Windows Forms

Windows Forms is a new tool for creating and designing the user interface of a Windows application. It is similar to the Win32 API in that it contains an extensive and exhaustive collection of classes and methods to create and manipulate the interface of an application. However, it provides the programmer with more tools, controls, and options, thereby greatly improving the quality and appearance of a Windows application that is supported by the .NET framework.

Using Windows Forms, a programmer can create an interface that uses the standard Windows interface objects. These standard objects are the objects used in the various versions of the Windows operating systems. This ensures that the application runs smoothly in a Windows ...

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