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.NET Forum / Windows Forms / Design Time / February 2007How to lock controls
Hi there, I'm creating a design form at runtime using "System.ComponentModel.Design.DesignSurface" and cousins. Does anyone know how to lock an individual control on my form (or possibly all controls) so users can't drag or resize it. Thanks. myForm.Locked = True myControl.Locked = True Robin S. --------------------------------- > Hi there, > > I'm creating a design form at runtime using > "System.ComponentModel.Design.DesignSurface" and cousins. Does anyone > know how to lock an individual control on my form (or possibly all > controls) so users can't drag or resize it. Thanks. > myForm.Locked = True > > myControl.Locked = True Thanks. Neither "Form" nor "Control" has a "Locked" property however. What am I missing. What version of Visual Studio are you using? I'm using VS2005, and those properties are there. Robin S. ----------------------------------- >> myForm.Locked = True >> >> myControl.Locked = True > > Thanks. Neither "Form" nor "Control" has a "Locked" property however. > What am I missing. > What version of Visual Studio are you using? I'm using VS2005, and those > properties are there. This isn't being done in Visual Studio. It's taking place at runtime on a machine where VS isn't installed. I'm manually creating the same design form seen in VS using "System.ComponentModel.Design.DesignSurface" as my starting point. I can create my form without issue but don't know how to kill the sizing grips that automatically appear on each control (nor how to disable dragging of each control). The "Locked" property seen in VS is some sort of dynamic (design-time) property which isn't an official member of "Control" or "Form". I'm not sure how to access this property at runtime assuming it's even there (maybe it's added behind the scenes). If not then there must be some other way to pull this off. > This isn't being done in Visual Studio. It's taking place at runtime on a > machine where VS isn't installed. I'm manually creating the same design [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > runtime assuming it's even there (maybe it's added behind the scenes). If > not then there must be some other way to pull this off. Ok, I can do it using reflection like so: TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(myControl)["Locked"].SetValue(myControl, true); This seems highly irregular however. Is there a more mainstream way to do it or is this it. Thanks.
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