Visual Basic 2005 for Programmers: Deitel Developer Series, Second Edition
by Paul J. Deitel - Deitel & Associates, Inc., Harvey M. Deitel - Deitel & Associates, Inc.
13.2. Windows Forms
Windows Forms are used to create the GUIs for programs. A Form is a graphical element that appears on your computer’s desktop; it can be a dialog, a window or an MDI window (multiple document interface window)—discussed in Chapter 14. A component is an instance of a class that implements the IComponent interface, which defines the behaviors that components must implement, such as how the component is loaded. A control, such as a Button or Label, has a graphical representation at runtime. Some components lack graphical representations (e.g., class Timer of namespace System.Windows.Forms—see Chapter 14). Such components are not visible at execution time.
Figure 13.3 displays the Windows Forms controls and components from the ...
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