' This is the shadowed property on the designer.
' This value will be serialized instead of the 
' value of the control's property.

Public Property BackColor() As Color
    Get
        Return CType(ShadowProperties("BackColor"), Color)
    End Get
    Set(ByVal value As Color)
        If (Me.changeService IsNot Nothing) Then
            Dim backColorDesc As PropertyDescriptor = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(Me.Control)("BackColor")

            Me.changeService.OnComponentChanging(Me.Control, backColorDesc)

            Me.ShadowProperties("BackColor") = value

            Me.changeService.OnComponentChanged(Me.Control, backColorDesc, Nothing, Nothing)
        End If
    End Set
End Property

// This is the shadowed property on the designer.
// This value will be serialized instead of the 
// value of the control's property.
public Color BackColor
{
    get
    {
        return (Color)ShadowProperties["BackColor"];
    }
    set
    {
        if (this.changeService != null)
        {
            PropertyDescriptor backColorDesc =
                TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(this.Control)["BackColor"];

            this.changeService.OnComponentChanging(
                this.Control,
                backColorDesc);

            this.ShadowProperties["BackColor"] = value;

            this.changeService.OnComponentChanged(
                this.Control,
                backColorDesc,
                null,
                null);
        }
    }
}