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Is it possible to design a metro styled winform in visual studio 10 or visual studio 11 on windows 7? If so, where can I find info on how to do it? I have already found some links, like
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/br211380
But I don't get the Windows Metro style.
Can anyone help me with this?
Or just using my framework :)
https://github.com/peters/winforms-modernui
Updated fork: https://github.com/dennismagno/metroframework-modern-ui
You should take a look at https://github.com/viperneo/winforms-modernui it provides Metro style for WinForms applications. It works with NET Framework 2.0 and above.
The strict Metro UI apps are Windows 8 only, and they require WinRT.
But if you want to simulate the Metro style in Windows 7 and Windows Forms, you can use third party controls (or develop your own), such as the Telerik ones,
http://www.telerik.com/products/winforms.aspx
Try WPF development using Elysium library on codeplex - http://elysium.codeplex.com/.
You can find the installation guide and sample implementation code here
http://bizvise.com/2012/09/27/how-to-create-metro-style-window-on-wpf-using-elysium/
There is another third party library to create Metro Styles applications in Windows 7 using Windows Forms. Check Devcomponents.
Windows Metro style apps do not currently work on Windows 7.
I have also heard that it is unlikely there will ever be a version of Metro for Win 7 - I think their operation goes too far to the heart of Windows for that to be practical.
So you'll have to bite the bullet and get the Win 8 preview I'm afraid.
You can make Metro styled apps with Visual Studio 11 Beta for Windows 8, with the correct SDK. Reading the article you linked gave me this link to download everything you need.
Download that, follow the tutorial you've already got.
Update:
As #bobsmith833 mentions, Metro and WinForms are different frameworks entirely. There's no way to use the two together. You'll have to go for Windows 8 and the Metro framwork if you want to make these apps.
If you are after the metro design, not the actual metro framework, devexpress has the components you need.
Easily. If you use Windows Forms, go to Solution Explorer and right-click the solution. Select from the menu the NuGet controler or sth like that. The program will load widgets, from which you can choose one depending on your needs and install it. For a Metro design, I use Metro UI. Just write the key words in the search panel. After installation, add the controls to the toolbox. For more info, search Foxlearn's video. ;-)
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I see a lot of applications made with HTML for UI in Chromium Embedded Framework and I don't understand why they don't use XAML like WPF or something similar.
Should I use Chromium Embedded Framework over this? At the same time this uses C++ which is limiting because I only know C#.
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Writing client apps in HTML/Javascript is good for cross-platform support.
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WPF is a good framework for developing rich client-side applications for Windows. This limitation is important. Developing client-side code in .NET, especially with a framework that's so tied to a single OS, ties you to one specific operating system. The example apps you bring, Steam and Spotify, are both cross-platform apps that have clients for Windows, MacOS and Linux and even browser-based web apps.
It makes sense, when you aim for cross-platform support, to share as much code as you can. There's no point in writing the same login flow, the same network access code, the same logic again and again, once in C# for Windows, in Swift for MacOS and in, say, Python/Qt on Linux. You want to find a common, shared platform that only needs minor modifications on each platform. HTTP/JS using a browser-based app framework (CEF, Electron or whatever) makes sense.
I use CEFSharp because I know a few JavaScript libraries that I really like for graphs (D3), charts (HighCharts), and datagrids (ag-Grid), and I wanted to use them in a desktop application. You say the Chromium Embedded Frameword (CEF) uses C++, and that is true, but you can use CEFSharp to work with it in C#. The cool part is that I can leverage the knowledge I already have with those JavaScript libraries and apply it when creating a desktop application.
I did not use XAML, WPF, etc. because I don't know them well, nor could I find the libraries I wanted to use.
The desktop application I created using CEFSharp and ag-Grid: EtwViewer
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I want to make an Windows Desktop Application for Windows 7 and above.
Can someone tell me how can I start? I have tried searching on Google for developing apps for Windows; all I’ve found so far is UWP (Universal Windows Platform) which I believe works for Windows 10 and above. I have even checked the Microsoft docs and all they are telling is about Windows 10 apps, not a word about versions below it.
Can someone tell me if I make an app for Windows 10 will it work with earlier versions too? As the main requirement is developing for Windows 7.
I have been doing coding for 3-4 years so I know coding. I just want to start from right path. Please guide me.
Jason is right to a point, UWP is the modern way, but I would actually recommend WPF which was designed to replace Windows Forms.
It uses modern techniques and methods with C# like Caml for the UI layout, MVVM, View Model bindings etc, and it's all transferable skills into UWP and Xamarin mobile apps. As an aside Xamarin Forms are looking to build out WPF apps in future releases for true cross platform apps so it's a good framework to learn for Windows desktop.
Start here - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/wpf/getting-started/walkthrough-my-first-wpf-desktop-application
You are right that UWP is for Windows 10 and above, so I would stay away from that in your case.
What you should start with is a simple basic Windows Form development in C#.
