Custom Control problem

[spif2001]

I have made a Custom Control and I'm having troubles in design time - I have omitted the Dispose method to the ABox in the code below. Using the following code in design time (adding an ABox to a Form), i can change the MyComp.MyText property in the property editor and the Text property on my ABox will change. But I can't change the MyComp.MyList property and make it change the ABox' Items values. It works in RunTime but not in design time. How come? Any and all ideas would be very welcome. spif2001 using System; using System.Collections; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Drawing; using System.Data; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace AgroTest { public class ABox : System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox { private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null; private MyComp myComponent; public ABox() { InitializeComponent(); this.myComponent = new MyComp(this); } [Category("AgroTest"), System.ComponentModel.DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Content)] public MyComp MyComponent { get { return this.myComponent; } } private void InitializeComponent() { components = new System.ComponentModel.Container(); } } } using System; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.Collections.Specialized; namespace AgroTest { [TypeConverterAttribute(typeof(ExpandableObjectConverter))] public class MyComp { private ABox owner; private StringCollection myList = new StringCollection(); private string myText = "!!"; internal MyComp(ABox owner) { this.owner = owner; } [Editor("System.Windows.Forms.Design.StringCollectionEditor, System.Design", typeof(System.Drawing.Design.UITypeEditor)), DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Content), DefaultValue(false)] public StringCollection MyList { get{return this.myList;} set { try { this.owner.Items.Clear(); foreach(string s in value) { this.owner.Items.Add(s + "!!"); } this.owner.Invalidate(); this.myList = value; } catch(Exception){} } } [DesignerSeri

[manivannan p]

Hi, Try calling the InValidate() method, even after you set the value in the property.ie, In "public StringCollection MyList" and "public string MyText", in the set block , call Invalidate after u set the value to MyText. Try this and let me know... Regards, Manivannan

[spif2001]

Sadly it had no effect - thanks though :)