Visual C# Code Samples

Download these C# samples to learn more about building Windows-based applications, Web applications, and XML Web services.

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From the C# Team

Whenever the C# Team discovers something cool or fun in the product or language, the team puts together a sample code fragment for you. To use these samples, just extract them and open the project from within Visual Studio .NET. Code commments will tell you what the sample does. If more of an explanation is needed, the download will include a document that explains the sample code in more detail.

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