Class of Windows forms objects

[Ryan Milligan]

I am trying to create a class of windows forms objects, but I can't seem to get it to work right. I'm fairly new to programming, so I imagine I'm just missing a basic concept. Any help would be appreciated.

I want to have a group of objects consisting of a listview, a textbox, 4 buttons, and a label. I then want to be able to run a function within my form code to call this group of objects (called "SearchSection") and specify where to place it on the form.

[Ramesh Praveen]

Could you please elaborate on "class of windows forms objects"? Did you mean a container control that will host a few windows forms objects?

Thanks
Praveen

[Ryan Milligan]

> Could you please elaborate on "class of windows forms objects"? Did you mean a container control that will host a few windows forms objects?
>
> Thanks
> Praveen
>

I think that is what I'm looking for. Basically what I need is a Label above a text box which is above 4 buttons lined in a row. Each button would perform a particular function. There would also be a listview that has a few items in it that when selected would change the text of the label to the text of the selected item. This is the group of Windows forms objects that I would like as my "class of windows forms objects".

I may be completely off with how I have it set up, but here is what I have tried so far:

using System;

namespace The_Omega_Tool
{
public class SearchSection
{
public System.Windows.Forms.Label SearchesTitle;
public System.Windows.Forms.TextBox Input;
public System.Windows.Forms.Button Submit;
public System.Windows.Forms.Button Copy;
public System.Windows.Forms.Button Paste;
public System.Windows.Forms.Button Type;
public System.Windows.Forms.ListView SearchesList;
private System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem listViewItem1;
public int left;
public int top;

public SearchSection()
{
placeStuff(this.left, this.top);
}

public void placeStuff(int x,int y)
{
this.SearchesTitle = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
this.Input = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
this.Submit = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.Copy = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.Paste = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.Type = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.SearchesList = new System.Windows.Forms.ListView();

// Search Title.
this.SearchesTitle.Text = "Skippy (User ID/Email)";
this.SearchesTitle.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(x,y);

//Input box
this.Input.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(x, y+16);
this.Input.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(128, 20);
this.Input.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.Input_Click);

// Submit Button
this.Submit.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(x+2,y+36);

//Copy Button
this.Copy.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(x+36,y+36);

//Paste button
this.Paste.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(x+72,y+36);

//Type button
this.Type.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(x+108,y+36);

//Search list box
this.SearchesList.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(x,y);
this.SearchesList.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(0,0);

}
private void Input_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
if(Clipboard.GetDataObject().GetDataPresent(DataFormats.Text))
this.Input.Text = Clipboard.GetDataObject().GetData(DataFormats.Text).ToString();
}
}

}

[Ramesh Praveen]

I think you should create a custom UserControl in teh designer filling it with all those Controls. Then, you could instantiate it and place it in your form just like any other control.

Regards,
Praveen Ramesh

[Ryan Milligan]

Being new to this, I didn't even think about that. It worked great. Thanks. This will open many other doors for me in the future.

--Ryan