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NET Club University Of Cyprus

presents:

Microsoft® C#® .NET

Crash Course

Creating Windows Applications

Introduction to C# .NET
(Copyright © 2005-2011 Panayiotis Andreou)
Course contents
Overview of the Microsoft .NET Platform
• Lesson 1: Creating a new Windows Application
• Lesson 2: Introduction to Windows Forms
• Lesson 3: Adding Controls to a Form
• Lesson 4: Working with Controls
• Lesson 5: Creating MDI Applications
• Lesson 6: Introduction to Visual Basic
• Lesson 7: Building Mobile Applications
• Lesson 8: Deploying Applications

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Course goals

• Create a new Windows application

• Create Windows Forms and add controls to them

• Learn about different types of controls

• Organize controls on a form

• Create MDI (Multiple Document Interface) applications

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Overview of the Microsoft
.NET Platform
What is the Microsoft .NET Platform

Developer Clients
Tools

ASP.NET Web
Databases Applications

XML Web User

.NET Services Experiences
Framework

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Core Technologies in the .NET Platform
• .NET Framework
• .NET Building Block Services
• Visual Studio .NET
• .NET Enterprise Servers

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Components του .NET Framework

Visual Basic® C++ C# JScript® …

Common Language Specification

ASP.NET: Web Services Windows

and Web Forms Forms

ADO.NET: Data and XML

Base Class Library

Common Language Runtime

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Overview of C# .NET

Syntax
Comments
Single-line comments are marked with (//) at
the start
//These are single-line comments

Multiple-line comments are marked with

/*
* These are
* multi-line comments
*/
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Variables
Access Modifiers
public The type or member can be accessed by any other
code in the same assembly or another assembly that
references it.
private The type or member can only be accessed by code in
the same class or struct.
protected The type or member can only be accessed by code
in the same class or struct, or in a derived class.
internal The type or member can be accessed by any code in
the same assembly, but not from another assembly.
protected internal The type or member can be accessed by
any code in the same assembly, or by any derived class in
another assembly.
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Variables
Variable Declaration
Class Variables
private string name;
Access Modifier Type Variable name
Method Variables
• Value Types
string name;
int x=5;
• Reference Types
object obj;
object obj=new object();
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Variables - Arrays
Variable Declaration
Class Variables
private string[] names;
Access Modifier Type Variable name
Method Variables
• Value Types
string[] names = new string[4];
int[] x={1,2,3,4};
• Reference Types
object[] obj;
object[] obj=new object[4];
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If statement
if (<condition>) {
…
}
else if {
…
}
else {
…
}
Single line if statement
if (<condition>)

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For statement
FOR statement
for (int I = 1; I<=10; I++) {
for (int J = 1; I<=10; J=J+2) {
for (int K = 10 K>=1; K--) {
// Statements to operate with current values of I, J, and K.
}
}
}
FOR each statement
bool Found = false;
List<Object> objectList = new List<Object>();
foreach (Object obj in objectList) { // Iterate through elements.
if (obj.Name == “Hello”) { // If Name equals "Hello"
Found = true; // Set Found to True.
break; // Exit loop.
}
else continue; }
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While and Do Loop statements
While statement
int Counter = 0;
while (Counter < 20) { // Test value of Counter.
//Your code
Counter++; // Increment Counter.
// break; // Exit loop.
} // End While loop when Counter > 19.
DO Do
… LOOP statement
[ statements ]
[ break ]
[ statements ]
While condition
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Select Case (switch)
Using using System.Diagnostics;
int Number = 4;
// ...
switch(Number) { // Evaluate Number.
case 1: // Number between 1 and 3, inclusive.
case 2:
case 3:
Debug.WriteLine("Between 1 and 3");
break;

// The following is the only Case clause that evaluates to True.

case 4:
Debug.WriteLine("Number 4");
break;
default: // Other values.
Debug.WriteLine("Not between 1 and 4");
}
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Void Methods
Void Methods do not return a value
Function Name Parameters

void ComputeArea(double Length, double Width) {

double Area; // Declare local variable.
if (Length == 0 || Width == 0) { }
else {
Area = Length * Width; // Calculate area of rectangle.
Debug.WriteLine(Area); // Print Area to Immediate window.
}
}

