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Form as a control?

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Chris - 15 Feb 2005 17:20 GMT
Hi,

Is there a way to have a form as a control?  Here's what I want to do:

I have a datagrid which displays various information.  However, I want to
use it in multiple locations within the same application.  Instead of
creating an instance of the grid and linking up the same data on each form,
I want to have a "floating" form which contains my grid in my application.
When a new form needs this grid, I would, say, take the form (with the grid)
and add it to a panel as a child control ... does this work?

Is this even a good approach?  Any examples?

Thanks in advance,

Chris
Bob Powell [MVP] - 15 Feb 2005 20:59 GMT
You can add a form to another form as a child control if the Form.TopLevel
property is set to false.

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james - 16 Feb 2005 19:46 GMT
Rather than using a form, why not use a Custom UserControl?  Then you can
re-use everything you design on the control as often as needed, and of
course, controls can be added to Forms quite easily

JIM

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