作者：Erik Brown
出版日期：April 2002
出版社：Manning Publications
页数：752
ISBN：ISBN-10: 1930110286 ISBN-13: 978-1930110281
文件格式：PDF

In the .NET environment, GUI elements like menus, buttons, lists,trees—and of course the window itself—are created and deployed usingthe new Windows Forms framework. Windows Forms is an object-orientedset of classes that offers an effective, modern programming environmentfor rich Windows applications development.
Intended for beginner and intermediate programmers willing to gettheir hands dirty, this book teaches by example. Step-by-stepinstructions guide the reader through the entire Windows Formsnamespace. Examples build around a common theme, collectivelydeveloping a real-world application. The book covers fundamentals likelabels, menus, buttons, as well as advanced concepts like owner-drawnlists, explorer-style interfaces, customized data binding, and theintegration of the Microsoft web browser control into a Windowsprogram. Appendices include a 30-page reference to the C# language anda handy visual index of the Windows Forms classes.
What’s Inside:
Owner-drawn list boxes
List and tree views
Multiple document interfaces
Data grids and data binding
Drag and drop
How to implement, among other things:
reusable libraries
auto-filled combo boxes
keyboard and mouse processing
printing and print previewing
embedded web browsers
About the Author
Erik Brown is a 12-year veteran of three startup companies, allsuccessful. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Mathematics fromCarnegie-Mellon University and currently runs a consulting companyspecializing in Windows-based applications and data-driven interfaces.Erik lives in northern Virginia with his wife and two daughters.