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Vanara.Windows.Forms

Classes for user interface related items derived from the Vanara PInvoke libraries. Includes extensions for almost all common controls to give post Vista capabilities, WinForms controls (panel, commandlink, enhanced combo boxes, IPAddress, split button, trackbar and themed controls), shutdown/restart/lock control, buffered painting, resource files, access control editor, simplifed designer framework for Windows.Forms.

Total Downloads
120.8K
120,758
Published
Jun 20, 2025
Latest stable version

Install

.NET CLI
dotnet add package Vanara.Windows.Forms --version 4.1.5
Package Manager Console
Install-Package Vanara.Windows.Forms -Version 4.1.5
PackageReference
<PackageReference Include="Vanara.Windows.Forms" Version="4.1.5" />

Frameworks

.NETFramework4.8 .NETCoreApp3.1 net6.0 net7.0 net8.0-windows7.0 net9.0-windows7.0

Dependencies

Vanara.PInvoke.AclUI
.NETFramework4.8
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.PInvoke.CredUI
.NETFramework4.8
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.PInvoke.DwmApi
.NETFramework4.8
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.PInvoke.Mpr
.NETFramework4.8
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.PInvoke.UxTheme
.NETFramework4.8
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.Security
.NETFramework4.8
[4.1.5, )
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.Windows.Shell
.NETFramework4.8
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.PInvoke.AclUI
.NETCoreApp3.1
[4.1.5, )
[4.1.5, )
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.PInvoke.Mpr
.NETCoreApp3.1
[4.1.5, )
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.Security
.NETCoreApp3.1
[4.1.5, )
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.Windows.Shell
.NETCoreApp3.1
[4.1.5, )
[4.1.5, )
[4.1.5, )
[4.1.5, )
[4.1.5, )
[4.1.5, )
[4.1.5, )
[4.1.5, )
[4.1.5, )
[4.1.5, )
[4.1.5, )
[4.1.5, )
[4.1.5, )
[4.1.5, )
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.PInvoke.AclUI
net8.0-windows7.0
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.PInvoke.CredUI
net8.0-windows7.0
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.PInvoke.DwmApi
net8.0-windows7.0
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.PInvoke.Mpr
net8.0-windows7.0
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.PInvoke.UxTheme
net8.0-windows7.0
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.Security
net8.0-windows7.0
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.Windows.Extensions
net8.0-windows7.0
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.Windows.Shell
net8.0-windows7.0
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.PInvoke.AclUI
net9.0-windows7.0
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.PInvoke.CredUI
net9.0-windows7.0
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.PInvoke.DwmApi
net9.0-windows7.0
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.PInvoke.Mpr
net9.0-windows7.0
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.PInvoke.UxTheme
net9.0-windows7.0
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.Security
net9.0-windows7.0
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.Windows.Extensions
net9.0-windows7.0
[4.1.5, )
Vanara.Windows.Shell
net9.0-windows7.0
[4.1.5, )

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