VB.NET Training Outline

• NET Framework architecture
• The role of the Common Language Runtime (CLR) and core .NET Framework classes
• Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL)
• Just-In-Time (JIT) compilation
• Assemblies, native assemblies, and the Global Assembly Cache (GAC)
• Comparison of VB.NET, C#, and J#
• Understanding the types of programs that can be created with .NET
• Windows applications
• Windows services
• ASP.NET Web applications
• ASP.NET Web services
• Command-line programs
• Reusable assemblies
• Introducing Windows Forms
• Creating a Windows Application
• Understanding Classes, Inheritance, and Namespaces
• Using The System.Windows.Forms.Form class
• Designing a Form using Windows Forms Designer
• Exploring the Forms Designer generated code
• Using the Application class
• Using the MessageBox class
• Setting and Adding Properties to a Windows Form
• Using the Visual Designer to set Windows Form Properties
• Setting Windows Forms Properties programatically
• Adding new Property to a Windows Form
• Using Visual Inheritance
• Event Handling
• Handling Events by attaching a delegate
• Handling Events by overriding protected method of base class.
• Building graphical interface elements by using the System.Drawing namespace
• Understanding The Graphics Object
• Understanding The Windows Forms Coordinate System
• Drawing Text on a Form
• Drawing Shapes
• Working with images
• Controls
• Adding Controls to a Windows Form
• Adding Controls using Windows Forms Designer
• Adding Controls Dynamically
• Setting properties of Controls
• Important common properties of controls
• Anchor
• Dock
• Enabled
• Font
• Location
• Name
• Size
• TabIndex and TabStop
• Visible
• Configuring the order of tabs
• Handling Control Events
• Dialog Boxes
• Common Dialog Boxes
• Creating a Custom Dialog Box
• Common Windows Forms Controls
• Control Hierarchy
• Label and LinkLabel
• TextBox and RichTextBox
• PictureBox
• GroupBox and Panel
• Button, CheckBox and RadioButton
• ListBox, CheckedListBox and ComboBox
• DomainUpDown and NumericUpDown
• MonthCalendar and DateTimePicker
• TreeView and ListView
• Timer, TrackBar and ProgressBar
• HScrollBar and VScrollBar
• TabControl
• Creating Menu and Menu Items
• Main Menu
• Context Menu
• StatusBar
• ToolBar
• Creating Multiple-Document Interface (MDI) Applications
• Exceptions
• What is an exception?
• Handling Exceptions
• The try Block
• The catch Block
• The throw Statement
• The finally Block
• Custom Exceptions
• Managing Unhandled Exception
• User Input Validation
• Keystroke-Level Validation
• The KeyPreview Property
• Field-Level Validation
• The Validating Event
• The CausesValidation Property
• ErrorProvider
• Enabling Controls Based On Input
• Other properties for Validation
• The CharacterCasing Property
• The MaxLength Property
• Creating and Managing Components and .NET Assemblies
• Creating and Managing .NET Components
• Creating components by extending the UserControl class
• Creating and implementing Events
• Extending a control through Visual Inheritance
• Hosting a control inside Internet Explorer
• Creating components by extending the Control class
• Creating components by extending the Component class
• Creating and Managing .NET Assemblies
• Single-file and multi-file assemblies
• Static and dynamic assemblies
• Private and shared assemblies
• Satellite and Resource-only assemblies
• Data Binding
• Bind Data to the UI
• Simple Data Binding
• Bindable Entities
• Properties That Can Be Bound
• The Architecture of Data Binding
• Complex Data Binding
• Binding to a ComboBox or ListBox
• Binding to a DataGrid
• One-Way and Two-Way Data Binding
• The BindingContext and CurrencyManager Classes
• Using the Data Form Wizard
• Building a Single-Table Data Form
• Building a Multiple-Table Data Form
• Transform and Filter Data
• Using Server Explorer
• Adding a Data Connection
• Object Design From Server Explorer
• Drag-and-Drop From Server Explorer
• Filtering Data
• Filtering With DataViews
• Filtering At The Server
• Transforming Data With Lookups
• Consuming and Manipulating Data
• Access and Manipulate SQL Server data
• Using Ad Hoc Queries
• Running Queries
• The SELECT Statement
• The INSERT Statement
• The UPDATE Statement
• The DELETE Statement
• Using Stored Procedures
• Creating a Stored Procedure
• Running Stored Procedures from .NET
• Using Parameters in Stored Procedures
• The @@IDENTITY Variable
• Access and Manipulate Data
• Working with Disk Files
• Browsing for Files
• Streams and Backing Stores
• Using the FileStream Class
• Using the StreamReader and StreamWriter Classes
• Using the BinaryReader and BinaryWriter Classes
• The ADO.NET Object Model
• Data Providers and Their Objects
• The DataSet Objects
• Using DataSets
• Populating a DataSet From a Database
• Moving Around in DataSets and Retrieving Data
• Using Strongly Typed DataSets
• DataSets With Multiple Tables
• Finding and Sorting Data in DataSets
• Editing Data with ADO.NET
• Updating Data
• Adding Data
• Deleting Data
• Editing With a DataGrid
• Using XML Data
• XML Basics
• Using the XmlDocument Class
• Treating XML as Relational Data
• Handle Data Errors
• Handling Database Errors
• Handling Multi-User Errors
• Web Services
• Understanding Web services
• SOAP
• Disco and UDDI
• WSDL
• Invoking your first Web service
• Creating Web services
• Creating a Web service Project
• Testing the Web service Project
• Discovering Web services
• Disco and UDDI
• Using the Web Services Discovery Tool (disco.exe)
• Instantiating and invoking Web services
• Creating Proxy Classes With the Web Services Description Language Tool (wsdl.exe)
• Using Web References
• Testing a Web Service
• Testing and Debugging a Web Application
• Testing
• Creating a test plan
• Executing unit tests
• Testing international applications
• Tracing
• Using the TraceContext class
• Using Trace and Debug
• Trace listeners
• Trace switches
• Conditional compilation
• Debugging
• Setting breakpoints and conditional breakpoints
• Stepping through program execution
• Debugging a running process
• Debugging a remote process
• Globalization
• Understanding Localization and Globalization
• The Localization Process
• What Should be Localized?
