Suraj Guptha wrote:
> I have created a CustomControl that inherits from Textbox
> When i drag and drop my custom control on to a UserControl/ form i want to
> read the UserControl's property / form's property at Design Time
> Ex : When i drag and Drop my Custom Control, i want the constructor of my
> control to read my parent usercontrol's name property or any other property
> and do some operation based on it
>
> I already tried this.Parent but it returns a null value and throws an error.
> Anyhelp with this would be of great use to me

"Chris Dunaway" wrote:

>
> Suraj Guptha wrote:
> > I have created a CustomControl that inherits from Textbox
> > When i drag and drop my custom control on to a UserControl/ form i want to
> > read the UserControl's property / form's property at Design Time
> > Ex : When i drag and Drop my Custom Control, i want the constructor of my
> > control to read my parent usercontrol's name property or any other property
> > and do some operation based on it
> >
> > I already tried this.Parent but it returns a null value and throws an error.
> > Anyhelp with this would be of great use to me
>
> I'm not sure if there is a way to do what you want, but you might try
> not accessing the Parent in the constructor. It's possible that at the
> time your constructor is called, your custom control has not been added
> to the parent's controls collection.
>
> If your custom control inherits from Control, you might try the
> TopLevelControl property.
>
> Chris
>