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asp.net building controls : Adjusting the Design Time output of control derived from a TextBox


mc
3/12/2007 12:00:00 AM
I have developed a custom control that derives from a TextBox, During
the controls OnInit method I have hard coded the TextMode to MultiLine,
however when the control is rendered at design time it only ever renders
as a single line Text Box, Is there a simple solution to this or do I
need to handle the design time rendering of the control myself?

TIA


stcheng NO[at]SPAM online.microsoft.com
3/13/2007 12:00:00 AM
Hi MC,

As for the design-time output of webcontrol, it can be controlled by a
custom controldesigner. And for your scenario, you can override the
"GetDesignTimeHtml" method of the control designer and always return html
<textarea> markup. Here is a simple test control demonstrate this:

===================================
namespace WebControlLib
{
[DefaultProperty("Text")]
[ToolboxData("<{0}:MyTextBox runat=server></{0}:MyTextBox>")]
[Designer(typeof(MyTextBoxDesigner))]
public class MyTextBox : TextBox
{
[Obsolete("not used...", true)]
public new TextBoxMode TextMode
{
get
{
return TextBoxMode.MultiLine;
}

}

}

public class MyTextBoxDesigner : ControlDesigner
{
private MyTextBox _tb = null;

public override void Initialize(IComponent component)
{
_tb = (MyTextBox)component;

base.Initialize(component);
}
public override string GetDesignTimeHtml()
{
string temp= "<textarea>{0}</textarea>";


return string.Format(temp, _tb.Text);
}
}

}
==================================

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead



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stcheng NO[at]SPAM online.microsoft.com
3/15/2007 11:51:42 AM
Hi MC,

Does the suggestion in my last reply helps you a little? if you have any
further questions on this, please feel free to let me know.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead
mc
3/16/2007 12:29:54 PM
[quoted text, click to view]

Yes, all makes sense, however I've been diverted onto another more
important task, and I've not had time to evaluate your suggestions


Thanks


stcheng NO[at]SPAM online.microsoft.com
3/19/2007 12:00:00 AM
Thanks for your followup.

Please feel free to focus on your current work. And you're welcome to post
here when you have time to continue work on this issue.

Wish you good luck!

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead


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