Creating custom control problem

[Linus Rörstad]

Hi!

I have a problem creating a custom control for cf 1.0. To start I have 3
classes which looks something like this:

public class ControlClass: System.Windows.Form.Control
{
ControlClassCollection items = new ControlClassCollection();

public ControlClassCollection Items
{
get
{
return items;
}
}

protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
{
//draw some stuff
}
}

public class ControlClassCollection: System.Collections.CollectionBase
{
public Add(ControlClassItem classitem)
{
List.Add(classitem);
}

public ControlClassItem this[int index]
{
get
{
ControlClassItem item = (ControlClassItem)List[index];
return item;
}
set
{
List[index] = (ControlClassItem)value;
}
}
}

public class ControlClassItem
{
//some properties and varibles
}

They are all in seperated files.

This works fine when I compile it and I get it to draw when I add the
control to a form and so on. I can go into the Items property and add a
ControlClassItem object. This is all fine when draging and setting the
values of the control. But when I go into the code view there's no
ControlClassItem objects. Do ControlClassItem need to inherit from
System.Windows.Form.Control? If it does how do I hide it from being visible
in design view?

One thing that might be causing this problem is that I'm using SourceSafe
and therefore I will not have the dlls under Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
2003\CompactFrameworkSDK\v1.0.5000\Windows CE.

Anyone got a clue what seems to be the problem?

/Linus

 

[Tim Wilson]

Here are some links that should get you started. After reading through the
information at these links, and knowing what you're attempting to
accomplish, you should be able to implement a solution.
http://www.syncfusion.com/faq/windowsforms/search/725.aspx
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/DzCollectionEditor.asp
http://www.syncfusion.com/faq/windowsforms/search/713.aspx