Hawassa University, Department of Computer Science 2020

Faculty of Informatics

Department of Computer Science

Windows Programming Laboratory Manual

(Instructor Version)

Prepared By: Mr. Amsalu Dinote (MSc)

November 16 2020

Hawassa, Ethiopia

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Windows Programming Laboratory Manual

Objectives of the Manual

At the end of the laboratory exercises the students will be able to

 Write C# programs using any code editor such as Notepad, Notepad++, etc.
 Compiling and executing C# programs from command-line prompt
 Install Microsoft visual studio as an IDE for developing .NET Framework based applications
 Create and execute a C# console application
 Exercise different C# commands on console project
 Create and execute C# Windows Desktop application
 Design GUI for Windows Desktop application using different controls
 Install Microsoft SQL Server
 Create database on Microsoft SQL Server
 Connect windows desktop application with MS SQL Server Database
 Design crystal report using Microsoft visual studio
 Deploy Widows application

Tools required for the Lab

In order to completely and successfully exercise all lab exercises included in this lab manual the
following tools are required to be installed on students’ computer prior to the start of the lab.

 Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 and above

 Microsoft SQL Server 2014 and above

Instruction for the Lab Instructor: please, first let you push the students do the given exercises by
their own problem solving skill before you provide the answers for them. This will help them to
develop their own programming skill.

Part I: Introduction to C# programming

What is C# programing?

C# (pronounced as ‘C sharp’) is a new computer-programming language developed by MS

Corporation, USA. It is a fully object-oriented language like Java and is the first component-oriented
language. It has been designed to support the key features of .NET Framework, the new development
platform of MS for building component-based software solutions. C# is simple, efficient, productive,
and type-safe language derived from C and C++ languages. C# is purely object-oriented modern

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language suitable for developing web based applications. It is designed for building robust, reliable,
and durable components to handle real-world applications

C# borrows Java’s features such as grouping of classes, interfaces, and implementations together in one
file so that programmers can edit the code more easily. It also handles objects using references, the
same way as Java. C# uses VB’s approach to form design, namely, dragging controls from toolbox,
dropping them onto forms, and writing event handlers for them.

C# has some interesting characteristics:

• Simple: simplifies C++ by eliminating annoying operators such as ->, :: and pointers.
• Consistent: supports a unified type system which eliminates the problem of varying rages of
integer types.
• Modern: b/c it supports automatic garbage collection, rich intrinsic model for error handling,
decimal data type for financial applications, modern approach for debugging, and robust
security model.
• Type-safe: incorporates type-safety measures such as all dynamically allocated objects and
arrays are initialized to zero, use any uninitialized variables produces error message by the
compiler, access to arrays are range-checked, it doesn’t permit unsafe casts, enforces overflow
checking in arithmetic operations, reference parameters that are passed are type-safe, support
automatic garbage collection.
• Versionable: provides support for versioning with the help of new and override keywords.
• Compatible: enforces the .NET common language specifications and therefore allows
interoperation with other .NET languages.
• Interoperable: provides support for using COM objects, no matter what language was used to
author them.
• Flexible: although it doesn’t support pointers, we may declare certain classes and methods as
‘unsafe’ and then use pointers to manipulate them.
• Object oriented: is truly object-oriented, supports encapsulation, inheritance, and
polymorphism. Everything is an object; there are no more global methods (functions),
constants, and variables.

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C# is a programming language important to develop Console applications, Windows applications,

Developing Windows controls, Developing ASP.NET projects, Creating Web controls, Providing Web
Services, Developing .NET component library, and etc.

Key highlights of the C# programming language are the following:

 Ease of Visual Basic with the power of most C++ features

 Similar programming language syntax for C++ and Java developers
 Support for all CLR data types
 Pass by reference and value for parameters
 Operator overloading (not found in Java)
 Capability to run clearly marked "unsafe" code
 XML-based documentation, using special comments
 Integration with Visual Studio .NET for rapid development

Naming Conventions in C#

By using the correct conventions when naming objects, you ensure that other C# programmers who
read your code will easily understand what objects are without having to search your code for their
definition.

