Maintenance Members

Notifies the accessibility client applications of the specified AccessibleEvents for the specified child control .

Activates the form and gives it focus.

Activates the MDI child of a form.

Adds an owned form to this form.

Adjusts the scroll bars on the container based on the current control positions and the control currently selected.

Resizes the form according to the current value of the AutoScaleBaseSize property and the size of the current font.

Executes the specified delegate asynchronously on the thread that the control's underlying handle was created on.

Executes the specified delegate asynchronously with the specified arguments, on the thread that the control's underlying handle was created on.

Brings the control to the front of the z-order.

Centers the position of the form within the bounds of the parent form.

Centers the form on the current screen.

Closes the form.

Retrieves a value indicating whether the specified control is a child of the control.

Creates a new accessibility object for the control.

Forces the creation of the visible control, including the creation of the handle and any visible child controls.

Creates the Graphics for the control.

Creates the handle for the form. If a derived class overrides this function, it must call the base implementation.

Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object.

Destroys the handle associated with the control.

Releases all resources used by the Component.

Begins a drag-and-drop operation.

Supports rendering to the specified bitmap.

Retrieves the return value of the asynchronous operation represented by the IAsyncResult passed.

Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object.

Releases unmanaged resources and performs other cleanup operations before the Component is reclaimed by garbage collection.

Retrieves the form that the control is on.

Sets input focus to the control.

Retrieves the specified AccessibleObject.

Retrieves a value indicating how a control will behave when its AutoSize property is enabled.

Retrieves the child control that is located at the specified coordinates, specifying whether to ignore child controls of a certain type.

Retrieves the child control that is located at the specified coordinates.

Returns the next ContainerControl up the control's chain of parent controls.

Serves as a hash function for a particular type.

Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance.

Retrieves the next control forward or back in the tab order of child controls.

Retrieves the size of a rectangular area into which a control can be fitted.

Determines whether the specified flag has been set.

Returns an object that represents a service provided by the Component or by its Container.

Retrieves the value of the specified control style bit for the control.

Determines if the control is a top-level control.

Gets the Type of the current instance.

Conceals the control from the user.

Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance.

Called after the control has been added to another container.

Invalidates the specified region of the control (adds it to the control's update region, which is the area that will be repainted at the next paint operation), and causes a paint message to be sent to the control.

Invalidates the specified region of the control (adds it to the control's update region, which is the area that will be repainted at the next paint operation), and causes a paint message to be sent to the control. Optionally, invalidates the child controls assigned to the control.

Invalidates the entire surface of the control and causes the control to be redrawn.

Invalidates a specific region of the control and causes a paint message to be sent to the control. Optionally, invalidates the child controls assigned to the control.

Invalidates the specified region of the control (adds it to the control's update region, which is the area that will be repainted at the next paint operation), and causes a paint message to be sent to the control.

Invalidates the specified region of the control (adds it to the control's update region, which is the area that will be repainted at the next paint operation), and causes a paint message to be sent to the control. Optionally, invalidates the child controls assigned to the control.

Executes the specified delegate on the thread that owns the control's underlying window handle.

Executes the specified delegate, on the thread that owns the control's underlying window handle, with the specified list of arguments.

Raises the GotFocus event for the specified control.

Raises the LostFocus event for the specified control.

Raises the Click event for the specified control.

Raises the Paint event for the specified control.

Raises the PaintBackground event for the specified control.

Determines if a character is an input character that the control recognizes.

Determines whether the specified key is a regular input key or a special key that requires preprocessing.

Arranges the multiple-document interface (MDI) child forms within the MDI parent form.

Creates a shallow copy of the current MarshalByRefObject object.

Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

Raises the Invalidated event with a specified region of the control to invalidate.

Raises the Activated event.

Raises the AutoSizeChanged event.

Raises the AutoValidateChanged event.

Raises the BackColorChanged event.

Raises the BackgroundImageChanged event.

Raises the BackgroundImageLayoutChanged event.

Raises the BindingContextChanged event.

Raises the CausesValidationChanged event.

Raises the ChangeUICues event.

Raises the Click event.

Raises the ClientSizeChanged event.

Raises the Closed event.

Raises the Closing event.

Raises the ContextMenuChanged event.

Raises the ContextMenuStripChanged event.

Raises the ControlAdded event.

Raises the ControlRemoved event.

Raises the CreateControl event.

Raises the CursorChanged event.

Raises the Deactivate event.

Raises the DockChanged event.

Raises the DoubleClick event.

