Windows_Forms_Graphical_user_interface_Presentation.pptx

Windows_Forms_Graphical_user_interface_Presentation

1. Graphical User Interfaces with Windows Forms Introduction to Windows Forms and GUI Development.

2. Objectives • Design principles of GUI • Creating GUI applications • Event handling • Manipulating GUI controls

3. Introduction to GUI Graphical User Interface (GUI) allows users to interact visually with applications.

4. GUI Example Visual Studio Window with multiple GUI controls like menu bars, toolbars, and buttons.

5. Windows Forms A library for creating Windows-based GUI applications.

6. Windows Forms Components • Labels • TextBoxes • Buttons • CheckBoxes • RadioButtons

7. Event Handling • Event-driven programming • User interactions trigger events • Methods respond to events.

8. Simple Event-Driven GUI • A Button click event displays a message box.

9. Auto-Generated Code Visual Studio generates event-handling code in Designer.cs file.

10. Form Properties Common properties include AcceptButton, AutoScroll, Font, Text, and BorderStyle.

11. Control Properties • Text • Enabled • Font • ForeColor

12. Anchoring and Docking Controls can be anchored to container sides or docked to fill an area.

13. Label Control Displays static text that cannot be modified by the user.

14. TextBox Control Allows user input and text display, supports password masking.

15. Button Control Triggers an event when clicked.

16. CheckBox Control Allows users to select multiple options in a form.

17. RadioButton Control Allows users to select a single option from a group.

18. GroupBox and Panel Used to organize controls visually within a form.

19. PictureBox Control Used to display images in the form.

20. ToolTips Provides additional information when the user hovers over a control.

21. NumericUpDown Control Allows users to select numeric values using up/down arrows.

22. Mouse Events Detects user interactions like clicks, moves, and drags.

23. Keyboard Events Detects key presses and combinations.

24. Event Delegates Handles event binding and method invocation.

25. Creating GUI in Visual Studio Drag and drop controls, set properties, and write event handlers.

26. Handling Multiple Events One method can handle multiple events for different controls.

27. Advanced GUI Layout Using Panels, GroupBoxes, and Containers for organization.

28. Error Handling in GUI Use try-catch blocks to handle user input errors.

29. Debugging Windows Forms Use breakpoints and logging to identify issues in GUI behavior.

30. Wrap-Up Summary of GUI components and event handling techniques.