Microsoft developers keep plugging away at the "huge technical challenge" of duplicating the Windows Forms designer found in the aging, Windows-only .NET Framework in .NET Core, the new open-source, ...

Microsoft last week set the record straight that Web Forms, part of ASP.NET from the old .NET Framework, isn't going away in Visual Studio 2022, though it recommends Blazor as a .NET 6 alternative. It ...

After the first part of this series dealt with Windows Forms, we will now look at Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Windows UI Library 3 (WinUI 3). Both GUI frameworks are based on XAML ...

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Creating a new form in C# is fairly simple, thanks to the Form class. But what about referencing an existing one? Step through this sample code and see how it's done. Much of the time in the real ...

I'm totally stymied by docking the docking and anchor options offered by .NET and can't find any clear documentation on this stuff anywhere (especially MSDN).<BR><BR>I've got a resizable form with two ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Agent workflows make transport a first-order ...

I've got a C# form that is going to be displayed as a Modal Dialog from another form. In the event handler for the "OK" button, I validate the other controls on the form, and do some work.<BR><BR>In ...