Windows Forms 2.0 Programming is the successor to the highly praised Windows Forms Programming in C#. This edition has been significantly updated to amalgamate the sheer mass of new and improved support that is encompassed by Windows Forms 2.0, the .NET Framework 2.0, and Visual Studio 2005. This is the one book developers need in order to learn how to build and deploy leading-edge Windows Forms 2.0 applications.
Readers will gain a deep understanding from Sells and Weinhardt's practical, well-balanced approach to the subject and clear code samples.
 Windows Forms 2.0 fundamentals, including forms, dialogs, data validation, help, controls, components, and rendering
 Static and dynamic layout, snap lines, HTML-style flow and table layout, automatic resizing, and automatic cross-DPI scaling
 Office 2003-style tool strip control coverage, including dynamic layout and custom rendering
 Design-time integration with the Visual Studio 2005 Properties Window and Smart Tags
 Resource management, strongly typed resources, and internationalization considerations
 Strongly typed application and user settings
 SDI, MDI, Single Instancing, Multiple-Instance SDI, Single-Instance MDI, database-centric, and document-centric applications
 Databinding data-source management, drag-and-drop databinding, the BindingSource, the BindingNavigator, and applied databinding
 Events, delegates, multithreaded UIs, long-running operations, simplified multithreading with the BackgroundWorker, and asynchronous web service calls
 ClickOnce application development publishing, shell integration, and partial trust security
 Best practices for developers transitioning from Windows Forms 1.0 and MFC