Summary: Windows Forms 2.0
High Five WikiSheet
Top 5 Business Needs
| 1. Greater operational efficiency | Increase end-user productivity by improving response times, reducing data entry errors, and aggregating more information into UI for context. |
| 2. Faster Time to Market | Deliver applications faster by boosting developer productivity. |
| 3. Reduced IT Operations costs | Make deployment, maintenance and usage of client applications as easy as they are for web applications. |
| 4. Uninterrupted productivity for mobile workers and off-line scenarios | Keep employees productive during periods of intermittent or no network connectivity. Enable them to work offline with the information they need. |
| 5. Reduce end-user training and ramp-up costs | Simplify the end-user experience with modern intuitive user interfaces that follow familiar UI metaphors (e.g. Office look & feel). |
Top 5 Technology Enablers
| 1. Fast navigation, lookup, data entry and validation | Create applications that leverage the power of the client (reduced network latency, immediate response times, greater customization and branding flexibility), fast data navigation and data entry; and aggregation of multiple apps views into one view. |
| 2. Reduced Code Complexity and Easier Integration | Reduce development complexity with professional developer tools that include visual designers, integrated debugging, a comprehensive set of reusable class libraries and object oriented languages. |
| 3. Simplified Deployment and Maintenance | Safe, secure and simplified application deployment throughout the whole application’s lifecycle. Use application descriptors (manifests) to drive your deployment process. |
| 4. Data Caching and Synchronization | Replication and caching of data locally, dynamically managing network connectivity, and intelligently synchronizing changes. |
| 5. Intuitive User interface | Use professional layouts and controls to create a hi-fidelity user experience that follows familiar UI metaphors. |
Top 5 Microsoft Technology Differentiators
| 1. Asynchronous processing and databindng | Easy and efficient support for asynchronous data access, multiple concurrent query execution, data binding to web services, business objects, and databases. |
| 2. Powerful design-time environment with rich user controls | Advanced WYSIWYG designer and comprehensive set of reusable and extensible controls that expedite creation of professional-looking localizable and accessible client applications. Partial classes enable separation of business logic and designer-generated UI. |
| 3. ClickOnce | Framework for publishing, deploying and versioning client applications. Includes IDE integration for developers, command-line tools for IT administrators, and a rich API to extend or customize advanced deployments. |
| 4. Data Components and Controls | Simplified network connectivity detection, efficient in-memory data caching, concurrent query execution, and implementations of higher level application design patterns for offline and synchronization. |
| 5. Advanced layouts, toolstrips, and XP Visual Styles | Comprehensive set of visual controls with XP Visual Styles for intuitive UI. Toolstrips provide menus and toolbar controls with familiar Office look & feel out of the box. Table and Control flow layouts for dynamic layouts and localization. |
Top 5 Examples
| 1. Dell (Call Center) | For call center agents at Dell who need fast access to customer data, Integrated Dell Desktop is a smart client application that aggregates multiple back-end systems into a single unified view. Unlike the prior web-based solution, IDD optimizes call time by avoiding constant round trips to the server and integrating 17 information sources into a single application view. ( see http://www.microsoft.com/resources/casestudies/casestudy.asp?CaseStudyID=16276 ) |
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Top 5 Information Sites
| 1. Official Community site | http://www.windowsforms.net/ |
| 2. MSDN Site | http://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclient/windowsforms/default.aspx |
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