C# 4.0 How-To

Chapter 16. Windows Forms

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Create Modal and Modeless Forms

• Add a Menu Bar

• Disable Menu Items Dynamically

• Add a Status Bar

• Add a Toolbar

• Create a Split Window Interface

• Inherit a Form

• Create a User Control

• Use a Timer

• Use Application and User Configuration Values

• Use ListView Efficiently in Virtual Mode

• Take Advantage of Horizontal Wheel Tilt

• Cut and Paste

• Automatically Ensure You Reset the Wait Cursor

Windows Forms is the direct evolutionary step of Win32 programming and Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC). It is relatively easy to learn and use for long-time programmers.

Because Windows Forms applications have a lot of code that is generated and maintained for you by Visual Studio, many of the examples ...