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Non-Void Methods
Non-Void Methods return a value
Return type Function Name Parameters

double CalcSum (double[] Args)

{
int I;
double sum = 0;
if (Args.Length > 0) { // Check if arguments passed.
for (I = 0; I < Args.Length; I++)
{
sum += Args[I];
}
}
return sum; // Returns latest value of sum.
}

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Mechanisms for Passing Parameters
Three ways to pass parameters

in Pass by value

in
Pass by reference
out

out Output parameters

Pass by Value
Default mechanism for passing parameters:
• Parameter value is copied
• Variable can be changed inside the method
• Has no effect on value outside the method
• Parameter must be of the same type or compatible type

static void AddOne(int x)

{
x++; // Increment x
}
static void Main( )
{
int k = 6;
AddOne(k);
Console.WriteLine(k); // Display the value 6, not 7
}
Pass by Reference
Reference parameters are references to memory locations
Using reference parameters
Use the ref keyword in method declaration and call
Match types and variable values
Changes made in the method affect the caller
Assign parameter value before calling the method

static void AddOne(ref int x)

{
x++; // Increment x
}
static void Main( )
{
int k = 6;
AddOne(ref k);
Console.WriteLine(k); // Display the value 7
}
Output Parameters
Output parameters: Values are passed out but not in
Using output parameters
Like ref, but values are not passed into the
method
Use out keyword in method declaration and call
static void AddOne(out int x)
{
x++; // This produces an error
x=5;
}
static void Main( )
{
int k = 6;
AddOne(out k);
Console.WriteLine(k); // Display the value 5
}
 Lesson 1

Creating a new C#
Windows Application
Creating a new C# Project

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Visual Studio .NET Windows
View the solution/project files
View controls that can be
added in forms and
project

Manage Database/Server
connections

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 Lesson 2

Introduction to Windows
Forms
Forms in Solution Explorer
Maintaining two separate
files for the design and
code simplifies form
development.
Form/Class name

Partial Class with all

design properties

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Form Life Cycle
1.Load
2.Activated
3.FormClosing
4.FormClosed
5.Deactivate

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How to handle Form Events
Double click on a form to view the Load and other events

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How to set a Form’s Properties

Categorized View


Alphabetical View

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TODO: Set the following properties on Form1
To build and start your project:
• Press F5 or
• Press the Play ( ) button

Set the following properties and build your project each

time:
• Set MaximizeBox to False
• Set FormBorderStyle to Fixed3D
• Set Size  Width to 150
• Set Size  Height to 150
• Set WindowState to Maximized
• Set Text to MyFirstForm
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 Lesson 3

Adding Controls to a Form

How to add Controls to a Form
Open the Toolbox
With a Form open:
• Double click on a control

• Click on the control and

– Move the mouse over the form
– Click and drag to create the
desired size of the control

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Practice (Adding Controls)
Open Form1’s design and
• Add 1 TextBox
– Set the (Name) Property to txtFirstNumber
– Set the Text property to “Add first number”
• Add 1 ComboBox
– Set the (Name) Property to cboOperation
– Set the Text property to “”

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Practice (continued)
• Add 1 TextBox
– Set the (Name) Property to txtSecondNumber
– Set the Text property to “Add second number”
• Add 1 Label
– Set the (Name) Property to lblEquals
– Set the Text property to “=”

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Practice (continued)
• Add 1 TextBox
– Set the (Name) Property to txtResult
– Set the Text property to “”
• Add 1 Button
– Set the (Name) Property to btnCalculate
– Set the Text property to “Calculate”

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Practice (continued)
Next we need to resize each control
(hint: resize one control and use the Format menu to
make each other control follow the same properties)
• Set the Form1’s Size Property to 160,192
• Set each control’s Size Property to 136,20
• To resize Labels you need to set the AutoSize property
to False
• Set each control’s LocationX Property to 8

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Practice (continued)
• Set the LocationY Property to
– txtFirstNumber 8
– cboOperation 31
– txtSecondNumber 55
– lblEquals 78
– txtResult 104
– btnCalculate 127

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Practice (continued)
When you have finished your Form1 should look like
this

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Let’s talk about controls
• TextBox
• Label
• MainMenu
• CheckBox
• RadioButton
• GroupBox
• ListBox
• CheckedListBox
• ComboBox
• TreeView
• TabControl
• …and so much more!!!

