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In this article in the second paragraph
It says
“The single most important difference between WinForms and WPF is the fact that while WinForms is simply a layer on top of the standard Windows controls (e.g. a TextBox), WPF is built from scratch and doesn't rely on standard Windows controls in almost all situations. This might seem like a subtle difference, but it really isn't, which you will definitely notice if you have ever worked with a framework that depends on Win32/WinAPI.”
Are the controls the buttons you drag and drop onto the GUI screen ?
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https://wpf-tutorial.com
That’s the article
It's not talking about the toolbox. UI controls are check boxes, radio buttons, frames, text boxes, buttons, menus, drop-downs...
Thank you !
When they say “while WinForms is simply a layer on top of the standard Windows controls” is that layer anything like <grid></grid> “ what is this layer that there talking about when they bring up winform as a layer is it syntax thing ? I hope you can understand this question
It means you use win forms, win forms uses pre existing win controls
by layer I'm pretty sure it's talking about an abstraction layer
When opening a win form template do I choose the Windows form app or the windows form app (.NET Framework)
I wanna open both Winform and wpf and look at this layer (trying to see the difference between the two)
I would skip windows forms and use WPF instead, but if you want the most up-to-date .NET you would choose the Windows Forms App template
That’s what I’m going with yes
I’m new to wpf and the win form thing
I want to see the different between the two
on the surface it will probably be hard to see the difference in the abstraction layer that the article is referring to
Oh really 😦
the main difference between the two that will become immediately apparent would be the xaml styling
Does it just come down to that one has xmal and the other doesn’t ?
no, there are some fundamental differences for WPF like hardware accelerated controls, data binding, hot-reloading ui, it has a lot easier learning curve when it comes to styling (xaml styling over OnPaint overrides)
WPF is also a lot more responsive, including being DPI aware
im sure there's even more stuff, but I don't use it professionally so that's all I can think of at the moment
I’m new to wpf thanks for your information
if you take a look in this video, the textbox control has the new win 11 style where if you were to use wpf it will still look the old way
https://youtu.be/hcmeODry_QU?t=183
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wpf has its own style where winforms will follow the OS
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