RK
ruud krank
February 18, 2003 11:39 AM UTC
Please see www.bluevisionsoftware.com, 'books' section
> Hello, I have the following problem: I created an inherited class that inherits DataGrid and I added a property called MyProperty as integer. Then I created another class called CustomDesigner that inherits from System.Windows.Forms.Design.ControlDesigner and I setup the Design Attribute for my grid class to use this custom designer.
> All works ok (I can see some messages I inserted in the Initialize() function in the designer)... but... I fail to understand how to make the actual "connection" between the changes in the property and the code behind the form. For example, if I change the property "AllowDrop" from the default value of false to True, if I look in the code, right away the line: Me.TestGrid1.AllowDrop = True appears in the InitializeComponent() routine....
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> But, when I change the additional property (MyProperty) nothing changes in the code behind the form, therefore rendering my custom designer to a useless item...
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> So, my question is: how can I "catch" the changes in the properties that extend a base class and reflect them in the InitializeComponent() function from the code behind the form?
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> Any help is appreciated,
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> Thank you! :thumb:
> Iulian
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> PS: If you know any books that talk about custom designers...
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RP
Ramesh Praveen
Syncfusion Team
February 19, 2003 11:28 AM UTC
Iulian,
If all you need is for the custom property's value to appear in the InitializeComponent block, then you don't even need a custom designer.
Make sure that the control's type and the instance are both your derived type. Otherwise it beats me as to why your custom property's non-default value won't appear in code!
-Praveen