Item Convention followed to name the item

Namespaces Are named using Pascal Case with no underscores. This means the first letter of
every word in the name is capitalized. For example: MyNewNamespace.
Assemblies Named by following the same pascal case naming.
Classes and Named by following Pascal Case, no underscores or leading "C", "cls", or "I".
Structures Classes should not have the same name as the namespace in which they reside.
Exception Classes Follow class naming conventions, but add Exception to the end of the name.
Interfaces Follow class naming conventions, but start the name with "I" and capitalize the
letter following the "I". Example: IFoo The "I" prefix helps to differentiate between
Interfaces and classes and also to avoid name collisions.
Functions Pascal Case, no underscores except in the event handlers. Try to avoid
abbreviations.

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Properties and Pascal Case, no underscores. Try to avoid abbreviations.

Public Member
Variables
Parameters and Camel Case. Try to avoid abbreviations. Camel Case is the same as Pascal case, but
Procedure-level the first letter of the first word is lowercased.
Variables
Class-level Camel Case with a leading underscore. Always indicate 'Protected' or 'Private' in
Private and the declaration.
Protected
Variables
Form and Pascal Case with a prefix that identifies it as being part of the UI instead of a purely
Controls on coded control.
Forms
Activity: open your notepad (or any other editor) and write the following code and save your program
as exercise1.cs Evaluate the code against the conventions written above. (Note that here you are not
expected to execute the code, we’ll see how to execute the code using command line)
public class Customer
{
private string _customerName;
private DateTime_lastUpdated;
Public string CustomerName
{ get{ return _customerName;}
set{ _customerName = value;
_lastUpdated = DateTime.Now;
}
}
public DateTimeLastUpdated
{ get{ return_lastUpdated;}
set{ _lastUpdated=value; }
}
public void UpdateCustomer(string newName)
{
if(!newName.Equals(customerName))
{
CustomerName=newName;
}
}

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Comments in C#
Comments allow inline documentation of source code. The C# compiler ignores comments. Like other
high-level programming languages such as Java and C++, three styles of comments are allowed in C#:

Comment type Used marker

Single-line //
Multiple-line Start with /* and end with */
Xml-documentation comment ///

Data Types of C#
Most of the data types supported in C# are similar to that of C-family high-level programming
languages such as C, C++ and Java. The following tables show the respective data type categories that
are the most known and used by programmers of the language.

Integer Types
C# Alias .NET Type Size (bites) Range
Sbyte System.Sbyte 8 -128to127
Byte System.Byte 8 0 to 255
short System.Int16 16 -32,768 to 32,767
Ushort System.UInt16 16 0 to 65,535
Char System.Char 16 A unicode character of code 0 to 65,535
Int Syste.Int32 32 -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647
uInt32 System.UInt32 32 0 to 4,294,967,295
Long System.Int64 64 -9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807
Ulong System.UInt64 64

Floating-point
C# Alias .NET Type Size (bites) Precision Range
Float System.Float 32 7 digits 1.5x10-45 to 3.4x1038
Double Sytem.Double 64 15-16 digits 5.0x10-324 to 1.7x10308
Decimal System.Decimal 128 28-29 decimal places 1.0x10-28 to 7.9x1028

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Other Pre-defined Types

C# Alias .NET Type Size (bites) Precision
Bool System.Boolean 32 True/false
Object System.Object 32/64 Platform dependent(a pointer to an object)
String System.String 16*length A Unicode string with no special upper bound

Custom Types
The predefined types can be aggregated and extended into custom types. Custom value types are
declared with the struct or enum keyword. Likewise, custom reference types are declared with the class
keyword.
Enumeration

An enumeration is a datatype that enumerates a set of items by assigning to each of them an identifier
(a name), while exposing an underlying base type for ordering the elements of the enumeration. The
underlying type is int by default, but can be any one of the integral types except for char. For example,
a custom type of weekday can be defined as follows,

enum Weekday{Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday,Saturday,Sunday};

Structures

Structures (keyword struct) are light-weight objects. They are mostly used when only a data container
is required for a collection of value type variables. Structs are similar to classes in that they can have
constructors, methods, and even implement interfaces, but there are important differences.

