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Windows Forms Resources Guide

Asynchronous Invocation Patterns and Overviews

Microsoft Articles

• Safe, Simple Multithreading in Windows Forms, Part 1
• MSDN Magazine: Basic Instincts “Asynchronous Method Execution Using Delegates” (January, 2004)
• MSDN Magazine: Basic Instincts “Updating the UI from a Secondary Thread” (May, 2004)

Microsoft Application Blocks

• Asynchronous Invocation Application Block

Community

• Async Kitchen “Sync”, Async Exception Handling, More on Asynchronous Stuff, Asynchronous Behaviour via .NET Delegates by Grant Killian

Microsoft Application Blocks

• User Interface Application Block

Deploying Applications

• Ten Tips for Well Behaved Application Installations

Windows “User Experience” Guides

• Official Guidelines for User Interface Developers and Designers (Windows 2000 family)
• Longhorn Aero “User Experience” resource page at MSDN

posted Saturday, April 10, 2004 5:11 PM by plaudeman

Buidling Disconnected Applications - Resources to help get you started

General

• Making the Case for Local Database and Synchronization
• Methods for deploying data to disconnected .NET applications
• frankarr's Microsoft Security Summit overview post

Microsoft Application Blocks

• Smart Client Offline Application Block

Sample Applications

• TaskVision
• Northwind Unplugged - recommended
• IssueVision (download) - Overview by Susan Warren

Microsoft KB How To's

• Use XML in Connected and Disconnected ADO.NET Applications
• Set Work Offline as the Default for Internet Explorer

SQL Server/MSDE

• Merge Replication
• Handle Conflicts in SQL Server Merge Replication
• Data Validation for Merge Replication

posted Wednesday, April 07, 2004 6:51 AM by plaudeman