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Introducing Windows Forms

Microsoft Windows operating systems have truly emerged as the de facto standard operating systems for end-user desktops. Multiple flavors have emerged in the past years, with the Windows XP operating system being the most current one. The graphical user interface capabilities provided by Windows have gone far ahead in increasing end-user productivity in computer-based applications. Not only have users become accustomed to the set of prebuilt Windows productivity applications, such as Microsoft Office Suite, Windows is a platform of choice for deploying customized enterprise and consumer applications.

You cannot ignore the impact that the introduction of Web-based application development has brought to “traditional” Windows-based ...