UserControl and Design-time

[aspirit]

Hello

I'm writing a control based on UserControl class. My control will paint
itself using only graphics methods like DrawRectangle, DrawString, etc.
The problem is that in design time I can't see the end result in
designer (when I press F7 to change the view from source to designer).
Is it possible (and how) to make this control visible in design time?

When I put this control on sample windows form - it's visible - but I
want to see results without making sample windows form.

Thanks in advance for the answer

 

[Kevin Spencer]

You need to create a Custom Designer for the Control. See:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dndotnet/html/custdsgnrdotnet.asp

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
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