When I inherit a form with the listview, the ListView Columns property is getting disabled and readonly.

Could anyone please explain over this behaviour of form designer.

Steps to reproduce this in VS2005:

Create a windows form (form1) and place a ListView in it. Change the ListView access modifier to protected or public.

Create another windows form (form2) inheriting form1 andcheck the ListView Columns property.

It's readonly and disable.

Hi schalla,

It is because that the Form2 cannot get access to the columns which have been added to the ListView. If you leave the columns blank in the Form1 or modify them to protected or public, you can edit it in Form2.

Hope this helps.

Regards

Hi schalla,

It is because that the Form2 cannot get access to the columns which have been added to the ListView. If you leave the columns blank in the Form1 or modify them to protected or public, you can edit it in Form2.

Hope this helps.

Regards