Hour 6. Building FormsAdvanced Techniques

What You'll Learn in This Hour:

• Adding controls to a form

• Positioning, aligning, sizing, spacing, and anchoring controls

• Creating intelligent tab orders

• Adjusting the z-order of controls

• Creating transparent forms

• Creating forms that always float over other forms

• Creating Multiple Document Interfaces

A form is just a canvas, and although you can tailor a form by setting its properties, you'll need to add controls to it to make it functional. In the previous hour, you learned how to add forms to a project, set basic form properties, and show and hide forms. In this hour, you'll learn all about adding controls to a form, including arranging and aligning controls to create an attractive and functional interface. You'll also learn how to create advanced multiple document interfaces (MDIs) as used in applications such as Photoshop. After you complete the material in this hour, you'll be ready to learn the details about the various controls available in Visual C#.