This five-day, instructor-led course is intended for the intermediate programmer who is responsible for designing and building Windows-based applications with the .NET Framework. It is designed for developers who have Visual Basic development skills. Each learning module has an accompanying hands-on labs.

This course incorporates materials from the Official Microsoft Learning Products (OMLP):

• 2565 - Introduction to Visual Basic .NET Programming with Microsoft .NET

What You'll Learn

• 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
• Migrate Visual Basic 6.0 applications to Visual Basic .NET
• 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

Who Needs to Attend

Intermediate programmers responsible for designing and building Windows-based applications with the .NET Framework

Developers who have Visual Basic development skills

Those with an understanding of Visual Basic programming and who want to build on their skill sets

Students should be able to:

• Help create functional specifications
• Design and develop user interfaces
• Create and test prototypes
• Write Windows Forms applications

Prerequisites

• Experience with a .NET language such as Visual Basic .NET
• Experience developing basic applications with MFC and/or Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
• Experience with the following key activities:
  • Helping create functional specifications
  • Designing and develop user interfaces
  • Creating and testing prototypes
  • Writing Windows Forms applications

Follow-On Courses

There are no follow-ons for this course.

Course Outline

1. Introducing Windows Forms

• Creating a Form
• Adding Controls to a Form
• Creating an Inherited Form
• Organizing Controls on a Form
• Creating MDI Applications

2. Working with Controls

• 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

3. Building Controls

• Extending and Creating Controls
• Adding Design-Time Support for Controls
• Licensing a Control

4. Using Data in Windows Forms Applications

• 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

5. Interoperating with Managed Objects

• Using .NET and COM Components in a Windows Forms Application
• Calling Win32 APIs from Windows Forms Applications
• Upgrading Visual Basic 6.0 Applications to Visual Basic .NET

6. Printing and Reporting in Windows Forms Applications

• 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

7. Asynchronous Programming

• The .NET Asynchronous Programming Model
• The Asynchronous Programming Model Design Pattern
• How to Make Asynchronous Calls to Any Method
• Protecting State and Data in a Multithreaded Environment

8. Enhancing the Usability of Applications

• Adding Accessibility Features
• Adding Help to an Application
• Localizing an Application

9. Deploying Windows Forms Applications

• .NET Assemblies
• Deploying Windows Forms Applications

10. Securing Windows Forms Applications

• Security in the .NET Framework
• Using Code Access Security
• Using Role-Based Security