Composite Custom Control problem!
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I have made a collapsible composite custom control that has two panels acting as Header and Body of the control. I dont know how to make its designer so that users of the control are able to drag and drop controls in its Header or Body. I can add/remove controls in them programmatically but I dont know how to make it work at design time. I dont want to use Templates in my custom control. I want to use all the properties of Panel control and thats why I am using Panels as Header and Body of the control. But I want to make it behave like two editable regions at design time too. Thank You
Regards Khalid
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I have made a collapsible composite custom control that has two panels acting as Header and Body of the control. I dont know how to make its designer so that users of the control are able to drag and drop controls in its Header or Body. I can add/remove controls in them programmatically but I dont know how to make it work at design time. I dont want to use Templates in my custom control. I want to use all the properties of Panel control and thats why I am using Panels as Header and Body of the control. But I want to make it behave like two editable regions at design time too. Thank You
Regards Khalid
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You may consider providing your own control with a control designer. ASP.NET Control Designers Overview [^]
I know that I would have to make a custom designer for my control. The problem I am getting is that I have not used ITemplate in my custom control and I just dont want to use it for some reason. Instead, I have used Panel controls in my Custom Control. So, in this situation how can I make my custom designer so that there are two editable regions over it that actually make Header and Body of the control and correspond to respective Header and Body Panels of the control.
Regards Khalid