Sams Teach Yourself C# in 24 Hours
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgments
- Tell Us What You Think!
- Introduction
- Audience and Organization
- Conventions Used in This Book
- Onward and Upward!
- Part I. The Visual Studio Environment
- Hour 1. A C# Programming Tour
- Hour 2. Navigating C#
- Hour 3. Understanding Objects and Collections
- Hour 4. Understanding Events
- Part II. Building a User Interface
- Hour 5. Building FormsPart I
- Hour 6. Building FormsPart II
- Hour 7. Working with the Traditional Controls
- Hour 8. Advanced Controls
- Hour 9. Adding Menus and Toolbars to Forms
- Hour 10. Drawing and Printing
- Part III. Making Things HappenProgramming!
- Hour 11. Creating and Calling Methods
- Hour 12. Using Constants, Data Types, Variables, and Arrays
- Hour 13. Performing Arithmetic, String Manipulation, and Date/Time Adjustments
- Hour 14. Making Decisions in C# Code
- Hour 15. Looping for Efficiency
- Hour 16. Debugging Your Code
- Hour 17. Designing Objects Using Classes
- Hour 18. Interacting with Users
- Part IV. Working with Data
- Hour 19. Performing File Operations
- Hour 20. Controlling Other Applications Using Automation
- Hour 21. Working with a Database
- Part V. Deploying Solutions and Beyond
- Hour 22. Deploying a Solution
- Hour 23. Introduction to Web Development
- Hour 24. The 10,000-Foot View
- Appendix A. Answers to Quizzes/Exercises
Part IV: Working with Data
Most applications written these days are data-centric. In this part, you'll learn basic file operations, such as creating and deleting files and folders. You'll also learn basic database skills, such as navigating and working with sets of records. Last, you'll learn how to use Automation to control the behavior of other applications such as Microsoft Word.
- Hour 19: Performing File Operations
- Hour 20: Controlling Other Applications Using Automation
- Hour 21: Working with a Database
Hour 19. Performing File Operations | Next Section

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