5 Day Course
Introduction
This five-day instructor-led course provides students with the skills
required to build Microsoft Windows Forms applications by using the Microsoft
.NET Framework. This course is a part of the Microsoft Visual Basic .NET
curriculum and is intended to provide Visual Basic programmers with the skills
required to create Windows Forms applications by using the .NET Framework. The
course will cover the major topics for Windows client application programming
on the .NET Framework. These topics include: Windows Forms, GDI+, simple data
access, interoperating with unmanaged code, threading and asynchronous
programming issues, simple remoting, Web access, XML Web services consumption,
debugging, security, and deployment issues for desktop applications.
Audience Profile
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:
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Help create functional specifications
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Design and develop user interfaces
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Create and test prototypes
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Write Windows Forms applications
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
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Create and populate Windows Forms
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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
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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
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Add support for Help to localize a Windows Forms
application
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Create Help files in a Windows Forms application
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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
2559A: Introduction to Visual Basic .NET programming (or equivalent knowledge)
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.
Lessons
•
Creating
a Form
•
Adding
Controls to a Form
•
Creating
an Inherited Form
•
Organizing
Controls on a Form
•
Creating
MDI Applications
Lab: Creating Windows Forms
•
Creating
a New Windows Form
•
Inheriting
a New Form from an Existing Windows Form
After completing this module,
students will be able to:
•
Create a
form and add controls to it
•
Create
an inherited form by using Visual Inheritance
•
Organize
controls on a form
•
Create
Multiple Document Interface (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.
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.
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.
Module 5: Interoperating with Managed Objects
This module explains how to use
.NET and COM components in a Windows Forms application. Students will also
learn how to call Win32 APIs in their Windows Forms application.
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.
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.
Module 8: Enhancing the Usability of Applications
This module covers how to use the
accessibility, Help, and localization features available in the .NET Framework.
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.
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
