VB.Net/GUI/Anchor

Anchoring in VB

Imports System
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.ruponentModel
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Configuration
Imports System.Resources
Public Class Form1
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "
    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()
        "This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
        InitializeComponent()
        "Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call
    End Sub
    "Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
    Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
        If disposing Then
            If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
                components.Dispose()
            End If
        End If
        MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
    End Sub
    "Required by the Windows Form Designer
    Private components As System.ruponentModel.IContainer
    "NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
    "It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.  
    "Do not modify it using the code editor.
    Friend WithEvents textBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
    Friend WithEvents label1 As System.Windows.Forms.Label
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
        Me.textBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox()
        Me.label1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label()
        Me.SuspendLayout()
        "
        "textBox1
        "
        Me.textBox1.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left) _
                    Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)
        Me.textBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(144, 16)
        Me.textBox1.Name = "textBox1"
        Me.textBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(116, 20)
        Me.textBox1.TabIndex = 3
        Me.textBox1.Text = "textBox1"
        "
        "label1
        "
        Me.label1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(8, 16)
        Me.label1.Name = "label1"
        Me.label1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(125, 20)
        Me.label1.TabIndex = 2
        Me.label1.Text = "My perfectly-sized label"
        Me.label1.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft
        "
        "Form1
        "
        Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(272, 54)
        Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.textBox1, Me.label1})
        Me.Name = "Form1"
        Me.Text = "Form1"
        Me.ResumeLayout(False)
    End Sub
#End Region
    Shared Sub Main()
        Dim myform As Form = New  Form1()
        Application.Run(myform)
    End Sub
End Class

Anchor your component

Imports System
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.Windows.Forms
public class MainClass
   Shared Sub Main()
      Dim form1 As Form = New Form1
      Application.Run(form1)
   End Sub
End Class


Public Class Form1
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "
    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()
        "This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
        InitializeComponent()
        "Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call
    End Sub
    "Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
    Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
        If disposing Then
            If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
                components.Dispose()
            End If
        End If
        MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
    End Sub
    "Required by the Windows Form Designer
    Private components As System.ruponentModel.IContainer
    "NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
    "It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.  
    "Do not modify it using the code editor.
    Friend WithEvents CheckBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox
    Friend WithEvents CheckBox2 As System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox
    Friend WithEvents CheckBox3 As System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox
    Friend WithEvents CheckBox4 As System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox
    Friend WithEvents ListBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.ListBox
    Friend WithEvents TextBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
        Me.CheckBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox()
        Me.CheckBox2 = New System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox()
        Me.CheckBox3 = New System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox()
        Me.CheckBox4 = New System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox()
        Me.ListBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ListBox()
        Me.TextBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox()
        Me.SuspendLayout()
        "
        "CheckBox1
        "
        Me.CheckBox1.Anchor = (System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)
        Me.CheckBox1.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Verdana", 9.0!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte))
        Me.CheckBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(452, 12)
        Me.CheckBox1.Name = "CheckBox1"
        Me.CheckBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(110, 24)
        Me.CheckBox1.TabIndex = 0
        Me.CheckBox1.Text = "Option 1"
        "
        "CheckBox2
        "
        Me.CheckBox2.Anchor = (System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)
        Me.CheckBox2.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Verdana", 9.0!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte))
        Me.CheckBox2.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(452, 40)
        Me.CheckBox2.Name = "CheckBox2"
        Me.CheckBox2.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(110, 24)
        Me.CheckBox2.TabIndex = 1
        Me.CheckBox2.Text = "Option 2"
        "
        "CheckBox3
        "
        Me.CheckBox3.Anchor = (System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)
        Me.CheckBox3.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Verdana", 9.0!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte))
        Me.CheckBox3.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(452, 68)
        Me.CheckBox3.Name = "CheckBox3"
        Me.CheckBox3.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(110, 24)
        Me.CheckBox3.TabIndex = 2
        Me.CheckBox3.Text = "Option 3"
        "
        "CheckBox4
        "
        Me.CheckBox4.Anchor = (System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)
        Me.CheckBox4.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Verdana", 9.0!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte))
        Me.CheckBox4.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(452, 96)
        Me.CheckBox4.Name = "CheckBox4"
        Me.CheckBox4.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(110, 24)
        Me.CheckBox4.TabIndex = 3
        Me.CheckBox4.Text = "Option 4"
        "
        "ListBox1
        "
        Me.ListBox1.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom) _
                    Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)
        Me.ListBox1.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Verdana", 9.0!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte))
        Me.ListBox1.IntegralHeight = False
        Me.ListBox1.ItemHeight = 14
        Me.ListBox1.Items.AddRange(New Object() {"Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3", "Item 4", "Item 5", "Item 6", "Item 7", "Item 8"})
        Me.ListBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(448, 130)
        Me.ListBox1.Name = "ListBox1"
        Me.ListBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(112, 210)
        Me.ListBox1.TabIndex = 4
        "
        "TextBox1
        "
        Me.TextBox1.Anchor = (((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom) _
                    Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left) _
                    Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)
        Me.TextBox1.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Verdana", 9.0!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte))
        Me.TextBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(4, 4)
        Me.TextBox1.Multiline = True
        Me.TextBox1.Name = "TextBox1"
        Me.TextBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(438, 336)
        Me.TextBox1.TabIndex = 5
        Me.TextBox1.Text = "Some Text"
        "
        "Form1
        "
        Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(568, 345)
        Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.TextBox1, Me.ListBox1, Me.CheckBox4, Me.CheckBox3, Me.CheckBox2, Me.CheckBox1})
        Me.Name = "Form1"
        Me.Text = "Anchored Controls"
        Me.ResumeLayout(False)
    End Sub
#End Region
End Class