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My First VS2005 C# App: MSNBC Newspaper App

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I finally got around to building my first app with Visual Studio 2005. And no, I am not the only Microsoftee who doesn't write code for a living. Thankfully Betsy Aoki just posted a good writeup about her first VB.NET programming class. I built what I consider a personalized online newspaper app. Here’s how:

  1. Visual Studio 2005 (I think I am using the Visual C# 2005 Express Edition Beta)
  2. Create a New Project
  3. The Type of Project is: Visual C# - Windows Application (could be VB.NET too I suppose)
  4. Set the Form (Form1) properties to:
    • Text: MSNBC Newspaper
    • (a cool one to use is FormBorderStyle: None - but then you have to use Alt+F4 to close the application. So, I suggest using the default FormBorderStyle:Sizable)
    • WindowState: Maximized
  5. Drag the Web Browser control from the Toolbox to the form
  6. Set the Browser Control (webBrowser1) properties to:
  7. Save the project as “MSNBC Newspaper”
  8. Build the project
  9. Publish the project (I published it to “c:\temp\MSNBC Newspaper”)
  10. Then go to “c:\temp\MSNBC Newspaper” and run setup.exe to install your new application. It will then show up under Start/Programs/Microsoft

And that’s it: 10 lines of instructions, no code, and a fully installable and versionable application that I can use as customized my morning newspaper. Of course, I wish I could add RSS feeds into MSNBC’s newsbot page.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    October 15, 2004
    You gotta love it!

    How do you "publish the project"? That's not a choice on any of my menus, and there's nothing in Help (other than references to the Publish class).
  • Anonymous
    October 17, 2004
    Hmmm, it looks like I have the full Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 installed, not just the C# download. I didn't realize anything would be different, but maybe so.

    The Publish feature is discussed in this article about VB.NET 2005, but applies to C# also: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnvs05/html/vbnet2005_preview.asp

    And an article on ClickOnce from the May 2004 MSDN article: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/05/clickonce/
  • Anonymous
    November 07, 2004
    Thanks, Brian. That must be one of the features that was left out of the Express editions. All the more reason to upgrade to 2005 when it ships.