Being a newbie with Reference/Resource is there a way of embedding the
.resource file within a folder of my application instead of having it in the
main project /executing assembly area. i.e. if I have a folder pertaining to
variables, I would like to have that "variables.resource" ...

Hi NG,
I built a GUI-Builder with C# and use own components like TableRow-Object as
designed-time-components which are derived from Panel. Just like in other
IDEs I show the Properties of a TableRow-Object in a Property-Grid. The

I'm building a couple of designers and I would like to use the same drawing
that winforms classes use.
I managed to do this:
class ButtonComponent

I have a problem with Visual Studio 2002. Now and again, when i start
running a VB.NET application, after the build of the exe is complete,
it takes a minute or more to actually run the exe (2min 20s on the
last count).

hi I hope to explain myself very well this time
My SO: Win XP Spanish
My DB: Access 2000 Spanish
My Regional Config: Spanish

Can anyone tell me why existing controls on a form loaded into a
hosted windows form designer do not display the visual "handles" when
selected and yet controls newly added to the form using the designer,
do?

Hi NG,
I have a Derived Panel with a ControlDesigner:
[DesignerAttribute(typeof(TableRowDesigner))]
public class TableRow : Panel

I'm developing an app and using some low-quality bitmaps for desiging my
GUI - each bitmap is placed in an Image property or in an ImageList.
This means the bitmaps are serialized into the .resx file, right?
Can't I add the bitmaps as links to .bmp files in my project, so I could

I want to design a control that needs to have extra "handles" at design
time.  Basically at design time I want my control to have a line coming off
of it that extends beyond the region of my control and ends in a "gripper"
handle (probably only when it is selected in the form ...

I would like to implement the password field inside the .NET PropertyGrid
control.
That means if the user types the string value the PropertyGrid displays "*"
but captures actual typed string.

Hello Group,
It looks like an error.
To reproduce, create a simple ExtenderProvider component: