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all groups > dotnet windows forms designtime > october 2006

Explicit instantiation of UI editors from System.Drawing.Design namespace
Posted by Yuri O at 10/27/2006 10:49:29 PM
Hello guys Could you give me a clue how to explicitly use in code UI designers like ImageEditors ( FontEditors, IconEditor) etc. like what the PropertGrid does? I just want to implement some kind of light-weight propeditor but definitely cannot imagine how to engage this functionality. Prob...more >>

Designer problems and Nullable types
Posted by schneider at 10/23/2006 5:27:04 PM
[prev posting in windowsforms.controls] The follow property fails in the designer, works initialy, but as soon as the designer tries to reload the form it explodes. Anyone know how to fix this? Public Property DateTime() As Nullable(Of DateTime) Thanks, Schneider ...more >>

Designer Host Container
Posted by Bernd S at 10/19/2006 3:08:14 PM
Hi, how can I find those components which I have to add to the designer host container? Thanks, Bernd ...more >>

Entwurfscontainer
Posted by Bernd S at 10/19/2006 3:06:27 PM
Hallo, wie kann ich diejenigen Komponenten eines Steuerelements herausfinden, die ich dem Entwurfscontainer zuordnen muss? Danke, Bernd ...more >>

Bug in TypeResolutionService (KB 912019)
Posted by Bernd S at 10/16/2006 4:47:29 PM
Hi, windows forms designer sometimes does not found the type of the root component (e.g. the base class of the designed class) if this is located in another assembly. This problem seems to be located in the standard ITypeResolutionService, which seems to be Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.S...more >>

Custom Object Collection Editors
Posted by ShiveleyTom at 10/15/2006 7:01:02 PM
I am attempting to make any Array or Collection properties I create in my UserControls or Components editable through the PropertyGrid during design time. First, how do I make the results of adding objects through the editor to be saved into the member storing the Array or Collection? Also,...more >>

Datagrid inside a Panel doesn't load records
Posted by Lambuz at 10/15/2006 2:22:12 PM
hi all, I'm using .NET Framework 2.0 and I've created a Panel with a DataGrid inside. This datagrid was created automatically by dragging & dropping into it a datasource. The problem is that if I put this panel into a Form I can't load any data from my db. If I drag & drop into this same ...more >>

Logging into VS.NET output window in design time
Posted by zofcentr at 10/10/2006 7:50:03 AM
Is it possible to write log information to VS.NET output window in design time ? I have controls which I initialize and I would like to write infor if something goes wrong in design time when user places my control on form. Is it possible ? How to do that ? Thanks in advance. zofcentr ...more >>



IExtender Collection property Serialization problems
Posted by Mick Doherty at 10/9/2006 12:45:33 PM
I have recently been playing with IExtenderProvider trying to implement a Collection Property and came upon this curious scenario: If I set up a property to return a Componet Array the code is correctly serialized as follows: \\\ this.foo1.SetBar(this.button1, new FooBarExtension.FooBar[] {...more >>

Can't duplicate what VS is doing with TabControl
Posted by Palor at 10/4/2006 3:39:25 PM
I'm trying to write a control, and it would be greatly if it worked similar to tab control. The basic thing I can't duplicate is as follows: In the property window for TabControl, you can add tabs to the TabPages collection, after you have done that, if you look at the designer code, it doe...more >>

Format String editor at runtime
Posted by Polonio at 10/4/2006 12:00:00 AM
Visual Stadio IDE uses a dialog box to define format strings... http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171572.aspx Can I reuse that dialog box on my application? How? I wuold like the user could format a datagrid view column using a PropertyGrid Control... ...more >>


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