"Kent Boogaart" <kentcb@internode.on.net> wrote in message
news:eNcqD9BOEHA.1104@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to associate a simple custom designer with an equally simple
> windows form. Here is what I have:
>
> public class MyDesigner : DocumentDesigner {
> public override DesignerVerbCollection Verbs {
> get {
> DesignerVerbCollection c = base.Verbs;
> c.Add(new DesignerVerb("MYVERB", new EventHandler(EH)));
> return c;
> }
> }
>
> private void EH(object sender, EventArgs e) {
> MessageBox.Show("MY VERB!");
> }
> }
>
> [Designer(typeof(MyDesigner), typeof(IRootDesigner)),
> DesignerCategory("Form")]
> public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form {
> <snip>
> }
>
> At runtime I can report on the attribute value and see the correct result
> (ie. it says my designer is in use). However, I can't see the new verb
when
> I am in the design view for Form1. What am I doing wrong?
>
> TIA,
> Kent
>
>

"Stoitcho Goutsev (100) [C# MVP]" <100@100.com> wrote in message
news:uoSK0BGOEHA.640@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi Kent,
>
> VS will use your designer when you design a form that inherits from Form1.
> For Form1 it uses the normal Form designer.
>
> --
>
> Stoitcho Goutsev (100) [C# MVP]
>
>
> "Kent Boogaart" <kentcb@internode.on.net> wrote in message
> news:eNcqD9BOEHA.1104@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am trying to associate a simple custom designer with an equally simple
> > windows form. Here is what I have:
> >
> > public class MyDesigner : DocumentDesigner {
> > public override DesignerVerbCollection Verbs {
> > get {
> > DesignerVerbCollection c = base.Verbs;
> > c.Add(new DesignerVerb("MYVERB", new EventHandler(EH)));
> > return c;
> > }
> > }
> >
> > private void EH(object sender, EventArgs e) {
> > MessageBox.Show("MY VERB!");
> > }
> > }
> >
> > [Designer(typeof(MyDesigner), typeof(IRootDesigner)),
> > DesignerCategory("Form")]
> > public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form {
> > <snip>
> > }
> >
> > At runtime I can report on the attribute value and see the correct
result
> > (ie. it says my designer is in use). However, I can't see the new verb
> when
> > I am in the design view for Form1. What am I doing wrong?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Kent
> >
> >
>
>