Pete,

I've posted on this subject before ... here's my typical response to this question:

Basically, you'll want a class library that contains your sub-classed UI controls, like textbox, button, etc. Something like this:

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;

namespace MyCompany.WinUI.MyClasses
{
	public class MyComboBox : System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox
	{
		// code here
	}

	public class MyTextBox : System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
	{
		// code here
	}

	public class MyButton : System.Windows.Forms.Button
	{
		// code here
	}
}

That's it. These controls can't be sub-classed visually, but as you can see, it's easy enough to do it in code. I have all the basic controls sub-classed in one class library file. Once they're added to the ToolBox, then can be dragged onto any design surface in the IDE.

~~Bonnie


>thanks Bonnie, while we're on the subject of creating my own classes, is there a quick and dirty way of creating a subclass definition of all the Windows.Forms controls and output them to a text file ?
>
>*/ Output file would look like this
>

>
>class MyTextBox : TextBox
>{
>    public MyTextBox()
>    {
>    }
>}
>
>etc...
>

>
>thanks again