Core Windows Forms Technologies with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

Workshop 2546: Three days; Instructor-Led

Introduction

This three-day instructor-led workshop provides students 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.

Audience

This workshop 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.

At Workshop Completion

After completing this workshop, students will be able to:

•	Create a simple Windows Forms application.
•	Configure standard controls.
•	Build menus.
•	Display and edit data by using data-bound controls.
•	Provide user assistance and enhance usability.
•	Create consistent applications by using dialogs and forms inheritance.
•	Add print and report functionality to a Windows Forms application.
•	Perform asynchronous tasks by using the BackgroundWorker component.
•	Deploy a Windows Forms application by using ClickOnce.

Prerequisites

Before attending this workshop, students must:

•	Be able to manage a solution environment using the Visual Studio 2005 integrated development environment (IDE) and tools
•	Understand Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and the Common Language Runtime
•	Be able to program an application using a .NET Framework 2.0 compliant language
•	Know how to make assemblies available to other applications
•	Have a basic understanding of XML, including XML declaration, elements, attributes, and namespaces.

Course Outline

Unit 1: Creating a Simple Windows Forms Application

This unit introduces the fundamental skills required to create a simple Windows Forms application. It explains how to configure form properties and how to add controls to a form. It also deals with events and explains how to create event handlers at design time and run time.

Lessons

•	Components of a Windows Forms User Interface
•	Event Handling in a Windows Forms Application

Lab 1: Creating a Simple Windows Forms Application

•	Exercise 1. Adding and Configuring Windows Forms and Controls
•	Exercise 2. Creating Event Handlers and Monitoring Events
•	Exercise 3. Adding Controls and Handlers at Run Time
•	Exercise 4. Adding a Form Keyboard Handler (if time permits)

After completing this unit, students will be able to:

•	Describe the various components of a Windows Forms application.
•	Explain how to handle events in a Windows Forms application.
•	Add and configure Windows Forms and controls.
•	Create event handlers and monitor events.
•	Add controls and handlers to a form at run time.
•	Apply best practices when designing forms.

Unit 2: Configuring Standard Controls

This unit introduces many of the controls from the Visual Studio Toolbox. It teaches how to add and configure these controls and explains how to group them into different categories by function.

Lesson

•	Windows Forms Controls by Function

Lab 2: Configuring Standard Controls

•	Exercise 1. Creating the EmployeeViewer Form
•	Exercise 2. Creating the ReportGenerator Form
•	Exercise 3. Creating the ReportGeneratorHelp Form

After completing this unit, students will be able to:

•	Explain the functions of the major categories of Windows Forms controls.
•	Create a form to select and view images by using the SplitContainer, TreeView, PictureBox, ToolStrip, and other controls.
•	Create a form to specify report criteria by using the TableLayoutPanel, ListView, MonthCalendar, ComboBox, and other controls.
•	Create a form to view a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) Help file by using a WebBrowser control.

Unit 3: Building Menus

This unit introduces the MenuStrip control and the ContextMenuStrip component. It explains how to create and configure form menus and context menus in an application. It also deals with the ToolStripItems that can be added to the container of a MenuStrip or ContextMenuStrip.

Lesson

•	Menus in Windows Forms

Lab 3: Building Menus

•	Exercise 1. Creating and Configuring a MenuStrip Control
•	Exercise 2. Creating and Configuring a ContextMenuStrip Component
•	Exercise 3. Hiding and Disabling a ToolStripMenuItem
•	Exercise 4. Creating and Configuring a ToolStripComboBox (if time permits)

After completing this unit, students will be able to:

•	Explain the structure of a menu in a Windows Forms application.
•	Create and configure a MenuStrip control.
•	Create and configure a ContextMenuStrip component.
•	Hide and disable a ToolStripMenuItem.
•	Apply best practices for menu design and development.

Unit 4: Displaying and Editing Data by Using Data-Bound Controls

This unit introduces the controls that can be used to display data from a data source. It shows how to use Visual Studio 2005 to create data sources and add data-bound controls to a form. It also demonstrates how to use the DataGridView control to display and update data retrieved by using a data source.

Lessons

•	Binding Data to a Control
•	DataGridView Control

Lab 4: Displaying and Editing Data by Using Data-Bound Controls

•	Exercise 1. Adding a Data Source to a Project
•	Exercise 2. Binding Data to a Control
•	Exercise 3. Creating a Bound Form by Using the BindingSource and BindingNavigator Components
•	Exercise 4. Displaying Data by Using the DataGridView Control
•	Exercise 5. Binding to Data at Run Time (if time permits)

After completing this unit, students will be able to:

•	Explain simple and complex data binding.
•	Describe the scenarios in which the DataGridView control is used.
•	Add a data source to a project.
•	Bind data to a control at run time.
•	Use the BindingSource component and BindingNavigator control to create a data-bound Windows Form.
•	Use the DataGridView control to display and update tabular data from a data source.

Unit 5: Providing User Assistance and Enhancing Usability

This unit introduces many of the controls and techniques that can be used to create an application that is flexible and intuitive and that provides timely feedback to the user. It shows how to add and configure the available user assistance controls to provide ToolTips, Help, and information about errors. It also describes the accessibility features of Windows Forms and explains how to implement globalization and localization in an application.

