Visual Studio and Custom Control colors

[kevin cline]

I have code like this:

public class MyControl: Control
{
public MyControl()
{
this.BackColor = MyStandardBackColor;
}

public bool ShouldSerializeBackColor()
{
return BackColor != MyStandardBackColor;
}

public void ResetBackColor()
{
BackColor = MyStandardBackColor;
}
}

However, I have found that the VS2005 designer sets the control
backcolor to the Microsoft gray after MyControl is constructed. Is
there a way to prevent this from happening, so that my developers do
not have to go and manually reset the BackColor property of every
control?

Is there anyone at Microsoft who might be interested in this problem.
My bug reports are never acknowledged.

 

[Rocky]

Don't set it in the constructor.

 

[kevin cline]

Did you have an alternative in mind?

 

[Rocky]

You need to override the BackColor Property and apply the DefaultValue
attribute. In the constructor set the this.BackColor = MyStandardBackColor.
Forget what I said about not setting the color in the constructor, my bad.

 

[kevin cline]

You need to override the BackColor Property and apply the DefaultValue
attribute. In the constructor set the this.BackColor = MyStandardBackColor.
Forget what I said about not setting the color in the constructor, my bad.

There is no way to apply the DefaultValue attribute, because the
default back color is computed from a configuration file.