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Using the Format Menu
Use the format menu to
automatically align/resize
controls.
After Selecting multiple controls
single click on the leader control
that will be used to format all
other controls

The leader control

is marked with
white squares
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 Lesson 4

Working with Controls

What is an event?
• Event is a message sent by an object to signal the
occurrence of an action
• An example event is when clicking a button which
triggers the (Click event) called Click
• Other events (e.g., for a TextBox)
– Click
– TextChanged
– LostFocus
– MouseHover
–…

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Event Handling
private void btnCalculate_Click(
object sender,
EventArgs e) {

… MessageBox.Show("This button will perform the

calculation");

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 Practices

• A simple example
• Build a simple calculator
• Working with various controls
Practice: A simple example
Create a new form
To do this:
• Open Solution Explorer
• right click on your project (CSharpCrashCourse)
• Select AddAdd Windows Form
• Name the Form frmSimpleExample
• Add a TextBox and a Button to frmSimpleExample

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Practice (continued)
We need to change the name of the Button
each time we click on it and set it to
whatever the user writes in the TextBox
Firstly we need to configure the project to
start from frmSimpleExample
To do this right click on the project and select
properties
In the Startup object select
frmSimpleExample

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Practice (continued)
Next we need write code to the Click event of the
Button1

• Double Click on Button1

• We need to change the Button1’s Text Property

to whatever is written in the TextBox1’s Text.

• Button1.Text = TextBox1.Text;

• Run your project

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Questions
Practice: Build a simple calculator
Open Form1
cboOperations must contain the basic mathematical
operations
•+
•-
•/
•*
Use the Items property of cboOperations to add the
symbols above

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Practice: Continued

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Practice: Continued
We assume that the user input will be integers.
(next we are going to check if they really are!)
So when we press the button we need to produce a
result, according to the cboOperations selected
operation, and display it to the user via the
txtResult

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Practice: Continued
Inside the btnCalculate_Click
We need to assign the values of the two TextBoxes
to 2 integer variables.
• Let’s name the a, b
• int a = int.Parse(txtFirstNumber.Text);
• int b = int.Parse(txtSecondNumber.Text);

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Practice: Continued
Next we need to check what operation is selected in
cboOperation and calculate the result accordingly
To get the comboBox selected item use the
SelectedItem Property
• switch(cboOperation.SelectedItem.ToString())
• case “+”:
• txtResult.Text = a + b;
• …

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Practice: Continued
Now, we want that each time the user clicks
on one of the input textboxes to set the
Text Property to “” (empty)
We need to add code to the Click event
private void txtFirstNumber_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
txtFirstNumber.Text = string.empty;
}
private void txtSecondNumber_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
txtSecondNumber.Text = string.empty;
}

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Practice: Continued
Can we use one function to handle both
TextBox Click events?

Yes
private void txtNumber_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
//The sender is either txtFirstNumber or txtSecondNumber
System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txt = (TextBox)sender;
txt.Text = string.Empty;
}

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Practice: Continued
What if the user enters String values in the
two textboxes and not Integers???
Try…Catch
int a, b;
try {
a = int.Parse(txtFirstNumber.Text);
}
catch (Exception ex) {
MessageBox.Show(…);
txtFirstNumber.Focus();
txtFirstNumber.SelectAll();
}

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Questions
Practice: Working with various controls

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Practice: Continued
Create a new Form (frmWorkingWithControls)
• Change its (Name) Property to frmWorkingWithControls
• Change its Text Property to Working With Controls
• Change its Size Property to 518, 494
• Change its MinimizeBox and MaximizeBox to False
• Change its FormBorderStyleProperty Property to
FixedSingle
To set frmWorkingWithControls as the startup object
• Open Solution Explorer
• Right-Click on project CSharpCrashCourse
• Select Properties
• Under Startup Object select frmWorkingWithControls

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Practice: Continued
Create a 5 CheckBoxes
• Change their (Name) Property to chkRed, chkGreen, chkBlue,
chkYellow, chkBlack
• Change their Text Property to Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Black
accordingly
• Change their Size Property to 104, 24
• Change their Location Property to
– chkRed 8, 32
– chkGreen 8, 64
– chkBlue 8, 96
– chkYellow 8,128
– chkBlack 8,160
• You may change their BackColor Property to match each CheckBox’s
Name