Lessons

•	Providing User Assistance
•	Implementing Accessibility Features
•	Implementing Globalization and Localization

Lab 5: Providing User Assistance and Enhancing Usability

•	Exercise 1. Adding and Configuring User Assistance Controls
•	Exercise 2. Implementing Accessibility Features
•	Exercise 3. Implementing Globalization and Localization
•	Exercise 4. Running a Procedure at Set Intervals (if time permits)
•	Exercise 5. Displaying Data Source Errors (if time permits)

After completing this unit, students will be able to:

•	Describe the components that can be used to provide user assistance.
•	Add and configure user assistance controls on a Windows Form.
•	Explain the accessibility features available to implement in a Windows Forms application.
•	Implement accessibility features within a Windows Forms application.
•	Explain the high-level processes involved in globalization and localization in a Windows Forms application.
•	Implement globalization and localization in a Windows Form.

Unit 6: Creating Consistent Applications by Using Dialog Boxes and Forms Inheritance

This unit introduces the built-in dialog boxes that can be used to prompt users when they are performing common tasks and to provide users with a familiar interface. It explains how to add and configure dialog boxes that enable users to open and save files and to set font and color properties. This unit also explains how to create and use a custom dialog box. In addition, this unit explains the concept of forms inheritance and describes how to create a consistent interface for Windows Forms applications.

Lessons

•	Dialog Boxes in a Windows Forms Application
•	Windows Forms Inheritance

Lab 6: Creating Consistent Applications by Using Dialog Boxes and Forms Inheritance

•	Exercise 1. Adding and Configuring Dialog Box Components
•	Exercise 2. Creating a Custom Dialog Box
•	Exercise 3. Implementing Windows Forms Inheritance
•	Exercise 4. Modifying an Existing Form to Inherit from a Base Form (if time permits)

After completing this unit, students will be able to:

•	Describe the various standard preconfigured dialog boxes available to a Windows Forms application.
•	Explain the concept of Windows Forms inheritance and the reasons for using inheritance.
•	Add and configure dialog box controls on a Windows Form.
•	Create a custom dialog box.
•	Implement Windows Forms inheritance.

Unit 7: Printing Content and Creating Reports

This unit provides an introduction to the components that can be used to preview and print reports from a Windows Forms application. This unit covers the predefined dialog boxes that simplify the processes involved, and it explains how to use these dialog boxes to retrieve print settings and page setup options from the user.

In addition, this unit explains how to display a report in a Windows Forms application by using the CrystalReportViewer component

Lessons

•	Printing in a Windows Forms Application
•	Reporting in a Windows Forms Application

Lab 7: Printing Content and Creating Reports

•	Exercise 1. Adding Print Capability to a Windows Forms Application
•	Exercise 2. Implementing Reporting by Using the CrystalReportViewer Component

After completing this unit, students will be able to:

•	Explain how to print a report in a Windows Forms application.
•	Describe how to create and view reports in a Windows Forms application.
•	Use the components provided with Visual Studio 2005 to add print capability to a Windows Forms application.
•	Display a Crystal report by using the CrystalReportViewer component.

Unit 8: Performing Asynchronous Tasks by Using the BackgroundWorker Component

This unit introduces the main concepts of asynchronous programming and then focuses on the BackgroundWorker component. It explains how to work with the methods and events of the BackgroundWorker component to add asynchronous functionality to a Windows Forms application.

Lesson

•	Asynchronous Tasks in Windows Forms Applications

Lab 8: Performing Asynchronous Tasks by Using the BackgroundWorker Component

•	Exercise 1. Running and Canceling a Background Process by Using the BackgroundWorker Component

After completing this unit, students will be able to:

•	Explain the concepts and processes involved in asynchronous programming.
•	Run and cancel a background process by using the BackgroundWorker component.
•	Describe best practices for using the BackgroundWorker component.

Unit 9: Deploying Applications by Using ClickOnce

This unit explains how to deploy a Windows Forms application by using ClickOnce. It covers the steps required to prepare, publish, install, and test an application. Finally, this unit explains how to update an application and how to use the automatic update feature of ClickOnce.

Lessons

•	Windows Forms Application Deployment Options
•	ClickOnce Technology Overview

Lab 9: Deploying Applications by Using ClickOnce

•	Exercise 1. Publishing a ClickOnce Application
•	Exercise 2. Installing and Testing a ClickOnce Application

After completing this unit, students will be able to:

•	Explain the options for deploying a Windows Forms application.
•	Explain the key concepts of ClickOnce technology.
•	Publish a ClickOnce application.
•	Install and test a ClickOnce application.
•	Describe best practices for using ClickOnce deployment.

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Describe the components of a Web Part page and identify scenarios when Web Part pages are useful features of Web applications.

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Describe the more advanced features of Web Parts, including connections between Web Parts.

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Create Web Part pages.

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Describe the Cache object and explain how you can use it to store and manage state data.

