I've got a form with a listbox and a button to add an item to the listbox. Now in the VS2005 editor I've dragged the listbox onto the form. The thing is I would assume that the listbox would be part of the TaskList Class thatI have.

I assume if I'm programming full OO that the list box would be created in the class and not by me dragging the listbox onto the form? Am I correct?

I assume if its pure OO and the listbox methods add and subtract items from the listbox, that the listbox is part of the tasklist class and not the form?

Any guidance on this is appreciated. If I'm way off track please tell me.

Regards

fc

Friendlycoder:

after you drag list box you can see this.Listbox, then I think Listbox is already inyour class.

then the listbox is a member of form class.

I am not sure , since your list need appear at the form , why not put it in the form calss?

It seems the most appropiate place within the form class; I just thought if I looked at it from a real world perspective, that the ListBox it would be in the other class, but I understand that ListBox inherits from Form Class (correct?), and if all my classes share the same namespace then it should be ok.

In a larger application would this still be the case? would you want to keep your form controls separate from the classes that they should be in?

Thanks for that help; so everything I drop onto a form is then already defined, just not set as a class, meaning it cannot be used until you make it a class.