Handling and Raising Events

Events in the .NET Framework are based on the delegate model. (Those familiar with design patterns in object-oriented programming will notice the observer design pattern.) This section contains topics that describe the delegate model, show how to consume events in applications, and describe how to raise events from your class.

For details about the event syntax in a specific programming language, see the documentation for that language.

In This Section

• Events and Delegates
  Provides an overview of the event model and describes delegates in the .NET Framework.
• Consuming Events
  Provides an overview of how .NET Framework applications consume events.
• Raising an Event
  Shows how to provide event functionality in your class.
• Event Sample
  Contains a detailed sample that walks through the steps for raising an event from a class.
• Raising Multiple Events
  Shows a technique for optimizing storage for multiple events.

Related Sections

• Web Server Control Event Model
  Describes the details of the event model for ASP.NET Web Forms.
• Events in ASP.NET Server Controls
  Describes how to raise events from custom ASP.NET server controls.
• Events in Windows Forms Controls
  Describes how to raise events from custom Windows Forms controls.
• Managed and Unmanaged Events
  Describes how managed events in the .NET Framework interoperate with unmanaged COM events.