Hi,

Can some one tell me how to get the Windows PropertyGrid to display the name of my control at runtime? for some reason i see all the other properties except the Name?, i have looked at the propertygrid once i have assigned it to my control and the Name of thecontrol is not there, can someone tell my why this is? but at design time if you assign the PropertyGrid to the control you want its property displayed in the Property grid, (that is atdesign time, Clicking on the PropertyGrid so that you can see its properties in visual studio's properties window, [Hence the Properties of the PropertyGrid Control], and assigning the SelectedObject property to the Control eg a textbox) you see the under the design category of the PropertyGrid the Name of the Control is there! , but at run time this Design category does not exist, obviously because you are now at runtime....so my issue is how do you get the name property of you control to show up in the PropertyGrid like the other properties of that conrol ?

phew! thanks

...oh and by the way i do know you can create a class and add properties to that class and decorate those properties with all kinds of attributes you want to show up in the PropertyGrid ,and then get your control to inherit from that class before assigning it to the PropertyGrid to display the controls properties.

but surely there must be an easier way without going throught creating a new class and then getting your e.g textbox control to inherit it before assigning it to your PropertyGrid? this is good if you want to customise your propertyGrid categories and properties for your control....but what is you just want to use the Property grid as is "out of the Box" and you want the name of your control to be shown at runtime so that you can just change the name of the control ?

Best regards,

Nicolas Cadilhac @ VisualHint
Smart PropertyGrid.Net
Microsoft PropertyGrid Resource List
Free PropertyGrid for MFC
Smart FieldPackEditor.Net / DateTimePicker

Is this question specific to VS? Or related to Windows Workflow Foundation, e.g.the re-hosted workflow designer or a sample like Workflow Manager or Monitor?

This question is specific to VS.Net (winforms)2.0.thanks

Best regards,

Nicolas Cadilhac @ VisualHint
Smart PropertyGrid.Net
Microsoft PropertyGrid Resource List
Free PropertyGrid for MFC
Smart FieldPackEditor.Net / DateTimePicker

Hi Nicolas,

thanks so much for answering my question, Now i do know of the technique whereby you create a class with all the properties you want and decorate them with the usual attributes e.g :

<CategoryAttribute("Application"), _
Browsable(True), _
[ReadOnly](False), _
BindableAttribute(False), _
DefaultValueAttribute(""), _
DesignOnly(False), _
DescriptionAttribute("Enter Title for the application")> _

Public String Title

{
get

{
Return _Title

}
Set

{

_Title = Value

}

}

but how do i use the NameExtenderProvider ? i dont know of this technique could you please ellaborate possibly with a code sample?

as i am trying to display the Name without having to create a new Name property for my usercontrol to return the windows default control's name, also i am trying to hide some of the sections that the PropertyGrid Control Provides as my usercontrols do not need to display absolutely every property you can imagine of the current control, i amsure this is the default of course, but there must be a way of displaying the sections you want, and setting of the properties displayed to read only e.tc ?

thanks very much

Best regards,

Nicolas Cadilhac @ VisualHint
Smart PropertyGrid.Net
Microsoft PropertyGrid Resource List
Free PropertyGrid for MFC
Smart FieldPackEditor.Net / DateTimePicker