Download and install Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition from here: https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/
Then I suggest looking for tutorials online for Windows Form apps in C# which can guide you through it.
Here are a couple that could help.
http://www.guru99.com/c-windows-forms-application.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGHzNunW8M8
There are more but they are for older VS Studio versions, but the principals are the same even if the UI is a bit different.
The DotNet Framework takes away a bit the dependency upon a specific windows version. As longer as your windows version can run the DotNet Framework version you are targetting (compiling for) then it will work in most cases.
Best to first find out which DotNet framework version is installed on your target PC and then build for that, or upgrade it.
It might look a bit different on different windows version, so if you are compiling on a different platform to what you are running on then it is best to make sure that you do testing on your target platform.
This shows how to change your target DotNet version in Visual Studio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E36kiGWfGCQ
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Say I coded some application in C# using visual studio. Is there anyway I can take this application and embed it into a website so folks can use it from a website in the same way I would use it from my desktop?
If you coded a console application - no.
If you coded a winforms application - no.
If you coded a WPF application - yes
Two options:
Migrate it to silver light and it will only work on browsers which can install the silver light plug in. keep in mind that silver light is being disbanded by Microsoft, so it is not considered a recommended practice anymore even by MS. also consider that not everyone would agree to install silver light plugin for their browser.
You can also migrate your WPF to become a browser application - but this will require the client machine to have .Net installed on it - so this is like a replacement solution to what once was achieved by ActiveX technology.
Main difference between those two options is that the 1st one is cross-platform/cross-browser solution and the 2nd one is not.. however this might change in the future as .net is becoming available to Linux too..
If you coded ASP.Net - it is already designed for developing web applications.
I'm not sure what exactly you are trying to achieve but I think the WPF/Browser APP is what you looking for, you can read more about it in How to: Create a New WPF Browser Application Project
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I thought I'd mention if you have a Console or Winform app that people wish to use remotely (ie via a web browser) don't forget they can use Remote Desktop to access the application. Many large enterprises do this using Citrix. Often this is more practical when the cost of rewriting legacy applications is not feasible.
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I realize this may be a misplaced question on this forum but most other forums are less that useless!
I've been searching for tutorials on creating a Windows Desktop program, not a Windows Metro/Store app. All I can find is metro and store.
Can someone point me in the right direction for getting started on this? This is what I have chosen in VS2012:
vs2012 new windows empty project
I will eventually be importing an API but for now I want to get working on a GUI layout. Any pointers/clarification would be great.
If you want to create a Windows GUI app, you should use either Windows Forms Application or WPF Application. These are the primary two ways in which Windows desktop applications are created in C#. Note that the controls offered through these are different from one another, and the basic fashion in which the UI is constructed is totally different as well.
Windows Forms is fairly simple, and uses a visual designer to add controls to the form. WPF relies much more strongly on a complex markup based language, XAML, in which the UI is written in code. WPF offers a great deal more options as far as customizing controls and their appearances, but in order to use it to its greatest potential you have to spend a decent amount of time and frustration understanding how binding works within XAML.
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I am .Net Developer who started using Mac OS. The only thing that I miss on this system is "VISUAL STUDIO".
I don't wanna use two systems, What do you think in order to develop .Net application
Do you think that I should install Virtual box and use Visual Studio
http://zeus.cs.pacificu.edu/chadd/InstallVisualStudioOnYourMac.html
Or Just use Mono Develop? Is Mono Powerful enough to develop application that is compatible with Windows and run on Mac ?
I am purely .NET developer, but lately also developing iOS applications with using Xamarin (new name for mono libraries) and Xamarin studio (rebranded Monodevelop).
So, if I understand you correctly and you still want to develop .NET applications but just working and "live" in MacOS, the I would say that you have no chances.
Even if consider, that you can have an ability to write code (and even to have some .NET libraries to use even there) in Monodevelop, that's just incomparable, how VisualStudio is amazingly convenient for developer (especially, for native .NET one) and how many plugins it has.
So, from my point of view, there is even no talk: you must use VisualStudio in any case! Even if you use it in Remote Desktop.
UPD: Time flows and things change. Currently .NET is really spread even to Mac. Visual Studio Code been released for coding and Xamarin became available for Free since the answer was asked.
However, one thing will probably never come true: I am doubting Visual Studio will ever be able to migrate from Windows. It will be rather some new product or extending of Visual Studio Code.
Of course you can use Mono to develop an application that is compatible with Windows, although Mono is nowhere near as robust/easy to use/ feature filled as VS.
That said depending on the type of application you plan to develop, it may make sense to install windows in a virtual box so that your application can actually run on your computer.
For example, if you are trying to make a Windows Forms application, your app ( which can be completely developed in Mono, but will not run on the native OS X. This will most likely make debugging a nightmare.
If you're on the fence it might make sense for you to download a 90 day free trial of a windows OS from microsoft, run that in a virtual box and try out visual studio.