Advanced Development Topics In Visual C#

Course: CSADV

Duration: 4 Days

Level: II

Course Summary

In this course you'll learn about important development topics that aren't normally covered in a beginning Windows application programming course. Starting with saving objects to a stream using .NET Serialization and creating and displaying reports, you'll work through crucial topics such as attributes and reflection, programming XML using the XmlDocument class, and the XmlReader/ XmlWriter classes, creating Windows Services, and drawing your own user interfaces using the System.Drawing namespace. You'll see how to handle vital distribution issues, learning about application security, versioning, and deployment. You'll dig deeper into working with the most complex of Visual Studio's built-in controls, the DataGridView control, how to extend Visual Studio 2005 in a number of different ways, get started building mobile applications, and how to interact with printers and how to print documents. You're certain to find many topics here that will extend your knowledge, your capabilities, and your value as a developer.

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Topics Covered In This Course

Serialization

Introducing Serialization
Serializing Complex Objects
Customizing the Serialization Process

Creating and Displaying Reports

Reports in Data Applications
Creating and Displaying Reports

Filling the .NET Gaps with WMI

Introducing WMI
Getting Started with WMI
WMI Queries, Properties, and Methods
WMI Server Explorer Extensions

WMI Events and Asynchronous Handling

Creating WMI Event Handlers
Working with WMI Asynchronously
WMI Server Explorer Extensions and Events

Examining the DataGridViewControl

Customizing Rows, Columns and Cells
Working with Bound and Unbound Data

Extending Visual Studio 2005

Extending Visual Studio 2005
Creating Item Templates
Creating Project Templates
Using and Creating Code Snippets
Using Macros to Automate the IDE

Creating Rich User Interfaces with GDI+

Introducing Drawing in the .NET Framework
Creating Owner-Drawn Controls
Creating Non-Rectangular Forms
Creating a Custom DataGridView Control Column

Handling Versioning Issues

Before You Begin
Assemblies
Private Assemblies
Shared Assemblies

Creating Windows Services

Introducing Windows Services
Building Your First Windows Service
The FileWatcher Service

Building Mobile Applications

Creating Smart Device Projects
The .NET Compact Framework
Using Device Emulators
Mobile Database Applications

Reading and Writing XML Using the XML DOM

Getting Started
Reading XML Data
Working with Nodes
Creating and Modifying XML
Dealing with Errors

Expert XML

Getting Started
Reading XML with XmlReader
Writing XML with XmlWriter
Searching XML with XPath

Printers and Printing

The PrintDocument Class
The PageSettings Class
The PrinterSettings Class
Working with Print-Related Controls
A More Complex Report

Securing Windows Applications

Security in the .NET Framework
Code Access Security
Checking For Permissions
Role Based Security
Security and ClickOnce Deployment
Strong-Named Assemblies

Building Setup Applications

Windows Installer Deployment
Creating a Setup Project
Customizing a Setup Project

Attributes and Reflection

Introducing Attributes
Creating and Using Custom Attributes
Introducing Reflection
Using Reflection to Perform Late Binding

What You Can Expect

At the end of this course, delegates will be able to:

Customize Visual Studio 2005 to increase their productivity.
Build Windows service applications
Understand and use the XML support the ,Net Framework
Understand .Net application security
Add printing to their applications

Who Should Take This Course

Developers wishing to learn deepen their knowledge of the .Net Framework/Visual Studio 2005 and Windows applications techniques.

Recommended Prerequisites

This course assumes that students have some programming background and have worked through the previous course, Microsoft Visual C# 2005: Developing Applications. This course assumes intermediate knowledge of Visual C#, and of building Windows applications using Visual Studio 2005.

Training Style

Instructor led with hands on labs.

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