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ParentControlDesigner.CreateTool Method (ToolboxItem, Rectangle)

.NET Framework 4

Creates a component or control from the specified tool and adds it to the current design document within the bounds of the specified rectangle.

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

Syntax

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protected void CreateTool(
	ToolboxItem tool,
	Rectangle bounds
)

Parameters

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

bounds: Type: System.Drawing.Rectangle
A Rectangle indicating the location and size for the component created from the tool. The X and Y values of the Rectangle indicate the design-time view screen coordinates of the upper-left corner of the component.

Remarks

The new component or control is positioned with its upper left corner at the location specified by the X and Y values of the bounds parameter. The size of the new component or control will be set to the values specified by the Height and Width properties of the bounds parameter.

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.