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Application.Run( )

 on that object.

Compiling the Windows Skeleton

You can compile a Windows program using either the command-line compiler or Visual 

Studio. For the very short programs shown in this chapter, the command-line compiler is 

the easiest way; but for real applications, you will probably want to use the IDE. (Also, as 

explained at the start of this chapter, you will probably want to use the design tools provided 

by Visual Studio, but that is not the approach described here.) Each way is shown here.

Compiling from the Command Line

Assuming that you call the skeleton 

WinSkel.cs

, then to compile the skeleton from the 

command line, use this command:

csc /t:winexe WinSkel.cs

The

/t:winexe

 switch tells the compiler to create a Windows application rather than a 

console program. To run the program, simply enter 

WinSkel

 at the command line.

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