This topic is designed to help you find code that demonstrates how to perform common programming tasks in Windows Forms applications. The topics listed are code-oriented topics. If you are using Visual Studio, you can use the Windows Forms Designer to complete many of these tasks.
The tasks are divided into the following categories:
Application creation
Form manipulation
Dialog boxes
Data binding
MDI forms
Menu manipulation
Graphics and GDI+
Printing
Drag-and-drop operations
Handling user input
Interacting with COM components
How to: Create a Windows Forms Application from the Command Line
How to: Change the Borders of Windows Forms
How to: Resize Windows Forms
How to: Respond to Font Scheme Changes in a Windows Forms Application
How to: Display Dialog Boxes for Windows Forms
How to: Bind a Windows Forms Control to a Type
How to: Handle Errors and Exceptions that Occur with Databinding
How to: Share Bound Data Across Forms Using the BindingSource Component
How to: Ensure Multiple Controls Bound to the Same Data Source Remain Synchronized
How to: Raise Change Notifications Using a BindingSource and the INotifyPropertyChanged Interface
How to: Bind a Windows Forms Control to a Factory Object
How to: Create an MDI Window List with MenuStrip (Windows Forms)
How to: Add Menu Items to a ContextMenuStrip
How to: Associate a ContextMenuStrip with a Control
How to: Disable ToolStripMenuItems
How to: Hide ToolStripMenuItems
How to: Insert a MenuStrip into an MDI Drop-Down Menu (Windows Forms)
How to: Add Enhancements to ToolStripMenuItems
How to: Create Graphics Objects for Drawing
How to: Create a Pen
How to: Set the Color of a Pen
How to: Create a Solid Brush
How to: Draw Text on a Windows Form
How to: Draw Text with GDI
How to: Render Images with GDI+
How to: Create Standard Windows Forms Print Jobs
How to: Capture User Input from a PrintDialog at Run Time
How to: Choose the Printers Attached to a User's Computer in Windows Forms
How to: Print Graphics in Windows Forms
How to: Print a Multi-Page Text File in Windows Forms
How to: Complete Windows Forms Print Jobs
How to: Display Print Preview in Windows Forms Applications
How to: Add Data to the Clipboard
How to: Retrieve Data from the Clipboard
How to: Perform Drag-and-Drop Operations Between Applications
How to: Modify Keyboard Input to a Standard Control
How to: Handle Keyboard Input at the Form Level
How to: Distinguish Between Clicks and Double-Clicks
How to: Simulate Mouse and Keyboard Events in Code
How to: Handle User Input Events in Windows Forms Controls
How to: Support COM Interop by Displaying Each Windows Form on Its Own Thread
How to: Support COM Interop by Displaying Windows Forms on a Shared Thread
How to: Support COM Interop by Displaying a Windows Form with the ShowDialog Method
