In this chapter, we described the various design-time capabilities of the Windows Forms Designer tool. Windows forms are a powerful presentation layer technology, and Visual Studio 2005 provides an array of tools for quickly building impressive, rich user interfaces based on this technology. The role of the Windows Forms Designer, the Toolbox, and the Properties window were introduced in the context of delivering a modern, well-thought-out, standards-based user interface for a .NET Windows application. Using the tools documented here, you can wring the most out of your forms development experience. |