Building a Shared Code Library as a VS.NET Plug-in

'system.componentmodel
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Public Class frmAddCategory
    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
        '  LoadImagestoList()
    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.ComponentModel.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 Label1 As System.Windows.Forms.Label
    Friend WithEvents txtCatName As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
    Friend WithEvents Label2 As System.Windows.Forms.Label
    Friend WithEvents ListView1 As System.Windows.Forms.ListView
    Friend WithEvents btnCancel As System.Windows.Forms.Button
    Friend WithEvents btnOK As System.Windows.Forms.Button
    Public WithEvents ImageList1 As System.Windows.Forms.ImageList
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
        Me.components = New System.ComponentModel.Container
        Dim ListViewItem1 As System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem = New System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem("")
        Dim ListViewItem2 As System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem = New System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem("")
        Dim ListViewItem3 As System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem = New System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem("")
        Dim ListViewItem4 As System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem = New System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem("")
        Dim ListViewItem5 As System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem = New System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem("")
        Me.Label1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label
        Me.btnCancel = New System.Windows.Forms.Button
        Me.btnOK = New System.Windows.Forms.Button
        Me.txtCatName = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
        Me.Label2 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label
        Me.ListView1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ListView
        Me.ImageList1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ImageList(Me.components)
        Me.SuspendLayout()
        '
        'Label1
        '
        Me.Label1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(24, 32)
        Me.Label1.Name = "Label1"
        Me.Label1.TabIndex = 0
        Me.Label1.Text = "Category Name"
        '
        'btnCancel
        '
        Me.btnCancel.DialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Cancel
        Me.btnCancel.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(208, 232)
        Me.btnCancel.Name = "btnCancel"
        Me.btnCancel.TabIndex = 1
        Me.btnCancel.Text = "Cancel"
        '
        'btnOK
        '
        Me.btnOK.DialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK
        Me.btnOK.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(296, 232)
        Me.btnOK.Name = "btnOK"
        Me.btnOK.TabIndex = 2
        Me.btnOK.Text = "OK"
        '
        'txtCatName
        '
        Me.txtCatName.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(136, 32)
        Me.txtCatName.Name = "txtCatName"
        Me.txtCatName.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(224, 20)
        Me.txtCatName.TabIndex = 3
        Me.txtCatName.Text = ""
        '
        'Label2
        '
        Me.Label2.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(24, 72)
        Me.Label2.Name = "Label2"
        Me.Label2.TabIndex = 5
        Me.Label2.Text = "Icon"
        '
        'ListView1
        '
        Me.ListView1.CausesValidation = False
        Me.ListView1.FullRowSelect = True
        Me.ListView1.GridLines = True
        ListViewItem1.Tag = "0"
        ListViewItem2.Tag = "1"
        ListViewItem3.Tag = "2"
        ListViewItem4.Tag = "3"
        ListViewItem5.Tag = "4"
        Me.ListView1.Items.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem() {ListViewItem1, ListViewItem2, ListViewItem3, ListViewItem4, ListViewItem5})
        Me.ListView1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(136, 64)
        Me.ListView1.MultiSelect = False
        Me.ListView1.Name = "ListView1"
        Me.ListView1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(224, 144)
        Me.ListView1.SmallImageList = Me.ImageList1
        Me.ListView1.TabIndex = 6
        Me.ListView1.View = System.Windows.Forms.View.SmallIcon
        '
        'ImageList1
        '
        Me.ImageList1.ImageSize = New System.Drawing.Size(16, 16)
        Me.ImageList1.TransparentColor = System.Drawing.Color.Transparent
        '
        'frmAddCategory
        '
        Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(384, 270)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.ListView1)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.Label2)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.txtCatName)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.btnOK)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.btnCancel)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.Label1)
        Me.Name = "frmAddCategory"
        Me.Text = "Add a new category"
        Me.ResumeLayout(False)

    End Sub

#End Region


    Public Property CategoryName() As String
        Get
            Return txtCatName.Text
        End Get
        Set(ByVal Value As String)
            txtCatName.Text = Value
        End Set
    End Property

    Public Property IconID() As Integer
        Get
            If Not ListView1.SelectedItems Is Nothing Then
                Try
                    Return ListView1.SelectedItems(0).Index
                Catch
                    Return -1
                End Try
            Else
                    Return -1
            End If
        End Get
        Set(ByVal Value As Integer)
            'txtCatName.Text = Value
        End Set
    End Property

    Public Sub LoadImagestoList(ByVal ImageList1 As ImageList)
        ListView1.Items.Clear()
        ListView1.SmallImageList = ImageList1
        Dim image As System.Drawing.Image
        Dim anitem As ListViewItem
        Dim f As Integer

        For f = 0 To ListView1.SmallImageList.Images.Count - 1
            anitem = ListView1.Items.Add((f + 1).ToString, f)
            anitem.ImageIndex = f
        Next

    End Sub

End Class