Application Development

Advanced Windows Forms Development with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (Course Code: 2547)

Course Schedule:

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Overview:

This course provides you with the knowledge and skills to develop Microsoft Windows Forms applications using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. The workshop focuses on user interfaces, program structure, and implementation details.
All theory examples and exercises are written in both VB.Net and C#

Learning method:

This course will be presented in a lecture/tutorial sessions using a combination of lectures, group discussions and practical exercises. Each student will be provided with a comprehensive set of course notes.
This hands-on course combines exercises and practical work to solidify your learning.

Who will benefit from this course?

This course 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.

Pre-requisites

Before attending this workshop, you should:

have completed Course: 2546 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 Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 compliant language, including the use of delegates and events

What can you expect to gain from this course?

After completing this course, you will be able to:

Build MDI applications
Customise Windows Forms and controls
Create customised print components
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

Course Content:

Module 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

Module 2:Customising 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

Module 3:Creating Customised 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

Module 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

Module 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

Module 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 customised 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