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Dynamic Control Creation Sample

This sample demonstrates how to add controls to a form in a Windows application at run time.

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  • Press F5.

Demonstrates

Several options for adding controls to forms are demonstrated. Controls are added to the main form by declaring a new instance of a control and adding the reference to the form's Control.ControlCollection collection. A more a complicated scenario demonstrates creating an instance of a new form and adding controls to the new form. The controls to be created are specified in an XML file.

See Also

Reference

System.Windows.Forms

Control

Other Resources

Creating Event Handlers in Windows Forms

Handling and Raising Events