Set properties of inner Control of Custom Control in design time

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Its a long time I came back to windows development from web and feeling something is missing...

Well, the question is I have Label property in a custom control. Now when I set its Text property(Label's) at design time, it appears good but when run, Text comes back to default. Its because the design.cs file do not have code like this

this.CustomControl1.Title.Text = "something to appear";

The following code snippet from source

Label _title;
public Label Title
{
    get { return _title; }
  // set { _title = value; }
}

and on constructor (.ctor)

 _title = new Label();
            _title.AutoSize = true;
            _title.Text = "Title";
....

Posted 27-Jan-10 16:56pm

Xmen Real

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Solution 4

If there is no setter defined, I dont think you can set its properties. It will through compilation error for you.

If the control is created by you, make sure that the setter sets the value properly. This might be the case for you.

Xmen W.K. : Even there is setter it doesn't work. Plus setter in that case will be only for Label. Label properties can be change even there is only getter.

Posted 31-Jan-10 9:34am

Abhishek Sur

Updated 31-Jan-10 14:52pm

Solution 3

It seems you have stumbled upon IDE bug. Designer does not automatcly add code if you use sub-propeties of Title. You would need to do it manualy or do it OnLoad event.

Posted 31-Jan-10 8:13am

Saksida Bojan

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**Xmen Real** · Accepted Answer · 2010-01-31T15:48:00

Finally, I grabbed its neck

all I needed was to put [DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Content)] above the property

final look

Label _title;
[DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Content)]
public Label Title
{
    get { return _title; }
    // set { _title = value; }
}