Serialization and CodeDom Problem

[GMMorris]

Hi,

 

I have 2 controls I developed - lets call them CContanor and CItem (They aren't called that, but this makes it simpler).

 

CContanor contains many instances of CItem, and I've made a designer to assist in adding these CItems to CContanoir at designtime.

 

The problem is that when I add CItems to CContanor using the designer, it generates code which isn't suitable for my needs.

 

It creates a new instance (In the "private void InitializeComponent()" method) of each CItem, sets several properties such as name and size, and then adds the CItems to CContaner useing -

CContaner.Controls.Add(CItem);

 

which is not good - because I need these controls to be added using a custom method -

CContaner.AddMyItem(CItem);

 

So it dosn't work properly.

 

My two question are:

1)How do I change the code generation so that it uses :

CContaner.AddMyItem(CItem);

instead of-

CContaner.Controls.Add(CItem);

 

2)How do I control the properties set in the InitializeComponent() of each CItem?

[AlexCode]

To assure that a property is serialized use this attribute on the property:

<System.ComponentModel.DesignerSerializationVisibility(ComponentModel.DesignerSerializationVisibility.Content)>

 

The Controls.Add problem I advise you to use the ControlAdded event on your container control instead of creating a new way of adding controls... ;)

 

Alex :p