Add'l Libraries

Developing Applications Using VB 2008/2010: Vol 1

with Ken Getz and Robert Green

Course Description: Visual Studio 2008 adds a large set of new functionality for the Visual Studio developer. From new language features, including LINQ (Language Integrated Query), to new client-side data support, Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 make it easier than ever to create robust, enterprise-level applications. In this course, you will begin with the basics, becoming familiar with Windows Forms and Windows Forms controls and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). You will learn how to access data using ADO.NET, how to take advantage of data binding features, and you will explore the range of controls and components provided by Visual Studio. You will also learn how to build solid applications using structured exception handling, how to use the Visual Studio debugging features, how to use MenuStrip and ToolStrip controls, and how to add unprecedented flexibility to your user interfaces using the container controls.

21+ hours of media runtime

Introduction to Winforms

Demo: Create First Solution

Work with Windows in VS

Work with Form Properties

Save Changes

View Toolbox

Add Controls to Form

Investigate Snap Lines

Adjust Ctl Size/Positions

Control Tab Order

Run the Project

Peek behind the Scenes

View the Designer Code

Dispose()

InitializeComponent()

WinForms Events

Add Event Handling Code

Add Menu to the Form

Add ShortcutKeys

Non-Graphical Components

ToolTip Component

Form Opacity

Timer Component

Handle Events

Overview: Handle Events

Work with Events

Demo: Events

View Form Events

Examine MouseClick()

