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Beginning Microsoft® Visual C#® 2008

Karli Watson Christian Nagel Jacob Hammer Pedersen

Jon D Reid Morgan Skinner Eric White

Wiley Publishing, Inc.

Beginning Microsoft® Visual C#® 2008

Introduction xxvii

Part I: The C# Language Chapter 1: Introducing C# 3

Chapter 2: Writing a C# Program 13

Chapter 3: Variables and Expressions 31

Chapter 4: Flow Control 59

Chapter 5: More About Variables 93

Chapter 6: Functions 125

Chapter 7: Debugging and Error Handling 155

Chapter 8: Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming 185

Chapter 9: Defining Classes 209

Chapter 10: Defining Class Members 241

Chapter 11: Collections, Comparisons, and Conversions 277

Chapter 12: Generics 331

Chapter 13: Additional OOP Techniques 371

Chapter 14: C# 3.0 Language Enhancements 399

Part II: Windows Programming Chapter 15: Basic Windows Programming 433

Chapter 16: Advanced Windows Forms Features 493

Chapter 17: Using Common Dialogs 537

Chapter 18: Deploying Windows Applications 583

Part III: Web Programming Chapter 19: Basic Web Programming 627

Chapter 20: Advanced Web Programming 671

(Continued)

Chapter 21: Web Services 709

Chapter 22: Ajax Programming 739

Chapter 23: Deploying Web Applications 759

Part IV: Data Access Chapter 24: File System Data 777

Chapter 25: XML 819

Chapter 26: Introduction to LINQ 849

Chapter 27: LINQ to SQL 895

Chapter 28: ADO.NET and LINQ over DataSet 933

Chapter 29: LINQ to XML 993

Part V: Additional Techniques Chapter 30: Attributes 1019

Chapter 31: XML Documentation 1049

Chapter 32: Networking 1075

Chapter 33: Introduction to GDI+ 1107

Chapter 34: Windows Presentation Foundation 1143

Chapter 35: Windows Communication Foundation 1215

Chapter 36: Windows Workflow Foundation 1247

Index 1279

Beginning Microsoft® Visual C#® 2008

Karli Watson Christian Nagel Jacob Hammer Pedersen

Jon D Reid Morgan Skinner Eric White

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About the Authors

Karli Watson is a freelance IT specialist, author, and developer He is also a technical consultant for

3form Ltd (www.3form.net) and Boost.net (www.boost.net), and an associate technologist with

Content Master (www.contentmaster.com) For the most part, he immerses himself in NET

(in particular, C#) and has written numerous books in the field He specializes in communicating

complex ideas in a way that is accessible to anyone with a passion to learn, and spends much of his

time playing with new technology to find new things to teach people

During those rare times when he isn’t doing the above, Karli is probably wishing he were hurtling down

a mountain on a snowboard or possibly trying to get his novel published Either way, you’ll know him

by his brightly colored clothes

Christian Nagel is a software architect, trainer, and consultant, and an associate of Thinktecture

(www.thinktecture.com), offering training and coaching based on Microsoft NET technologies His

achievements in the developer community have earned him a position as Microsoft Regional Director

and MVP for ASP.NET He enjoys an excellent reputation as an author of several NET books, such as

Professional C#, Pro NET Network Programming, and Enterprise Services with the NET Frameworks, and he

speaks regularly at international industry conferences

Christian has more than 15 years of experience as a developer and software architect He started his

computing career on PDP 11 and VAX/VMS, covering a variety of languages and platforms Since 2000,

he has been working with NET and C#, developing and architecting distributed solutions He can be

reached at www.christiannagel.com

Jacob Hammer Pedersen is a systems developer at Fujitsu Service, Denmark He’s been programming the

PC since the early 1990s using various languages, including Pascal, Visual Basic, C/C++, and C# Jacob

has co-authored a number of NET books and works with a wide variety of Microsoft technologies,

ranging from SQL Server to Office extensibility A Danish citizen, he works and lives in Aarhus, Denmark

Jon D Reid is the director of systems engineering at Indigo Biosystems, Inc (www.indigobio.com),

an independent software vendor for the life sciences, where he develops in C# for the Microsoft

environment He has co-authored many NET books, including Beginning Visual C# 2005, Beginning C#

Databases: From Novice to Professional, Pro Visual Studio NET, ADO.NET Programmer’s Reference, and

Professional SQL Server 2000 XML.

