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I'm trying to use ToolboxItemFilter to restrict what controls are available when desiging a custom control. So I've a trivial example application: [ToolboxItemFilter("Test",ToolboxItemFilterType.Require)] public class MyDesigner : DocumentDesigner { } [Designer(typeof(MyDesigner),typeof(IRootDesigner))] [ToolboxItemFilter("Test")] public class MyBase : Panel { } [ToolboxItemFilter( "Test" )] public class SomeControl : Panel { } Then add a 'UserControl' to the project; change its base class to be MyBase, re-compile, and edit in the IDE. There are NO items available in the toolbox. Comment out the line [ToolboxItemFilter("Test",ToolboxItemFilterType.Require)] and all the control appear again. So, it's failing to notice the Filter attribute on the MyBase and SomeControl items.... Any ideas? I can't see what I'm doing differently to the sample
[quoted text, click to view] "AJ" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:MPG.1fb08e596619771e98969b@news.zen.co.uk... > Why oh why can't I get the following working :-) (Studio2005) > > I'm trying to use ToolboxItemFilter to restrict what controls are > available when desiging a custom control. So I've a trivial example > application: > > [ToolboxItemFilter("Test",ToolboxItemFilterType.Require)] > public class MyDesigner : DocumentDesigner { } > > [Designer(typeof(MyDesigner),typeof(IRootDesigner))] > [ToolboxItemFilter("Test")] > public class MyBase : Panel { } > > [ToolboxItemFilter( "Test" )] > public class SomeControl : Panel { } > [snip] > Any ideas? I can't see what I'm doing differently to the sample > application (shape designer) on MSDN, really.. The sample uses ToolboxItemFilterType.Custom. From the docs, it looks as if ToolboxItemFilterType.Custom permits a designer to restrict which toolbox items appear when that designer is active, while ToolboxItemFilterType.Require permits a component to restrict itself to certain designers. Nowhere is putting ToolboxItemFilterType.Require on a designer discussed.
In article <OdvlM2P$GHA.4388@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, rbv@nospam.nospam
says... [quoted text, click to view] > > "AJ" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message > news:MPG.1fb08e596619771e98969b@news.zen.co.uk... > > Why oh why can't I get the following working :-) (Studio2005) > > > > I'm trying to use ToolboxItemFilter to restrict what controls are > > available when desiging a custom control. So I've a trivial example > > application: > > > > [ToolboxItemFilter("Test",ToolboxItemFilterType.Require)] > > public class MyDesigner : DocumentDesigner { } > > > > [Designer(typeof(MyDesigner),typeof(IRootDesigner))] > > [ToolboxItemFilter("Test")] > > public class MyBase : Panel { } > > > > [ToolboxItemFilter( "Test" )] > > public class SomeControl : Panel { } > > > [snip] > > Any ideas? I can't see what I'm doing differently to the sample > > application (shape designer) on MSDN, really.. > > The sample uses ToolboxItemFilterType.Custom. > > From the docs, it looks as if ToolboxItemFilterType.Custom permits a > designer to restrict which toolbox items appear when that designer is > active, while ToolboxItemFilterType.Require permits a component to restrict > itself to certain designers. Nowhere is putting > ToolboxItemFilterType.Require on a designer discussed. > > The sample at http://windowsforms.net/articles/shapedesigner.aspx uses the .require on both the designer and the component... I can get .custom to work. (You then need to implement the IToolboxUser.GetToolSupported method), but the simple .require/.prevent etc. enums are supposed to be simpler. It's clearly doing something, since removing the .require from the MyDesigner means all the controls appear again. It just doesn't seem to be picking them up from the controls...
Further to the following, I think its a bug/feature of the IDE....
Add/remove a ToolboxItemFilter attribute to a designer, re-build the project, and the change gets reflected immediately in the IDE. Add/remove the attribute to a control/component, re-build... The change doesn't get reflected until the IDE is restarted. (Presumably, more specifically, until the toolbar is re-loaded, but I can't see a simple way of doing that..) I'd consider this a bug in the IDE. In article <MPG.1fb08e596619771e98969b@news.zen.co.uk>, noone@nowhere.com says... [quoted text, click to view] > Why oh why can't I get the following working :-) (Studio2005)
> > I'm trying to use ToolboxItemFilter to restrict what controls are > available when desiging a custom control. So I've a trivial example > application: > > [ToolboxItemFilter("Test",ToolboxItemFilterType.Require)] > public class MyDesigner : DocumentDesigner { } > > [Designer(typeof(MyDesigner),typeof(IRootDesigner))] > [ToolboxItemFilter("Test")] > public class MyBase : Panel { } > > [ToolboxItemFilter( "Test" )] > public class SomeControl : Panel { } > > > > Then add a 'UserControl' to the project; change its base class to be > MyBase, re-compile, and edit in the IDE. > > There are NO items available in the toolbox. > > Comment out the line > [ToolboxItemFilter("Test",ToolboxItemFilterType.Require)] > and all the control appear again. > > So, it's failing to notice the Filter attribute on the MyBase and > SomeControl items.... > > > Any ideas? I can't see what I'm doing differently to the sample > application (shape designer) on MSDN, really..
