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I'm not using any of the MS designer objects right now. Last I checked
the model would not for a component design. This is a drop on the form
component, and provides a advanced end-user designer.

The following code seems to be working for me.

anyway,
Thanks everyone for the help, was a bit stump on the container thing..

Schneider


This is working for me thanks to (Claes Bergfall):

'------------------------------------------------------------
Call GetStyle(ContainerControl) on it. Since it's protected you'll have
to use reflection to do it. This should do it:

Private Overloads Function GetStyle(ByVal ctrl As Control, ByVal style As
ControlStyles) As Boolean
Dim flags As BindingFlags = BindingFlags.NonPublic Or
BindingFlags.Instance
Dim types() As Type = {GetType(ControlStyles)}
Dim methodInfo As MethodInfo
methodInfo = ctrl.GetType.GetMethod("GetStyle", flags, Nothing, types,
Nothing)
If methodInfo Is Nothing Then
Throw New MissingMemberException
Else
Return CBool(methodInfo.Invoke(ctrl, New Object() {style}))
End If
End Function

With the GroupBox, using reflection you could get it's designer and see
that it derives from ParentControlDesigner giving it's 'container' like
behaviour. The designer for Form and panel also derive from