NotifyParentPropertyAttribute Class

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace ExpandableObjectDemo
{
    public partial class DemoControl : UserControl
    {
        BorderAppearance borderAppearanceValue = new BorderAppearance();
        private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;

        public DemoControl()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
        {
            if (disposing && (components != null))
            {
                components.Dispose();
            }
            base.Dispose(disposing);
        }

        [Browsable(true)]
        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Always)]
        [Category("Demo")]
        [DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Content)]
        public BorderAppearance Border
        {
            get
            {
                return this.borderAppearanceValue;
            }

            set
            {
                this.borderAppearanceValue = value;
            }
        }

        private void InitializeComponent()
        {
            components = new System.ComponentModel.Container();
            this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
        }
    }

    [TypeConverter(typeof(BorderAppearanceConverter))]
    public class BorderAppearance
    {
        private int borderSizeValue = 1;
        private Color borderColorValue = Color.Empty;

        [Browsable(true),
        NotifyParentProperty(true),
        EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Always),
        DefaultValue(1)]
        public int BorderSize
        {
            get
            {
                return borderSizeValue;
            }
            set
            {
                if (value < 0)
                {
                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(
                        "BorderSize",
                        value,
                        "must be >= 0");
                }

                if (borderSizeValue != value)
                {
                    borderSizeValue = value;
                }
            }
        }

        [Browsable(true)]
        [NotifyParentProperty(true)]
        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Always)]
        [DefaultValue(typeof(Color), "")]
        public Color BorderColor
        {
            get
            {
                return borderColorValue;
            }
            set
            {
                if (value.Equals(Color.Transparent))
                {
                    throw new NotSupportedException("Transparent colors are not supported.");
                }

                if (borderColorValue != value)
                {
                    borderColorValue = value;
                }
            }
        }
    }

    public class BorderAppearanceConverter : ExpandableObjectConverter
    {
        // This override prevents the PropertyGrid from 
        // displaying the full type name in the value cell.
        public override object ConvertTo(
            ITypeDescriptorContext context,
            CultureInfo culture,
            object value,
            Type destinationType)
        {
            if (destinationType == typeof(string))
            {
                return "";
            }

            return base.ConvertTo(
                context,
                culture,
                value,
                destinationType);
        }
    }
}