Form designer - executing user control properties

[AJ123]

Hi I have a user control which has a number of custom properties. Unfortunately these properties are not suitable for the designer to execute. As a result form’s which use this user control won’t open at design time in the designer. Is there some way to prevent the designer from executing my user control properties? Cheers Rich

[Ravi Bhavnani]

You can check the control's DesignMode property to conditionally vary its behavior in order for it to be created by the designer. Alternatively, you could create the control at run time. /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

[Josh Smith]

Apply the [Browsable(false)] attribute to the properties which should not appear in the Properties window at design time. :josh: My WPF Blog[^]

[AJ123]

Thanks Ravi + Josh, both solutions appear to work well :)