Hi Bob,
The usual recommended .Net Windows Forms programming book is <Windows Forms
2.0 Programming> written by Chris Sells and <Data Binding with Windows
Forms 2.0: Programming Smart Client Data Applications with .NET > written
by our Winform development manager Brian Noyes:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0321267966/ref=nosim/?tag=windowclientnet-20
http://www.amazon.com/Data-Binding-Windows-Forms-2-0/dp/032126892X/ref=bxgy_
cc_b_text_b/002-7575117-2134409
Unfortunately, these are no C++/CLI version for these 2 books. Also, as far
as I know, there is no book relating the .Net Windows Forms with the MFC
technology. Actually, .Net Windows Forms encapsulates the Win32 user
controls, so most of the Win32 GUI message mechanism technologies apply to
the .Net Windows Forms either.
Microsoft also maintained a good site focusing on the Windows Forms and WPF
technologies, you may get a lot of good articles, tutorials in the site:
http://windowsclient.net/
Finally, based on my experience, the best way to understand the Windows
Forms internals is using the Reflector tool to examine the source code of
various .Net Winform classes and methods. This tool allows you to view the
source code in various .Net languages, including C#, VB.net, IL, C++/CLI
etc...:
http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Community Support
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