Font and Color Properties in Custom Controls

[Bjoern Feld]

Hi,

I don't know if this has been asked before.

I created a custom control and added some properties for font and color.
How do I manage to set the default attribute for theese properties for the
designer?

#if NETCFDESIGNTIME

[System.ComponentModel.Category("Caption")]

[System.ComponentModel.DefaultValueAttribute(???)]

[System.ComponentModel.Description("Color of control caption")]

#endif

TIA Bjoern

 

[Tim Wilson]

To do more complex default value checking the designer asks that you use the
ShouldSerializeX and ResetX method naming where X is the same name as the
property. An example for a property with the name "Font" follows.

#if NETCFDESIGNTIME

public bool ShouldSerializeFont()
{
return ((Font.Name != "Tahoma") || (Font.Size != 8F) || (Font.Style !=
FontStyle.Regular));
}

public override void ResetFont()
{
Font = new Font("Tahoma", 8F, FontStyle.Regular);
}

#endif

 

[Bjoern Feld]

Thanks Tim!

To do more complex default value checking the designer asks that you use the
ShouldSerializeX and ResetX method naming where X is the same name as the
property. An example for a property with the name "Font" follows.

#if NETCFDESIGNTIME

public bool ShouldSerializeFont()
{
return ((Font.Name != "Tahoma") || (Font.Size != 8F) || (Font.Style !=
FontStyle.Regular));
}

public override void ResetFont()
{
Font = new Font("Tahoma", 8F, FontStyle.Regular);
}

#endif

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Tim Wilson
.Net Compact Framework MVP
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Hi,

I don't know if this has been asked before.

I created a custom control and added some properties for font and color.
How do I manage to set the default attribute for theese properties for the
designer?

#if NETCFDESIGNTIME

[System.ComponentModel.Category("Caption")]

[System.ComponentModel.DefaultValueAttribute(???)]

[System.ComponentModel.Description("Color of control caption")]

#endif

TIA Bjoern