Putting Controls on Windows Forms

There are a wide variety of controls that you can put on Windows Forms, depending on the needs of your application.

In This Section

How to: Add Controls to Windows Forms
Gives directions for attaching controls to your form.

How to: Add Controls Without a User Interface to Windows Forms
Gives directions for appending controls with no user interface to your application.

How to: Add to or Remove from a Collection of Controls at Run Time
Explains how to add and remove controls on a panel at run time.

Walkthrough: Automatically Populating the Toolbox with Custom Components
Demonstrates how you can make a custom component automatically appear in the Toolbox once the component is created.

How to: Add ActiveX Controls to Windows Forms
Gives directions for working with legacy ActiveX controls.

Considerations When Hosting an ActiveX Control on a Windows Form
Describes things to keep in mind when planning an application that uses ActiveX controls.

Related Sections

Windows Forms Controls
Provides links to introductory topics on controls and what you can do with them.

User Input Validation in Windows Forms
Explains the basics of and theory behind validating the contents of Windows Forms controls.