Windows Forms 3.5 Programming For Experienced Visual Basic.NET Programmers

Duration: 3 Days | Price: Contact a Career Consultant for pricing

Students Will Learn:
  • Using Windows Forms and Handling Events
  • Working with Controls
  • Designing and Using Dialogs
  • Interacting with Databases
  • Using Data Binding
  • File I/O
  • XML & Web Services

Description: This course provides students with hands on experience using Visual Studio to create desktop applications with the .NET 3.5 Framework using Visual Basic.NET. Students learn how to leverage the power of the .NET Framework and Windows Forms to build graphical user interfaces for desktop applications. Students will learn how to build modal and modeless dialogs and work with a variety of .NET controls. Students also learn how to use ADO.NET to interact with data sources and display data.

Other topics include: using a .config file to control application configuration; developing and consuming web services; file I/O; using XML data with DataSets; and deploying windows forms applications. Comprehensive labs and exercises provide the students with experience creating and deploying windows desktop applications.

This course provides thorough coverage of the use of Windows Forms for desktop applications. Students requiring additional coverage of Web Forms or Windows Presentation Foundation should contact HOTT to discuss additional training available.

Students unfamiliar with the VB.NET programming language should register for the 5-day Windows Forms 3.5 Programming Using VB.NET class instead.

Prerequisites: Prior experience with Visual Basic.NET is required.

Windows Forms 3.5 Programming For Experienced Visual Basic.NET Programmers Course Overview:

Windows Forms 3.5 Features
  • Overview of Windows Forms 3.5 Applications
  • Working with Properties and Methods
  • Using a .config File
   Creating Windows Forms Applications
  • Using the Windows Forms Designer
  • Understanding the Life-cycle of a Windows Form
  • Handling Form Events
  • Using the MessageBox Class
Using Controls
  • Overview of Controls
  • Showing/Hiding Controls
  • Setting Focus to a Control
  • Working with Text Controls
  • Working with Button Controls
  • Working with Selection Controls
  • Working with List Controls
  • Working with Image Controls
  • Working with the Up/Down Conrols
  • Using the ErrorProvider and ToolTipProvider Controls
   Handling Events
  • Understanding the Event Driven Programming Model
  • Writing Event Handlers
  • Sharing Event Handlers between Events
ADO.NET
  • Understanding the ADO.NET Object Model
  • Connected vs. Disconnected Access
  • Using a Connection to Connect to a Data Source
  • Using a Command to Execute Queries and Stored Procedures
  • Using a DataReader to Work with Cursors
  • Using the DataSet with Disconnected Data
  • Using DataAdapters with DataSets
  Using XML
  • Understanding XML and XML Schemas
  • Reading XML Data with a DataSet
  • Writing XML Data with a DataSet
Data Binding in .NET 3.5
  • Understanding ADO.NET Data Binding
  • Binding to Simple and Complex Controls
  • Manually Binding Controls
  • Using the BindingSource Control
  • Using the BindingNavigator Control
  • Using the DataGridView Control
  Working with Dialogs
  • Using the Common Dialogs
  • Comparing Modal and Modeless Dialogs
  • Working with DialogResults
  • Displaying Modal Dialogs
  • Retrieving Data from Modal Dialogs
  • Displaying Modeless Dialogs
  • Moving Data from Modeless Dialogs
Working with Menus, Toolbars and Status Bars
  • Building Menus with the MenuStrip Control
  • Using the ToolStrip Control with Toolbars
  • Displaying Data using the StatusStrip Control
  Working with Files and Directories
  • Overview of the System.IO Namespace
  • Examining with File and Directory Attributes
  • Working with Files and Directories
  • Reading Files
  • Writing Files
Introduction to Web Services
  • Overview of Web Services
  • Creating a Web Service
  • Using WSDL and Proxy Classes
  • Consuming a Web Service
   Deploying .NET Applications
  • Overview of .NET 3.5 Deployment Options
  • Using XCOPY
  • Using Setup Projects
  • Using Click-Once Deployment

Student Testimonials

"This course was really excellent and stimulating. The course was very meaty and not only was the instructor very knowledgeable, but very funny as well. He was very engaging."
– D.B., Attachmate Corp

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