Windows Forms Documentation Updates
We're the Windows Forms User Education team at Microsoft. We use this space to update folks on developments with Windows Forms docs, publishing doc updates before they're published. Feel free to ask us questions about WinForms, and we'll do our best to an
A couple of years ago, I a whitepaper about how to implement searching and sorting on the generic...
Date: 05/19/2008
I returned from my end-of-the-year vacation to find the following reader comment in my inbox:> I...
Date: 01/02/2008
Although my sample for Client Application Services (CAS) uses Windows Forms, you can adapt it to...
Date: 12/13/2007
Due to customer feedback and requests, I've been working on an article that demonstrates a simple...
Date: 12/07/2007
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using System.ComponentModel;...
Date: 12/06/2007
I've made a few bug-fixes to my DataGridViewAutoFilter sample, which is described in Building a...
Date: 12/05/2007
I have updated my Client Application Services sample (previous posts here and here) to work with the...
Date: 12/04/2007
Back in May, I posted an early version of my Client Application Services walkthrough, which was used...
Date: 09/27/2007
Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Acropolis and Windows Forms booth at Tech-Ed! Double thanks if...
Date: 06/11/2007
The Beta 1 release of Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" includes a new feature called Client...
Date: 05/20/2007
Periodically someone questions me about a caution that appears in all of the System.Drawing.*...
Date: 05/13/2007
Now that interest in WPF is really heating up, we've been getting more inquiries about WinForms and...
Date: 05/10/2007
Recently, a reader asked how to detect filter changes with the code in Building a Drop-Down Filter...
Date: 05/09/2007
If you are reading this blog post, it’s likely you saw Karl’s post highlighting some of the recent...
Date: 04/25/2007
Since Visual Studio 2005 was released, we've received a fair amount of feedback on the...
Date: 04/20/2007
The following .NET Framework managed reference types have been updated in the past several months....
Date: 04/20/2007
I've recently written a document covering some changes to the CurrencyManager in .NET Framework...
Date: 02/06/2007
Periodically we get questions about how to extract and use an image compiled as an embedded resource...
Date: 11/29/2006
I've fixed a couple of doc bugs that customers were rightfully complaining about. It will be awhile...
Date: 10/26/2006
I've seen a lot of questions posted in forums regarding how to use a BindingSource component to...
Date: 10/17/2006
Yes - another white paper! We've been quite the busy beavers here in User Education. Cheryl Simmons...
Date: 08/04/2006
So I'm trying to wrap up this white paper I'm writing on consuming RSS in Windows Forms. I wrote a...
Date: 08/02/2006
Are you spoiled by the AutoFilter feature in Excel? Do you want the same functionality in the...
Date: 08/01/2006
As you may remember, InPlaceHostingManager is a part of the ClickOnce API that enables a .NET...
Date: 07/25/2006
Wim De Cleen has a great two-part walkthrough up on how to use the new Microsoft Feeds API to...
Date: 07/21/2006
My new Windows Forms white paper is now available on MSDN. It covers using ToolStrip as a navigation...
Date: 07/19/2006
I'm working on a project that will be included in a white paper, and needed to use SQL Server...
Date: 07/13/2006
Steve Lasker has a stream of information about this new technology. Start with his Info post and...
Date: 07/10/2006
I was just in a meeting and learned about a Windows Forms feature I previously knew nothing of. I...
Date: 06/22/2006
Come on, you KNOW you wanna! Mike Talley from the Office User Assistance Team has the 411 on how to...
Date: 06/22/2006
I wanted to display a hierarchical menu for my blog feed reader application. No nesting of...
Date: 06/20/2006
RSS feeds are XML files that represent the current posts on a syndicated content channel, such as a...
Date: 06/14/2006
Someone asked that question recently on an internal alias. Michael Kaplan, one of our localization...
Date: 06/12/2006
It's come to my attention that the topic How to: Respond to Font Scheme Changes in a Windows Forms...
Date: 06/12/2006
Apologies for the recent radio silence - I've been out of office due to a death in the family. I'll...
Date: 06/02/2006
The ClickOnce development team has just alerted us that the current versions of Kensington...
Date: 05/22/2006
Lets say you're using the managed WebBrowser control in Windows Forms 2.0. At some point, you...
Date: 05/10/2006
Application Settings FAQ (Or, Everything You Wanted to Know about Application Settings, But Couldn't Find in the Docs)
If you missed it the first time out, check out Ragavendra Prabhu's Application Settings FAQ, which...
Date: 05/05/2006
In my last entry, I talked about how I loved extending My.Application in VB to create global methods...
Date: 05/01/2006
In the Windows Forms documentation team, we need to be skilled in both C# and Visual Basic, as we...
Date: 04/28/2006
Dynamically Detecting the Data Directory My Slideshow control (which I discussed in a previous post)...
Date: 04/26/2006
In order to test some ClickOnce deployments today, I had to configure a new Web server to allow...
Date: 04/26/2006
Tim Sneath, Windows Vista tech evangelist extraordinaire, has a good post up on how to add a glass...
Date: 04/24/2006
Check boxes on menu items are nice, but sometimes you want to display options that are more complex...
Date: 04/24/2006
I haven't written much in the ClickOnce docs about the concept of a ClickOnce identity. Recent...
Date: 04/20/2006
A while back, I wrote about how you can download satellite assemblies on demand in a ClickOnce...
Date: 04/17/2006
Our current documentation on creating nonrectangular forms could stand some enhancement. The most...
Date: 04/07/2006
I'm not a big fan of TableLayoutPanel. The control is very limited in what it can do given that the...
Date: 04/05/2006
As you may know, I love the WebBrowser control. You can do so many wonderful things with it. And one...
Date: 03/29/2006