Fontinfo expand/collapse

[Shawn Meyer]

I added a fontinfo property to a custom control

public FontInfo TitleFont
{
get { return _title_font; }
set { _title_font = value; }
}

In the designer TitleFont it is not expandable like on all other controls
Font properties.
Instead it is just a blank text box that you can type text into.
How do I make it expandable to set the sub properties from the designer.

Thanks,
Shawn

[Victor Garcia Aprea [MVP]]

Hi Shawn,

Where/How is _title_font being instantiated? Also you should only offer a
get accesor for this property, there is no really a need for a set accesor.

I'm assuming you have an Style instance in your type for which you want to
expose its Font property. You could code the TitleFont property like this:
[C#]
[DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializat ionVisibility.Content)]
[NotifyParentProperty(true)]
public FontInfo TitleFont {
get {return _style.Font;}
}

Assuming you have instantiated _style properly, this will show up properly
in the Properties window,

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"Shawn Meyer" <smeyer@interelate.com> wrote in message
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> I added a fontinfo property to a custom control
>
> public FontInfo TitleFont
> {
> get { return _title_font; }
> set { _title_font = value; }
> }
>
> In the designer TitleFont it is not expandable like on all other controls
> Font properties.
> Instead it is just a blank text box that you can type text into.
> How do I make it expandable to set the sub properties from the designer.
>
> Thanks,
> Shawn
>
>

[Shawn Meyer]

That worked great. Thanks much.
Shawn

"Victor Garcia Aprea [MVP]" <vga@NOobiesSPAM.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Shawn,
>
> Where/How is _title_font being instantiated? Also you should only offer a
> get accesor for this property, there is no really a need for a set

accesor.

>
> I'm assuming you have an Style instance in your type for which you want to
> expose its Font property. You could code the TitleFont property like this:
> [C#]
> [DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializat ionVisibility.Content)]
> [NotifyParentProperty(true)]
> public FontInfo TitleFont {
> get {return _style.Font;}
> }
>
> Assuming you have instantiated _style properly, this will show up properly
> in the Properties window,
>
> --
> Victor Garcia Aprea
> Microsoft MVP | ASP.NET
> Looking for insights on ASP.NET? Read my blog:
> [url]http://obies.com/vga/blog.aspx[/url]
> To contact me remove 'NOSPAM'. Please post all questions to the newsgroup
>
> "Shawn Meyer" <smeyer@interelate.com> wrote in message
> news:eEXp92sMEHA.556@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

> > I added a fontinfo property to a custom control
> >
> > public FontInfo TitleFont
> > {
> > get { return _title_font; }
> > set { _title_font = value; }
> > }
> >
> > In the designer TitleFont it is not expandable like on all other

controls

> > Font properties.
> > Instead it is just a blank text box that you can type text into.
> > How do I make it expandable to set the sub properties from the designer.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Shawn
> >
> >

>
>