Private default constructor in usercontrol

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Mattias Sundström - 25 Jan 2006 10:09 GMT

Hi!

I want to set the default constructor in my usercontrol to private. The
reason is that it shouldn't be used and raise a compilation error if used
anywhere in the code. I have another constructor that should be used
instead. My problem is that if I set it to private, I can't import it into
the toolbox in VS and thus is unable to drag it on to my windowsform. Pretty
anoying...

Anyone who knows how to work around this?

/Mattias

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Bob Powell [MVP] - 30 Jan 2006 14:56 GMT

Generally, if you want to prevent default construction of any given class
its sufficient to make the default constructor protected. A private
constructor for any class is pretty well nonsensical.

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