Developing Microsoft .NET Applications for Windows (VB.NET) UK Classes & Lessons (Microsoft)

About this class

This course provides delegates with the skills required to build Microsoft Windows forms applications by using the Microsoft .NET framework.

Who will the lesson benefit?

This course is intended for the intermediate programmer who is responsible for designing and building Windows-based applications with the .NET Framework. It is designed for developers who have Visual Basic development skills.Students are required to have the following skills:

Experience with a .NET language such as Visual Basic .NET
Experience developing basic applications with MFC and/or Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0

Typically, these individuals perform the following key activities:

Help create functional specifications.
Design and develop user interfaces.
Create and test prototypes.
Write Windows Forms applications.

What delegates will learn

Delegates will learn how to:

Create and populate Windows forms
Organise controls on Windows forms
Create menus in a Windows Forms application
Add code to form and control event procedures in a Windows forms application
Create Multiple-Document Interface (MDI) applications
Use dialogs in Windows forms applications
Validate user input in a Windows forms application
Create and use user controls in a Windows forms application
Create licenses for controls
Bind Windows applications to various data sources using Microsoft ADO.NET
Consume Web services with Windows forms applications
Use .NET and COM components in a Windows forms application
Call Win32 Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) from a Windows Forms application
Migrate Visual Basic 6.0 applications to Visual Basic .NET
Print documents in a Windows Forms application
Create and format reports using crystal reports
Create multithreaded Windows Forms applications
Debug a Windows Forms application
Incorporate accessibility features in a Windows forms application
Localise a Windows Forms application
Create help files in a Windows Forms application
Deploy a Windows Forms application
Implement code-access and role-based security in a Windows Forms application
Add deployment flexibility to applications by using shared assemblies

What prerequisites are required

Delegates should have an understanding of Visual Basic .NET/C# programming and experience building applications.

The following prerequisites are recommended for this course:

Introduction to Visual Basic .NET programming, Or equivalent knowledge

Contents of this class

Introducing Windows Forms

Creating a Form
Adding Controls to a Form
Creating an Inherited Form
Organising Controls on a Form
Creating MDI applications

Working With Controls

Creating an Event Handler for a Control
Using Windows Forms Controls
Using Dialogs; Validating User Input
Creating Controls at Runtime
Creating Menus

Building Controls

Options for Creating Controls
Adding Functionality to Controls
Adding Design-Time support for Controls
Licensing a Control

Using Data In Windows Forms Applications

Adding ADO.NET Objects to a Windows Forms Application
Accessing and Modifying Data by Using DataSets
Binding Data to Controls
Using the DataGrid Control
Overview of XML Web Services
Creating a Simple XML Web Services Client

Interoperating With Com Objects

Using .NET and COM Components in a Windows Forms Application
Calling Win32 APIs from Windows Forms Applications

Reporting And Printing In Windows Forms Applications

Creating Reports Using Crystal Reports
Printing From a Windows Forms Application
Using the Print Preview, Page Setup, and Print Dialogs
Constructing Print Document Content Using GDI+

Asynchronous Programming:

The .NET Asynchronous Programming Model
The Asynchronous Programming Model Design Pattern
How to Make Asynchronous Calls to Methods

Enhancing The Usability Of Applications

Adding Accessibility Features; Adding Help to an Application
Localising an Application

Deploying Windows Forms Applications

.NET Assemblies
Deploying Windows Forms Applications

Securing Windows Forms Applications

Security in the .NET Framework
Using Code Access Security
Using Role-Based Security