Raises the DragDrop event.

Raises the DragEnter event.

Raises the DragLeave event.

Raises the DragOver event.

Raises the Enter event.

Raises the ForeColorChanged event.

Raises the FormClosed event.

Raises the FormClosing event.

Raises the GiveFeedback event.

Raises the GotFocus event.

Raises the HelpButtonClicked event.

Raises the HelpRequested event.

Raises the ImeModeChanged event.

Raises the InputLanguageChanged event.

Raises the InputLanguageChanging event.

Raises the Invalidated event.

Raises the KeyDown event.

Raises the KeyPress event.

Raises the KeyUp event.

Raises the Layout event.

Raises the Leave event.

Raises the Load event.

Raises the LocationChanged event.

Raises the LostFocus event.

Raises the MarginChanged event.

Raises the MaximizedBoundsChanged event.

Raises the MaximumSizeChanged event.

Raises the MdiChildActivate event.

Raises the MenuComplete event.

Raises the MenuStart event.

Raises the MinimumSizeChanged event.

Raises the MouseCaptureChanged event.

Raises the MouseClick event.

Raises the MouseDoubleClick event.

Raises the MouseDown event.

Raises the MouseEnter event.

Raises the MouseHover event.

Raises the MouseLeave event.

Raises the MouseMove event.

Raises the MouseUp event.

Raises the MouseWheel event.

Raises the Move event.

Notifies the control of Windows messages.

Raises the PaddingChanged event.

Paints the background of the control.

Raises the BackColorChanged event when the BackColor property value of the control's container changes.

Raises the BackgroundImageChanged event when the BackgroundImage property value of the control's container changes.

Raises the BindingContextChanged event when the BindingContext property value of the control's container changes.

Raises the CursorChanged event.

Raises the EnabledChanged event when the Enabled property value of the control's container changes.

Raises the FontChanged event when the Font property value of the control's container changes.

Raises the ForeColorChanged event when the ForeColor property value of the control's container changes.

Raises the RightToLeftChanged event when the RightToLeft property value of the control's container changes.

Raises the VisibleChanged event when the Visible property value of the control's container changes.

Raises the PreviewKeyDown event.

Raises the Paint event.

Raises the QueryContinueDrag event.

Raises the RegionChanged event.

Raises the ResizeBegin event.

Raises the ResizeEnd event.

Raises the RightToLeftLayoutChanged event.

Raises the Scroll event.

Raises the Shown event.

Raises the SizeChanged event.

Raises the SystemColorsChanged event.

Raises the TabIndexChanged event.

Raises the TabStopChanged event.

Raises the Validated event.

Raises the Validating event.

Raises the VisibleChanged event.

Performs scaling of the container control and its children.

Forces the control to apply layout logic to all its child controls.

Forces the control to apply layout logic to all its child controls.

Computes the location of the specified screen point into client coordinates.

Computes the location of the specified client point into screen coordinates.

Preprocesses keyboard or input messages within the message loop before they are dispatched.

Preprocesses keyboard or input messages within the message loop before they are dispatched.

Processes a command key.

Processes a dialog character.

Processes a dialog box key.

Processes a key message and generates the appropriate control events.

Raises the appropriate drag event.

Raises the appropriate key event.

Raises the appropriate mouse event.

Raises the appropriate paint event.

Forces the re-creation of the handle for the control.

Computes the size and location of the specified screen rectangle in client coordinates.

Computes the size and location of the specified client rectangle in screen coordinates.

Forces the control to invalidate its client area and immediately redraw itself and any child controls.

Removes an owned form from this form.

Resets the BackColor property to its default value.

Causes a control bound to the BindingSource to reread all the items in the list and refresh their displayed values.

Resets the Cursor property to its default value.

Resets the Font property to its default value.

Resets the ForeColor property to its default value.

Resets the ImeMode property to its default value.

Resets the control to handle the MouseLeave event.

Resets the RightToLeft property to its default value.

Resets the Text property to its default value.

Resumes usual layout logic.

Resumes usual layout logic, optionally forcing an immediate layout of pending layout requests.

Converts the specified HorizontalAlignment to the appropriate HorizontalAlignment to support right-to-left text.

Converts the specified LeftRightAlignment to the appropriate LeftRightAlignment to support right-to-left text.

Converts the specified ContentAlignment to the appropriate ContentAlignment to support right-to-left text.

Converts the specified HorizontalAlignment to the appropriate HorizontalAlignment to support right-to-left text.

