Microsoft(R) Visual C#Tm .Net Language Reference by Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Press (Manufactured by)

PART 1 Introduction to C#     Page 1
Programming in C#     Page 1
General Structure of a C# Program     Page 2
PART 2 C# Keywords     Page 3
The Keywords     Page 3
Access Keywords     Page 4
 base     Page 4
 this     Page 7
Conversion Keywords     Page 9
 explicit     Page 9
 implicit     Page 11
 operator     Page 12
Literal Keywords     Page 14
 null     Page 14
 true     Page 15
 false     Page 16
Method Parameter Keywords     Page 17
 params     Page 17
 ref     Page 18
 out     Page 19
Modifiers     Page 20
 Access Modifiers     Page 21
 abstract     Page 31
 const     Page 34
 event     Page 36
 extern     Page 42
 override     Page 44
 readonly     Page 46
 sealed     Page 47
 static     Page 48
 unsafe     Page 50
 virtual     Page 51
 volatile     Page 54
Namespace Keywords     Page 55
 namespace     Page 55
 using     Page 57
Operator Keywords     Page 61
 as     Page 62
 is     Page 63
 new     Page 65
 sizeof     Page 70
 typeof     Page 71
 true     Page 73
 false     Page 74
 stackalloc     Page 75
Statement Keywords     Page 76
 Selection Statements     Page 76
 Iteration Statements     Page 82
 Jump Statements     Page 96
 Exception Handling Statements     Page 102
 Checked and Unchecked     Page 109
 fixed Statement     Page 116
 lock Statement     Page 118
Type Keywords     Page 120
 Value Types     Page 121
 Boxing and Unboxing     Page 146
 Reference Types     Page 149
 Types Reference Tables     Page 161
PART 3 C# Features     Page 169
Operators     Page 169
 Overloadable Operators     Page 170
 [] Operator     Page 171
 () Operator     Page 172
 . Operator     Page 173
 + Operator     Page 174
 - Operator     Page 175
 * Operator     Page 176
 / Operator     Page 177
 % Operator     Page 178
 & Operator     Page 179
 | Operator     Page 180
 ^ Operator     Page 181
 ! Operator     Page 182
 ~ Operator     Page 183
 = Operator     Page 184
 < Operator     Page 185
 > Operator     Page 186
 ?: Operator     Page 187
 ++ Operator     Page 188
 -- Operator     Page 189
Operators     Page  
 && Operator     Page 190
 || Operator     Page 192
 << Operator     Page 193
 >> Operator     Page 194
 == Operator     Page 195
 != Operator     Page 196
 <= Operator     Page 198
 >= Operator     Page 199
 += Operator     Page 200
 -= Operator     Page 201
 *= Operator     Page 202
 /= Operator     Page 203
 %= Operator     Page 204
 &= Operator     Page 205
 |= Operator     Page 206
 ^= Operator     Page 207
 <<= Operator     Page 208
 >>= Operator     Page 209
 -> Operator     Page 210
Attributes     Page 211
 Introduction to Attributes     Page 211
 AttributeUsage     Page 218
 Conditional     Page 219
 Obsolete     Page 221
 Attributes Tutorial     Page 222
Declarations     Page 229
Members     Page 231
 Namespace Members     Page 232
 Struct Members     Page 232
 Class Members     Page 233
 Other Members     Page 233
 Member Access     Page 233
 Declared Accessibility     Page 234
 Accessibility Domains     Page 235
 Protected Access for Instance Members     Page 238
 Accessibility Constraints     Page 239
Preprocessor Directives     Page 240
 #if     Page 240
 #else     Page 241
 #elif     Page 242
 #endif     Page 243
 #define     Page 243
 #undef     Page 244
 #warning     Page 244
 #error     Page 245
 #line     Page 246
 #region     Page 247
 #endregion     Page 247
Arrays     Page 248
 Single-Dimensional Arrays     Page 248
 Multidimensional Arrays     Page 250
 Jagged Arrays     Page 252
 Passing Arrays Using ref and out     Page 254
 Arrays Tutorial     Page 256
Constructors and Destructors     Page 261
 Class Constructors     Page 261
 Struct Constructors     Page 268
 Destructors     Page 270
Indexers     Page 272
 Indexer Declaration     Page 273
 Comparison Between Properties and Indexers     Page 276
 Interface Indexers     Page 277
 Indexers Tutorial     Page 279
Properties     Page 283
 Property Declaration     Page 284
 Accessors     Page 286
 Interface Properties     Page 293
 Properties Tutorial     Page 296
Signatures and Overloading     Page 302
Scopes     Page 303
 General Rules for Scopes     Page 304
 Name Hiding     Page 306
 Hiding Through Nesting     Page 306
 Hiding Through Inheritance     Page 307
Passing Parameters     Page 309
Main Method     Page 315
 Return Values     Page 315
 Command-Line Arguments     Page 316
Conditional Methods Tutorial     Page 318
Delegates Tutorial     Page 321
Events     Page 328
XML Documentation     Page 335
 Tags for Documentation Comments     Page 335
 Processing the XML File     Page 349
APPENDIX C# Compiler Options     Page 353
Building from the Command Line     Page 353
C# Compiler Options Listed by Category     Page 355
C# Compiler Options Listed Alphabetically     Page 357
@ (Specify Response File)     Page 359
/addmodule (Import Metadata)     Page 360
/baseaddress (Specify Base Address of DLL)     Page 361
/bugreport (Report a Problem)     Page 361
/checked (Check Integer Arithmetic)     Page 362
/codepage (Specify Code Page for Source Code Files)     Page 363
/debug (Emit Debugging Information)     Page 364
/define (Preprocessor Definition)     Page 365
/doc (Process Documentation Comments)     Page 366
/filealign (Specify Section Alignment)     Page 367
/fullpaths (Specify Absolute Path in Compiler Output)     Page 367
/help, /? (Compiler Command–Line Help)     Page 368
/incremental (Enable Incremental Compilation)     Page 368
/lib (Specify Assembly Reference Locations)     Page 369
/linkresource (Link to .NET Framework Resource)     Page 370
/main (Specify Location of Main Method)     Page 371
/noconfig (Ignore csc.rsp)     Page 372
/nologo (Suppress Banner Information)     Page 373
/nostdlib (Do Not Import Standard Library)     Page 373
/nowarn (Suppress Specified Warnings)     Page 374
/optimize (Enable/Disable Optimizations)     Page 374
/out (Set Output File Name)     Page 375
/recurse (Find Source Files in Subdirectories)     Page 376
/reference (Import Metadata)     Page 377
/resource (Embed Resource File to Output)     Page 378
/target (Specify Output File Format)     Page 379
/unsafe (Enable Unsafe Mode)     Page 383
/utf8output (Display Compiler Messages with UTF-8)     Page 383
/warn (Specify Warning Level)     Page 384
/warnaserror (Treat Warnings as Errors)     Page 385
/win32icon (Import an .ico File)     Page 385
/win32res (Import a Win32 Resource File)     Page 386
INDEX     Page 387