Creating custom controls

[Kyle Fitzgerald]

I've started a web control library project and can build
my own controls to add to the toolbox in the .NET
environment. The problem I'm having is I want to create a
control just like the HTML table where I could drag my
control on the page and then drag and drop other controls
into the cells of the table. I've tried creating my own
and I tried to inherit from
system.ui.htmlcontrols.htmltable but I can not get it to
have the borders and cells when I drag my control onto a
form. It just says [xxxTable "xxxTable1"] on the
control. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might
make a control so developers can drop other controls into
my table control. Also, I'm trying to create my own b/c I
want to limit the functionality a develope can have with
the table and I only want them to start with one row and
two cells.

Thanks in Advance

[Victor Garcia Aprea [MVP]]

Hi Kyle,

You'll need to deal with design-time stuff. Take a look at the docs for
everything related to design-time, ie ControlDesigner, etc.

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"Kyle Fitzgerald" <ky*************@litton.c-bass.com> wrote in message
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I've started a web control library project and can build
my own controls to add to the toolbox in the .NET
environment. The problem I'm having is I want to create a
control just like the HTML table where I could drag my
control on the page and then drag and drop other controls
into the cells of the table. I've tried creating my own
and I tried to inherit from
system.ui.htmlcontrols.htmltable but I can not get it to have the borders and cells when I drag my control onto a form. It just says [xxxTable "xxxTable1"] on the
control. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might
make a control so developers can drop other controls into
my table control. Also, I'm trying to create my own b/c I
want to limit the functionality a develope can have with
the table and I only want them to start with one row and
two cells.

Thanks in Advance

[Kyle Fitzgerald]

Thanks for the tip Victor, heading that way now!

-----Original Message-----
Hi Kyle,

You'll need to deal with design-time stuff. Take a look at the docs foreverything related to design-time, ie ControlDesigner, etc.
--
Victor Garcia Aprea
Microsoft MVP | ASP.NET
Looking for insights on ASP.NET? Read my blog:
http://obies.com/vga/blog.aspx
To contact me remove 'NOSPAM'. Please post all questions to the newsgroupand not by private mail.

"Kyle Fitzgerald" <ky*************@litton.c-bass.com> wrote in messagenews:01****************************@phx.gbl...

I've started a web control library project and can build
my own controls to add to the toolbox in the .NET
environment. The problem I'm having is I want to create a control just like the HTML table where I could drag my
control on the page and then drag and drop other controls into the cells of the table. I've tried creating my own
and I tried to inherit from
system.ui.htmlcontrols.htmltable but I can not get it to

have the borders and cells when I drag my control onto a

form. It just says [xxxTable "xxxTable1"] on the
control. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might make a control so developers can drop other controls into my table control. Also, I'm trying to create my own b/c I want to limit the functionality a develope can have with
the table and I only want them to start with one row and
two cells.

Thanks in Advance

.

[Kevin Spencer]

Hi Kyle,

You need to create a Custom Designer class for your control. Here is the URL
of an article in the .Net SDK on developing Custom Designer classes:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...omdesigner.asp

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
http://www.takempis.com
Big Things are made up of
Lots of Little Things.

"Kyle Fitzgerald" <ky*************@litton.c-bass.com> wrote in message
news:01****************************@phx.gbl...

I've started a web control library project and can build
my own controls to add to the toolbox in the .NET
environment. The problem I'm having is I want to create a
control just like the HTML table where I could drag my
control on the page and then drag and drop other controls
into the cells of the table. I've tried creating my own
and I tried to inherit from
system.ui.htmlcontrols.htmltable but I can not get it to
have the borders and cells when I drag my control onto a
form. It just says [xxxTable "xxxTable1"] on the
control. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might
make a control so developers can drop other controls into
my table control. Also, I'm trying to create my own b/c I
want to limit the functionality a develope can have with
the table and I only want them to start with one row and
two cells.

Thanks in Advance