Create the controls inside my control

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Hi all,

I write 2 controls. (Acutally I simplifed my project here) MyTextBox and MyPanel. MyPanel contains a property which is a collection of MyTextBox.

public partial class MyPanel : Panel
{
public MyPanel()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

private MyTextBox[] myTextBox = null;
public MyTextBox[] MyTextBox
{
get { return myTextBox; }
set { myTextBox = value; }
}
}

Inside the MyTextBox usercontrol, I create a TextBox inside it:

public partial class MyTextBox : UserControl
{
public MyTextBox()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

private TextBox textBox = new TextBox();
public TextBox Edit
{
get { return textBox; }
set { textBox = value; }
}
}

After I included MyPanel in my form, I can see the property MyTextBox. I opened the CollectionEditor and add 2 controls, myTextBox1 and myTextBox2

Here is the code generated in form:

private MyPanel myPanel1;
private MyTextBox myTextBox1;
private MyTextBox myTextBox2;

and ...

//
// myPanel1
//
this.myPanel1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(77, 33);
this.myPanel1.MyTextBox = new WindowsApplication1.MyTextBox[] {
this.myTextBox1,
this.myTextBox2};
this.myPanel1.Name = "myPanel1";
this.myPanel1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(148, 89);
this.myPanel1.TabIndex = 0;
//
// myTextBox1
//
this.myTextBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);
this.myTextBox1.Name = "myTextBox1";
this.myTextBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(150, 150);
this.myTextBox1.TabIndex = 0;
//
// myTextBox2
//
this.myTextBox2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);
this.myTextBox2.Name = "myTextBox2";
this.myTextBox2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(150, 150);
this.myTextBox2.TabIndex = 0;

No error at all. That's great. But my question is:

I don't want to create the TextBox inside MyTextBox. I want to create it under the form, and remotely use it in MyTextBox. The designer code should be as belows:

private MyPanel myPanel1;
private MyTextBox myTextBox1;
private TextBox textBox1;
private MyTextBox myTextBox2;
private TextBox textBox2;


this.myTextBox1.Edit = this.textBox1

this.myTextBox2.Edit = this.textBox2

This is exactly the same as the way we seen at the DataGrid and DataColumn controls. How can I do that? Any information are welcome.