Designing Classes (How Do I in C#)
This page links to help on widely used C# Class Designer tasks. To view other categories of popular tasks covered in Help, see How Do I in C#.
- How to: Create Types on Class Diagrams
Describes how to create new types, such as classes, enumerations, interfaces, structs, and delegates.
- Creating and Configuring Type Members
Describes how to work with type members.
- How to: Inherit from a Generic Type
Explains how to establish a relationship in which a class inherits from a generic.
- How to: Define Inheritance Between Types
Explains how to use the Class Designer to define an inheritance relationship between two types currently displayed in a class diagram.
- How to: Define Associations Between Types
Explains how to define an association. Association lines in the Class Designer show how classes in a diagram are related.
- How to: Delete Type Shapes and Associated Code from Class Diagrams
Describes how to remove a shape, or both the shape and code, from the class diagram.
- How to: Apply Custom Attributes to Types or Type Members
Explains how to apply a custom attribute to a type or to a member of a type.
- How to: View Inheritance Between Types
Demonstrates how to display the base type of a selected type, assuming that an inheritance relationship exists between the type and its base type.
- How to: View Derived Types
Displays the types derived from a selected type. It assumes that an inheritance relationship exists between the type and its base class or interface.
- How to: Remove Type Shapes from Class Diagrams
Contains a procedure that demonstrates how to remove a shape from a diagram.
- How to: View Compartments in Type Shapes
Contains a procedure that demonstrates how to show or hide a compartment.
- How to: View Type Details
Contains a procedure that demonstrates how to display details of a type.
- How to: Change Between Member Notation and Association Notation
Contains a procedure that demonstrates how to change between member notation and association.
- How to: View Type Members
Contains a procedure that demonstrates how to show or hide a member within a type.
- How to: Add Class Diagrams to Projects
Contains a procedure that demonstrates how to add a class diagram to a project.
- How to: View Existing Types
Contains a procedure that demonstrates how to visualize existing types on the design surface.
- How to: Add Class Diagrams to Projects
Contains a procedure that demonstrates how to add a class diagram to a project.
- Understanding Code You Did Not Write
Explains how to use the Visual Studio Class Designer as a tool to help you understand classes and types written by others. The tool displays a graphical representation of the code. You can customize this view to suit your preferences.
- How to: Group Type Members
Contains a procedure that demonstrates how to group members by kind, access modifier, or how to sort them alphabetically.
- How to: Add Comments to Class Diagrams
Contains a procedure that demonstrates how to use comment shapes to annotate class diagrams.
- Customizing Class Diagrams
Contains a procedure that demonstrates how to change the way class diagrams display information about your project.
- How to: Copy Class Diagram Elements to a Microsoft Office Document
Contains a procedure that demonstrates how to copy one, several, or all the shapes from a class diagram into other documents.
- How to: Print Class Diagrams
Contains a procedure that demonstrates how to print a class diagram using the print feature of Visual Studio.
- How to: Override Type Members
Contains a procedure that demonstrates how to use Class Designer to cause a member in a child class to override (provide a new implementation for) a member inherited from a base class.
- How to: Rename Types and Type Members
Contains a procedure that demonstrates how to rename a type or a member of a type using the Class Designer, the Class Details window, or the Properties window.
- How to: Move a Type Member from one Type to Another
Contains a procedure that demonstrates how to move a type member from one type to another type, if both are visible in the current class diagram.
- How to: Implement an Interface
Explains how to use the Class Designer to create, implement, and delete interfaces.
- How to: Implement an Abstract Class
Contains a procedure that demonstrates how to use the Class Designer to implement an abstract class.
- How to: Extract to Interface (C# only)
Contains a procedure that demonstrates how to extract one or more public members from a type into a new interface.
- How to: Reorder Parameters (C# only)
Contains a procedure that demonstrates how to reorder the parameters of methods in types shown in the Class Designer.
- How to: Open the Class Details Window
Describes how Class Details is a window you can use to configure the members of a type.
- Class Details Window Elements
Describe aspects of the rows displayed by the Class Details window.
- How to: Create a Member
Explains how to create a member using any of the following tools: Class Designer, Class Details window toolbar, or Class Details window.
- How to: Add a Parameter to a Method
Explains how to add a parameter to a method using the Class Details window.
- How to: Modify Type Members
Describes how to modify the members of a type you have created in Class Designer by using the Class Details window.
- Class Details Window Usage Notes
Gives you tips on using the Class Details window.
- Display of Read-Only Information
Explains how the Class Designer and the Class Details window can display the types (and members of types) for a project, or for a project or assembly referenced from a project.
- How to: Implement a Designer for a Control
Describes how to implement a designer (HelpLabelDesigner) for the HelpLabel extender provider control.
- How to: Create and Configure Components in Design Mode
Demonstrates how to use designer services to create and initialize components in your custom designer.
- How to: Access Design-Time Support in Windows Forms
Provides steps to access the design-time support provided by the .NET Framework.
- How to: Implement a HelpLabel Extender Provider
Demonstrates how to build an extender provider by creating the HelpLabel control.
- How to: Access Design-Time Services
Shows you how to gain access to the rich set of .NET Framework services so that you can integrate your components and controls into the design environment.
- How to: Serialize Collections of Standard Types with the DesignerSerializationVisibilityAttribute
Demonstrates how to use the DesignerSerializationVisibilityAttribute class to control how a collection is serialized at design time.
- How to: Perform Custom Initialization for Controls in Design Mode
Demonstrates how to initialize a control when it is created by the design environment.
- How to: Implement a Type Converter
Demonstrates how to use a type converter to convert values between data types, and to assist property configuration at design time by providing text-to-value conversion or a drop-down list of values to select from.
- How to: Implement a UI Type Editor
Demonstrates how to implement a custom UI type editor for Windows Forms.
- How to: Extend the Appearance and Behavior of Controls in Design Mode
Demonstrates how to create a custom designer that extends the user interface (UI) for designing a custom control.
- How to: Create a Windows Forms Control That Takes Advantage of Design-Time Features
Illustrates how to create a custom control and an associated custom designer. When this library is built, you can build custom MarqueeControl implementations that run on a form.
- How to: Attach Smart Tags to a Windows Forms Component
Shows how to add smart tag support to components and custom controls.
- How to: Adjust the Attributes, Events, and Properties of a Component in Design Mode
Demonstrates how to create a custom designer that adjusts a component's attributes, events, and properties.
The following sites require an Internet connection.
- Visual Studio 2008 Developer Center
Contains many articles and resources on developing applications using Visual Studio 2008. This site is updated regularly with new content.
- Visual C# Developer Center
Contains many articles and resources on developing C# applications. This site is updated regularly with new content.
- Microsoft .NET Framework Developer Center
Contains many articles and resources on developing and debugging .NET Framework applications. This site is updated regularly with new content.
- Microsoft Patterns and Practices Developer Center
Scenario-specific recommendations illustrating how to design, develop, deploy, and operate architecturally sound applications for the Microsoft .NET platform.
