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2547- Advanced Windows Forms Technologies with
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

Prerequisites: Before attending this workshop, students must:

• Have attended or studied Workshop 2546A, Core Windows Forms Technologies with Visual Studio 2005 or possess equivalent knowledge and skills.
• Be able to manage a solution environment using the Visual Studio 2005 integrated development environment (IDE) and tools.
• Be able to program an application using a .NET Framework 2.0 compliant language, including the use of delegates and events.
• Understand advanced concepts including serialization, reflection, application domains, and multithreading.

Duration: 2 days

 

Module 1: Building MDI Applications

• Windows Forms Layout Options
• What Are MDI Applications?
• Creating MDI Parent and Child Forms
• Displaying and Comparing Information on MDI Child Forms
• Implementing Menu Merging in MDI Applications

Module 2: Customizing Windows Forms and Controls

• What Are the Methods of Authoring Controls for Windows Forms?
• Ways to Draw a User Interface by Using GDI+
• Creating a Nonrectangular Windows Form
• Creating a Control that Inherits from an Existing Control
• Creating a Custom User Control

Module 3: Creating Customized Print Components

• Printing Features that Are Supported by .NET Framework 2.0
• Drawing Print Document Content by Using GDI+
• Printing a Report by Using GDI+
• Creating a Customized Print Preview Dialog Box

Module 4: Performing Drag-and-Drop Operations and Implementing Clipboard Support

• Drag-and-Drop Operations in Windows Forms Applications
• Adding Clipboard Support in Windows Forms Applications
• Implementing Drag-and-Drop Functionality in a Windows Forms Application
• Adding Clipboard Support to an Application
• Performing Drag-and-Drop Operations by Using TextBox and PictureBox Controls

Module 5: Performing Asynchronous Tasks by Using Multithreaded Techniques

• Asynchronous Programming in Windows Forms Applications
• Creating Thread-Safe Applications
• Loading a Bitmap Asynchronously
• Performing Calculations by Using Multithreading

Module 6: Enhancing the Presentation of Windows Forms Applications

• Enhancing Application User Interfaces
• Customizing the DataGridView Control
• Application Settings and the PropertyGrid Control
• Programming the DataGridView Control
• Viewing and Persisting Application Settings by Using the PropertyGrid Control
• Implementing a User Interface in the Style of Outlook by Using RAD Features