MCTS Windows Forms 3.5 – 70-505 – Objectives List Part 5

This is the fifth post (first, second, third, fourth) in another collection of posts that have links to the different objectives covered in the 70-505 exam.

Implementing Asynchronous Programming Techniques to Improve the User Experience (15%)

• Manage a background process by using the BackgroundWorker component
  • BackgroundWorker component
  • BackgroundWorker class
• Run a background process
• BackgroundWorker Component Overview
• Run an operation in the background
• Download a file in the background
• Implement a form that uses a background operation
• Announce completion of a background process
  • RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs
  • BackgroundWorker.RunWorkerCompleted event
• Cancel a background process
  • BackgroundWorker.CancelAsync method
  • BackgroundWorker.CancellationPending property
• Report on the progress of a background component
  • BackgroundWorker.ReportProgress method
  • BackgroundWorker.WorkerReportsProgress property
  • ProgressChangedEventArgs class
  • BackgroundWorker.OnProgressChanged method
  • BackgroundWorker.ProgressChanged event
  • BackgroundWorker.WorkerReportsProgress property
• Request status of a background component 
  • BackgroundWorker.IsBusy property
  • BackgroundWorker.CancellationPending property
• Change the appearance of a UI element by using triggers
• Using multiple triggers
  • Trigger class
• Using property triggers
  • Trigger properties
• Using event triggers
  • EventTrigger class
• Using data triggers
  • DataTrigger class
  • MultiDataTrigger class
• Implement an asynchronous method
  • Asynchronous Programming overview
  • Multithreaded Programming with the Event-based Asynchronous Pattern
• Create an asynchronous method
  • Event-based Asynchronous Pattern Overview
  • Implementing the Event-based Asynchronous Pattern
  • Calling Synchronous Methods Asynchronously
  • AsyncOperation
  • AsyncResult
  • AsyncOperation­Manager.Create­Operation
• Create a new process thread
  • Multithreading in Windows Forms Controls
  • System.Threading
  • BeginInvoke
  • How to: Make Thread-Safe Calls to Windows Forms Controls
  • How to: Use a Background Thread to Search for Files
• Implement advanced asynchronous techniques
  • Multithreaded Programming with the Event-based Asynchronous Pattern
  • Implementing the Event-based Asynchronous Pattern

You can also find some information on preparing for your exams here, in the actual exam for 70-505. Also errata for the MS Press training kit