Simple ways to notify a user without a MessageBox in WinForms
When sending notifications in a WinForms app, a MessageBox is the only way to go... or is it? Let's get creative and see what else we might do.
How to log messages to multiple targets with NLog
When it comes to finding a bug in an app, few things beat a good trail of logs. And for writing those logs, few tools beat NLog in simplicity or flexibility. I rarely appreciate just how flexible it is though, so it's worth spending a little time taking a closer look.
Why doesn't VS 2022 show my WinForms UI at design time?
Someone at work asked about whether we'd be able to use VS 2022 to work on our main WinForms app. It works just fine in VS 2019, so it should work in VS 2022, right? Except it doesn't. What we get is white screens of brokenness whenever we try to open a Form in the designer. But why?
Displaying an IIS hosted site in CEFSharp
Thanks to CEFSharp, we can finally bring WinForms to the web! That didn't sound right. Okay, let's just look at hosting a site in IIS and showing it.
Host a simple webpage in WinForms with CEFSharp
WinForms and the web. Like oil and water, they don't mix well. But with CEFSharp, they mix a LOT better. Let's check it out.
How to log errors in WinForms using NLog
Logs are a great tool for squashing bugs and tracing errors. Let's see how to add NLog to our project.
Using MVP to test a WinForms app
If you find yourself supporting a WinForms application, you're likely to notice the tests... or lack thereof. Just because we may not have been so focused on automated tests and continuous integration when WinForms was younger, that doesn't mean we can't introduce them now. Better late than never!