Windows Forms Programming With C-Sharp; Erik Brown

755 Pages·2002·14.61 MB·English

Components
The Component class represents an object that is marshaled by reference and can exist
within a container. This figure shows the complete set of Windows Forms classes derived
from the System.ComponentModel.Component class.
Common dialogs
The CommonDialog class represents a component that provides a standard interface for
common functionality required by Windows Forms applications. This figure shows the com-
plete set of Windows Forms classes derived from the System.Windows.Forms.Common-
Dialog class.

Windows Forms
Programming with C#
ERIK BROWN
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brief contents
Part 1 Hello Windows Forms 1
1 Getting started with Windows Forms 3
2 Getting started with Visual Studio .NET 34
Part 2 Basic Windows Forms 67
3 Menus 69
4 Status bars 102
5 Reusable libraries 126
6 Common file dialogs 161
7 Drawing and scrolling 194
8 Dialog boxes 224
9 Basic controls 263
10 List controls 314
11 More controls 353
12 A .NET assortment 383
13 Toolbars and tips 410
Part 3 Advanced Windows Forms 437
14 List views 439
15 Tree views 485
16 Multiple document interfaces 525
17 Data binding 564
18 Odds and ends .NET 603
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