• Structs are value types while classes are reference types, which mean they behave differently
when passed into methods as parameters.

• Structs cannot support inheritance. While structs may appear to be limited with their use, they
require less memory and can be less expensive if used in the proper way.

• Structs always have a default constructor, even if you don't want one. Classes allow you to
hide the constructor a way by using the "private" modifier, whereas structures must have one. A
struct can, for example, be declared like this:

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struct Person
{
publicstring name;
public System.DateTimebirthDate;
publicint heightInCm;
publicint weightInKg;
}

NB: Structs are really only used for performance reasons and/or if you intend to it by value.
Structs work best when holding a total equal to or less than 16 bytes of data. If in doubt, use
classes.

The remaining all concepts such as arrays, variables, constants, statements, inheritance, and
functions are syntactically written in the same as they are written in Java or C++. Therefore, you
are expected to recall the knowledge you gained in your Java or C++ classes related to the
respective concepts.

Part II: Tools for C# programming

In order to write C# programs one can use either any code editor such as notepad, notepad++, or etc.
and save the program with an extension .cs−this indicates that the file is C# file or an integrated
development environment (IDE) such as Microsoft Visual Studio.NET. However, since simple editors
such notepad doesn’t provide an integrated way of compiling and executing the written programs it is
preferable to use IDEs like MS VS.Net. Therefore, for this laboratory work we are going to use MS
Visual Studio 2012 to write, compile and execute both console and windows applications.

Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft. It is used to
develop computer programs for Microsoft Windows, as well as web sites, web applications and web
services. Visual Studio uses Microsoft software development platforms such as Windows API,
Windows Forms, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Store and Microsoft Silverlight. It can
produce both native code and managed code.

Part III: Writing, Compiling and Executing C# Programs

Just like Java programs, C# programs can be written using simple code editors such as Notepad,
Notepad++, etc and then compiled and executed from command-line prompt. However, as mentioned

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in part II, for the sake of rapid and easy coding, compilation, and execution integrated development
environments (IDEs) such as MS Visual Studio are ideal tools.

How to Execute C# program from command line prompt?

C# programs written by using simple code editors can be compiled and executed from command-line
prompt. Note that if one is using windows operating system on his/her computer C# compiler is also
available inside framework folder depending on the bit of operating system and the version of Dot Net
Framework installed during the installation of the windows. Therefore, if you are a user of windows-
based computer you already have C# compiler, if not you should download the required Dot Net
Framework from Microsoft official website as they are the owner of the product.

If one wants to execute a program written by using non-IDE editor he/she has to first locate the C#
compiler on the command line by using its default path. This can be accomplished by the cd (change
directory) command. The default paths for C# compiler are:

 For .Net framework version 1 at C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.3705

 For .Net framework version 2 at C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727
 For .Net framework version 3 at
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v3.5
 For .Net framework version 4 at C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319
Simple steps for executing C# program from command line prompt could include:

Step 1. Write C# program using notepad or any editor and save the file with the extension .cs. For
example, save the following simple program written on Notepad++ with file name hello.cs.

Step 2. Open command line prompt (run as admin to avoid permission-related error) and locate the C#
compiler based on the version of Dot Net Framework existing on your operating system using

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cd command. For example, on my operating system the compiler is found in

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727, hence the cd (change directory)
command will locate the compiler in this directory.
Step 3. Compile the program using the command csc(stands for ‘csharp compiler’) followed by the
path of file and file name with extension. For example, C:\>csc E:\hello.cs

If you observed any compilation errors in the above step try to fix them all, otherwise you will not get
the output of the program in the next step. If your program is compilation-errors free, proceed to the
next step.

Step 4. Execute the program to see the output, i.e., simply write the name of the file on the command
line prompt.

