Pro .NET 2.0 Windows Forms and Custom Controls P1

The late 1990s brought us the revolution of the Internet. After 15 years of moving from a serverbasedmodel of computing to a client/server-based model, the pendulum swung back heavilytoward the server with the rapid growth of Web pages, HTML, and server-based applications.There was much to like about Web applications. Designers liked them because they hadlots of great ways to apply nice-looking style sheets and layouts. Companies liked them becausethey did away with all the expensive and risky aspects of deploying client applications. All thathad to be done was to install the application on a Web server, and you were done....
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Pro .NET 2.0 Windows Forms and Custom Controls P1Pro .NET 2.0 WindowsForms and CustomControls in C#■■■Matthew MacDonaldPro .NET 2.0 Windows Forms and Custom Controls in C#Copyright © 2006 by Matthew MacDonaldAll rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrievalsystem, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner and the publisher.ISBN (pbk): 1-59059-439-8Printed and bound in the United States of America 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1Trademarked names may appear in this book. 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Although every precautionhas been taken in the preparation of this work, neither the author(s) nor Apress shall have any liability toany person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectlyby the information contained in this work.The source code for this book is available to readers at http://www.apress.com in the Source Code section.For Nora and PaulContents at a GlanceForeword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvAbout the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxviiAbout the Technical Reviewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxixAcknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiiiPART 1 ■■■ Windows Forms Fundamentals■CHAPTER 1 User Interface Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3■CHAPTER 2 Control Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41■CHAPTER 3 Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73■CHAPTER 4 The Classic Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111■CHAPTER 5 Images and Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151■CHAPTER 6 Lists and Trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173■CHAPTER 7 Drawing with GDI+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211■CHAPTER 8 Data Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263PART 2 ■■■ Custom Controls■CHAPTER 9 Custom Control Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321■CHAPTER 10 User Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337■CHAPTER 11 Derived Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365■CHAPTER 12 Owner-Drawn Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389■CHAPTER 13 Design-Time Support for Custom Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425PART 3 ■■■ Modern Controls■CHAPTER 14 Tool, Menu, and Status Strips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477■CHAPTER 15 The DataGridView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521■CHAPTER 16 Sound and Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579■CHAPTER 17 The WebBrowser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593 vvi ■C O N T E N T S A T A G L A N C E PART 4 ■■■ Wind ...