Developing Microsoft .NET Applications for Windows in Visual Basic .NET (MS2565)

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Developing Microsoft .NET Applications for Windows in Visual Basic .NET (MS2565)

This 24-hours instructor-led course provides Participants with the skills required to build Microsoft® Windows® Forms applications by using the Microsoft .NET Framework. This course is a part of the Microsoft Visual Basic .NET curriculum and is intended to provide Visual Basic programmers with the skills required to create Windows Forms applications by using the .NET Framework. The course will cover the major topics for Windows client application programming on the .NET Framework. These topics include: Windows Forms, GDI+, simple data access, interoperating with unmanaged code, threading and asynchronous programming issues, simple remoting, Web access, XML Web services consumption, debugging, security, and deployment issues for desktop applications.

Target Audience

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. Participants 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.

Prerequisites

Understanding of Visual Basic programming
Experience building applications

The following prerequisites are recommended for this course:

Course 2559A—Introduction to Visual Basic .NET programming

Equivalent knowledge

Examinations
This course helps you prepare for the following Microsoft Certified Professional exam::

Exam 70-306: Developing and Implementing Windows-based Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET

Topics

Module 1: Introducing Windows Forms

This module introduces Windows forms and controls in the .NET Framework. Participants will learn how to create and populate base forms and inherited forms by using the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Framework. They will also learn how to add controls to a form and how to create Multiple Document Interface (MDI) applications.

Module 2: Working With Controls

This module explains how to create event procedures (handlers) in your application that will run in response to user actions. Participants will learn how to add programming logic to the event procedures of a control, how to use the Windows Forms intrinsic controls, dialog boxes, and menus, and how to validate the data entered by users of your application.

Module 3: Building Controls

This module explains how to extend the functionality of an existing Windows control, combine multiple existing controls into a composite control, and build a new custom control. Participants will also learn how to add design-time licensing support to a control.

Module 4: Using Data in Windows Forms Applications

This module explains how to bind Windows forms to various data sources by using ADO .NET. Participants will learn about binding Windows forms to data from sources such as databases and XML files. Participants will get an overview of the XML Web services programming model and learn how to create applications that use XML Web services. The module also provides an overview of how to persist data to and read data from files and isolated storage.

Module 5: Interoperating with Managed Objects

This module explains how to use .NET and COM components in a Windows Forms application. Participants will also learn how to call Win32 APIs in their Windows Forms application.

Module 6: Printing and Reporting in Windows Forms Applications

This module explores how to implement printing in a Windows Forms application and how to create reports in a Windows Forms application by using Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET.

Module 7: Asynchronous Programming

This module explains how to use the techniques of asynchronous programming and multithreading to avoid blocking the user interface of an application.

Module 8: Enhancing the Usability of Applications

This module covers how to use the accessibility, Help, and localization features available in the .NET Framework.

Module 9: Deploying Windows Forms Applications

This module explains assemblies and how to use strong-named assemblies and the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) in the .NET Framework. Participants will also learn how to configure and deploy .NET-based applications.

Module 10: Securing Windows Forms Applications

This module explains the .NET Framework security model. Participants will learn how to use .NET Framework security features in Windows Forms applications.