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all groups > dotnet windows forms designtime > february 2007

InheritedPropertyDescriptor vs. ReflectedPropertyDescriptor
Posted by Notre Poubelle at 2/28/2007 4:58:00 PM
Hello, I wonder if anyone can explain the difference between InheritedPropertyDescriptor vs. ReflectedPropertyDescriptor classes? I'm writing my own designer based on the .NET design time framework. I've got a custom design surface and am performing custom serialization with my own desi...more >>


Screen dimensions
Posted by Lupo at 2/26/2007 2:22:10 AM
Hi! I need to create a form and fill it with a number of button decided at run-time..then I need to create this buttons according to their number such that they adapt on the whole screen dimension.. Is there any property or anything that tells me this? Thanx!!! Davide...more >>

How to customize the form
Posted by Saravanan at 2/22/2007 11:16:16 PM
Hi, I am creating windows form at the run time and also i am setting the FormBorderStyle to FixedSingle. So that the form comes with some standard size, but i wanted to customize the form size.. How can i customize the form size with FormBorderStyle property as FixedSingle.. Even when i tri...more >>

How to use WebFormsRootDesigner with DesignSurface?
Posted by Randolph Webb at 2/22/2007 11:31:17 AM
Can anyone shed light on using WebFormsRootDesigner with DesignSurface to create a visual designer for webforms? Class descriptions suggest this is do-able, but adequate documentation and description of usage seem non-existent on MSDN and wider searches yield nothing but others with the same...more >>

How to clone a "Control"
Posted by Rob Stevenson at 2/21/2007 8:37:56 PM
Does anyone know how to do this accurately. I really only want to clone the design-time properties which should make the task easier. I've searched high and low however and still can't find a problem-free solution. Even (ad-hoc) solutions posted by MSFT employees have problems. For instance, i...more >>

How to lock controls
Posted by John Allen at 2/20/2007 9:10:34 PM
Hi there, I'm creating a design form at runtime using "System.ComponentModel.Design.DesignSurface" and cousins. Does anyone know how to lock an individual control on my form (or possibly all controls) so users can't drag or resize it. Thanks. ...more >>

Resize control with Verbs
Posted by Tom Juergens at 2/16/2007 9:28:10 AM
Hi, I've written a very simple control designer with a few verbs which resize the control it's assosciated with to a couple of default widths. When I use the verbs to resize the control at design time the control itself is resized, but the resize handles in the designer are not updated - t...more >>

ShouldSerialize not called?
Posted by schneider at 2/5/2007 2:29:38 AM
I have a property where ShouldSerialize is not called? If I use a type converter do these methods still work? Any ideas would be great. P.S. I want to serialize progmaticly so the default attribute will not work. Thanks, Schneider <TypeConverter(GetType(ExpandableObjectConverter))>...more >>




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