Work with Forms

Forms as Dialog Boxes

Retrieve Info

React to Keystrokes

Retrieve Return Value

Starting the Application

Demo: Dialog Form

Demo: Start Up Form

View Under Event Covers

Delegates

Click Event Declaration

MouseClick Declaration

Demo: Review Event Hookup

Handle Multiple Controls

Add/RemoveHandlers

Handles vs AddHandler

Demo: AddHandler

Exploring Events

Overview: Form/Control Events

Form Events

Demo: Explore Form Events

Keyboard Events

KeyPress vs KeyDown/Up

KeyPress

KeyUp/KeyDown Events

Demo: Keyboard Events

Mouse Events

MouseMove Event

MouseUp/MouseDown Events

Demo: Mouse Events

Validate User Input

Validating Event

ErrorProvider Component

Create a Cancel Button

Demo: Validate Data

Demo: Validating Event

Demo: Cancel Button

Common Controls

Label Control

Demo: Label Control

TextBox Control

Demo: TextBox Control

Button Control

Demo: Button Controll

More Common Controls

CheckBox Control

RadioButton Control

Demo: CheckBox/RadioButton

ComboBox Control

Demo: ComboBox Control

ListBox Control

Demo: ListBox Control

CheckListBox Control

Demo: CheckListBox Control

Even More Common Controls

LinkLabel Control

NumericUpDown Control

LinkLabel/NumericUpDown

PictureBox Control

ProgressBar Control

PictureBox/ProgressBar

Handling Exceptions

Overview: Exception Handling

Demo: No Exception Handling

What User Sees

Simple Try/Catch Block

Unhandled Exceptions

Exception Object

Display Your Own Message

Catching Specific Exceptions

Multiple Exceptions

Inheritance Hierarchy

Demo: Multiple Exceptions

Raising Exceptions

Throw Keyword

Search for Handlers

Exception Handling Options

Throwing Exceptions

Demo: Pass Error Information

Run Code Unconditionally

Finally and/or Catch

Demo: Finally / Catch

Demo: Use a Using Block

Unhandled Exceptions

Demo: Unhandled Exceptions

Create an Exception

Demo: Create Exception Class

Strings

Overview: String Class

Creating Strings

Demo: Creating Strings

String Properties

Compare / CompareOrdinal

Concat / Format

IsNullOrEmpty

Join / Split

Instance String Methods

Demo: String Methods

Text w/StringBuilder

StringBuilder Class

Output Text w/Multiple Lines

Investigate Stringbuilder Class

Demo: StringBuilder Class

Dates and Times

Work with Dates and Times

DateTime Constructors

Demo: Dates / Times

Shared Static Members

Simple Properties

Conversion Methods

Calculation Methods

Shared Static Methods

Use the DateTime Type

Localized Date Information

Demo: Format Dates/Times

TimeSpan Type

Create TimeSpan Values

Demo: TimeSpan Type

Measure Elapsed Time

Accessing Data

Overview of ADO.NET

ADO.NET Classes

OleDb vs SqlClient

ADO.NET Architecture

DataTable Object

Demo: Create DataTable

Connect to Data Source

Demo: Create Conn. String

View app.config

Use Connection String

Exception Handling

Use Using Block

Overview: Commands

Command Object

Work w/Data Readers

Close the Connection

Work w/SQLDataReader

Working with Data

Overview: Work w/Data

Use a Data Adapter

Get Data into a DataSet

DataSet Object

Fill a DataSet

Demo: OleDb DataSet

Tables, Rows and Columns

Use DataRows

Data Columns and Schema

Demo: SQL DataTable

Choose ADO.NET Provider

SQL .NET Data Provider

OLE DB .NET Data Provider

ODBC Data Provider

Multiple Providers

Demo: Multiple Providers

LINQ

Working with Data

LINQ and VB/C#

LINQ and Language Features

LINQ Usages

LINQ Overview

LINQ Syntax

Demo: Query Expressions

Intellisense with LINQ

Extension Methods

Demo: Custom Extension

More Complex Objects

Object Initializers

Demo: Object Initializers

Query Extension Methods

Lambda Expressions

Demo: Lambda Expressions

Anonymous Types

Demo: Anonymous Types

Interesting Examples

Demo: List Processes

LINQ and Delayed Execution

LINQ to SQL

Overview: LINQ to SQL

Create Data Model

Demo: Add LINQ to SQL Class

Demo: View Data Model

Demo: Query SQL Database

Demo: Call Stored Proc

Anonymous Types w/SQL

Demo: Anonymous Types

Modify SQL Data

Demo: Modify SQL Data

LINQ to DataSets / XML

Overview: LINQ to DataSets

LINQ to Typed DataSets

Demo: Typed DataSets

LINQ to Untyped DataSets

Demo: Untyped DataSets

LINQ tor XML

Demo: LINQ to XML

Transform XML

Demo: Transform XML

For More Information

Data Binding

Create a Data Source

Configuration Wizard

Data Sources Window

Create Data Bound Form

Demo: Data Bound Form

Test Data Bound Form

Data Binding Controls

DataSet

TableAdapter

TableAdapterManager

BindingSource Component

BindingNavigator Control

Demo: View DataSet

Demo: TableAdapter

Demo: BindingSource

Demo: BindingNavigator

Relationships / Lookup Tables

Data from Related Tables

Demo: One to Many Relations

Enforce Ref. Integrity

Demo: Enforce Ref. Integrity

Display from Lookup Tables

Demo: Lookup Tables

Add Search to a Form

TableAdapter Queries

Demo: Add Search to a Form

TA Query Config Wiz

