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What's on the CD

The CD that accompanies this book contains a copy of .NET Windows Forms in a Nutshell for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (view CD content online at http://examples.oreilly.com/netwinformian). This software plugs directly into Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and makes the contents of Part II, available to you as a fully integrated member of Visual Studio .NET Dynamic Help.

By making .NET Windows Forms in a Nutshell a part of your Visual Studio .NET development environment, you gain the following benefits:

  • Continuous access to the contents of the .NET Windows Forms Quick Reference as you work in the online Visual Studio .NET development environment

  • Ability to browse the contents of the book in the Visual Studio .NET Help Contents window

  • Constantly updated Dynamic Help links to relevant Quick Reference entries as you write C# or VB.NET code (these links appear in a separate Dynamic Help window link group named O'Reilly Help )

  • Links to both Quick Reference topics and Microsoft documentation topics when you use either the Help Search facility or interactive Index

  • Access to the O'Reilly web site, http://www.oreilly.com, for additional books and articles on Visual Basic .NET, C#, and the .NET Framework

  • Cross-links from Quick Reference topics to related topics in the MSDN documentation

For more information on .NET Windows Forms in a Nutshell for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, please read the release notes on the CD (see http://examples.oreilly.com/netwinformian).

To use .NET Windows Forms in a Nutshell for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, you must be running a version of Visual Basic .NET or Visual Studio .NET on your computer or laptop. To install .NET Windows Forms in a Nutshell for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET:

  1. Shut down all anti-virus software and be sure that Visual Studio .NET is not currently running.

  2. Place the CD in the CD player (see http://examples.oreilly.com/netwinformian).

  3. If you are running Visual Studio .NET 2003, double-click on the installation file named WinFormsinaNutshell2003.msi. If you are still running Visual Studio .NET 2002, double click on the file named WinFormsinaNutshell2002.msi.

  4. Follow the instructions contained in the install program windows. Be sure to read and to accept the terms of the software license before proceeding.

To uninstall .NET Windows Forms in a Nutshell for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, repeat the above procedure, but click on the Remove button when the program prompts you to select an install option.

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