The patterns & practices group at Microsoft provides architectural and design guidance for users of Microsoft technologies. Part of the way they do this is by producing and distributing packages called 'application blocks.' An application block consists of a functional subsystem or sof...Dec. 20, 2005 04:15 PM EST Reads: 54,954 Replies: 6







Guy Starbuck is a senior application architect for Stericycle, Inc. He has been working in the software industry for over nine years. Guy lives in Arlington Heights, IL with his wife and son.
This article describes a pattern that allows any Web site or Web application to launch and interact with .NET 2.0 Windows Forms applications that are deployed using Microsoft's new 'ClickOnce' technology. This is done by taking advantage of a feature that allows Windows Forms applicati...
The composite UI Application Block (called 'CAB' in the online community) is a new application block that is being developed by Microsoft patterns & practices and is scheduled for release shortly after the final release of .NET 2.0. The current code for the Composite UI Application Blo...



























