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By default, the project is named as WindowsFormsApplication1 (the next would be
WindowsFormsApplication2, and so on). You can enter another name for your project in the Name text
box when you choose the project template, or you can rename your project later.
Once you have chosen the Windows Forms Application template and desired name and location,
click OK. This will open the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE), called such
because it has all the development-related tools, windows, dialog boxes, options, and so forth,
embedded (or integrated) inside one common window, which makes the development process easier.
In the IDE, you will see that a Windows form named Form1.cs has been added as you open the
project, and on the right side you can also see the Solution Explorer window. You also need to know
about one more window called the Properties window. If the Properties window is not available below
the Solution Explorer window, you can open it by clicking View Properties Window or pressing F4. Now
the development environment will look like Figure 9-2.
Figure 9-2. IDE with Solution Explorer and the Properties window
Because this is a Windows Forms Application project, you will be working with controls or tools that
allow you to achieve functionality in the form of a GUI. You can pick the controls from the Toolbox,
shown on the left side of the Windows form in the development environment. If you hover your mouse
pointer on the Toolbox tab, the Toolbox window will open; expand the All Windows Forms tool set, as
shown in Figure 9-3. You can pick controls from there and drop them on the surface of the Windows
form.
 
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