Custom control "invalid property value" dialog

[Mark Ingram]

Hi, ive written a custom control and i would like to display the
"invalid property value" dialog box for certain properties on my form if
the user enters a value outside the allowed range (in the visual studio
designer).
e.g. If i had a percentage property, i would want the user only to be
able to enter Int32 values between 0&100. How can i do this?

[Marc Gravell]

Have you tried throwing an ArgumentException in your property setter?

Mar

[Stoitcho Goutsev \(100\)]

Mark,

If your property throw an exception the designer will show the Invalid
property value withe the exception message.
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Stoitcho Goutsev (100)

"Mark Ingram" <no****@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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Hi, ive written a custom control and i would like to display the "invalid
property value" dialog box for certain properties on my form if the user
enters a value outside the allowed range (in the visual studio designer).
e.g. If i had a percentage property, i would want the user only to be able
to enter Int32 values between 0&100. How can i do this?

[Mark Ingram]

Stoitcho Goutsev (100) wrote:

Mark,

If your property throw an exception the designer will show the Invalid
property value withe the exception message.

which exception? ArgumentException?

[Mark Ingram]

Stoitcho Goutsev (100) wrote:

Mark,

If your property throw an exception the designer will show the Invalid
property value withe the exception message.

Throwing an Exception and ArgumentException both worked great, thanks!

[Stoitcho Goutsev \(100\)]

Doesn't matter what kind of exception you throws, whatever make sense in you
case.

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Stoitcho Goutsev (100)

"Mark Ingram" <no****@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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Stoitcho Goutsev (100) wrote:

Mark,

If your property throw an exception the designer will show the Invalid
property value withe the exception message.

Throwing an Exception and ArgumentException both worked great, thanks!