Microsoft Certification Study Guides
70-526 (drill down): Microsoft Certification Study Guide
Add and configure a Windows Form.
<< Add a Windows Form to a project at design time.
<< Configure a Windows Form to control accessibility, appearance, behavior, configuration, data, design, focus, layout, style, and other functionality.
Manage control layout on a Windows Form.
<< Group and arrange controls by using the Panel control, GroupBox control, TabControl control, FlowLayoutPanel control, and TableLayoutPanel control.
<< Use the SplitContainer control to create dynamic container areas.
Add and configure a Windows Forms control.
<< Use the integrated development environment (IDE) to add a control to a Windows Form or other container control of a project at design time.
<< Add controls to a Windows Form at run time.
<< Configure controls on a Windows Form at design time to optimize the UI.
<< Modify control properties.
<< Configure controls on a Windows Form at run time to ensure that the UI complies with best practices.
<< Create and configure command controls on a Windows Form.
<< Create and configure text edit controls on a Windows Form.
<< Create and configure text display controls on a Windows Form.
<< Use the LinkLabel control to add Web-style links to Windows Forms applications.
<< Provide a list of options on a Windows Form by using a ListBox control, a ComboBox control, or a CheckedListBox control.
<< Configure the layout and functionality of a Windows Form to display a list of items.
<< Implement value-setting controls on a Windows Form.
<< Configure a WebBrowser control.
<< Add and configure date-setting controls on a Windows Form.
<< Display images by using Windows Forms controls.
<< Configure the NotifyIcon component.
<< Create access keys for Windows Forms controls.
Create and configure menus.
<< Create and configure a MenuStrip component on a Windows Form.
<< Change the displayed menu structure programmatically.
<< Create and configure the ContextMenuStrip component on a Windows Form.
Create event handlers for Windows Forms and controls.
<< Use the Windows Forms Designer to create event handlers.
<< Manage mouse and keyboard events within Windows Forms applications.
<< Program a Windows Forms application to recognize modifier keys.
<< Use the Windows Forms Designer to create default event handlers.
<< Create event handlers at run time to respond to system or user events dynamically.
<< Connect multiple events to a single event handler.
<< Use the Code Editor to override methods defined in the base class.
Implement data-bound controls.
<< Use the DataGridView control to display and update the tabular data contained in a data source.
<< Use a simple data-bound control to display a single data element on a Windows Form.
<< Implement complex data binding to integrate data from multiple sources.
<< Navigate forward and backward through records in a DataSet in Windows Forms.
<< Define a data source by using a DataConnector component.
<< Create data forms by using the Data Source Configuration Wizard.
Manage connections and transactions.
<< Configure a connection to a database by using the Connection Wizard.
<< Configure a connection to a database by using Server Explorer.
<< Configure a connection to a database by using the Connection class.
<< Connect to a database by using specific database Connection objects.
<< Enumerate through instances of Microsoft SQL Server.
<< Open an ADO.NET connection to a database.
<< Close an ADO.NET connection to a database by using the Close method of the Connection object.
<< Protect access to data source connection details.
<< Create a connection designed for reuse in a connection pool.
<< Control a connection pool by configuring ConnectionString values based on database type.
<< Use the Connection events to detect database information.
<< Handle exceptions when connecting to a database.
<< Perform transactions by using the Transaction object.
Create, add, delete, and edit data in a connected environment.
<< Retrieve data by using a DataReader object.
<< Build SQL commands in Server Explorer.
<< Build SQL commands in code.
<< Create parameters for a Command object.
<< Perform database operations by using a Command object.
<< Retrieve data from a database by using a Command object.
<< Perform asynchronous operations by using a Command object.
<< Perform bulk copy operations.
<< Store and retrieve binary large object (BLOB) data types in a database.
Create, add, delete, and edit data in a disconnected environment.
<< Create a DataSet graphically.
<< Create a DataSet programmatically.
<< Add a DataTable to a DataSet.
<< Add a relationship between tables within a DataSet.
<< Navigate a relationship between tables.
<< Merge DataSet contents.
<< Copy DataSet contents.
<< Create a typed DataSet.
<< Manage data within a DataTable.
<< Create and use DataViews.
<< Represent data in a DataSet by using XML.
<< Use the OleDbDataAdapter object to access an ADO Recordset or Record.
<< Generate DataAdapter commands automatically by using the CommandBuilder object.
<< Generate DataAdapter commands programmatically.
<< Populate a DataSet by using a DataAdapter.
<< Update a database by using a DataAdapter.
<< Resolve conflicts between a DataSet and a database by using a DataAdapter.
<< Respond to changes made to data at the data source by using DataAdapter events.
<< Perform batch operations by using DataAdapters.
Manage XML with the XML Document Object Model (DOM).
<< Read XML data into the DOM.
<< Modify an XML document by adding and removing nodes.
<< Modify nodes within an XML document.
<< Write data in XML format from the DOM.
<< Work with nodes in the XML DOM.
- msdn.microsoft.com
- XML Document Object Model (DOM)
- XML Document Object Model (DOM) (.NET Framework Developer's Guide)
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- What is XML DOM?
- A Beginner's Guide to the XML DOM
- Inside MSXML Performance (Extreme XML)
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- Real-World XML: Manipulate XML Data Easily with Integrated Readers and ...
