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.NET Forum / Windows Forms / WinForm General / July 2007Panel with Close button custom control
I am a novice on creating controls and with that said looking for advice on how to; Create a custom panel were there is a button anchored bottom,right with text = "Exit", panel docked bottom, button click event has Close() method. I seem to keep having to add panels with a button on them all the time and rather simply have a custom control to do this. Thanks for any input!!! Kevin Firstly I wonder what style of application you're creating. Opening and closing panels like they were windows is probably not a superb idea. An equivalent however would be to create a UserControl and use it as a SmartPart in a CAB based application or possibly created with SCSF. This application style enables the kind of granularity I think you're looking for.  SignatureBob Powell [MVP] Visual C#, System.Drawing Ramuseco Limited .NET consulting http://www.ramuseco.com Find great Windows Forms articles in Windows Forms Tips and Tricks http://www.bobpowell.net/tipstricks.htm Answer those GDI+ questions with the GDI+ FAQ http://www.bobpowell.net/faqmain.htm All new articles provide code in C# and VB.NET. Subscribe to the RSS feeds provided and never miss a new article. > I am a novice on creating controls and with that said looking for advice on > how to; [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Thanks for any input!!! > Kevin Bob, The panel never closes, the close button click event closes the form not the panel. Here is an image and short description http://home.comcast.net/~kevininstructor/dotnet_temp.html > Firstly I wonder what style of application you're creating. Opening and > closing panels like they were windows is probably not a superb idea. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> Thanks for any input!!! >> Kevin Just create a user control with the button on it that you want. You can make the user control's Dock property default to Bottom and then use the ParentForm property to find the form onto which the user control was dropped. Although I don't reccommend Visual Inheritance often you could also use this form as a base for your other ones. Finally, although the idea is possible, the use of a UI mechanism that duplicates the familiar close button on the tip-right of the form title still isn't a great idea. SignatureBob Powell [MVP] Visual C#, System.Drawing Ramuseco Limited .NET consulting http://www.ramuseco.com Find great Windows Forms articles in Windows Forms Tips and Tricks http://www.bobpowell.net/tipstricks.htm Answer those GDI+ questions with the GDI+ FAQ http://www.bobpowell.net/faqmain.htm All new articles provide code in C# and VB.NET. Subscribe to the RSS feeds provided and never miss a new article. > Bob, > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >>> Thanks for any input!!! >>> Kevin Thanks Bob. In regards to duplicating the system close button, this is not the case. Instead the close button would have more functionality to it in respects to the actual application. > Just create a user control with the button on it that you want. > [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] >>>> Thanks for any input!!! >>>> Kevin Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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