In the current situation, the user of the control could (I think) drop a
control onto (for example) one of the buttons, or the label, that's part of the
MiniInfo control. That's not desirable. Perhaps you need to override one or
more of the DragDrop-related methods.
Or, could you move the DesignerAttribute to the panel? (I'm not sure that
_should_ work, but...)
If you figure this out, please let us know!
At 03:13 AM 4/21/2005, Stanislav Petko wrote
>Well. Thanks for answers, but it seems, I did not express clearly.
>
>
>Note: You can create your own control in MS Visual Studio .NET (2003) by:
>"File -> Add New Item... -> User Control" in your project.
>
>
>My own control named MiniInfo (based on System.Windows.Forms.UserControl) is
>control I can use in another projects. It contains label (for a caption),
>some buttons (together with handlers to control MiniInfo) etc. When built, I
>have a small dll.
>
>In another projects, I can add it into my ToolBox and use it as all the
>other controls (buttons, labels, text boxes, panels...). I can drop it on a
>form, set size and so on. It still has that buttons and a label I created it
>with, but I cannot select them anymore independently (and I dont need to),
>because now it acts as a ONE control.
>
>Because it is declared as
>
><DesignerAttribute("System.Windows.Forms.Design.ParentControlDesigner")>
>
>it is similar to for example GroupBox or Panel, so once it is on a form, I
>can drop another controls on MiniInfo and they belong to it (move with it
>etc.). MiniInfo is a parent of controls dropped on it.
>
>
>But now, I would like to do this. When designing the control itself, I put a
>Panel on in and when using in in another projects, when I drop a button or
>anything on MiniInfo, I want it to be added into THIS panel's controls list
>(Panel will be parent of dropped controls). I can't select panel, because it
>is not independent. It is a part of MiniInfo. When I drop something on
>MiniInfo, it is behind that panel and the parent of dropped item is MiniInfo
>as a whole.
>
>
>I cannot simply in a code do somethig like panel.SendToBack(). I really need
>(or it would be great for further progress) to really somehow make it to be
>tha panel a parent of dropped controls.
>
>
>Any ideas how to do this? :)
>
>
>Thanks again to everyone, Stano.
>
>
>>Make sure the panel has the focus before you drop the control onto it.
>>If you want to paste an existing control in a panel, cut it first and
>>then select the panel and paste the control.
>>
>>Charlotte Foust
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Hello everybody.
>>
>>
>>I created my own control (inherited form
>>System.Windows.Forms.UserControl) named MiniInfo. It is acts something
>>like a very small form (though it's not a form) ... I want to put
>>another controls inside it even in design mode. So the designer
>>attribute is:
>>
>><DesignerAttribute("System.Windows.Forms.Design.ParentControlDesigner")>
>>
>>Everything is OK a it works as expected. When I place for example button
>>on it in design mode it is there ... on that MiniInfo control - MiniInfo
>>is parent of this button.
>>
>>But now I hane a Panel on MiniInfo (it is part of this control) and in
>>design mode, when I drop a control on MiniInfo, I want it to be added
>>into this panel - the panel will be the parent of dropped controls. I am
>>not able to solve this. WHen I just drop a control on MiniInfo, it
>>becomes a parent of this control automatically ant thus the button is
>>behind that panel.
>>
>>I want to make the panel parent of dropped controls.
>>
>>Does anybody know how to achieve this?
>>
>>
>>Thanks, Stano.
J. Merrill / Analytical Software Corp
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