Forms question (.)

[raffelm]

I've created a custom control. And now I've done something that prevents
me from using the designer to layout controls on my custom control. I
tried deleting the .resx file, thinking the VS would just regenerate
it, but did not.

Here's how I got the problem:

I created a new user control. I called it BaseControl.

I created another new user control. I called it DerivedControl.
After VS generated the .cs file, I changed the base class to
BaseControl.

EG:
public class BaseControl : System.Windows.Forms.Control
public class DerivedControl : BaseControl

Now I am unable to add controls to DerivedControl using the designer.
I have to manually create the code in .cs file. This gets really hard
to lay things out.

So, what I can do so that I can use the designer?

Thnx
Matt

 

[Jose Luis Manners]

To be able to layout controls in your DerivedControl your BaseControl needs
to inherit from System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl. Also, make sure that
you specify your Designer class for your DerivedControl which, like this:

[Designer(typeof(DerivedControlDesignerClassHere))]
[DesignTimeVisible(true), ToolboxItem(true)]
public class DerivedControl : BaseControl
{
}