Hi, NG!
Does anyone have any hint on how to get the PropertyGrid control to display
more user-friendly "property" names, i.e. names that contain spaces, just
the way the VS IDE does when you select a file in Solution Explorer to view
its properties ("Build Action", "Copy to Output Directory" etc)? How are
those strings displayed since they don't seem to be real property names as
they contain spaces? I'm trying to achieve this in C#...

Thanks in advance.



pax

If you are trying to display properties for a class you control you can
implement the ICustomeTypeDescriptor interface found in the
System.ComponentModel namespace, override the GetProperties() and create
your own PropertyDescriptors overriding the DisplayName property.

Gabriel Lozano-Morán
MCSD .NET
Real Software
http://www.realdn.net
http://www.realsoftware.be

<pax> wrote in message news:uada%(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> Hi, NG!
> Does anyone have any hint on how to get the PropertyGrid control to
display
> more user-friendly "property" names, i.e. names that contain spaces, just
> the way the VS IDE does when you select a file in Solution Explorer to
view
> its properties ("Build Action", "Copy to Output Directory" etc)? How are
> those strings displayed since they don't seem to be real property names as
> they contain spaces? I'm trying to achieve this in C#...
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
> pax
>
>

Thanks a lot, Gabriel. There's a lot of information in your swift reply, I
hope I'll be able to find my way through...
And yes, the class should be mine, I guess there would be nothing to expect
if it were not mine.

Thanks.


pax



"Gabriel Lozano-Morán" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> If you are trying to display properties for a class you control you can
> implement the ICustomeTypeDescriptor interface found in the
> System.ComponentModel namespace, override the GetProperties() and create
> your own PropertyDescriptors overriding the DisplayName property.
>
> Gabriel Lozano-Morán
> MCSD .NET
> Real Software
> http://www.realdn.net
> http://www.realsoftware.be
>
> <pax> wrote in message news:uada%(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > Hi, NG!
> > Does anyone have any hint on how to get the PropertyGrid control to
> display
> > more user-friendly "property" names, i.e. names that contain spaces,
just
> > the way the VS IDE does when you select a file in Solution Explorer to
> view
> > its properties ("Build Action", "Copy to Output Directory" etc)? How are
> > those strings displayed since they don't seem to be real property names
as
> > they contain spaces? I'm trying to achieve this in C#...
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> >
> > pax
> >
> >
>
>

Gabriel Lozano-Morán wrote:

> If you are trying to display properties for a class you control you can
> implement the ICustomeTypeDescriptor interface found in the
> System.ComponentModel namespace, override the GetProperties() and create
> your own PropertyDescriptors overriding the DisplayName property.
>
> Gabriel Lozano-Morán
> MCSD .NET
> Real Software
> http://www.realdn.net
> http://www.realsoftware.be
>
> <pax> wrote in message news:uada%(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>Hi, NG!
>>Does anyone have any hint on how to get the PropertyGrid control to
>
> display
>
>>more user-friendly "property" names, i.e. names that contain spaces, just
>>the way the VS IDE does when you select a file in Solution Explorer to
>
> view
>
>>its properties ("Build Action", "Copy to Output Directory" etc)? How are
>>those strings displayed since they don't seem to be real property names as
>>they contain spaces? I'm trying to achieve this in C#...
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>>
>>pax
>>
>>

Here's what I found a year ago when implementing property grid
customizations:

http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/us...opertygrid.asp
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscct...ectiondata.asp
http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/Pr...rid_Editor.asp
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/Dz...tionEditor.asp

http://stup.org/blogs/nidhogg/archiv...02/18/279.aspx
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/DynPropGrid.asp

HTH,
Andy
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Thank you very much, Andreas.


"Andreas Mueller" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Gabriel Lozano-Morán wrote:
>
> > If you are trying to display properties for a class you control you can
> > implement the ICustomeTypeDescriptor interface found in the
> > System.ComponentModel namespace, override the GetProperties() and create
> > your own PropertyDescriptors overriding the DisplayName property.
> >
> > Gabriel Lozano-Morán
> > MCSD .NET
> > Real Software
> > http://www.realdn.net
> > http://www.realsoftware.be
> >
> > <pax> wrote in message news:uada%(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> >>Hi, NG!
> >>Does anyone have any hint on how to get the PropertyGrid control to
> >
> > display
> >
> >>more user-friendly "property" names, i.e. names that contain spaces,
just
> >>the way the VS IDE does when you select a file in Solution Explorer to
> >
> > view
> >
> >>its properties ("Build Action", "Copy to Output Directory" etc)? How are
> >>those strings displayed since they don't seem to be real property names
as
> >>they contain spaces? I'm trying to achieve this in C#...
> >>
> >>Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>pax
> >>
> >>
>
> Here's what I found a year ago when implementing property grid
> customizations:
>
> http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/us...opertygrid.asp
> http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscct...ectiondata.asp
> http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/Pr...rid_Editor.asp
> http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/Dz...tionEditor.asp
>
> http://stup.org/blogs/nidhogg/archiv...02/18/279.aspx
> http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/DynPropGrid.asp
>
> HTH,
> Andy
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