Mike,
While I was trying to reason an answer to you that your proposed solution is
not exactly that I wanted, I worked out the way to do it:
1. Define a converter class, say
2. Set property attributes
The code follows:
1.
Public Class ShortConverter
Inherits Int16Converter
Public Shared defaultEnum As StandardValuesCollection
Public Overloads Overrides Function GetStandardValuesSupported(ByVal
context As System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext) As Boolean
Return True
End Function
Public Overloads Overrides Function GetStandardValuesExclusive(ByVal
context As System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext) As Boolean
Return True
End Function
Public Overloads Overrides Function GetStandardValues(ByVal context As
System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext) As
System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.StandardValues Collection
Return defaultEnum
End Function
End Class
2. in the control class:
Private Const _DEF_MINUTES_INTERVAL As Short = 1
Private Shared _intervals() As Short = {_DEF_MINUTES_INTERVAL, 5, 10, 15,
20, 30}
<TypeConverter(GetType(ShortConverter)), _
Description("Specifies minutes intervals."), _
DefaultValue(_DEF_MINUTES_INTERVAL)> _
Public Property MinutesInterval() As Short
Get
If Me.Context Is Nothing Then
ShortConverter.defaultEnum = New
TypeConverter.StandardValuesCollection(_intervals)
End If
Return Common.GetInt16Property(Me.ViewState, "MinutesInterval",
_DEF_MINUTES_INTERVAL)
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As Short)
If Array.IndexOf(_intervals, Value) > -1 Then
Common.SetInt16Property(Me.ViewState, "MinutesInterval", Value,
_DEF_MINUTES_INTERVAL)
End If
End Set
End Property
Hope that may help someone else...
"Mike MacMillan" wrote:
> Sergey,
> perhaps you can define an enumeration (as you said in the first
> post), then replace the direct int property assignment with the enum.
> this would restrict the user's selection in design time(and in general)
> to only the values defined in the enum. then, in the set accessor of
> the enum's property, you can set an internal int value that represents
> the actual int value of the selected enum member. this would pretty
> much do as you requested, unless i misunderstand (please let me know).
>
> hope this helps,
> Mike MacMillan
>
>
> Sergey Poberezovskiy wrote:
> > Mike,
> >
> > As you could see from the very first post the type of property is integer
> > (1, 5, 10...)
> > I have no problem restricting the user to enter those values only by raising
> > an error in the property set block. My goal is that the user can select one
> > of the valid values in the dropdown.
> >
> > The property I am trying to implement is the minute interval on TimePicker
> > control - it makes sense to make it of an integer (byte) type.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > "Mike MacMillan" wrote:
> >
> > > Sergey,
> > > any properties who's type are an enum will be bound to that list of
> > > values in design mode. if you view properties of the control/class
> > > who's property you'd like to edit, if one is an enum, VS will display a
> > > dropdownlist with the values from the enum as a list of available
> > > choices.
> > >
> > > Mike MacMillan
> > >
> > >
> > > Sergey Poberezovskiy wrote:
> > > > Mike,
> > > >
> > > > I was not asking about the DesignTimeHtml - I know how to use that...
> > > > The question was about how to implement a property similar to say,
> > > > BorderStyle, so that when user selects the property in the Properties window
> > > > the valid values are listed in the dropdown box.
> > > >
> > > > Hope that makes sense..
> > > >
> > > > "Mike MacMillan" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Sergey,
> > > > > any custom information you'd like displayed by the IDE is design mode
> > > > > is up to you to implement. take a look at the ControlDesigner class
> > > > > and its associated members, as that will give you a headstart for
> > > > > providing custom design-time support for your controls. here's a link
> > > > > to the SDK:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp
> > > > >
> > > > > hope this helps,
> > > > > Mike MacMillan
> > > > >
> > > > > Sergey Poberezovskiy wrote:
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I want to create a property that can only accept values from my custom list.
> > > > > > Say
> > > > > > 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I know I can easily create an enumeration with values set to those from my
> > > > > > list, and have the Visual Studio designer display a list of enumerated
> > > > > > strings shown in the property (e.g. one, five, ten, etc.).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What I want is a list of numbers shown in the IDE - and I have no idea how to
> > > > > > do that...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any help is greatly appreciated.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
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