Conventions Used in This Book This book uses several conventions
to help you prioritize and reference the information it
contains. In addition, the following special elements provide
information beyond the basic instructions: From concept to
deployment, C#Builder Kick Start provides the information you
need to begin building .NET applications with Borland C#Builder
for Microsoft .NET. I'm very interested in hearing your comments
about C#Builder Kick Start . You are welcome to contact me at
jmayo@MayoSoftware.com. I also Part I: Overview of C#Builder and
the C# Programming Language Chapter 1. Introducing .NET and the
C#Builder IDE Borland is the first independent software vendor
to license the .NET Framework from Microsoft. The benefit of
this is that applications created with C#Builder are fully
compatible with any other .NET application or library. Because
C#Builder is about building .NET applications quickly, it helps
to understand why .NET is important, what it is, and how it
works. The information in this