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Note that if one is using non-IDE editor every time he/she wants to compile and execute the program
she/he has to locate the path of the C# compiler. However, it is possible to avoid such case by
registering the path of the compiler in environment variable and calling the compiler from anywhere in
file system. To register the path of compiler search for ‘Edit the system environment variables’ from
start menu search box. If you got, the following window will be displayed.

From the above window click on the Environment Variables… button, which will display the window
shown below.

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Click on New… button under system variables. This will display the following windows.

On the above window set the Variable name to any string and in Variable value put the default path of
the C# compiler (you can open the folder in which the compiler exists and then copy its address from
address). Once you have done with close the windows and rerun command line prompt as admin.

Now, the command csc is registered as known command so you can compile and run your program
simply write csc command followed by the name of the file on the command line prompt without
putting the long path of the compiler.

How to write, compile and execute C# programs using IDEs?

Reasonably, as justified in previous section part II IDEs are very helpful for rapid both console and
windows applications development. In this section we are going to create both C# console and
windows applications to practice basic programming concepts of C# using MS Visual Studio 2015.

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Creating, Writing, Compiling, and Executing Console Application Using MS VS 2015

To easily and rapidly create console application using visual studio follow the steps given below.

Step 1. Open Microsoft Visual Studio from all programs or from taskbar (if available on the taskbar).
This action will display the window shown below.

Step 2. Then Go to File=>New=>project or on the start page click on New Project… this will
display the following window letting you the type of application you are going to create, the
name of the application, the location where you want to save your project file.

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Step 3. On the left panel click on Installed=>Templates=>Visual C#=>Windows=>Console

Application. Then set name of the application and location. Let’s say the name of the
application is MyConsoleApp(prefix by your name like AddisuConsoleApp). Tick the
checkbox (this is optional you can tick in you want otherwise leaf it unticked) Create directory
for solution to let the application created with all its files within a folder named by the name of
the application you set during creation. In our case, the folder MyConsoleApp folder will be
created under local disk D.

Step 4. If you have correctly done with the previous steps you will get the following window that has
the environment to write a required code and on the right side panel under the project name the
list of project files created by default.
Congratulations!! You created a console application. At this time your application has a
namespace with the name of the project and class named Program with a Main function as its
static member function. As you can remember namespace is a collection of related classes and
other items, hence, inside the MyConsoleApp namespace you can write your own classes

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Step 5. Now let’s write a C# line of code to print “Hello World” message on the screen. This can be
written inside the Main function using WriteLine() built-in function from Console class.

Step 6. To compile the project go to Build=>Build Solution(or press Ctrl+Shift+B) and to run the
project go to Debug=>Start Debugging(or press F5). Remember that if you run your hello
world program you will not see an output scree, because, there should be a call to simple
function like ReadKey() which waits for an input to be pressed from keybord. ReadKey()

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function is equivalent to the getch() function in C++. Therefore, add this function right after the
line Console.WriteLine(“Hello World”); and re-run the program.

Now you are ready to write, compile and execute more C# codes by your own!!

Exercise Questions on Console Application

Instruction: Inside the console project you have created write the solution of each of the following
exercises accordingly.

Exercises

1. Write a function named Question1 that takes two string type parameters and displays the
parameters on single line if either of the strings doesn’t contains whitespace or the sum of the
length of the two strings is less than 50, otherwise each on separate lines. The caller of the
function is the main function (the inputs should be read from keyboard).
Expected output is shown below.

