 166
Part III: Using Data in Applications 167
Chapter 10: Introducing Database Concepts 169
Getting Started with Databases 169
Looking at Databases in the Real World 170
Database Models 171
Relational Database Model 172
Working with Various Databases 176
File Server versus Client/Server 176
Front and Back Ends 176
Microsoft Access 176
Microsoft SQL Server 178
Summary 179
Exercises 179
Chapter 11: Using SQL Server Express Features within C# Express 181
Introducing SQL Server Express 181
Access to SQL Server 182
SQL Server Configuration Manager 182
xvii
Contents
SQL Server Tools in C# Express 183
Introducing the Database Explorer 183
Summary 192
Exercises 193
Chapter 12: Utilizing .NET Data Controls 195
Getting Started Using Data in Your Applications 195
Starting with Data Sources 196
Data Controls Overview 199
Using the DataGridView Control 199
Creating a DataGridView with Single Record Display 202
BindingNavigator Control 202
Summary 205
Exercises 205
Chapter 13: Working with ADO.NET 207
Introducing ADO.NET 207
Some Data Access History 208
Welcome ADO.NET 208
Using ADO.NET Classes in Your Application 209
Populating a ListBox Control 210
Adding a DataGridView Control 212
Executing Parameterized Stored Procedures using the SqlCommand Class 214
Summary 217
Exercises 217
Part IV: Finishing Touches 219
Chapter 14: Getting More Experience with Controls 221
Walking through the Demo Application 222
Demo 1: Browsing Web Files 222
Demo 2: Choosing and Displaying Dates 222
Demo 3: Working with Progress and Status Bars 224
Getting Started with the Tab Control 224
Displaying Files in a Web Browser 228
Controls Used for the Demonstration 228
Adding the Code for Browsing and Displaying Files 231
Working with Date Controls 239
Looking at the MonthCalendar Control 240
Looking at the DateTimePicker Control 241
xviii
Contents
Using ProgressBar and StatusStrip Controls 243
Describing the Progress and Status Bars Demo 243
Working with ProgressBar Controls 244
Adding the Code to Setup and Update the ProgressBar Control 245
Adding the Code to Run through the Days of the Month Chosen 248
Using the StatusStrip Control 250
Summary 252
Exercises 253
Chapter 15: Using Web Services from Your C# Application 255
Overview of Web Services 256
Looking Further at a Web Service Example 256
What Are Web Services? 257
Web Services Infrastructure 259
Locating and Referencing Web Services 260
Using the Web Service in Your Code 269
Coding for the DelayedStockQuote Web Service 269
Coding for the GlobalWeather Web Service 272
Summary 276
Exercises 276
Chapter 16: Publishing Your Application and Next Steps 277
Publishing Your C# Express Applications? 277
Where to Go from Here? 278
Developing for the Web: Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition 278
Moving Up to Visual Studio .NET 281
Using Third Party Tools and Other Sources of Information 281
Summary 281
Exercises 282
Appendix A: Answers to Exercises 283
Index 291