https://docs.xsharp.it/ 2026-05-16T05:51:23+00:00 https://docs.xsharp.it/ https://docs.xsharp.it/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=favicon.ico text/html 2018-05-19T16:05:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.xsharp.it/doku.php?id=gui:console&rev=1526745944&do=diff GUIless applications: Console and services Sometimes applications don't need any GUI, either because they are running in the background as Windows Services or because the should be called only from the command line, for example as planned tasks, or for other batch processes. text/html 2018-01-31T05:21:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.xsharp.it/doku.php?id=gui:gui_choices&rev=1517376081&do=diff GUI choices GUI choices for X# programs include: * Windows 32 GUI with the VO GUI classes * Console/GUI-less applications and Windows services * WinForms applications * WPF applications text/html 2018-05-19T15:58:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.xsharp.it/doku.php?id=gui:vogui&rev=1526745506&do=diff Win32 applications with the VO GUI classes This application type is important only for applications that are migrated over from VO applications and uses the Vulcan.NET compiled Visual Objects class libraries. Since the Windows API is 32 bit only, these applications cannot be AnyCPU, but need to be 32 Bit applications. text/html 2018-05-20T04:47:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.xsharp.it/doku.php?id=gui:winforms&rev=1526791624&do=diff WinForms WinForms is the abbreviated name for “Windows Forms”. This GUI library from the .NET Framework is the oldest GUI library of the .NET Framework and is based on the Windows GDI, with all it's advantages and disadvantages, but has some very important features over the VO text/html 2018-05-20T15:06:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.xsharp.it/doku.php?id=gui:wpf&rev=1526828815&do=diff WPF - The Windows Presentation Foundation The WPF GUI classes were developed from scratch - without using the Windows GDI, and completely vector oriented. The WPF GUI library uses DirectX - the graphics interface that was developed for gaming applications, with maximal performance in mind.