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Introduce a programming technology to design a very complex, rich document type.
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Data;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace VCSharpComLib
{
	//Declare a new delegate
	[ComVisible(false)]
	public delegate void CSharpObjEventHandler();

	//Events interface
	[Guid("6FB2615E-9C46-4B29-9357-14BA74A0A15E")]
	[InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIDispatch)]
	public interface ICSharpObjEvent
	{
		//declare a event source
		void NewEvent();
	}

	/// <summary>
	/// summary of CSharpObj 
	/// </summary>
	[Guid("7B00FED4-BD02-42E9-92B4-C18912A9F6DE")]
	[ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.AutoDual)]
	[ComSourceInterfaces(typeof(ICSharpObjEvent))]
	public class CSharpObj : System.Windows.Forms.UserControl
	{
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button button1;
		/// <summary> 
		/// Required designer variable.
		/// </summary>
		private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;
		
		//declare a event
		public event CSharpObjEventHandler NewEvent;

		//declare a method
		public void NewMethod()
		{
			//raise event
			NewEvent();
		}

		//dynamic load .Net component
		public void LoadDotNetControl(string sLibraryName, string sControlName, string sName)
		{
			System.Reflection.Assembly mAssembly;
			Type mType;
			object mDynObj;
			System.Reflection.PropertyInfo mPropertyInfo;

			//load program assembly
			mAssembly = System.Reflection.Assembly.Load(sLibraryName);
			//get component type
			mType = mAssembly.GetType(sLibraryName + "." + sControlName, true, true);
			//create component instance
			mDynObj = System.Activator.CreateInstance(mType);
			//set component "Dock" property
			mPropertyInfo= mType.GetProperty("Dock");
			mPropertyInfo.SetValue(mDynObj, System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill,null);
			//set component "Name" property
			mPropertyInfo= mType.GetProperty("Name");
			mPropertyInfo.SetValue(mDynObj, sName ,null);
			//show component in current container
			Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[]{( System.Windows.Forms.Control)mDynObj});

		}

		public CSharpObj()
		{
			// This call is required by the Windows.Forms Form Designer.
			InitializeComponent();

			// TODO: Add any initialization after the InitForm call

		}

		/// <summary> 
		/// Clean up any resources being used.
		/// </summary>
		protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
		{
			if( disposing )
			{
				if(components != null)
				{
					components.Dispose();
				}
			}
			base.Dispose( disposing );
		}

		#region Component Designer generated code
		/// <summary> 
		/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify 
		/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
		/// </summary>
		private void InitializeComponent()
		{
			this.button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
			this.SuspendLayout();
			// 
			// button1
			// 
			this.button1.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue;
			this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(32, 48);
			this.button1.Name = "button1";
			this.button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(88, 40);
			this.button1.TabIndex = 0;
			this.button1.Text = "CSharpCtrl";
			this.button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button1_Click);
			// 
			// CSharpObj
			// 
			this.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((System.Byte)(128)), ((System.Byte)(255)), ((System.Byte)(128)));
			this.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {
																		  this.button1});
			this.Name = "CSharpObj";
			this.ResumeLayout(false);

		}
		#endregion

		private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			Form1 pForm = new Form1();
			pForm.Show();
		}
	}
}

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