by Yashavant Kanetkar

Nothing in recent times has drawn more attentions of developers than Microsoft's new .net platform. Reason is simple. It is going to bring about a major change in the way applications are developed.C++ is the only language in the world today that can help you write managed as well as unmanaged code in the same application. This has a major implications. You can continue to use your existing code at the same time exploit the features offered by .NET, Microsoft's bold new technology. With access to .net base classes C++ developers would have more flexibility and power.packed with plenty of programs, this book would help developers understand and enjoy the benefits of .net, tickling their humor bones at times.

Table Of Contents

.NET Vision .NET Framework Installing VS.NET VS.NET Development Environment Personalize VS.NET The .NET Base Classes Thinking in C++ Thinking in Managed C++ - I Thinking in Managed C++ - II Arrays and Strings Properties Exception Handling WinForms - GDI+ Controls

Menus, Toolbar and Statusbars Events and Delegates Assemblies Versioning Collection Classes File I/O and Predefined Attributes Multithreading Networking ADO.NET ASP.NET Creating Web Services Mixing Managed and Unmanaged Code Miscellaneous