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Learn C# with Windows Forms and a Variety of Projects

Name: Learn C# with Windows Forms and a Variety of Projects
Rating: 4.7 (128 reviews)

Includes a Powerful Database Project!

Created byT O

Last updated 7/2023

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What you'll learn

Students will know how to find, download and install Visual Studio 2017 Community, the latest version as of the making of this course.
Students will know how to create an executable Windows Form project.
Students will know how to use a variety of the panels that show in Visual Studio.
Students will know how to set various object properties.
Students will know how to describe the purpose of the public keyword.
Students will know how to describe the purpose of the private keyword.
Students will know how to describe the purpose of the class keyword.
Students will know how to interpret a hierarchy consisting of name spaces, classes and methods.
Students will learn how to use the object explorer in Visual Studio.
Students will understand the purpose of the files that make up a Window Forms project.
Students will understand what a constructor is.
Students will understand how visual object changes are reflected in code in the appropriate file.
Students will learn the meaning of the this keyword.
Students will learn the meaning of the partial keyword.
Students will understand how to pull a class from a namespace.
Students will understand how a class functions as a container for code.
Students will understand how a class can also be imagined as a template for making objects.
Students will understand how to use the memory panel and the meaning of the new keyword.
Students will understand the concept of an assembly.
Students will understand how to work with references.
Students will understand the concept of an integer data type.
Students will understand why variables are needed.
Students will understand what it means to assign values and call methods.
Understand why a variety of different data types is needed.
Understand that there are templates for many different data types.
Understand specific data types like int, double, bool and others.
Students will understand how to use the + symbol with strings.
Students will understand implicit method calls like string . Format and string . Concat.
Students will understand how to make use of the locals window in Visual Studio.
Understand how to set various object properties by changing the designer file manually.
Understand how to work with a struct that represents colors.
Understand how to use methods like trim and to upper to work with strings.
Understand the concept of a method overload.
Understand what purpose the .NET Framework serves.
Describe the purpose of a fully qualified name.
Understand the concept of method nesting.
Understand the concept of static methods.
Understand the purpose of enumerations.
Understand the purpose of try/catch.
Become familiar with exceptions.
Understand simple logical conditions with if/else.
Understand more complex logical conditions with if/else if/else.
Understand how to use panels, calendar and check boxes.
Understand how to use combo boxes.
Understand how to prevent null reference exceptions with combo boxes.
Understand how to work with rich textboxes.
Understand how to make selections in rich text boxes and how to highlight.
Understand how to make if/else operate with methods that return a bool.
Understand how to use the ternary operator to make logical decisions.
Understand how to work with list boxes.
Understand how to work with switch blocks
Understand how to use multiple catch blocks.
Understand how to use modern switch blocks.
Learn how to use data grid views.
Learn how to make use of TryParse methods.
Understand where to find the .NET Framework.
Understand the difference between unary and binary operators
Understand how to use a rich text box in a simplified way.
Understand how to make use of a x++, ++x, --x
Understand the how and why of a while loops.
Understand why the parts of a while loop are present and coded a certain way.
Understand how to make use of grid views with while loops.
Understand the fundamentals of for loops.
Understand how to make if work with open file dialogs.
Understand how to make if work with save file dialogs.
Understand how to work with the rich text box methods.
Understand how to use complex index notation with data grid views.
Understand how to step through the column entries with a for loop.
Understand how to work with double for loops.
Understand how to navigate through the command prompt window.
Understand the concept of a verbatim string.
Understand how to use string arrays in an application.
Understand how to add name spaces and using the IO namespace.
Learn how to use the folder browser dialog box.
Understand how to use if with folder browser dialogs.
Understand how to use foreach loops with string arrays.
Understand how to use picture boxes and image lists.
Understand how to use if/else with image lists and image list indexes.
Understand overall how to build a simple picture browser.
Understand how to print images to pdf's and paper.
Understand the purpose of the .net framework and how public properties give us access to private fields.
Understand how to use the print preview dialog box
Understand how to use page margins when printing to fit images on a page.
Understand how to view images at their proper size using a form.
Understand the difference between local variables and fields.
Learn how to perform a variety of image resizing operations.
Learn how to use the clipboard
Learn how to use switch blocks
Learn how to use multiple windows forms in one project
Learn how to write to /read from files on the hard drive
Learn how to print to pritners and PDF files
Learn how to print entire windows forms controls as bit maps
Learn how to work with memory streams
Learn how to work with emails, smtp and attachments
Learn how to use multiple using blocks for try/catch
Learn how to work with C# and word
Learn how to write to files and load files
Learn how to send email messages from c#

