Chapter 5. Building Forms—The Basics

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Changing a form’s name

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Changing a form’s appearance

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Displaying text on a form’s title bar

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Adding an image to a form’s background

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Giving a form an icon

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Preventing a form from appearing in the taskbar

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Specifying the initial display position of a form

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Displaying a form in a normal, maximized, or minimized state

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Changing the mouse pointer

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Showing and hiding forms

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With few exceptions, forms are the cornerstones of every Windows ...

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