Table of Contents

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.

About the Author

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.