[C#, windows Forms Control Library] create a custom property with its own drop down l

[Shashi Sadasivan]

I am creating a clock control
something that will display the time (unfortunately i could not see that in the control list)

however, i created a property which is of string type, representing the format in which the time should be shown.

I want the user to be able to choose a format from a drop down list in the property window.

how do i go about doing this?

PS. Seems to me that it would sit somewhere in the attribute for that property, im I have not been able to grasp that part. Hope this starts to build my knowledge!

[CyberSoftHari]

You can create your own clock design in UserControl.cs[Desigen] and write properties in UserControl.cs.
BTW you never mention the version of C# front-end.

[Shashi Sadasivan]

You can create your own clock design in UserControl.cs[Desigen] and write properties in UserControl.cs.
BTW you never mention the version of C# front-end.

Thanks for pointing that out, its the 2.0 version of the framework i am using.

The control just has a text box which displays the time (not a graphical one)
I do know how to create properties for it to appear in the properties window,
however I want a way in which the user can only select a few defined ways of selecting which format they want it in.
So a drop down list in the properties window (something similar to ImeMode Property which has a list of selections the user can select) is what i am chasing !

[CyberSoftHari]

you have to place the control in windows form to list in property window.

[Shashi Sadasivan]

you have to place the control in windows form to list in property window.

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Yes I think that is what usually happens, I add the dll to my toolbox in a windows form project and then place it on the form,
my question is a step before that happens, if i have a string property, i want the user to select only 5 types of values.
this is not a user control. Its a custom control (well its almost the same)

[CyberSoftHari]

Create enumerate data type variable with that 5 or 6 list of value and set it to the property.

[Shashi Sadasivan]

Create enumerate data type variable with that 5 or 6 list of value and set it to the property.

Okay, If enumeration is the way to do it (which means i will have to convert the integers back to a string) how do you go about "setting" it to the property?

will the compiler sense its location and populate it by itself or do i have to set any attributes for that?

[Shashi Sadasivan]

Should have tried before posting that.
Well, I was excited to try it.
Yes it did work. :)
So the conclusion I reached is that if you have a property (string type) whise values has to be predefined , you will have to create another property which excepts an enum value and then convert that enum value to a string value as required. You cannot bind a lit of string to the property.

Thanks for your suggestion. Appreciate it a lot

[CyberSoftHari]

yes enumeration will display the drop down list in property.