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Tutorial 1

Simple WinForm Based Application

GOAL: To gain understanding of the GUI API and basic WinForm Window.

Creating the WinForm Window

1. Open Microsoft Visual Studio .NET IDE
2. Click on the menu item FILE >> NEW >> Project...
3. in the ‘New Project’ Window, select

A. Project Types: Other Languages >> Visual C# >> Windows

(Some VS 2005 do not have an ‘Other Languages tab, if that is the case you should see a C# tab somewhere if you have it installed)

B. Templates: Windows Application

C. Select a Name and Location and Solution Name for the application (We will name ours Tutorial inside a project created folder)

D. Click Ok once you have finished selecting a Name and Location.

E. You now have a basic WinForm Application Created.

F. Now you just need to Compile and Run.

G. Go to Build -> Build Solution

H. Go to Debug -> Start without Debugging

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