11645nam 2200661Ia 450 991095636390332120251117114950.01-280-54419-897866105441961-930919-31-X(CKB)111086906340664(CtWfDGI)bks00002299(SSID)ssj0000092650(PQKBManifestationID)11981431(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000092650(PQKBWorkID)10031534(PQKB)11747922(MiAaPQ)EBC3301795(Au-PeEL)EBL3301795(CaPaEBR)ebr10110766(CaONFJC)MIL54419(OCoLC)923121694(BIP)7941993(EXLCZ)9911108690634066420021108d2002 uy 0engurzn||||||txtccr.NET for Visual FoxPro developers /Kevin McNeishWhitefish Bay, Wis. Hentzenwerke Publishingc2002xxvii, 524 pIncludes index.Title from title screen.1-930919-30-1 Intro -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Introducing .NET -- What is .NET? -- What is the .NET Framework? -- The .NET Framework class library -- The Common Language Runtime -- Why .NET for VFP developers? -- Marketability -- ASP.NET -- Building middle-tier components -- Language interoperability -- Abstracting operating system services -- Multithreading -- You're in a great position to learn .NET -- Managed Code -- Assemblies -- Manifests -- Private and shared assemblies -- Namespaces -- .NET Programming Languages -- Visual C# .NET -- Visual Basic .NET -- Naming Guidelines -- Overview of the development process -- Requirements gathering -- Building a plan for construction -- Designing and building business objects -- Data modeling -- Building the user interface -- Building an XML Web service -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Visual Studio .NET -- The Start Page -- Get Started -- What's New -- Online Community -- Headlines -- Search Online -- Downloads -- XML Web Services -- Web Hosting -- My Profile -- Showing the Start Page -- Solutions and Projects -- Creating a new project -- Project Templates -- Example: Building a Visual Basic Windows Application -- Examining the new solution with Solution Explorer -- Examining the new project -- Adding another project to an existing solution -- Specifying a startup project -- Building a Solution -- Build configurations -- Build options -- Building your sample solution -- Examining the build output files -- Running the compiled program -- Creating and installing shared assemblies -- Dynamic Help -- The Properties Window -- Sorting items in the Properties Window -- Displaying events -- Code editing -- IntelliSense -- Outlining -- Bookmarks -- Formatting text -- Visual Studio .NET Windows -- Tool windows -- Document windows -- Searching and Replacing -- Find and Replace -- Find in Files and Replace in Files -- Find Symbols.Setting IDE options -- Object Browser -- Class View window -- C# special Class View features -- Task List -- Command Window -- Favorites -- Toolbox -- Server Explorer -- Data Connections -- Servers -- Source control -- Macro Explorer -- Macros IDE -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Introduction to C# -- Weak typing vs. strong typing -- A simple C# program -- C# syntax -- Case sensitivity -- Semicolons and multi-line statements -- Code placement -- Grouping statements together -- Comments -- Namespaces -- Defining a simple class -- The default base class -- Defining class methods -- Declaring variables -- Fields -- Field modifiers -- Value and reference types -- Understanding the stack and the heap -- Value and reference type performance -- The string type -- Assigning one string to another -- Enumerations -- Arrays -- Declaring arrays -- Storing values to arrays -- Sorting arrays -- Multidimensional arrays -- Type conversions -- Implicit type conversions -- Explicit type conversion using casts -- Converting to string -- Using Parse to convert strings -- Boxing and unboxing values -- The 'is' operator -- 'if' statement -- 'switch' statement -- 'for' loop -- 'while' loop -- 'do' loop -- 'foreach' loop -- XML Documentation -- Unsafe Code -- C# as an international, industry standard language -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Introduction to Visual Basic .NET -- Changes for Visual Basic 6 backward compatibility -- Weak Typing vs. Strong Typing -- Option Explicit and Option Strict -- A simple Visual Basic .NET program -- Visual Basic .NET Syntax -- Case insensitivity -- End-of-line and line continuation characters -- Grouping statements together -- Comments -- Namespaces -- Defining a simple class -- The default base class -- Defining class methods -- Returning values from a method -- Declaring variables -- Member variables -- Member variable modifiers.Value and reference types -- The string type -- Strings as reference types -- Enumerations -- Arrays -- Declaring Arrays -- Redimensioning arrays -- Storing values to arrays -- Sorting arrays -- Multidimensional arrays -- Type conversions -- Implicit type conversions -- Explicit type conversion -- The 'CType' function -- Converting to string -- Converting strings with 'Val' -- Boxing and unboxing in Visual Basic .NET -- The 'TypeOf' operator -- 'If' statement -- 'Select…Case' statement -- 'For…Next' loop -- 'While' loop -- 'Do' loop -- 'For Each' loop -- 'With' statement -- XML Documentation Tool -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Object Orientation in C# and Visual Basic .NET -- Where do you put your code? -- Classes -- Defining classes -- Defining fields (member variables) -- Defining properties -- Read-only and write-only properties -- Defining methods -- Specifying method parameters -- Overloaded methods -- Constructor methods -- Destructor methods -- Class inheritance -- Specifying a base class -- Overriding inherited