Morgan Skinner started programming at school in 1980 and has been hooked on computing ever since

He now works for Microsoft as an application development consultant where he helps customers with

their architecture, design, coding, and testing He’s been working with NET since the PDC release in

2000, and has authored several MSDN articles and co-authored a couple of books on NET In his spare

time he relaxes by fighting weeds on his allotment You can reach Morgan at www.morganskinner.com

Eric White is an independent software consultant with more than 20 years of experience in building

management information systems and accounting systems When he isn’t hunched over a screen

programming in C#, he is most likely to be found with an ice axe in hand, climbing some mountain

Credits

Introduction xxvii

Explicit Conversions Using the Convert Commands 100

Parameters and Return Values versus Global Data 143

Delegates 150 Summary 153 Exercises 154

Summary 184 Exercises 184

Chapter 8: Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming 185

Calling Overridden or Hidden Base Class Methods 256

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Summary 276 Exercises 276

Chapter 11: Collections, Comparisons, and Conversions 277

Collections 277

Summary 368 Exercises 368

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Lambda Expressions as Delegates and Expression Trees 425

Summary 429

Exercises 430

Part II: Windows Programming 431

Summary 491 Exercises 492

Additional Properties of the ToolStripMenuItem 498

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Part III: Web Programming 625

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Summary 736 Exercises 737

Summary 772 Exercises 773

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Declaring a Variable for Results Using the var Keyword 852

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Summary 893 Exercises 893

Summary 929 Exercises 930

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Accessing Tables, Rows, and Columns in the DataSet 948

Summary 990

Exercises 990

Displaying the Northwind Customer Orders XML Document 1008

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Summary 1016 Exercises 1016

Part V: Additional Techniques 1017

Adding XML Documentation Using a Class Diagram 1059

Programmatically Processing XML Documentation 1068

Summary 1073 Exercises 1073

Introduction

C# is a relatively new language that was unveiled to the world when Microsoft announced the first version of its NET Framework in July 2000 Since then its popularity has rocketed, and it has arguably become the language of choice for both Windows and Web developers who use the NET Framework

Part of the appeal of C# comes from its clear syntax, which derives from C/C++ but simplifies some things that have previously discouraged some programmers Despite this simplification, C# has retained the power of C++, and there is now no reason not to move into C# The language is not difficult, making

it a great one to learn elementary programming techniques with This ease of learning, combined with the capabilities of the NET Framework, make C# an excellent way to start your programming career

The latest release of C#, C# 3.0, which is included with version 3.5 of the NET Framework, builds on the existing successes and adds even more attractive features Some of these, again, have their roots in C++ —

at least superficially — but some are entirely new The latest releases of Visual Studio and the Express line

of development tools also bring many tweaks and improvements to make your life easier and dramatically increase your productivity

This book is intended to teach you about all aspects of C# programming, from the language itself, through Windows and Web programming, to making use of data sources, and finally to some advanced techniques such as graphics programming You ’ ll also learn about the capabilities of Visual C# Express 2008, Visual Web Developer Express 2008, and Visual Studio 2008, and all the ways that these products can aid your application development The book is written in a friendly, mentor - style fashion, with each chapter building on previous ones, and every effort is made to ease you into advanced techniques painlessly At no point do technical terms appear from nowhere to discourage you from continuing; every concept is introduced and discussed as required Technical jargon is kept to a minimum, but where it is necessary, it too is properly defined and laid out in context

The authors of this book are all experts in their fields, and are enthusiastic in their passion for both the C# language and the NET Framework Nowhere will you find a group of people better qualified to take you under their collective wing and nurture your understanding of C# from first principles to advanced techniques Along with the fundamental knowledge it provides, this book is packed full of helpful hints, tips, exercises, and full - fledged example code (available for download at p2p.wrox.com ) that you will find yourself using time and again as your career progresses

We pass this knowledge on without begrudging it, and hope that you will be able to use it to become the best programmer you can be Good luck, and all the best!

Who This Book Is For

This book is for everyone who wants to learn how to program in C# using the NET Framework The early chapters cover the language itself, assuming no prior programming experience If you have programmed in other languages before, then much of the material in these chapters will be familiar

Many aspects of C# syntax are shared with other languages, and many structures are common to practically all programming languages (such as looping and branching structures) However, even if you are an experienced programmer, you will benefit from looking through these chapters to learn the specifics of how these techniques apply to C#

Introduction

If you are new to programming, then you should start from the beginning If you are new to the NET

Framework but know how to program, then you should read Chapter 1 and then skim through the next

few chapters before beginning to apply the C# concepts you have learned If you know how to program

but haven ’ t encountered an object - oriented programming language before, then read the chapters from

