Appendix D. Standard WinForms Components and Controls
Winforms provides several classes meant to be composed to build applications. How (and whether) instances of these classes need to interact with the user determines whether they are components or controls. The technical distinction isn't important unless you're building one (as covered in Chapter 8: Controls and Chapter 9: Design-Time Integration). What is important is knowing what's available out of the box for your use, as listed in Table D.1. This appendix briefly covers all these except for the print-related components, which are discussed in Chapter 7: Printing.
| Components | Controls |
|---|---|
| ColorDialog (page 286) | Button (page 234) |
| ContextMenu (page ... |
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