Adding, Editing, or Deleting Controls

 

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Using the Dialog editor, you can add, resize, edit, and delete controls in dialog boxes. You can also edit the properties of a control, such as its ID, or whether it is initially visible at run time.

You can use the shortcut menu in the Dialog editor to quickly add registered ActiveX controls to a dialog box, and you can add ActiveX controls to the Toolbox for quick access (for more information, see Customize Toolbox Dialog Box).

• Add a control to a dialog box

• Size a control while you add it

• Add multiple controls

• Add an ActiveX control to a dialog box

• Edit the properties of a control or controls

• Delete a control

• Show or hide the Toolbox window

For information on adding resources to managed projects, please see Resources in Applications in the .NET Framework Developer's Guide. For information on manually adding resource files to managed projects, accessing resources, displaying static resources, and assigning resources strings to properties, see Walkthrough: Localizing Windows Forms and Walkthrough: Using Resources for Localization with ASP.NET.

Requirements

Win32

See Also

Controls in Dialog Boxes
Adding Event Handlers for Dialog Box Controls
Dialog Box Controls and Variable Types