Getting Started with Windows Forms

Visual Studio 2010

With Windows Forms, you can create powerful Windows-based applications. The following topics describe in-depth how to harness the power of Windows Forms to display data, handle user input, and deploy your applications easily and with enhanced security.

In This Section

Windows Forms Overview: Contains an overview of Windows Forms and smart client applications.
Creating a New Windows Form: Contains links to topics that describe basic concepts for creating Windows Forms applications.
Creating Event Handlers in Windows Forms: Contains links to topics that describe how to create Windows Forms event handlers.
Adjusting the Size and Scale of Windows Forms: Contains links to topics that show how to adjust the size and scale of Windows Forms.
Changing the Appearance of Windows Forms: Contains links to topics that show how to change the appearance of Windows Forms applications.
Windows Forms Controls: Contains links to topics that describe and show how to use Windows Forms controls and components.
User Input in Windows Forms: Contains links to topics that describe and show how to handle input from the user in Windows Forms applications.
Dialog Boxes in Windows Forms: Contains links to topics that describe the different dialog boxes for use in Windows Forms.
Windows Forms Data Binding: Contains links to topics that describe the Windows Forms data binding architecture and how to use it in Windows Forms applications.
Windows Forms Security: Contains links to topics that describe how to build Windows Forms applications that have enhanced security.
ClickOnce Deployment for Windows Forms: Contains links to topics that describe how to easily deploy Windows Forms applications.
How to: Access Keyed Collections in Windows Forms: Demonstrates how to access collections with keys rather than indexes.

Related Sections

Enhancing Windows Forms Applications: Contains links to topics that describe more advanced concepts for creating Windows Forms applications.