Course objectives:
In this course you will learn how to use Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Basic 2005 to build Windows applications to run on the .NET 2.0 platform. You will become familiar with the Windows Forms and Windows Forms controls, focusing on new Visual Studio 2005 features. Youll see how to use new .NET 2.0 features like Application events and the My namespace. Access data using ADO.NET and its DataTable, DataReader, DataAdapter, and DataSet classes. You will learn to take advantage of new Visual Studio 2005 data binding features, and explore the range of controls and components provided by Visual Studio 2005. You will build solid applications using structured exception handling, and debug your applications using new Visual Studio 2005 debugging features, access legacy code in COM components, Win32 APIs using P/Invoke, and remote code in Web Services. You will also learn how to add professional-looking menus and toolbars using the new ToolStrip controls, and add unprecedented flexibility to your user interfaces using the new container controls and to deploy and maintain your application more easily than ever before, taking advantage of Click-Once deployment.
Who should attend this course
This course is designed for those with limited experience and knowledge of working in Visual Basic, and also those who have some experience of working in previous versions and want to gain a solid grasp of how Visual Basic 2005, based on the .NET 2.0 platform, differs from earlier versions. If you have any background in programming, and especially of object-oriented concepts, this will be an advantage.
Course content:
In this part of the course you will...
Learn how to create effective Windows Forms, exploring the new range of controls and components available in Visual Basic 2005
Learn about the Visual Basic 2005 event model, including programmatically assigning event handlers
Use structured exception handling to respond to run-time errors
Learn about the String and Date types and associated classes
Learn about the ADO.NET architecture and use ADO.NET to connect to a SQL Server
Discover how to create a simple data-bound form and be introduced to the DataSet Designer
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
Data Binding Techniques
Data Binding Basics
Creating a Data Source
Creating Data-Bound Forms
Data Binding Components and Controls
Displaying Data from Related Tables
Displaying Data from Lookup Tables
Adding Search Capabilities to a Form
Filtering by Values from a Lookup Table
Data Validation
Working with Local Data
