User Interfaces in VB. NET: Windows Forms and Custom Controls, goes beyond simple coverage of the Windows Forms and GDI+ namespaces by combining a careful treatment of the API with a detailed discussion of good user-interface design principles. After reading User Interfaces in VB. NET: Windows Forms and Custom Controls, you'll know how to design state-of-the-art strategies, program graphics, and much more.

• An overview of how to design elegant user interfaces the average user can understand.
• A comprehensive examination of the user interface controls and classes in .NET.
• Best practices and design tips for coding user interfaces and integrating help

Although this book isn't a reference, it does contain detailed discussions about every user interface element you'll use on a regular basis. But you won't just learn how to use .NET controls--you'll learn how and why to extend them with your own custom controls. As a developer, you need to know more than how to add a control to a window. You also need to know how to create an entire user interface framework that's scalable, flexible, and reusable

Contents

Chapter 1: Creating Usable Interfaces

Chapter 2: Designing with Classes and Tiers

Chapter 3: Control Class Basics

Chapter 4: Classic Controls

Chapter 5: Forms

Chapter 6: Modern Controls

Chapter 7: Custom Controls

Chapter 8: Design-Time Support for Custom Controls

Chapter 9: Data Controls

Chapter 10: MDI Interfaces and Workspaces

Chapter 11: Dynamic User Interface

Chapter 12: GDI+ Basics

Chapter 13: GDI+ Controls

Chapter 14: Help and Application-Embedded Support