Tutorial 1 Hello Eto.Forms

This tutorial will teach you how to create a simple "Hello World" application using Eto.Forms

1. Follow Preparing your solution to create your solution

2. Create a new class for your main form:

    class MyForm : Form
    {
    	public MyForm()
    	{
    		// sets the client (inner) size of the window for your content
    		this.ClientSize = new Size(600, 400);
    		
    		// create a label
    		var label = new Label { Text = "Hello Eto World" };
    		
    		// add the label to the window (using an extension method of DockLayout)
    		this.AddDockedControl (label);
    	}
    }
   

3. In your main() function, create an Application object and handle the Initialized event:

    var app = new Application ();
    
    app.Initialized += delegate {
    	// only create new controls/forms/etc during or after this event
    	app.MainForm = new MyForm ();
    	app.MainForm.Show ();
    };
    
    app.Run (args);
   

4. In order to run your application, follow Running your application

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