Search Criteria Builder

Filter by Values

Demo: Filter by Values

Data Validation

User Made Changes

Validate at Form Level

Validate Entered Data

Demo: Validate Data

Validate at Data Level

Demo: Data Level Validation

View DataSet Code

ColumnChanging() Event

ProductsRowChanging() Event

TableNewRow() Event

DataHasErrors() Procedure

Work with Local Data

Binding Navigator/Source

BindingNavigator Control

BindNav ToolStripItems

Built-In/Custom Functionality

Add a BindingNavigator

Demo: BindingNavigator

BindingSource Component

Data Navigation

Data Manipulation

Sorting / Filtering

Work w/Underlying Data

Demo: BindingSource

Demo: Sort/Filter

Demo: Copying Data

DataGridView

DataGridView Control

Customize Displayed Data

Demo: Build a DataGridView

Format Cells at Runtime

Demo: Format at Runtime

Display Calculated Values

Demo: Calculated Values

Demo: Add Columns

Display Images

Demo: Display Images

Add Controls to DataGridView

Demo: Adding Controls

Report Viewer

Create / View Reports

Demo: Create New Report

ReportViewer Control

Demo: Use Report Wizard

Introduction to WPF

Overview: WPF

View Example WPF App

What's Wrong w/Win Forms

What WPF Provides

Graphics and Composition

WPF Questions

Family.Show App

Inconvenient Truth

WPF and XAML

XAML /WPF Designer

Demo: A Simple WPF App

Explore WPF App Parts

View XAML Markup

Modify Properties

Add Controls

Handle Events

Useful Project Tools

Investigate Routed Events

Properties of RoutedEventArgs

Demo: Modify the App

Content and Grid Controls

Overview: Content Controls

Add Image to ListBox

Content Property

Work w/Layout Controls

StackPanel Control

Add TextBox to StackPanel

List Box as Container

Grid Control

Create Row/Column Definitions

Specifying Column/Row Sizes

Add Controls to Grid

Dependency Properties

DependencyObject Class

Investigate Dependency Props

Declare the Property

In Constructor

Property Wrapper

Use Attached Properties

Programming the Grid

WPF Layout

Examine Solution App

Controls in App

Create the Layout

Create New Project

Layout Controls on Form

Add Second Grid

Add Controls to Grid

Save / Test Form

MoviePlayer Control

Demo: MoviePlayer Control

Add Stack Panel

Add Media Element Control

Add a Slider

Configure Buttons

Configure Stack Panel

Configure Slider

Configure Column Sizes

WPF Code

Add Timer to User Control

Add Constructor

Event Handler/Button Code

Hook Up Event Handlers

Add the User Control

Test the Application

Create / Bind Data Source

Create ThumbnailList Class

Demo: ThumbnailList Class

Prepare Window1 Class

Demo: Window1 Class

Hook up Data Binding

Demo: Data Binding

Data Binding Syntax

Display the Video

Add Data Converter/Template

Create a Type Converter

IValueConverter Interface

Demo: Type Converter

Add Converter Resource

Add Resources

Create Data Template

Demo: Converter Resource

Demo: Add Data Template

Save / Test Application

Files and Folders

System.IO Namespace

Selecting Files

Filter Property

More Properties

Show Dialog Box

Work with Multiple Files

Events

SaveFileDialog Control

Demo: OpenFileDialog Ctrl

Browse for Folder

Using FolderBrowserDialog

Demo: FolderBrowserDialog Ctrl

Handle Path Information

Demo: Display Path Info

Directories and Files

Overview: Directories / Files

Why Two Sets of Classes

Demo: FileInfo Classes

Investigate the Objects

FileSystemInfo Class

Directory Class

Display Sample Info

Fill the TreeView

Expand TreeView Node

Polymorphism

Demo: Directory Class Methods

Demo: Fill TreeView

Demo: Display Drive Info

Demo: Display File Info

Stream-Based Objects

Demo: Stream Reader/Writer

Alternate Solutions

Application Properties

Project Designer

App Props/Assembly Info

App Framework Props

Application Events

Demo: Application Props

Demo: Project Designer

Demo: View Assembly.Info

Demo: Solution/View Files

Demo: App Framework Props

Demo: Application Events

View Splash Screen Code

Compilation Properties

Option Explicit / Option Strict

Compiler Errors / Warnings

Build Events

Demo: Compile Properties

Demo: Configuration Settings

Demo: Output Path

Demo: Option Explicit/Strict

Demo: Compiler Warnings

Demo: Build Events

Demo: Adv. Compiler Options

Debug Properties

Start Action/Options

Enable Debuggers & Demo

Refs/Resources/Settings

Overview: Project References

References Page

Demo: Project References

Unused References

Add Reference

Add New Reference path

Imported Namespaces

Project Resources

Demo: Project Resources

Demo: Local Resources

Resources at Runtime

Project Settings

Demo: Project Settings

Break Points

Debugging Applications

Set Breakpoints

Continue Program Execution

Conditional Breakpoints

Specify Breakpoint Hit Count

Set Breakpoint on a Method

Breakpoints Window

Break on Exceptions

Demo: Breakpoints

Demo: Set Breakpoints

Demo: Cont. Program Exec.

