| INTRODUCTION | VII |
| System Requirements vii / Installing and Using the Practice Files viii / Conventions and Features in this Book ix / Other Features of This Book x / Corrections, Comments, and Help x / Visit the Microsoft Press World Wide Web Site x | |
| PART 1 GETTING STARTED WITH C++ | 1 |
| CHAPTER 1 Hello C++! | 3 |
| Your First C++ Program 4 / Creating an Executable Program—Theory 8 / Creating an Executable Program—Practice 9 / Conclusion 15 | |
| CHAPTER 2 Introducing Object-Oriented Programming | 17 |
| What is Object-Oriented Programming? 17 / Features of Object-Oriented Programming Languages 18 / Classes and Objects 21 / Benefits of Object-Oriented Programming to the Developmental Life Cycle 21 / A Simple Example 22 | |
| CHAPTER 3 Variables and Operators | 29 |
| What is a Variable? 29 / The Fundamental Data Types 30 / Declaring a Variable 31 / Declaring Multiple Variables 32 / Assigning Values to Variables 32 / Arrays 33 / Pointers 34 / References 35 / Constants 35 / Enumerations 36 / Typedefs 37 / Adding Member Variables to Classes 37 / The .NET Framework String Class 39 / Operators and Expressions 40 | |
| CHAPTER 4 Using Functions | 47 |
| Declaring Function Prototypes 48 / Defining Function Bodies 51 / Calling Functions 57 | |
| CHAPTER 5 Decision and Loop Statements | 69 |
| Making Decisions with the if Statement 69 / Making Decisions with the switch Statement 80 / Performing Loops 84 | |
| PART 2 MORE ABOUT OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING | 97 |
| CHAPTER 6 More About Classes and Objects | 99 |
| Organizing Classes into Header FIles and Source Files 100 / Creating and Destroying Objects 106 / Defining Constructors and Destructors 108 / Defining Class-Wide Members 113 / Defining Object Relationships 118 | |
| CHAPTER 7 Controlling Object Lifetimes | 129 |
| Traditional C++ Memory Management 129 / The .NET Approach 132 | |
| CHAPTER 8 Inheritance | 143 |
| Designing an Inheritance Hierarchy 144 / Defining a Base Class 145 / Defining a Derived Class 147 / Accessing Members of the Base Class 150 / Creating Objects 153 / Overriding Member Functions 155 / Defining Sealed Classes 160 / Defining and Using Interfaces 160 | |
| PART 3 .NET PROGRAMMING BASICS | 163 |
| CHAPTER 9 Value Types | 165 |
| Reference Types and Value Types 165 / Structures 167 / Enumerations 175 | |
| CHAPTER 10 Operator Overloading | 181 |
| What Is Operator Overloading 181 / Overloading Operators in Managed Types 183 / Guidelines for Providing Overloaded Operators 198 | |
| CHAPTER 11 Exception Handling | 201 |
| What Are Exceptions? 201 / Throwing Exceptions 204 / Handling Exceptions 207 / Creating Your Own Exception Types 217 / Using _try_cast for Dynamic Casting 220 / Using Exceptions Across Languages 222 | |
| CHAPTER 12 Arrays and Collections | 227 |
| Native C++ Arrays 227 / The .NET Array Class 239 / Other .NET Collection Classes 247 | |
| CHAPTER 13 Properties | 255 |
| What Are Properties? 255 / Implementing Scalar Properties 257 / Implementing Indexed Properties 261 | |
| CHAPTER 14 Delegates and Events | 271 |
| What Are Delegates? 271 / What are Events? 279 | |
| PART 4 USING THE .NET FRAMEWORK | 287 |
| CHAPTER 15 The .NET Framework Class Library | 289 |
| What Is the .NET Framework? 289 / The .NET Framework Namespaces 295 | |
| CHAPTER 16 Introducing Windows Forms | 307 |
| What Is Windows Forms? 307 / The System.Windows.Forms Namespace 310 / Creating and Using Forms 311 / Using Menus 339 | |
| CHAPTER 17 Dialog Boxes and Controls | 347 |
| Using Dialog Boxes 347 / Using Common Dialogs 358 / More About Controls 361 | |
| CHAPTER 18 Graphical Output | 391 |
| Graphics with GDI+ 391 / Handling Images 407 / Printing 409 | |
| CHAPTER 19 Working with Files | 415 |
| The System::IO Namespace 415 / Text Input/Output Using Readers and Writers 417 / Working with Files and Directories 424 / Binary I/O 433 | |
| PART 5 DATA ACCESS | 441 |
| CHAPTER 20 Reading and Writing XML | 443 |
| XML and .NET 444 / Parsing XML with XmlTextReader 445 / Parsing XML with Validation 452 / Writing XML Using XmlTextWriter 457 / Using XmlDocument 462 | |
| CHAPTER 21 Transforming XML | 475 |
| Transforming XML 475 / Using XPath 477 / Using XSL 485 | |
| CHAPTER 22 Using ADO.NET | 493 |
| What Is ADO.NET? 494 / Creating a Connected Application 496 / Creating a Disconnected Application 503 | |
| PART 6 CREATING DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS | 511 |
| CHAPTER 23 Building a Web Service | 513 |
| What Are Web Services? 513 / The Web Services Namespaces 518 / Creating a Simple Web Service 519 / Using the Web Service Service from a Brower 521 / Using the Web Service from Code 523 | |
| CHAPTER 24 Introduction to ATL Server | 531 |
| What Is ATL Server? 531 / Creating Web-Based Applications Using ATL Server 533 / Creating Web Services Using ATL 541 | |
| PART 7 ADVANCED TOPICS | 551 |
| CHAPTER 25 Working with Unmanaged Code | 553 |
| Managed vs. Unmanaged Code 553 / Pinning and Boxing 558 / Using P/Invoke to Call Functions in the Win32 API 565 | |
| CHAPTER 26 Attributes and Reflection | 575 |
| Metadata and Attributes 575 / Using Predefined Attributes 578 / Defining Your Own Attributes 585 / Using Reflection to Get Attribute Data 591 | |
| CHAPTER 27 Living with COM | 599 |
| COM Components and COM Interop 599 / Using COM Components from .NET Code 600 / Using .NET Components as COM Components 615 | |
| ABOUT THE AUTHORS | 618 |
| INDEX | 619 |
