windows forms designer sometimes does not found the type of the root
component (e.g. the base class of the designed class) if this is located in
another assembly. This problem seems to be located in the standard
ITypeResolutionService, which seems to be

Could you give me a clue how to explicitly use in code UI designers like
ImageEditors ( FontEditors, IconEditor) etc. like what the PropertGrid does?
I just want to implement some kind of light-weight propeditor but definitely
cannot imagine how to engage this functionality.

Visual Stadio IDE uses a dialog box to define format strings...
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171572.aspx
Can I reuse that dialog box on my application? How?
I wuold like the user could format a datagrid view column using a

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The follow property fails in the designer, works initialy, but as soon as
the designer tries to reload the form it explodes. Anyone know how to fix
this?

wie kann ich diejenigen Komponenten eines Steuerelements herausfinden, die
ich dem Entwurfscontainer zuordnen muss?
Danke,
Bernd

how can I find those components which I have to add to the designer host
container?
Thanks,
Bernd

I am hosting the designer using the 2.0 framework. When a component is added
to the designer form I catch the ComponentAdded event and would like to
change some of the properties of the control. However any properties that I
change do not seem to stick. I have tried direct ...

I have recently been playing with IExtenderProvider trying to implement a
Collection Property and came upon this curious scenario:
If I set up a property to return a Componet Array the code is correctly
serialized as follows:

I am traying t ocreate similar property as Font in TextBox. I have created
custom class with two private strings fields and coresponding properties. I
have added attribute Serializable to this class as in Font calss. Then I have
created control with private member of above ...

I am attempting to make any Array or Collection properties I create in my
UserControls or Components editable through the PropertyGrid during design
time.
First, how do I make the results of adding objects through the editor to be

Is it possible to write log information to VS.NET output window in design
time ?
I have controls which I initialize and I would like to write infor if
something goes wrong in design time when user places my control on form. Is

I am wanting to use the CodeDomSerializer to serialise my applications
object graph.  The object graph is manipulated using the PropertyGrid
component and I want to serialize this to disk and then reconstitute it.  I
have managed to use the CodeDomSerializer to serialize the ...

I'm trying to write a control, and it would be greatly if it worked
similar to tab control.
The basic thing I can't duplicate is as follows:
In the property window for TabControl, you can add tabs to the TabPages