Creating User Services
Create a Windows Form by using the Windows Forms Designer.
Add and set properties on a Windows Form.
Create a Windows Form by using visual inheritance.
Build graphical interface elements by using the System.Drawing
namespace.
Add controls to a Windows Form.
Set properties on controls.
Load controls dynamically.
Write code to handle control events and add the code to a
control.
Instantiate and invoke an ActiveX® control.
Configure control licensing.
Create menus and menu items.
Implement navigation for the user interface (UI).
Configure the order of tabs.
Validate user input.
Validate non-Latin user input.
Implement error handling in the UI.
Create and implement custom error messages.
Create and implement custom error handlers.
Raise and handle errors.
Implement online user assistance.
Display and update data.
Transform and filter data.
Bind data to the UI.
Instantiate and invoke a Web service or component.
Instantiate and invoke a Web service.
Instantiate and invoke a COM or COM+ component.
Instantiate and invoke a .NET component.
Call native functions by using platform invoke.
Implement globalization.
Implement localizability for the UI.
Convert existing encodings.
Implement right-to-left and left-to-right mirroring.
Prepare culture-specific formatting.
Create, implement, and handle events.
Implement print capability.
Implement accessibility features.
Creating and Managing Components and .NET Assemblies
Create and modify a .NET assembly.
Create and implement satellite assemblies.
Create resource-only assemblies.
Create a Windows control.
Create a Windows control by using visual inheritance.
Host a Windows control inside Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Consuming and Manipulating Data
Access and manipulate data from a Microsoft SQL Server™ database by creating
and using ad hoc queries and stored procedures.
Access and manipulate data from a data store. Data stores include relational
databases, XML documents, and flat files. Methods include XML techniques and
ADO .NET.
Handle data errors.
Testing and Debugging
Create a unit test plan.
Implement tracing.
Add trace listeners and trace switches to an application.
Display trace output.
Debug, rework, and resolve defects in code.
Configure the debugging environment.
Create and apply debugging code to components and applications.
Provide multicultural test data to components and applications.
Execute tests.
Resolve errors and rework code.
Deploying a Windows-based Application
Plan the deployment of a Windows-based application.
Plan a deployment that uses removable media.
Plan a Web-based deployment.
Plan a network-based deployment.
Ensure that the application conforms to Windows Installer
requirements and Windows Logo Program requirements.
Create a setup program that installs an application and allows for the
application to be uninstalled.
Register components and assemblies.
Perform an install-time compilation of a Windows-based
application.
Deploy a Windows-based application.
Use setup and deployment projects.
Add assemblies to the Global Assembly Cache.
Verify security policies for a deployed application.
Launch a remote application (URL remoting).
Maintaining and Supporting a Windows-based Application