Chapter 8 onward

Alternatively, if you already know the C# language, then you may wish to concentrate on the chapters

dealing with the most recent NET Framework and C# language developments, specifically the

chapters on collections, generics, and C# 3.0 language additions (Chapters 11 to 14 ), or skip the first

section of the book completely and start with Chapter 15

The chapters in this book are written with a dual purpose in mind: They can be read sequentially to

provide a complete tutorial in the C# language, and they can be dipped into as required as reference

material

In addition to the core material, each chapter also includes a selection of exercises that you can work

through to ensure that you have understood the material The exercises range from simple multiple

choice or true/false questions to more involved questions that require you to modify or build

applications The answers to all the exercises are provided as a download from the book ’ s Web page at

www.wrox.com

How This Book Is Str uctured

This book is divided into six sections:

Introduction: What this book is about and for whom it was written

The C# Language: Covers all aspects of the C# language, from the fundamentals to

object - oriented techniques

Windows Programming: How to write Windows applications in C#, and how to deploy them

Web Programming: Web application development, Web services, and Web application

deployment

Data Access: Using data in your applications, including data stored in files on your hard disk,

data stored in XML format, and data in databases

Additional Techniques: This section examines some extra ways of using C# and the NET

Framework, including attributes, XML documentation, networking, and graphics programming

with GDI+ It also looks at WPF, WCF, and WF — technologies introduced with NET 3.0 and

enhanced for NET 3.5

The following sections describe the chapters in the five major sections of this book

The C# Language (Chapters 1 – 14)

Chapter 1 introduces you to C# and how it fits into the NET landscape You ’ ll learn the fundamentals of

programming in this environment, and how Visual C# Express (VCE) and Visual Studio (VS) fit in

Introduction

Chapter 2 starts you off with writing C# applications You ’ ll look at the syntax of C# and put the

language to use with sample command - line and Windows applications These examples demonstrate just how quick and easy it can be to get up and running, and along the way you ’ ll be introduced to the VCE and VS development environments and the basic windows and tools that you ’ ll be using

throughout the book

Next, you ’ ll learn more about the basics of the C# language In Chapter 3 , you ’ ll learn what variables are

and how to manipulate them You ’ ll enhance the structure of your applications with flow control

(looping and branching) in Chapter 4 , and learn some more advanced variable types such as arrays in Chapter 5 In Chapter 6 , you ’ ll start to encapsulate your code in the form of functions, which make it

much easier to perform repetitive operations, and make your code much more readable

By the start of Chapter 7 you ’ ll have a handle on the fundamentals of the C# language, and will focus on

debugging your applications This involves looking at outputting trace information as your applications are executed, and at how VS can be used to trap errors and lead you to solutions for them with its powerful debugging environment

From Chapter 8 onward you ’ ll learn about object - oriented programming (OOP), starting with a look at

what this term means, and an answer to the eternal question, “ What is an object? ” OOP can seem quite difficult at first The whole of Chapter 8 is devoted to demystifying it and explaining what makes it so great, and you won ’ t actually deal with much C# code until the very end of the chapter

Everything changes in Chapter 9 , when you put theory into practice and start using OOP in your C#

applications This is where the true power of C# lies You ’ ll begin by looking at how to define classes and

interfaces, and then move on to class members (including fields, properties, and methods) in Chapter 10

At the end of that chapter, you ’ ll start to assemble a card game application, which is developed over several chapters and helps to illustrate OOP

Once you ’ ve learned how OOP works in C#, you ’ ll move on in Chapter 11 to look at common OOP scenarios, including dealing with collections of objects, and comparing and converting objects Chapter 12

takes a look at a new and very useful feature of C# in NET 2.0, generics, which enable you to create

very flexible classes Chapter 13 continues the discussion of the C# language and OOP with some

additional techniques, and notable events, which become very important in, for example, Windows

programming Finally, Chapter 14 focuses on C# language features that were introduced with

version 3.0 of the language

Windows Programming (Chapters 15 – 18)

Chapter 15 starts by introducing you to what is meant by Windows programming, and looks at how this is

achieved in VCE and VS As before, you ’ ll start with the basics and build up your knowledge over the

chapter Then, in Chapter 16 , you will see how you can use the wealth of controls supplied by the NET

Framework in your applications You ’ ll quickly understand how NET enables you to build Windows applications in a graphical way, and assemble advanced applications with the minimum of effort and time

Chapter 17 looks at some commonly used features that can add specialized features with ease, such as file management, printing, and so on Chapter 18 then discusses deploying your applications, including

making installation programs to enable your users to get up and running with your applications as soon

as possible

Introduction

Web Programming (Chapters 19 – 23)

This section is structured in a similar way to the Windows programming section Chapter 19 describes

the controls that make up the simplest of Web applications, and how you can fit them together and

make them perform tasks using ASP.NET Chapter 20 builds on this and introduces more advanced

techniques, versatile controls, and state management in the context of the Web, as well as conforming to

