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Core Windows Forms
Technologies with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
Workshop 2546: Three days; Instructor-Led
Introduction
This three-day instructor-led
workshop provides students with the knowledge and skills to develop Microsoft( Windows( Forms applications using Microsoft
Visual Studio( 2005. The workshop focuses on user interfaces, program
structure, and implementation details.
Audience
This workshop is intended for
corporate or independent software vendor (ISV) application developers who have
a desire to learn more about specific technology areas in Windows application
development.
Objectives
After completing this workshop,
students will be able to:
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Create a simple Windows Forms
application.
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Configure standard controls.
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Build menus.
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Display and edit data by using
data-bound controls.
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Provide user assistance and enhance
usability.
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Create consistent applications by
using dialogs and forms inheritance.
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Add print and report functionality
to a Windows Forms application.
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Perform asynchronous tasks by using
the BackgroundWorker component.
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Deploy a Windows Forms application
by using ClickOnce.
Prerequisites
Before attending this workshop,
students must:
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Be able to manage a solution
environment using the Visual Studio 2005 integrated development environment
(IDE) and tools
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Understand Microsoft .NET Framework
2.0 and the Common Language Runtime
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Be able to program an application
using a .NET Framework 2.0 compliant language
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Know how to make assemblies
available to other applications
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Have a basic understanding of XML,
including XML declaration, elements, attributes, and namespaces.
Course Outline
Unit 1: Creating a Simple Windows
Forms Application
This unit introduces the fundamental
skills required to create a simple Windows Forms application. It explains how
to configure form properties and how to add controls to a form. It also deals
with events and explains how to create event handlers at design time and run
time.
Unit 2: Configuring Standard
Controls
This unit introduces many of the
controls from the Visual Studio Toolbox. It teaches how to add and configure
these controls and explains how to group them into different categories by
function.
Unit 3: Building Menus
This unit introduces the MenuStrip control and the ContextMenuStrip
component. It explains how to create and configure form menus and context menus
in an application. It also deals with the ToolStripItems
that can be added to the container of a MenuStrip or ContextMenuStrip.
Unit 4: Displaying and Editing Data
by Using Data-Bound Controls
This unit introduces the controls
that can be used to display data from a data source. It shows how to use Visual
Studio 2005 to create data sources and add data-bound controls to a form. It
also demonstrates how to use the DataGridView control
to display and update data retrieved by using a data source.
Unit 5: Providing User Assistance
and Enhancing Usability
This unit introduces many of the
controls and techniques that can be used to create an application that is
flexible and intuitive and that provides timely feedback to the user. It shows
how to add and configure the available user assistance controls to provide
ToolTips, Help, and information about errors. It also describes the
accessibility features of Windows Forms and explains how to implement
globalization and localization in an application.
Unit 6: Creating Consistent
Applications by Using Dialog Boxes and Forms Inheritance
This unit introduces the built-in
dialog boxes that can be used to prompt users when they are performing common
tasks and to provide users with a familiar interface. It explains how to add
and configure dialog boxes that enable users to open and save files and to set
font and color properties. This unit also explains how to create and use a
custom dialog box. In addition, this unit explains the concept of forms
inheritance and describes how to create a consistent interface for Windows
Forms applications.
Unit 7: Printing Content and
Creating Reports
This unit provides an introduction
to the components that can be used to preview and print reports from a Windows
Forms application. This unit covers the predefined dialog boxes that simplify
the processes involved, and it explains how to use these dialog boxes to
retrieve print settings and page setup options from the user.
In addition, this unit explains how
to display a report in a Windows Forms application by using the CrystalReportViewer component
Unit 8: Performing Asynchronous Tasks by Using the BackgroundWorker
Component
This unit introduces the main
concepts of asynchronous programming and then focuses on the BackgroundWorker component. It explains how to work with
the methods and events of the BackgroundWorker
component to add asynchronous functionality to a Windows Forms application.
Unit 9: Deploying Applications by
Using ClickOnceThis unit explains how to deploy a Windows Forms application by
using ClickOnce. It covers the steps required to prepare, publish, install, and
test an application. Finally, this unit explains how to update an application
and how to use the automatic update feature of ClickOnce.