The Forms Designer and "nested" Properties.

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Phill. W

I have a number of properties on a UserControl that are logically
related to one another and do a specific job. What I'd /like/ to do
is to have these properties available in the Forms Designer,
"grouped" together under a single "sub-heading", in the same way
as, for example, the standard Font, Location and Size properties.

I've wandered around the Browsable and DesignerSerializationVisibility
Attributes but the "nearest" I've got so far is a greyed-out text box
containing the name of the [inner] class I've used to lump these
properties together.

[pseudocode]
Class ListBox_Replacement
<Browsable(True) _
, DesignerSerializationVisibility(Content) > _
Public Property Deselector() as DeselectorC
Get
Return New DeselectorC(Me)
End Get
End Property

Public Class DeselectorC
Private m_oParent as ListBox_Replacement = Nothing

Friend Sub New( parent as ListBox_Replacement )
m_oParent = parent
End Sub

<Browsable(True)> _
Public Property Include() as Boolean
Get
Return m_oParent.Deselector_Include
End Get
Set ...
End Property

<Browsable(True)> _
Public Property Text() as String
Get ...
Set ...
End Property

End Class
End Class

Any suggestions how to do this?

(Still working with VB'2003).
TIA,
Phill W.
 
Put them in a class. Then look into the TypeCoverter and
ExpandableObjectConverter classes.
 
Rocky,

Thanks!
Another Day, another "Magic Word" that unlocks another [small]
part of the Mystery that is the .Net Framework.

BTW, what /are/ we going to call the ".Net Framework" now that
Our Friends in Redmond have decided that ".Net" is a done deal;
old news; a bit passe and have dropped the term from the new
release of 'Studio?

Regards,
Phill W.


Rocky said:
Put them in a class. Then look into the TypeCoverter and
ExpandableObjectConverter classes.


Phill. W said:
I have a number of properties on a UserControl that are logically
related to one another and do a specific job. What I'd /like/ to do
is to have these properties available in the Forms Designer,
"grouped" together under a single "sub-heading", in the same way
as, for example, the standard Font, Location and Size properties.

I've wandered around the Browsable and DesignerSerializationVisibility
Attributes but the "nearest" I've got so far is a greyed-out text box
containing the name of the [inner] class I've used to lump these
properties together.

[pseudocode]
Class ListBox_Replacement
<Browsable(True) _
, DesignerSerializationVisibility(Content) > _
Public Property Deselector() as DeselectorC
Get
Return New DeselectorC(Me)
End Get
End Property

Public Class DeselectorC
Private m_oParent as ListBox_Replacement = Nothing

Friend Sub New( parent as ListBox_Replacement )
m_oParent = parent
End Sub

<Browsable(True)> _
Public Property Include() as Boolean
Get
Return m_oParent.Deselector_Include
End Get
Set ...
End Property

<Browsable(True)> _
Public Property Text() as String
Get ...
Set ...
End Property

End Class
End Class

Any suggestions how to do this?

(Still working with VB'2003).
TIA,
Phill W.
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