Creating a Console Tab

In order to demonstrate how to extend the Windows Home Server Console, this section of the Programming Tutorial explains how to create a Windows Home Server Console tab as part of a Windows Home Server add-in.

Note

Before you start this section, ensure that you have already set up your Visual Studio solution and configured the class library properties as described in Setting Up an Add-In Solution.

In this section

• Creating the Console Tab User Interface: Create a user control that is composed of a RichTextBox control and three Button controls.

• Writing the Console Tab Code: Implement the IConsoleTab interface and code event handlers for the three Button controls.

After going through the steps necessary to create a Console tab, the tutorial continues with a section about how to create a Settings tab that is associated with the Console tab.

See Also

Concepts

Creating a Settings Tab