Developing Microsoft .NET Applications for Windows (C# .NET)

Introduction
This five-day, instructor-led course providesstudents with the skills required to build Microsoft® Windows® Forms applicationsby using the Microsoft .NET Framework.This course is a part of the MicrosoftVisual C# .NET curriculum and is intended to provide C# programmers with theskills required to create Windows Forms applications by using the .NETFramework. The course will cover the major topics for Windows clientapplication programming on the .NET Framework. These topics include: WindowsForms, GDI+, simple data access, interoperating with unmanaged code, threadingand asynchronous programming issues, simple remoting, Web access, Web Servicesconsumption, debugging, security, and deployment issues for desktopapplications.

Audience
This course is intended for the intermediate programmer who is responsible for designing and building Windows-basedapplications with the .NET Framework. It is designed for developers who have C#development skills.Students are required to have the following skills:

Experience with a .NET language such as Visual C# .NET or Microsoft Visual C++® .NET

Experience developing basic applications with MFC and/or Microsoft Visual Basic® 6.0
Typically, these individuals perform the followingkey activities:

Help create functional specifications.

Design and develop user interfaces.

Create and test prototypes.

Write Windows Forms applications.

At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will beable to:

Create and populate Windows Forms.

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.

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.

Add support for Help to localize a Windows Forms application.

Create Help files in a Windows Forms application.

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 thefollowing skills:

Understanding of C# programming

Experience building applications
The following prerequisites are recommended forthis course:

Course 2124- Introduction to C# Programming for the Microsoft .NET Platform
OR

Equivalent knowledge

Microsoft CertifiedProfessional Exams

Exam 70-316: Developing and Implementing Windows-based Applications with Microsoft® Visual C# .NET and Microsoft® Visual Studio® .NET

Student Materials
The student kit includes a comprehensive workbookand other necessary materials for this class.

Course Outline
Module1: Introducing Windows Forms
Take a closer look: DownloadModule 1 (Portable Document Format, 1.31 MB).
The following topics are covered in this module:
Lessons

Creating a Form

Adding Controls to a Form

Creating an Inherited Form

Organizing Controls on a Form

Creating MDI Applications
Lab1.1: Creating Windows Forms

Creating a New Windows Form

Inheriting a New Form from an Existing Windows Form
After completing this module, students will be ableto:

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.

Module2: Working with Controls
Take a closer look: DownloadModule 2 (Portable Document Format, 1.21 MB).
This module explains how to create eventprocedures (handlers) in your application that will run in response to useractions. Students will learn how to add programming logic to the eventprocedures 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 yourapplication.
Lessons

Creating an Event Handler for a Control

Using Windows Forms Controls

Using Dialog Boxes in a Windows Forms Application

Adding Controls at Run Time

Creating Menus

Validating User Input
Lab2.1: Working with Controls

Creating and Using Controls
After completing this module, students will be able to:

Create an event handler for a control.

Select and use the appropriate controls in a Windows Forms application.

Use dialog boxes in a Windows Forms application.

Add controls to a form at run time.

Create and use menus in a Windows Forms application.

Validate user input in a Windows Forms application.

Module3: Building Controls
This module explains how to extend thefunctionality of an existing Windows control, combine multiple existing controlsinto a composite control, and build a new custom control. Students will alsolearn how to add design-time licensing support to a control.
Lessons

Extending and Creating Controls

Adding Design-Time Support for Controls

Licensing a Control
Lab3.1: Building Controls

Declare an Event and Raising It from an Extended Control

Creating a Composite Control

Adding Design-Time Support
After completing this module, students will be able to :

Extend an existing control.

Create a composite control by combining functionality of several existing Windows Forms controls.

Describe the design-time support options for components provided by Visual Studio .NET.

Add attributes that provide information to the Visual Designer.

Create and validate licenses for controls.

Module4: Using Data in Windows Forms Applications
This module explains how to bind Windows forms tovarious data sources by using ADO.NET. Students will learn about binding Windows forms to data from sources suchas databases and XML files. Students will get an overview of the XML Webservices programming model and learn how to create applications that use XMLWeb services. The module also provides an overview of how to persist data toand read data from files and isolated storage.
Lessons

Adding ADO.NET Objects to and Configuring ADO.NET Objects in a Windows Forms Application

Accessing and Modifying Data by Using DataSets

Binding Data to Controls

Overview of XML Web Services

Creating a Simple XML Web Services Client

Persisting Data
Lab4.1: Accessing Data with ADO.NET

Generating and Populating DataSets

Modifying a DataSet

Updating a DataSet to a DataSource

Binding and Formatting Data in Controls
Lab4.2: Calling an XML Web Service

Calling an XML Web Service
After completing this module, students will be ableto:

Describe the objects in the ADO.NET object model.