Converts the specified LeftRightAlignment to the appropriate LeftRightAlignment to support right-to-left text.

Scales the control and any child controls.

Scales the entire control and any child controls.

Scales the control and all child controls by the specified scaling factor.

Scales the location, size, padding, and margin of a control.

Performs scaling of the form.

Scrolls the specified child control into view on an auto-scroll enabled control.

Calculates the scroll offset to the specified child control.

Selects this form, and optionally selects the next or previous control.

Activates the control.

Activates the next control.

Sends the control to the back of the z-order.

Sets the size of the auto-scroll margins.

Sets a value indicating how a control will behave when its AutoSize property is enabled.

Sets the bounds of the control to the specified location and size.

Sets the specified bounds of the control to the specified location and size.

Sets the client size of the form. This will adjust the bounds of the form to make the client size the requested size.

Sets the bounds of the form in desktop coordinates.

Sets the location of the form in desktop coordinates.

Positions the display window to the specified value.

Sets the specified scroll state flag.

Sets a specified ControlStyles flag to either true or false.

Sets the control as the top-level control.

Shows the form with the specified owner to the user.

Displays the control to the user.

Shows the form as a modal dialog box.

Shows the form as a modal dialog box with the specified owner.

Determines the size of the entire control from the height and width of its client area.

Temporarily suspends the layout logic for the control.

Gets a string representing the current instance of the form.

Causes the control to redraw the invalidated regions within its client area.

Updates the bounds of the control with the specified size and location.

Updates the bounds of the control with the specified size, location, and client size.

Updates which button is the default button.

Forces the assigned styles to be reapplied to the control.

Updates the control in its parent's z-order.

Verifies the value of the control losing focus by causing the Validating and Validated events to occur, in that order.

Verifies the value of the control that is losing focus; conditionally dependent on whether automatic validation is turned on.

Gets or sets the button on the form that is clicked when the user presses the ENTER key.

Gets the AccessibleObject assigned to the control.

Gets or sets the default action description of the control for use by accessibility client applications.

Gets or sets the description of the control used by accessibility client applications.

Gets or sets the name of the control used by accessibility client applications.

Gets or sets the accessible role of the control

Gets or sets the active control on the container control.

Gets the currently active multiple-document interface (MDI) child window.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control can accept data that the user drags onto it.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the opacity of the form can be adjusted.

Gets or sets the edges of the container to which a control is bound and determines how a control is resized with its parent.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the form adjusts its size to fit the height of the font used on the form and scales its controls.

Gets or sets the base size used for autoscaling of the form.

Gets or sets the dimensions that the control was designed to.

Gets the scaling factor between the current and design-time automatic scaling dimensions.

Gets or sets the automatic scaling mode of the control.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the form enables autoscrolling.

Gets or sets the size of the auto-scroll margin.

Gets or sets the minimum size of the auto-scroll.

Gets or sets where this control is scrolled to in ScrollControlIntoView(System.Windows.Forms.Control).

Gets or sets the location of the auto-scroll position.

Resize the form according to the setting of AutoSizeMode.

Gets or sets the mode by which the form automatically resizes itself.

Gets or sets the background image displayed in the control.

Gets or sets the background image layout as defined in the ImageLayout enumeration.

Gets the distance, in pixels, between the bottom edge of the control and the top edge of its container's client area.

Gets or sets the size and location of the control including its nonclient elements, in pixels, relative to the parent control.

Gets or sets the button control that is clicked when the user presses the ESC key.

Gets a value indicating whether the ImeMode property can be set to an active value, to enable IME support.

Gets a value indicating whether the control can receive focus.

Determines if events can be raised on the control.

Gets a value indicating whether the control can be selected.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control has captured the mouse.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control causes validation to be performed on any controls that require validation when it receives focus.

Gets the rectangle that represents the client area of the control.

Gets or sets the size of the client area of the form.

Gets the name of the company or creator of the application containing the control.

Gets the IContainer that contains the Component.

Gets a value indicating whether the control, or one of its child controls, currently has the input focus.

Gets or sets the shortcut menu associated with the control.

Gets or sets the ContextMenuStrip associated with this control.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether a control box is displayed in the caption bar of the form.

Gets the collection of controls contained within the control.

Gets a value indicating whether the control has been created.

Gets the current run-time dimensions of the screen.

Gets or sets the cursor that is displayed when the mouse pointer is over the control.

Gets the data bindings for the control.

Gets or sets the default cursor for the control.

Gets the default Input Method Editor (IME) mode supported by the control.

