dotnet/winforms
Winforms
Windows Forms ist ein .NET-Framework für den Aufbau grafischer Benutzeroberflächen für Windows-Betriebssysteme unter Verwendung von Managed Code und nativen Controls. Es fungiert als ereignisgesteuerte UI-Bibliothek, die eine Reihe visueller Controls und Event-Handler für die Erstellung interaktiver Desktop-Anwendungen bereitstellt.
Das Framework enthält einen visuellen UI-Designer, der die Anordnung von Interface-Elementen auf einer Arbeitsfläche über ein Drag-and-Drop-Layoutsystem ermöglicht. Es dient zudem als Windows-API-Wrapper und bietet eine Kompatibilitätsschicht für den Zugriff auf System-Level-Bibliotheken wie User32 und GDI+.
Zusätzliche Funktionen umfassen Tools für Desktop-Datenvisualisierung mittels Charting-Controls sowie die Möglichkeit, Legacy-Windows-API-Funktionen zu integrieren. Das Framework unterstützt zudem die Automatisierung von Anwendungsmigrationen und Projektportierungen, um Legacy-Desktop-Projekte in moderne Runtime-Umgebungen zu überführen.
Features
- Windows Desktop Applications - A framework for building native graphical user interface applications specifically for the Windows operating system.
- Windows Frameworks - Provides a comprehensive suite of native controls and event-driven logic for building graphical user interfaces on Windows.
- GDI Rendering - Draws user interface elements and shapes using the Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI).
- Windows API Integration Patterns - Implements managed compatibility layers to interface with specialized native Windows system APIs.
- Windows API Wrappers - Provides high-level managed abstractions over the native User32 and GDI+ Windows APIs.
- Managed-to-Native Function Calls - Uses platform invocation services to translate managed .NET calls into unmanaged C-based system library instructions.
- Windows API Wrapping - Wraps low-level User32 Windows API functions in a managed layer to create desktop windows.
- Window Message Loops - Utilizes a continuous event queue to process user inputs and system notifications via callback methods.
- UI Component Models - Implements a component-based UI model where interfaces are composed of independent, reusable controls.
- Desktop UI Frameworks - Provides a toolkit for building Windows graphical user interfaces using managed code and native controls.
- Event-Driven UI Frameworks - Provides a set of visual controls and event handlers based on an event-driven architectural pattern.
- Visual Canvas Editors - Provides a visual canvas where UI components can be arranged to automatically update the underlying code.
- Visual UI Designers - Provides a graphical editor for arranging user interface elements on a canvas using drag-and-drop.
- Data Visualization Charts - Includes charting controls to visualize numerical datasets as graphical representations.
- Project Conversion Automation - Ships a command-line tool to automate the conversion of project files and dependencies during version migrations.
- Desktop Project Porting - Provides tools for porting legacy desktop projects to modern .NET runtime environments.
- Desktop Applications - Provides built-in charting controls for numerical data visualization within desktop applications.
- Legacy Compatibility Wrappers - Provides a compatibility layer to call specialized legacy Windows system functions not available in standard environments.
- UI and Desktop Frameworks - Toolkit for building traditional Windows desktop applications.
