Learn Windows Forms on the internet Part 2: Controls

Using controls

• Beginning C# – Chapter 13: Using Windows Form Controls
• Core C# and .NET: The Complete and Comprehensive Developer’s Guide to C# 2.0 and .NET 2.0 – Chapter 7: Using .NET Windows Forms Controls
• How Do I Enable Visual Styles in My .NET Windows Forms Application?
• Introduction to Windows Forms – Creating & Using an Event Handler
• How to route events in a Windows Forms application

Basic controls

Overview

• Pro .NET 2.0 Windows Forms and Custom Controls in C# – Chapter 04 – The Classic Controls
• Designing GUI Applications with Windows Forms

Label

• Placing Hard Returns in a Windows Forms Label

List Control

• Windows Forms Programming with C# – Chapter 10: List Controls

NotifyIcon control

• Using the NotifyIcon control
• Creating Applications with NotifyIcon in Windows Forms

DataGridView

• Data Binding with Windows Forms 2.0: Programming Smart Client Data Applications with .NET – Chapter 6: Presenting Data with the DataGridView Control

Extending existing controls and custom controls

Overview

• Custom Controls in Visual C# .NET

Extending existing controls

• Customize and Extend Windows Forms Controls

Custom controls

• Architecture and Design of Windows Forms Custom Controls

Design Time support for custom controls

• Writing Custom Designers for .NET Components
• Creating Designable Components for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Designers
• Make Your Components Really RAD with Visual Studio .NET Property Browser
• Building Windows Forms Controls and Components with Rich Design-Time Features
• Building Windows Forms Controls and Components with Rich Design-Time Features, Part 2

Reference

• Windows Forms .NET: The Official Microsoft Windows Forms Community Site

Updates

12 May 2007: original version

Learn Windows Forms on the internet Part 1: Working with forms and dialogs

Introduction

An introduction to what Microsoft whants to achieve with Windows Forms:

• Introducing Windows Forms

Hello world samples

Following are some articles which explain the basics of using windows forms:

• Programming Windows with C# by Charles Petzold, Chapter 2: Hello, Windows Forms
• C# and the .NET Framework, Sample Chapter: Introduction to Windows Forms – Introduction
• Working with Your Windows Forms

Windows Forms in Visual Studio.net

Windows Forms programming using visual studio:

• Writing Windows Forms Applications in Visual Studio .NET 2003

Forms

The form lifetime:

• What are the lifetime events of a form?

Showing a form:

• Displaying and Working with Forms
• Form TopMost property
• How do I set the startup position of the form?

Controls and forms layout

Organize the layout of controls in your forms:

• Windows Forms Layout by Chris Sells
• Manage WinForm controls using the Anchor and Dock properties
• Designing Resizable Windows Forms in Visual Studio .NET
• Changing Layout Dynamically in Windows Forms
• Group and arrange controls
• WinForms AutoLayout Basics: TableLayoutPanel

Custom Layout engines

• Simple Layout Managers
• Providing Custom Layout Engines for Windows Forms

Advanced Topics

Following are articles explaining some advanced concepts of windows forms:

• Creating Non-Rectangular Windows

Visual Inheritance

• Use Visual Inheritance to Create Consistent Windows Forms in VB.NET and C#
• Power of Visual Inheritance in .NET – “Best”

Menu’s and Context Menu’s

• Working with Menus in C#
• Customizing WinForm’s System Menu
• Tool, Menu, and Status Strips

The Multiple Document Interface

Setup an MDI application

• Introduction to MDI Forms with C#

Menu merging in an MDI application

• MenuStrip FAQ: It is actually about the MenuStrip control, but provides lots of information on menu merging in an MDI application
• MenuStrip — Mdi merge

Reference

• Windows Forms .NET: The Official Microsoft Windows Forms Community Site

Updates

6 May 2007: original version
7 May 2007:

• Removed reference to articleMaster Toolbars and Menus with the New ToolStrip Control because it is based on a beta version of the .NET 2.0 Framework
• More formatting.