| Course Description | |
| In this volume, you’ll learn about implementing service processes and application domains in your .NET applications using the System and ServiceProcess namespaces. You’ll see how to take advantage of multi-threading to create fast and efficient processes through the Threading namespace. You’ll learn how to internationalize your .NET application by using the globalization classes. Enhance your user interface with the System.Drawing and System.Text namespaces.
Course Length: 3 Days Course Tuition: $1190 (US) |
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| Prerequisites | |
| Some programming background, in addition to experience with Visual Studio 2005 and version 2.0 of the .NET Framework, in either Visual Basic or C#. | |
| Course Outline |
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• Creating Multithreaded Applications Using Threaded Using the Thread Class The ThreadStart and Parameterized ThreadStart Delegates Using the Join() Method Four Ways to Start a Thread Using the ThreadPool Class Performing Reverse DNS Lookups by Using the Thread Pool Using the Timer Class Modifying the User Interface from a Thread Using the Invoke() Method of a Form Using the BackgroundWorker Component Calling an Asynchronous Method The ThreadState Enumeration The ThreadPriority Enumeration Avoiding Deadlocks (aka Deadly Embraces) Avoiding Race Conditions Thread Safe Code and Locking Using the Monitor Class Using the lock Statement Using the Interlocked Class Using the ReaderWriterLock Class Synchronizing Threads Using the AutoResetEvent Class Using the ManualResetEvent Class Using the Mutex Class Using the Semaphore Class Using the RegisterWaitForSingleObject Method Using an ExecutionContext Object Controlling the Flow of Permissions Using the ExecutionContext.Run() Method • Text Manipulation Using the StringBuilder Class StringBuilder Basics Using StringBuilder vs. Strings Parsing Strings with Regular Expressions Regular Expression Patterns Using the Match and Group Objects Using the MatchCollection Object Understanding Captures Using Encoding Discovering with Encodings .NET Supports Encoding Text Decoding Text Handling Fallbacks • Using Culture Information The Basics of Cultures in .NET Types of Cultures The CultureInfo Class Culture Names Using a CultureInfo Object Parsing a Date Using a CultureInfo Object Parsing a Number Using a CultureInfo Object Formatting a Date and Time Using a DateTimeFormatInfo Object Formatting a Number Using a NumberFormatInfo Object Finding Other Information from FormatInfo Objects Using RegionInfo Objects Comparing Strings Using a CompareInfo Object Sorting a Collection Using a CompareInfo Object Using the CultureAndRegion InfoBuilder Class • Windows Services An Introduction to Windows Services Viewing the Installed Services from Visual Studio Installing and Uninstalling Windows Services from Visual Studio Creation a Windows Service Choosing an Account to Run the Service Installing the Service Adding Functionality to the Service Creating a Test Harness Program Debugging the Service Using the ServiceController Component Checking Permissions Overriding Other Methods in the Service Sending a Command to a Windows Service Enumerating the Services on a Machine • Sending E-Mail with SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Specifying the SMTP Server Using the SmtpClient Class Encoding Using the Mail Message Class Using the MailAddress Class Adding Message Recipients Adding Attachments Handling SMTP Exceptions Sending Messages Asynchronously Sending HTML E-Mail Messages Adding Alternate Views Checking E-Mail Security Configuring Credentials • Using Platform Invoke Making Platform Invoke Calls Identifying Entry Points Creating a Class Defining Prototypes Specifying the Library Name Specifying the Entry Point Name Specifying the CharSet Specifying the Method Name Specifying the Parameters Specifying the Return Type Calling the DLL Entry Point Using Constants Using Enums Returning Strings from a Platform Invoke Call Passing Structures to a Platform Invoke Call Using the StructLayout Attribute Byte Aligning Structures Implementing Callback Procedures Handling Errors from Unmanaged Code Marshaling Data Blittable Types Using the In and Out Attributes |
• COM Interop Com Interop Registering a COM Component Unregistering a COM Component Creating a Runtime Callable Wrapper Creating an RCW in Visual Studio Creating a RCW by Using TIbimp.exe Using a Primary Interop Assembly Using a COM Component from .NET Driving Excel from .NET Calling .NET from COM Using the ComVisible Attribute Creating COM Friendly Classes in .NET Using the TypeLibConverter Class Using the CovertAssemblyToTypeLib() Method Using the ConvertTypeLibToAssembly() Method • Reflection Reflection in .NET Using the Assembly Class Getting References to the Currently Executing Assemblies Getting References to Other Assemblies Using Assembly Attributes Retrieving Assembly Attributes Creating a New Custom Attribute Retrieving Information about an Assembly The Reflection Object Hierarchy Enumerating all the Information in an Assembly Performing Late Binding Calling a Static Method Using Late Binding Calling an Instance Method Using Late Binding • Drawing Graphics Drawing Graphics Using GDI+ Essential Structures The Point and PointF Structures The Size and SizeF Structures The Rectangle and RectangleF Structures The Color Structure The SystemColors Class The OnPaint() Method The OnPaintBackground() Method Using the Graphics Class The Pen Class SystemPens Class The Brush Class The SolidBrush Class The TextureBrush Class The HatchBrush Class The LinearGradientBrush Class The PathGradientBrush Class Image, Bitmap, and Metafile Classes The Font Class The FontFamily Class The SystemFonts Class Drawing Text Using a Font Drawing Text Using the StringFormat Class Using the ImageAnimator Class Using BufferedGraphics The Icon Class The SystemIcons Class The Converter Classes The ColorConverter Class The FontConverter Class The ImageConverter Class The IconConverter Class The PointConverter Class The RectangleConverter Class The SizeConverter Class The ColorTranslator Class Using Regions • Application Domains Using Application Domains Creating an Application Domain Configuring an Application Domain Loading Assemblies into an Application Domain Unloading an Application Domain Practical Example of Using Application Domains The Eight Queens Problem The Knight’s Tour Problem The Towers of Hanoi Problem Using Application Domains to Run in a Safe and Secure Environment Using an Application Domain to Stop an Application Using Evidence Assigning Evidence to the Application Domain Contact us for course schedules or more information. |
