On Mon, 20 May 2002 10:10:14 -0700, Peter Foreman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>Come on guys!  You can expect it all on day one.  Microsoft have the same
number of hours in the
>day as the rest of us.  Given how many years it has taken the Windows API
and MFC to get where
>they are I think the level of support in WinForms is pretty amazing.
>
>In many areas it is superior to API or MFC, and certainly is in ease of
use.  IMO it is more
>productive even despite lacking some things.

I think we all agree that the .NET Framework is a good thing and
the direction in which it's heading is the correct one. However
what most of us was suprised about was the fact that many of the
poor controls (like the toolbar) where adopted by .NET V1 from
previous VB versions. The Toolbar is a slightly better version
of the toolbar in VB6 and I know that developers have been nagging
at MS for ages to upgrade this control and make a proper wrapper
for the native one, as with the coolbar (rebar) control in VB6.

I have no doubt that they will improve on this in the future, but
it's one of the most common questions on many .net newsgroups
"how do I use Windows/VS.NET menus" and how to use icons in your
menus, so you'd think they'd pay a guy some overtime to spend a
few long nights to get them finished for V1 ;)

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