Public Class FormBase2 Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form #Region " Windows Form Designer generated code " Public Sub New() MyBase.New() 'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer. InitializeComponent() 'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call End Sub 'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list. Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean) If disposing Then If Not (components Is Nothing) Then components.Dispose() End If End If MyBase.Dispose(disposing) End Sub 'Required by the Windows Form Designer Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer 'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer 'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer. 'Do not modify it using the code editor. Friend WithEvents TabControl1 As System.Windows.Forms.TabControl Friend WithEvents TabPage1 As System.Windows.Forms.TabPage Friend WithEvents TabPage2 As System.Windows.Forms.TabPage Friend WithEvents Panel1 As System.Windows.Forms.Panel <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent() Me.TabControl1 = New System.Windows.Forms.TabControl Me.TabPage1 = New System.Windows.Forms.TabPage Me.TabPage2 = New System.Windows.Forms.TabPage Me.Panel1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Panel Me.TabControl1.SuspendLayout() Me.SuspendLayout() ' 'TabControl1 ' Me.TabControl1.Controls.Add(Me.TabPage1) Me.TabControl1.Controls.Add(Me.TabPage2) Me.TabControl1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(8, 8) Me.TabControl1.Name = "TabControl1" Me.TabControl1.SelectedIndex = 0 Me.TabControl1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(272, 248) Me.TabControl1.TabIndex = 0 ' 'TabPage1 ' Me.TabPage1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(4, 22) Me.TabPage1.Name = "TabPage1" Me.TabPage1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(264, 222) Me.TabPage1.TabIndex = 0 Me.TabPage1.Text = "List" ' 'TabPage2 ' Me.TabPage2.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(4, 22) Me.TabPage2.Name = "TabPage2" Me.TabPage2.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(264, 222) Me.TabPage2.TabIndex = 1 Me.TabPage2.Text = "Detail" ' 'Panel1 ' Me.Panel1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(328, 32) Me.Panel1.Name = "Panel1" Me.Panel1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(304, 208) Me.Panel1.TabIndex = 1 ' 'FormBase2 ' Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13) Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(648, 266) Me.Controls.Add(Me.Panel1) Me.Controls.Add(Me.TabControl1) Me.Name = "FormBase2" Me.Text = "FormBase2" Me.TabControl1.ResumeLayout(False) Me.ResumeLayout(False) End Sub #End Region End ClassAnd here is the code for the derived form:
Public Class InheritsFromBase2 Inherits TestDocking.FormBase2 #Region " Windows Form Designer generated code " Public Sub New() MyBase.New() 'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer. InitializeComponent() 'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call End Sub 'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list. Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean) If disposing Then If Not (components Is Nothing) Then components.Dispose() End If End If MyBase.Dispose(disposing) End Sub 'Required by the Windows Form Designer Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer 'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer 'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer. 'Do not modify it using the code editor. Friend WithEvents Button1 As System.Windows.Forms.Button Friend WithEvents Button2 As System.Windows.Forms.Button Friend WithEvents TextBox2 As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox Friend WithEvents Panel2 As System.Windows.Forms.Panel Friend WithEvents Label1 As System.Windows.Forms.Label Friend WithEvents TextBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox Friend WithEvents CheckBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent() Me.Button1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button Me.Button2 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button Me.TextBox2 = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox Me.Panel2 = New System.Windows.Forms.Panel Me.TextBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox Me.Label1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label Me.CheckBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox Me.Panel2.SuspendLayout() ' 'Button1 ' Me.Button1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(120, 24) Me.Button1.Name = "Button1" Me.Button1.TabIndex = 0 Me.Button1.Text = "Button1" ' 'Button2 ' Me.Button2.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(104, 32) Me.Button2.Name = "Button2" Me.Button2.TabIndex = 0 Me.Button2.Text = "Button2" ' 'TextBox2 ' Me.TextBox2.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(72, 72) Me.TextBox2.Name = "TextBox2" Me.TextBox2.TabIndex = 2 Me.TextBox2.Text = "TextBox2" ' 'Panel2 ' Me.Panel2.Controls.Add(Me.TextBox1) Me.Panel2.Controls.Add(Me.Label1) Me.Panel2.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(32, 80) Me.Panel2.Name = "Panel2" Me.Panel2.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(280, 144) Me.Panel2.TabIndex = 1 ' 'TextBox1 ' Me.TextBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(40, 56) Me.TextBox1.Name = "TextBox1" Me.TextBox1.TabIndex = 1 Me.TextBox1.Text = "TextBox1" ' 'Label1 ' Me.Label1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(48, 24) Me.Label1.Name = "Label1" Me.Label1.TabIndex = 0 Me.Label1.Text = "Label1" ' 'CheckBox1 ' Me.CheckBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(176, 64) Me.CheckBox1.Name = "CheckBox1" Me.CheckBox1.TabIndex = 0 Me.CheckBox1.Text = "CheckBox1" ' 'InheritsFromBase2 ' Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13) Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(656, 278) Me.Name = "InheritsFromBase2" Me.Text = "InheritsFromBase2" Me.Panel2.ResumeLayout(False) End Sub #End Region End ClassThanks,