Hello MC,

As for hidding a property(function) in base class, so far the .net
framework programming language (C# and VB.NET) doesn't provide a direct
means to do this. What you can get is use a "new" keyword (in C#) to
redefine a property(method) and them use some .NET specific attribute to
decorate it.

For example ,you can use the "BrowsableAttribute" to make your control's
"Text" property invisible in IDE designer's property windows. You can also
use "ObsoleteAttribute" to make the property unusable(report error at
compile time if you try using it). e.g.

======================

public class MyTextBox :TextBox
{
    public MyTextBox()
    {
       
    }

   
   [Obsolete("This property is no longer used in this control", true)]
   [Browsable(false)]
   public new string Text
   {
       get { return "not used..."; }
   }

}
===========================

#ObsoleteAttribute Class  
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.obsoleteattribute.aspx

#BrowsableAttribute Class  
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.componentmodel.browsableattr
ibute.aspx

Hope this helps some.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead



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