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How can I make a step-based wizard for a Windows Form application? (Not ASP.NET). I am using Visual Studio 2005.

I basically want some sort of a "application first-time configuration" like many programs have, but all searches turn up how to make an Add-In in Visual Studio.

Could it be done with controls? How do many applications get the similar look for wizards? I want to keep the code written by me, not licensed using a pre-built wizard system.

Thanks!

Chris

SimonJ

There are lots of ways you could do this. Create a panel for each Wizard step, stack them all together in the z order, show one and hide the others. Change which is shown with the Back and Next buttons.

Third party controls, such as Infragistics NetAdvantage suite, have Tab controls which allow you to hide the tabs themselves but still control movement back and forth through the tab pages using Back and Next buttons. http://www.infragistics.com/

Other control suites such as Crownwood's Dot Net Magic suite have a specific "Wizard" control. http://www.dotnetmagic.com/index.html

SimonJ