InfoQ Homepage WinForms Content on InfoQ
-
Creating Facebook Applications in WPF, Silverlight, WinForms, and ASP.NET with Facebook SDK 3.0
Clarity Consulting Inc. and Microsoft have released Facebook SDK 3.0, a toolkit allowing developers to write WPF, Silverlight, WinForms or ASP.NET applications integrated with Facebook.
-
Crack.NET – Like Greasemonkey for WinForms and WPF Applications
Using tools like Greasemonkey, users are able to extend many web applications whether or not the site owners want them to. With Crack.NET, that same level of user control can be achieved over WinForm and WPF-based .NET applications.
-
Book Spotlight: Visual Studio 2008 Unleashed
Mike Snell and Lars Powers tackle developer productivity with their recent book "Visual Studio 2008 Unleashed" by Sams Publishing. Included is a sample chapter for download, Chapter 10 on Debugging.
-
WinForms 2.0 for Mono is Code Complete
After four years of work, Mono finally supports all 12,776 methods in the WinForms 2.0 API. Weighing in at 115,000 lines, there is the possibility for bugs.
-
New version of .NET Disguised as a "Service Pack"
The beta for Service Pack 1 of .NET 3.5/VS 2008 brings with is a host of new features and libraries including the ADO.NET Entity Framework and Data Services, a client-only version of the Framework, and changes to most of the 3.0 and 3.5 libraries. Despite its name, to many developers this release is as significant as 3.5 itself.
-
Ruby.NET 0.9 improves .NET interop, adds Form designer support
Ruby.NET, a project to compile Ruby source to .NET CIL, just released version 0.9. The release comes with improved .NET integration and a nearly complete implementation of the Ruby standard library. To top it off, Ruby.NET VS integration ships Form Builder support to help build Ruby GUI apps.
-
An Interview with Ian Griffiths
In this interview, Ian Griffiths talks about the key features of WPF such as XAML, composition, layout, animation, and data binding.
-
Visual Basic Migration Strategy Part 2 - Interop User Controls
Back in September, Microsoft's VB team gave developers a way to include .NET forms in VB6 applications. In their latest CTP, they also bring you the ability to include .NET controls on a VB6 form.
-
Microsoft Publicly Offers Visual Studio Hotfixes
A common complaint is that Microsoft restricts access to Visual Studio hotfixes. While available for free, they do require a call to customer support. In a pilot program, Microsoft has decided to release their most common hot fixes through Microsoft Connect.
-
Missing Pieces to the VB Upgrade Story: Printer Compatibility Library
Microsoft has released a Print Form component for VB 2005 and is developing a Printer Compatibility Library that will allow VB 2005 applications to use the Printer object from VB6.
-
A Real Migration Strategy for Visual Basic 6 Applications
Microsoft's Visual Basic Team has released a new Visual Studio Power Pack called Interop Forms Toolkit 1.0. This toolkit allows developers to embed VB.Net forms inside a VB6 application.
-
.NET Live from Redmond Presentations Coming in Aug/Sept
The .NET product teams at Microsoft have announced a second series of Live Meeting presentations for .NET developers, "Live From Redmond", taking place throughout August and September. The presentations are technical in nature, rather than a marketing pitch for various new Microsoft products, as they come directly from the Product Team members at Microsoft.