A panel is an object that can be used to host or hold other controls whose belonging to the same group needs to be explicitly shown to the user. To create a panel, use the Panel class.

1. Start Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
2. On the Start Page, click New Project (alternatively, on the main menu, you can click File -> New -> Project...)
3. On the New Project dialog box, in the Project Types tree list, click Visual C++ Projects
4. In the Templates list, click Managed C++ Empty Project
5. In the Name edit box, replace the <Enter name> content with Panel
6. In the Location combo box, accept the suggestion or type your own. If you don't have any, type C:\Programs\MSVC.NET
7. Click OK
8. On the main menu, click Project -> Add New Item...
9. In the Add New Item dialog box, in the Templates list, click C++ File
10. In the Name box, replace <Enter name> with Main and click OK
11. Replace the contents of the empty file with the following (I have commented the whole file to indicate what each piece of code does):
     

    #using <mscorlib.dll> #using <System.dll> #using <System.Drawing.dll> #using <System.Windows.Forms.dll> using namespace System; using namespace System::Drawing; using namespace System::Windows::Forms; __gc public class SimpleForm : public Form { public: SimpleForm(); private: Panel *pnlRectangle; }; SimpleForm::SimpleForm() { this->Text = S"Panel Control Example"; pnlRectangle = new Panel; pnlRectangle->Location = Point(8, 16); pnlRectangle->Size = Drawing::Size(220, 108); pnlRectangle->BorderStyle = BorderStyle::Fixed3D; this->Controls->Add(pnlRectangle); } int __stdcall WinMain() { SimpleForm *FM = new SimpleForm; Application::Run(FM); return 0; }

12. Test the application.

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