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.