The NetControlBox component is used to load .NET components registered in global assembly cache (GAC) and to work with them.
The global cache stores the assemblies, installed for joint use by several applications on a computer. Loading of the registered components is performed during the form work by the corresponding methods of the AttachControl or the CreateControl component. The access to the loaded component is granted by the Control property. Further work with the component is performed by the resources of the ForeNet assembly.
NOTE. For more information about global assembly cache (GAC) consult additional documentation: Windows Help, MSDN.
Proper components developed in the Fore.NET language can be also loaded to the component. The components must be inherited from the System.Windows.Forms.UserControl class. If it is required code of any Fore.NET form can be moved to the code of proper component (it will be necessary to move code of the form designer and events handlers).
| Property name | Brief description | |
| Align | The Align property determines the behavior of the component, when the size of its parent component is changed. | |
| AllowDrag | The AllowDrag property determines whether an object can be dragged from the component. | |
| AllowDrop | The AllowDrop property determines whether the component can accept a dragged object. | |
| Anchors | The Anchors property returns settings that determine the percentage of the size change for the current component when the parent component is resized. | |
| Brush | The Brush property specifies the brush used to fill the component area. | |
| ClientHeight | The ClientHeight property is used to receive or specify the height of the component’s client space. | |
| ClientWidth | The ClientWidth property is used to receive or specify the width of the component’s client space. | |
| Color | The Color property determines the background color of a component. | |
| ComponentCount | The ComponentCount property returns the number of child components. | |
| Components | The Components property returns the child component. | |
| Control | The Control property returns a .NET component loaded to the NetControlBox. | |
| Cursor | The Cursor property determines the look of the cursor over the component. | |
| Data | The Data property is used to store any custom data. | |
| Enabled | The Enabled property determines whether the component is available for the user. | |
| Focused | The Focused property returns True, if the focus is set on the component. | |
| Font | The Font property determines the set of characteristics, describing the font, used to display text. | |
| Height | The Height property determines the component height. | |
| HelpContext | The HelpContext property determines a unique index for the context help section for this component. | |
| Hint | The Hint property determines the hint text for the component. | |
| Left | The Left property determines the coordinate of the left border of the component. | |
| Name | The Name property determines the component name. | |
| Parent | The Parent property determines the parent component. | |
| ParentColor | The ParentColor property determines whether the component inherits the color of the parent component. | |
| ParentFont | The ParentFont property determines whether the component should use the font of the parent component. | |
| ParentShowHint | The ParentShowHint property determines when a tooltip is displayed. | |
| PopupMenu | The PopupMenu property determines the context menu to be displayed on right-click. | |
| Scrolls | The Scrolls property returns parameters of component's scrollbars. | |
| ShowHint | The ShowHint property enables and disables showing a hint for the component. | |
| TabOrder | The TabOrder property determines the component position in the tab order. | |
| TabStop | The TabStop property determines whether the focus is set to a component when the TAB button is pressed. | |
| Tag | The Tag property is not used by the compiler. The user can change the value of the Tag property and use it as required. | |
| Text | The Text property determines the row identifying a component for user. | |
| Top | The Top property determines the coordinate of the top border of the component. | |
| Visible | The Visible property determines the visibility of the component during execution. | |
| Width | The Width property determines the component width. |
| Method name | Brief description | |
| AttachControl | The AttachControl method displays the Net-component in the NetControlBox. | |
| AttachHandler | The AttachHandler method adds the specified Net-component event to the list of tracked events. | |
| BringToFront | The BringToFront method brings a component to front. | |
| ClientToScreen | The ClientToScreen method converts point coordinates relative to component coordinates into display coordinates. | |
| CreateControl | The CreateControl method creates a Net-component and loads it to the NetControlBox. | |
| DetachHandler | The DetachHandler method deletes event of a Net component from the list of followed events. | |
| DoDragDrop | The DoDragDrop method allows to start drag-and-drop operation. | |
| GetImage | The GetImage method returns the image of the component with all the child components. | |
| ScreenToClient | The ScreenToClient method converts screen coordinates of a point to coordinates specified relative to the component coordinate system. | |
| SendToBack | The SendToBack method sends a component to back. | |
| SetFocus | The SetFocus method sets focus to this component. |
| Event name | Brief description | |
| OnBeginDrag | The OnBeginDrag event occurs for a component, when a user starts to drag an object from the component. | |
| OnClick | The OnClick event occurs if a user clicks a component area using the main mouse button. | |
| OnDblClick | The OnDblClick event occurs if a user double-clicks a component area using the mouse button. | |
| OnDragDrop | The OnDragDrop event occurs for a component if a user drops a dragged object over it. | |
| OnDragEnter | The OnDragEnter event occurs when a dragged object crosses the borders of this component. | |
| OnDragLeave | The OnDragLeave event occurs when a dragged object leaves the borders of this component. | |
| OnDragOver | The OnDragOver event occurs for this component when a user drags a dragged object over it. | |
| OnEnter | The OnEnter event occurs when a component receives focus. | |
| OnEvent | The OnEvent event occurs, if for a Net-component, loaded into NetControlBox, some of the events, added to the tracked events list, occurs. | |
| OnExit | The OnExit event occurs when a component loses focus. | |
| OnHScroll | The OnHScroll event occurs when the horizontal scrollbar slider changes its position. | |
| OnKeyDown | The OnKeyDown event occurs if a component is focused and a keyboard key is pressed. | |
| OnKeyPress | The OnKeyPress event occurs if a component is focused when a user presses a character key. | |
| OnKeyPreview | The OnKeyPreview event occurs prior to each event requiring clicking. | |
| OnKeyUp | The OnKeyUp event occurs if a component is focused and a user releases any button previously pressed. | |
| OnMouseDown | The OnMouseDown event occurs when the pointer is in component area and a mouse button is pressed. | |
| OnMouseEnter | The OnMouseEnter event occurs when mouse cursor enters the component area. | |
| OnMouseHover | The OnMouseHover event occurs when mouse cursor is held in the component area. | |
| OnMouseLeave | The OnMouseLeave event occurs when mouse cursor leaves the component area. | |
| OnMouseMove | The OnMouseMove event occurs on moving the cursor over component. | |
| OnMouseUp | The OnMouseUp event occurs on releasing mouse button when the cursor is in component area. | |
| OnMouseWheel | The OnMouseWheel event occurs if the component has focus when the mouse wheel is rotated. | |
| OnVScroll | The OnVScroll event occurs when the vertical scrollbar slider changes its position. |
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