Inherits from Base Form : Control Inheritance « GUI « VB.Net

1. VB.Net
2. GUI
3. Control Inheritance

Inherits from Base Form

Imports System
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Configuration
Imports System.Resources
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D

Public Class BaseForm
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "

    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()

        'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
        InitializeComponent()

        'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call

    End Sub

    'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
    Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
        If disposing Then
            If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
                components.Dispose()
            End If
        End If
        MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
    End Sub

    'Required by the Windows Form Designer
    Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer

    'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
    'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.  
    'Do not modify it using the code editor.
    Friend WithEvents menuItem1 As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
    Friend WithEvents fileExitMenuItem As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
    Protected WithEvents statusBar As System.Windows.Forms.StatusBar
    Friend WithEvents menuItem3 As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
    Friend WithEvents helpAboutMenuItem As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
    Friend WithEvents mainMenu1 As System.Windows.Forms.MainMenu
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
        Me.menuItem1 = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem()
        Me.fileExitMenuItem = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem()
        Me.statusBar = New System.Windows.Forms.StatusBar()
        Me.menuItem3 = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem()
        Me.helpAboutMenuItem = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem()
        Me.mainMenu1 = New System.Windows.Forms.MainMenu()
        Me.SuspendLayout()
        '
        'menuItem1
        '
        Me.menuItem1.Index = 0
        Me.menuItem1.MenuItems.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() {Me.fileExitMenuItem})
        Me.menuItem1.Text = "&File"
        '
        'fileExitMenuItem
        '
        Me.fileExitMenuItem.Index = 0
        Me.fileExitMenuItem.Text = "E&xit"
        '
        'statusBar
        '
        Me.statusBar.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(0, 72)
        Me.statusBar.Name = "statusBar"
        Me.statusBar.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(176, 22)
        Me.statusBar.TabIndex = 1
        Me.statusBar.Text = "Ready"
        '
        'menuItem3
        '
        Me.menuItem3.Index = 1
        Me.menuItem3.MenuItems.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() {Me.helpAboutMenuItem})
        Me.menuItem3.Text = "&Help"
        '
        'helpAboutMenuItem
        '
        Me.helpAboutMenuItem.Index = 0
        Me.helpAboutMenuItem.Text = "&About..."
        '
        'mainMenu1
        '
        Me.mainMenu1.MenuItems.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() {Me.menuItem1, Me.menuItem3})
        '
        'BaseForm
        '
        Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(176, 94)
        Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.statusBar})
        Me.Menu = Me.mainMenu1
        Me.Name = "BaseForm"
        Me.Text = "BaseForm"
        Me.ResumeLayout(False)

    End Sub

#End Region

    Private Sub fileExitMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles fileExitMenuItem.Click
        Me.Close()
    End Sub

    Private Sub helpAboutMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles helpAboutMenuItem.Click
        MessageBox.Show("Message?", "About")
    End Sub

End Class



Public Class EditorForm
    Inherits BaseForm

#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "

    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()

        'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
        InitializeComponent()

        'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call

    End Sub

    'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
    Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
        If disposing Then
            If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
                components.Dispose()
            End If
        End If
        MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
    End Sub

    'Required by the Windows Form Designer
    Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer

    'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
    'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.  
    'Do not modify it using the code editor.
    Friend WithEvents textBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
        Me.textBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox()
        Me.SuspendLayout()
        '
        'statusBar
        '
        Me.statusBar.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(0, 71)
        Me.statusBar.Text = "Text on a status bar"
        Me.statusBar.Visible = True
        '
        'textBox1
        '
        Me.textBox1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill
        Me.textBox1.Multiline = True
        Me.textBox1.Name = "textBox1"
        Me.textBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(176, 71)
        Me.textBox1.TabIndex = 2
        Me.textBox1.Text = "Text in a text box."
        '
        'EditorForm
        '
        Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(176, 93)
        Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.textBox1, Me.statusBar})
        Me.Name = "EditorForm"
        Me.Text = "EditorForm"
        Me.ResumeLayout(False)

    End Sub

#End Region

End Class


Public Class MainClass
    Shared Sub Main()
        Dim myform As Form = New EditorForm()
        Application.Run(myform)
    End Sub

End Class
           
       

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