Questions tagged [winforms]
Windows Forms (WinForms) is the name given to the graphical application programming interface (API) included as a part of Microsoft .NET Framework, providing access to native Microsoft Windows interface elements by wrapping the extant Windows API in managed code.
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GitHub workflow for .NET desktop apps that supports CI/CD and entity framework
We want a GitHub workflow that syncs EF migrations across all branches and automates ClickOnce desktop app deployments. The key requirements of this question are highlighted in bold at the bottom.
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How can I keep accurate time in a Windows Forms (WinForms) application?
I am an inexperienced developer fresh out of college. I was handed a Windows Forms Application to work on.
The application previously relied on system time. They wanted me to make it so that we could ...
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How to properly use Data Transfer Objects
I feel something is wrong with my approach handling MVP and the Repository Pattern. I'm making an album winform app just to practice MVP, crud and the Repos. Pattern.
First some code.
The model:
using ...
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Best approach for several steps with user input in between
I've read several questions and I couldn't find one specifically similar to mine. I also don't think there's a design pattern for this situation as I think my system is a legacy system and don't fit ...
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Hardware test GUI with multiple event sources (4 serial ports and user interaction) - best architecture?
I have the following requirements:
Write a GUI app for automated testing of some custom PCB hardware.
The system must be usable for a technician with little to no advanced PC skills.
The test setup ...
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Recommended way to use a python backend from a c#-application
I have an old windows forms gui used to control a custom measurement system. Originally, it handled acquisition, calculating, database handling and presentation of measurements.
Now, because of some ...
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What data structure works best with File Explorer-type applications?
I'm working on a desktop application in C# that reads a directory and displays in a DataGridView the directory entries of the PDFs found in that directory, like a File Explorer that only shows PDFs. ...
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How to separate "unmanaged" and "managed" code in my C++/CLI project
I am developing a project using C++/CLI and WinForms. It is a geometry project, which is why I have to use C++/CLI, because of the C++ geometry library CGAL. I chose to use WinForms for the UI because ...
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Adding item (or incrementing count) to ListView, with the MVP pattern in WinForms
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A WinForms application with the following as part of a form:
When the "Add" button is clicked, a new entry is added to the ListView, with data from the TextBoxes and ...
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Changing control name property during runtime -- Why doesn't anything break and why shouldn't I do it?
To make a long story short, I needed a property of a button to act as a "secondary text property" and retain the original .Text value of a button, and the only String property that wasn't ...
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Structuring a "Large" Windows Forms Project and Solution To something with Multiple Sub-Projects
I've willingly inherited a VB.Net forms project based on .Net 3.5 last edited with VS2012. I was able to open it up and up-convert it to VS2017. I can compile and run it and make some little tweaks. ...
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Single massive solution - good idea?
I am analysing a Windows Forms application in .NET Framework 4.5.2 with 4 separate solutions with a combined 1.5million lines of code (and 10 years of development)
Libraries.sln (54 projects)
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Choosing architecture for Winforms C# application
I'm developing GUI for controlling and testing hardware device.
The GUI consists of many basic controls like textboxes and radio buttons which are mostly independent of each other - each control ...
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Daylight savings time for real time application
I am building an application on windows forms C# that will run in real time 24 hours a day 365 days a year. This application tracks the time that components are out of storage.
I am running into a ...
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How to handle views and logic in a Winform C# app? [closed]
I come from a webdev background so I'm used to MVC to handle the separation between the views and the logic (and the data/models).
I'm starting to develop using Winforms in C# and I want to know what'...
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