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.
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Components of a Windows
Forms User Interface
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Event Handling in a
Windows Forms Application
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Lab 1: Creating a Simple
Windows Forms Application
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Exercise 1. Adding and
Configuring Windows Forms and Controls
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Exercise 2. Creating
Event Handlers and Monitoring Events
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Exercise 3. Adding
Controls and Handlers at Run Time
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Exercise 4. Adding a
Form Keyboard Handler (if time permits)
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After completing this
unit, students will be able to:
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Describe the various
components of a Windows Forms application.
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Explain how to handle
events in a Windows Forms application.
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Add and configure
Windows Forms and controls.
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Create event handlers
and monitor events.
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Add controls and
handlers to a form at run time.
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Apply best practices
when designing forms.
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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.
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Windows Forms Controls
by Function
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Lab 2: Configuring
Standard Controls
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Exercise 1. Creating the
EmployeeViewer Form
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Exercise 2. Creating the
ReportGenerator Form
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Exercise 3. Creating the
ReportGeneratorHelp Form
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After completing this
unit, students will be able to:
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Explain the functions of
the major categories of Windows Forms controls.
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Create a form to select
and view images by using the SplitContainer, TreeView, PictureBox, ToolStrip, and other controls.
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Create a form to specify
report criteria by using the TableLayoutPanel, ListView, MonthCalendar, ComboBox, and other controls.
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Create a form to view a
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) Help file by using a WebBrowser
control.
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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.
Lesson
Lab 3: Building Menus
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Exercise 1. Creating and
Configuring a MenuStrip Control
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Exercise 2. Creating and
Configuring a ContextMenuStrip Component
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Exercise 3. Hiding and
Disabling a ToolStripMenuItem
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Exercise 4. Creating and
Configuring a ToolStripComboBox (if time permits)
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After completing this
unit, students will be able to:
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Explain the structure of
a menu in a Windows Forms application.
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Create and configure a MenuStrip control.
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Create and configure a ContextMenuStrip component.
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Hide and disable a ToolStripMenuItem.
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Apply best practices for
menu design and development.
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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.
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Binding Data to a
Control
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DataGridView
Control
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Lab 4: Displaying and
Editing Data by Using Data-Bound Controls
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Exercise 1. Adding a
Data Source to a Project
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Exercise 2. Binding Data
to a Control
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Exercise 3. Creating a
Bound Form by Using the BindingSource and BindingNavigator Components
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Exercise 4. Displaying
Data by Using the DataGridView Control
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Exercise 5. Binding to
Data at Run Time (if time permits)
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After completing this
unit, students will be able to:
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Explain simple and
complex data binding.
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Describe the scenarios
in which the DataGridView control is used.
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Add a data source to a
project.
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Bind data to a control
at run time.
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Use the BindingSource component and BindingNavigator
control to create a data-bound Windows Form.
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Use the DataGridView control to display and update tabular data
from a data source.
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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.
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Providing User
Assistance
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Implementing
Accessibility Features
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Implementing
Globalization and Localization
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Lab 5: Providing User
Assistance and Enhancing Usability
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Exercise 1. Adding and
Configuring User Assistance Controls
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Exercise 2. Implementing
Accessibility Features
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Exercise 3. Implementing
Globalization and Localization
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Exercise 4. Running a
Procedure at Set Intervals (if time permits)
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Exercise 5. Displaying
Data Source Errors (if time permits)
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After completing this
unit, students will be able to:
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Describe the components
that can be used to provide user assistance.
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Add and configure user
assistance controls on a Windows Form.
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Explain the
accessibility features available to implement in a Windows Forms application.
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Implement accessibility
features within a Windows Forms application.
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Explain the high-level
processes involved in globalization and localization in a Windows Forms
application.
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Implement globalization
and localization in a Windows Form.
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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.
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Dialog Boxes in a
Windows Forms Application
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Windows Forms
Inheritance
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Lab 6: Creating Consistent
Applications by Using Dialog Boxes and Forms Inheritance
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Exercise 1. Adding and
Configuring Dialog Box Components
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Exercise 2. Creating a
Custom Dialog Box
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Exercise 3. Implementing
Windows Forms Inheritance
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Exercise 4. Modifying an
Existing Form to Inherit from a Base Form (if time permits)
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After completing this
unit, students will be able to:
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Describe the various
standard preconfigured dialog boxes available to a Windows Forms application.
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Explain the concept of
Windows Forms inheritance and the reasons for using inheritance.
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Add and configure dialog
box controls on a Windows Form.
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Create a custom dialog
box.
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Implement Windows Forms
inheritance.
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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
Lessons
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Printing in a Windows
Forms Application
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Reporting in a Windows
Forms Application
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Lab 7: Printing Content
and Creating Reports
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Exercise 1. Adding Print
Capability to a Windows Forms Application
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Exercise 2. Implementing
Reporting by Using the CrystalReportViewer
Component
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After completing this
unit, students will be able to:
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Explain how to print a
report in a Windows Forms application.
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Describe how to create
and view reports in a Windows Forms application.
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Use the components
provided with Visual Studio 2005 to add print capability to a Windows Forms
application.
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Display a Crystal report
by using the CrystalReportViewer component.
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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.
Lesson
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Asynchronous Tasks in
Windows Forms Applications
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Lab 8: Performing
Asynchronous Tasks by Using the BackgroundWorker
Component
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Exercise 1. Running and
Canceling a Background Process by Using the BackgroundWorker
Component
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After completing this
unit, students will be able to:
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Explain the concepts and
processes involved in asynchronous programming.
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Run and cancel a
background process by using the BackgroundWorker
component.
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Describe best practices
for using the BackgroundWorker component.
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Unit 9: Deploying
Applications by Using ClickOnce
This 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.
Lessons
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Windows Forms
Application Deployment Options
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ClickOnce
Technology Overview
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Lab 9: Deploying
Applications by Using ClickOnce
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Exercise 1. Publishing a
ClickOnce Application
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Exercise 2. Installing
and Testing a ClickOnce Application
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After completing this
unit, students will be able to:
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Explain the options for
deploying a Windows Forms application.
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Explain the key concepts
of ClickOnce technology.
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Publish a ClickOnce application.
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Install and test a ClickOnce application.
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Describe best practices
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