Good morning Mick

in my previous version, I inherited from Object (and serialization works),
but inheriting from Component is much more useful. For example, the built-in
(name) property does not exist in Object.

However, now I'm trying to "inject" some of your ideas into my version. My
goal is to get a quite more complex Items collection (with ImageIndex,
Image, Tag, Text, ForeColor, etc.).

Is thee only a bit of code that I've not understood.

This is my version:

 Public Property Text() As String
   Get
     Return mText
   End Get
   Set(ByVal Value As String)
     mText = Value
   End Set
 End Property

 Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
   Return Text
 End Function

...and this is your:
 Public Property Item() As Object
   Get
     Return mObject
   End Get
   Set(ByVal Value As Object)
     mObject = Value
   End Set
 End Property

 Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
   If mObject Is Nothing Then
     Return String.Empty
   Else
     Return mObject.ToString
   End If
 End Function

I've not understood the purpose of the Item property. Is is required by the
ObjectCollection to work properly? Do you think can be removed and replaced
with Text?

Thank you once more.

Carlo

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