Recent Windows Forms Documentation Updates

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Since Visual Studio 2005 was released, we've received a fair amount of feedback on the documentation. We have been able to clarify and update many help topics in response to this feedback, so please keep it coming! You can provide feedback from links directly on the topics, through Microsoft Connect, or through this blog.  

To view updated documentation within the integrated Visual Studio help viewer, make sure that your Help options are set to load online content. You can do this through the Tools menu in Visual Studio by selecting Options, then navigating to the Environment | Help | Online section of the Options dialog box.

You can also view updated topics on MSDN2 at the URLs below. Each MSDN2 topic indicates which version of the product that topic is for. To ensure you are looking at the latest version of the topic, you will want to select the versions for .NET Framework 3.0 or Visual Studio Codename Orcas.

The following list shows conceptual topics that we've updated in the past several months. We've also updated reference topics as indicated on the Windows Forms Reference Updates page.

Title Link
Accessing Unexposed Members on the Managed HTML Document Object Model http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171716(vs.90).aspx
Code for Windows Forms Applications http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xxwd7aah.aspx
Creating a New Windows Form http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229599.aspx
Data Binding and Windows Forms http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/c8aebh9k.aspx
Extending Design-Time Support http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/37899azc(vs.90).aspx
How to: Add and Remove Nodes with the Windows Forms TreeView Control http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/70w4awc4(vs.90).aspx
How to: Bind a Windows Forms Control to a Type http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cw8f1c66(vs.90).aspx
How to: Determine Checked Items in the Windows Forms CheckedListBox Control http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e954th47(vs.90).aspx
How to: Develop a Simple Windows Forms Control http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/649xahhe(vs.90).aspx
How to: Disable URL Activation of ClickOnce Applications Using the Designer http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms404230.aspx
How to: Display Option Buttons in a MenuStrip (Windows Forms) http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms404318(vs.90).aspx
How to: Display Print Preview in Windows Forms Applications http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/274tyhz7(vs.90).aspx
How to: Enable Windows XP Visual Styles http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5d1acks5(vs.90).aspx
How to: Give Your Control a Transparent Background http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wk5b13s4(vs.90).aspx
How to: Make a Startup Windows Form Invisible http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/754w18dd(vs.90).aspx
How to: Move Through a DataSet with the Windows Forms BindingNavigator Control http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s4b01sz7(vs.90).aspx
How to: Play a Sound Embedded in a Resource from a Windows Form http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3w5b27z4(vs.90).aspx
How to: Provide a Toolbox Bitmap for a Control http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/4wk1wc0a(vs.90).aspx
How to: Select an Item in the Windows Forms ListView Control http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/y4x56c0b.aspx
How to: Simulate Mouse and Keyboard Events in Code http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/ms171548.aspx
MenuStrip Control (Windows Forms) http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171649.aspx
PrintDocument Component Overview (Windows Forms) http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/679kbhe3(vs.90).aspx
Server and Client Configuration Issues in ClickOnce Deployments http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms228998.aspx
Troubleshooting Control and Component Authoring http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wz0k6226(vs.90).aspx
Troubleshooting Design-Time Development http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171843(vs.90).aspx
Walkthrough: Authoring a Composite Control with Visual Basic http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/c316f119(vs.90).aspx
Walkthrough: Automatically Populating the Toolbox with Custom Components http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fw694kde(vs.90).aspx
Walkthrough: Creating a Windows Forms Control That Takes Advantage of Visual Studio Design-Time Features http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/35ea88wb(vs.90).aspx
Walkthrough: Retrieving Dialog Box Information Collectively Using Objects http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cakx2hdw(vs.90).aspx
Walkthrough: Running an Operation in the Background http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms233672(vs.90).aspx
Windows Forms Designer Error Messages http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms233640(vs.90).aspx