Inheriting from UserControls

[Charles Law]

I want a set of controls that all have a border, like a group box. I thought
I would create a base control containing just a group box from which my set
of controls could inherit. Assuming that this is the right approach (please
tell me if it is not), how then do I make it so that the group box cannot be
moved around on my set of controls, but is also able to act as container for
other controls?

If I leave the modifier of the group box as Friend, or Private, then the
group box appears locked on the inheriting controls, but I cannot drop new
controls onto it. If I change the modifier to Protected, Protected Friend,
or Public, then I can drop controls onto the group box, but I can also move
the group box around on the inheriting control.

Is there something else I must do?

TIA

Charles

 

[Craig Vick [MSFT]]

Hi Charles,

It maybe easier to simply inherit from GroupBox. The problem is you won't
have a designer when you write the control so you'll have to do everything
in code.

Craig VB. NET Team

 

[Charles Law]

Hi Craig

I see what you mean. I have just tried it, but I think the absence of a
designer will be a problem. I want to be able to lay out my inheriting
control visually, rather than 'guess' the position of things in code.

It's a shame that inheriting from GroupBox doesn't give a designer inside a
group box.

Charles