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    Nnamdi Onyeyiri
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    Does anyone know how to make my control such that when it is displayed in the windows form designer, the grid does not appear over it??? [edit] oh, and im not gonna ask if there is something specific i have to do to my collectionbase derived class, to make the windows forms designer use the collection properly :mad: [/edit]


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    :suss:"All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors."

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      Does anyone know how to make my control such that when it is displayed in the windows form designer, the grid does not appear over it??? [edit] oh, and im not gonna ask if there is something specific i have to do to my collectionbase derived class, to make the windows forms designer use the collection properly :mad: [/edit]


      :suss: Email: theeclypse@hotmail.com   URL: http://www.onyeyiri.co.uk
      :suss:"All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors."

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      leppie
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      Nnamdi Onyeyiri wrote: oh, and im not gonna ask if there is something specific i have to do to my collectionbase derived class, to make the windows forms designer use the collection properly You just need to implemenet an indexer :) We had plenty disscussions about that during the last week. Have a look at the CollectionEditor class for more details, I'm still trying to figure out how to add multiple types, it sure did look easy :) Cheers PS: Where have u been? Give them a chance! Do it for the kittens, dear God, the kittens! As seen on MS File Transfer: Please enter an integer between 1 and 2.

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        Nnamdi Onyeyiri wrote: oh, and im not gonna ask if there is something specific i have to do to my collectionbase derived class, to make the windows forms designer use the collection properly You just need to implemenet an indexer :) We had plenty disscussions about that during the last week. Have a look at the CollectionEditor class for more details, I'm still trying to figure out how to add multiple types, it sure did look easy :) Cheers PS: Where have u been? Give them a chance! Do it for the kittens, dear God, the kittens! As seen on MS File Transfer: Please enter an integer between 1 and 2.

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        Nnamdi Onyeyiri
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        public class EBGroupCollection : CollectionBase
        public EBGroup this[int index]
        {
        get
        {
        return (EBGroup)this.List[index];
        }

        set
        {
         this.List\[index\] = value;
        }
        

        }

        public EBGroupCollection()
        {
        }

        public void Add(EBGroup value)
        {
        this.List.Add(value);
        }

        }


        :suss: Email: theeclypse@hotmail.com   URL: http://www.onyeyiri.co.uk
        :suss:"All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors."

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          public class EBGroupCollection : CollectionBase
          public EBGroup this[int index]
          {
          get
          {
          return (EBGroup)this.List[index];
          }

          set
          {
           this.List\[index\] = value;
          }
          

          }

          public EBGroupCollection()
          {
          }

          public void Add(EBGroup value)
          {
          this.List.Add(value);
          }

          }


          :suss: Email: theeclypse@hotmail.com   URL: http://www.onyeyiri.co.uk
          :suss:"All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors."

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          Maciej Pirog
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          I just don't get those strange indexers. Nnamdi Onyeyiri wrote: EBGroup this[int index] It looks like the good old C++'s operator[]

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            I just don't get those strange indexers. Nnamdi Onyeyiri wrote: EBGroup this[int index] It looks like the good old C++'s operator[]

            Ñ There is only one MP Ð

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            leppie
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            Yes , the quote button is gone, they are the same :) Give them a chance! Do it for the kittens, dear God, the kittens! As seen on MS File Transfer: Please enter an integer between 1 and 2.

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              Yes , the quote button is gone, they are the same :) Give them a chance! Do it for the kittens, dear God, the kittens! As seen on MS File Transfer: Please enter an integer between 1 and 2.

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              Nnamdi Onyeyiri
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              that code is what i am using, and that code, is the code that isnt working ;P


              :suss: Email: theeclypse@hotmail.com   URL: http://www.onyeyiri.co.uk
              :suss:"All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors."

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                that code is what i am using, and that code, is the code that isnt working ;P


                :suss: Email: theeclypse@hotmail.com   URL: http://www.onyeyiri.co.uk
                :suss:"All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors."

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                leppie
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                Oops, :) make sure the type you are adding has a default constructor, as allways :) Give them a chance! Do it for the kittens, dear God, the kittens! As seen on MS File Transfer: Please enter an integer between 1 and 2.

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                  Nnamdi Onyeyiri wrote: oh, and im not gonna ask if there is something specific i have to do to my collectionbase derived class, to make the windows forms designer use the collection properly You just need to implemenet an indexer :) We had plenty disscussions about that during the last week. Have a look at the CollectionEditor class for more details, I'm still trying to figure out how to add multiple types, it sure did look easy :) Cheers PS: Where have u been? Give them a chance! Do it for the kittens, dear God, the kittens! As seen on MS File Transfer: Please enter an integer between 1 and 2.

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                  leppie wrote: We had plenty disscussions about that during the last week. ;)

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                    Oops, :) make sure the type you are adding has a default constructor, as allways :) Give them a chance! Do it for the kittens, dear God, the kittens! As seen on MS File Transfer: Please enter an integer between 1 and 2.

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                    Nnamdi Onyeyiri
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                    yer, it/they does/do. EBGroup is a class, with another collection, i dentical to the other one, except for EBItem [also a class]. can i not use classes?


                    :suss: Email: theeclypse@hotmail.com   URL: http://www.onyeyiri.co.uk
                    :suss:"All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors."

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                      Nnamdi Onyeyiri wrote: oh, and im not gonna ask if there is something specific i have to do to my collectionbase derived class, to make the windows forms designer use the collection properly You just need to implemenet an indexer :) We had plenty disscussions about that during the last week. Have a look at the CollectionEditor class for more details, I'm still trying to figure out how to add multiple types, it sure did look easy :) Cheers PS: Where have u been? Give them a chance! Do it for the kittens, dear God, the kittens! As seen on MS File Transfer: Please enter an integer between 1 and 2.

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                      Nnamdi Onyeyiri
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                      leppie wrote: PS: Where have u been? what do you mean?????? [just noticed this bit]


                      :suss: Email: theeclypse@hotmail.com   URL: http://www.onyeyiri.co.uk
                      :suss:"All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors."

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                        leppie wrote: PS: Where have u been? what do you mean?????? [just noticed this bit]


                        :suss: Email: theeclypse@hotmail.com   URL: http://www.onyeyiri.co.uk
                        :suss:"All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors."

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                        leppie
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                        Nnamdi Onyeyiri wrote: what do you mean Havent seen many posts from you lately, was just wondering? X| Give them a chance! Do it for the kittens, dear God, the kittens! As seen on MS File Transfer: Please enter an integer between 1 and 2.

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                          yer, it/they does/do. EBGroup is a class, with another collection, i dentical to the other one, except for EBItem [also a class]. can i not use classes?


                          :suss: Email: theeclypse@hotmail.com   URL: http://www.onyeyiri.co.uk
                          :suss:"All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors."

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                          Nnamdi Onyeyiri wrote: EBGroup is a class, with another collection, i dentical to the other one, except for EBItem [also a class]. can i not use classes? Yes you can! I would sugest you make a few small skeleton classes to see where the problem lies...start at the other container iow that 1st collection you mentioned. Good luck :) Give them a chance! Do it for the kittens, dear God, the kittens! As seen on MS File Transfer: Please enter an integer between 1 and 2.

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