User interfaces with C#

Windows Forms and Custom Controls

Matthew MacDonald

586 pages, parution le 28/10/2002

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Résumé

Describes the architecture of a well-planned user interface-everything from data binding strategies to multiple document view architecture using MDI
Teaches GDI+ essentials such as hit testing, irregularly shaped forms, owner-drawn menus, and animated controls
Shows how to integrate "intelligence" into your user interfaces with embedded help and user agents

USER INTERFACES IN C#: WINDOWS FORMS AND CUSTOM CONTROLS goes beyond simply covering the Windows Forms namespaces by combining a careful treatment of the API with a detailed discussion of good user-interface design principles. The combination will show you how to create the next generation of software applications using the .NET Framework. After reading User Interfaces in C#: Windows Forms and Custom Controls, you'll know how to design state-of-the-art application interfaces, as well as how to extend .NET controls, create data-binding strategies, program graphics, and much more.

This book contains the following:

An overview of how to design elegant user interfaces the average user can understand
A comprehensive examination of the user interface controls and classes in .NET
Best practices and design tips for coding user interfaces and integrating help

Although this book isn't a reference, it does contain detailed discussions about every user interface element you'll use on a regular basis. But you won't just learn how to use .NET controls-you'll learn how and why to extend them, with owner-drawn menus, irregularly shaped forms, and custom controls tailored for specific types of data. As a developer, you need to know more than how to add a control to a window. You also need to know how to create an entire user interface framework that's scalable, flexible, and reusable.

Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Creating Usable Interfaces
Chapter 2: Designing with Classes and Tiers
Chapter 3: Control Class Basics
Chapter 4: Classic Controls
Chapter 5: Forms
Chapter 6: Modern Controls
Chapter 7: Custom Controls
Chapter 8: Design-Time Support for Custom Controls
Chapter 9: Data Controls
Chapter 10: MDI Interfaces and Workspaces
Chapter 11: Dynamic User Interface
Chapter 12: CDI+ Basics
Chapter 13: GDI+ Controls
Chapter 14: Help and Application-Embedded Support

L'auteur - Matthew MacDonald

Auteur et programmeur de talent, Matthew MacDonald a écrit plusieurs ouvrages de la collection Missing Manual et une dizaine de livres consacrés à la programmation avec la plateforme .NET de Microsoft.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Apress
Auteur(s)	Matthew MacDonald
Parution	28/10/2002
Nb. de pages	586
Format	18,7 x 23,4
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1235g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781590590454
ISBN13	978-1-59059-045-4