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ParentControlDesigner.CreateTool Method (ToolboxItem, Point)

.NET Framework 4

Creates a component or control from the specified tool and adds it to the current design document at the specified location.

Namespace: System.Windows.Forms.Design
Assembly: System.Design (in System.Design.dll)

Syntax

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protected void CreateTool(
	ToolboxItem tool,
	Point location
)

Parameters

tool: Type: System.Drawing.Design.ToolboxItem
The ToolboxItem to create a component from.

location: Type: System.Drawing.Point
The Point, in design-time view screen coordinates, at which to center the component.

Remarks

The new component or control is positioned around the location specified by the location parameter. This method uses the default size for the tool's component, if the component has a default size.

To specify a location and size for the component or control, use the appropriate overloaded CreateTool method.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.