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CAB Application Classes

RadWindowsFormsApplication

This class inherits from the original WindowsFormsApplication class. It controls the elements that are added to the application in its AfterShellCreated method by:

  1. Registering the Command Adapters

  2. Registering the UI Element Adapters

RadFormShellApplication

The basis of a typical Composite UI Application Block application is the FormShellApplication class. This class helps to start building an application that will have a startup form. 

The RadFormShellApplication class inherits from the RadWindowsFormsApplication class and calls the Run method in the application main routine.

RadApplicationContextApplication

This class is used in applications that show up without a visual window or applications that require the complex creation of a UI before start up. This class also inherits from  RadWindowsFormsApplication class and calls the Application.Run method to start the application. 

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