Standard Controls
A control is a class that derives from the System.Windows.Forms.Control base (either directly or indirectly) and is responsible for drawing a chunk of the container, which is either a form or another control. WinForms comes with several standard controls available by default on the Toolbox in VS.NET. These controls can be broken into the following ad hoc categories:
Action controls. Controls such as Button and Toolbar exist to allow the user to click on them to cause something to happen.
Value controls. Controls such as Label and PictureBox show the user a value, such as text or a picture, but don't allow the user to change the value. Other value controls, such as TextBox or DateTimePicker, allow the user to change the value ...
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