I used to use this ConstrolInspector utility from CodeProject utility to know the sequences of events for a control back when i was still a component developer. OT: An ex-officemate of mine, still with my previous employer asked me about this utility through mobile phone. I wondered why she did not email...

In ASPNET we only have SelectedIndexChanged ( DropDownList ), in Windows Forms we have both, but which one to use? My first .NET project is a Windows Application which uses databinding a lot and we were using SelectedIndexChanged of Combobox back then and it gave me a headache. I also encountered the...

I have blogged about the Windows Forms designer behavior with abstract base forms here . Brian Pepin has an update on how Whidbey can support design-able abstract classes through the new TypeDescriptionProvider class. He also points out an important example of the power of attribute-based programming...