Windows Forms - Design Time

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Deserializing a VB file into IDesignerHost	26 Sep 2005 07:38 GMT	4
More than one way to skin a cat.... Still on the subject of the BasicDesignerLoader class...... I have written a forms designer, implementing IDesigner etc., and this works very well. I am having trouble implementing the BasicDesignerLoader though..
XML Serialization in the BasicDesignerLoader Class	23 Sep 2005 11:04 GMT	2
Firstly, I am writing my project in VB.NET in VS2005. I am working on a custom forms designer, and am trying to save and load the layout to an XML file. I have overriden the PerformFlush method of the base class
Serializing Forms and Controls on a Custom Forms Designer	20 Sep 2005 11:14 GMT	1
I have successfully created a custom forms designer in VB.NET 2005, and this works very well. However, I cannot seem to see how to load and save the designer's layout, ie. where the controls are on the form, and their properties. I have tried
Using CodeDom and IDesignerSerializationManager	20 Sep 2005 10:52 GMT	2
I have been attempting to serialize a form to Xml using .NET 2.0. I have successfully created my custom forms designer and I have implemented a DesignerLoader (derived from BasicDesignerLoader). However, when it came to serializing a form that contained a TableLayouyPanel I found ...
Panel Inside Custom control set to design	17 Sep 2005 11:13 GMT	1
"I have a custom control that has a panel inside of it. I need the panel exposed as a control in design time when I place an instance of the custom control onto a form. In other words, I need to be able to put objects into the panel when the custom control has been placed onto a ...
custom form designer - IEventBindingService and IReferenceService	15 Sep 2005 09:09 GMT	1
Hi) I'm implementing custom form designer.It's purpose is to provide design surface and toolbox for designing forms. Also it should make it possible to add event handlers.
VS2005b2 automatic attribute code generation	10 Sep 2005 11:58 GMT	1
I'm writing my own C# component to be used with the Windows Forms Designer. This component has a DesignerSerializer attached. Within my CodeDomSerializer I would like to generate additional attributes that get noted infront of some form controls. Like this:
Inherited Controls	06 Sep 2005 01:07 GMT	5
When inheriting from a superclass, there is one situation wherein I would like to hide some of the inheritted controls at design time. Can I do this?
PageControl	02 Sep 2005 22:32 GMT	1
Is there some way to make the alignment utilities work on a TabControl page? CTRL-ArrowKey doesn't work either!
TabControl	02 Sep 2005 22:15 GMT	1
Is there some way to make the alignment utilities work on a TabControl page? CTRL-ArrowKey doesn't work either!
ComponentDesigner and ICustomTypeDescriptor conflict	01 Sep 2005 20:56 GMT	1
When a component implements ICustomTypeDescriptor, its component designer is ignored by the IDE. Just remove the ICustomTypeDescriptor implementation in the above sample makes the component designer works again.