I'm trying to inherit/extend the standard LinkLabel control so I can add a
couple of additional things to it... but, I can't get it to display on any
forms. Do I need a custom designer? What am I missing? Here's my code...

Public Class HoverLinkLabel

Inherits System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabel

#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "

Public Sub New()

MyBase.New()

'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.

InitializeComponent()

'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call

End Sub

'UserControl overrides dispose to clean up the component list.

Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)

If disposing Then

If Not (components Is Nothing) Then

components.Dispose()

End If

End If

MyBase.Dispose(disposing)

End Sub

'Required by the Windows Form Designer

Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer

'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer

'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.

'Do not modify it using the code editor.

<System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()

End Sub

#End Region

Private _hoverColor As Color = ControlsHelper.GetHoverLinkColor

Private _linkColor As Color = Me.LinkColor

Public Property HoverColor() As Color

Get

Return _hoverColor

End Get

Set(ByVal Value As Color)

_hoverColor = Value

End Set

End Property

Protected Overrides Sub OnMouseEnter(ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

MyBase.OnMouseEnter(e)

Me.LinkColor = _hoverColor

End If

End Sub

Protected Overrides Sub OnMouseLeave(ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

MyBase.OnMouseLeave(e)

Me.LinkColor = _linkColor

End If

End Sub

End Class