About the Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Contents at a Glance -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Introduction to .NET -- Chapter 2 The .NET Programming Model -- Chapter 3 The System Namespace -- Chapter 4 The System. Collections Namespace -- Chapter 5 The XML Namespaces -- Chapter 6 The I/ O and Networking Namespaces -- Chapter 7 .NET Security -- Chapter 8 The System. Web Namespace -- Chapter 9 Windows Forms -- Chapter 10 Windows Forms and Controls -- Chapter 11 The Drawing Namespaces -- Chapter 12 Other Namespaces -- Chapter 13 .NET Remoting -- Chapter 14 SOAP and XML -- Chapter 15 ADO. NET -- Chapter 16 Working with COM and the Win32 API -- Index -- What's on the CD-ROM.