January 2002
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
5h 48m
English
Content preview from .NET Windows® Forms Custom Controls
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Control Design
The main functional requirement of the OutlookBar control is that the control will host other controls within the OutlookBarTab components. Each new child control will be associated with a particular tab within the OutLookBar, and that child control will be activated when its parent tab is selected. Figure 8.1 shows the OutlookBar control hosting a TreeView control and a Panel control.
Figure 8.1. The OutlookBar control in action.
Because the OutlookBar control will act as a container control for other .NET controls, the emphasis of this chapter is to demonstrate the implementation of this particular requirement. Extending the