Previously Kate showed how to use the ATL CImage class to dramatically simplify working with images in classic C++ applications. This time around, she creates the an application as a Managed C++ Windows application and uses System.Drawing.Image to do the heavy lifting. Check out Using the .NET Image Class.

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Accelerator tables aren't the sexiest thing to code in Microsoft .NET. Ask any professional user interface designer, however, and you'll find that keyboard acceleration is usually considered a critical application feature. Check out Building Keyboard Accelerators into .NET Windows Forms Applications by Kenn Scribner for the details.

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Mark focuses exploring a way to eliminate this tedious programming task of retrieving application settings. In the newest column, Eliminate a Tedious Task Through Creating Self Configuring Objects, he touches on attributes and reflection.

You can see all of the .NET Nuts & Bolts articles by Mark Strawmyer and Mickey Williams on the .NET Nuts & Bolts index page.

In this first of a two part article—(Creating a Custom Control and Custom UITypeEditor in VB - Part 1)—learn how to marry the power of regular expressions to a Windows Forms text box. The regular expression will play the role of input validator.

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