- XLinq Overview
- XML Editing: A WYSIWYG XML Document Editor
- XML Files: Writing XML Providers for Microsoft .NET -- MSDN Magazine ...
- XML Files: Introducing XPath 2.0 -- MSDN Magazine, January 2003
- Putting XML to Work (Microsoft Office and VBA Developer 2000)
- XML Indexing Part 1: XML IDs, XSLT Keys and IndexingXPathNavigator
- XML Glossary
- Real-World XML: Manipulate XML Data Easily with the XPath and XSLT ...
- XML Files: What's New in MSXML 4.0 -- MSDN Magazine, December 2001
- The XML Files: OPENXML, XSLT Keys, Select versus Match, XPath, and ...
- New XML Features of the Microsoft Office Word 2003 Object Model
- Site Skinning: Rich XML Classes Let Users Personalize Their Visual ...
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- XML Files: Object Graphs, XPath, String Comparisons, and More -- MSDN ...
<< Modify the XML declaration.
Read, write, and validate XML by using the XmlReader class and the XmlWriter class.
<< Read XML data by using the XmlReader class.
<< Read all XML element and attribute content.
<< Read specific element and attribute content.
<< Read XML data by using the XmlTextReader class.
<< Read node trees by using the XmlNodeReader class.
<< Validate XML data by using the XmlValidatingReader class.
<< Write XML data by using the XmlWriter class.
Manage the print process by using print dialogs.
<< Configure Windows Forms print options at run time.
<< Change the printers attached to a user's computer in Windows Forms.
<< Configure the PrintPreviewDialog control.
<< Display a Print Preview window in Windows applications.
<< Set page details for printing by using the PageSetupDialog component.
Construct print documents.
<< Configure the PrintDocument component.
<< Print a text document in a Windows Form.
<< Print graphics in a Windows Form.
<< Print a document by using the PrintDialog component.
<< Alert users to the completion of a print job.
<< Enable security for printing in Windows Forms.
Create a customized PrintPreview component.
<< Set the Document property to establish the document to be previewed.
<< Set the Columns and Rows properties to establish the number of pages that will be displayed horizontally and vertically on the control.
<< Set the UseAntiAlias property to True to make the text appear smoother.
<< Set the Zoom property to establish the relative zoom level when the document preview appears.
<< Set the StartPage property to establish which document page is displayed when the document preview appears.
<< Set additional properties.
<< Add custom methods and events to a PrintPreviewControl.
Perform drag-and-drop operations.
<< Perform drag-and-drop operations within a Windows Forms application.
<< Perform drag-and-drop operations between applications.
<< Perform a drag-and-drop operation by using a TreeView control.
Implement globalization and localization for a Windows Forms application.
<< Implement globalization and localization within a Windows Forms application.
Implement accessibility features.
<< Implement accessibility features within a Windows Forms application.
Create and configure multiple-document interface (MDI) forms.
<< Create MDI parent forms.
<< Create MDI child forms.
<< Identify the active MDI child form.
<< Send data to the active MDI child form.
<< Arrange MDI child forms.
<< Create a window-list menu for an MDI application.
Create, configure, and customize user assistance controls and components.
<< Configure the PropertyGrid component.
<< Configure the ProgressBar control to indicate progress graphically.
<< Display status information by using the StatusStrip control.
<< Configure the ToolTip component.
<< Configure the ErrorProvider component.
<< Configure the HelpProvider component.
<< Play system sounds and audio files by using the SoundPlayer.
<< Configure the Timer component to raise an event at regular intervals.
<< Enable scrolling by using the HScrollBar and VScrollBar controls.
Persist Windows Forms application settings between sessions.
Manage a background process by using the BackgroundWorker component.
<< Run a background process by using the BackgroundWorker component.
<< Announce the completion of a background process by using the BackgroundWorker component.
<< Cancel a background process by using the BackgroundWorker component.
<< Report the progress of a background process by using the BackgroundWorker component.
<< Request the status of a background process by using the BackgroundWorker component.
Implement an asynchronous method.
<< Implement advanced asynchronous techniques.
<< Create an asynchronous method.
<< Create a new process thread.
Create a composite Windows Forms control.
<< Create a composite Windows Forms control.
<< Create properties, methods, and events for Windows Forms controls.
<< Expose properties of constituent controls.
<< Create and use custom dialog boxes in Windows Forms applications.
<< Customize a control to paint and render.
<< Configure a control to be invisible at run time.
<< Configure a control to have a transparent background.
<< Provide a Toolbox bitmap for a control.
Create a custom Windows Forms control by inheriting from the control class.
<< Create a custom control by inheriting from the control class.
Create an extended control by inheriting from an existing Windows Forms control.
<< Create an extended control by inheriting from an existing Windows Forms control.
Configure the installation of a Windows Forms application by using ClickOnce technology.
<< Install a Windows Forms application on a client computer by using ClickOnce deployment.
<< Install a Windows Forms application from a server by using ClickOnce deployment.
<< Configure the required permissions of an application by using ClickOnce deployment.
Create a Windows Forms setup application.
<< Create a Windows Forms application setup project.
<< Set deployment project properties.
<< Configure a setup project to add icons during setup.
<< Configure conditional installation based on operating system versions.
<< Configure a setup project to deploy the .NET Framework.
Add functionality to a Windows Forms setup application.