I'm not really looking for something on all 2K+ classes but the basics more or less. You get introductions in most books and some books have left out important areas (ie, O'Reily's C# in a nutshell didn't cover the System.Data classes?!?!?). So I guess a book on the basics of the classes is more inline of what I would like to see.

As for datagrid, not the differences but how to use it and a tip/trick book. That is just an example but other controls would be great as well. I have seen a project solutions book but nothing along the lines of some Fox books on tips and tricks. I guess nobody really knows how to really expound on the controls to really tweek them to there maximum. It just appears to be a bit early for some of that.

I guess the best solution is to use the online help. Oh, well....


>>Does there exist any books out that can be used as a reference for the .Net classes that are available and how to call them?
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>>I've seen several c# books but they don't cover all the bases.
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>No, I'd expect any comprehensive book on the framework to be...out of date almost immediately. There are something over 2000 classes, and not everyone will need or be interested in all. Most people will gravitate to one or a few areas.
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>>Another book I would like to see is on how the controls in both WebForms and WinForms work. As an example, how the datagrid works and what properties and options are available along with what methods can be called. I don't want alot of fluff just a direct reference.
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>Do you mean a comparison of how the datagrid works in a WinForm vs how it works in a WebForm? That would be cool. I put out a query to an author pal to see if she knows of a good resource. Her response (Kathleen Dollard, VB MVP) says that expect for the datagrid "maybe" a comparison of controls in WinForms vs WebForms isn't logical since "behavior and event handling" are so different. A more fundamental question to get your head around, it seems, is just grokking the difference between webforms and winforms altogether.
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>Generally though, given your conditions, it sounds like you're wanting what the on-line reference, including the samples, gives. Is it a matter of tips and tricks on finding what you're looking for? I have trouble with that.