8.1. Windows forms – an introduction
Let’s start our discussion by creating a simple example of a Windows application that will run under Microsoft .NET. Here is the code:
'------------------------------------------- ' WinMin – Minimal .NET Windows Application '------------------------------------------- Imports System Imports System.Windows.Forms Public Class MyForm Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form Shared Sub Main() System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(New MyForm()) End Sub Public Sub New() MyBase.New() End Sub End Class
We compile this code with the following command line:
> vbc WinMin.vb /t:WinExe /r:system.dll /r:system.windows.forms.dll
where:
vbc is the Visual Basic.NET command-line compiler;
WinMin.vb is the name of the source file; ...
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