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Microsoft Visual Studio 2005/.NET Framework 2.0

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Visual Studio Programmer's Guide for the .NET Framework

Windows-based Applications, Components, and Services

This section discusses Windows-based applications, components of various kinds, XML Web services, Windows services, console applications, and 64-bit applications.

In This Section

Creating Windows-based Applications: Discusses how to create traditional Windows-based applications.

Components in Visual Studio: Discusses how to create components based on the IComponent interface in the .NET Framework. Also has a section devoted to Server-based Components for .NET Framework Applications, such as message queues and event logs.

XML Web Services in Managed Code: Discusses how to create and deploy XML Web services, as well as how to access them.

Windows Service Applications: Discusses how to create an application that is installed as a service. You can create services, install them, and start, stop, and otherwise control their behavior.

Building Console Applications: Discusses how to use the Console class to read characters from and write characters to the console.

64-bit Applications: Discusses issues related to developing applications that will run on a Windows 64-bit operating system.

Related Sections

Visual Web Developer: Discusses how to create Web applications.

Deciding Which Technologies and Tools To Use: Provides a guide to choosing which approach or technology to use, as well as links to more information.