Course content

13 sections • 200 lectures • 22h 20m total length

Getting Visual Studio 2017 Community (no coding)4:02

Creating and running your first executable (no coding)5:30
Displaying a message with a label (no coding)5:45
Reacting to a button click (coding)6:41
Understanding namespaces, classes, keywords, part 1(examining existing code)6:07
Understanding namespaces, classes, keywords, part 2(examining existing code)7:04
Understanding namespaces, classes, keywords, part 3 (examining existing code)2:10
Explore the partial keyword in Windows Forms, showing how a single class spans multiple files with the same namespace, and how the designer file relates to Form1.
Understanding Initialize Component, part 1 (examining existing code)8:50
Understanding Initialize Component, part 2 (modifying existing code)7:00
Understanding references (modifying existing code)7:33
Explore how references and assemblies organize namespaces and classes in Windows Forms, view the object browser details, and manage using directives and references to keep code functional.

Using int variables (coding)8:12
Explore using int variables in a Windows Forms project by reading and assigning form width and height, displaying results in a label, and understanding get and set properties.
Using different data types, part 1 (interface design)10:23
Using different data types, part 2 (coding)4:37
Using different data types, part 3 (coding)7:10
String methods, part 1(coding/interface design)9:12
String methods, part 2(coding)7:40
Learn to read text from a Windows Forms text box in C# and apply string methods like trim, toUpper, and toLower. See that these return copies and report length.
Using the .NET Framework (coding)7:42
Classes Vs. structs9:12
Method nesting11:44
Enumerations6:17
Exceptions8:40
Learn how to identify and handle exceptions in C# with Windows Forms by using try-catch blocks, inspecting messages and stack traces, and handling format exceptions with user feedback.
Variable scope7:46

if/else, simple version9:28
If/else if/else, part 111:24
If/else if/else, part 22:32
If/else with methods13:40
Ternary operator, part16:07
Explore how to use the ternary operator in a C# Windows Forms project to evaluate true or false conditions, assign results, and display outcomes with message boxes.
Ternary operator, part 23:43
Learn how to extend a Windows Forms app with two text boxes to search strings using the ternary operator and the contains method, demonstrating substring matching.
Switch blocks8:56
Logical and7:31
Modern switch blocks, part 18:29
Modern switch blocks, part 26:52
Learn how modern C# switch blocks handle decimal input, using case with logical conditions to assign tax rates (10%, 15%, 20%), with break, scope, and to prevent fall-through.
Modern switch blocks, part 33:40
TryParse method with datetime9:43
Learn to use DateTime.TryParse to convert textbox input into a date time with an out parameter, handling success or failure and displaying a short date string.
TryParse source code5:07

Changing variables using compound operations8:36
While loops, easy example10:23
While loops, practical example, part 16:08
While loops, practical example, part 218:42
For loops, basic example10:51
For loops, basic example, part 24:07
If with rich text boxes, part 19:03
If with rich text boxes, part7:58
Gridviews with for loops, part 110:12
Gridviews with for loops, part 29:37
Working with double loops11:29
Foreach loops with arrays, part 111:09
Foreach loops with arrays, part 29:37
Picture browser, part 114:10
Picture browser, part 28:19
Picture browser, part 36:53
Picture browser, part 49:02
Picture browser, part 58:23
Picture browser, part 612:09
Picture browser, part 76:51
Image browser, part 87:32
Implement a robust print preview workflow in a C# Windows Forms image browser, wiring a print preview dialog to a print document and guarding image list checks to prevent crashes.
Image browser, part 910:36
Image browser, part 109:18
Image browser, part 1113:32
Image browser, part 1210:05
Image browser, part 1310:19
Image browser, part 147:29
Image browser, part 159:48
Adjust image placement by constraining coordinates to fit within page margins, snapping to the last valid position when overflow occurs, and testing with print preview.
Image browser, part 1621:12
Learn to resize images dynamically in a Windows Forms image browser using a track bar, update print preview, and manage scrolling with a picture box and bitmap scaling.
Image browser, part 17, fix issues with crashing code4:17

