By using C# and the final beta of NET 2.0, this book covers Windows Forms and GDI+ namespaces thoroughly for the .NET programmer in 2005. Experienced author Matthew MacDonald achieves this by combining careful treatment of the API with detailed discussion of solid user-interface design principles. This is an update for .NET 2.0 of MacDonald's previous edition (1590590457) which gained wide community recognition. Upon reading this edition, you will be equipped to design state-of-the-art Windows interfaces and program graphics, and know how to create your own controls

Autorentext
Matthew MacDonald is an author,educator, and MCSD developer who has a passion for emerging technologies. He isthe author of more than a dozen books about .NET programming. In a dimly-remembered past life, he studied English literature and theoretical physics.

Klappentext

*The first advanced book offering important .NET 2.0 insights into C# and Windows Forms *Explains taking .NET controls to highest level for programmers, with advanced customizations *Follows the successful formula of the previous edition (1590590457), examining all the .NET controls from old staples to the new .NET 2.0 controls

Inhalt
Windows Forms Fundamentals.- User Interface Architecture.- Control Basics.- Forms.- The Classic Controls.- Images and Resources.- Lists and Trees.- Drawing with GDI+.- Data Binding.- Custom Controls.- Custom Control Basics.- User Controls.- Derived Controls.- Owner-Drawn Controls.- Design-Time Support for Custom Controls.- Modern Controls.- Tool, Menu, and Status Strips.- The DataGridView.- Sound and Video.- The WebBrowser.- Windows Forms Techniques.- Validation and Masked Editing.- Multiple and Single Document Interfaces.- Multithreading.- Dynamic Interfaces and Layout Engines.- Help Systems.- Advanced Custom Controls.- Skinned Forms and Animated Buttons.- Dynamic Drawing with a Design Surface.- Custom Extender Providers.- Advanced Design-Time Support.