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Configure ViewState properties and ControlState properties for Web server controls.

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Store and retrieve Application and Session state.

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Implement out-of-process session state.

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Store and manage state data in the Cache object.

Unit 6: Accessing and Displaying Data

This unit describes how to add database connections to the Web.Config file and the benefits that this approach adds when building manageable Web applications. This unit then describes the new data controls for accessing data in a variety of formats. It includes details about using the SqlDataSource control, the XmlDataSource control, and the ObjectDataSource control. This unit also describes how user interface data controls are bound to the data source controls, and it includes a discussion about binding data-aware standard controls to data.

Lessons

•	Database Connections and the Web.Config File
•	Relational Data and Data Source Controls
•	XML Data and Data Source Controls
•	Object Data and Data Source Controls

Lab 6: Accessing and Displaying Data

•	Exercise 1: Creating and Retrieving Database Connections
•	Exercise 2: Accessing Data by Using SqlDataSource Controls and Data Controls
•	Exercise 3: Accessing Objects as Data with ObjectDataSource Controls
•	Exercise 4: Accessing XML Data by Using XmlDataSource Controls

After completing this unit, students will be able to:

•	Explain how to store and retrieve database connections by using the Web.Config file.
•	Explain how to use data source controls to access relational data.
•	Explain how to use data source controls to access XML data.
•	Explain how to use data source controls to access object data.
•	Create and retrieve database connections by using the Web.Config file.
•	Access relational data by using the SqlDataSource control and data controls.
•	Access XML data by using the XmlDataSource control and data controls.
•	Access objects as data by using the ObjectDataSource control and data controls.

Unit 7: Controlling Access to a Web Application

This unit describes authentication and authorization for Web applications. It also shows how to develop login, sign-up, and other membership pages for Web applications based on the ASP.NET 2.0 Membership system.

Lessons

•	Authentication for Web Applications
•	Authorization for Web Applications
•	Site Membership Systems Using the Membership Class
•	Web Site Security Administration Using the Roles Class

Lab 7: Controlling Access to a Web Application

•	Exercise 1: Configuring Authentication and Authorization for a Web Application
•	Exercise 2: Implementing a Membership Registration Page
•	Exercise 3: Implementing a Login Page and Adding Login Controls
•	Exercise 4: Creating a Membership Management Administrative User Interface

After completing this unit, students will be able to:

•	Describe the authentication methods for Web applications.
•	Describe the authorization methods for Web applications.
•	Describe the main components of a membership system.
•	Describe how to build a security administration interface.
•	Configure authentication and authorization for a Web application.
•	Implement a membership registration page.
•	Implement a login page.
•	Create a membership management administrative user interface.

Unit 8: Deploying a Web Application

This unit describes three different ways to deploy Web applications:

•	Using the Copy Web Site utility to deploy a Web application in a non-compiled state
•	Using the Publish Web Site utility to deploy a precompiled version of the Web application
•	Building Microsoft Windows( Installer packages to create a redistributable application with full setup logic

Lessons

•	The Copy Web Site Utility
•	The Publish Web Site Utility
•	Windows Installer Setup Packages

Lab 8: Deploying a Web Application

•	Exercise 1. Deploying a Web Application by Using the Copy Web Site Utility
•	Exercise 2. Precompiling and Deploying a Web Application by Using the Publish Web Site Utility
•	Exercise 3. Building a Windows Installer Package for Deploying a Web Application

After completing this unit, students will be able to:

•	Describe how to use the Copy Web Site utility to deploy a Web application.
•	Describe how to use the Publish Web Site utility to precompile and deploy a Web application.
•	Describe how to build Windows Installer packages for deploying a Web application.
•	Deploy a Web application by using the Copy Web Site utility.
•	Precompile and deploy a Web application by using the Publish Web Site utility.
•	Build and run a Windows Installer setup application for deploying a Web application.

Unit 9: Making Web Applications Available to Mobile Devices

This unit explains how to enable browsers running on mobile devices, such as Pocket PCs and mobile phones, to access pages within your application.

Lessons

•	Device Emulators for Mobile Web Forms
•	Mobile Device Detection and Redirection
•	Mobile Web Forms
•	Device-Specific Features in Mobile Web Forms

Lab 9: Making Web Applications Available to Mobile Devices

•	Exercise 1. Managing Redirection for Mobile Devices
•	Exercise 2. Designing and Implementing a Mobile Web Form
•	Exercise 3. Designing Device-Specific Features for a Mobile Web Application
•	Exercise 4. Browsing a Mobile Web Application with Specific Device Emulators

After completing this unit, students will be able to:

•	Explain how to detect mobile devices and redirect them to an appropriate page in a Web application.
•	Describe mobile Web pages, forms, and mobile controls.
•	Explain how to use device-specific features in mobile Web pages to respond to the different capabilities of mobile devices.
•	Explain how to use device emulators in Visual Studio 2005 to test mobile Web pages.
•	Design and implement mobile Web forms.
•	Design device-specific features for mobile Web pages.

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18-20 Jan, 1-3 Feb, 14-16 Mar, 11-13 Apr