A runtime form designer control

FormDesigner Methods

The methods of the FormDesigner class are listed below. For a complete list of FormDesigner class members, see the FormDesigner Members topic.

Public Instance Methods

AdjustSelectedComponentsAlignment Adjusts selected component alignment as specified by the method parameters.
AdjustSelectedComponentsSize Adjusts the size of selected components as specified by the method parameters.
AdjustSelectedComponentsSpacing Adjusts the spacing between selected components as specified by the method parameters.
BringSelectedComponentsToFront Brings the selected components to the front.
CopySelectedComponentsToClipboard Copies selected components to the clipboard for pasting at a later stage.
CutSelectedComponentsToClipboard Cuts selected components to the clipboard for pasting at a later stage.
DeleteSelectedComponents Deletes selected components.
DeselectAllComponents Deselects all selected components.
DeselectComponent De-selects specified component.
EditTabOrder Envoke tab order editing user interface.
IsSelected Gets a value indicating if the specified component is currently selected.
LoadLayoutOverloaded. Loads and creates the component layout from the specified file.
PasteComponentsFromClipboard Pastes components from the clipboard onto the FormDesigner.
Redo Envoke redo action that reapplies the last form designing operation that was reverted using an Undo command.
SaveLayoutOverloaded. Indicates start of form serialization activity. Used for adding custom form level properties for serialization. Used for adding custom component level properties for serialization. Indicates end of form serialization activity.
SelectAllComponents Selects all the components that are directly sited on the FormDesigner control.
SelectComponentOverloaded. Selects specified component.
SendSelectedComponentsToBack Sends the selected components to back.
Undo Envoke Undo action that reverts the form designing operations performed by the user.

Protected Instance Methods

Dispose Releases the unmanaged resources used by the Component and optionally releases the managed resources.
OnCreateControl Raises the CreateControl event.
OnSerializeComponentCustomProperties FormDesigner calls this overridable method when it needs to serialize custom properties for a component.
OnSerializeFormCustomProperties FormDesigner calls this overridable method when it needs to serialize custom properties for the form.

See Also

FormDesigner Class | Viklele.Win.Designer Namespace