ComboBox in User Control

[Rachel Suddeth]

When I put a ComboBox on a form, I can enter strings through the designer to
fill Items collections. I have put a ComboBox in a UserControl, and exposed
the the Items collections with the same type...

public class ControlWithComb oBox : MyControls.Base Control, IDataEntryContr ol
{
...
protected System.Windows. Forms.ComboBox comboBox;
...
public ComboBox.Object Collection Items
{
get{ return comboBox.Items; }
}
...
}

Now I get a different TypeEditor in the desiger, and it's useless. Is there
something simple I'm missing to tell VS that this field can be changed in
the same way as the ComboBox.Items?

Thanks,
Rachel

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[Rachel Suddeth]

Since no one seemed to know this, I thought I'd post the solution I finally
figured out. It's not well documented in the help, and I thought someone
else might like to know... there are 2 things (attributes). You need to give
the elements of the collection DesignerVisibil ity, and you need to use the
StringCollectio nEditor UITypeEditor.

[Description("Ge ts the collection of items displayed by the current combo
box editor."),
DesignerSeriali zationVisibilit y(DesignerSeria lizationVisibil ity.Content),
Editor("System. Windows.Forms.D esign.StringCol lectionEditor, System.Design",
typeof(System.D rawing.Design.U ITypeEditor))]
public ComboBox.Object Collection Items
{
get{ return comboBox.Items; }
}

-Rachel

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When I put a ComboBox on a form, I can enter strings through the designer
to fill Items collections. I have put a ComboBox in a UserControl, and
exposed the the Items collections with the same type...

public class ControlWithComb oBox : MyControls.Base Control,
IDataEntryContr ol
{
...
protected System.Windows. Forms.ComboBox comboBox;
...
public ComboBox.Object Collection Items
{
get{ return comboBox.Items; }
}
...
}

Now I get a different TypeEditor in the desiger, and it's useless. Is
there something simple I'm missing to tell VS that this field can be
changed in the same way as the ComboBox.Items?

Thanks,
Rachel

_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ __

Roydan Enterprises Ltd
602 North 9th Street
Manitowoc, WI 54220-3924

1-800-236-6906
(920)-684-3688
Fax: [phone]