Visual Basic Windows Forms Samples

These samples demonstrate common tasks for Windows Forms applications.

In This Section

• Animation Sample
  Includes moving text, a bouncing ball, and an animated image.

• Clipboard Sample
  Demonstrates the My.Clipboard object for copying and pasting text, integers, images, and objects.

• Custom Drawing User Control Sample
  Demonstrates how to create and use custom-drawn user controls.

• Dialog Components Sample
  Demonstrates selecting files, colors, and folders.

• Drag-and-Drop Sample
  Demonstrates drag-and-drop functionality with text, images, and tree-view nodes.

• Dynamic Control Creation Sample
  Add controls at run time using XML input files.

• Explorer-Style Application Sample
  Contains two forms that have split-pane windows, similar to Windows Explorer.

• GDI+ Brushes Sample
  View the effects of brush options.

• GDI+ Images Sample
  Manipulates images, including zooming and clipping.

• GDI+ Pen Sample
  Shows the effects of pen options.

• GDI+ Text Sample
  Shows the effects of text options.

• Help Files Sample
  Demonstrates compiled Help, HTML Help, and ToolTips.

• ListBox and ComboBox Sample
  Demonstrates several common list tasks.

• Menus Sample
  Creates and merges menus programmatically.

• NotifyIcon Sample
  Creates an application that is accessible through the system tray.

• Printing Sample
  Uses the My.Printers object.

• Regular Expressions Sample
  Validates user input using Regex.

• StatusStrip Control Sample
  Demonstrates text and user-drawn StatusBar panels.

• Text Validation Sample
  Validates text using the MaskedTextBox.

• Threaded User Interface Update Sample
  Demonstrates how to update the user interface from a separate thread.

• Top-Level Forms Sample
  Controls how applications appear in the Taskbar.

• Visual Inheritance Sample
  Creates new forms by inheriting from existing forms.

• Web Browser Sample
  Creates a Web browser.

Reference

• Windows Forms Applications in the .NET Framework
  Information about designing Windows Forms applications.

• Windows Forms Controls
  Information about Windows Forms controls.

Related Sections

• Data Samples
  These samples demonstrate data manipulation tasks.

• Visual Basic Language Samples
  These samples demonstrate Visual Basic language concepts.

• Visual Basic Server Component Samples
  These samples demonstrate applications that interact with Windows operating system components.

• Visual Basic Security Samples
  These samples demonstrate security tasks.

See Also

Tasks

FlowLayoutPanel Control Sample

MaskedTextBox Control Sample

TableLayoutPanel Control Sample

BindingNavigator Control Sample

SplitContainer Control Sample

Other Resources

Windows Forms Controls Samples