Initializing a control on a form

Question

Now that I know how to reference a form, how would I initialize their controls within the header file?

#pragma once

namespace WinFormCDemo {

    using namespace System;
    using namespace System::ComponentModel;
    using namespace System::Collections;
    using namespace System::Windows::Forms;
    using namespace System::Data;
    using namespace System::Drawing;

    /// <summary>
    /// Summary for MyForm1
    /// </summary>
    public ref class MyForm1 : public System::Windows::Forms::Form
    {
    public:
        MyForm1(void)
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            //
            //TODO: Add the constructor code here
            //
        }

    protected:
        /// <summary>
        /// Clean up any resources being used.
        /// </summary>
        ~MyForm1()
        {
            if (components)
            {
                delete components;
            }
        }

    private:
        /// <summary>
        /// Required designer variable.
        /// </summary>
        System::ComponentModel::Container ^components;

#pragma region Windows Form Designer generated code
        /// <summary>
        /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
        /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
        /// </summary>
        void InitializeComponent(void)
        {
            this->components = gcnew System::ComponentModel::Container();
            this->Size = System::Drawing::Size(300,300);
            this->Text = L"MyForm1";
            this->Padding = System::Windows::Forms::Padding(0);
            this->AutoScaleMode = System::Windows::Forms::AutoScaleMode::Font;
        }
#pragma endregion
    };
}

Would I need another pragma region for the form's controls prior to initializing them?

Answer 1

If you place a control on the Form, like a Button, with the Designer, it will generate the code :

private: System::Windows::Forms::Button^ button1;

It adds in InitializeComponent :

this->button1 = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Button());
this->SuspendLayout();
// 
// button1
// 
this->button1->Location = System::Drawing::Point(102, 112);
this->button1->Name = L"button1";
this->button1->Size = System::Drawing::Size(75, 23);
this->button1->TabIndex = 0;
this->button1->Text = L"button1";
this->button1->UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
//...
this->Controls->Add(this->button1);
//...
this->ResumeLayout(false);