Dmitry,

As Cetin says, you can use a Panel. As Kevin says, you can use a UserControl. In addition to those, it sounded to me like you also might be interested in using a GroupBox. All three of these controls have similarities, in that they're "containers", and you can visually drop stuff on them, but they are typically used for different purposes.

UserControls are typically used as a "standalone" set of controls (IOW, you'd design a UserControl visually by dropping on TextBoxes, etc. and save it as a single class file, MyCustomerControl.cs for example).

Panels are typically used for docking, along with Splitters, and are dropped on a Form or UserControl.

GroupBoxes are typically used, as the name suggests, to visually group a set of controls together(TextBoxes,etc), and are dropped on a Form or UserControl.

~~Bonnie





>Hi,
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>I am working on creating a couple of forms to look exactly as they look in VFP app. The form I am working on right now has a container where textboxes and labels reside. The container is 3d style so it shows raised. If .NET does not have container, does it have a shape control that I can include around the textboxes and labels?