Demo: Conditional Breakpoints

Demo: Breakpoint Hit Count

Demo: Breakpoints Window

Demo: Break on Exceptions

Expressions / Edit Continue

Evaluate Expressions

DataTips and Visualizers

Debugging Windows

Edit and Continue

Demo: DataTips/Visualizers

Watch Window/QuickWatch

Demo: Locals Window

Demo: Autos Window

Demo: Immediate Window

Demo: Edit / Continue

Debug Code in Assembly

Demo: Debug in Assemblies

Tracing / Unit Tests

Tracing Applications

Trace Sources

Trace Switches

Trace Listeners

Trace Filtering

Tracing Config Files

Demo: Trace Source/Switches

Demo: Trace Listeners

Demo: Trace Filtering

Demo: Tracing Config Files

Unit Tests

Demo: Unit Testing

Container Controls

Overview: Container Controls

GroupBox Control

GroupBox Control Members

Demo: GroupBox Control

Panel Control

Demo: Panel Control

SplitContainer Control

Demo: SplitContainer Control

Demo: SplitContainer Events

TabControl Control

Demo: TabControl Control

Demo: Work w/Tab Pages

Demo: TabControl Events

FlowLayout / TableLayout

FlowLayoutPanel Control

Work w/FlowLayoutPanel

FlowDirection Property

WrapContents Property

AutoScroll / AutoScrollMargin

FlowBreak Extender Property

TableLayoutPanel Control

Work w/TableLayoutPanel

Set Row and Column Styles

Position New Controls

Add Controls Programmatically

Work w/Other Properties

Lay out Columns or Rows

Extender Properties

Control Methods

Introducing Strips

Overview: Strip Controls

Demo: MenuStrip

Add Menu Images

Use VS Automatic Menus

ToolStrip Control

ToolStrip ItemClicked()

StatusStrip Control

Add StatusLabel

ToolStripStatusLabel

BorderStyle Property

BorderSides Property

Spring Property

Demo: StatusStrip Appearance

ContextMenuStrip Control

ToolStripContainer Control

Work w/ToolStripItem

Item Collection Editor

ToolStripItem Display Styles

Runtime Customizations

AllowItemReorder Issues

Save/Restore Customizations

Layout Issues / Overflow

Using Strips

RichTextBox Demo

ZoomToolStripComboBox

List of Font Sizes

Add items Programmatically

ModifySelectionFont()

WebBrowser Demo

Status Strip

Navigating() Event

StatusTextChanged()

ProgressChanged()

DocumentCompleted()

Notify Icon / Web Browser

NotifyIcon Control

Demo: NotifyIcon

NotifyIcon Properties

Handle Form Closing

Handle Events

Handle Menu Items

Display a Balloon

WebBrowser Control

Demo: WebBrowser

WebBrowser Navigation

Display Dialog Boxes

React to Environment Changes

Update Status Text

Update Progress Bar

Update Title Bar

Update Address TextBox

Enable Back / Forward

Masked / RichTextbox

MaskedTextBox Control

Mask Characters

Demo: MaskedTextBox

TextMaskFormat

CutCopyMaskFormat

InsertKeyMode

MaskInputRejected Event

Status Properties

RichTextBox Control

Demo: RichTextBox

Handling State

Undo and Redo

Work w/Clipboard

Work w/Fonts and Styles

Toggle Font Styles

Fore / Back Colors

Modify Alignment

Zoom / Links / SelectAll

TreeView / MonthCalendar

TreeView Control

Style Properties

Add Nodes

Expand a Node

ListView Control

Set Up the Images

Fill a List of Files

Show Items in Groups

Sort the Columns

IComparer Interface

ColumnClick Event

DateTimePicker

MonthCalendar Control

Limit Input Dates

Set First Day of the Week

Format the MonthCalendar

Modify Control's Display

Work w/Selected Dates

Handle Bolded Dates

DateTimePicker Control

Control Date/Time Format

Select Min and Max Dates

Format the DateTimePicker

My.Application

My.Application.Info

My.Application.Log

Demo: My.Application.Info

Demo: My.Application.Log

My.Computer

Overview: My.Computer

My.Computer.Audio

My.Computer.Clipboard

My.Computer.Clock

My.Computer.FileSystem

Demo: My.Computer.Name

Demo: My.Computer.Screen

Demo: My.Computer.Audio

Demo: My.Computer.Clipboard

Demo: My.Computer.Clock

Demo: My.Computer.FileSys

My.Computer.Info

My.Computer.Keyboard

My.Computer.Network

My.Computer.Registry

Demo: My.Computer.Info

Demo: My.Computer.Keyboard

Demo: My.Computer.Network

Demo: My.Computer.Registry

Other Objects in My

My.User

Demo: My.User

My.Forms

Demo: My.Forms

Forms Properties

My.Resources

My.Settings

Demo: My.Resources

Demo: My.Settings

My.WebServices

Demo: My.WebServices

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