MCTS .NET Application Development Foundation - 70-536 – Objectives List Part 3 (Embedding configuration, diagnostic, management, and installation features into a .NET Framework application)

Embed configuration management functionality into a .NET Framework application.

• Configuration class
• ConfigurationManager class
• ConfigurationSettings class
• ConfigurationElement class
• ConfigurationElementCollection class
• ConfigurationElementProperty class
• IConfigurationSectionHandler
• ConfigurationSection class
• ConfigurationSectionCollection class
• ConfigurationSectionGroup class
• ConfigurationSectionGroupCollection class
• ISettingsProviderService interface
• IApplicationSettingsProvider interface
• ConfigurationValidatorBase class
• IConfigurationSystem

Create a custom Microsoft Windows Installer for the .NET Framework components by using the System.Configuration.Install namespace, and configure the .NET Framework applications by using configuration files, environment variables, and the .NET Framework Configuration tool (Mscorcfg.msc).

• Configuring Applications
• Installer class
• Configure which runtime version a .NET Framework application should use
• Configure where the runtime should search for an assembly
• Configure the location of an assembly and which version of the assembly to use
• Locate Assemblies by Using DEVPATH
• AssemblyInstaller class
• ComponentInstaller class
• Configure a .NET Framework application by using the .NET Framework Configuration tool (Mscorcfg.msc)
• ManagedInstallerClass class
• InstallContext class
• IManagedInstaller Interface
• InstallerCollection class
• InstallEventHandler delegate
• Configure concurrent garbage collection
• Register remote objects by using configuration files

Manage an event log by using the System.Diagnostics namespace.

• Introduction to the EventLog Component
  
  • Types of Event Log Entries
  • Event Log References
  • EventLog Programming Architecture
• Write to the event log
• Read from the event log
• How to: Create and Remove Custom Event Logs
• How to: Determine If Specific Event Logs Exist
• How to: Delete Event Logs
• How to: Clear Event Logs
• System.Diagnostics

Manage system processes and monitor the performance of a .NET Framework application by using the diagnostics functionality of the .NET Framework 2.0.

• Process Class
• ProcessModule Class
• ProcessModuleCollection Class
• Monitoring and Managing Windows Processes
• Introduction to Monitoring Performance Thresholds
• Get a list of all running processes.
• Retrieve information about the current process.
  
  • How to: Investigate Memory Usage for Processes
  • How to: Investigate Thread Usage for Processes
  • How to: Investigate Libraries Loaded by Processes
  • How to: Refresh Process Component Properties
• Get a list of all modules that are loaded by a process.
• PerformanceCounter class
• PerformanceCounterCategory
• CounterCreationData class
• Start a process both by using and by not using command-line arguments.
• StackTrace class
• StackFrame class

Debug and trace a .NET Framework application by using the System.Diagnostics namespace.

• Debugging and Profiling Applications
• Debug class
• Debugger class
• Trace class
• CorrelationManager class
• TraceListener class
• TraceSource class
• TraceSwitch class
• XmlWriterTraceListener class
• DelimitedListTraceListener class
• EventLogTraceListener class
• Debugger attributes
  
  • DebuggerBrowsableAttribute class
  • DebuggerDisplayAttribute class (More info: Using DebuggerDisplay Attribute)
  • DebuggerHiddenAttribute class
  • DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute class
  • DebuggerStepperBoundaryAttribute class
  • DebuggerStepThroughAttribute class
  • DebuggerTypeProxyAttribute class (More info: Using DebuggerTypeProxy Attribute)
  • DebuggerVisualizerAttribute class

Embed management information and events into a .NET Framework application.

• ManagementObject Class
• ManagementObjectSearcher Class
• DriveInfo Class
• Retrieves the drive names of all logical drives on a computer.
• Enumerate Network Adapters
• ManagementQuery class
  
  • EventQuery class
  • ObjectQuery class
• Subscribe to management events by using the ManagementEventWatcher class.