Sams Teach Yourself .Net in 21 Days

By Jason Beres

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Author
  • About the Technical Editor
  • Acknowledgments
  • We Want to Hear from You
  • Introduction
  • Week 1: At a Glance
  • Day 1. Introduction to the Microsoft .NET Framework
  • Day 2. Introduction to Visual Studio .NET
  • Day 3. Writing Windows Forms Applications
    • Hello .NET!
    • Understanding Windows Forms
    • Working with Controls Dynamically in Code
    • Using Menus and MDI Forms
    • Using Inheritance in Windows Forms
    • Using Common Dialog Controls
    • More About Controls
    • Making Your Forms Look Pretty
    • Advanced Windows Forms
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Exercises
  • Day 4. Deploying Windows Forms Applications
  • Day 5. Writing ASP.NET Applications
  • Day 6. Deploying ASP.NET Applications
  • Day 7. Exceptions, Debugging, and Tracing
  • Week 1. In Review
  • Week 2: At a Glance
  • Day 8. Core Language Concepts in Visual Basic .NET and C#
  • Day 9. Using Namespaces in .NET
  • Day 10. Accessing Data with ADO.NET
  • Day 11. Understanding Visual Database Tools
  • Day 12. Accessing XML in .NET
  • Day 13. XML Web Services in .NET
  • Day 14. Components and .NET
  • Week 2. In Review
  • Week 3: At a Glance
  • Day 15. Writing International Applications
  • Day 16. Using Macros in Visual Studio .NET
  • Day 17. Automating Visual Studio .NET
  • Day 18. Using Crystal Reports
  • Day 19. Understanding Microsoft Application Center Test
  • Day 20. Using Visual SourceSafe
  • Day 21. Object Role Modeling with Visio
  • Week 3. In Review

Exercises

1. To expand on the form events that occur when opening and closing forms, add code to the child1 and child2 forms to display a messages in each of the key events that occur when a form is created and when a form is destroyed.
2. Using the Application class, create a new form that contains a ListBox control and add the following properties to it:
   • CommonAppDataPath
   • CommonAppDataRegistry
   • CompanyName
   • ExecutablePath
   • ProductName
   • ProductVersion
   • StartupPath
   • UserAppDataPath
   • UserAppDataRegistry
   Hint: After you add the ListBox control to the form, you need to add code in the Form_Load event using the following syntax:

   ListBox1.Items.Add(Application.CommonAppDataPath)
   ListBox1.Items.Add(Application.StartupPath)
   

3. Using the Splitter control, the Panel control, and the knowledge you have gained about docking today, create an Explorer-style application.Hint: The Splitter control has a Dock property that dictates whether it should be a horizontal or vertical splitter.
4. Experiment with the TabControl, DateTimePicker, and ErrorProvider controls. Add the controls to a form, and press Ctrl+F1 to view the help files on these controls.

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