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schneider - 05 Apr 2008 22:43 GMT

Designer idea #1:

Hello,
I would like to see the Form in the control toolbox. I think there would be
a lot of value. Why should the IDE decide what form to create. I could
create custome Form/Controls with different needs.

I welcome anyones thoughts.

Thanks,

Schneider

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Linda Liu[MSFT] - 07 Apr 2008 03:12 GMT

Hi Schneider,

> I would like to see the Form in the control toolbox.

Could you tell me what the "control toolbox" is?

> Why should the IDE decide what form to create.

VS has several item templates, e.g Windows Form, Inherited Form and so on.
It's we that decide what form to create by selecting the menu Project>Add
Windows Form and form template.

> I could create custome Form/Controls with different needs.

You can create a custom Form in a project but you cannot add the custom
form to the Toolbox. But for custom control you create, you can add it to
the Toolbox.

If you have any question, please feel free to let me know.

Sincerely,
Linda Liu
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schneider - 07 Apr 2008 05:01 GMT

> Hi Schneider,
>
>> I would like to see the Form in the control toolbox.
>
> Could you tell me what the "control toolbox" is?

Toolbox where all the controls are: Scroll Bar, TextBox, ...

>> Why should the IDE decide what form to create.
>
> VS has several item templates, e.g Windows Form, Inherited Form and so on.
> It's we that decide what form to create by selecting the menu Project>Add
> Windows Form and form template.

I'm suggesting a different way.

The thought is I could build a MyForm of type Windows.Form, and it shows up
on the Toolbox.
When a user clicks on MyForm the designer shows the MyForm much like it does
now, except it's a custom form, with whatever special features I added.

>> I could create custome Form/Controls with different needs.
>
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Linda Liu[MSFT] - 09 Apr 2008 08:15 GMT

Hi Shneider,

Thank you for your quick response!

> The thought is I could build a MyForm of type Windows.Form, and it shows

up on the Toolbox.

This is not supported in VS so far.

> When a user clicks on MyForm the designer shows the MyForm much like it

does now, except it's a custom form, with whatever special features I added.

You can create the MyForm in a project as a base form. Then when you want a
form in the project that has the same special features as the MyForm as
well as some other features, you can add a form in the project derived from
the MyForm.

Hope this helps.
If you have any concern, please feel free to let me know.

Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support

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