Exam 98-362: Windows Development Fundamentals/Creating Windows Forms Applications

This lesson covers Creating Windows Forms Applications. It looks at events, Windows Forms inheritance, controls, user input, and debugging.

Activity 1 - Create and Handle Events

This objective may include but is not limited to: methods for creating events in an application; handling events raised in an application.

1. Read Creating a User Interface.
2. Read Events Overview.
3. Read How to: Create Event Handlers at Run Time for Windows Forms.
4. Read How to programmatically add controls to Windows forms at run time by using Visual C#.
5. Read How to programmatically add controls to Windows Forms at run time by using Visual Basic.

Activity 2 - Understand Windows Forms Inheritance

This objective may include but is not limited to: implementing forms inheritance in applications for visual inheritance.

1. Read Windows Forms Inheritance.
2. Read Walkthrough: Demonstrating Visual Inheritance.

Activity 3 - Understand How to Create New Controls and Extend Existing Controls

This objective may include but is not limited to: creating a new GUI control or inheriting functionality from an existing control.

1. Read Varieties of Custom Controls.
2. Read Control Type Recommendations.
3. Read Walkthrough: Inheriting from a Windows Forms Control with Visual C#.
4. Read Walkthrough: Inheriting from a Windows Forms Control with Visual Basic.

Activity 4 - Validate and Implement User Input

This objective may include but is not limited to: implementing the correct user input model based on application design and requirements; accepting keyboard and mouse input; validating user input through GUI controls such as text boxes and dialog controls.

1. Read User Input in Windows Forms.
2. Read Using Keyboard Events.
3. Read Mouse Input in a Windows Forms Application.
4. Read User Input Validation in Windows Forms.
5. Read MaskedTextBox Class.
6. Read Control.Validating Event.

Activity 5 - Debug a Windows-based Application

This objective may include but is not limited to: using breakpoints and debugging techniques to identify issues in code; debugging a Windows Services application.

1. Read Debugging Managed Code.
2. Read Walkthrough: Debugging a Windows Form.
3. Read Debugging Windows Service Applications.
4. Read How to: Debug Windows Service Applications.
5. Read How to: Debug the OnStart Method.

References

• Exam 98-362 Windows Development Fundamentals Student Study Guide
• Microsoft: Windows Development Fundamentals Exam Details