methods -- Virtual (Overridable) methods -- Extending inherited methods -- Polymorphism and virtual methods -- Hiding inherited methods -- Preventing inheritance -- Abstract classes and methods -- Concrete methods in abstract classes -- When to create abstract classes -- Instantiating concrete subclasses -- Programming to an interface rather than an implementation -- Interface inheritance -- Implementing interfaces -- Implementing multiple interfaces -- Implementing interfaces with the Class View window in C# -- Referencing classes by interface -- Polymorphism and interfaces -- Deciding between abstract classes and interfaces -- Instance and static (Shared) members -- Referencing static class members -- Events and delegates -- Delegates -- An events example -- Overriding events defined in the .NET Framework.Event handling using 'WithEvents' in Visual Basic .NET -- Event handling made easy in Visual Studio .NET -- Structures -- Copying structures -- Deciding between classes and structures -- Attributes -- Indexers -- Garbage Collection -- Dispose methods -- Destructors and Finalize methods -- C#'s using statement -- Operator Overloading -- Reflection -- Accessing type information -- Late binding with reflection -- Late binding in Visual Basic .NET -- Performance and late binding -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Tour of the .NET Base Classes -- The System namespace -- The String class-working with strings -- The Environment class - platform and environment information -- DateTime structure -- The Math class -- The System.Collections namespace -- The ArrayList class -- Comparer and CaseInsensitiveComparer classes -- The HashTable class -- The Queue class -- The Stack and SortedList classes -- The System.EnterpriseServices namespace -- Configuring an assembly for COM+ services -- Deploying the assembly -- Configuring a class for object pooling -- The System.IO namespace -- The Directory and DirectoryInfo classes -- The File, FileInfo classes -- Writing and Reading files with StreamWriter and StreamReader -- The Path class -- The FileSystemWatcher class -- The System.Net namespace -- Downloading and uploading with the WebClient class -- The Dns and IPHostEntry classes -- The System.Timers namespace -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Data Access with ADO.NET -- A brief history of data access -- Data access and the n-tier architecture model -- Introducing ADO.NET -- .NET data providers -- Disconnected DataSets -- ADO.NET and XML -- ADO.NET performance -- The .NET data classes -- Data-specific classes -- Accessing data with ADO.NET -- Choosing between DataReaders and DataSets -- Accessing data with a DataReader -- Creating a connection to the data source.Configuring a data command object -- Executing a data command -- Processing the return value -- Closing the connection -- Pulling it all together -- Accessing data using DataSets -- Loading a DataSet with a data adapter -- Loading XML into a DataSet -- Invoking stored procedures -- Pulling it all together -- Updating Data Using DataSets -- Understanding data adapters -- Using command builders -- Typed DataSets -- Deploying a .NET application with data access -- Accessing Visual FoxPro Data from ADO.NET -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8 .NET Business Objects -- What is a business object? -- Examining business objects in popular software applications -- Monolithic vs. three-tier applications -- Additional business object benefits -- Normalizing application logic -- Solving the "where's the code" syndrome -- Ease of conceiving and creating complex software systems -- A simple example -- Making .NET data access easy -- Enforcing business rules -- .NET business object architecture -- The BusinessObject class -- Creating subclasses of the BusinessObject class -- Retrieving data with the GetDataSet method -- Saving data with the SaveDataSet method -- The BusinessRules class -- Checking for broken business rules -- Data access classes -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9 Building .NET Windows Forms Applications -- Creating a Windows Forms application -- Namespaces in C# -- Namespaces in Visual Basic .NET -- Behind the scenes with C# -- Behind the scenes with Visual Basic .NET -- Modifying the main application form -- Creating a main application menu -- Adding a new form to the project -- Working with the TabControl -- Adding controls to the List page -- Accessing data by means of business objects -- Data binding in Windows Forms -- Simple data binding -- Complex data binding -- Data binding controls at run time -- Compiling and running the form -- Designing the DataGrid.Setting the DataGrid's color scheme.If you're simply curious about what .NET offers, this book provides a strong overview of the .NET Framework and the C# and Visual Basic .NET languages, helping you to assess these new technologies through the lens of Visual FoxPro. If you're already "sold" and are ready to learn specifics about how to use .NET in your software development projects, this book provides plenty of "how to", "step-by-step" and "best practices" information that will help you climb the .NET learning curve and get up and running quickly.Microsoft .NET FrameworkDatabase managementApplication softwareDevelopmentMicrosoft .NET Framework.Database management.Application softwareDevelopment.005.75/65McNeish Kevin1865842MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910956363903321NET for Visual FoxPro developers4473060UNINA