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We can help with:
⚫ Ongoing support
⚫ Upgrades & modernisation
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WinUI Tips & Tricks for WinForms Developers | MESCIUS Learn some of the best WinUI tips and tricks to build advanced Windows applications. See more from Mescius today.

WinUI Tips & Tricks for WinForms Developers

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#windowsdev #winui #dotnet #csharp #xaml #winforms #windev #mvvm

The Dongle Died at Midnight – WinForms Agent Saved my German Mom's Business Trip - .NET Blog Understand the impacts of replacing a legacy app with the WinForms Expert Agent and GitHub Copilot through a personal story.

The Dongle Died at Midnight – WinForms Agent Saved my German Mom’s Business Trip | by Klaus Loeffelmann

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#dotnet #winforms #windowsdev #windowsforms #csharp #githubcopilot

Mixing Rendering Technologies on Windows | DirectX Windows has many methods of rendering images to the screens. Those include GDI, Direct3D, Direct2D, DirectWrite, XAML, Windows Forms, Win2D, and WinUI. Windows 10 brought support for mixing some of…

Mixing Rendering Technologies on Windows | DirectX

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#windowsdev #directx #xaml #winui #win2d #ui #winforms

From MermaidJS to .NET: Bringing Text-Based Diagrams into Your WinForms Apps | ComponentOne Learn how to move your text-based diagrams from MermaidJS to .NET in this tutorial from ComponentOne.

From MermaidJS to .NET: Bringing Text-Based Diagrams into Your WinForms Apps

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#dotnet #windowsdev #winforms #csharp #windowsforms

Good work!

Seeing #WPF #PowerShell scripts always warms my heart a bit.

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It's been about 16 years since myself and @jaykul.bsky.social pioneered the space, and about 17 years since I convinced the team to try STA/ReuseThread, which makes #WPF and #Winforms #PowerShell possible.

Can I Use AI to Move C# WinForms to Azure? Moving WinForms to Azure with AI? Containerizing won't work. Here's the hybrid approach that does.

Can I Use AI to Move C# WinForms to Azure? (Short Answer: Yes, But Not How You Think) If you landed here from a Google or ChatGPT search, you're probably staring at a 15-year-old WinForms appli...

#C# #Winforms #AI

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Syncfusion AI Coding Assistant Now Supports WPF, WinUI & WinForms Explore how Syncfusion AI Coding Assistant enhances WPF, WinUI, and WinForms development by generating XAML and C# code for DataGrid and other UI components, improving productivity and reducing…

Syncfusion AI Coding Assistant Now Supports WPF, WinUI & WinForms

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#dotnet #windowsdev #ref #syncfusion #winui #winforms #wpf #xaml #csharp

A screenshot of a sample app running on QtWinForms

During the last few weeks I've been working on QtWinForms, a cross-platform reimplementation of System.Windows.Forms running on QtWidgets

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Maybe I've stared at it too much but DataGridView (In .NET 7.0+) has extra contrast in the border lines which I find very distracting.

I haven't found a easy workaround for this yet.

Please upvote if you agree with me. #dotnet #winforms

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Introducing Custom Agents for .NET Developers: C# Expert & WinForms Expert - .NET Blog Introducing C# Expert and WinForms Expert: experimental custom agents that help .NET developers write better code with GitHub Copilot.

Discover the new Custom Agents in .NET for enhanced C# and WinForms development. Elevate your coding efficiency and streamline tasks with these intelligent tools. #DotNet #WinForms

What would help is to make this actionable by providing
the problematic code, or - if that would disclose identities - construct comparable issue. I developed a series of Agent Prompts to improve code-Q and minimize _exactly_ this - one of which, #WinForms (ha!), is the first to be shipped in VS.

Klaus and Merrie hooraying during the live talk after Copilot developed a birthday card WinForms app - which can be seen on the left 2/3 of the image.

What's new in #WinForms for #visualstudio and #dotnet 10? Well, a lot! The best: WinForms is one of the first disciplines in VS which gets a dedicated context agent for Copilot! And @merriemcgaw.bsky.social and I showed it at #dotnetconf on stage - live #vibecode 'd!

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What's New in Windows Forms WinForms continues to thrive with modern enhancements in .NET 10. This session showcases the latest features and improvements that make Windows Forms development better than ever, including modern UI…

What's New in Windows Forms | .NET Conf 2025 with Merrie McGaw & Klaus Loeffelmann

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#dotnet #winforms #windowsforms #csharp #vb #windowsdev #dotnetconf

Introducing Custom Agents for .NET Developers: C# Expert & WinForms Expert - .NET Blog Introducing C# Expert and WinForms Expert: experimental custom agents that help .NET developers write better code with GitHub Copilot.

Introducing Custom Agents for .NET Developers: C# Expert & WinForms Expert

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#dotnet #ai #copilot #winforms #csharp #aiagents #productivity #githubcopilot

Breathe New Life into Your WinForms Apps: A Deep Dive into Siticone NetFrameworkUI Are you a .NET WinForms developer who loves the power of desktop applications but sometimes feels limited by the default, well, classic…

Enhance your WinForms apps with Siticone.NETFrameworkUI! Explore how to boost UI flexibility & modernize designs effectively. Discover improved aesthetics & performance for your applications. Learn more about integration benefits. #WinForms #UIDevelopment

Announcing .NET 10 Release Candidate 2 - .NET Blog .NET 10 Release Candidate 2 focuses on final quality, reliability, and stabilization across the runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, .NET MAUI, and more.

