Advanced
Windows Forms Technologies with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
Workshop 2547: Two days;
Instructor-Le
Introduction
Elements of this
syllabus are subject to change.
This
two-day instructor-led workshop provides students with the knowledge and skills
to develop advanced 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.
At
Workshop Completion
After
completing this workshop, students will be able to:
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Build MDI applications.
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Customize Windows Forms and controls.
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Create customized print components.
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Perform drag-and-drop operations and
implement Clipboard support.
•
Perform asynchronous tasks in Windows Forms
by using multithreaded techniques.
•
Enhance the presentation of Windows Forms
applications.
Prerequisites
Before
attending this workshop, students must:
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Have attended or studied Workshop 2546A,
Core Windows Forms Technologies with Visual Studio 2005 or possess equivalent
knowledge and skills.
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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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Be able to program an application using a
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 compliant language, including the use of delegates
and events.
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Understand advanced concepts including
serialization, reflection, application domains, and multithreading.
Workshop
Outline
Unit 1:
Building MDI Applications
This
unit explains how to create multiple-document interface (MDI) applications that
enable one parent window to host multiple documents. It demonstrates how to
create MDI parent and child forms and how to determine the active MDI child and
work with information on it. It also explains how to implement menu merging in
an MDI application to make the menu on the parent form relevant to the active
child form.
Lessons
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Windows Forms Layout Options.
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What Are MDI Applications?
Lab
1: Building MDI Applications
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Exercise 1. Creating MDI Parent and Child
Forms.
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Exercise 2. Displaying and Comparing
Information on MDI Child Forms.
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Exercise 3. Implementing Menu Merging in
MDI Applications.
After
completing this unit, students will be able to:
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Compare the different layout styles for
Microsoft Windows Forms applications.
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Explain the key concepts and processes
involved in implementing an MDI application.
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Create MDI parent and child forms.
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Display and compare information on MDI
child forms.
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Implement menu merging in an MDI
application.
Unit 2:
Customizing Windows Forms and Controls
This
unit explains how to develop custom Microsoft Windows Forms and controls.
Students will learn how to develop user controls, use GDI+ operations, and
create new controls that inherit from the Control class. In addition, it
demonstrates how to create a nonrectangular Windows Form and how to add
features such as attributes and Toolbox bitmaps to controls.
Lesson
•
What Are the Methods of Authoring Controls
for Windows Forms?
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Ways to Draw a User Interface by Using
GDI+.
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Creating a Nonrectangular Windows Form.
Lab
2: Customizing Windows Forms and Controls
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Exercise 1. Creating a Control that
Inherits from an Existing Control.
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Exercise 2. Creating a Nonrectangular
Windows Form.
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Exercise 3. Creating a Custom User Control.
After
completing this unit, students will be able to:
•
Explain the methods of authoring controls
for Windows Forms.
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Draw a user interface by using GDI+.
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Create a control that inherits from an
existing control.
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Create a nonrectangular Windows Form.
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Create a custom user control.
Unit 3:
Creating Customized Print Components
This
unit explains how to print content from a Microsoft Windows Forms application
by using the printing features of GDI+. Students will learn how to keep track
of multiple pages when printing and render page content correctly.
Lesson
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Printing Features that Are Supported by
.NET Framework 2.0.
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Drawing Print Document Content by Using
GDI+.
Lab
3: Creating Customized Print Components
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Exercise 1. Printing a Report by Using
GDI+.
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Exercise 2. Creating a Customized Print
Preview Dialog Box (if time permits).
After
completing this unit, students will be able to:
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Describe the printing features that are
supported by .NET Framework 2.0.
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Explain how to use GDI+ to draw print
document content.
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Print content by using GDI+.
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Describe best practices for creating custom
print components.
Unit 4:
Performing Drag-and-Drop Operations and Implementing Clipboard Support
This
unit introduces the properties, methods, and events that can be used to
implement drag-and-drop functionality in a Microsoft Windows Forms application.
Students will learn how to start and finish drag-and-drop operations and,
specifically, how to implement drag-and-drop operations with a TreeView
control. In addition, this unit demonstrates how to use the Clipboard to store
and retrieve data.
Lessons
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Drag-and-Drop Operations in Windows Forms
Applications.
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Adding Clipboard Support in Windows Forms
Applications.
Lab
4: Performing Drag-and-Drop Operations and Implementing Clipboard Support
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Exercise 1. Implementing Drag-and-Drop
Functionality in a Windows Forms Application.
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Exercise 2. Adding Clipboard Support to an
Application.
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Exercise 3. Performing Drag-and-Drop
Operations by Using TextBox and PictureBox Controls (if time permits).
After
completing this unit, students will be able to:
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Describe the phases of a drag-and-drop
operation.
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Describe the methods that you can use to
provide Clipboard support.
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Implement drag-and-drop functionality in a
Windows Forms application.
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Add Clipboard support to an application.
Unit 5:
Performing Asynchronous Tasks by Using Multithreaded Techniques
This
unit demonstrates how to create Microsoft Windows Forms applications that can
run tasks in the background. It explains how to make use of the asynchronous
methods and other features of components that support the Asynchronous Pattern
for Components. Students will also learn how to use the classes in the
System.Threading namespace to run one or more tasks in the background by using
multiple threads in an application.
Lessons
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Asynchronous Programming in Windows Forms
Applications.
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Creating Thread-Safe Applications.
Lab
5: Performing Asynchronous Tasks by Using Multithreaded Techniques
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Exercise 1. Loading a Bitmap
Asynchronously.
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Exercise 2. Performing Calculations by
Using Multithreading.
After
completing this unit, students will be able to:
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Explain the concepts and processes that are
involved in performing asynchronous programming.
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Load a bitmap into a Windows Forms
application asynchronously.
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Perform multiple simultaneous calculations
on a form by using multithreading.
Unit 6:
Enhancing the Presentation of Windows Forms Applications
This
unit describes several of the features that can be used when creating
professional-looking applications. Students will learn how to build a Windows
Form that has the appearance of Microsoft Office Outlook and how to configure a
customized master/detail DataGridView control. In addition, this unit explains
how to incorporate the PropertyGrid component and application settings features
that enable users to edit and save their preferences.
Lessons
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Enhancing Application User Interfaces.
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Customizing the DataGridView Control.
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Application Settings and the PropertyGrid
Control.
Lab
6: Enhancing the Presentation of Windows Forms Applications
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Exercise 1. Programming the DataGridView
Control.
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Exercise 2. Viewing and Persisting
Application Settings by Using the PropertyGrid Control.
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Exercise 3. Implementing a User Interface
in the Style of Outlook by Using RAD Features.
After
completing this unit, students will be able to:
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Describe several key features involved in
enhancing an application user interface.
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Describe how to customize the DataGridView
control.
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Explain the concepts of Windows Forms
application settings and the PropertyGrid control.
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Program the DataGridView control.
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View and persist application settings by
using the PropertyGrid control.
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Implement a user interface in the style of
Outlook by using rapid application development (RAD) features.
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