Hi

I have a custom control that displays text, I am trying to work out
how to access the name of the instance of the control to display at
design time (similar to TextBox). The name property returns the
Control name rather than the instance e.g. MyControl rather than
MyControl1.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Blu.

Me.GetType.ToString ?



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"BluDog" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I have a custom control that displays text, I am trying to work out
> how to access the name of the instance of the control to display at
> design time (similar to TextBox). The name property returns the
> Control name rather than the instance e.g. MyControl rather than
> MyControl1.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Blu.

Sorry, read you wrong, you wanted the Instance not the Control Type.
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"BluDog" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
>
> I have a custom control that displays text, I am trying to work out
> how to access the name of the instance of the control to display at
> design time (similar to TextBox). The name property returns the
> Control name rather than the instance e.g. MyControl rather than
> MyControl1.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Blu.

"IComponentChangeService" could help you (ce.OldName / ce.NewName)
(have a look at my reply to "Re: How to get a usercontrol to automatically add code to the initialization code in a form...")

"Reflection" could also be an option.
(have a look at my reply to "Re: Reflection...")



Michael


"BluDog" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
>
> I have a custom control that displays text, I am trying to work out
> how to access the name of the instance of the control to display at
> design time (similar to TextBox). The name property returns the
> Control name rather than the instance e.g. MyControl rather than
> MyControl1.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Blu.

>"IComponentChangeService" could help you (ce.OldName / ce.NewName)
>(have a look at my reply to "Re: How to get a usercontrol to automatically add code to the initialization code in a form...")
>
>"Reflection" could also be an option.
>(have a look at my reply to "Re: Reflection...")

Thanks, the thing that interests me about this problem is the fact
that when the custom control is added to the form the automatic name
(e.g. MyControl1) is added correctly, as with any other form, however
the Name property of the control returns the Type Name rather than the
control instance name...

Cheers

Blu

Have you tried this in C# ?, maybe its a bug

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"BluDog" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >"IComponentChangeService" could help you (ce.OldName / ce.NewName)
> >(have a look at my reply to "Re: How to get a usercontrol to
automatically add code to the initialization code in a form...")
> >
> >"Reflection" could also be an option.
> >(have a look at my reply to "Re: Reflection...")
>
> Thanks, the thing that interests me about this problem is the fact
> that when the custom control is added to the form the automatic name
> (e.g. MyControl1) is added correctly, as with any other form, however
> the Name property of the control returns the Type Name rather than the
> control instance name...
>
> Cheers
>
> Blu