Windows Forms in Action

preface
preface to the first edition
acknowledgments
about this book
what’s new in 2.0
about the cover illustration

I Hello Windows Forms

1 Getting started with Windows Forms: Programming in C#; Windows Forms controls; Loading files; Recap
2 Getting started with Visual Studio: Programming with Visual Studio; Windows Forms controls; Loading files; Recap

3 Menus: Controls and containers; The nature of menus; Menu bars; Menu handling; Recap
4 Context menu and status strips: Context menu strips; Drop-down events and event arguments; Status strips; Recap
5 Reusable libraries: Class libraries; The object class; Interfaces; Generics; Recap
6 Files and common dialog boxes: Standard menus; Common file dialog boxes; Streams and writers; Album management; Recap
7 Dialog boxes: Message boxes; The Form.Close method; Forms and panels; Modeless dialog boxes; Recap
8 Text boxes: Form inheritance; Standard text boxes; Masked text boxes; Recap
9 Buttons: Push buttons; Radio buttons; Check box buttons; Tooltips and error providers; Recap
10 Handling user input and encryption: Keyboard events; Mouse events; Encryption; Link labels; Recap
11 List boxes: List controls; Simple list boxes; Multiselection list boxes; Recap
12 Combo boxes: Standard combo boxes; Editable combo boxes; Automatic completion; Item formatting; Recap
13 Tab controls and pages: Tab control fundamentals; Tab page fundamentals; Owner-drawn tabs; Owner-drawn list boxes; Recap
14 Dates, calendars, and progress bars: Date and time display; Date and time formats; Calendars; Progress bars; Recap
15 Bells and whistles: Images and cursors; Embedded resources and sounds; Track bars; Timers; Recap
16 Tool strips: Tool strip fundamentals; Tool strip item fundamentals; Image lists; Tool strip containers; Specialized button items; Recap

17 Custom controls: Extending existing controls; Control-based classes; The ScrollablePictureBox class; User controls; Custom controls in Visual Studio; Recap
18 Explorer interfaces and tree views: Interface styles; Explorer interfaces in .NET; Tree nodes; Custom tree views; Recap
19 List views: List view fundamentals; List view columns; List view features; Virtual Items; Recap
20 Multiple document interfaces: MDI forms; Merged menus; MDI children; MDI child window management; Recap
21 Data binding: Data grid views; Columns and rows; Cells; Recap
22 Two-way binding and binding sources: Binding lists; Editable objects; Simple data binding; Recap
23 Odds and ends .NET: Printing; Drag-and-drop; Web browsing; Application settings; Deployment; Recap
appendix A C# primer
appendix B .NET namespaces
appendix C Visual index
appendix D For more information
bibliography
index