DesignerAutoFormat Class
Provides the abstract base class for creating formats that can be applied to a custom Web server control at design time.
Assembly: System.Design (in System.Design.dll)
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | DesignerAutoFormat(String) | Initializes a new instance of the DesignerAutoFormat class. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Name | Gets the name of a DesignerAutoFormat object. |
![]() | Style | Gets a DesignerAutoFormatStyle object that is used by the DesignerAutoFormat object to render a design-time preview of the associated control. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Apply(Control) | Applies the associated formatting to the specified control. |
![]() | Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.(Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | Finalize() | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.(Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetHashCode() | Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetPreviewControl(Control) | Returns a copy of the associated control in order to provide a preview before applying the format to the control. |
![]() | GetType() | |
![]() | MemberwiseClone() | |
![]() | ToString() | Returns a string that represents the current DesignerAutoFormat object.(Overrides Object.ToString().) |
DesignerAutoFormat provides a base class that can be inherited from and extended to display a formatted custom Web server control at design time in a visual designer tool such as Visual Studio 2005.
A control developer provides automatic formatting in order to help developers who use the control to select a preferred display. A custom DesignerAutoFormat object works with a custom control designer to provide automatic formatting at design time for a custom control. For example, the Calendar control provides a variety of formats that can be applied by a developer at design time.
To implement automatic formatting for a custom control:
Create the custom control.
Derive a designer class from the ControlDesigner class or another designer class that is appropriate for your control, such as the TextControlDesigner.
Derive a format class from the DesignerAutoFormat class that formats your custom control by overriding the Apply method.
In your designer class, populate the AutoFormats property, which is a DesignerAutoFormatCollection object, with one instance of your format class for each named format that your designer can apply.
The DesignerAutoFormat class provides the following members to support automatic formatting at design time:
The Apply method, which applies the named format to the specified control.
The GetPreviewControl method, which provides a copy of the control for previewing in an AutoFormat dialog box of a visual designer such as Visual Studio 2005.
The Name property, which provides the text to display in a list of formats in a visual designer.
Notes to Inheritors:
When you inherit from the DesignerAutoFormat class, you must override the Apply method to preview a formatted control and to apply the selected format to your control.
The following code example demonstrates how to implement automatic formatting in a custom control designer. The derived control designer implements the AutoFormats property by adding three instances of a custom automatic format that are derived from the DesignerAutoFormat class.
Imports System Imports System.Drawing Imports System.Collections Imports System.ComponentModel Imports System.Web.UI Imports System.Web.UI.Design Imports System.Web.UI.Design.WebControls Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls Namespace CustomControls.Design ' A custom Label control whose contents can be indented <Designer(GetType(IndentLabelDesigner)), _ ToolboxData("<{0}:IndentLabel Runat=""server""></{0}:IndentLabel>")> _ Public Class IndentLabel Inherits System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label Dim _indent As Integer = 0 <Category("Appearance"), DefaultValue(0), _ PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.Attribute)> _ Property Indent() As Integer Get Return _indent End Get Set(ByVal Value As Integer) _indent = Value ' Get the number of pixels to indent Dim ind As Integer = _indent * 8 ' Add the indent style to the control If ind > 0 Then Me.Style.Add(HtmlTextWriterStyle.MarginLeft, ind.ToString() & "px") Else Me.Style.Remove(HtmlTextWriterStyle.MarginLeft) End If End Set End Property End Class ' A design-time ControlDesigner for the IndentLabel control Public Class IndentLabelDesigner Inherits LabelDesigner Private _autoFormats As DesignerAutoFormatCollection = Nothing ' The collection of AutoFormat objects for the IndentLabel object Public Overrides ReadOnly Property AutoFormats() As DesignerAutoFormatCollection Get If _autoFormats Is Nothing Then ' Create the collection _autoFormats = New DesignerAutoFormatCollection() ' Create and add each AutoFormat object _autoFormats.Add(New IndentLabelAutoFormat("MyClassic")) _autoFormats.Add(New IndentLabelAutoFormat("MyBright")) _autoFormats.Add(New IndentLabelAutoFormat("Default")) End If Return _autoFormats End Get End Property ' An AutoFormat object for the IndentLabel control Public Class IndentLabelAutoFormat Inherits DesignerAutoFormat Public Sub New(ByVal name As String) MyBase.New(name) End Sub ' Applies styles based on the Name of the AutoFormat Public Overrides Sub Apply(ByVal inLabel As Control) If TypeOf inLabel Is IndentLabel Then Dim ctl As IndentLabel = CType(inLabel, IndentLabel) ' Apply formatting according to the Name If Me.Name.Equals("MyClassic") Then ' For MyClassic, apply style elements directly to the control ctl.ForeColor = Color.Gray ctl.BackColor = Color.LightGray ctl.Font.Size = FontUnit.XSmall ctl.Font.Name = "Verdana,Geneva,Sans-Serif" ElseIf Me.Name.Equals("MyBright") Then ' For MyBright, apply style elements to the Style object Me.Style.ForeColor = Color.Maroon Me.Style.BackColor = Color.Yellow Me.Style.Font.Size = FontUnit.Medium ' Merge the AutoFormat style with the control's style ctl.MergeStyle(Me.Style) Else ' For the Default format, apply style elements to the control ctl.ForeColor = Color.Black ctl.BackColor = Color.Empty ctl.Font.Size = FontUnit.XSmall End If End If End Sub End Class End Class End Namespace
Available since 2.0
Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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