Answer:

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2. Define two classes, clsC1 and clsC2. The first class has a member method named Display1 that
displays the string “C Sharp” and the second class has a member method named Display2 that
displays the string “Programming”. Call the methods from within main function to display the
output:

Answer:

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3. write a code inside main function that reads two double type values x and y from keyboard,
computes their sum, assigns the result to a third variable z, and displays all the three values in
one line of output. The Sum of 2 and 5 is 7
Answer:

4. Define a class named SimpleCalculator that has method to perform basic arithmetic and other
mathematical operations on two values. The member methods include:
a. Add takes the two values and returns the sum
b. Subtract takes the two values and returns the difference
c. Multiply takes the two values and returns the product
d. Divide takes the two values and returns the quotient
e. Module takes the two values and returns the remainder
f. Root takes one value and returns the square root
g. Power takes the two values and returns the powered valued, i.e xy
h. Log takes the two values and returns the logarithm of first value in base second value, i.e
logyx
i. Cos takes one value and returns the cosine value

Call each of the methods from within main function by passing the required inputs through
command-based interface. The expected output screen of your program should look like the
following.

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Answer:

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5. Define a structure named student that contains a member method named:

a. Add to register new student with personal details such as id, full name, sex, age,
department(should only be Computer Science, Information System, Information
Technology, Software Engineering, and Data Science), program(regular and CEP)
b. Display to display all registered students list in tabular form
c. Statistics that takes department and displays the number of students sex wise, age group
wise (16-20, 21-25, 26-30, >30), and program wise in the department.

Expected program features

 Use concept of properties to set and get the value each member data
 The program should be able register number of students at a single execution
time
 The program should prevent student with unknown department and/or program
from being registered
 The program should provide command line interface for the user to facilitate the
communication

The expected out command-based interface is shown below.

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Answer

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6. A general quadratic formula for calculating a solution of quadratic equation is given by:

−𝑏±√𝑏 2 −4𝑎𝑐
X= 2𝑎

Write a function that calculates the roots of a quadratic function by taking the values of the
coefficients a, b, and c from the caller−the main function. A quadratic equation will have real
solution if and only if b2-4ac is greater than 0, and only one real root if b2-4ac is equal to 0, and
will not have real solution if b2-4ac is less than 0. The function should consider these all
situations during computation. (Work as Exercise)

Creating, compiling, and executing windows application using MS VS 2015

Creating a windows application is similar with the steps we followed in previous session to create
console application in MS VS 2015. Anyhow, let’s follow the following steps to create windows
application.

Step 1. Open MS VS 2015 from Start Menu => All Programs (or click on MS VS icon on taskbar if
visual studio is pinned to taskbar)
Step 2. Once MS VS opened on start page click on New Project… or go to File=>New=>Project…

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Step 3. Once you have clicked on New Project… the New Project windows will be displayed. From
that window, on left panel go to Installed=>Templates=>Windows and then on the center
select Windows Forms Applivation. Set the name and the location of the project. In my case
the project name is set to MyWFApp and the location is local disk D as shown on the figure
below.

Step 4. Click on OK button to create the project. The following window shows the new project with
one default form named Form1. On the right-side under Solution Explorer the project with the
name is displayed with the list of all default files.

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Step 5. As you can see on the windows above Server Explorer and Toolbox are stacked hidden on the
left panel. Therefore, click on each of them, especially the Toolbox to drag and drop different
control for designing a required GUI. Click on Auto Hide button on the Toolbox to let the
Toolbox stayed displayed. As you can see on the windows shown below Toolbox contains set
of categories of Windows Forms controls which we can drag and drop on to the designing area
to design a GUI.

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Congratulations! You have created a Windows Application

Step 6. Your project is now ready to be compiled and executed. To compile the project either go to
Build=>Build Solution or press Ctrl+Shift+B execute the project. To execute the project either
go to Debug=>Debugging Solution or press F5. The initial output will looks like the one shown
below.

After this, you are can design the required GUIs based on your application requirements. Let’s do
simple modifications on the initial form, Form1, seen on the above screen.

 Change the caption of the form to “Simple Calculator”

 Change width and height of the form to 400 and 500 respectively
 Remove minimize and maximize boxes
 Remove icon of the form

To do these all changes first make sure that your project is not in running mode. If your project is in
running mode close the output form to return to the project and click on Form1 then go to Properties
panel on the right-bottom just below Solution Explorer.

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To change Caption of the form from Form1 to “Simple Calculator”, from Properties replace the value
of Text property to “Simple Calculator”.