Gets the space, in pixels, that is specified by default between controls.

Gets the length and height, in pixels, that is specified as the default maximum size of a control.

Gets the length and height, in pixels, that is specified as the default minimum size of a control.

Gets the internal spacing, in pixels, of the contents of a control.

Gets a value that indicates whether the Component is currently in design mode.

Gets or sets the size and location of the form on the Windows desktop.

Gets or sets the location of the form on the Windows desktop.

Gets or sets the dialog result for the form.

Gets the rectangle that represents the virtual display area of the control.

Gets a value indicating whether the base Control class is in the process of disposing.

Gets or sets which control borders are docked to its parent control and determines how a control is resized with its parent.

Gets the dock padding settings for all edges of the control.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether this control should redraw its surface using a secondary buffer to reduce or prevent flicker.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control can respond to user interaction.

Gets the list of event handlers that are attached to this Component.

Gets a value indicating whether the control has input focus.

Gets or sets the font of the text displayed by the control.

Gets or sets the height of the font of the control.

Gets or sets the foreground color of the control.

Gets or sets the border style of the form.

Gets the window handle that the control is bound to.

Gets a value indicating whether the control contains one or more child controls.

Gets or sets the height of the control.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether a Help button should be displayed in the caption box of the form.

Gets the characteristics associated with the horizontal scroll bar.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the horizontal scroll bar is visible.

Gets or sets the icon for the form.

Gets or sets the Input Method Editor (IME) mode of the control.

Gets or sets the IME mode of a control.

Gets a value indicating whether the caller must call an invoke method when making method calls to the control because the caller is on a different thread than the one the control was created on.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control is visible to accessibility applications.

Gets a value indicating whether the control has been disposed of.

Gets a value indicating whether the control has a handle associated with it.

Gets a value indicating whether the form is a multiple-document interface (MDI) child form.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the form is a container for multiple-document interface (MDI) child forms.

Gets a value indicating whether the control is mirrored.

Gets a value indicating whether the form can use all windows and user input events without restriction.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the form will receive key events before the event is passed to the control that has focus.

Gets a cached instance of the control's layout engine.

Gets or sets the distance, in pixels, between the left edge of the control and the left edge of its container's client area.

Gets or sets the Point that represents the upper-left corner of the Form in screen coordinates.

Gets or sets the primary menu container for the form.

Gets or sets the space between controls.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the Maximize button is displayed in the caption bar of the form.

Gets and sets the size of the form when it is maximized.

Gets the maximum size the form can be resized to.

Gets an array of forms that represent the multiple-document interface (MDI) child forms that are parented to this form.

Gets or sets the current multiple-document interface (MDI) parent form of this form.

Gets or sets the MainMenu that is displayed in the form.

Gets the merged menu for the form.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the Minimize button is displayed in the caption bar of the form.

Gets or sets the minimum size the form can be resized to.

Gets a value indicating whether this form is displayed modally.

Gets or sets the name of the control.

Gets or sets the opacity level of the form.

Gets an array of Form objects that represent all forms that are owned by this form.

Gets or sets the form that owns this form.

Gets or sets padding within the control.

Gets or sets the parent container of the control.

Gets the form that the container control is assigned to.

Gets the size of a rectangular area into which the control can fit.

Gets the product name of the assembly containing the control.

Gets the version of the assembly containing the control.

Gets a value indicating whether the control is currently re-creating its handle.

Gets or sets the window region associated with the control.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control redraws itself when resized.

Gets the location and size of the form in its normal window state.

Gets the distance, in pixels, between the right edge of the control and the left edge of its container's client area.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether control's elements are aligned to support locales using right-to-left fonts.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether right-to-left mirror placement is turned on.

Gets a value that determines the scaling of child controls.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether an icon is displayed in the caption bar of the form.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the form is displayed in the Windows taskbar.

Gets a value indicating whether the window will be activated when it is shown.

Gets or sets the site of the control.

Gets or sets the size of the form.

Gets or sets the style of the size grip to display in the lower-right corner of the form.

Gets or sets the starting position of the form at run time.

Gets or sets the tab order of the control within its container.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the user can give the focus to this control using the TAB key.

Gets or sets the object that contains data about the control.

Gets or sets the distance, in pixels, between the top edge of the control and the top edge of its container's client area.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether to display the form as a top-level window.

Gets the parent control that is not parented by another Windows Forms control. Typically, this is the outermost Form that the control is contained in.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the form should be displayed as a topmost form.

