title: Get Component's Parent Form
body: <p>I have a non-visual component which manages other visual controls.  </p>
  
  <p>I need to have a reference to the form that the component is operating on, but i don't know how to get it.</p>
  
  <p>I am unsure of adding a constructor with the parent specified as control, as i want the component to work by just being dropped into the designer.</p>
  
  <p>The other thought i had was to have a Property of parent as a control, with the default value as 'Me'</p>
  
  <p>any suggestions would be great</p>
  
  <p><strong>Edit:</strong></p>
  
  <p>To clarify, this is a <strong>component</strong>, not a <strong>control</strong>, see here :<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.componentmodel.component.aspx" rel="noreferrer">ComponentModel.Component</a></p>