I have a composite UserControl with a public property with a return type of a custom enumerator. I want this to show up in the PropertyGrid during design-time... it will allow me to change the enumeration within the grid, but when I rebuild it defaults back to the first value in the enumeratio...more >>

I have a custom list view "MyListView" (inherited from System.Windows.Forms.ListView) which has a "Columns" property. "Columns" if of type "MyColumnHeaderCollection" which is inherited from System.Windows.Forms.ListView.=ADColumnHeaderCollection. MyColumnHeaderCollection is a collection of "My...more >>

I've tried to add .ico, .png, and some other image files to ImageList on design time, but the list doesn't get filled with image item. Instead, it just keeps being blank and I get no error message. Am I doing something wrong? This is happening on VS 2005 Beta 2. ...more >>

Why is that when I loaded into VB a non-visual component written in C#. Many Design time properties of the component are missing in the VB form? Thanks, Frankk -- Message posted via http://www.dotnetmonster.com...more >>

Hi I have created a treeview derived control which needs to perform some initialization only at runtime (not at design time) because I am not able to add it to a form due to he fact that some information required in the initialization is not available at design time. How can I do this? ...more >>

Is there a way to have a Class that inherits from a control not show the designer when double-clicked, but just show the code window? The class cannot be designed, so it doesnt do any good to show the designer. I am thinking there is probably an attribute for that, but I can't seem to find ...more >>

Hi all. i have a funny error in the IDE but only in one form. :( i have declare a Method like this "Private Sub MyTransGForms(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)" and i have an handler to it. and in the same form i have this calling AddHandler frm.TranslateForm, AddressOf Me...more >>

I've made a custom listviewitem inherited from listviewitem, made a custom collection of it, and made a custom listview that inherits from my collection. I can see my new property ("Enabled") in the collection editor but the code that the IDE generates does not reference my custom listviewitem. ...more >>

Hi, I want to achieve custom sort on properties on a propertygrid. This means that I don't want any alphabetical sort but want to use my own sort algorithm. Does anybody know how to do this? Regards, Özden Irmak ...more >>

Hi, I'm working on my IExtenderProvider - it adds a property which I expect to normally bind to the app.config file. I can't find how to add the RecommendedAsConfigurableAttribute to it. I tried adding it on the GetXXX method (where other attributes such as CategoryAttribute seem to fit), but...more >>

We have developed our own custom designer. We have a custom control that uses this designer. We have everything working, except......... How do we get the IDE to recognize a drag and drop from the toolbox such that it generates code to add the control to the container's controls collection...more >>

I'm an experienced C++/C# developer, looking for a good book (C# or VB.NET) with focus on WinForm custom controls (design time). Thank you in advance. ...more >>

I have paint code in the custom control's OnPaint method (which successfully shows up at runtime) and paint code in the OnPaintAdornments method of the designer (which successfully shows up on a control that I have dropped onto a form). What I haven't figured out yet is how do I get the actua...more >>

I have a new custom control. By default the custom control has the design-time property GridSize. I want my custom control to have it's own GridSize property that works in both design time and in run time and be browsable in design-time. I used PostFilterProperties to get rid of the origi...more >>

In my application I have a base control class - call it BaseControl - from which I inherit to create multiple controls. I'm using a custom ControlDesigner class because I need one or two special actions to be available to the inherited controls at design-time. But when I create a new contro...more >>

Does anyone know how to override the Name property of controls that I drag & drop on a component class? When I drag and drop tables from the server explorer on the designer of my component class I want the name to be <table>DataAdapter instead of sqlDataAdapter1, sqlDataAdapter2, ... TIA ...more >>

Hi All, I have created a simple usercontrol(using c#,the code is added below).Now at designtime(Windows forms) i add this usercontrol into a Panel(or any container Controls).Now i drag the user control out of my Panel.(now the control is on the form).At this moment the runtime mode...more >>

I have a panel that acts as an extender provider. I only want to extend properties if the control is parented by the panel. I implemented CanExtend to do this; however when the control is first outside the panel and it is then dragged in the CanExtend methods does not seem to be called again. ...more >>

Hi! I'm trying to figure out how to create a control which can add or edit code during drag&drop operation. I know how to handle CreateTransaction method and add the control but I have no idea how to add event code content during this operation. For example, I would like to add the MyButton con...more >>

Hi, how is it possible to serialize a collection into code similar as the ControlCollection serialization? The problem what I see is that CollectionCodeComSerializer is an internal class which cannot be overrided. Thanks, Bernd ...more >>

Hi i got this control i'm creating it exists of a containercontrol wich manages some child containercontrols (kinda like the tabcontrol --> tabpages) when i add pages all works fine but when i add controls to these pages at first everything seems ok but during the build or at the end of ...more >>

The PictureBox component has a desingtime "Image" property. You can click and open an OpenFileDialog to select the path of an image. How is this being done? Also, you can only browse for the file and cannot type in the path. Is there a way to allow a manual input as well as browse input? Thank...more >>

hi i have a control with a string[] property. i have set [Editor("System.ComponentModel.Design.StringCollectionEditor","System.Drawing.Design.UITypeEditor"),DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Content)], and it serialises fine. However, when the program returns to ...more >>

Hi All, I'd like to modify the standard output of the generated code. Let's say, I'm changing a TextBox's text property to "SomeValue", and I'd like to get something like this in InitializeComponents(): myTextbox.text = GetTextualValue("SomeValue"); and not: myTextbox.text = "SomeValue"; ...more >>