Pro .NET 2.0 Windows Forms and Custom Controls in C#

Renowned author Matthew MacDonald combines careful treatment of the API with detailed user-interface design principles. Further, this book incorporates C# and the final beta of .NET 2.0. The result: thorough coverage of Windows Forms and GDI+ namespaces for .NET programmers! You will become equipped to design state-of-the-art Windows interfaces and program graphics, and learn how to create your own controls.

As a developer, you must know more than just how to add a control to a window. You must be able to create an entire user interface framework that's scalable, flexible, and reusable. This book is not a reference manual. Instead, it contains detailed discussions about user interface elements that you'll use on a regular basis.

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.

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.