How do I make a Custom Control w/o a User Interface?

Question

So I am making a custom control... the web and many books are full of examples.

But I want my control to have no user interface, ala Timer, ToolTips, Dialogs etc. I just want the name to be in a box at the bottom.

Anyone have any idea how this is accomplished?

Ashley Argile · Answer

Well there's a good walkthrough on MSDN and also a couple of articles here on C# Corner. A short one and a longer one. Regards Ashley

John · Answer

Thanks Ashley the longer example showed me the way and my component is working perfectly.

John · Answer

Yes! I think a component is what I need since I looked at the declarations of the dialog controls and Timer and they all inherit from Component. I don't really know where to start with a toolbox-enabled component though. Do you know of any samples?

Ashley Argile · Answer

Are you sure that you want a custom control because it sounds like what you actually want is a component. A component will appear in the toolbox and can be dragged onto a form just like a control but will just appear at the bottom of the designer screen not on the rendered UI. Regards Ash