C# for Programmers

1356 Pages·2005·29.565 MB·English

by  Deitel, Harvey M., Deitel, Paul J

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C# P
FOR ROGRAMMERS
S E
ECOND DITION
D ® D S
EITEL EVELOPER ERIES
Harvey M. Deitel
Deitel & Associates, Inc.
Paul J. Deitel ptg
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Object Management Group, OMG, Unified Modeling Language and UML are trademarks of Object
Management Group, Inc.
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To Janie Schwark of Microsoft
With sincere gratitude for the privilege and the pleasure of
working closely with you for so many years.
Harvey M. Deitel and Paul J. Deitel
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Contents
Preface xxiii
1
Introduction to Computers, the Internet
and Visual C# 1
1.1 Introduction 2
1.2 Microsoft’s Windows® Operating System 2
1.3 C# 3
1.4 The Internet and the World Wide Web 4
1.5 Extensible Markup Language (XML) 5
1.6 Microsoft’s .NET 5
1.7 The .NET Framework and the Common Language Runtime 6
1.8 Test-Driving a C# Application 8
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1.9 (Only Required Section of the Case Study) Software Engineering
Case Study: Introduction to Object Technology and the UML 10
1.10 Wrap-Up 16
1.11 Web Resources 16
2
Introduction to the Visual C# 2005
Express Edition IDE 18
2.1 Introduction 19
2.2 Overview of the Visual Studio 2005 IDE 19
2.3 Menu Bar and Toolbar 25
2.4 Navigating the Visual Studio 2005 IDE 27
2.4.1 SolutionExplorer 31
2.4.2 Toolbox 32
2.4.3 PropertiesWindow 33
2.5 Using Help 35
2.6 Using Visual Programming to Create a Simple Program
Displaying Text and an Image 37
2.7 Wrap-Up 49
2.8 Web Resources 50
3
Introduction to C# Applications 51
3.1 Introduction 52