I'm not sure I understand your answer. Basically, I need a way to have
my user control contain a collection property (it doesn't have to be a
list dictionary one). So if I have a property like this:
private ListDictionary m_oValues = new ListDictionary();
[MergableProperty(false)]
[RefreshProperties(RefreshProperties.All)]
public ListCollection Values
{
get
{
return m_oValues;
}
set
{
m_oValues = value;
}
}
In the properties box this property will show up with an ellipsis.
When I click the ellipsis the Object Collection Editor box will display
but everything is disabled.
I've been doing some reading and it seems that you need a seperate
class that inherits from CollectionBase to do this. So I wrote one
just for a test:
public class Test : CollectionBase
{
public void Add(string o)
{
List.Add(o);
}
public void Remove(string o)
{
List.Remove(o);
}
public string this[int index]
{
get
{
return (string)List[index];
}
set
{
List[index] = value;
}
}
}
and then switch the code that read like this:
private ListDictionary m_oValues = new ListDictionary();
to this:
private Test m_oValues = new Test();
That seemed to work, and the ADD button was now enabled in the Object
Collection Editor, however when I tried to use the ADD button, I got
the error "Constructor on System.String not found". So apparently, my
collection cannot be of a string type.
I'm really unsure of what I'm doing here or if I'm going way down the
wrong path. What I need is the ability to have a control with a
collection property that develpers can add and remove info from.