Similarly, to change the size of the form, go to Properties and change the value of Size property to 400,
500 (the default value is width=300, height=300)

To remove minimize box and maximize box go to Properties and change the MinimizeBox property
value to False and MaximizeBox property value to False(by default both of them are True)

Similarly, to remove the icon of the form go to Properties and change ShowIcon property value to
False(by default it is True)

NB: these all changes done through properties window can also be done programmatically in side form
load event to take effect at run time.

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Exercise on Windows Application

In this section you will use your windows application project you created in previous section to practice
the given exercises. Therefore, don’t forget to open and make ready your windows application project
before diving into the exercises.
1. Recall your exercise 4 on Console Application in which you created a class named
SimpleCalculator and design a necessary GUI that will help a user to perform similar
operations through GUI rather than command line interface. To design the necessary GUI:
a. Add new windows form to the project. To do this, right-click on the name of the project
go to New=>Windows Form and set the Name of the form frmSimpleCalc and once the
form is added to the project click on the form and go to Properties and change Text of
the form from frmSimpleCalc to Simple Calculator respectively.
b. Drag and drop necessary controls onto the form for corresponding each member data or
member method of the class. For example, for addition method you should drag and
drop a Button from Toolbox onto the form and change the Text and Name property of
the button from button1 to ‘+’ and btnAdd respectively.
c. Follow the naming convention to name each control you dragged and dropped. This
name will be used to call each control in code behind the controls.
The expected GUI is as shown below

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d. Write the necessary code behind each control to make the GUI functional. For example,
when the numeric button 6 is pressed the number 6 should be displayed on the input
textbox. Therefore, the code behind the btn6 when clicked is:

NB: to write a code behind a given control double click on the control, this action will open a
method with an empty body and by the name you given for the control. Therefore, you will use
that body space to write the required action(s) to be executed when the control is clicked or
pressed.

e. Compile and run the project to see the output of your design, the GUI.

NB:-Remember that to get executed your current form you have to set the form as the starting
form inside the file named program.cs. That is change the name Form1 by the name of the
form you want to execute inside the line:

Application.Run(new Form1());

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2. Recall your Exercise 5 of Console application exercises in which you created a class named
Student. Create a GUI with all necessary controls that will allow a user to input values of each
data member. To accomplish this exercise:
a. Add a new windows form, right-click on the name of the project go to Add=>Winows
Form…(for more refer to the screen below)

b. Then set the Name of the form to frmStudent on the Add New Item window and press
on Add button.

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c. Once the form is added to your project click on the form and go to Properties
widow(just below Solution Explorer) and set Text of the form to Student Form

d. Drag and drop necessary controls corresponding to each data and method member of the
class from Toolbox. For example, for name data member you should drag and drop
Label and Textbox controls onto the Student Form and change the Text of the label to
Full Name. Don’t forget to adjust the tab-order for each control. Tab-order is nothing
but the number indicating the order by which the control can be accessed when a user is
using tab key on the keyboard. The expected GUI is shown below.

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e. Change the default name of each control to conventionally appropriate name. For
example, the default name TextBox1 will be given for the first TextBox you dragged
and dropped onto the form. Therefore, if this textbox is used to accept a name of student
from the user, it is appropriate to name it as txtFullName.
f. Compile and execute the project to see the output of your design work. Don’t forget to
set the form to be displayed first inside the file Program.cs, just as you did in the above
exercise, in case you can’t see display the required student form.

g. Write a code behind the form to make the first item of each comboBox get selected on
form load event. Similarly, write a code behind Save button so that when a user clicks
on the button the message “Data save successfully!” is displayed if all fields are filled,
otherwise displays the message “Please, fill all fields!”. The message “You are not
eligible for registration!” should also be displayed if the age of the student is less than
15.

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h. Add a Reset button to reset the controls to respective initial states. Then write a code
behind Reset and Cancel button to reset controls and close the form respectively.
The code behind form on load event and button controls is shown below.

