Visual Studio VB.NET WinForms Office-like Templates/Sample Projects

[twdinc]

I am primarily a web developer but I am starting a WinForms
applications. In the past, I have seen sample applications,
starterkits, and/or Visual Studio Templates that are basically empty
Visual Studio projects that are setup to allow a programmer to create
an application with the look and feel of Microsoft Office and/or
Visual Studio. The project templates that I saw had a project file and
a few WinForms with Office-looking toolbars, treeviews, etc in them. I
have looked all over, but cannot find them. Does anyone know what I am
talking about? Does anyone have a link? I am using Visual Studio 2008
and VB.NET.

Basically, I am looking for a good starting point for my desktop
application. I am looking for Visual Studio project that has a few
WinForms that already have the GUIs created and the GUIs look like MS
Office.

Thanks. I appreciate.
J

 

[kimiraikkonen]

I am primarily a web developer but I am starting a WinForms
applications. In the past, I have seen sample applications,
starterkits, and/or Visual Studio Templates that are basically empty
Visual Studio projects that are setup to allow a programmer to create
an application with the look and feel of Microsoft Office and/or
Visual Studio. The project templates that I saw had a project file and
a few WinForms with Office-looking toolbars, treeviews, etc in them. I
have looked all over, but cannot find them. Does anyone know what I am
talking about? Does anyone have a link? I am using Visual Studio 2008
and VB.NET.

Basically, I am looking for a good starting point for my desktop
application. I am looking for Visual Studio project that has a few
WinForms that already have the GUIs created and the GUIs look like MS
Office.

Thanks. I appreciate.
J

I beleive that kind of Office-like GUI, - but may not cover the all -
is contained in your VS IDE's toolbox. For example MenuStrip control
for menu navigation, context menu for context purposes, buttons etc.
First try to overview control in toolbox.