- Programming .NET Windows Applications
- A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
- Copyright
- Preface
- 1. Windows Forms and the .NET Framework
- 2. Getting Started
- 3. Visual Studio .NET
- 3.1. Overview
- 3.2. Start Page
- 3.3. Projects and Solutions
- 3.4. The Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
- 3.5. Building and Running
- 4. Events
- 5. Windows Forms
- 6. Dialog Boxes
- 7. Controls: The Base Class
- 7.1. Control Class
- 7.1.1. Class Hierarchy
- 7.1.2. Common Features
- 7.1.2.1. Parent/child relationship
- 7.1.2.2. Z-order
- 7.1.2.3. Changing the z-order
- 7.1.2.4. Ambient properties
- 7.1.2.5. Font
- 7.1.2.6. Size and location
- 7.1.2.7. Dynamically setting size and location
- 7.1.2.8. AutoScale
- 7.1.2.9. Anchoring
- 7.1.2.10. Docking
- 7.1.2.11. Painting the control
- 7.1.2.12. Tag property
- 7.1.2.13. Tabbing
- 7.1.2.14. Keyboard interaction
- 7.1.2.15. ImageLists
- 7.1. Control Class
- 8. Mouse Interaction
- 9. Text and Fonts
- 9.1. Text
- 9.2. Fonts
- 9.2.1. Typographical Stuff
- 9.2.2. Font Class
- 9.2.2.1. Font properties
- 9.2.2.2. Constructors
- 9.2.2.2.1. Constructor based on existing font and FontStyles
- 9.2.2.2.2. Constructor based on FontFamily and size
- 9.2.2.2.3. Constructor based on FontFamily, size, and FontStyles
- 9.2.2.2.4. Constructor based on FontFamily, size, and GraphicsUnit
- 9.2.2.2.5. Constructor based on FontFamily, size, FontStyles, and GraphicsUnit
- 9.2.2.3. Line spacing
- 9.2.3. Drawing Strings
- 9.2.4. Measuring Strings
- 10. Drawing and GDI+
- 10.1. The Drawing Namespace
- 10.2. The Analog Clock Project
- 11. Labels and Buttons
- 12. Text Controls
- 13. Other Basic Controls
- 14. TreeView and ListView
- 15. List Controls
- 16. Date and Time Controls
- 17. Custom Controls
- 18. Menus and Bars
- 18.1. Creating Your First Menu
- 18.2. The MainMenu Object
- 18.3. Toolbars
- 18.4. Writing It by Hand
- 18.5. Status Bars
- 19. ADO.NET
- 19.1. Bug Database: A Windows Application
- 19.2. The ADO.NET Object Model
- 19.3. Getting Started with ADO.NET
- 19.4. Managed Providers
- 19.5. Binding Data
- 19.6. Data Reader
- 19.7. Creating a DataGrid
- 20. Updating ADO.NET
- 21. Exceptions and Debugging
- 22. Configuration and Deployment
- 22.1. Class Hierarchy
- 22.2. Configuration
- 22.3. Assemblies
- 22.4. Build Configurations
- 22.5. Deployment
- A. Characters and Keys
- About the Authors
- Colophon
- Copyright
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A dialog box is a simple form, though some dialog boxes are simpler than others. Typically, a dialog box either displays a message or gathers a bit of information. In either case, the dialog box "pops up" in the middle of your application to serve a specific targeted purpose.
A dialog box is distinguished from a form primarily by appearance (it is typically smaller and simpler than a full-form window) and function (it typically does only one thing), but the truth is there is no hard and fast distinction between a dialog box and a form. Both derive from the Form class.
That said, most dialog boxes have the following traits. They:
Cannot be resized (although this is changing, thankfully, since many dialog boxes benefit greatly from being resizable)
Do not appear in the Windows taskbar
Do not have a control menu in the upper-left corner
Do not have maximize or minimize buttons in the upper right corner
Exhibit modal behavior
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