MCPD Certification

Configuring and deploying applications

• Configure the installation of a Windows Forms application by using ClickOnce technology. It may include but not limited to:

1. Installing a Windows Forms application on a client computer by using ClickOnce deployment.
2. Installing a Windows Forms application from a server by using ClickOnce deployment.
3. Configuring the required permissions of an application by using ClickOnce deployment.

• Create a Windows Forms setup application. It may include but not limited to:

1. Creating a Windows Forms application setup project.
2. Setting deployment project properties.
3. Configuring setup project to add icons during setup.

Developing Windows Forms controls

• Create a composite Windows Forms control. It may include but not limited to:

1. Creating a composite Windows Forms control.
2. Creating properties, methods, and events for Windows Forms controls.
3. Exposing properties of constituent controls.
4. Creating and using custom dialog boxes in Windows Forms applications.
5. Customizing a control to paint and render.
6. Configuring a control to be invisible at run time.
7. Configuring a control to have a transparent background.
8. Providing a Toolbox bitmap for a control.

• Create a custom Windows Forms control by inheriting from the control class. It may include but not limited to:

Implementing asynchronous programming techniques to improve the user experience

• Manage a background process by using the BackgroundWorker component. It may include but not limited to:

1. Running a background process by using the BackgroundWorker component.
2. Announcing the completion of a background process by using the BackgroundWorker component.
3. Cancelling a background process by using the BackgroundWorker component.
4. Reporting the progress of a background process by using the BackgroundWorker component.
5. Requesting the status of a background process by using the BackgroundWorker component.

• Implement an asynchronous method. It may include but not limited to:

1. Implementing advanced asynchronous techniques.

Enhancing usability

• Perform drag-and-drop operations. It includes the following:

1. Perform drag-and-drop operations within a Windows Forms application.
2. Perform drag-and-drop operations between applications.
3. Perform a drag-and-drop operation by using a TreeView control.

• Implement globalization and localization for a Windows Forms application. It includes the following:

1. Implement globalization and localization within a Windows Forms application.

• Implement accessibility features. It includes implementing accessibility features within a Windows Forms application.

• Create and configure multiple-document interface (MDI) forms. It includes the following:

1. Create MDI parent forms.
2. Create MDI child forms.
3. Identify the active MDI child form.

Implementing printing and reporting functionality in a Windows Forms application  Read more... (197 words, estimated 47 secs reading time)

• Manage the print process by using print dialogs.

1. Configure Windows Forms print options at run time.
2. Change the printers attached to a user’s computer in Windows Forms.
3. Configure the PrintPreviewDialog control.
4. Display a Print Preview window in Windows applications.
5. Set page details for printing by using the PageSetupDialog component.

• Construct print documents.

1. Configure the PrintDocument component.
2. Print a text document in a Windows Form.
3. Print graphics in a Windows Form.
4. Print a document by using the PrintDialog component.

Integrating data in a Windows Forms application  Read more... (541 words, estimated 2:10 mins reading time)

• Implement data-bound controls.

1. Use the DataGridView control to display and update the tabular data contained in a data source.
2. Use a simple data-bound control to display a single data element on a Windows Form.
3. Implement complex data binding to integrate data from multiple sources.
4. Navigate forward and backward through records in a DataSet in Windows Forms.
5. Define a data source by using a DataConnector component.
6. Create data forms by using the Data Source Configuration Wizard.

• Manage connections and transactions.

Creating a UI for a Windows Forms application by using standard controls  Read more... (379 words, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)

• Add and configure a Windows Form.

1. Add a Windows Form to a project at design time.
2. Configure a Windows Form to control accessibility, appearance, behavior, configuration, data, design, focus, layout, style, and other functionality.

• Manage control layout on a Windows Form.

1. Group and arrange controls by using the Panel control, GroupBox control, TabControl control, FlowLayoutPanel control, and TableLayoutPanel control.
2. Use the SplitContainer control to create dynamic container areas.

• Add and configure a Windows Forms control.