Imports System
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.ComponentModel.Design
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Namespace DesignerSerializationVisibilityTest
_
' The code for this user control declares a public property of type DimensionData with a DesignerSerializationVisibility
' attribute set to DesignerSerializationVisibility.Content, indicating that the properties of the object should be serialized.
' The public, not hidden properties of the object that are set at design time will be persisted in the initialization code
' for the class object. Content persistence will not work for structs without a custom TypeConverter.
Public Class ContentSerializationExampleControl
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.UserControl
Private components As System.ComponentModel.Container = Nothing
<DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Content)> _
Public ReadOnly Property Dimensions() As DimensionData
Get
Return New DimensionData(Me)
End Get
End Property
Public Sub New()
InitializeComponent()
End Sub 'New
Protected Overloads Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
If disposing Then
If (components IsNot Nothing) Then
components.Dispose()
End If
End If
MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
End Sub 'Dispose
Private Sub InitializeComponent()
End Sub 'InitializeComponent
End Class 'ContentSerializationExampleControl
' This attribute indicates that the public properties of this object should be listed in the property grid.
<TypeConverterAttribute(GetType(System.ComponentModel.ExpandableObjectConverter))> _
Public Class DimensionData
Private owner As Control
' This class reads and writes the Location and Size properties from the Control which it is initialized to.
Friend Sub New(ByVal owner As Control)
Me.owner = owner
End Sub 'New
Public Property Location() As Point
Get
Return owner.Location
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As Point)
owner.Location = Value
End Set
End Property
Public Property FormSize() As Size
Get
Return owner.Size
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As Size)
owner.Size = Value
End Set
End Property
End Class 'DimensionData
End Namespace 'DesignerSerializationVisibilityTest