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Public Form property not shown in Property editor

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Greg McGuffey	Greg McGuffey posted 16 Years Ago Topic Details Share Topic
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2K, Visits: 6.6K	I have a couple of properties, both of type Color, that I added to a form. They are public properties, I've set up a Category() and Description() and added ShouldSerialize/Reset methods for them. However, I can't get them to show up in the property editor (grid). I would have sworn that there wasn't anything special to get this to work, but I'm baffled. Any ideas what I could be doing wrong? Here's the code: Private _passingBackColor As Color = Color.LightGreen ''' <summary> ''' Define the color used to highlight items that have passing ''' scores. ''' </summary> <Category("RAMS: Score Formatting") _ , Description("Define the color used to highlight passing scores in the list.")> _ Public Property PassingBackColor() As Color Get Return _passingBackColor End Get Set(ByVal value As Color) _passingBackColor = value End Set End Property Private _failingBackColor As Color = Color.LightPink ''' <summary> ''' Define the color used to highlight items that have failing ''' scores. ''' </summary> <Category("RAMS: Score Formatting") _ , Description("Define the color used to highlight failing scores in the list.")> _ Public Property FailingBackColor() As Color Get Return _failingBackColor End Get Set(ByVal value As Color) _failingBackColor = value End Set End Property ''' <summary> ''' Return if the designer should serialize the PassingBackColor ''' property. ''' </summary> ''' <returns>True if property needs to be serialized to the designer</returns> ''' <remarks></remarks> Public Function ShouldSerializePassingBackColor() As Boolean Return _passingBackColor <> Color.LightGreen End Function ''' <summary> ''' Reset the PassingBackColor to its default value and remove serialization ''' the property from the designer. ''' </summary> ''' <remarks></remarks> Public Sub ResetPassingBackColor() _passingBackColor = Color.LightGreen End Sub ''' <summary> ''' Return if the designer should serialize the FailingBackColor ''' property. ''' </summary> ''' <returns>True if property needs to be serialized to the designer</returns> ''' <remarks></remarks> Public Function ShouldSerializeFailingBackColor() As Boolean Return _failingBackColor = Color.LightPink End Function ''' <summary> ''' Reset the FailingBackColor to its default value and remove serialization ''' the property from the designer. ''' </summary> ''' <remarks></remarks> Public Sub ResetFailingBackColor() _failingBackColor = Color.LightPink End Sub
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Ivan George Borges	Ivan George Borges posted 16 Years Ago Post Details Share Post
Group: StrataFrame MVPs Posts: 1.9K, Visits: 21K	Hey Greg. Not sure this is the cause, but I define the DescriptionAttribute, not the Description, as you are coding over there: ''' <summary> ''' Define the color used to highlight items that have passing ''' scores. ''' </summary> <Category("RAMS: Score Formatting") _ , DescriptionAttribute("Define the color used to highlight passing scores in the list.")> _ Public Property PassingBackColor() As Color Get Return _passingBackColor End Get Set(ByVal value As Color) _passingBackColor = value End Set End Property
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Keith Chisarik	Keith Chisarik posted 16 Years Ago Post Details Share Post
Group: StrataFrame Users Posts: 939, Visits: 40K	Here is what works for me. <Category("Airbase: Custom Settings")> _ <Description("When set to False, form data hotkeys will be disabled.")> _ <DefaultValue(True)> _ Public Property UseAppHotKeys() As Boolean Get Return Me.p_UseAppHotKeys End Get Set(ByVal value As Boolean) Me.p_UseAppHotKeys = value End Set End Property Keith Chisarik Sigma Data Systems
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Trent Taylor	Trent Taylor posted 16 Years Ago Post Details Share Post
Group: StrataFrame Developers Posts: 6.6K, Visits: 6.9K	It looks correct. If you are adding the properties to a class and then going into the designer of the same class, the properties will not show up. However, if you drop the control on a different designer (i.e. drop a textbox on a form) or subclass the class, they will then show up on the inherited class within the designer. Past that, the only other reason that I could think of is if the class in question is private or the heirarchy above these properties is hiding them due to their limited declaration. Past that, I don't see anything blaring at me.
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Greg McGuffey	Greg McGuffey posted 16 Years Ago Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2K, Visits: 6.6K	OK, I think Trent has the answer. I didn't know that properties of a class didn't show up on that same class (in this case a form). I had added the properties to a form and then looked for those properties on that same form in the designer. If I understand you correctly, they would only show up for inherited forms or in the case of components or controls when dropped onto another container control. Is that correct?
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Trent Taylor	Trent Taylor posted 16 Years Ago Post Details Share Post
Group: StrataFrame Developers Posts: 6.6K, Visits: 6.9K	You got it
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Greg McGuffey	Greg McGuffey posted 16 Years Ago Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2K, Visits: 6.6K	Thanks! Mystery solved!
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