Using GroupBoxes and Panels to hold buttons
Imports System Imports System.Windows.Forms Public Class MainClass Shared Sub Main() Dim myform As Form = New FrmGroupBox() Application.Run(myform) End Sub ' Main End Class Public Class FrmGroupBox Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form #Region " Windows Form Designer generated code " Public Sub New() MyBase.New() 'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer. InitializeComponent() 'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call End Sub 'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list. Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean) If disposing Then If Not (components Is Nothing) Then components.Dispose() End If End If MyBase.Dispose(disposing) End Sub Friend WithEvents mainGroupBox As System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox Private WithEvents mainPanel As System.Windows.Forms.Panel Friend WithEvents cmdRight As System.Windows.Forms.Button Friend WithEvents cmdHi As System.Windows.Forms.Button Friend WithEvents cmdLeft As System.Windows.Forms.Button Friend WithEvents cmdBye As System.Windows.Forms.Button Friend WithEvents lblMessage As System.Windows.Forms.Label 'Required by the Windows Form Designer Private components As System.ComponentModel.Container 'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer 'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer. 'Do not modify it using the code editor. <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent() Me.cmdRight = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.cmdBye = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.mainPanel = New System.Windows.Forms.Panel() Me.cmdLeft = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.cmdHi = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.lblMessage = New System.Windows.Forms.Label() Me.mainGroupBox = New System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox() Me.mainPanel.SuspendLayout() Me.mainGroupBox.SuspendLayout() Me.SuspendLayout() ' 'cmdRight ' Me.cmdRight.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(352, 32) Me.cmdRight.Name = "cmdRight" Me.cmdRight.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(75, 40) Me.cmdRight.TabIndex = 0 Me.cmdRight.Text = "Far Right" ' 'cmdBye ' Me.cmdBye.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(112, 40) Me.cmdBye.Name = "cmdBye" Me.cmdBye.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(75, 40) Me.cmdBye.TabIndex = 1 Me.cmdBye.Text = "Bye" ' 'mainPanel ' Me.mainPanel.AutoScroll = True Me.mainPanel.BorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.BorderStyle.FixedSingle Me.mainPanel.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.cmdLeft, Me.cmdRight}) Me.mainPanel.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(40, 192) Me.mainPanel.Name = "mainPanel" Me.mainPanel.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(184, 112) Me.mainPanel.TabIndex = 1 ' 'cmdLeft ' Me.cmdLeft.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 32) Me.cmdLeft.Name = "cmdLeft" Me.cmdLeft.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(75, 40) Me.cmdLeft.TabIndex = 1 Me.cmdLeft.Text = "Scroll" ' 'cmdHi ' Me.cmdHi.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 40) Me.cmdHi.Name = "cmdHi" Me.cmdHi.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(75, 40) Me.cmdHi.TabIndex = 0 Me.cmdHi.Text = "Hi" ' 'lblMessage ' Me.lblMessage.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 11.25!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte)) Me.lblMessage.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(32, 136) Me.lblMessage.Name = "lblMessage" Me.lblMessage.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(200, 40) Me.lblMessage.TabIndex = 2 Me.lblMessage.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter ' 'mainGroupBox ' Me.mainGroupBox.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.cmdBye, Me.cmdHi}) Me.mainGroupBox.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(32, 16) Me.mainGroupBox.Name = "mainGroupBox" Me.mainGroupBox.TabIndex = 0 Me.mainGroupBox.TabStop = False Me.mainGroupBox.Text = "Main GroupBox" ' 'FrmGroupBox ' Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13) Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(264, 333) Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.lblMessage, Me.mainPanel, Me.mainGroupBox}) Me.Name = "FrmGroupBox" Me.Text = "GroupBoxPanelExample" Me.mainPanel.ResumeLayout(False) Me.mainGroupBox.ResumeLayout(False) Me.ResumeLayout(False) End Sub #End Region ' event handlers to change lblMessage Private Sub cmdHi_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdHi.Click lblMessage.Text = "A" End Sub ' cmdHi_Click ' bye button handler Private Sub cmdBye_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdBye.Click lblMessage.Text = "B" End Sub ' cmdBye_Click ' far left button handler Private Sub cmdLeft_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdLeft.Click lblMessage.Text = "C" End Sub ' cmdLeft_Click ' far right button handler Private Sub cmdRight_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdRight.Click lblMessage.Text = "D" End Sub ' cmdRight_Click End Class
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