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Adam Freeman

Introducing Visual C# 2010

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Adam Freeman

Introducing Visual C# 2010 Copyright © 2010 by Adam Freeman All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic ormechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner and the publisher. ISBN-13 (pbk): 978-1-4302-3171-4 ISBN-13 (electronic): 978-1-4302-3172-1 Printed and bound in the United States of America 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Trademarked names, logos, and images may appear in this book. Rather than use atrademark symbol with every occurrence of a trademarked name, logo, or image we use the names, logos, and images only in an editorial fashion and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as anexpression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. President and Publisher: Paul Manning Lead Editor: Ewan Buckingham Technical Reviewer: Damien Foggon Editorial Board: Steve Anglin, Mark Beckner, Ewan Buckingham, Gary Cornell, Jonathan Gennick, Jonathan Hassell, Michelle Lowman, Matthew Moodie, Duncan Parkes, Jeffrey Pepper, Frank Pohlmann, Douglas Pundick, BenRenow-Clarke, Dominic Shakeshaft, Matt Wade, Tom Welsh Coordinating Editor: Anne Collett and Kelly Moritz Copy Editor: Kim Wimpsett and Mary Behr Compositor: Bytheway Publishing Services Indexer: BIM Indexing & Proofreading Services Artist: April Milne Cover Designer: Anna Ishchenko Distributed to the book trade worldwide by Springer Science+Business Media, LLC., 233 Spring Street, 6th Floor,New York, NY 10013. Phone 1-800-SPRINGER, fax (201) 348-4505, e-mail ordersny@springer-sbm.com, or visit www.springeronline.com. For information on translations, please e-mail rights@apress.com, or visit www.apress.com. Apress and friends of ED books may be purchased in bulk for academic, corporate, or promotional use. eBook versions and licenses are also available for most titles. For moreinformation, reference our Special Bulk Sales–eBook Licensing web page at www.apress.com/info/bulksales. The information in this book is distributed on an “as is” basis, without warranty. Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this work, neither the author(s) nor Apress shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged tobe caused directly or indirectly by the information contained in this work. The source code for this book is available to readers at www.apress.com.

Dedicated to my wife, Jacqui Griffyth.

 CONTENTS AT A GLANCE

Contents at a Glance
 About the Author............................................................................................... xxxii  About the Technical Reviewer......................................................................... xxxiii  Acknowledgments ........................................................................................... xxxiv PART 1    Getting Started..................................................................................1  Chapter 1:Introduction...........................................................................................3  Chapter 2: Getting Ready ........................................................................................7  Chapter 3: Understanding C# and the .NET Framework........................................17 PART 2    The C# Language.............................................................................31  Chapter 4: C# Fundamentals and Keyword...