Commonly Used .NET Classes

Literally hundreds of classes make up the .NET Framework, many of which are support classes for the more widely used classes. However, a few classes stand out in the .NET Framework as ones often used in building .NET applications. Again, refer to the online help shipped with Visual Studio .NET for a complete reference to these and all the classes in the .NET Framework.

The System::Windows::Forms::Application Class

The Application class provides methods and properties to manage an application. It is analogous to the CWinApp class in MFC because it has methods to start and stop an application, process Windows messages, and properties to get information about the application.

Unlike with the CWinApp class, you do not derive ...

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