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Using GroupBoxes and Panels to hold buttons
Imports System.Windows.Forms

public class GroupBoxPanel
   public Shared Sub Main
        Application.Run(New FrmGroupBox)
   End Sub
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 = "Far Left"
      '
      '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

   Private Sub cmdHi_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
      ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdHi.Click

      lblMessage.Text = "Hi pressed"
   End Sub 

   Private Sub cmdBye_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
      ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdBye.Click

      lblMessage.Text = "Bye pressed"
   End Sub 
   Private Sub cmdLeft_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
      ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdLeft.Click

      lblMessage.Text = "Far left pressed"
   End Sub 
   Private Sub cmdRight_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
      ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdRight.Click

      lblMessage.Text = "Far right pressed"
   End Sub 

End Class








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