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"Bele din Carpati" <cristianb@mail.dntis.ro> wrote in message
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>I created a sample UserControl that exposes a Collection
> Serialization works in this sample, the single problem I found is that I
> want to have an edit updated with number of items in the collection. For
> that I had to call Control.Refresh() when CollectionEditor.SetItems() is
> called. Can you please use this sample and tell if it is close to what you
> need?
> Tip1: I have to restart VStudio 2005 quite often (almost each time I
> modify control)
> Tip 2: I use dbmon or DbgView (from
www.sysinternals.com) to see the
> output of System.Diagonostics.Trace.WriteLine even if is in VStudio
> Designer
>
> Here follows the source code
> TestUserControl.cs
> using System;
>
> using System.Collections.Generic;
>
> using System.ComponentModel;
>
> using System.Drawing;
>
> using System.Data;
>
> using System.Text;
>
> using System.Windows.Forms;
>
> using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
>
> using System.Drawing.Design;
>
> using System.ComponentModel.Design;
>
> namespace TestCollectionProperty
>
> {
>
> public class TestData
>
> {
>
> int intValue;
>
> String strValue = string.Empty;
>
> public int IntValue
>
> {
>
> get { return intValue; }
>
> set { intValue = value; }
>
> }
>
>
> public String StrValue
>
> {
>
> get { return strValue; }
>
> set { strValue = value; }
>
> }
>
> }
>
>
>
> public class ValuesEditor : CollectionEditor
>
> {
>
> public ValuesEditor()
>
> : base(typeof(List<TestData>))
>
> { }
>
> protected override object SetItems(object editValue, object[] value)
>
> {
>
> System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine("SetItems1");
>
> System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine("SetItems2: " + editValue);
>
>
> object retValue = base.SetItems(editValue, value);
>
> Control control = this.Context.Instance as Control;
>
> System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine("SetItems3: " + control);
>
> if (control != null)
>
> {
>
> control.Refresh();
>
> }
>
> return retValue;
>
> }
>
> }
>
> public partial class TestUserControl : UserControl
>
> {
>
> private List<TestData> values = new List<TestData>();
>
> public TestUserControl()
>
> {
>
> InitializeComponent();
>
> }
>
> [Browsable(true)]
>
> [DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializat ionVisibility.Content)]
>
> [RefreshProperties(RefreshProperties.All)]
>
> [Editor(typeof(ValuesEditor), typeof(UITypeEditor))]
>
> public List<TestData> Values
>
> {
>
> get { return values; }
>
> }
>
> protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
>
> {
>
> this.textBox.Text = values.Count.ToString();
>
> base.OnPaint(e);
>
> }
>
> }
>
> }
>
> TestUserCode.Design.cs
>
> namespace TestCollectionProperty
>
> {
>
> partial class TestUserControl
>
> {
>
> /// <summary>
>
> /// Required designer variable.
>
> /// </summary>
>
> private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;
>
> /// <summary>
>
> /// Clean up any resources being used.
>
> /// </summary>
>
> /// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed;
> otherwise, false.</param>
>
> protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
>
> {
>
> if (disposing && (components != null))
>
> {
>
> components.Dispose();
>
> }
>
> base.Dispose(disposing);
>
> }
>
> #region Component Designer generated code
>
> /// <summary>
>
> /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
>
> /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
>
> /// </summary>
>
> private void InitializeComponent()
>
> {
>
> this.textBox = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
>
> this.SuspendLayout();
>
> //
>
> // textBox
>
> //
>
> this.textBox.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(24, 50);
>
> this.textBox.Name = "textBox";
>
> this.textBox.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(100, 20);
>
> this.textBox.TabIndex = 0;
>
> //
>
> // TestUserControl
>
> //
>
> this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
>
> this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
>
> this.Controls.Add(this.textBox);
>
> this.Name = "TestUserControl";
>
> this.ResumeLayout(false);
>
> this.PerformLayout();
>
> }
>
> #endregion
>
> private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox textBox;
>
> }
>
> }
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "alex sparsky" <alex@sparkysystems.com> wrote in message
> news:si4eq1ldr34v61hremrppii0va0bc94vk5@4ax.com...[color=green]
>> [
>> Description("Items Collection"),
>> Category("Items"),
>> DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializat ionVisibility.Content),
>> Editor(typeof(GItemEditor), typeof(UITypeEditor)),
>> RefreshProperties(RefreshProperties.All),
>> Browsable( true )
>> ]
>>
>> and none of those things are helping. :/
>>
>> this is the header I've already been using.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:42:00 +0200, "Bele din Carpati"
>> <cristianb@mail.dntis.ro> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>see how the Controls property of Control object is marked with
>>>DesignerSerializationVisibility:
>>>
>>>[DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializat ionVisibility.Content),
>>>System.Windows.Forms.SRDescription("ControlCont rolsDescr"),
>>>Browsable(false)]
>>>public System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlCollection Controls
>>>
>>>{
>>>
>>>get{....}
>>>
>>>set{...}
>>>
>>>}
>>>
>>>Can you please let me know if this is helped you?
>>>
>>>Cristi
>>>
>>>"alex sparsky" <alex@sparkysystems.com> wrote in message
>>>news:cqtdq1deo5l11s01t0d40bjh87pigo52p4@4ax.com ...
>>>> Tried that already and it made no difference. I'm still looking for a
>>>> solution to this.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 20:00:18 +0200, "Bele din Carpati"
>>>> <cristianb@mail.dntis.ro> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I think you should use RefreshPropertiesAttribute.
>>>>>
>>>>>[RefreshProperties(RefreshProperties.All)]
>>>>>
>>>>>FooCollection FooProperties
>>>>>
>>>>>[/color][/color]
>
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