Interesting. I use panels all the time, but I've never found a real need for that kind of tool so I didn't know it existed. When would you use it as opposed to simply pasting the control onto the panel?
Charlotte Foust -----Original Message----- From: Vince Pacella [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 11:29 AM To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Own Usercontrol with child controls inside Look for so-called Visual Studio PowerToy called Control Outline. It's a tool window that will display a tree structure of your form and you can drag and drop indivudual controls onto containers. It believe I saw it on GotDotNet It's been a God-send when constructing forms with many panels or tab controls. Regards, J. Vince Pacella / OOCL Chicago Cell 773-454-8683 Fax - 773-867-5050 Cargo Tracking Online at: www.cargosmart.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Unmoderated discussion of advanced .NET topics. > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Stanislav Petko > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 10:20 > To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM > Subject: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Own Usercontrol with child controls inside > > Hello everybody. > > > I created my own control (inherited form > System.Windows.Forms.UserControl) named MiniInfo. It is acts > something like a very small form (though it's not a form) ... > I want to put another controls inside it even in design mode. > So the designer attribute is: > > <DesignerAttribute("System.Windows.Forms.Design.ParentControlD > esigner")> > > Everything is OK a it works as expected. When I place for > example button on it in design mode it is there ... on that > MiniInfo control - MiniInfo is parent of this button. > > But now I hane a Panel on MiniInfo (it is part of this > control) and in design mode, when I drop a control on > MiniInfo, I want it to be added into this panel - the panel > will be the parent of dropped controls. I am not able to > solve this. WHen I just drop a control on MiniInfo, it > becomes a parent of this control automatically ant thus the > button is behind that panel. > > I want to make the panel parent of dropped controls. > > Does anybody know how to achieve this? > > > Thanks, Stano. > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(r) http://www.develop.com > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > http://discuss.develop.com > > > IMPORTANT NOTICE Email from OOCL is confidential and may be legally privileged. If it is not intended for you, please delete it immediately unread. The internet cannot guarantee that this communication is free of viruses, interception or interference and anyone who communicates with us by email is taken to accept the risks in so doing. Without limitation, OOCL and its affiliates accept no liability whatsoever and howsoever arising in connection with the use of this email. Under no circumstances shall this email constitute a binding agreement to carry or for provision of carriage services by OOCL, which is subject to the availability of carrier's equipment and vessels and the terms and conditions of OOCL's standard bill of lading which is also available at http://www.oocl.com. =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(r) http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentorŪ http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
