ASP.NET Tutorial/Custom Controls/Designer attribute
Adding a Designer attribute to a control class (C#)
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ruponentModel;
using System.Text;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
namespace WebControlLibrary1
{
[DefaultProperty("Text")]
[ToolboxData("<{0}:WebCustomControl1 runat=server></{0}:WebCustomControl1>")]
[Designer(typeof(ControlDesigner))]
public class WebCustomControl1 : WebControl
{
private string text;
[Bindable(true)]
[Category("Appearance")]
[DefaultValue("")]
public string Text
{
get
{
return text;
}
set
{
text = value;
}
}
protected override void Render(HtmlTextWriter output)
{
output.RenderBeginTag(HtmlTextWriterTag.Input);
output.RenderEndTag();
}
}
}
Adding a Designer attribute to a control class (VB)
Imports System.ruponentModel
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.Web.UI.Design
Imports System.ruponentModel.Design
<DefaultProperty("Text")> _
<ToolboxData("<{0}:[WebCustomControl1] runat=server></{0}:[WebCustomControl1]>")> _
<Designer(GetType(ControlDesigner))> _
Public Class [WebCustomControl1]
Inherits System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebControl
Dim _text As String
<Bindable(True), Category("Appearance"), DefaultValue("")> _
Property [Text]() As String
Get
Return _text
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As String)
_text = Value
End Set
End Property
Protected Overrides Sub Render(ByVal output As System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter)
output.RenderBeginTag(HtmlTextWriterTag.Input)
output.RenderEndTag()
End Sub
End Class