.NET 10 RC2 is now available.

#dotnet #csharp #dotnetmaui #iOS #Android #macOS #Windows #aspnetcore #Blazor #efcore #WinForms #WPF #WinUI #iPhone #iPad

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GitHub - egvijayanand/dotnet-samples: .NET App Samples .NET App Samples. Contribute to egvijayanand/dotnet-samples development by creating an account on GitHub.

The source code, including the wwwroot folder, is made available in this repository.

Check out the src\NET_10\HybridApp folder.

dotnet run App.cs

#dotnet #csharp #aspnetcore #Blazor #WinForms #WIndows #Desktop #Hybrid

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.NET 10 File-based Apps. WinForms Blazor Hybrid App sample

.NET 10 File-based Apps. Run a C# source file directly from the command line. Here is the WinForms Blazor Hybrid app sample.

#dotnet #csharp #aspnetcore #Blazor #dotnetmaui #WinForms #WPF #WinUI #Desktop #Hybrid #Windows #Web #Modernization #Razor

Explore how WinForms is still relevant in 2025 with a seamless MSSQL monitoring app! Learn about its robust features, enhanced UI, and efficient data management. #WinForms #MSSQL

SLNX – XML-based Visual Studio Solution Files – No more cryptic GUIDs – How to Manage from CLI Manage this new solution file format from the CLI using the newly released .NET CLI tool.

To effectively work with the much-simplified XML-based SLNX solution files while migrating the legacy .NET 5/6/7 versions, use this CLI tool

#dotnet #csharp #SLNX #VS2022 #VS2026 #VisualStudio #Migration #aspnetcore #dotnetmaui #Blazor #WinForms #WPF #WinUI #Windows

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Master C# Ignored Directives for CLI scripting with dotnet run Explore C# Ignored Directives for CLI scripting. Learn about dotnet run and the shebang in .NET 10 Preview 4!

.NET 10 - File-based Apps - Run C# directly from the command line without requiring a project file. C# Scripting.

dotnet run app.cs

#dotnet #csharp #aspnetcore #Blazor #Console #Scripting #Aspire #dotnetmaui #WinForms #WPF #macOS #Linux #Azure #Shebang #AWS #SQL

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Why Microsoft Won't Revive WinForms (And What Developers Are Using Instead When a Reddit thread about "reviving WinForms" pulls in 350+ comments, it tells you...

Why Microsoft Won't Revive WinForms (And What Developers Are Using Instead) | by Matthew Mattei

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#dotnet #windowsdev #winforms #xaml #unoplatform #dotnetmaui

Announcing Hotkey Typer — type long prompts with a hotkey When I'm recording demos or making videos I often need to reproduce long prompts or blocks of text on-screen. Manually retyping them every time is slow and error-prone, and pasting from the clipboard…

Announcing Hotkey Typer — type long prompts with a hotkey | by James Montemagno

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#dotnet #vscode #githubcopilot #winforms #windowsdev

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WPF vs. WinForms: The Ultimate Guide for Modern .NET Desktop Developers .NET — WPF

Explore the differences between #WPF and #WinForms to optimize your .NET desktop app development. Dive into key factors like performance, design flexibility, and ease of use in your next project. Choose the right framework for your needs!

Using the target-typed new expression eliminates the need to include the type's namespace in the using statement.

Pro C# Tip: Using the target-typed new expression eliminates the need to include the type's namespace in the using statement.

#dotnet #csharp #dotnetmaui #aspnetcore #Android #iOS #macOS #Windows #Xamarin #XamarinForms #WinForms #WPF #UWP #WinUI #Uno #VS2022 #VS2026 #iPhone

What is New in .NET MAUI 10: Global and Implicit Namespaces for XAML .NET MAUI 10 introduces key features like Global and Implicit namespaces for XAML, enhancing app development. Make your XAML clean and concise.

Blogged: .NET MAUI 10 - Global and Implicit Namespaces - The pick of the lot. Clutter-free #XAML.

#dotnetmaui #dotnet #csharp #Android #iOS #macOS #Windows #Blazor #aspnetcore #WinForms #WPF #WinUI #Uno #Xamarin #XamarinForms #iPhone #Desktop #Mobile #Hybrid #MVVM

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How to Update Extensions for Visual Studio 2026 Insiders How to update extensions for Visual Studio 2026 Insiders, the next-gen AI-powered IDE.

Blogged: How to Update your VS Extension for Visual Studio 2026 Insiders release.

#VS2026 #VS2022 #VisualStudio #dotnet #csharp #dotnetmaui #aspnetcore #Blazor #WinForms #WPF #WinUI #iOS #Android #macOS #Windows #AI #GitHub #Copilot

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Winforms Tutorial: How to Build a Professional Navigation Panel Tired of building applications that pop up a new window for every single button click? That old-school approach can feel clunky and…

Master a professional navigation panel in WinForms! Learn step-by-step to enhance your .NET applications with this tutorial. Improve user experience and design aesthetics. #WinForms #dotNET