User Interfaces in VB .NET: Windows Forms and Custom Controls / Edition 1

by Matthew MacDonald

Overview

User Interfaces in VB. NET: Windows Forms and Custom Controls goes beyond simple coverage of the Windows Forms and GDI+ namespaces by combining a careful treatment of the API with a detailed discussion of good user-interface design principles. After reading User Interfaces in VB. NET: Windows Forms and Custom Controls, you'll know how to design state-of-the-art application interfaces, 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 controlsyou'll learn how and why to extend them with your own custom controls. 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590590447
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	07/09/2002
Series:	Net Developer Series
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed.
Pages:	624
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

Matthew MacDonald is an author,educator, and MCSD developer who has a passion for emerging technologies. He isthe author of more than a dozen books about .NET programming. In a dimly-remembered past life, he studied English literature and theoretical physics.

Table of Contents

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