I would like to subclass the Microfour.Strataframe.UI.Windows.Forms.DevEx.TextEdit so I don't have to set all the properties each time to get currency box behavior when I drop one on a form (this form will have > 30 ) I will be using this to bind to character fields as well.



I am still a little uncertain as to how masking works in .NET.



I am trying to add a new component, and set the inherits, then set the properties I want in the properties sheet. I get a warning that fProperties has a the exact property in the base class and should be marked Shadows but I'm out of my depth on exactly how to set this up.



I'd be open to any alternative suggestions as to how to create the textbox that will behave right to left, 2 decimals, show with normal backcolor when disabled or readonly etc. The DevEx.TextEdit ( part of the DevExpress freebie in the XtraEditors ) might be the easiest to adapt for my purposes but if anyone has built something else they'd like to share I'd certainly like to see it.



Assume others have been down this path before so I'll look forward to suggestions.



TIA

I'm not entirely following this thread (I haven't chewed on the code much) and I don't use DevX controls, but a couple of thoughts.



First if all you want to do is set some defaults, I believe I'd just try setting them in the constructor of the sub classed control. This might not work, but I think it will. If it didn't I'd likely try overriding the create control method. Any properties you set on designer would then override them.



Second, if that didn't work or wasn't what you wanted, then I'd use shadowing to replace certain properties with my own. This can get tricky when dealing with inheritance and interfaces, but is definitely doable.



Here's some sample code for the first method (just typed in):







That should be the entire class! Of course I might be missing what the issue is or some other issue your having but this sort of thing is pretty easy.