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Development Framework solution for DevOps teams
About Windows Forms
Welcome to the Desktop Guide for Windows Forms, a UI framework that creates rich desktop client apps for Windows. The Windows Forms development platform supports a broad set of app development features, including controls, graphics, data binding, and user input. Windows Forms features a drag-and-drop visual designer in Visual Studio to easily create Windows Forms apps. Windows Forms is a UI framework for building Windows desktop apps. It provides one of the most productive ways to create desktop apps based on the visual designer provided in Visual Studio. Functionality such as drag-and-drop placement of visual controls makes it easy to build desktop apps. With Windows Forms, you develop graphically rich apps that are easy to deploy, update, and work while offline or while connected to the internet. Windows Forms apps can access the local hardware and file system of the computer where the app is running.
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Table & spreadsheet
Conditional logic
Multi-tabs
Responsive forms
Email notification
Save & resume submission
Reusable form
No-duplicate submissions
Conversational form/poll
Online signature
Masked sensitive fields
Export Excel file
GDrive & Zapier integration
PayPal, card & subscription payment
Conditional payment
Vouchers
OAuth API & webhook
TTS & speech dictation
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Pricing
Starting Price:
Free
Free Version:
Free Version available.
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Company Information
Microsoft
Founded: 1975
United States
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/desktop/winforms/overview/
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Windows
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