A.3. The Visual Studio Windows Forms Project Template

When you wish to leverage the Windows Forms designer tools of Visual Studio 2010, your typically begin by selecting the Windows Forms Application project template using the File New Project menu option. To get comfortable with the core Windows Forms designer tools, create a new application named SimpleVSWinFormsApp (see Figure A-4).

Figure A.4. The Visual Studio Windows Forms Project Template

A.3.1. The Visual Designer Surface

Before you begin to build more interesting Windows applications, ...

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