Enhancing Windows Forms Applications

Windows Forms contains many features that you can use to enhance your Windows-based applications to meet the specific needs of your users. The following topics describe these features and how to use them.

In This Section

• Graphics and Drawing in Windows Forms
  Contains links to topics that describe and show how to use the graphics interface in Windows Forms.

• Application Settings for Windows Forms.
  Contains links to topics that describe and show how to use the Application Settings feature.

• Windows Forms Print Support
  Contains links to topics that describe and show how to print files from Windows Forms applications.

• Drag-and-Drop Operations and Clipboard Support
  Contains links to topics that describe and show how to use the drag-and-drop feature and the Clipboard in Windows Forms.

• Networking in Windows Forms Applications
  Contains links to topics that describe and show how to use networking in Windows Forms.

• Globalizing Windows Forms
  Contains links to topics that show how to globalize Windows Forms applications.

• Windows Forms and Unmanaged Applications
  Contains links to topics that describe and show how to access COM components from Windows Form applications.

• System Information and Windows Forms
  Describes how to use system information in Windows Forms.

• Power Management in Windows Forms
  Describes how to manage power use in Windows Forms applications.

• Windows XP Features and Windows Forms Controls
  Describes and shows how to use the Windows XP features in Windows Forms applications.

• Windows Forms Visual Inheritance
  Describes how to inherit from a base form.

• Multiple-Document Interface (MDI) Applications
  Describes how to create multiple-document interface (MDI) applications.

• Integrating User Help in Windows Forms
  Describes how to integrate user help in your applications.

• Windows Forms Accessibility
  Describes how to make your applications available to a wide variety of users.

• Using WPF Controls
  Describes how to use WPF controls in your Windows Forms-based applications.

• Windows 7 Features and Windows Forms
  Describes Windows 7 features that you can take advantage of by using the Windows API Code Pack.

Related Sections

• Help Systems in Windows Forms Applications
  Contains links to topics that describe and show how to provide user help in Windows Forms applications.

• Getting Started with Windows Forms
  Contains links to topics that describe how to use the basic features of Windows Forms.