2005 Custom Control

[Chris Oswald]

Forgive me if this has already been answered. I have created a custom
control which inherits from Windows.Forms.Control. I want set a
default Font for the Font property when the control is originally
created in the designer. I set the default font in the constructor.
Except the designer ignores my information and draws the control with
the it's own font of "Tahoma", 9F, Regular. WTF! If I create some
dummy property called ButtonFont the font works just fine in the
designer. What is the deal?


Public Sub New()
' This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
InitializeComponent()

' Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call.
Me.Font = New Font("Tahoma", 15.0F, FontStyle.Bold)
End Sub

Private _font As Font
Public Overrides Property Font() As Font
Get
Return _font
End Get
Set(ByVal value As Font)
_font = value
Me.Invalidate()
End Set
End Property

 

[Tim Wilson]

See the following MSDN article. If you're only going to use this control
through VS 2005, and not through VS .NET 2003, then you should be able to
jump to the section "Creating a Custom Control Using Visual Studio 2005".
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...ml/create_migrate_designer_controls_vs2k5.asp

 

[Chris Oswald]

You are the man. I saw that article referenced somewhere else and
didn't read far enough.

The key is :

<ApplyDeviceDefaults>
<PropertyName>Font</PropertyName>
<ApplyDefaults>false</ApplyDefaults>
</ApplyDeviceDefaults>

Thank you Tim!