strongStephen R.G. Fraser/strong has over 15 years of information technology experience working for a number of consulting companies, ranging from the large consulting firms of Electronic Data Systems and Andersen Consulting (Accenture) to a number of smaller e-business companies. His IT experience covers all aspects of application and web development and management, ranging from initial concept all the way through to deployment. Stephen resides with his beautiful wife, Sarah, and daughter, Shaina, in the Silicon Valley.

The C++/CLI Language.- Overview of the .NET Framework.- C++/CLI Basics.- Object-Oriented C++/CLI.- Advanced C++/CLI.- .NET Framework Development in C++/CLI.- The .NET Framework Class Library.- Integrated XML Documentation.- Collections.- Input, Output, and Serialization.- Basic Windows Forms Applications.- Advanced Windows Forms Applications.- Graphics Using GDI+.- ADO.NET and Database Development.- XML.- Windows Services.- Web Services.- Multithreaded Programming.- Network Programming.- Assembly Programming.- Security.- Unsafe/Unmanaged C++/CLI.- Unsafe C++ .NET Programming.- Advanced Unsafe or Unmanaged C++ .NET Programming.

Based on newest version of Visual Studio .NET (2005) and .NET Framework version 2.0

All topic areas include specific code examples

Bridges the gap between classic C++ and Visual C++ .NET

Update of a highly successful first edition