• Implementing Localization for the User Interface
• Understanding Cultures
• About Culture Codes
• The CultureInfo Class
• The CurrentCulture and CurrentUICulture Properties
• The Invariant Culture
• Displaying Localized Information
• Setting Culture Properties
• Working with Resource Files
• Localizing Forms in the Designer
• Creating Resource Files
• Localizing Resources at Runtime
• Converting Existing Encodings
• Understanding Unicode
• Converting Encodings
• Implementing Mirroring
• Understanding Mirroring
• Mirroring in .NET
• Validating Non-Latin User Input
• String Indexing
• Comparing and Sorting Data
• Working with Legacy Code
• Using ActiveX Controls
• The Windows Forms ActiveX Control Importer
• Importing Controls With the Toolbox
• Using ActiveX Controls on Windows Forms
• Using COM Components
• Understanding Runtime Callable Wrappers
• Using TLBIMP
• Using COM Components Directly
• Using COM+ Components
• Using Platform Invoke
• User Assistance and Accessibility
• Selecting a Help Compiler
• Creating HTML Help 1.3
• Creating a Help Project
• Creating Topic Files
• Working with Links
• Creating a Table of Contents and an Index
• Compiling and Testing a Help File
• Creating HTML Help 2.0
• Creating a Help Project
• Creating Topic Files
• Working with Links
• Creating a Table of Contents and an Index
• Compiling and Testing a Help File
• Implementing User Assistance
• Using the HelpProvider Component
• Creating Pop-up Help for Dialog Boxes
• Using the ToolTip Component
• Implementing Accessibility Features
• Understanding Accessible Design Guidelines
• Setting Control Properties for Accessibility
• Supporting High Contrast Mode
• Testing Application Accessibility
• Printing
• Using the PrintDocument Component
• Printing Text
• Printing Graphics
• Initialization and Cleanup
• Using the Printing Controls
• The PageSetupDialog, PrintDialog and PrintPreviewDialog Component
• The PrintPreviewControl Control
• Testing and Debugging a Windows Application
• Testing
• Creating a Test Plan
• Executing Tests
• Unit Testing
• Integration Testing
• Regression Testing
• Testing International Applications
• Tracing
• Using Trace and Debug to display information
• Trace Listeners
• Trace Switches
• Conditional Compilation
• Debugging
• Stepping through Program Execution
• Setting BreakPoints
• Analyzing Program State to Resolve Errors
• Debugging on Exceptions
• Debugging a Running Process
• Debugging a Remote Process
• Debugging the Code in DLL files
• Deploying a Windows-based Application
• Deployment Tools
• XCOPY Deployment
• Windows Installer
• Deploying a Windows application
• Creating a Setup Project
• Customizing a Setup Project
• Using the File System Editor
• Using the Registry Editor
• Using the File Types Editor
• Using the User Interface Editor
• Using the Custom Actions Editor
• Using the Launch Conditions Editor
• Shared Assemblies
• Assigning Strong Name to an Assembly
• Adding an assembly to the Global Assembly Cache
• Referencing an Assembly from the GAC
• How the Run-time Locates Assemblies
• Delay Signing an Assembly
• Creating a setup project for distributing components
• Creating Installation Components
• Understanding the Installer class
• Working with Predefined Installation Components
• Deploying an Assembly containing the Installation Components
• Working With Installer Classes
• URL Remoting
• Launching a Remote Application
• The Download Cache
• Code Access Security Policy
• AllowPartiallyTrustedCallersAttribute
• Setting Runtime Security Policy for an Assembly
• Setting Runtime Security Policy for a Zone
• Methods of Deployment
• Deployment via Removable Media
• Network-based Deployment
• Web-based Deployment
• Windows Logo Programs
• Conclusion