Advanced Visual Basic .NET 2003

• Use delegates to make your code more flexible and maintainable
• Take advantage of asynchronous programming techniques, and know when to use explicit multi-threading
• Manage computers as well as hardware and software resources using .NET code and WMI
• Store and retrieve data using .NET serialization
• Work with .NET attributes, and discover information about code using .NET reflection
• Print text and graphics from within .NET Windows applications
• Read and write XML data using the XmlDocument class
• Create three different types of custom controls for Windows forms

• Motivating Delegates
• Introducing Delegates
• Working with Events

Asynchronous Programming in VB.NET

• Processes and Threads
• Using Delegates
• Using the Thread Pool Directly

Timers and Threads

• Using .NET Timers
• Creating Your Own Threads

Filling the .NET Gaps with WMI

• Introducing WMI
• Getting Started with WMI
• WMI Queries, Properties, and Methods
• WMI Server Explorer Extensions

WMI Events and Asynchronous Handling

• Creating WMI Event Handlers
• Working with WMI Asynchronously
• WMI Server Explorer Extensions and Events

Serialization

• Introducing Serialization
• Serializing Complex Objects
• Customizing the Serialization Process

Attributes and Reflection

• Introducing Attributes
• Creating and Using Custom Attributes
• Introducing Reflection
• Using Reflection to Perform Late Binding

Printers and Printing

• The PrintDocument Class
• The PageSettings Class
• The PrinterSettings Class
• Working with Print-Related Controls
• A More Complex Report

Reading and Writing XML

• Getting Started
• Reading XML Data
• Working with Nodes
• Creating and Modifying XML
• Dealing with Errors

Creating Custom Windows Controls

• Control Creation in Windows Forms
• Inheriting from an Existing Control
• Drawing Your Own Custom Controls
• Creating Composite Controls