Summary


Although forms are just one kind of control, they have some very special characteristics. They form the basic pieces of an application that sit on the desktop, and they have many properties, methods, and events that set forms apart from other controls. Appendix J provides more information about form properties, methods, and events.

This chapter describes some of the more typical uses of forms. It explains how to build About, Splash, and Login Forms; manage a form’s mouse cursors and icons; override WndProc to intercept a form’s Windows messages; build MDI applications and tools that help the user manage MDI child forms; and make dialog boxes and wizards. After you master these tasks, you can build the forms that implement the large-scale pieces of an application.

Chapter 9 described standard Windows Forms controls and components. This chapter explained forms, which are specialized types of controls. Chapter 11 continues the control-related theme by explaining controls and components that are useful in database applications. They include components to connect an application to a database and to move data between the database and the application.




Visual Basic 2005 with  .NET 3.0 Programmer's Reference
Visual Basic 2005 with .NET 3.0 Programmer's Reference
ISBN: 470137053
EAN: N/A
Year: 2007
Pages: 417

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