C# 2010 for Programmers, Fourth Edition

15. Graphical User Interfaces with Windows Forms: Part 2

Objectives

In this chapter you’ll learn:

• To create menus, tabbed windows and multiple document interface (MDI) programs.

• To use the ListView and TreeView controls for displaying information.

• To create hyperlinks using the LinkLabel control.

• To display lists of information in ListBox and ComboBox controls.

• To input date and time data with the DateTimePicker.

• To create custom controls.

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.

—Abraham Lincoln

Capture its reality in paint!

—Paul Cézanne

An actor entering through the door, you’ve got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you’ve got a situation.

—Billy Wilder

But, soft! ...