Our Contract with You, The Reader -- List of Chapters -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- About the Authors -- How to Download the Files -- Introduction -- Organization -- Get the picture -- What about the code? -- Thrill ride -- Chapter 1 Interactive Development Environment (IDE) -- Window docking -- Docking windows programmatically -- Determining what's docked -- Better keyboard support -- IntelliSense enhancements -- Summary -- Chapter 2 The Toolbox -- Opening the Toolbox -- Working with the Toolbox -- Working with categories -- Working with items -- Adding items to the Toolbox -- Setting item properties -- Using items -- Setting instance properties -- Customizing the Toolbox -- Configuring the Toolbox -- Determining the behavior of class items -- Filtering the Toolbox -- Managing categories -- Working with the source code -- Summary -- Chapter 3 Code References -- Running the Code References tool -- Searching for strings -- Examining search results -- The list of searches -- The list of matches -- The description pane -- Replacing matches -- Generating output -- Looking for definitions -- Code References Options -- Customizing Code References -- The RefAddin table -- Working with the source code -- Replacing the supplied application -- Running Code References directly -- Summary -- Chapter 4 The Task Pane Manager -- Running the Task Pane Manager -- The Start pane -- Start pane options -- The Community pane -- Community pane options -- The Environment Manager pane -- The Solution Samples pane -- Solution Samples pane options -- The XML Web Services pane -- XML Web Services pane options -- The Filer pane -- The Minesweeper pane -- Errors happen -- Customizing the Task Pane Manager -- Working with the source code -- Extending the Task Pane Manager -- Adding third-party panes -- Creating and modifying panes -- Publishing panes.

Panes and files -- Summary -- Chapter 5 Better Tools -- A working Query/View Designer -- Getting joins right -- Two-way editing -- Specifying local aliases and field names -- Specifying expressions -- Where do the results go? -- Odds and ends -- Improved reporting -- Setting report options -- More control over header and footer -- Adding captions -- Page x of y -- Output issues -- More data choices -- More keyboard support -- Improved Form Designer and Class Designer -- Support for non-visual classes -- Method editor changes -- Property sheet improvements -- Odds and ends -- Moving menu items -- Working with source code -- Projects and source control -- Distributing applications -- Summary -- Chapter 6 Improved Data Access -- CursorAdapter PEMs -- DataSourceType -- DataSource -- Alias -- UseDEDataSource -- SelectCmd -- CursorSchema -- AllowDelete, AllowInsert, AllowUpdate, and SendUpdates -- KeyFieldList, Tables, UpdatableFieldList, and UpdateNameList -- *Cmd, *CmdDataSource, *CmdDataSourceType -- ConversionFunc -- Other properties -- CursorFill(lUseCursorSchema, lNoData, nOptions, oSource) -- CursorRefresh() -- CursorAttach(cAlias, lInheritCursorProperties) and CursorDetach() -- Before*() and After*() -- Putting CursorAdapter to work -- DataEnvironment, Form, and other changes -- Builders -- Data source specifics -- Using native data -- Using ODBC -- Using ADO -- Using XML -- Update issue -- Reusable data classes -- Summary -- Chapter 7 XML Classes -- XMLAdapter -- Updategrams versus diffgrams -- XMLTable -- XMLField -- Tying it all together -- XMLToCursor and CursorToXML changes -- Summary -- Chapter 8 Other Data-Related Changes -- Automatically incrementing field values -- Improved Table Designer -- SQL changes -- Enhanced language elements -- Caption expressions -- Data objects -- Better support for collate sequences -- Odds and ends.

OLE DB provider changes -- ODBC changes -- Detecting table corruption -- Other changes -- Summary -- Chapter 9 OOP Enhancements -- Defining member classes -- New base classes -- A built-in collection class -- An ultra-lightweight base class -- Adding and removing properties on the fly -- Fewer errors with DoDefault -- Delayed binding -- Improved performance with objects -- Support for Windows XP -- Improved image support -- Better tooltips and status information -- Grid enhancements -- Locking columns -- Sizing columns to fit -- A real row highlight -- Other Grid changes -- Controlling picture position -- Control tab orientation -- Odds and ends -- Keep output off of forms -- Hyperlinks in controls -- Combo box improvements -- Button coloring -- Refresh methods for static objects -- More control over moverbar actions -- One more mouse pointer -- Summary -- Chapter 10 COM and Web Services Enhancements -- COM enhancements -- Default instancing for EXE servers -- Type library improvements -- Byte array support -- Web services enhancements -- Registering Web services -- Exploring Web services -- Using Web services -- Publishing Web services -- Summary -- Chapter 11 Event Binding -- Binding events -- Turning off event binding -- Finding out what's bound -- Firing events -- Using event binding -- Summary -- Chapter 12 Error Handling -- Structured error handling -- TRY … ENDTRY -- Less is more -- You can't go back -- Try, try again -- Exception object -- THROW -- The FINALLY clause -- Errors within errors -- Wrap your app? -- Other error-related changes -- Summary -- Chapter 13 Language Improvements -- Files and directories -- Where is it? -- Working with hidden files -- Displaying paths -- Using system dialogs -- Improved management of text merge -- Checking for empty values -- Better output at design time and run time -- Font control.

Forcing event processing -- SYS() function changes -- Odds and Ends -- Summary -- Chapter 14 Bits and Pieces -- What's out -- What's in -- Configuration changes -- Improved error reporting -- Other changes -- Summary -- Appendix Setting Up SQL Server 2000 XML Access.