Whats Useful in the FCL?
Version 1.0 of the .NET Framework Class Library provides extensive functionality for the following areas: • New data types, such as GUID for working with Global Unique Identifiers, and TimeSpan, for working with a relative times (5 minutes instead of 12:05 AM 1/1/2005). • Environment information—OS version, environment variables, command line arguments, machine name, user name, user domain, special folder paths, logical drives. • Functionality for creating console (command line) applications. • Functionality for writing Windows services. • Registry access. • Power events. • Database access. • Numerous types of collections, including sorted lists, dictionaries, and queues. • Configuration file management. • Operating system interaction—Processes, event logs, performance counters, services, tracing, and debugging. • Active Directory access. • Advanced graphics capabilities—Drawing, gradients, images, printing. • Access to COM+ services such as distributed transactions. • File system inte
