Image in PropertyGrid

[Diomatas]

Hi
I ve got a class with some public properties and one of them is of type
image.

I use these properties in a propertygrid.
When the user press the little button into the propertygrid, an open file
dialog appears where he can choose the image he likes.

The question is How can I get the path of the image from the propertygrid or
the open dialog.

Thanks in advance

[Atul]

There is no way to do that from the default implementation. The alternative
would be to implement your own UITypeEditor and apply that to your property.

-Atul, Sky Software http://www.ssware.com
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"Diomatas" <Di******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi
I ve got a class with some public properties and one of them is of type
image.

I use these properties in a propertygrid.
When the user press the little button into the propertygrid, an open file
dialog appears where he can choose the image he likes.

The question is How can I get the path of the image from the propertygrid
or
the open dialog.

Thanks in advance

[Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP]]

Hi Diomatas,

Why do you want the path of the image once the property is set if you have
the image? Notice that once the user has set the image in the property grid,
he could delete the file on disk and your app should work correctly. If the
path is the important thing, then the property should be named
ImageFileName, of String type.

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"Diomatas" <Di******@discussions.microsoft.com> escribió en el mensaje
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Hi
I ve got a class with some public properties and one of them is of type
image.

I use these properties in a propertygrid.
When the user press the little button into the propertygrid, an open file
dialog appears where he can choose the image he likes.

The question is How can I get the path of the image from the propertygrid
or
the open dialog.

Thanks in advance

[Diomatas]

The important thing is the path because I want to store it on a Database.. I
declared it as Image in order to give the user the oportunity to find the
file using the open dialog control.

"Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP]" wrote:

Hi Diomatas,

Why do you want the path of the image once the property is set if you have
the image? Notice that once the user has set the image in the property grid,
he could delete the file on disk and your app should work correctly. If the
path is the important thing, then the property should be named
ImageFileName, of String type.

--

Best regards,

Carlos J. Quintero

MZ-Tools: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio .NET, VB6, VB5 and VBA
You can code, design and document much faster.
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"Diomatas" <Di******@discussions.microsoft.com> escribió en el mensaje
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Hi
I ve got a class with some public properties and one of them is of type
image.

I use these properties in a propertygrid.
When the user press the little button into the propertygrid, an open file
dialog appears where he can choose the image he likes.

The question is How can I get the path of the image from the propertygrid
or
the open dialog.

Thanks in advance

[Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP]]

Then you have to declare the property as String and provide a button to
navigate to a file. This is done through a UITypeEditors, etc. See:

Building Windows Forms Controls and Components with Rich Design-Time
Features, Part 2
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/is...-TimeControls/
--

Best regards,

Carlos J. Quintero

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"Diomatas" <Di******@discussions.microsoft.com> escribió en el mensaje
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The important thing is the path because I want to store it on a Database..
I
declared it as Image in order to give the user the oportunity to find the
file using the open dialog control.

"Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP]" wrote:

[Diomatas]

Thanks mate...

"Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP]" wrote:

Then you have to declare the property as String and provide a button to
navigate to a file. This is done through a UITypeEditors, etc. See:

Building Windows Forms Controls and Components with Rich Design-Time
Features, Part 2
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/is...-TimeControls/
--

Best regards,

Carlos J. Quintero

MZ-Tools: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio .NET, VB6, VB5 and VBA
You can code, design and document much faster.
Free resources for add-in developers:
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"Diomatas" <Di******@discussions.microsoft.com> escribió en el mensaje
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The important thing is the path because I want to store it on a Database..
I
declared it as Image in order to give the user the oportunity to find the
file using the open dialog control.

"Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP]" wrote: