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NET Windows Forms Tips and Tricks

Presented by Ken Getz, MCW Technologies on May 30, 2007

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.NET
Topics
Rich Client / Desktop
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WinForms
Summary
Ken Getz demonstrates several different techniques you can use when building Windows applications, including: Creating owner-drawn controls, binding controls to just about anything, exposing protected information with inheritance, exposing new control behavior using inheritance, handling thread synchronization with Windows forms, and creating your own property grid. Samples in both C# and VB.NET.

Bio
Ken Getz is a developer, writer, and trainer, working as a senior consultant with MCW Technologies, LLC, a Microsoft Certified Partner. He has co-authored several technical books for developers, including the best-selling ASP.NET Developer’s Jumpstart, Access Developer's Handbook series, and VBA Developer's Handbook series.

About the conference
The devLink Technical Conference is a non-profit organization established to promote and educate Information Technology professionals on current and emerging technologies. They accomplish this goal by holding an annual event which features industry experts from around the region and country.

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Thanks for this presentation by Brian Schroer Posted Jun 2, 2007 1:35 PM
How do you guys do this? by Charles Cherry Posted Jun 26, 2007 9:03 AM
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    Thanks for this presentation

    Jun 2, 2007 1:35 PM by Brian Schroer

    There was so much good stuff at DevLink last year that I had to skip some presentations, and it's great to be able to see some of those!

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    How do you guys do this?

    Jun 26, 2007 9:03 AM by Charles Cherry

    Can someone tell me how you synchronize the powerpoint slides with the video? Is this a product, or is it done via code? I know the video and slides are in Flash, but how do you keep them in sync? Does the video fire an event at specified times, or what?

    Thanks!

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