subproperties

[Guest]

Hi.
I`m creating a composite web control that has two lables, an image control
and a link.

What I would like to do is to give the developer using my control, the
option of changing all the font properties for the lables.
My problem is, how do I create some nifty nested font properties like the
built-in lable control has?
I was thinking of using ExpandableObjectConverter, but I`m hoping there is a
better way.

My bigest issue is, how do I get an enum of all the font names like in the
original
name subproperty?

I`m a little lost. Any help will be very appreciated.
Thank you.

 

[Walter Wang [MSFT]]

Hi,

I think following MSDN documentation can help:

#Typed Styles for Child Controls Example
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178656.aspx

Basically you need to create a Style object internally and apply it to both
of your labels. Also you need to follow some guidelines to maintain the
state of the style. Please let me know if you need further information on
this post. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Walter Wang ([email protected], remove 'online.')
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[salman]

you can add option in property window of control to take input, like
that!
add these lines of code inside the class

System.Drawing.Fontr _defaultFont
[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(true)]
public System.Drawing.Color DefaultFont
{
get { return (_defaultFont); }
set { _defaultFont = value;
}
}

Salman

 

[Guest]

I ended up doing it the simple way:

[Bindable(true)]

[Category("Item Name")]

[DefaultValue("")]

[Description("The font style of the Item name")]

public FontInfo TextStyle

{

get

{



EnsureChildControls();

return ItemName.Font;

}

set

{



EnsureChildControls();

ItemName.Font.Name = value.Name;





}

}

And so on...for each property of fontinfo...
Thanks for the input!

 

[Walter Wang [MSFT]]

Hi,

Thanks for your update.

I think your solution should work if you only need to change the font name.
In other cases, the documentation I mentioned is recommended to let the
user of your control have full control of the style.

Regards,
Walter Wang ([email protected], remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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[Guest]

Not just the find name...
I do this for every sub property in the fontinfo type.

sidenote: You can also do this for a datagrid...just have the property
get/set the datagrid object itself and magicaly all properties are
exported...I`m guessing this works for any object that holds properties.