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Practice: Continued
Create a 2 RadioButtons
• Change their (Name) Property to rdbMale, rdbFemale
• Change their Text Property to Male, Female accordingly
• Change their Size Property to 64, 24
• Change their Location Property to
– rdbMale 136, 32
– rdbFemale 136, 64

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Practice: Continued
Create a 1 ListBox
• Change its (Name) Property to lstCity
• Click on the Items Property, (collection) button and add
the following values
– Leykosia
– Larnaka
– Lemesos
– Pafos
– Ammohostos
• Change its Size Property to 120, 82
• Change its Location Property to 224, 32

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Practice: Continued
Create a 1 DateTimePicker
• Change its (Name) Property to dtpDateOfBirth
• Change its Size Property to 152, 20
• Change its Location Property to 352, 32

Create 1 Label
• Change its (Name) Property to lblChoose
• Change its Size Property to 496, 24
• Change its Location Property to 8, 8
• Change its Text Property to
Choose your colors Gender City
Date Of Birth

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Practice: Continued
Create a 1 Button
• Change its (Name) Property to btnInfo
• Change its Text Property to Summary
• Change its Size Property to 496, 23
• Change its Location Property to 8, 192

Create 1 TextBox
• Change its (Name) Property to txtInfo
• Change its Multiline Property to True
• Change its Size Property to 496, 232
• Change its Location Property to 8, 224
• Change its Text Property to “”

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Practice: Continued
Now we need to add code to btnInfo.Click event to display
what we have selected in the other controls to the txtInfo
Double click on btnInfo
We need one variable to store the result.
string summary = “Your favorite colors are:”;
string colors;
int i = 0;

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Practice: Continued
We need to check each CheckBox and if it is Checked then
we need to add it to the favorite colors.
• To check if a CheckBox is Checked use the Checked
Property
– if (CheckBox1.Checked==true) …, or
– if (CheckBox1.Checked)
if (chkRed.Checked) {
if (i == 0)
colors = chkRed.Text;
else
colors = colors + "," + chkRed.Text;
i += 1;
}

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Practice: Continued
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could say For each checkbox do …?
Think again with C# .NET WE CAN!!!

List<Control> controlList = new List<Control>();

controlList.Add(chkRed);
controlList.Add(chkGreen);
controlList.Add(chkBlue);
controlList.Add(chkYellow);
controlList.Add(chkBlack);

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Practice: Continued
foreach (System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox checkbox in controlList) {
if (checkbox.Checked) {
if (i == 0)
colors = checkbox.Text;
else
colors = colors + "," + checkbox.Text;
i++;
}
}
if (i == 0) colors = "None!“;

summary += colors;

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 Practice: Continued
summary += “\nAnd your gender is:“;
if (rdbMale.Checked)
summary += "Male“;
else
summary += "Female“;

summary += “\n And your city is:" + lstCity.SelectedItem.ToString();

summary += “\nAnd your birthdate is:" +

dtpDateOfBirth.Value.ToShortDateString();

txtInfo.Text = summary;

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Practice: Continued
Run your project and test it

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Questions
 Lesson 5

Creating MDI Applications

SDI vs. MDI Applications

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How to Create MDI Applications
First of all we need to specify a parent form
• Add two new Forms to your project and name them
frmParent and frmChild.
• Set frmParent as your project’s startup object
• Open frmParent’s design and set its IsMdiContainer to
True
Let’s add a menu to frmParent
• Open the Toolbox
• Double-Click on MenuStrip
• Add the first menu item and name it &File (&Alt
Shortcut)
• Under File add another menu item and name it &New

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How to Create MDI Applications (continued)
• Add the second menu item next to File and name it
&Window
• Under Window add the following menu items
– Tile &Vertical
– Tile &Horizontical
– &Cascade
• Set the MdiWindowListItem property of the
MenuStrip to WindowToolStripMenuItem

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Create a new Child Form
To call a child form from the parent form
• Double Click on menu item New
• Add the following code
frmChild newChild = new frmChild();
// Set the parent form
newChild.MdiParent = this;
// Display the form
newChild.Show();