Overview of the ideas behind the shape calculator1:36
Make sure as you make the project, the Document Layout window shows the Cylinder Panel above the Rectangle Panel.
Look at the attached picture to see this.
This is also explained in video 79.
Notes box interface4:13
Save file dialog for notes panel3:42
Open file dialog for notes panel2:41
Rectangle panel interface layout7:59
Build a rectangle panel layout by adding and nesting panels, a picture box with the rectangle image, text boxes for horizontal and vertical dimensions, and area and perimeter labels.
Tooltip code for rectangle panel2:48
Copy to clip board rectangle label4:49
Code for calculating area/perimeter, step 110:01
Code for calculating area/perimeter, step 25:50
Improve a C# Windows Forms project by wiring a numeric up-down to area and perimeter calculations, converting to integer, applying rounding, and validating non-numeric or zero/negative input.
Add border to label panel6:12
Add border to label panel1:50
Make interface for cylinder object9:01
Combo box for switching panels6:41
Volume button for cylinder object10:08
Copy ability for volume label3:17

Overview of the project0:39
Make sure you set the print document on the printDialog1 object to printDocument1 in the properties panel of the printDialog1 object.
Add tab control3:08
Add images to tab pages2:35
Picture box with formulas1:43
Add printing font objects to bottom2:38
Overview of formulas used in project2:20
Add calculations tab interface parts6:10
Add menu items4:01
Discrete compounding code, part 15:56
Discrete compounding code, part 27:04
Continuous compounding code5:17
Print preview, print dialog, color dialog3:56
Print event code1:49
Change right to upper in menu2:22
Printing the formulas image box7:19
Printing the text boxes6:28
Print text box contents in a Windows Forms C# project by composing a string with interpolation for principal, rate, time, and compounding periods, then render with graphics.drawstring and print preview.

Overview of the project2:21
Interface layout 17:19
Interface layout 26:06
Learn to arrange four picture boxes and text boxes in a table layout panel, dock them to fill cells, adjust font size, borders, copy and paste controls, and preview interface.
Add dialog objects1:33
Add and configure dialog controls in a Windows Forms project, including open file, print, print preview, and print document dialogs; set image boxes to zoom and check the document outline.
Add yellow highlighting to boxes7:21
Add ability to load pictures into all the boxes9:52
Add ability to print to files and printers11:44
Print from a Windows Forms app by converting a layout panel to a bitmap, drawing it with graphics, and printing to files or printers via a dialog and document.
Add previewing and set default mode to land scape4:50
Add user interface elements for downloading pictures from the web2:57
Add a user interface that downloads pictures from the web by placing a uri text box, configuring a download button, and incorporating a save file dialog.
Write code to download files from the internet 16:23
links to sites used are under lesson resources
Write code to download files from the internet 29:13
Fix up the filter on the save file dialog object3:19
Configure gmail to accept smtp communications2:16
Configure Gmail to accept smtp communications by enabling email attachments in a windows forms app, updating download button and e-mail text box, and enabling less secure app access for testing.
Email code part 18:45
Email code part 211:28
Use regular expressions for confirms email box entry format is correct5:18

Text/RTF file merger overview1:41
Layout interface4:51
Get files1:08
Code file merger part 18:31
Code file merger part 27:49
Unintended benefit of our code design1:40
Add ability to merge rtf and text files8:27
Prevent code crashes3:54
Add more options to the file filter3:12
Learn to extend a WinForms open file dialog by adjusting the filter to show text files and rich text format files, clear the file name, and merge them.
Interface parts for saving to files2:26
Add a save file interface to store box contents, rename the load files button to save file, and configure a save file dialog with text and rich text filters.
Code for saving files6:00
Demonstrates saving files in a Windows Forms app using a save file dialog, including text and rich text formats, and saving text box content to disk.
Interface changes for saving word files3:20
Code for saving word files8:43