3. Modify your design of the Student(the one you designed in exercise 2 above) form by doing the
following tasks
a. Drag and drop TabControl from Toolbox onto the Student form.
b. Change the Text of the first page of the TabControl to Add Student and the Text of the
second page to Student List.

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c. Move the previous data entry controls you designed in exercise 2 onto the first page, the
Add Student page
d. Drag and drop ListView control from Toolbox onto page 2, the Student List page and
name the control as lvStudentList
e. Write code behind the controls to receive student inputs from user and display the added
students on the ListView.
This can be done by modifying the code inside the btnSave method. Add the lines of
code that adds the student data to listview control. Take look at the following code.

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The modified GUI after application of the above actions will look like the following.

4. Add AboutBox to your project and write necessary discretion to be displayed on the box. This
can be done by right-clicking on the project then Add=>New Item…, Select AboutBox and set
the name of the form as frmAboutBox.cs The following is the AboutBox.

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The details to be displayed on this box will be edited by following: Righ-click on Project name
then go to Properties… then a window with the name of your project will be displayed. On that
window, go to Application (left panel)=>click on Assembly Information… button, this will
display the following window, from which you can edit the details. These details will be
automatically retrieved and displayed on the AboutBox at run time.

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5. Assume that you need to access all your project forms from single form without closing the
running application and changing a form to be displayed first. The appropriate solution to case
is to use a type of form named MDI (stands for Multiple Document Interface) form. MDI is a
form by default with Menu bar, Icon bar, and Status bar. The menu bar contains menu items
used to access other forms. The icon bar contains different small icons used to provide a
shortcut access to some forms of an application. Status bar is used to display some status of
current actions such as a name of currently displayed form. To use this MDI form
a. Right-click on the project go to Add => New Item => MDI Parent Form, set the name of
the form as frmMdi.cs

b. Once the form is added to your project, set the appropriate menu items text and shortcuts
(e.g. Ctl+O to open Student Form) to corresponding forms to be access through the
MDI.
c. On the MDI form go to File Menu then File Menu Item and go to Properties and change
Text of menu item to Add Student.

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d. To access Student Form from MDI go to Add Student File Menu Item and double click
on it this will display an empty-body delegate corresponding to the click event of the
Add Student Menu Item.

e. Write a code that will show the form frmStudent. Do the same for displaying
frmSimpleCalc and frmAboutBox forms.

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6. Assume that you want to secure your application so that only authenticated users will get into
your application. This done by adding Login From to your project.
a. Right-click on your project go to Add => New Item…, select Window Form and set
name of the form frmLogin.cs
b. After the form is added to your project adjust the form to appropriate size and
appearance then add labels and textboxes for User Name and Password inputs.

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c. Hardcode a user name and password into the code behind the login button to check the
user credential against. This is because for this time we don’t have a database for our
application, later on, we do.

d. To let the application start execution from Login Form change the Run method
parameter to frmLogin inside Program.cs file. To do this, go to Solution Explorer then
click on the file program.cs to open its contents as shown below.

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7. Design the following GUI to and write necessary code behind the GUI

While you are designing the GUI accomplish the following tasks:
 Arrange a TtabOrder for all controls
 Add a tooltip for all controls, for example, for PictureBox the tool tip should display the
message “Click to Add Photo”
 From property window set all important features for all controls. For example, for the
form set width and height respectively to 719 and 396, form Text to “Window
Programming”, MaximizeBox to False, FormBorderStyle to FixedSingle, etc.
 When form opens the Gender radio button male should be selected by default. And
interest of the student Web Design should be checked by default as well.
 When clicking on Cancel button it should reset all form controls to their initial values.
That is, all text boxes to empty, radio buttons and checkboxes unselected
 If save button is clicked
o the form should be checked for existence of empty text fields
o credit hour of a course should not be text and not exceed 6
o only students having age greater than 20 and less than 35 can be registered and
error message should be displayed otherwise
o for male students their interest should not exceed 2

Note that this manual is not complete (will be complete soon)!!

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