Hi all, I am now coding a DesignerHost for my application, and have implemented the IDesignerHost interface. I can show a Container successfully, but, after I called the IDesignerHost.Add function, how can I draw the control on the container form? My question, from where I can trigger the comp...more >>

Currently when a OnDragDrop event fires in my control designer I use ISelectionService to get the component that was dropped. I know there has to be a way to get the component out of the DragEventArgs.Data.GetData() method but I have been unable to figure out how. When you drop a control f...more >>

I have a parent control with the following designer: Public Class MyParentControlDesigner Inherits ParentControlDesigner .... Public Overloads Overrides Function CanParent(ByVal control As Control) As Boolean Return TypeOf control Is MyChildControl End Function Public Overloads ...more >>

Hi all, I am coding window forms in C#. My problem is this: I have created a "Check ListView" or a 'ListView' with checkbox's. I have populated the it with my files from my folders, mps, txt, etc. The ListView is in Details, with headers and an Icon. What I am trying to accomplish is to r...more >>

I have a custom enum property Parts for my custom containercontrol declared as below: [Flags] public enum Parts : int { None = 0, Header = 1, HeaderDetail = 3, HeaderFooter = 5, HeaderDetailFooter = 7 } Depending on the Parts configuration chosen at designtime, I will b...more >>

Hi all, Just a simple question here. How can I customize the serialization process, to the InitializeComponent, of a IExtenderProvider Properties? Thanks in advance. Regards, Tony Cheung Software Developer ...more >>

Hi all, Curently I am writing an IExtenderProvider which provides all controls a custom Porperty to reference a Control object. This property is of ComponentConverter as it TypeConverter to allow user to choose control reference from a dropdown. I found out that when this property is set to th...more >>

Hello Just to be sure ... is it necessary to develop my own UITypeEditor if I want edited a property define with Enum type in PropertyGrid during design time For example : Control.Anchors is editing with System.Windows.Forms.Design.AnchorEditor (with specific visual effect ...) If my ...more >>

I am using Visual Studio 2003 (C#) with the .NET Framework 1.1 SP1. I suspect that I have encountered a bug in Visual Studio. I have three user controls (EditorGrid, EditableGrid, and ReadOnlyGrid) which inherit from Abstract Grid. AbstractGrid Inherits from TitledFrame and TitledFrame in...more >>

I find myself running into the following situation writing C# programs that have controls and components that have custom designers associated with them: 1) I need to write code that uses non-redistributable assemblies (e.g., EnvDTE) at design time, but not at run time. 2) Referencing Types...more >>

I am running into several situations where I need to determine the full path to the "current" project file at design-time within VS.NET. For example, I've written a custom component that, based on user input, creates and adds a dataset definition file to it's project. I've come up with a way o...more >>

Hi all, I am greating a gui designer and am using the Hosting DesignTime controls example to get started. I have created a couple of Designers. The RootDesigner being inhertited from DocumentDesigner while the others are derived from ParentControlDesigner. Strangely the top level con...more >>

Hi all. I have an application to draw and design different documents, that supports linking and embedding of other documents (like, for instance, Corel Draw or Word). Then, the user can print their designs "WYSIWYG", so I load the external document inside an OLE document container control (VB6),...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to retrieve the (Name) value from ColumnHeader property? I am trying to get the value through PropertyDescriptor / PropertyInfo, override it through new property but it does not seems to work or it is not available to access. How can I actually do that programmatically i...more >>

When I add a main menu component from the toolbox to a Winform VB.NET project all is fine until I attempt to edit the menu by clicking it in the designer. I can usually get the first item added, when I click below it to add the next item the IDE crashes with no specific error, just the normal Window...more >>

Hi, Working with the code at : http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnadvnet/html/vbnet08262002.asp I have shadowed the Items collection with my own class. When a DataListViewItem (inherited from ListViewItem) is added to the collection it is also added to the ...more >>

Hi, I have been extending the following code sample - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnadvnet/html/vbnet08262002.asp Somewhere along the line though, when the DataMember variable is initialised in generated code, it's default value is null (not "" like I ...more >>

Originally the following code worked. I had 9 bitmaps loading as resources and when I added bitmap 10 as an EmbeddedResource, the bitmap failed to load. When I step through in the debugger, imageListBitMaps.Images.Count had a value of 9. I suspect something with VS.NET is failed to recognize t...more >>

hello, I want read the file list of my project from a ComponentDesigner (in fact I want read a specific file in another projet of the current solution from a componentDesigner) IDesignerHost seems not a good way to do this (I can access of the rootcomponent for example) Do you know the g...more >>

Hi ! I am making custom component in vb.net I can add properties that show in property grid at design time that is easy ! 1 - but can any one tell me how do i add a list box in property grid with some values in it so that user can select it ? 2 - I also want to add custom button when click...more >>

Hi I have a Windows Form running in 40 clients around the city, those apps are communicating with a central SQLDB hosted in a hosting company (each one is sending data, waiting for data comparisons and receiving the data back). I have been using a Web Service to make the link between my app...more >>

Hi, I tried to assign a MainMenu to a MDIForm from the ControlDesigner class. It actually work when I click on the MDIIForm's border after I assigned it. If I don't do the "clicking on the MDIForm's border", the MainMenu will never appear whether or not I save the Solution/Projects. I am qu...more >>

Hi all i have a CodeStatementCollection, and i want to see what's in each line ex: dim x as object = new XXXobject x.myproperty=100 and so one .. can someone help me ??? thks JSB ...more >>