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Programming Microsoft Windows with C#: Core Reference               --> errata (7 pages!)
by Charles Petzold
Penn library call # QA76.73.C154 P48 2002


 

  Price: $59.99, available from Amazon
Format:Hardback, 1200 pages
ISBN: 0-7356-1370-2
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Pub. Date: 2002
 

Pat says: This book is virtually the same as Programming Microsoft Windows with Visual Basic .NET by the same author, except that the examples are written in C# instead of VB.NET.  It is an in-depth coverage of Windows graphical user interface (GUI) development, including a great deal of fancy text manipulation using GDI+ (graphics) objects in the .NET framework.  The book does not address additional areas of .NET including ADO.NET or ASP.NET.

If you need to write a complicated Windows application with a graphical user interface, you'll want either this book or it's VB.NET equivalent around as a reference.

It is physically too heavy to carry around.  Still, very useful to have it at home as a GUI reference.

Comes with a CD-ROM in the back.