GUI Development

Abstract

This chapter:

• introduces the concept of a form and that of a control

• demonstrates the usefulness of Visual Studio’s Designer for editing the layout and setting the properties of forms and their controls

• introduces the concept of an event, and gives and overview the publisher-subscriber event model used by C#

• explains what a delegate type is and how it is defined

• explains how an event field is defined and what purpose the event field serves

• demonstrates the use of elementary controls such as buttons and labels

• introduces mouse events to which controls cen respond

• introduces the concept of a modal dialog box