UserControl - Parent/Child creation

[jayscot]

I need to write a control that behaves much like the tab or toolbar control which allows the user to add to a collection of child controls at design time.

Both the Parent and child are usercontrols. I want the child-usercontrol to show in the designer like a tab or toolbar button would after adding a new one.

it looks like the bit of code that needs to be going in the windows forms section at design time is:

MyParentControl1.Controls.AddRange(New _
System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.MyChildControl1})

If i manually add this code all is well, but I don't want users to be forced to do this(hence my desire to have this control function like the toolbar or tab).


Thanks for any advice,

Jay