Web standards

Chapter 21 is an excursion into the wonderful world of Web services, which provide programmatic

access to information and capabilities across the Internet Web services enable you to expose complex

data and functionality to Web and Windows applications in a platform - independent way This chapter

discusses how to use and create Web services, and the additional tools that NET provides, including

security

Chapter 22 looks at Ajax programming, which is a way to add dynamic, client - side functionality to Web

applications Version 3.5 of the NET Framework provides Ajax functionality through ASP.NET Ajax, and

this chapter explains how to use it

Chapter 23 examines the deployment of Web applications and services — in particular, the new features

of VS and VWD that enable you to publish applications to the Web with the click of a button

Data Access (Chapters 24 – 29)

Chapter 24 looks at how your applications can save data to and retrieve it from a disk, both as simple

text files and as more complex representations of data You ’ ll also see how to compress data, how to

work with legacy data such as comma - separated value (CSV) files, and how to monitor and act on file

system changes

In Chapter 25 you ’ ll learn about what is fast becoming the de facto standard for data exchange —

namely, XML You will have touched on XML several times in preceding chapters, but this chapter lays

out the ground rules and shows you what all the excitement is about

The remainder of this section looks at LINQ, which is a query language built in to the latest versions of the

.NET Framework Chapter 26 provides a general introduction to LINQ, and then you will use LINQ to

access database data in Chapter 27 In Chapter 28 , you will see how LINQ can be used alongside the older

ADO.NET data access technology Finally, in Chapter 29 you will learn how to use LINQ with XML data

Additional Techniques (Chapters 30 – 36)

The last section of the book looks at a wide variety of additional C# and NET subjects In Chapter 30

you ’ ll look at attributes, a powerful way to both include additional information about types in

assemblies and add functionality that would otherwise be difficult to implement

Chapter 31 deals with XML documentation and how you can document your applications at the source

code level You ’ ll see how to add this information and how to use and extract it You ’ ll take this to the

point where you can generate expansive, MSDN - style documentation from your code

Finally, you will look at some exciting new technologies that have emerged with the latest NET

Framework release In Chapter 34, you will get to play with Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and see how it promises enormous changes to both Windows and Web development Chapter 35 looks at

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), which extends and enhances the concept of Web services

to an enterprise - level communication technology The last chapter of the book, Chapter 36 , looks at

Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) WF enables you to implement workflow functionality in your applications, meaning that you can define operations that are performed in a specific order controlled by external interactions, which is very useful for many types of applications

What You Need to Use This Book

The code and descriptions of C# and the NET Framework in this book apply to NET 3.5 You don ’ t need anything other than the framework to understand this aspect of the book, but many of the examples require a development tool This book uses Visual C# Express 2008 as its primary development tool, although some chapters use Visual Web Developer Express 2008 In addition, some functionality is only available in Visual Studio 2008, and where appropriate this is noted

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Chapter 5 : More About Variables Chapter 6 : Functions

Chapter 7 : Debugging and Error Handling Chapter 8: Introduction to Object - Oriented Programming Chapter 9: Defi ning Classes

Chapter 10: Defi ning Class Members Chapter 11 : Collections, Comparisons, and Conversions Chapter 12 : Generics

Chapter 13 : Additional OOP Techniques Chapter 14 : C# 3.0 Language Enhancements

1 Introducing C#

Welcome to the first chapter of the first section of this book This section will provide you with the basic knowledge you need to get up and running with C# This chapter provides an overview of C# and the NET Framework, including what these technologies are, the motivation for using them, and how they relate to each other

First is a general discussion of the NET Framework This technology contains many concepts that are tricky to come to grips with initially This means that the discussion, by necessity, covers many new concepts in a short amount of space However, a quick look at the basics is essential to understanding how to program in C# Later in the book you will revisit many of the topics covered here, exploring them in more detail

After that general introduction, the chapter provides a basic description of C# itself, including its origins and similarities to C++ Finally, you look at the primary tools used throughout this book:

Visual Studio 2008 (VS) and Visual C# 2008 Express Edition (VCE)

What Is the NET Framewor k?

The NET Framework is a new and revolutionary platform created by Microsoft for developing applications The most interesting thing about this statement is how vague it is — but there are good reasons for this For a start, note that it doesn ’ t “ develop applications on the Windows operating system ” Although the Microsoft release of the NET Framework runs on the Windows operating system, it is fast becoming possible to find alternative versions that will work on other systems One example of this is Mono, an open - source version of the NET Framework (including

a C# compiler) that runs on several operating systems, including various flavors of Linux and Mac

OS More such projects are in the pipeline and may be available by the time you read this In addition, you can use the Microsoft NET Compact Framework (essentially a subset of the full NET Framework) on personal digital assistant (PDA) class devices and even some smartphones

One of the key motivations behind the NET Framework is its intended use as a means of integrating disparate operating systems