Can VS2005 Designer handle Generic Inherited Components?

[Ashot Geodakov]

Hi,

I am trying to do inherit my component from, let's say, a ListBox, and make
it generic:

namespace WindowsApplication1
{
public class GenericListBox<T: ListBox
{
...
}
}

My form is defined this way:

namespace WindowsApplication1
{
partial class Form1
{
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.listBox1 = new GenericListBox<int>();
................
}

private GenericListBox<intlistBox1;
}
}

The project builds fine, but I can not open the form in the design mode:

"Could not find type 'WindowsApplication1.GenericListBox'. Please make sure
that the assembly that contains this type is referenced. If this type is a
part of your development project, make sure that the project has been
successfully built."

If I remove the <Tpart from the component's definition and rebuild, it
opens the form in the designer fine.

Is there any way to avoid manual editing of the form's designer code in this
situation?

Thank you in advance!