Class vs. Component Class

What is the different between Class and Component Class in VB. NET? When the Class and Component Class is suitable to implement?

Thank you,

A Component is a type of class and can be seen on the Form designer at Designtime.

ToolTip is called a component, yet it doesn't appear on the form at design time.

What is that subwindow called below the form in the IDE where things like Timer, ToolTip, MainMenu etc show up?

Thanks, DaveBo.Lost

It's the Component Window... as Edneesis suggested when he mentioned it shows up on the Form Designer.

I thought it was called the container. :confused:

We could differentiate between class and component class, generally, by saying that a component class is 'visual', and a class is code-ual... if that's a word.