User Control with container area? [modified]

[MrBean]

Hi, I'm developing a WinForms (VB.NET 2.0) application where I have a user control which contains several fixed controls (toolstrip, buttons, panels, etc.). This works just fine - the problem is that I want one (and only one) Panel control within my user control to act as a container where other controls can be placed in the form designer. I can set a designer attribute for the entire user control which causes the entire user control to be a container - but I only want one specific Panel control in the user control to act as a container. How can this be done? Please help, TIA :) /B -- modified at 5:29 Thursday 13th September, 2007

[Lutoslaw]

MrBean wrote:

I can set a designer attribute for the entire user control which causes the entire user control to be a container

My reply is off-topic a bit, but I have a problem. Please take a look: http://www.codeproject.com/script/comments/forums.asp?msg=2202335&forumid=1649&XtraIDs=1649&sd=15+Jun+2007&ed=13+Sep+2007&author=gajatko&stype=1#xx2202335xx It looks like you know how to make a user control to act as a container. Please help! Thanks in advance...

Greetings - Gajatko Portable.NET is part of DotGNU, a project to build a complete Free Software replacement for .NET - a system that truly belongs to the developers.

[MrBean]

Getting a user control to act as a container is pretty easy : After creating a user control in VS 2005, the class code should look something like this: Public Class MyUserControl1 End Class Just add the following attribute to the class : < System.ComponentModel.Designer("System.Windows.Forms.Design.ParentControlDesigner, System.Design", GetType(IDesigner)) > _ Public Class MyUserControl1 End Class That should do the trick ;) If you (or anybody else) find a solution to my problem (read my first post in this thread), please let me know... PLEEEEEESE ;) /B

[Patrick Etc]

Take a look at my TaskPane control, here: http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/MSOfficeTaskPane.asp[^] It does what you're asking. You can see how to set up the designer control properties to get everything to behave the way you want.

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[MrBean]

Thanks for your post, but it doesn't help me. I only need a user control (not a custom control) where I can control which panel is the container for the .NET form designer. Also seems like the entire Taskpane control acts like the container and not just a limited area within (panel)... controls can be resized and moved to overlap the toolbarfor example. /B