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How to disable serializing a property on a derived control?

I am trying to create a control derived from DataGridView. I'd like to basically make the columns static and not modifiable.
DataGridView has a property called Columns. VS designer serializes this property into .designer.cs file but I'd like to prevent the designer from doing that.
If the property was in my class then I could just slap on DesignerSerializationVisibility.Hidden on it but it's part of the base class. Is there a way to override this behavior?

doughboy Tuesday, August 18, 2009 6:32 PM

If the Columns property is overridable, then override it and apply DesignerSerializationVisibility. If it is not overridable, then hide it using the new keyword and apply DesignerSerializationVisibilty. It will work. I did this for a derived ListView. The ListView serilaizes Items, but it is not overridable. However, hiding the Items property and providing my own did the trick just fine.

MCP

Proposed As Answer bywebJose Wednesday, September 23, 2009 4:56 AM

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