Advanced Windows Forms
There are two advanced features in Windows Forms that are beyond the scope of this book, but are worth noting. The first is shaped forms. In Windows Forms, a form can take on any shape that you specify. Using the power of GDI+, you can specify point structures and clip regions that determine how a form should look. Figure 3.18 demonstrates a shaped form at runtime.
Figure 3.18. A shaped Windows Form.

The second and most revolutionary aspect of Windows Forms is the ability to write Windows Forms applications that load dynamically through HTTP. Similar to a Web Form, a properly designed Windows Forms application can trickle down to the client machine. There are a few ways to accomplish this, but the fact that you can write a robust Windows Forms application and have it load over the Internet like an ASP.NET application is outstanding.In addition to the Downloads section for today, I've included a demo of how this can be achieved. For more information, see the resources in the "Q&A" section at the end of the day.
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Sams Teach Yourself Visual Studio® .NET 2003 in 21 Days
By
Jason Beres
Publisher
: Sams Publishing
Pub Date
: January 14, 2003
ISBN
: 0-672-32421-0
Pages
: 696
Sams Teach Yourself Visual Studio .NET in 21 Days will help developers that are new to application development and experienced developers understand how to use the .NET Framework and Visual Studio .NET to rapidly develop any type of computer application. The Visual Studio .NET development environment is the most comprehensive developer tool ever created, putting that together with the .NET Frameworks' Class Libraries, the developer has everything he or she needs to get up-to-speed on Microsoft's latest revolution in application development. This book will guide the developer through using the VS .NET IDE, the Visual Basic .NET and C# language, and the supporting tools available from Microsoft to create Windows and Web-based applications. The market is full of books that pretty much say the same thing, which is already available in the help files, the author of this book has written and deployed over a dozen successful applications using Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework. All of his expertise and experience is used to give you the most comprehensive title on using Visual Studio .NET.