"André Nogueira" <anog@netcabo.pt.NOSPAM> wrote in message
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> Hi there.
> First of all, sorry for the double post, but I was not sure about which
was
> the most correct group for this question...
> I am trying to create my own control that will be alot like the control
> Outlook 2003 has where you can choose "mail", "Calendar", etc.
> However, I've got two questions.
> 1) If you add a tab control, you can choose which tab you want to add
> controls to in the development environment. How can I add this
functionality
> to my own control?
> 2) Each tab page has its own panel, and you can add controls to it at
design
> time. How can I archieve this with my own control?
>
> Thank you for your time!
>
> André Nogueira
>
>

"Arne Janning" <spam.me-here.arnolo@msn.com> wrote in message
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>
> "André Nogueira" <anog@netcabo.pt.NOSPAM>
>> I am trying to create my own control that will be alot like the control
>> Outlook 2003 has where you can choose "mail", "Calendar", etc.
>> However, I've got two questions.
>> 1) If you add a tab control, you can choose which tab you want to add
>> controls to in the development environment. How can I add this
>> functionality to my own control?
>> 2) Each tab page has its own panel, and you can add controls to it at
>> design time. How can I archieve this with my own control?
>
> Hi André,
>
> I know that this is not an answer to your question but I have made the
> experience that buying such a control is cheaper than doing it oneself
> from scratch.
>
> Here are two links to commercial controls:
>
> http://www.devcomponents.com/dotnetbar/
> http://www.windowsforms.net/ControlGallery/ControlDetail.aspx?Control=328&tabindex=0
> http://www.infragistics.com/products/lookandfeel.asp
>
> Cheers
>
> Arne Janning
>

"Arne Janning" <spam.me-here.arnolo@msn.com> wrote in message
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> "André Nogueira" <anog@netcabo.pt.NOSPAM> schrieb
> Hi Andrè,
>
> If you are not a commercial programmer I totally agree with you: there is
> no better way of learning Windows.Forms than developing one's own
> controls.
>
> Unfortunately, AFAIK there are no free implementations or at least
> how-to's that describe how to implement a Outlook 2003-style Tabbar.
>
> So you'll have to do everything on your own... (The learning effect might
> even be bigger :-)
>
> Cheers
>
> Arne Janning
>

> I am trying to create my own control that will be alot like the control
> Outlook 2003 has where you can choose "mail", "Calendar", etc.
> However, I've got two questions.
> 1) If you add a tab control, you can choose which tab you want to add
> controls to in the development environment. How can I add this
> functionality to my own control?
> 2) Each tab page has its own panel, and you can add controls to it at
> design time. How can I archieve this with my own control?

> I am trying to create my own control that will be alot like the control
> Outlook 2003 has where you can choose "mail", "Calendar", etc.
> However, I've got two questions.
> 1) If you add a tab control, you can choose which tab you want to add
> controls to in the development environment. How can I add this functionality
> to my own control?
> 2) Each tab page has its own panel, and you can add controls to it at design
> time. How can I archieve this with my own control?