 | MSDN Webcasts
The Visual Studio 2005: Develop Smart Client Applications Webcast Series brings you over 30 Smart Client Webcasts. Register for this series and you will discover how to leave behind the complications that plague large-footprint, tough to deploy, and DLL-laden rich clients, as well as how to avoid the burdens of network dependency, poor user experience, and difficult to develop, traditional Web applications.
Back by popular demand for his third series of Webcasts, author and teacher Dr. Joe Hummel dives into the development of Smart Client applications using Microsoft .NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005. Tune in as he focuses on the architecture and design of Smart Client Applications. This series builds upon Dr. Hummel's two earlier series and each Webcast builds upon previously discussed content, reinforced by online homework exercises. If you wonder whether your graphical user interface should follow the Model-View-Controller design pattern, which N-tier design is best for you, how .NET remoting impacts that design, and more, register today.
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 | MSDN Virtual Labs
This month the MSDN Virtual Lab team has provided eight new Smart Client labs. Virtual labs run in a hosted environment, allowing you to develop smart client applications from the comfort of your Web browser.
Coming This Month: |
| • | Building XML-based Solutions with Microsoft Office Word, Excel and Access 2003
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| • | Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Advanced
This lab is intended to teach you how to install the samples for "Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Microsoft Office - Outlook (Beta)." This lab also shows you how to use the samples to build and debug a simple Outlook add-in application, and then to disable the add-in from Outlook. |
| • | Windows Forms 2.0 Advanced Layout
The objective of this lab is to introduce the two new layout containers (FlowLayout and TableLayout) in Microsoft Windows Forms 2.0. You will learn how to use each of these layouts and how other control properties like Dock, or Padding affect layouts. |
| • | Building Data Visualization Solutions Using Microsoft Office Visio 2003
The objective of this lab is will show you how to use your C# development skills to transform Visio diagrams into dynamic representations of data stored in SQL Server Reporting Services. This information can be used to analyze and improve business process performance and includes discussion of Visio development best practices and in-depth walkthrough of code needed to build and deploy a sample solution. |
| • | Integrating Back-End Data into Microsoft Office Applications with Information Bridge Framework
Integrating Back-End Data into Microsoft Office Applications with Information Bridge Framework
This hands-on-lab will introduce you to the overall process of creating solutions with IBF, where you will perform the integral steps in creating a complete solution using the framework. When you finish the lab you will be able to develop Web services according to the Information Bridge Framework guidance. |
 | Microsoft E-Learning
Microsoft Learning has created an online course that will allow you to experience the new features and functionality of Visual Studio 2005, while learning how to build Windows Forms applications. Course 2926: Building Windows Forms Applications with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 will only be available free for a limited time ($99 value), so get your 90-day subscription today..
At the end of the course, you will be able to:
| • | Develop Microsoft Windows Forms applications | | • | Use the new and enhanced features of building presentation layer applications | | • | Build data-bound forms by using the RAD data-binding features provided by Visual Studio 2005 | | • | Deploy applications by using ClickOnce Technology |
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