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    The document is a chapter from Murach's C# (8th Edition) that discusses designing Windows Forms applications. It covers objectives for learning how to design forms using the Form Designer, customize Visual Studio settings, and work with common form and control properties. The chapter provides instructions and screenshots to demonstrate renaming files and projects, setting tab orders, access keys, and default buttons on a form.

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    Murach’s C# (8th Edition)

    Chapter 2

    How to design
    a Windows
    Forms app

    © 2023, Mike Murach & Associates, Inc. C2, Slide 1


    Objectives
    Applied
    1. Given the form design and property settings for a simple app, use
    the Form Designer to design the form.
    2. When necessary, rename the form, project, and solution files for
    an app.
    3. Customize the Visual Studio environment for use with C# by
    setting the startup and development settings options.

    Murach’s C# (8th Edition) C2, Slide 2


    Objectives (continued)
    Knowledge
    1. Describe the use of the Toolbox and Properties windows.
    2. Describe the Name and Text properties for a form or control.
    3. Describe the Enabled, ReadOnly, and TextAlign properties for a
    control.
    4. Describe the way you:
    Adjust the tab order for the controls on a form
    Set access keys for controls
    Set the default buttons for the Enter and Esc keys for a form

    Murach’s C# (8th Edition) C2, Slide 3


    The Create New Project dialog

    Murach’s C# (8th Edition) C2, Slide 4


    How to change the startup options
    1. Use the ToolsàOptions command
    2. Select the General category under the Environment group.
    3. Select an option from the “On startup, open” drop-down list.

    Murach’s C# (8th Edition) C2, Slide 5


    How to change the development settings options
    1. Select the ToolsàImport and Export Settings command.
    2. Select “Reset all settings.”
    3. Select “Yes, save my current settings” and the “Visual C#”
    option as you step through the wizard.

    Murach’s C# (8th Edition) C2, Slide 6


    The Configure Your New Project dialog

    Murach’s C# (8th Edition) C2, Slide 7


    The Additional Information dialog

    Murach’s C# (8th Edition) C2, Slide 8


    The Invoice Total form

    Murach’s C# (8th Edition) C2, Slide 9


    The controls the Invoice Total form uses
    • Labels
    • Text boxes
    • Buttons

    Murach’s C# (8th Edition) C2, Slide 10


    The Form Designer after some controls have been
    added to the Invoice Total form

    Murach’s C# (8th Edition) C2, Slide 11


    Skills that you need for working with controls
    • Add a control to a form
    • Move a control
    • Size a control
    • Select a group of controls
    • Align, size, or space a group of selected controls
    • Change the size of a form
    • Adjust the tab order for the controls on a form

    Murach’s C# (8th Edition) C2, Slide 12


    The Form Designer after the properties
    for the Invoice Total form have been set

    Murach’s C# (8th Edition) C2, Slide 13


    Properties for forms and controls
    Properties for both forms and controls
    Name
    Text

    Other properties for forms


    AcceptButton
    CancelButton
    StartPosition

    Other properties for controls


    Enabled
    ReadOnly
    TabIndex
    TabStop
    TextAlign

    Murach’s C# (8th Edition) C2, Slide 14


    How to adjust the tab order for a form
    • Change a control’s TabIndex property.
    • Set a control’s TabStop property to False if it shouldn’t receive
    the focus.

    Murach’s C# (8th Edition) C2, Slide 15


    How to set access keys
    • In the Text for a control, place an ampersand right before the
    letter for the access key.
    • If you set an access key for a label, the access key will take the
    user to the text box that follows the label in the tab order.

    Murach’s C# (8th Edition) C2, Slide 16


    How to set the Enter and Esc keys
    • Set the AcceptButton property of the form to the button that will
    be activated if the user presses the Enter key.
    • Set the CancelButton property of the form to the button that will
    be activated when the user presses the Esc key.

    Murach’s C# (8th Edition) C2, Slide 17


    The Solution Explorer
    as a form file is being renamed

    Murach’s C# (8th Edition) C2, Slide 18


    How to rename a file, project, or solution
    • Right-click on it in the Solution Explorer window, and select the
    Rename command from the shortcut menu.
    • Or, select the file, project, or solution in the Solution Explorer
    and press F2.

    Murach’s C# (8th Edition) C2, Slide 19


    How to save a file, project, or solution
    • To save all files and projects, use the Save All button in the
    Standard toolbar or the Save All command in the File menu.
    • To save a file, project, or solution, use the Save button in the
    Standard toolbar or the Save command in the File menu.

    Murach’s C# (8th Edition) C2, Slide 20

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