Bear with me on this:
In the code I posted on the thread "OMG User controls simply rock" (http://www.psdn.com/library/thread.jspa?threadID=11348&tstart=0) I showed how a basic data-driven combo can be dropped onto a new form.
I was thinking that this behavior is what Smart Objects should have been about. Now, what I was wanting to do was to create a basic crud toolbar (New / Edit / Delete / Find / Print).
Then, I wanted to create another user control that would use the crud toolbar as it's base. What would be the best way to go about this ?
a) Create another user control with extra buttons and have that available in the toolbox
b) create a class that inherits the toolbar but doesn't have any visualizations (eeew)
I didn't like a for a very simple reason - forms on forms on forms - and I don't know what the performance would be like
Now, can I do (b) but add it to the toolbox as a visual control ?
I wanted to see if there was a resounding consensus before I went away to experiment.