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• Read and write Open XML files (MS Office 2007)

  by ZeljkoS

  Learn how to read and write Open XML files in the new Microsoft Office 2007, with a particular examination of the Excel file format..

• Collection Controls with Rich Design Time Support

  by divil

  This extensive article details the process of creating complex list-based controls with rich design time support similar to my DotNetWidgets and OutlookBar controls..

• Launching a process from Windows Forms

  by mag37

  This article shows how to launch a process (such as a bat file, perl script, console program) and have its standard output displayed on a windows form. .

• Hosting Windows Forms Designers

  by divil

  Shows how to write the code needed to host the Windows Forms Designers in your own application. Sample code is provided to display a form in design mode and allow normal editing like in Visual Studio..

• Introducing Windows Forms

  by Microsoft

  Learn about the new forms package, allowing developers to take full advantage of the rich user interface features available in Windows.

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• Using the Credential Management API

  by alan.dean

  Following secure development best practice, an application should obtain and store user credentials securely. Microsoft has provided a means to accomplish this on the desktop: the unmanaged Credential Management API, which exposes the capability to provide a standard login experience for the user which is also secure. This code demonstrates how to create a generic dialog implementation using this API..

• Windows Forms and the Idle Loop

  by mtaulty

  When you're writing Windows Forms applications it's always nice to be able to keep the UI responsive in order to avoid frustrating the user. Here's a method of completing your asynchronous work on the Application Idle loop rather than allowing another thread to wander into your Windows Forms code and then trying to deal with it by Control.Invoke..

• Modify a Window's System Menu

  by stevencohn

  How to add an additional menu item to a windows system menu..

• Capture a Screen Shot

  by James Crowley

  Demonstrates how to capture a screen shot of the entire desktop, or a particular window in C# or VB.NET..

• UI Threading Helper Classes

  by RoyOsherove

  One of the most cumbersome things you will ever have to do with Winforms is updating your User interface while receiving events from another thread. These helper classes make it a breeze..

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