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ToolboxItem::CreateComponentsCore Method (IDesignerHost)

Creates a component or an array of components when the toolbox item is invoked.

Namespace:  System.Drawing.Design
Assembly:  System.Drawing (in System.Drawing.dll)

protected:
virtual array<IComponent^>^ CreateComponentsCore(
	IDesignerHost^ host
)

Parameters

host
Type: System.ComponentModel.Design::IDesignerHost

The IDesignerHost to host the toolbox item.

Return Value

Type: array<System.ComponentModel::IComponent>
An array of created IComponent objects.

If host is not nullptr, the CreateComponentsCore method adds the new components to the designer.

Notes to Inheritors:

You can override the CreateComponentsCore method to return the component or components that a toolbox item creates.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

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

.NET Framework

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