Developing Microsoft .NET Applications for Windows (C#.NET) Course

This course is a part of the Microsoft Visual C# .NET curriculum and is intended for C# programmers to be able to create Windows applications using the .NET framework.

Delegates will learn howto:

• Create/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 dialogs 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 applications to various data sources using Microsoft ADO.NET
• Consume Web services with Windows forms applications
• Use .NET and COM components in a Windows forms application
• Call Win32 Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) from a Windows forms application
• Print documents in a Windows Forms application
• Create and format reports using crystal reports
• Create multithreaded Windows Forms application
• Debug a Windows forms application
• Incorporate accessibility features in a Windows forms application
• Localise a Windows forms application
• Create help files in a Windows Forms application
• Deploy Windows Forms application
• Implement code-access and role-based security in a Windows Forms application
• Add deployment flexibility to applications by using shared assemblies

Delegates should have an understanding of C# programming and experience building applications.

Topics covered on the 5 day Developing Microsoft .NET Applications for Windows (C#.NET) course

INTRODUCING WINDOWS FORMS

• Creating a form
• Adding Controls to a Form
• Creating an Inherited Form
• Organising controls on a Form
• Creating MDI Applications

WORKING WITH CONTROLS

• Creating an Event Handler for a Control
• Using Windows Forms Controls
• Using Dialogs
• Validating User Input
• Creating Controls at Runtime
• Creating Menus

BUILDING CONTROLS

• Options for Creating Controls
• Adding Functionality to Controls
• Adding Design-Time Support for Controls
• Licensing a Control

USING DATA IN WINDOWS FORMS APPLICATIONS

• Adding ADO.NET Objects to a Windows Forms application
• Accessing and Modifying Data by Using DataSets
• Binding Data to Controls
• Using the DataGrid Control
• Overview of XML Web Services
• Creating a Simple XML Web Services Client

INTEROPERATING WITH COM OBJECTS

• Using .NET and COM Components in a Windows Forms Application
• Calling Win32 APIs from Windows Forms Applications

REPORTING AND PRINTING IN WINDOWS FORMS APPLICATIONS

• Creating Reports using Crystal Reports
• Printing from a Windows Forms Application
• Using the Print Preview, Page Setup, and Print Dialogs
• Constructing Print Document Content using GDI+

ASYNCHRONOUS PROGRAMMING

• The .NET Asynchronous Programming Model
• The Asynchronous Programming Model Design Pattern
• How to Make Asynchronous Calls to Methods

ENHANCING THE USABILITY OF APPLICATIONS

• Adding Support for Accessibility
• Adding Help to an Application
• Adding ToolTips to an Application
• Localizing the User interface of an Application
• Localizing Resources in an Application

DEPLOYING WINDOWS FORMS APPLICATIONS

• .NET Assemblies
• Deploying Windows Forms Applications

SECURING WINDOWS FORMS APPLICATIONS

• Security in the .NET Framework
• Using Code Access Security
• Using Role-Based Security