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
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Discusses how to create traditional Windows-based applications.
- Components in Visual Studio
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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
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Discusses how to create and deploy XML Web services, as well as how to access them.
- Windows Service Applications
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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
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Discusses how to use the Console class to read characters from and write characters to the console.
- 64-bit Applications
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Discusses issues related to developing applications that will run on a Windows 64-bit operating system.