Murach's C#
How to design a Windows Forms application

This chapter shows you how to use Visual Studio .NET to design a Windows form that contains labels, text boxes, and buttons. This form will get user input, do two calculations on it, and display the results, so it's not just a "Hello World!" application. When you finish this chapter, you'll be ready to learn how to write the C# code for the form.

Chapter 2 How to design a Windows Forms application
How to create a new project 34
How to use the New Project dialog box to start a new project 34
How to use the Options dialog box to set the options for projects and solutions 36
How to design a form 38
The design of the Invoice Total form 38
How to add controls to a form 40
How to set properties 42
Common properties for forms and controls 44
How to add navigation features 46
The property settings for the Invoice Total form 48
How to name and save the files of a project 50
How to name the files of a project 50
How to save the files of a project 50


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