> Hi all,
> I'm trying to build a component which takes advantage of other components.
> So, when this new component is draged to the form, I would like to insert
> other components on the designer and relate them. But only the first time
> the component is inserted! to avoid inserting components each time de form
> is loaded in the IDE.
> How can I hook the very first time a component is draged on a windows
> form?
>
> Thanks for attention,
> Mario Vazquez
>
>

> Hi,
>
> I was also interested in that problem and I found that the ComponentAdded
> event does not provide that info. There are several cases:
>
> - A component added from the toolbox
> - A paste operation
> - An undo operation (that places a control that was deleted)
> - ...
>
> Maybe a control designer has other hooks but the ComponentAdded event that
> add-ins can use doesn't.
>
> --
>
> Best regards,
>
> Carlos J. Quintero
>
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>
> "Mario Vázquez" <alguien@microsoft.com> escribió en el mensaje
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>> Hi all,
>> I'm trying to build a component which takes advantage of other
>> components. So, when this new component is draged to the form, I would
>> like to insert other components on the designer and relate them. But only
>> the first time the component is inserted! to avoid inserting components
>> each time de form is loaded in the IDE.
>> How can I hook the very first time a component is draged on a windows
>> form?
>>
>> Thanks for attention,
>> Mario Vazquez
>>
>>
>
>

> Hi Carlos,
>
> Thanks for the tip.
> Well, it seems not an easy issue.
> I've just found an interface (framework 2.0) that may help.
> IComponentInitializer
> It has two methods which give a choice to hook the creation of new and
> existing components. But i've not investigate if this is true for all the
> cases you expose.
>
> Regards,
> Mario Vazquez
>