Project overview2:00
Install SQL tools3:53
Add a database with a table11:42
Add a database and create a table for business contacts. Define an identity primary key with auto increment, a date time column, and var char fields like company and notes.
Add some table entries7:41
Make the main form3:17
Run the child form from the main form6:18
Add ability to arrange forms in three different forms4:54
Layout contacts interface part 112:20
Layout contacts interface part 29:30
Layout contacts interface part 311:39
Add code to load picture into box6:54
Add code to show an enlarged version of the picture6:15
Add image column to table4:41
Connect datagridview to table7:37
Learn how to easily copy table and reconnect fast7:09
Add code to delete records13:47
Add a delete query to remove records using a data grid view and the business contacts table adapter, with a parameter for the record ID, and refresh the data set.
Rename all the fields in the datagridview3:22
Add code to update records8:35
Add code to add images to database table using data grid view7:54
Learn to load images into a data grid view and persist them as byte arrays in a database using an open file dialog and bytes conversion.
Add insert query6:19
Add code to read values from boxes into table11:15
Confirm insertion code works2:47
Add code for searching through records14:39
Add code for clearing boxes6:21
Clear all boxes by iterating through the form's controls collection, identifying text boxes and rich text boxes, and setting their text to empty; reset the date time picture to today.
Add code ensuring only images are loaded9:03
Add code to search by date21:06
Change tab order and visual styles9:27
Load data from datagridview to boxes13:49
Export to Excel25:10
Export data from a WinForms app to Excel using interop by creating Excel application, writing headers and grid data from a DataGridView into workbook worksheet, with save dialog.
Add ability to delete from row header8:22
Fix issue with leftover text in file name box3:40
Detach database0:38
Install SQL Server 20195:58
Confirm Local DB is updated4:03
Update the table and set the identity_cache8:53
Confirm ID is okay by adding and removing records4:06
Change the anchor property of the datagridview object2:18
Add ability to export to a text file7:21
Fix up box with date time picker for sorting by date6:20
Control position of date time picker pop up3:52
Create a custom message box6:13
Run the custom message box5:13
Export selected rows to Excel11:40
Export the selected rows from a Windows Forms DataGridView to Excel. Reuse and adapt existing export code to output the chosen rows, preserving headers and column structure.
Clear picture box2:40
Add code to export to Word, part 16:03
Add code to export to Word, part 211:06

Requirements

You must use Visual Studio 2017 Community.
Previous versions of Visual Studio might not work because the language features I use might not be available.
The three new sections on the bottom use Visual Studio 2019

Description

Update 7/21/2023: Added an article lesson with a zip showing how to make a simple platformer game using Windows Forms and C#.

Update 7/20/2023: Some Unity Scripts are also now added . These are good for beginning learners. They are all heavily commented so it's very important to read all the comments to understand what the code is doing. They're on the bottom in article form.

Update 7/19/202023: Added on bottom a zipped up C# project that amounts to a customer calendar generator. I haven't made videos on this yet, as I lack the time.

Dynamic calendar generation based on selected months, days, and year.
Month and day selection using CheckedListBox controls.
Year selection using a NumericUpDown control.
Copying text from a top RichTextBox to all corresponding RichTextBoxes in the calendar.
Clearing text from all RichTextBoxes in the calendar.
Zoom control using a TrackBar to adjust the calendar size.
Font size adjustment using a separate TrackBar for the RichTextBoxes' font size.

Update 7/19/2023: Added on bottom a zipped up C# project that creates a draggable text box whose location and content are saved between form loads. It's a sticky note basically for Windows Forms. I have not yet made videos on this, as I lack the time but the code has a lot of rich comments.

Update 7/18/2023: On the bottom is a C# Game Project in a zipped up file. I HAVE NOT had the time to make videos of this project. The GameForm project has been meticulously documented with detailed comments to help learners understand the purpose and functionality of each line of code. Here's an overview of how the lines of code are heavily commented. You play a character that has to avoid three little monster moving around on the screen. It's about 260 lines of code.

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Who this course is for:

This course for those who are interested in C#, Windows Forms, and some objected oriented programming.
The bottom sections are more focused on practical applications of C#.

Learn C# with Windows Forms and a Variety of Projects

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Course content

Get the needed tool1 lecture • 4min

Digging into the Structures of a Windows Forms Project9 lectures • 57min

Coding Fundamentals12 lectures • 1hr 39min

Flow Control13 lectures • 1hr 37min

Loops and if/else30 lectures • 4hr 58min

Shape Calculator Project15 lectures • 1hr 21min

Financial Calculator Project16 lectures • 1hr 3min

4 Panel Picture Maker, Emailer, Downloader and Printer16 lectures • 1hr 41min

Text and Rich Text File Merger13 lectures • 1hr 2min

Database Project46 lectures • 5hr 58min

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