Visual Basic Windows Forms Samples
These samples demonstrate common tasks for Windows Forms applications.
In This Section
- Animation Sample
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Includes moving text, a bouncing ball, and an animated image.
- Clipboard Sample
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Demonstrates the My.Clipboard object for copying and pasting text, integers, images, and objects.
- Custom Drawing User Control Sample
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Demonstrates how to create and use custom-drawn user controls.
- Dialog Components Sample
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Demonstrates selecting files, colors, and folders.
- Drag-and-Drop Sample
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Demonstrates drag-and-drop functionality with text, images, and tree-view nodes.
- Dynamic Control Creation Sample
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Add controls at run time using XML input files.
- Explorer-Style Application Sample
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Contains two forms that have split-pane windows, similar to Windows Explorer.
- GDI+ Brushes Sample
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View the effects of brush options.
- GDI+ Images Sample
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Manipulates images, including zooming and clipping.
- GDI+ Pen Sample
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Shows the effects of pen options.
- GDI+ Text Sample
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Shows the effects of text options.
- Help Files Sample
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Demonstrates compiled Help, HTML Help, and ToolTips.
- ListBox and ComboBox Sample
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Demonstrates several common list tasks.
- Menus Sample
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Creates and merges menus programmatically.
- NotifyIcon Sample
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Creates an application that is accessible through the system tray.
- Printing Sample
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Uses the My.Printers object.
- Regular Expressions Sample
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Validates user input using Regex.
- StatusStrip Control Sample
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Demonstrates text and user-drawn StatusBar panels.
- Text Validation Sample
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Validates text using the MaskedTextBox.
- Threaded User Interface Update Sample
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Demonstrates how to update the user interface from a separate thread.
- Top-Level Forms Sample
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Controls how applications appear in the Taskbar.
- Visual Inheritance Sample
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Creates new forms by inheriting from existing forms.
- Web Browser Sample
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Creates a Web browser.
Reference
- Windows Forms Applications in the .NET Framework
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Information about designing Windows Forms applications.
- Windows Forms Controls
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Information about Windows Forms controls.