Gets or sets the color that will represent transparent areas of the form.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether to use the wait cursor for the current control and all child controls.

Gets the characteristics associated with the vertical scroll bar.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control and all its child controls are displayed.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the vertical scroll bar is visible.

Gets or sets the width of the control.

Gets or sets a value that indicates whether form is minimized, maximized, or normal.

This property is not relevant for this class.

Occurs when the form is activated in code or by the user.

Occurs when the AutoSize property changes.

Occurs when the AutoValidate property changes.

Occurs when the value of the BackColor property changes.

Occurs when the value of the BackgroundImage property changes.

Occurs when the BackgroundImageLayout property changes.

Occurs when the value of the BindingContext property changes.

Occurs when the value of the CausesValidation property changes.

Occurs when the focus or keyboard user interface (UI) cues change.

Occurs when the control is clicked.

Occurs when the value of the ClientSize property changes.

Occurs when the form is closed.

Occurs when the form is closing.

Occurs when the value of the ContextMenu property changes.

Occurs when the value of the ContextMenuStrip property changes.

Occurs when a new control is added to the ControlCollection.

Occurs when a control is removed from the ControlCollection.

Occurs when the value of the Cursor property changes.

Occurs when the form loses focus and is no longer the active form.

Occurs when the component is disposed by a call to the Dispose method.

Occurs when the value of the Dock property changes.

Occurs when the control is double-clicked.

Occurs when a drag-and-drop operation is completed.

Occurs when an object is dragged into the control's bounds.

Occurs when an object is dragged out of the control's bounds.

Occurs when an object is dragged over the control's bounds.

Occurs when the Enabled property value has changed.

Occurs when the control is entered.

Occurs when the Font property value changes.

Occurs when the ForeColor property value changes.

Occurs after the form is closed.

Occurs before the form is closed.

Occurs during a drag operation.

Occurs when the control receives focus.

Occurs when a handle is created for the control.

Occurs when the control's handle is in the process of being destroyed.

Occurs when the Help button is clicked.

Occurs when the user requests help for a control.

Occurs when the ImeMode property has changed.

Occurs after the input language of the form has changed.

Occurs when the user attempts to change the input language for the form.

Occurs when a control's display requires redrawing.

Occurs when a key is pressed while the control has focus.

Occurs when a key is pressed while the control has focus.

Occurs when a key is released while the control has focus.

Occurs when a control should reposition its child controls.

Occurs when the input focus leaves the control.

Occurs before a form is displayed for the first time.

Occurs when the Location property value has changed.

Occurs when the control loses focus.

Occurs when the Margin property changes.

Occurs when the value of the MaximizedBounds property has changed.

Occurs when the value of the MaximumSize property has changed.

Occurs when a multiple-document interface (MDI) child form is activated or closed within an MDI application.

Occurs when the menu of a form loses focus.

Occurs when the menu of a form receives focus.

Occurs when the value of the MinimumSize property has changed.

Occurs when the control loses mouse capture.

Occurs when the control is clicked by the mouse.

Occurs when the control is double clicked by the mouse.

Occurs when the mouse pointer is over the control and a mouse button is pressed.

Occurs when the mouse pointer enters the control.

Occurs when the mouse pointer rests on the control.

Occurs when the mouse pointer leaves the control.

Occurs when the mouse pointer is moved over the control.

Occurs when the mouse pointer is over the control and a mouse button is released.

Occurs when the mouse wheel moves while the control has focus.

Occurs when the control is moved.

Occurs when the control's padding changes.

Occurs when the control is redrawn.

Occurs when the Parent property value changes.

Occurs before the KeyDown event when a key is pressed while focus is on this control.

Occurs when AccessibleObject is providing help to accessibility applications.

Occurs during a drag-and-drop operation and enables the drag source to determine whether the drag-and-drop operation should be canceled.

Occurs when the value of the Region property changes.

Occurs when the control is resized.

Occurs when a form enters resizing mode.

Occurs when a form exits resizing mode.

Occurs when the RightToLeft property value changes.

Occurs after the value of the RightToLeftLayout property changes.

Occurs when the user or code scrolls through the client area.

Occurs whenever the form is first displayed.

Occurs when the Size property value changes.

Occurs when the control style changes.

Occurs when the system colors change.

Occurs when the value of the TabIndex property changes.

Occurs when the TabStop property changes.

Occurs when the Text property value changes.

Occurs when the control is finished validating.

Occurs when the control is validating.

Occurs when the Visible property value changes.