GUI convention

[webrod]

Hi all,

I am writing some winform and asp.net applications.
is there a standard GUI convention provided by Microsoft (or maybe
someone else) to design application? (to design a windows-like
application).

For example:
- the menu bar should be on the top
- The first item in the menu should be "File", the last one should be
"Help"
- you should display the OK button first, then the CANCEL button. So =>
OK CANCEL rather than CANCEL OK
- The OK , CANCEL etc buttons should be displayed on the bottom of a
form
- when you update a record, you should always display a message box to
confirm...
- etc etc

I really don't know if this kind of convention exists.

I will really appreciate any help.

Rod

[Tom Porterfield]

webrod wrote:

Hi all,

I am writing some winform and asp.net applications.
is there a standard GUI convention provided by Microsoft (or maybe
someone else) to design application? (to design a windows-like
application).

For example:
- the menu bar should be on the top
- The first item in the menu should be "File", the last one should be
"Help"
- you should display the OK button first, then the CANCEL button. So =>
OK CANCEL rather than CANCEL OK
- The OK , CANCEL etc buttons should be displayed on the bottom of a
form
- when you update a record, you should always display a message box to
confirm...
- etc etc

I really don't know if this kind of convention exists.

I will really appreciate any help.

You could start at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ml/welcome.asp.
--
Tom Porterfield

[Michael Nemtsev]

Hello webrod,

See my post http://groups.google.com/group/micro...05c5d69b7d404e

wHi all,
w>
wI am writing some winform and asp.net applications.
wis there a standard GUI convention provided by Microsoft (or maybe
wsomeone else) to design application? (to design a windows-like
wapplication).
wFor example:
w- the menu bar should be on the top
w- The first item in the menu should be "File", the last one should be
w"Help"
w- you should display the OK button first, then the CANCEL button. So
w=>
wOK CANCEL rather than CANCEL OK
w- The OK , CANCEL etc buttons should be displayed on the bottom of a
wform
w- when you update a record, you should always display a message box
wto
wconfirm...
w- etc etc
wI really don't know if this kind of convention exists.
w>
wI will really appreciate any help.
w>
wRod
w>
---
WBR,
Michael Nemtsev [C# MVP] :: blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour

"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not
cease to be insipid." (c) Friedrich Nietzsche

[webrod]

Hi,

thanks you very much to both of you!!
You are my friend for all the life ;)

Rod