Restricting Designer

[Guest]

It appears that in order to play a sound in the .NET CF, I need to do a
DllImport on the PlaySound entry point in coredll.dll. The problem that I am
having is when I add this to my control class all of the functionality that
the Designer was implementing on my control has gone away. For instance, my
text doesn't show up now, but there is default text displayed that remains
the same, even when I change my Text property. Does anyone know of a way
that I can add the DllImport to the class without the Designer even being
aware that I did it.

Thanks!

 

[Tim Wilson]

Sounds like you need to add a design-time attributes file to the project
that contains your control and ensure that "DesktopCompatible" is set to
true. See the link below for more information on this subject.
http://www.mooseworkssoftware.com/VS2005 Control.htm

 

[Guest]

Thanks, Tim. Actually, I just saw your reply and it was very helpful. It
solved my problem!