class and component class

[Jon Vaughan]

Whats the difference between a class and a component class , they seem to
have identical structures, but different icons ?
and when would I use a component class over a a class ?

Thanks

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Jon Vaughan" <jo**********@hotmail.comschrieb:

Whats the difference between a class and a component class , they seem to
have identical structures, but different icons ?
and when would I use a component class over a a class ?

Component classes inherit from 'System.ComponentModel.Component'. They can
be placed on forms, for example and are shown in the component tray at
design time.

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>

[Mythran]

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"Jon Vaughan" <jo**********@hotmail.comschrieb:

>Whats the difference between a class and a component class , they seem to
have identical structures, but different icons ?
and when would I use a component class over a a class ?

Component classes inherit from 'System.ComponentModel.Component'. They
can be placed on forms, for example and are shown in the component tray at
design time.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>

An example of a component would be the OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog.
Both of these, as far as I can remember, are components. They are
associated with a form, but are not a user-interactable control located on
the parent form.

HTH,
Mythran

[Jon Vaughan]

When selecting a simple dist enterprise template , the data tier has a
default class that is a component class , why would this be ? is you arent
going to drop it on a form ?
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>"Jon Vaughan" <jo**********@hotmail.comschrieb:

>>Whats the difference between a class and a component class , they seem
to have identical structures, but different icons ?
and when would I use a component class over a a class ?

Component classes inherit from 'System.ComponentModel.Component'. They
can be placed on forms, for example and are shown in the component tray
at design time.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>

An example of a component would be the OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog.
Both of these, as far as I can remember, are components. They are
associated with a form, but are not a user-interactable control located on
the parent form.

HTH,
Mythran

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Jon Vaughan" <jo**********@hotmail.comschrieb:

When selecting a simple dist enterprise template , the data tier has a
default class that is a component class , why would this be ? is you arent
going to drop it on a form ?

If it's shown in the designer's component tray, then yes, it's a component
class.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>