Data Binding with Windows Forms 2.0: Programming Smart Client Data Applications with .Net

by Brian Noyes

Data binding is the most important part of many business applications-and one of the most difficult things to understand. Data Binding with Windows Forms 2.0 is the first book to focus on this crucial area of development. It will quickly get you up to speed on binding data sources to Windows Forms components. The book contains clear examples in C# that work with SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005. Visual Basic .NET examples are available on the book's Web site. Brian Noyes, leading consultant and speaker on .NET programming, teaches you both the theory and practice of data binding and provides numerous samples ready to run in Visual Studio 2005. From his in-depth coverage, you'll learn how to Use Visual Studio 2005 to generate a data-bound application from a databaseUse the new Visual Studio 2005 typed data set designer, and how and why to use typed data sets and typed data adaptersPerform simple and complex binding of data to controls, and how to use the .NET 2.0 BindingSourceUse the Binding object for simple binding with automatic formatting, and how to handle binding eventsGenerate bound controls with the Visual Studio Designer, and how to use Data SourcesPresent data with the new DataGridView control, and how to implement advanced features of the DataGridViewImplement custom data-bound controls in Windows FormsCreate custom business objects and collections that are suitable for use in data bindingImplement validation and error handling at the Windows Forms and data-binding levelsImplement data binding with ASP.NET 2.0 and the upcoming Windows Presentation Foundation (Avalon) technologies

736 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 12, 2006

Reviews

[Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

I keep comming back to this book.
Since I have been using CSLA BL, I have been educating myself on developing custom control that utilize data binding