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Organizing child forms on the parent form
To organize child forms on the parent form
• Double Click on menu item Tile Vertical
this.LayoutMdi(MdiLayout.TileVertical);
• Double Click on menu item Tile Horizontical
this.LayoutMdi(MdiLayout.TileHorizontal);
• Double Click on menu item Cascade
this.LayoutMdi(MdiLayout.Cascade);

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Build and run your project
Build and Run your project
Create 3 new child forms and try the Tile and
Cascade menu items under windows

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 Lesson 6

VB.NET  C#
C# to VB.NET comparison

C# VB
1. int i; 1. Dim i As Integer
2. int array[6]; 2. Dim array(5) As Integer
3. for(i=0;i<6;i++){…} 3. For i=0 To 5…Next I
4. while(cond){…} 4. While <cond>…End While
5. private void test()… 5. Private Sub test()…
6. private int test() … 6. Private Function test() As Integer …
7. return/break; 7. Exit …

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 Practice

Interacting with Visual Basic and C#

Practice
Create a new Visual Basic Windows Application
Add a new C# Class Library
• Right click on your Solution and Select AddNew Project
• Select C# Project Type
• Select Class Library from the Tempaltes

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(Copyright © 2005-2010
Practice
In the ClassLibrary1 project, edit using System;
Class1.cs and create a new using System.Collections.Generic;
method using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
• Method name: add
• Input Parameters: int a, int b namespace ClassLibrary1
• Return type: int {
public class Class1
• Your code should look like this {
public int add(int a, int b)
{
return a + b;
Build ClassLibrary1 }
}
}

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(Copyright © 2005-2010
Practice
Add a reference to ClassLibrary1 from your
Windows Application
• Right Click on WindowsApplication1 project
and choose Add Reference
• From the Projects tab, select ClassLibrary1
• Review your WindowsApplication1’s
references

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(Copyright © 2005-2010
Practice
In your WindowsApplication1 do the following:
• Add a button in Form1 (button1)
• Double-click on the button and create a new object of
ClassLibrary1.Class1
Dim obj As New ClassLibrary1.Class1
• Initialize two integers a and b with values 3,5
Dim a As Integer = 3
Dim b As Integer = 5
• Create a messagebox that displays the added value of a
and b by calling the add method of obj
MessageBox.Show(obj.add(a, b).ToString)

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(Copyright © 2005-2010
Questions
 Lesson 7

Building Mobile Applications

Mobile Applications made easy ☺
Create a new Smart Device Project

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Mobile Applications made easy ☺
Select Device Application for building a windows mobile
application
Select the correct SDK suitable for your device

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 Practice

Run all previous practices on the

Smart Device Project
 Lesson 8

Deploying Applications
Overview
1. Describing Assemblies
• Assemblies Overview
• Benefits of Strong-Named Assemblies
• Creating Strong-Named Assemblies
• Versioning Strong-Named Assemblies
• Using the Global Assembly Cache

2. Choosing a Deployment Strategy

• Deployment Overview
• Copying Projects
• Deploying Projects
• Types of Deployment Projects

3. Deploying Applications
Assemblies Overview
• Contains code, resources, and metadata
• Provides security, type, and reference scope
• Forms a deployment unit
• Versionable
• Side-by-side execution allows multiple installed
versions
• Global assembly cache allows assembly sharing
Benefits of Strong-Named Assemblies
• Guaranteed uniqueness
• No two strong names can be the same
• Protected version lineage
• Only legitimate assembly versions can be
loaded
• Enforced assembly integrity
• Assemblies are tested for unauthorized
modification before loading
Creating Strong-Named Assemblies
Requires identity, public key, and digital signature
Generating the public-private key pair
Create a .snk file
Modify AssemblyInfo.vb

<Assembly: AssemblyKeyFile("KeyFile.snk")>
Versioning Strong-Named Assemblies
When a client makes a binding request, the runtime
checks:
• The original binding information inside the
assembly
• Configuration files for version policy instructions

