Hi,

I am Overiding a label class and i tried overriding the text property but it did not work. Even after overrding the text property it generates a default text in the visual studi designer

class Class1ystem.Windows.Forms.Label

private string _text = "";

public Class1()

base.Text = _text;

public override string Text

get

return base.Text;

set

base.Text = value;

I tried different ways but it does not work, can anyone suggest me any other way to override the text property of label control for designer

This is because the Text is being set by the designer for the Label control. Label has a LabelDesigner which inherits from ControlDesigner. ControlDesigner.InitializeNewComponent sets the Text property to the Name value if the Component (your derived label) has a Text property of type string, which is not ReadOnly and IsBrowsable.

So you can set the Text property to ReadOnly or to not be Browsable.

Alternatively you can write your own designer which overrides InitializeNewComponent. In here you would first call base.InitializeNewComponent and then set the Text property to whatever you want.

Unfortunately LabelDesigner is not public, so you would have to inherit from ControlDesigner meaning you will miss out on the SnapLines and SelectionRules that LabelDesigner sets.

Hope that helps,

Martin

You can't override in design mode unless you create your own custom control. Remember overriding is a run-time approach.

A.D.T.

Yes indeed i am creating a custom control here by deriving from Label Class.

class Class1 : System.Windows.Forms.Label

This is because the Text is being set by the designer for the Label control. Label has a LabelDesigner which inherits from ControlDesigner. ControlDesigner.InitializeNewComponent sets the Text property to the Name value if the Component (your derived label) has a Text property of type string, which is not ReadOnly and IsBrowsable.

So you can set the Text property to ReadOnly or to not be Browsable.

Alternatively you can write your own designer which overrides InitializeNewComponent. In here you would first call base.InitializeNewComponent and then set the Text property to whatever you want.

Unfortunately LabelDesigner is not public, so you would have to inherit from ControlDesigner meaning you will miss out on the SnapLines and SelectionRules that LabelDesigner sets.

Hope that helps,

Martin