What is a good design strategy for retaining history of user activities and files like Visual Studio projects?

OK so I’m not so sure that “project” is the right term, but for my purposes, I define “project” as similar to what Visual Studio uses, or Microsoft word – files that the user can open and work on and then save, and when the user runs the application again the program is aware of the files that were worked on last time the application was open.

How do I add a Help system to my WinForms project?

I have pretty much completed work on a Winforms application, and would like to add a Help feature for users. I cannot send users to a website, and am thinking along the lines of the kind of help you get when you click on Help in IE (or hit F1). I believe this is compiled html or something, but am not sure what tools are available to assist in building this kind of thing, or how many options are out there.

what is difference in section and subreport, where to use multiple sections?

Please share your knowledge about these Crystal Reports concepts.

Should I Use WCF For My Purpose?

I wrote two programs that server and client can connect to each other (one program for server and another for client) with their IP addresses (socket programming).

What is the correct UI interface to learn for creating Windows phone 8 apps?

I am a veteran Delphi 6 programmer transitioning to C# development. My first project is a open source library that will have a minimal user interface since it is meant to be used as a Component primarily on desktop PCs running Visual Studio. My next project is going to be a Windows 8 phone app and I intend for that platform to be my primary focus for future C# development, not the desktop.

what kind of certificate needed for my application ?

I am releasing free C# softwares I’ve created using Visual Studio.
In the future, some of these softwares might become Paid.
I was wondering if I need to purchase any kind of license for them ?

What is a proper way of building Winform apps with multiple “screens”

What’s a proper way of building a Winform app that has multiple ‘screens’? For example, I’m trying to write a small backup program (mainly for giggles), and I’ve been dumping controls and containers onto the form.

Implementing Context-based Undo/Redo Functionality

I’m currently implementing an undo/redo mechanism using the Command Pattern. Everything works so far. My problem now is to implement the undo/redo functionality in a way that it is bound to a given context.

Why should form inheritance be avoided?

I remember learning VB4 and dragging a button onto a form, double-clicking on that button, and typing code into that event handler I had just been magically blessed with. Coming from QBASIC I was thrilled with the “V” in “VB”, the visual designer was literally the best thing since sliced bread.

Which design pattern is typically used when designing a WCF data services driven Winforms application?

Please excuse me as I am a bit new to the following technologies and practices. I have been given the task to create a management suite utilizing an MDI GUI. This suite will be the front end to a WCF data service. My question is, what design pattern is typically used by most professionals when designing such an application. At the moment, I have been looking into both MVC and 3-tier design patterns.