Create something akin to VS.NET Form Designer

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dmeglio - 13 Jun 2007 14:12 GMT

I was wondering if anyone knew of any resources that would help me
build something akin to the VS.NET form designer? Meaning, say I have
a Button object on my form. I want it to have that kind of border
around it, with the "handles" at each corner (and in the middle of
each side) that allows the user to resize it, and also give the user
the ability to drag it and move it around the form. Does anyone know
of a way to accomplish this?

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Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP] - 13 Jun 2007 14:28 GMT

dmeglio,

This article from MSDN magazine, titled "Create And Host Custom
Designers With The .NET Framework 2.0", should help you out:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/03/DesignerHosting/

Hope this helps.

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>I was wondering if anyone knew of any resources that would help me
> build something akin to the VS.NET form designer? Meaning, say I have
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> the ability to drag it and move it around the form. Does anyone know
> of a way to accomplish this?

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dmeglio - 13 Jun 2007 15:41 GMT

> This article from MSDN magazine, titled "Create And Host Custom
> Designers With The .NET Framework 2.0", should help you out:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/03/DesignerHosting/
>
> Hope this helps.

That's pretty much exactly what I want, but is there any hope for
those poor souls of us out there who are still stuck in .NET 1.1 land?
I don't mind if it's a component I have to buy...

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Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP] - 13 Jun 2007 17:16 GMT

You might be able to use some of those components in .NET 1.1, as I
^think^ that they existed in the framework then. I'm not sure, so you will
have to experiment.

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>> This article from MSDN magazine, titled "Create And Host Custom
>> Designers With The .NET Framework 2.0", should help you out:
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> those poor souls of us out there who are still stuck in .NET 1.1 land?
> I don't mind if it's a component I have to buy...

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dmeglio - 14 Jun 2007 16:12 GMT

According to MSDN, DesignSurface became available in 2.0

On Jun 13, 12:16 pm, "Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]"
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> You might be able to use some of those components in .NET 1.1, as I
> ^think^ that they existed in the framework then. I'm not sure, so you will
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