Using MM .NET Windows Forms Controls

MM .NET Framework Windows Forms controls provide many advantages over Microsoft's base UI classes as described in the following sections.

Easy data binding

Many people are surprised when they discover how much code they need to write to bind controls to data. In MM .NET, we provide builders that make it as easy as setting a property.

Built-in security

You can specify user and role-level security for MM .NET user interface controls. For example, you can specify that a particular control is "No Access", "Read-Only Access" or "Full Access" for a particular user or role.

Built-in multi-lingual capabilities

You can change the text of a control to a different language dynamically at run time. You can even let end-users perform the translation themselves!

ToolTipText Property

All MM .NET Windows Forms controls have a custom ToolTipText property you can use to specify the tooltip text for the control. Tooltips are also localizable in MM .NET.

Adding MM .NET Controls to the Visual Studio Toolbox

To add these controls to the Visual Studio Toolbox, follow the instructions in the section Adding MM .NET Windows Forms Controls to the Visual Studio Toolbox.

The source code for these controls is found in the MM .NET Framework Windows Forms project.