Developing Applications Using C# 2008/2010: Vol 2, Part 1 of 5

Course description

In this course you will learn about important development topics that are not normally covered in a beginning Windows application programming course. Starting with an introduction to .NET interoperability, you will work through crucial topics such as saving objects to a stream using .NET Serialization, creating and displaying reports, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), working with multiple-document interface (MDI) applications, and drawing your own user interfaces using the System.Drawing namespace. You will dig deeper into working with the most complex built-in controls, the DataGridView control, how to interact with printers and how to print documents. You will also investigate several new Visual Studio 2008 features, including Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), new deployment features using ClickOnce, Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), and new support for Office 2007 products using Visual Studio Tools for Office. You are certain to find many topics here that will extend your knowledge, your capabilities, and your value as a developer.

Each LearnNowOnline training course is made up of Modules (typically an hour in length). Within each module there are Topics (typically 15-30 minutes each) and Subtopics (typically 2-5 minutes each). There is a Post Exam for each Module that must be passed with a score of 70% or higher to successfully and fully complete the course.

Meet the experts

Ken Getz

Ken Getz is a featured instructor for several of our Visual Studio courses. He is a Visual Basic and Visual C# expert and has been recognized multiple times as a Microsoft MVP. Ken is a seasoned instructor, successful consultant, and the author or co-author of several best-selling books. He is a frequent speaker at technical conferences like Tech-Ed, VSLive, and DevConnections and he has written for several of the industry's most-respected publications including Visual Studio Magazine, CoDe Magazine, and MSDN Magazine.

Robert Green

Robert Green is a Visual Studio expert and a featured instructor for several of our Visual Basic and Visual C# courses. He is currently a Technical Evangelist in the Developer Platform and Evangelism (DPE) group at Microsoft. He has also worked for Microsoft on the Developer Tools marketing team and as Community Lead on the Visual Basic team. Robert has several years of consulting experience focused on developer training and is a frequent speaker at technology conferences including TechEd, VSLive, VSConnections, and Advisor Live.

Video Runtime

178 Minutes

Time to complete

238 Minutes

Course Outline

Module 1

Calling COM from Dot NET (23:53)

• Introduction (02:24)
• COM and .Net (01:39)
• Managed/Unmanaged Code (00:23)
• COM Interoperability (00:30)
• Calling COM Objs from .NET (01:06)
• Calling a COM DLL from .NET (00:40)
• Demo: Calling a COM DLL (04:52)
• Interop Assemblies (03:01)
• Demo: Using Interop Assembly (08:15)
• Summary (00:58)

Calling Dot NET from COM (13:09)

• Introduction (00:34)
• .Net Assemblies from COM (01:05)
• Creating COM DLLs in VS (00:43)
• Demo: .NET Code from COM (05:58)
• Wrappers for .NET Classes (01:23)
• Demo: Wrappers for .NET (02:58)
• Summary (00:26)

PInvoke and Web Service (16:54)

• Introduction (00:51)
• Using Platform Invoke (01:09)
• Demo: Calling Windows API (04:23)
• Web Services (01:14)
• Creating an XML Web Service (00:34)
• Demo: Creating a Web Service (08:05)
• Summary (00:34)

Module 2

Create WCF Service (39:16)

• Introduction (00:56)
• Windows Comm. Foundation (01:25)
• WCF to the Rescue (00:47)
• WCF and Web Services (00:46)
• WCF and .NET Remoting (00:48)
• Demo: Hello World (04:43)
• WCF Building Blocks (00:53)
• Sevices (00:29)
• Service Contracts (00:55)
• Data Contracts (00:51)
• Endpoints (01:46)
• Bindings (01:15)
• WCF Provided Bindings (02:00)
• Demo: Products Service (21:17)
• Summary (00:18)

Hosting a Web Service (27:24)

• Introduction (00:30)
• Hosting a WCF Service (00:38)
• Hosting Options (00:54)
• Hosting in IIS (00:48)
• In Client Applictations (01:00)
• Channels (00:58)
• Demo: Hosting a Service (22:14)
• Summary (00:19)

Module 3

Configuration (22:46)

• Introduction (00:56)
• ServiceModel Configuration (01:16)
• services Element (00:38)
• Configuration Example (00:37)
• Multiple Endpoints (01:09)
• Demo: Config WCF Services (17:35)
• Summary (00:31)

Timer Background FSW (35:26)

• Introduction (00:49)
• Introducing Components (01:43)
• Add Components to Your Form (00:40)
• Timer Component (00:38)
• Demo: Use Timer Component (01:41)
• Timer Limitations (01:14)
• BackgroundWker Component (00:48)
• Demo: no BackgroundWker (01:07)
• Demo: w/BackgroundWker (04:15)
• Introducing Multi-Threading (00:40)
• The Multi-Threading Rule (01:25)
• BackgroundWker Members (00:52)
• Demo: Use BackgroundWker (11:23)
• Sequence of Events (01:46)
• FileSysWatcher Component (01:13)
• Demo: FileSysWatcher (03:28)
• Summary (01:38)