Visual Studio 2008/2010 adds a large set of new functionality for the Visual Studio developer. From new language features, including LINQ (Language Integrated Query) and new client-side data support, Visual Studio 2008/2010 and the .NET Framework 3.5 make it easier than ever to create robust, enterprise-level applications.
Course includes 99+ hours of total training time...
Developing Applications Using Visual Basic 2008/2010
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Visual Studio 2008/2010 adds a large set of new functionality for the Visual Studio developer. From new language features, including LINQ (Language Integrated Query), to new client-side data support, Visual Studio 2008/2010 and the .NET Framework 3.5 make it easier than ever to create robust, enterprise-level applications. You will learn how to build solid applications using structured exception handling, how to use the Visual Studio debugging features, how to use MenuStrip and ToolStrip controls, and how to add unprecedented flexibility to your user interfaces using the container controls. As you continue through this course you will learn about important development topics that aren't normally covered in a beginning Windows application programming course such as an introduction to .NET interoperability, using .NET Serialization, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), and drawing your own user interfaces using the System.Drawing namespace. You will dig deeper into the most complex of Visual Studio's built-in controls, the DataGridView control, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), using ClickOnce, Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), and many more topics that will extend your knowledge, your capabilities, and your value as a developer.
In this course you will learn...
Learn about creating Windows Forms applications
Understand how to trap Windows Forms events
Investigate the many Windows Forms controls
Work with debugging features
Learn the role of DataSets and DataTables in ADO.NET
Understand error handling using Exception objects
Create flexible user interfaces using new container controls
Learn to create MDI applications and application using Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Interoperate between managed code and COM components.
Communicate using XML Web Services, and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).
Install applications using ClickOnce technology.
Save and restore nearly any object to a stream using serialization.
Create and execute workflows, using Windows Workflow Foundation (WF).
Take advantage of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to add features to the .NET Framework.
Manage printers, and create free-form documents.
Display and edit data using DataGridView control.
Create owner-drawn controls and non-rectangular forms using the GDI+ and the System.Drawing namespace.
Create managed applications for Office 2007 products using Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO).
Introduction to Windows Forms
.NET Does Windows
Adding Controls to a Form
A Peek behind the Scenes
Adding Event Handling Code
Adding a Menu to the Form
Adding Non-Graphical Components
Taking Advantage of the Form Event Model
How Visual Basic Handles Events
Exploring Form and Control Events
Common Windows Forms Controls
Label, TextBox, and Button
CheckBox and RadioButton
ComboBox, ListBox, and CheckedListBox
LinkLabel, NumericUpdown, PictureBox and ProgressBar
Exception Handling
Perspectives on Exception Handling
Getting Started with Exception Handling
Catching Specific Exceptions
Raising Errors
Running Code Unconditionally
Handling Unhandled Exceptions
Creating Exception Classes
Working with Strings and Dates
Basic .NET Data Types
Working with Text: The String Class
Working with Dates and Times
Accessing Data
Overview of ADO.NET
Connecting to Data
Executing Commands
Working with Data
Choosing an ADO.NET Provider
Introduction to LINQ
LINQ Syntax
LINQ SQL
LINQ DataSets
LINQ to XML
Data Binding Techniques
Data Binding Basics
Creating a Data Source
Creating Data-Bound Forms
Data Binding Components and Controls
Displaying Data from Related Tables
Enforcing Referential Integrity
Displaying Data from Lookup Tables
Adding Search Capabilities to a Form
Filtering by Values from a Lookup Table
Data Validation
Working with Local Data
Using the Data Controls
Data Controls
The BindingNavigator Control
The BindingSource Component
The DataGridView Control
The ReportViewer Control
Introduction to WPF
Introducing Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Investigating XAML and the WPF Designer
Introducing Content and Grid Controls
Revisiting WPF
Laying Out the Application
Creating the MoviePlayer Control
