You can access sample code by browsing the sample abstracts in this section. Each abstract contains a link to open or copy the sample's files. In addition, the .NET Framework SDK includes technology and application samples, and QuickStart tutorials that demonstrate .NET Framework features and Visual C# code.
The QuickStart Tutorials are the fastest way to understand what the .NET Framework technology offers leading-edge developers. The QuickStarts are a series of samples and supporting documentation designed to quickly acquaint you with the syntax, architecture, and power of Visual Studio and the .NET Framework. The QuickStart tutorials include samples on the ASP.NET and Windows Forms applications, in addition to many how-to applications that cover the most compelling features of the .NET Framework technology.
To access the QuickStarts, click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft .NET Framework SDK v2.0, and then click QuickStart Tutorials. A Web page of the "Microsoft .NET Framework SDK QuickStart Tutorials" application is displayed. To run the QuickStarts, follow the directions on this page, which sets up the samples database and completes the installation. For more information, see Samples and QuickStarts.
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| Visual C# Express users will see the following message when you open the Visual Studio solution (.sln) file for each of these samples: " Solution Folders are not supported in this version of Visual Studio. Solution Folder 'Solution Items' will be displayed as unavailable." Although this folder is not available in Visual C# Express, you can still build and run the projects. |
In This Section
Introductory Samples
Intermediate and Advanced Samples
| Attributes Sample | Shows how to create custom attribute classes, use them in code, and query them through reflection. |
| COM Interop Part 1 Sample | Shows how to use C# to interoperate with COM objects. |
| COM Interop Part 2 Sample | Shows how to a use a C# server with a C++ COM client. |
| Libraries Sample | Shows how to use compiler options to create a DLL from multiple source files; also, how to use the library in other programs. |
| Nullable Sample | Demonstrates value types that can be set to null. |
| OLE DB Sample | Demonstrates how to use a Microsoft Access database from C#. It shows how you can create a dataset and add tables to it from a database. |
| Partial Types Sample | Demonstrates how classes and structures can be defined in multiple C# source-code files. |
| Platform Invoke Sample | Shows how to call exported DLL functions from C#. |
| Security Sample | Discusses .NET Framework security and shows two ways to modify security permissions in C#: using permission classes and permission attributes. |
| Threading Sample | Demonstrates various thread activities such as creating and executing a thread, synchronizing threads, interacting between threads, and using a thread pool. |
| Unsafe Code Sample | Shows how to use pointers. |
| XML Documentation Sample | Shows how to document code by using XML. |
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