>Suppose I later want to add a single item to the contents of the combo(making it 5 items) for a single instance of the UserControl, will I be able to?

Yes, as Viv said, you can do this. Either by exposing the ComboBox as a public property, or by having a public method that will add whatever you pass it as a parameter.

>And will I be able to add a method to it as well?

The only way you'll be able to add any methods is to further sub-class it and add your new methods to the sub-class.

~~Bonnie




>Hi Bonnie
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>Yes. UserControl was the term to use not Component. However, the question still remains that if I do create a UserControl, will I be able to add/override functionality when I use it?
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>For instance the combo box(in the image) now displays a choice of 4 items - AMEX,VISA,BCARD,OTHER
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>Suppose I later want to add a single item to the contents of the combo(making it 5 items) for a single instance of the UserControl, will I be able to? And will I be able to add a method to it as well?
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>>Hi Bernard,
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>>You'd want to use a UserControl for this rather than a Panel (you can stick the Panel on the UserControl if you want to). The UserControl *can* be visually designed.
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>>~~Bonnie