"Juan Romero" <juan.romero@bowne.com> wrote in message
news:O6YQNl7zDHA.2412@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hey guys,
>
> I am building a web control. Can someone give me a sample snippet or
> explanation on how to use the collection editor to add/remove items to my
> control's collection or array?
>
> I am currently using an array to hold a number of items of a class X, I am
> able to make the collection editor appear (ellipses button appears on
> property, upon click, collection editor window comes up), I add items,
edit
> class X properties and everything goes well, but when I close the editor
and
> reopen it
> again, all my items are gone. It looks like it is not saving back to the
> class array.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>

"Juan Romero" <juan.romero@bowne.com> wrote in message
news:O6YQNl7zDHA.2412@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hey guys,
>
> I am building a web control. Can someone give me a sample snippet or
> explanation on how to use the collection editor to add/remove items to my
> control's collection or array?
>
> I am currently using an array to hold a number of items of a class X, I am
> able to make the collection editor appear (ellipses button appears on
> property, upon click, collection editor window comes up), I add items,
edit
> class X properties and everything goes well, but when I close the editor
and
> reopen it
> again, all my items are gone. It looks like it is not saving back to the
> class array.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>

"Stanley Glass" <webmaster@glass-images.com> wrote in message
news:uJT$q160DHA.3656@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> You need to create your own collection editor like so:
> [code]
> Public Class myCollectionEditor
> Inherits CollectionEditor
>
> Public Sub New(ByVal type As Type)
> MyBase.New(type)
> End Sub
>
> Protected Overrides Function CreateCollectionItemType() As Type
> Return GetType(Car)
> End Function
> End Class
> [/code]
>
> Then set the Editor property of your property like so:
> [code]
> <Editor(GetType(myCollectionEditor), GetType(UITypeEditor))> _
> Public Property CarsCollection() As Cars
> Get
> Return _cars
> End Get
> Set(ByVal Value As Cars)
> _cars = Value
> End Set
> End Property
> [/code]
>
> HTH
> -Stanley
>
> "Juan Romero" <juan.romero@bowne.com> wrote in message
> news:O6YQNl7zDHA.2412@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > I am building a web control. Can someone give me a sample snippet or
> > explanation on how to use the collection editor to add/remove items to
my
> > control's collection or array?
> >
> > I am currently using an array to hold a number of items of a class X, I
am
> > able to make the collection editor appear (ellipses button appears on
> > property, upon click, collection editor window comes up), I add items,
> edit
> > class X properties and everything goes well, but when I close the editor
> and
> > reopen it
> > again, all my items are gone. It looks like it is not saving back to the
> > class array.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
>
>