Started working on tkAmp again using Visual Studio .NET

Using Visual C# editor to make the interface for tkAmp

Problems getting gui to work the way I want. I would like to have a window of say 640x480 size, and then know that I can leave 5 units of space on the inside of each edge giving me 630 width for the sub-container however VS doesn't seem to work this way as mIRC scripting did. The container's size is unknown and the 640x480 specifies the outside dimensions on the outside container. IE, when the window is 640x480, the usable size inside is unknown. This makes it difficult for me to understand how I would keep a resizing window 5 units away from each edge when I don't know how to calculate the area usable.

Not sure if I am happy with the idea of designing the gui first, and then making the core work with it. Seems to me this is opposite a good design strategy, however, I will see it through the "MS" way to see how it turns out. :)

The editor in Visual Studio is actually quite fun once you start to learn the organization of the many tools available and what to use when. This process could be likened to building the body of a car.. it's designing the engine, and what all the controls connect to that will be the fun part :)