Creating a Data Source and Hook up Data Binding
Adding a Data Converter and a Data Template
Handling Input/Output Tasks
Introducing the System.IO Namespace
Selecting Files
Browsing for Folders
Handling Path Information
Working with Directories and Files
Using Stream-Based Objects to Read and Write File Contents
Project Settings in Visual Studio
The Project Designer
Application Properties
Compilation Properties
Debugging Properties
Project References
Project Resources
Project Settings
Debugging Your Applications
Debugging Applications
Setting Breakpoints and Stepping through Code
Debugging Code in Assemblies
Evaluating Variables and Objects
Edit and Continue
Tracing Applications
Unit Testing
Container Controls
Introducing Container Controls
Grouping Controls with the GroupBox Control
Introducing the Panel Control
Displaying Multiple Panels with the SplitContainer Control
Laying out Panels with the TabControl Control
Simple Layout Using the FlowLayoutPanel Control
Advanced Layout Using the TableLayoutPanel Control
Menus and Toolbars
Introducing the ToolStrips
Working with the ToolStrips
Complex Windows Forms Controls
Introducing Complex Controls
NotifyIcon Control
WebBrowser Control
MaskedTextBox Control
RichTextBox Control
TreeView and ListView Controls
MonthCalendar and DateTimePicker Controls
Working with My Namespace
The My Namespace
My.Application
My.Computer
My.User
My.Forms
My.Resources
My.Settings
My.WebServices
Interoperability
COM Interoperability
COM DLLs and .NET Applications
.NET Assemblies in COM Applications
Wrap .NET Framework in COM Applications
Windows API using Platform Invoke
Web Services
Windows Communication Foundation
WCF
Creative Service
Host Services in Applications
Communication between Clients and Services
Configure Client and Service Communication
Working with Toolbox Components
Timer Component
BackgroundWorker Component
FileSystemWatcher Component
Process Component
ServiceController Component
EventLog Component
Deploying Applications Using ClickOnce
ClickOnce Deployment
Publish an Application
Deploy Updates to Applications
Maintain Applications
Serialization
Concept of Serialization
Serialization of Built-In Objects
BinaryFormatter and SoapFormatter Classes.
Serialize User-Defined Objects
Serialization Formatters
Creating and Displaying Reports
ReportViewer Control
Grouping, Sorting, and Filtering to Reports
Subreports and Drillhtrough Reports
Windows Workflow Foundation
Workflows and Activites
Declarative and Code Conditions
RuleSets and Policy Activities
Application Communication
Business Process States
Filling the .NET Gaps with WMI
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
.NET Framework's Management Namespace
WMI Classes
WMI Object Methods and Property Values
Visual Studio WMI Server Explorer
WMI Events and Asynchronous Handling
System Events using WMI
Work with WMI Objects Asynchronously
Create Handlers for WMI Events
Creating MDI Applications
MDI Applications
MDI Parent and MDI Child Forms
Menu Lists Open Child Forms
Manage Menus
Open Forms and their Controls
Printers and Printing
System.Drawing.Printing Namespace
PrintDocument, PrinterSettings, and
PageSettings
PrintPreviewControl, PageSetupDialog,
PrintPreviewDialog, and PrintDialog Controls
Examining the DataGridView
Architecture of DataGridView Control
Appearance of Data in Grids
Work with Data in Grids
Creating Rich User Interfaces with GDI+
System.Drawing Namespace
Owner-Drawn Controls
Non-Rectangular Forms
TransparencyKey Property
DataGridView Control Columns
Creating Office Applications Using Visual
Studio 2008
Ken Getz is a Microsoft MVP, nationally renowned speaker and best-selling author who specializes in programming with Visual C# and Visual Basic. Ken is a senior consultant with MCW Technologies and the author or co-author of several best-selling books. He is a member of the INETA Speaker Bureau and is a frequent speaker at user groups and at technical conferences worldwide including Tech-Ed, VSLive and DevConnections. Ken is also a technical editor for Advisor Guide to Microsoft Access and Advisor Guide to Microsoft Visual Basic and is a columnist for both CoDe Magazine and MSDN Magazine.
Robert Green is an author and presenter for several of popular Visual Studio training courses. He is a Microsoft MVP and a senior consultant with MCW Technologies, a Microsoft Certified Partner. Before joining MCW, Robert worked at Microsoft for 8 years, most recently as a Program Manager on the Visual Basic product team. Robert is a member of the INETA Speaker Bureau and has been a frequent speaker at technology conferences, including TechEd, VSLive and DevConnections. His articles have appeared on MSDN, in Advisor publications and more.
