scott wrote:
> button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(MyMethod);

Actually, button1.Click += MyMethod;
works too, because one of the compiler passes sees this and fixes it for you.

> Well there's a "Form designer" file that holds any GUI elements you add, 

It also sets up all the other stuff you need in a real commercial project, 
like initializing the version number, adding a copyright to the executable's 
properties box, etc.

A lot of what it does assumes you're writing a real program that more than 
one person might some day use.

>> Again, shouldn't an empty class be trivial to write in the first place?
> 
> Sure, but it's something so common to do that even saving 30 seconds is 
> a benefit, especially if you want it in a new file, and that file to be 
> saved, added to the current project and opened in the IDE.

Plus, it initializes it with a bunch of namespaces you're likely to need in 
that kind of class.

> 8) Right click and "Go to definition" on a method.  And of course the 
> View -> Navigate Back button afterwards :-)

Control minus gets you back, also, if you want the keyboard shortcut.

You can also find all references to that method or class or variable 
(excluding references to other variables with the same name).

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   The question in today's corporate environment is not
   so much "what color is your parachute?" as it is
   "what color is your nose?"

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