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[.net] Difference between adding a control via the IDE vs programatically?

Started by Nytegard Nov 19, 2004 at 11:00 PM 1 reply 600+ views

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Nov 19, 2004 at 11:00 PM

OK, recently purchased DotNetMagic to help with some basic controls that weren't available in .NET, but having a problem. Trying to use their docking window ability, and it allows you to make almost any control dockable. If I add the control to the form via the IDE and make it dockable, everything works fine. However if I try to create it at runtime, things seem to become messed up. Simple pseudo code (as the real code is at work right now). MyControl mycontrol = new MyControl; mycontrol.TopLevel = false; mycontrol.Dock = Docking.Fill; MyForm.Controls.Add(mycontrol); mycontrol.Visible = true; Does adding to the IDE add anything that isn't put in the Initialization function that I don't know about?

ernow

Nov 20, 2004 at 1:52 AM

Well, first of all: you could open the InitializeComponent function to look for yourself...

I created a form with a single button and then added code to add another button when the first was clicked:

Button mycontrol = new Button();
mycontrol.Dock = Dockstyle.Fill;
this.Controls.Add(mycontrol);
mycontrol.Visible = true;

I don't know what you mean by the toplevel property but this seems to work...

Cheers

VizOne

Nov 20, 2004 at 2:11 AM

There is definitely no magic going on behind the scenes when you use the Forms-designer. What you see (in InitializeComponent) is what you get.

So, like ernow says, check InitializeComponent to see how the designer does it.

Regards,
Andre

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