Hmmm... I'll give that a try.
However, putting controls like buttons, labels and other such controls and
changing the access modifier to protected allows you to make changes to the
control in the derived UserControl class. It just seems odd to me that a
control like the ToolStrip wouldn't support the same functionality.
Thanks,
Mike
On 8/1/07, Peter Ritchie <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Ah, okay, from the designer. As far as I know the designer doesn't
> support changing properties from the base class unless they're properties
> of the base class. If you make the ToolStrip a virtual property of the
> base class the derived class can edit it in the Designer; but only as a
> property, you can't click on it and change properties. You have to click
> on the control and expand the property to change the properties of that
> child control. Example, in the base class add this property:
> [Browsable(true)]
> [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Always)]
> [DesignerSerializationVisibility
> (DesignerSerializationVisibility.Visible)]
> public ToolStrip ToolStrip
> {
> get
> {
> return toolStrip1;
> }
> }
> ...and you will get a ToolStip property in the Properties grid, expanding
> it you can change it's properties. Clicking on the toolstrip on the
> control will show the it as the selected item but only read-only.
>
> On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 16:07:15 -0500, Mike Andrews
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >It's very odd.
> >I draw a toolstrip control on a base usercontrol. I change the modifiers
> >from private (yes, you're correct) to protected.
> >I create a new user control and change the inheritance from UserControl
> to
> >BaseUserControl (or whatever I've called it).
> >I now cannot make any changes to that toolstrip control on the derived
> >usercontrol, i.e., no context menu available and all properties in the
> >properties window are disabled; I do, however, have access to the control
> >via code.
> >
> >I created a test project outside of my main project just to see if this
> >could be duplicated and it still does it in another project. I'm just at
> a
> >loss here.
>
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