Windows Forms

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This API is a part of .NET Framework 3.0

Windows Forms is the name given to the graphical user interface application programming interface (API) included as a part of Microsoft's .NET Framework, providing access to the native Microsoft Windows interface elements by wrapping the existing Win32 API in managed code. While it is seen as a replacement for the earlier and more complex C++ based Microsoft Foundation Classes, it does not offer a paradigm comparable to model-view-controller. Some after-market and third party libraries have been created to address this issue. The most widely used of these is the [User Interface Process Application Block], which is released by the Microsoft patterns & practices group as a free download that includes the source code to the core library and quick start examples.

External links

• [MSDN: Building Windows Forms applications]
• [Official community site]
• [Code Project: Windows Forms application samples]

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