Class To Toolbox

[fadi]

hello all,

i have a class that inherits from DataGrid, to use my class i place on the form a usual datagrid, then go to the declaration and replace the datagrid declaration with my class's declaration.

the question is that how can i use my class as a control in the toolbox so that i supress the step of going into the code and changing the declaration. i know i can create a windows control project but this way i should create properties to expose the datagrid's properties to the outside

thanks alot

[PlausiblyDamp]

Do as you suggested - create a Windows control library that contains your class. This could then be added to the toolbar.

Is there a particular reason you can't do it that way?

[fadi]

because then i should create properties to expose the datagrid's properties and objects to the client. as an example i need to create a property Datagridstyle to set the datagridstyle

[PlausiblyDamp]

If you are inheriting the DataGrid you should automatically get all it's properties. You will only need to do that for your own properties - how are you doing them currently?

[fadi]

i'm inheriting the datagrid in a class, i dont have any own properties, what i want to reach is a datagrid control customized for me (ex the usual datagrid contains only textboxcolumn, boolean column but doesnt contain combobox column,datetimepicker column etc.. my datagrid should contain such functionality)