Hour 9. Adding Menus and Toolbars to Forms

The use of a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for interacting with and navigating programs is one of the greatest features of Windows. Despite this, a fair number of Windows users still rely primarily on the keyboard, preferring to use a mouse only when absolutely necessary. Data-entry people in particular never take their hands off the keyboard. Many software companies receive support calls from angry customers because a commonly used function is accessible only by using a mouse. Menus are the easiest way to navigate your program for a user who relies on the keyboard, and Visual Studio and Visual C# .NET make it easier than ever to create menus for your applications. In this hour, you'll learn how to ...

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