Use a publisher policy file to redirect the binding

request
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0"
newVersion="1.0.1.0"/>
Using the Global Assembly Cache
• Performance
• Quicker binding
• Only one instance ever loaded
• Shared location
• Can use machine configuration file to redirect
bindings
• File security
• Only administrators can delete files
• Side-by-side versioning
• Can install multiple copies using different
version information
Deployment Overview
• No-impact applications
• Private components
• Side-by-side versioning
• XCOPY deployment
• On-the-fly updates
• Global assembly cache
Copying Projects
• Copying a project
• There is an extra menu command for
Web applications
• You can copy a project directly to a Web
server
• Using the XCOPY command
• Use the DOS command
• You can use it for any type of application
Deploying Projects
• Windows Installer
• Is used for Windows-based and Web-based
deployment
• Copies all required files and registers
components
• Configures IIS for Web-based applications
• Merge modules
• Are used for reusable components
• Are included in an .msi file
Types of Deployment Projects
• Cab Project
for downloading from Web server
• Merge Module Project
for shared components
• Setup Project
for Windows-based applications
• Setup Wizard
to walk through deployment project creation
• Web Setup Project
for Web-based applications
 Deploying Applications
Creating a Merge Module Project
Creating a Setup Project
Using the Editors
Creating Installation Components
Deploying the Application
Creating a Merge Module Project
• Never installed directly
included in client application deployment project
• Contains
• DLL
• Any dependencies and resources
• Information for the Windows Installer
• Store one component only in one merge module
If component changes, create a new merge
module
Creating a Setup Project
Creates a blank setup project with relevant
folders in File System Editor
 Windows-based  Web-based
application application

 Application Folder  Web Application

Folder
 User’s Desktop

 User’s Programs
Menu
Using the Editors
Registry
File types
User interface
Custom actions
Launch conditions
Creating Installation Components
EventLog
MessageQueue
PerformanceCounter
Service
ServiceProcess
Deploying the Application
Windows-based setup project
Copies all files
Registers components
Performs other installation tasks
Web setup project
Copies all files
Registers components
Creates a Web application
 Practice

Create a setup project for a

windows application
Practice
Add a new Setup Project to your solution
Select the Setup Wizard template
Practice
 Practice

This is the .exe file

of your application

Press Finish when you are done

Practice
Build your project

Using explorer, go to
%Solution Folder%\Setup1\Debug

Check out the files

• Setup1.msi
• setup.exe

Run setup.exe and install your application

Practice
Creating a shortcut to Desktop of your application
Create a Shortcut to Primary Output

Move it on the User’s Desktop Folder

 Lesson 9

Miscellaneous Topics
System.IO
System.Drawing
System.Diagnostics.Process
System.IO: File/Directory Operations
IO.File: File Operations
• Copy, Delete, Exists, Move, Replace, …
• Open(path, FileMode), Close,…
IO.FileMode: File mode when opening a file
• Append,Create,CreateNew,Open,OpenOrCreate,Truncate

IO.Stream
• FileStream, StreamReader/Writer, TextReader/Writer,…

IO.Directory: Directory Operations

• CreateDirectory, Exists, Move, …
• GetDirectories(path), GetFiles(path), GetParent(path)
System.IO: File/Directory Operations
Example: Reading all files in a directory
// Directory Path foreach (string file in
string dirPath = “c:\tmp”; Directory.GetFiles(dirPath)) {
//Create a new StreamReader for this file
// stream reader for each file sr = new StreamReader(file);
StreamReader sr = null;
// OPTION 1: read line by line
while (!sr.EndOfStream)
// String for reading each line
strLine = sr.ReadLine();
of the file
// OPTION 2: read all
string strLine = string.Empty;
strLine = sr.ReadToEnd();
// Close stream reader (otherwise file is
locked)
sr.Close();
}
System.Drawing: Drawing custom shapes
System.Drawing.Graphics: graphic objects used for drawing
CreateGraphics method: gets the graphics object for a control
Draw methods: Draw the outline of a shape (e.g., DrawRectangle)
Fill methods: Draw the fill of a shape (.e.g., Fill Rectangle)

Example: Drawing a custom rectangle on a Form

// Create a graphics object
20
Graphics g;

// Get the Forms graphics object

g = this.CreateGraphics(); 200
50
// Draw the outline of a rectangle
g.DrawRectangle(Pens.Black, _
50, 20, 100, 200);
100
X, Y, Width, Height
System.Diagnostics.Process
To launch an external process
(e.g., Windows Calculator)

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("Calc.exe");
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