if u r thinking of something like a splash screen which shuld be available always on top of all the application, set the splashscreen form property- TopMost to true

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Hello, If u want to get the application just which looks like vs.net then you can try CAB/SCSF from microsoft along with third party controls. and if u r looking for only some design consideration like tabbing, thn i think third party tools will help u in designing in that fashion. One of the third party tool i have used is Infagistics. For tabbing, docking and hide positions(as it is in vs.net) is provided by dockmanager control in Infragistics. There are many third party tools, which u can try as it comes with trial versions.

Check if this helps u, Following code snippet is an example for validation of textbox. similar way compare values with different ascii numbers i.e. for only characters, numeric values...etc.. //VALIDATION FOR TELEPHONE NUMBER bool valid5 = false; char[] name5=new char[20]; name5=textBox27.Text.ToCharArray(); int leng5=textBox27.Text.Length ; for(int i=0 ; i < leng5 ; i++ ) { if( ((Convert.ToInt32(name5[i])>='0')&&(Convert.ToInt32(name5[i])<='9'))||(Convert.ToInt32(name21[i])==32)) { valid5=true; } else { MessageBox.Show("TELEPHONE NUMBER: Enter the valid Telephone Number"); textBox27.Focus(); return; } }