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ToolboxItem::CreateComponentsCore Method (IDesignerHost, IDictionary)

Creates 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, 
	IDictionary^ defaultValues
)

Parameters

host
Type: System.ComponentModel.Design::IDesignerHost

The designer host to use when creating components.

defaultValues
Type: System.Collections::IDictionary

A dictionary of property name/value pairs of default values with which to initialize the component.

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.

The following code example demonstrates the use of the CreateComponentsCore method in a class derived from ToolboxItem for a custom toolbox item implementation. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the ToolboxItem class.

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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
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