[quoted text, click to view] "AJ" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:MPG.1fb52d9569d69c5598969d@news.zen.co.uk... > Further to the following, I think its a bug/feature of the IDE.... > > Add/remove a ToolboxItemFilter attribute to a designer, re-build the > project, and the change gets reflected immediately in the IDE. > > Add/remove the attribute to a control/component, re-build... The change > doesn't get reflected until the IDE is restarted. I believe you only have to close all Forms Designers, not the entire IDE, but I could be wrong. [quoted text, click to view] > > (Presumably, more specifically, until the toolbar is re-loaded, but I > can't see a simple way of doing that..) > > I'd consider this a bug in the IDE. > > > In article <MPG.1fb08e596619771e98969b@news.zen.co.uk>, > noone@nowhere.com says... >> Why oh why can't I get the following working :-) (Studio2005) >> >> I'm trying to use ToolboxItemFilter to restrict what controls are >> available when desiging a custom control. So I've a trivial example >> application: >> >> [ToolboxItemFilter("Test",ToolboxItemFilterType.Require)] >> public class MyDesigner : DocumentDesigner { } >> >> [Designer(typeof(MyDesigner),typeof(IRootDesigner))] >> [ToolboxItemFilter("Test")] >> public class MyBase : Panel { } >> >> [ToolboxItemFilter( "Test" )] >> public class SomeControl : Panel { } >> >> >> >> Then add a 'UserControl' to the project; change its base class to be >> MyBase, re-compile, and edit in the IDE. >> >> There are NO items available in the toolbox. >> >> Comment out the line >> [ToolboxItemFilter("Test",ToolboxItemFilterType.Require)] >> and all the control appear again. >> >> So, it's failing to notice the Filter attribute on the MyBase and >> SomeControl items.... >> >> >> Any ideas? I can't see what I'm doing differently to the sample >> application (shape designer) on MSDN, really.. >>
In article <#Hx71v5$GHA.5060@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, rbv@nospam.nospam
says... [quoted text, click to view] > > "AJ" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message > news:MPG.1fb52d9569d69c5598969d@news.zen.co.uk... > > Further to the following, I think its a bug/feature of the IDE.... > > > > Add/remove a ToolboxItemFilter attribute to a designer, re-build the > > project, and the change gets reflected immediately in the IDE. > > > > Add/remove the attribute to a control/component, re-build... The change > > doesn't get reflected until the IDE is restarted. > > I believe you only have to close all Forms Designers, not the entire IDE, > but I could be wrong. > I'm pretty sure I tried that, and it doesn't work. In any case it's inconsistent.... the attribute on the designer object is reflected immediately (without needing to close anything - it automatically refreshes the toolbars). The attribute on the control class needs a restart. [quoted text, click to view] > >
> > (Presumably, more specifically, until the toolbar is re-loaded, but I > > can't see a simple way of doing that..) > > > > I'd consider this a bug in the IDE. > > > > > > In article <MPG.1fb08e596619771e98969b@news.zen.co.uk>, > > noone@nowhere.com says... > >> Why oh why can't I get the following working :-) (Studio2005) > >> > >> I'm trying to use ToolboxItemFilter to restrict what controls are > >> available when desiging a custom control. So I've a trivial example > >> application: > >> > >> [ToolboxItemFilter("Test",ToolboxItemFilterType.Require)] > >> public class MyDesigner : DocumentDesigner { } > >> > >> [Designer(typeof(MyDesigner),typeof(IRootDesigner))] > >> [ToolboxItemFilter("Test")] > >> public class MyBase : Panel { } > >> > >> [ToolboxItemFilter( "Test" )] > >> public class SomeControl : Panel { } > >> > >> > >> > >> Then add a 'UserControl' to the project; change its base class to be > >> MyBase, re-compile, and edit in the IDE. > >> > >> There are NO items available in the toolbox. > >> > >> Comment out the line > >> [ToolboxItemFilter("Test",ToolboxItemFilterType.Require)] > >> and all the control appear again.
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