From the Back Cover"Some books are different-the content can't be Googled from the Internet, the authors have real-life experiences to share, the code can be used in real-world projects. This is one of those books."
-Neal Myrddin, Independent Developer
"Chris and Michael nail the soul of Windows Forms 2.0. This book provides an insightful view into the design of Windows Forms and the integration of new 2.0 features. It is just as applicable for the first-time Windows Forms programmer as the seasoned line of business developer. The 'What's New in 2.0' appendix is worth the price of admission alone."
-Mike Harsh, Windows Forms Program Manager, Microsoft, Inc.
"This book takes an amazingly broad and deep technology, and breaks it into manageable pieces that are easily consumed. You cannot survive building a complex WinForms application without this book."
-Ryan Dorrell, Chief Technology Officer, AgileThought
"Windows Forms 2.0 Programming offers something for every .NET developer. Experienced developers will appreciate the in-depth coverage of new 2.0 features, including the most comprehensive coverage of ClickOnce deployment, multithreading, and the new designer integration found anywhere. Developers new to Winforms programming will appreciate the coverage of the fundamentals all Winforms developers need to know. Whether you're an experienced WinForms developer or just beginning, you need this book."
-Fritz Onion, cofounder of Pluralsight, author of Essential ASP.NET, and ASP.NET MVP
"I don't want just a description of the WinForms widgets. I can get that online or from other books. What I want is a roadmap for pitfalls to avoid, and innovative solutions for common problems. That is where this book shines. All of us who found the first edition of this book to be an indispensible part of our reference library will appreciate this updated edition that describes WinForms 2.0."
-Johan Ericsson, Software Engineer, Agilent Technologies
"The books Chris Sells writes are always insightful and this newest addition is no different. This book in particular is for those who want to understand not just the flashy surface of Windows Forms 2.0, but also how it fits into the .NET environment. Readers will have this book at their desks, not stuck on their shelves, for quite a long time."
-Yoshimatsu Fumiaki, Software Engineer based in Tokyo Japan
"Chris and Mike have done an excellent job presenting the information you need to be successful with Windows Forms."
-Jessica Fosler, Dev Tech Lead, Microsoft
"This book is the 'must have' teaching and reference book for WinForms 2.0."
-Jim Rittenhouse, Senior Software Engineer, Siemens
Windows Forms 2.0 Programming is the successor to the highly praised Windows Forms Programming in C#. This edition has been significantly updated to amalgamate the sheer mass of new and improved support that is encompassed by Windows Forms 2.0, the .NET Framework 2.0, and Visual Studio 2005. This is the one book developers need in order to learn how to build and deploy leading-edge Windows Forms 2.0 applications.
Readers will gain a deep understanding from Sells and Weinhardt's practical, well-balanced approach to the subject and clear code samples.
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Windows Forms 2.0 fundamentals, including forms, dialogs, data validation, help, controls, components, and rendering
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Static and dynamic layout, snap lines, HTML-style flow and table layout, automatic resizing, and automatic cross-DPI scaling
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Office 2003-style tool strip control coverage, including dynamic layout and custom rendering
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Design-time integration with the Visual Studio 2005 Properties Window and Smart Tags
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Resource management, strongly typed resources, and internationalization considerations
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Strongly typed application and user settings
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SDI, MDI, Single Instancing, Multiple-Instance SDI, Single-Instance MDI, database-centric, and document-centric applications
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Databinding data-source management, drag-and-drop databinding, the BindingSource, the BindingNavigator, and applied databinding
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Events, delegates, multithreaded UIs, long-running operations, simplified multithreading with the BackgroundWorker, and asynchronous web service calls
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ClickOnce application development publishing, shell integration, and partial trust security
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Best practices for developers transitioning from Windows Forms 1.0 and MFC
About the Author
Chris Sells is a program manager for the Connected Systems Division. He's written several books, including Programming Windows Presentation Foundation (O'Reilly), Windows Forms Programming in C# (Addison-Wesley), and ATL Internals (Addison-Wesley). In his free time, Chris hosts various conferences and makes a pest of himself on Microsoft internal product team discussion lists. More information about Chris-and his various projects-is available at www.sellsbrothers.com.
Michael Weinhardt is a programmer/writer at Microsoft, working on the Windows Client SDK. Michael has coauthored a variety of articles with Chris, contributed to the "Wonders of Windows Forms" column at MSDN Online, reviewed several Windows technology books, and generally loves communicating the whys and wherefores of technology to his peers. Michael is sure that his parents attribute his fascination in technology to their purchase of an Amiga 1000 in the mid-80s. They would be right.
Table of Contents
About the Authors
xxv
Foreword
xxvii
Preface
xxxi
Chapter 1
Hello, Windows Forms
1
Chapter 2
Forms
41
Chapter 3
Dialogs
99
Chapter 4
Layout
137
Chapter 5
Drawing Basics
179
Chapter 6
Drawing Text
231
Chapter 7
Advanced Drawing
265
Chapter 8
Printing
291
Chapter 9
Components
327
Chapter 10
Controls
353
Chapter 11
Design-Time Integration: The Properties Window
399
Chapter 12
Design-Time Integration: Designers and Smart Tags
453
Chapter 13
Resources
505
Chapter 14
Applications
549
Chapter 15
Settings
579
Chapter 16
Data Binding Basics
629
Chapter 17
Applied Data Binding
681
Chapter 18
Multithreaded User Interfaces
737
Chapter 19
ClickOnce Deployment
775
Appendix A
What's New in Windows Forms 2.0
829
Appendix C
Delegates and Events
867
Appendix D
Component and Control Survey
881
Appendix E
Drag and Drop
901
Appendix F
Document Management
927
Bibliography
957
Index
961
