Inheritance - restrict methods etc.

[Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP]]

How much overhead does this method add to a control though? It seems like

it
adds some additional resource overhead because you are now really
including
two controls for every one that you place on a form.

Not much really, and it is one of the 3 well known techniques to create new
controls, "Composite controls", is called. See

Windows Forms Control Development Basics
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...cpconwindowsformscontroldevelopmentbasics.asp

How does this impact thins like tab order and focus as well?

I have not tested it, but it should be explained in the docs. In your case,
with only one control, it should be easy to handle, if some handling is
needed at all.

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Best regards,

Carlos J. Quintero

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[Ray Cassick \(Home\)]

Yeah, I know all about composite controls... I just never really considered
doing it for the case of one control before...