Fixing form size in design mode from base form

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SteveB - 13 Feb 2005 20:07 GMT

Hi
Does anybody know of a way to fix the size of inheriting forms by setting a
size in a base form. I would like to remove the ability of developers to
change the size of a form (in design mode) if they inherit from a particular
base form. I know you can override the SelectionRules property of a control
designer to fix a control size but it doesn't seem to work for inheriting
forms.

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Keenan Newton - 13 Feb 2005 21:16 GMT

Well i suppose you could override the Size property accessors to ignore
any changes made from the inherited form. I think that should do the
trick. I did a similar method to prevent others from trying to change
the font of a control.

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SteveB - 13 Feb 2005 23:07 GMT

Thanks for your reply Keenan, I was thinking I would have to implement my own
designer, but what you said lead me to just setting the min and max form
sizes on the base which works.

> Well i suppose you could override the Size property accessors to ignore
> any changes made from the inherited form. I think that should do the
> trick. I did a similar method to prevent others from trying to change
> the font of a control.

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Matt Garven - 14 Feb 2005 00:15 GMT

You might want to look into the BrowsableAttribute and the
DesignerSerializationVisibilityAttribute in addition to setting the minimum
and maximum size.

Regards,
Matt Garven

> Thanks for your reply Keenan, I was thinking I would have to implement my own
> designer, but what you said lead me to just setting the min and max form
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> > trick. I did a similar method to prevent others from trying to change
> > the font of a control.

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