Sams Teach Yourself C# in 24 Hours

By James Foxall and Wendy Haro-Chun

• 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
    • Working with Controls
    • Creating TopMost Windows
    • Creating Transparent Forms
    • Creating Scrollable Forms
    • Creating MDI Forms
    • Setting the Startup Object
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Workshop
  • 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

Hour 6. Building Forms—Part II

A form is just a canvas, and although you can tailor a form by setting its properties, you'll need to add controls to it to make it functional. In the previous hour, you learned how to add forms to a project, how to set basic form properties, and how to show and hide forms. In this hour, you'll learn all about adding controls to a form, including arranging and aligning controls to create a pleasing and functional interface. You also learn how to create advanced multiple document interfaces (MDIs), as employed in applications such as Word. After you complete the material in this hour, you'll be ready to learn the details about the various controls available in C#.

The highlights of this hour include the following:

• Adding controls to a form
• Positioning, aligning, sizing, spacing, and anchoring controls
• Creating intelligent tab orders
• Adjusting the z-order of controls
• Creating transparent forms
• Creating forms that always float over other forms
• Creating multiple-document interfaces

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