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C# InitializeComponent Method - Dot Net Perls

The InitializeComponent method is called in the Form constructor and contains code generated by Visual Studio to initialize controls added to a form. When controls are added visually in the designer, code is inserted into InitializeComponent to set properties of the controls like location, size, and event handlers. Programmers should not modify InitializeComponent directly and instead add code before or after the method, or in a separate event handler like Form1_Load, if they need to interact with initialized controls.

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C# InitializeComponent Method - Dot Net Perls

The InitializeComponent method is called in the Form constructor and contains code generated by Visual Studio to initialize controls added to a form. When controls are added visually in the designer, code is inserted into InitializeComponent to set properties of the controls like location, size, and event handlers. Programmers should not modify InitializeComponent directly and instead add code before or after the method, or in a separate event handler like Form1_Load, if they need to interact with initialized controls.

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Go Windows:Controls Top27WindowsExamplePages...

InitializeComponent.InWindowsFormswecreateprogramsvisually.We
dragcontrolstotheForminVisualStudio.Behindthescenes,VisualStudio
addscodetotheInitializeComponentmethod,whichiscalledintheForm
constructor.

Form

Example.Inthiscodesample,weseetheInitializeComponentmethodwhenanew
programiscreated.Then,weseeInitializeComponentafteraddingaButtoncontrolby
draggingonetotheWindowintheDesigner.

Also:
Weseethatstatementsforbutton1wereaddedtothecontents.VisualStudioaddedthe
SuspendLayoutandResumeLayoutmethodcalls.

InitialcontentsofInitializeComponent:C#

///<summary>
///RequiredmethodforDesignersupportdonotmodify
///thecontentsofthismethodwiththecodeeditor.
///</summary>
privatevoidInitializeComponent()
{
this.components=newSystem.ComponentModel.Container();
this.AutoScaleMode=System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
this.Text="Form1";
}

ContentsafteraddingButton:C#

///<summary>
///RequiredmethodforDesignersupportdonotmodify
///thecontentsofthismethodwiththecodeeditor.
///</summary>
privatevoidInitializeComponent()
{
this.button1=newSystem.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.SuspendLayout();
//
//button1
//
this.button1.Location=newSystem.Drawing.Point(13,13);
this.button1.Name="button1";
this.button1.Size=newSystem.Drawing.Size(75,23);
this.button1.TabIndex=0;
this.button1.Text="button1";
this.button1.UseVisualStyleBackColor=true;
//
//Form1
//
this.AutoScaleDimensions=newSystem.Drawing.SizeF(6F,13F);
this.AutoScaleMode=System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
this.ClientSize=newSystem.Drawing.Size(292,273);
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this.Controls.Add(this.button1);
this.Name="Form1";
this.Text="Form1";
this.ResumeLayout(false);
}

Donotmodify.ItisbestnottomodifytheInitializeComponentmethod,butinsome
casesitmaybeusefulto.Sometimes,whencreatingaprogramyoumayremovea
ControlandtheInitializeComponentmethodwillnolongercompile.

And:
Inthiscase,youcanfindthecompilationerrorandfixit,usuallybyremovinglines.

CompileTimeError

Discussion.Whenyoucreateanewprogram,theInitializeComponent()callislocatedin
theForm1constructorbody.Shouldyouaddcodebeforeorafterthiscall?Ifthecode
doesn'tinteractwiththecontrols,eitherlocationisfine.

However:
Ifthecodedoesinteractwiththecontrols,youwillwanttoputthecodeafterthe
InitializeComponentcall.

Also,youcancreateaForm1_Loadeventhandler.Youcandothisbydoubleclickingon
theFormintheDesigner.ThiswillrunaftertheForm1constructor.Thisisagoodwayto
separateyourcodefromtheInitializeComponentcall.

Summary.WelookedattheInitializeComponentmethodintheC#language
andWindowsFormsplatform.TheInitializeComponentmethodcallis
implementedwithapartialclasstomakeyourpartofthecodeeasiertoedit.

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