How come I can change the values of X & Y for a Point in a Property Grid but
not for a PointF?
I suppose a UITypeEditor must be written but all the examples that I've seen
don't show how to display the

Is there an easy way to exit designtime mode in runtime and switch back to
designtime?
Thanks in advance.

I know that in C#, the Properties box has a second tab that lists all
of the available Events for a selected control during design time - it
would be really, really nice if this same kind of tab could be used
while working in VB - the only way to list events (from what I can

I tried this one but doesn't seem to work. I looked into the IL for Padding
and PaddingConverter but doesn't seem to have a CreateInstance(string)... is
it possible at all to specify a DefaultValue for it? Any workarounds?
[DefaultValue(typeof(Padding), "{Left=2,Top=2,Right=2 ...

I am trying to create image property that will work in the designer.  I want
the image to be written to the resource file for the class.
Here is what I have so far, but I am running into a wall here.  The property
comes up okay in the designer with the drill button and the file ...

hello world,
i'm quite a newby to .net, and so i try to follow the
msdn samples.
many samples refer to a System.Windows.Forms.Design.ControlDesigner

I am mystified by type converters.  At design time, I enter a string into a
text field.  At run time, I query the field, and the string I entered isn't
there.  Also, I derived my converter from the ExpandableObjectConverter, and
my converter is getting called once for each property ...

I have a PropertyGrid that loads one of my objects. The Object has a
TypeConverter that I build to display a list of values. If the grid
closes I would like to do some cleanup.
In the constructor of the TypeConverter I registered an event so that

When putting user controls in panels on a form, sometimes the designer just
loses
them.  Many people have reported this issue.  The potential causes people
speculated were the control was not accessible or was changed in the project

Is there a reliable place where I can do some work after all of the
properties have been set?
Controls/Components that need to know when all properties have been set
need to use ISupportInitialize BeginInit, EndInit and use the EndInit call

i have a big problem with the designer in vs2003/c#. i searched the internet
but can't find any solution to the problem described below...
i would like to create a usercontrol with some content in it. e.g. a
titlebar and a stateicon and so on. there is also a panel (i'll name it

I'm implementing my own "Form Designer" and now want to add Cut/Copy/Paste
and Undo/Redo feature into it.
I found that, correct me if I'm wrong, I need to implement
"IDesignerSerializationService" interface to use standart menu commands to

Anyone know how to change the focus to another control at design time?
I have a container control and I want to be able to at design time change to
another control in the container control based on the mouse click. I figured
that part out, but I can't get it to set the focus with ...

Some issues we have noticed with the designer:
1. Can not determine design mode before the properties are actually set,
making it difficult to code the connection of controls? Is there a way to
tell design mode earlier?

If I have a property that exposes a custom Collection and has a bunch of
AddRange overloads, the AddRange call that takes the argument of type that
the property exposes HAS to be the last method declared in the collection
class after all the other AddRange method declarations. ...