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Don't generate unnecessary WinForm members for Label controls

To get rid of some auto-generated form level fields that point to a control that will never be referenced (for example, labels, panels, etc.), do the following:

  1. In the Windows Forms Designer, select a control.
  2. Set GenerateMember property for this control to false.

As a result a member of the form will not be generated for this control. It saves you 4 bytes per member and more importantly removes "clutter" from IntelliSense and any diagrams you autogenerate.

11/21/2007

Comments:

This is a very slick hint, but when a software has to be localized/translated, one needs to access the labels.

Kay 11/22/2007 10:38:40 AM

Of course, don't set GenerateMember to false if your label should be referenced for any reason.
However, in most of the cases Labels can be localized without referencing them from your code - http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/winforms/doc/WinFormsLocalization.aspx

kostya.ly 11/22/2007 8:52:52 PM

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