Windows-Based Applications and Components

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This section discusses Windows-based applications, components of various kinds, Web services, Windows services, console applications, and 64-bit applications.

• Creating Windows-Based Applications
  Provides links to information about how to create traditional Windows-based applications.

• Components in Visual Studio
  Provides links to information about component programming in the .NET Framework.

• Building Console Applications
  Discusses how to use the Console class to read characters from and write characters to the console.

• Visual Studio Development Environment 64-Bit Support
  Provides links to information about installing 64-bit features, deploying and debugging 64-bit applications, configuring projects as 64-bit applications.

• Chart Controls
  Provides an overview of Chart controls, and links to further information.

• Visual Web Developer
  Provides links to information about how to create Web applications.

• Windows Service Applications
  Provides links to information about how to create an application that is installed as a service. You can create services, install them, and start, stop, and otherwise control their behavior.

• 64-bit Applications
  Discusses issues related to developing applications that will run on a Windows 64-bit operating system.