Composite properties to my control

[Sehboo]

Hi,

Can anybody tell me how I can add composite properties to my control -
just like Font property where you see a small '+' sign and user can
click on it to open and see all the properties related to font like
font name, font size, etc.

Thanks

 

[S. Senthil Kumar]

There's nothing special about the property. It's just that the property
returns a type with multiple properties within it.

 

[S. Senthil Kumar]

There's nothing special about the property. It's just that the property
returns a type with multiple properties within it.

Regards
Senthil

 

[A B]

But the question is how does a property return multiple properties? I
tried to return a class or a structure but then my property is read-only
in the control, and user is unable to add anything to that property.

 

[Mythran]

But the question is how does a property return multiple properties? I
tried to return a class or a structure but then my property is read-only
in the control, and user is unable to add anything to that property.

Well, you do return a class. You'll have to instantiate the class in the
constructor for the control, and store it in the ViewState.

HTH,
Mythran

 

[Tim Wilson]

Here are a couple articles that should help...
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/customizingcollectiondata.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/05/Design-TimeControls/default.aspx

 

[Atul]

And be sure to set the ExpandableObjectAttribute to the property.

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