Challenge -- best .Net GUI book

[Ken Allen]

I have been using .Net and C# for some time now, and have used VB6 for a
considerable amount of time before thatm but in relatively simplistic ways.
The .Net WinForms environment is similar, but there are a significant number
of differences.

I am looking for suggestions for the 'best' book on advanced techniques for
effectively using the WinForms and related controls, especially as related
to database updates. I am not programming any web interfaces, all
client/server, so I am not really concerned with books that focus on ASP.Net
solution.

-Ken

 

[Patrick Steele [MVP]]

I am looking for suggestions for the 'best' book on advanced techniques for
effectively using the WinForms and related controls, especially as related
to database updates.

An excellent book is Chris Sells' "Windows Forms Programming". I review
the VB.NET version for our local .NET user group. The review is here:

http://www.migang.org/Default.aspx?tabid=32

However, you said "for database updates". That's a subject for database
books (ADO.NET) -- not really GUI related.

 

[Ken Allen]

By "database updates" I am referring to the use of forms controls, such as
the DataGrid, to permit the end user to initiate such database content
changes. I am not concentrating on the ADO facilities, exept for the DataSet
and the SqlDataAdapter, but on how the user interface can be engineered to
facilitate this.

-ken