--- title: "How to: Create an MDI Form with ToolStripPanel Controls" ms.date: "03/30/2017" dev_langs: - "csharp" - "vb" helpviewer_keywords: - "ToolStripPanel control [Windows Forms]" - "MDI [Windows Forms], creating forms" - "multiple document interface forms" - "MDI forms [Windows Forms]" - "ToolStrip control [Windows Forms]" - "MDI forms [Windows Forms], creating" ms.assetid: d198ef8e-f7c4-4b3f-a7f5-ce858cb90cec --- # How to: Create an MDI Form with ToolStripPanel Controls You can create a multiple document interface (MDI) form that has controls framing it on all four sides. ## Example The following code example demonstrates how to use docked controls to frame an MDI window with four controls. In the example, the method attaches the controls to the corresponding controls. [!code-csharp[System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.Misc#1](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Winforms/System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.Misc/CS/Program.cs#1)] [!code-vb[System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.Misc#1](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Winforms/System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.Misc/VB/Program.vb#1)] [!code-csharp[System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.Misc#10](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Winforms/System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.Misc/CS/Program.cs#10)] [!code-vb[System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.Misc#10](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Winforms/System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.Misc/VB/Program.vb#10)] ## Compiling the Code This example requires: - References to the System.Drawing and System.Windows.Forms assemblies. ## See also - - - - - - [ToolStrip Control](toolstrip-control-windows-forms.md)