>I'm sure there's an easy way to do this, but I haven't quite figured it out.
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>I'm trying to figure out how, in the .NET development environment using WinForms, I can visually create a class and then access it.
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I would start with the topic "Control Authoring for Windows Forms" in the Visual Studios help!

ms-help://MS.VSCC/MS.MSDNVS/vbcon/html/vbconcontrolcreation.htm

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