Hi Bonnie

Would you sub-class all the controls from the tool box into this class library including the Form, MainMenu, DataGrid, ListView, TreeView, Tabcontrol, DateTimePicker and all the others?

Thanks

John

>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