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Visual C# .NET Developer's Handbook

John Paul Mueller

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Acknowledgments

Thanks to my wife, Rebecca, for working with me to get this book completed during an

exceptionally difficult time. I really don't know what I would have done without her help in

researching and compiling some of the information that appears in this book (especially the

Glossary). She also did a fine job of proofreading my rough draft and page-proofing the final

result.

Russ Mullen deserves thanks for his technical edit of this book. He greatly added to the

accuracy and depth of the material you see here. I really appreciated the time he devoted to

checking my code for accuracy. Russ also supplied some of the URLs you see in the book and

other helpful tips and hints.

Matt Wagner, my agent, deserves credit for helping me get the contract in the first place and

taking care of all the details that most authors don't really consider. I always appreciate his

help. It's good to know that someone wants to help.

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the rest of the Sybex production staff, including Nila Nichols, Kevin Ly, and Dan Mummert,

for their assistance in bringing this book to print. It's always nice to work with such a great

group of professionals.

Introduction

Frustration! It's one word that I've used to describe many of my development experiences.

Anyone who's worked with Visual Studio fully knows about the two-language dilemma that it

poses. At the one end of the development experience, Visual Basic makes development

relatively easy and fast, but it lacks the low-end connectivity I often need without performing

a lot of additional programming. At the other end of the development continuum, Visual C++

makes it relatively easy to gain low-level access to anything in the Windows environment, but

development is a time-intensive task requiring Machiavellian expertise.

What most developers need is a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup programming experience-two

tastes in one. C# provides that flavor-combining programming experience in many ways; you

gain the rapid application development environment of Visual Basic combined with the low-

level language support of Visual C++. One of the main purposes of this book is to share that

two-tastes-in-one experience with you.

Take the Grand Tour

I'm assuming that many of you have already programmed in Visual Basic or Visual C++ (or

perhaps even both) and found the experience lacking in some fundamental way. C# is a great

development language, but it's by no means perfect. I'll still use Visual C++ to develop native

unmanaged applications and components that need that last ounce of performance. Visual

Basic is still my development language of choice for quick prototyping and some database

management tasks. However, for the vast majority of my programming needs, C# fills a need

that the other two languages can't (without a lot of extra effort). Of course, the trick is

learning where C# fits into your language toolkit.

We'll take the grand tour of C# programming capabilities in this book. I won't bore you with

fundamentals such as basic code construction or learning how to create programming loops.

We will discuss everything from basic utility applications to complex database applications

that use OLE-DB, ODBC.NET, ADO, or ADO.NET as a basis for communication. Some of

the applications will provide a view of the local programming environment, while others will

provide a view of the Internet and distributed application development in all its glory. By the

time you finish Chapter 17 , you'll know that C# is a language for every environment-from the

desktop to the PDA.

Some Extras to Consider

You'll also find three interesting appendices in the back of the book. The first two will help

those of you who are used to working with Visual C++ or Visual Basic make the adjustment

to C#. You'll learn how C# differs from these two languages and about some of the common

problems that other developers have faced when making the transition. The third appendix

will show how you can create a complex application that Microsoft doesn't even mention in

the Visual Studio .NET help files-the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in. I

placed this example in an appendix because it isn't a pure C# application-some applications

still require the use of Visual C++ to make some underlying connections, and this is one of

them.

C# is a new programming language. While it does resemble languages of the past, it's truly a

new language for a new age of application development. This book is your guide to a larger

world of C# application development. You'll learn how to create many types of applications,

but more importantly, you'll learn how unique C# is and how it can help you overcome

modern application development problems that older languages are ill equipped to handle.

Who Should Read This Book?

I'll begin by saying that, as I write this, there are many good books for novices on the market,

and I have consequently decided not to discuss the same issues that those other texts already

cover. This book specifically addresses the needs of those who already know something about

C# or at least those who have decided to move from another Visual Studio language such as

Visual C++ or Visual Basic. If you've never programmed before, you'll probably find that

you'll get lost by the time you reach the end of the first chapter.

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