Beginning C# 2008-from Novice-to-professional - A2Z Dotnet

CHAPTER 1 ■ READY, STEADY, GO! 9Making the Windows Application Say HelloThe Windows application does nothing other than appear with a blank window that you canclose. To make the application do something, you need to add user interface elements or addsome code. Adding code without adding user interface elements will make the program dosomething, but it’s not as exciting. So, we’ll add a button that, when clicked, will display “hello,world” in a text box.First, you need to add the Button control to the form. Double-click Form1.cs in the SolutionExplorer to display a blank form. Then click the Toolbox tab to access the controls. ClickButton, and then click the form to place the button on the form. These steps are illustrated inFigure 1-5.Figure 1-5. Adding a button to the formNext, add a TextBox control using the same basic procedure. Finally, align the button andtext box as shown in Figure 1-6. To move a control, use the handles that appear when youhighlight the control. Visual C# Express will align the edge of a control to nearby edges as youdrag it, so that you can align controls accurately.