2005-04-29 Windows Forms Overview

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Windows Forms in Visual Studio 2005: An OverviewName: Joe Stegman

Title: Lead Program Manager

Session code


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Agenda

Goals

Deployment

New Feature Demonstrations

Run time

Design Time, Layout and Configuration

Data

Questions


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Windows Forms in Visual Studio 2005:Design Goals

Bring the ease and reliability of Webapplication deployment to client apps

Professional Look and Feel

New controls and enhancements

Simplify client application development

Simplify working with data

Fewer lines of code

Fewer clicks


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Deployment with ClickOnce

Smart Client Deploy meets Web Deploy Run an application by clicking on a URL Update an application by updating a server

Robust Downloader & Installer File & HTTP server support Flexible updates optional, required, etc.. Start Menu & Add/Remove Programs integration Extensibility via an API

Deep Visual Studio Integration Rich Security Model

CLR CAS sandboxing Permission elevation prompting w/ Authenticode


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Demo: Deployment using

ClickOnce


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New Windows Forms Components

NewToolBars and Menus (ToolStrip)

DataGridView

SplitContainer WebBrowser

MaskedEdit

TableLayout, FlowLayout

BackgroundWorker

BindingSource (manages bindings)


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More New Windows Forms

Features Client Configuration

Read/Write User Settings

Read Only Application Settings

Asynchronous Component

Sound API

XP control and OS features

Enhanced Existing Controls


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New Windows Forms Designer

Features

Smart Tags

Snap Lines RAD Data

Simplified Data Binding

Partial Classes


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Demo: Developing Applications using

Windows Forms and Visual Studio 2005


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Visual Studio 2005Tools For Office

Leverage existing Office experience Strategic tool for developing Office

solutions Supports Excel 2003, Word 2003 and InfoPath 2003 Designed for professional developers:

Visual C# and Visual Basic .NET

Office development approachable Provides all the productivity of Visual Studio Provides all the power of the .NET Framework

Secure and easy to deploy


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Demo: Visual Studio Tools for

Office


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Resources: ClickOnce

Introduction to ClickOnce: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-

us/dnwinforms/html/clickonce.asp

ClickOnce Articles: http://www.windowsforms.net/Articles/default.aspx?PageID=1&Cat=%22ClickOnc

e%22+Deployment&ModuleFilter=131&tabindex=3

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnreal/html/realworld12012004.asp

FAQ: http://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclient/community/wffaq/wf20.aspx#9mqicswf
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwinforms/html/clickonce.asphttp://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwinforms/html/clickonce.asphttp://www.windowsforms.net/Articles/default.aspx?PageID=1&Cat=%22ClickOnce%22+Deployment&ModuleFilter=131&tabindex=3http://www.windowsforms.net/Articles/default.aspx?PageID=1&Cat=%22ClickOnce%22+Deployment&ModuleFilter=131&tabindex=3http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnreal/html/realworld12012004.asphttp://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnreal/html/realworld12012004.asphttp://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclient/community/wffaq/wf20.aspxhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclient/community/wffaq/wf20.aspxhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnreal/html/realworld12012004.asphttp://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnreal/html/realworld12012004.asphttp://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnreal/html/realworld12012004.asphttp://www.windowsforms.net/Articles/default.aspx?PageID=1&Cat=%22ClickOnce%22+Deployment&ModuleFilter=131&tabindex=3http://www.windowsforms.net/Articles/default.aspx?PageID=1&Cat=%22ClickOnce%22+Deployment&ModuleFilter=131&tabindex=3http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwinforms/html/clickonce.asphttp://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwinforms/html/clickonce.asphttp://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwinforms/html/clickonce.asp


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Resources: Windows Forms

Smart Client on MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclient http://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclient/understanding/windowsforms

http://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclient/community/wffaq/wf20.aspx Windows Forms web site:

http://www.windowsforms.net

Beta 1 Samples: http://www.windowsforms.net/Default.aspx?tabindex=4&tabid=49#Whidb

ey%20Beta%201 Online Discussion Forums:

http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=2

http://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclient/community/discussions/default.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclienthttp://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclient/understanding/windowsformshttp://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclient/community/wffaq/wf20.aspxhttp://www.windowsforms.net/http://www.windowsforms.net/Default.aspx?tabindex=4&tabid=49http://www.windowsforms.net/Default.aspx?tabindex=4&tabid=49http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=2http://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclient/community/discussions/default.aspxhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclient/community/discussions/default.aspxhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclient/community/discussions/default.aspxhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclient/community/discussions/default.aspxhttp://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=2http://www.windowsforms.net/Default.aspx?tabindex=4&tabid=49http://www.windowsforms.net/Default.aspx?tabindex=4&tabid=49http://www.windowsforms.net/http://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclient/community/wffaq/wf20.aspxhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclient/understanding/windowsformshttp://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclient


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Resources: Visual Studio Tools for

Office (VSTO)

VSTO on MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/vsto/
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/vsto/http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/vsto/

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