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Implementing MVC with Windows Forms

Where can I find a good example on how to completely implement the MVC pattern in Windows Forms. I found many tutorials and code examples on various sites (e.g. CodeProject, .NetHeaven) but many are more representative for the observer pattern than MVC. The application I want to develop is very simple, for a school project so I am not eager to use MVC frameworks like PureMVC.

philipjonathan

I don't have a complete example, but just want to comment on the observer pattern part. I think it is normal to have the observer pattern, because the relationship between the model and the view is actually observer pattern itself.

Another thing is that you can't really get MVC in Windows Forms, because in pure MVC, the user action is actually handled by the Controller, but in Windows Forms, this is handled by the UI control through event (eg. Button1_Click event handler). So you can just think of the event handler as the Controller component.

Bob Learned

I have seen a lot of examples for Model-View-Controller and Model-View-Presenter code, so we can find plenty of examples, like this one:

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http://weblogs.asp.net/scottcate/archive/2006/09/13/Florida.NET-User-Group-a-Success-_2D002D00_-Thanks-Dave-Noderer.aspx

iulianchira

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In my MVC application I do not want to instantiate the Control in my View and simple have something like MyControll.DoStuff(); in each event handler. I want to decouple things as much as possible.

Bob Learned

OK, since you have total control over that, then what is the problem? Decoupling is the very nature that drives selecting MVC/MVP.

Your class can define the View, and attach event handlers, without having that done in the UI.

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