User Control at design time

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How to make a class, derived from System.Windows.Forms.Control appears under the form at design time, just like the the timer

Posted 27-May-11 6:15am

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You need to write your own user control - for a beginner tutorial on this, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a6h7e207%28v=vs.71%29.aspx[^].

Posted 27-May-11 6:24am

As Marc A. Brown said, you need to inherit from System.ComponentModel.Component. Here are some good MSDN tutorials on what you can do[^]! Good luck :)

Posted 27-May-11 8:22am

Updated 27-May-11 8:23am

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Marc A. Brown · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-27T06:26:00

Does this[^] help? Looks like you have to inherit from System.ComponentModel.Component.

Posted 27-May-11 6:26am

Updated 27-May-11 6:28am

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Abou taleb 27-May-11 12:38pm

THANKS A LOT, problem solved

Marc A. Brown 27-May-11 12:59pm

You're quite welcome. Don't forget to accept the answer(s) that helped you solve the problem! :)

Sander Rossel 27-May-11 14:22pm

That's the way to go. Also check my solution for some good MSDN articles on how to make your own Component. My 5 for the answer.