Add and configure ADO.NET objects in a Windows Forms application.

Access and modify data from a database by using DataSets.

Bind data to controls.

Describe the XML Web services model and the roles of HTML, SOAP, and XML in the XML Web services model.

Create and test a simple XML Web service client application.

Persist data to files, serialize objects, use isolated storage, and persist application settings.

Module5: Interoperating with Managed Objects
This module explains how to use .NET and COMcomponents in a Windows Forms application. Students will also learn how to callWin32 APIs in their Windows Forms application.
Lessons

Using .NET and COM Components in a Windows Forms Application

Calling Win32 APIs from Windows Forms Applications
Lab5.1: Interoperating with COM and Calling Win32 APIs

Using a COM Component in a .NET-Based Application

Calling Win32 APIs from a .NET-Based Application
After completing this module, students will be ableto:

Use .NET and COM components in a Microsoft .NET Framework Windows Forms application.

Call Win32 APIs from a Windows Forms application.

Module6: Printing and Reporting in Windows Forms Applications
The following topics are covered in this module:
Lessons

Printing From a Windows Forms Application

Using the Print Preview, Page Setup, and Print Dialogs

Constructing Print Document Content by Using GDI+

Creating Reports by Using Crystal Reports
Lab6.1: Printing Formatted Documents

Adding Print Support to an Application

Creating Printed Output by Using GDI+
After completing this module, students will be ableto:

Print documents in a Windows Forms application.

Use the Visual Studio .NET printing dialog boxes in a Windows Forms application.

Use GDI+ to construct print document content.

Create and format reports by using Crystal Reports.

Module7: Asynchronous Programming
This module explains how to use the techniques of asynchronousprogramming and multithreading to avoid blocking the user interface of anapplication.
Lessons

The .NET Asynchronous Programming Model

The Asynchronous Programming Model Design Pattern

How to Make Asynchronous Calls to Any Method

Helping Protect State and Data in a Multithreaded Environment
Lab7.1: Making Asynchronous Calls to an XML Web Service

Converting Synchronous Calls to Asynchronous Calls
After completing this module, students will be ableto:

Describe the .NET Framework asynchronous programming model.

Modify a client application to use built-in .NET Framework support for asynchronous calls to methods.

Describe how to add explicit support for asynchronous calls to any method.

Module8: Enhancing the Usability of Applications
This module covers how to use the accessibility,Help, and localization features available in the .NET Framework.
Lessons

Adding Accessibility Features

Adding Help to an Application

Localizing an Application
Lab8.1: Enhancing the Usability of an Application

Adding Support for Accessibility

Adding Help to an Application

Adding ToolTips to an Application

Localizing the User Interface of an Application

Localizing Resources in an Application
After completing this module, students will be able to :

Use .NET Framework features to add and enable accessibility features in an application.

Add support for context-sensitive Help, Help menus, and ToolTips to an application.

Use localization properties and resource files to create a localized version of a .NET Framework Windows Forms application.

Module9: Deploying Windows Forms Applications
This module explains assemblies and how to usestrong-named assemblies and the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) in the .NETFramework. Students will also learn how to configure and deploy .NET-basedapplications.
Lessons

.NET Assemblies

Deploying Windows Forms Applications
Lab9.1: Deploying an Application

Building and Referencing a Strong-Named Assembly

Installing a Strong-Named Assembly into the Global Assembly Cache

Deploying a .NET Application

Using an Application Configuration File
After completing this module, students will be ableto:

Use strong-named assemblies in .NET applications.

Use application configuration files to configure and use Microsoft Windows Installer 2.0 to package and deploy .NET applications.

Module10: Securing Windows Forms Applications
This module explains the .NET Framework securitymodel. Students will learn how to use .NET Framework security features inWindows Forms applications.
Lessons

Security in the .NET Framework

Using Code Access Security

Using Role-Based Security
Lab10.1: Adding and Testing Permission Requests

Adding and Testing Permission Requests
After completing this module, students will be able to :

Describe the .NET Framework security model.

Use code access security to help protect an application.

Use role-based security to help control access to an application.