ToolboxItem Constructor ()

 

Initializes a new instance of the ToolboxItem class.

Namespace:   System.Drawing.Design
Assembly:  System.Drawing (in System.Drawing.dll)

Public Sub New

The following code example demonstrates the use of the ToolboxItem constructor in a class derived from ToolboxItem for a custom toolbox item implementation. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the ToolboxItem class.

<Serializable()> _
Class MyToolboxItem
    Inherits ToolboxItem

    ' The add components dialog in Visual Studio looks for a public
    ' constructor that takes a type.
    Public Sub New(ByVal toolType As Type)
        MyBase.New(toolType)
    End Sub


    ' And you must provide this special constructor for serialization.
    ' If you add additional data to MyToolboxItem that you
    ' want to serialize, you may override Deserialize and
    ' Serialize methods to add that data.  
    Sub New(ByVal info As SerializationInfo, _
        ByVal context As StreamingContext)
        Deserialize(info, context)
    End Sub


    ' Let's override the creation code and pop up a dialog.
    Protected Overrides Function CreateComponentsCore( _
        ByVal host As System.ComponentModel.Design.IDesignerHost, _
        ByVal defaultValues As System.Collections.IDictionary) _
        As IComponent()
        ' Get the string we want to fill in the custom
        ' user control.  If the user cancels out of the dialog,
        ' return null or an empty array to signify that the 
        ' tool creation was canceled.
        Using d As New ToolboxItemDialog()
            If d.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
                Dim [text] As String = d.CreationText
                Dim comps As IComponent() = _
                    MyBase.CreateComponentsCore(host, defaultValues)
                ' comps will have a single component: our data type.
                CType(comps(0), UserControl1).LabelText = [text]
                Return comps
            Else
                Return Nothing
            End If
        End Using
    End Function
End Class

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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