Windows programs have unique "Process IDs." Windows identifies all processes using this ID. Microsoft Winform developers often need to allow users to open files such as Word documents, images and even ...

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While Microsoft and community developers have improved desktop dev tooling in .NET 5 and new open source implementations, the tech hasn't translated easily from the Windows-only .NET Framework, and ...

The alpha bits available now for the Whidbey version of VS.NET offer an opportunity to dive into upcoming WinForms changes. Developing smart client applications with Whidbey will be easier and more ...

You can use business data to transfer information from one place to another, do business calculations, drive automated systems, or simply present quantitative information to users. The last task has ...

Since shipping .NET 5, Visual Studio 2019 v16.8 and more goodies recently, Microsoft has been touting speed improvements in many components -- including the red-hot Blazor project -- but some ...

Microsoft is open-sourcing three Windows UX frameworks, including Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Forms, and the Windows UI XAML library (WinUI). All three frameworks will be made ...