PropertyTab Class
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in system.windows.forms.dll)
The PropertyTab class provides the base class behavior for a property tab. Property tabs are displayed on the toolbar of the PropertyGrid control of the Properties window, and allow a component to display different views of its properties or other data.
User code will usually not create an instance of a PropertyTab directly. Instead, a PropertyTabAttribute that indicates the type of the property tab or property tabs to display for a component can be associated with the properties or types that the PropertyTab should be displayed for.
The PropertyGrid will instantiate a PropertyTab of the type specified by a PropertyTabAttribute associated with the type or property field of the component that is being browsed.
The following code example provides an example PropertyTab that lists any properties on a component, arranged by type name.
Imports System Imports System.ComponentModel Imports System.ComponentModel.Design Imports System.Drawing Imports System.IO Imports System.Reflection Imports System.Runtime.Serialization Imports System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary Imports System.Windows.Forms Imports System.Windows.Forms.Design ' This component adds a TypeCategoryTab to the property browser ' that is available for any components in the current design mode document. <PropertyTabAttribute(GetType(TypeCategoryTab), PropertyTabScope.Document)> _ Public Class TypeCategoryTabComponent Inherits System.ComponentModel.Component Public Sub New() End Sub End Class ' A TypeCategoryTab property tab lists properties by the ' category of the type of each property. <System.Security.Permissions.PermissionSetAttribute(System.Security.Permissions.SecurityAction.Demand, Name:="FullTrust")> _ Public Class TypeCategoryTab Inherits PropertyTab ' This string contains a Base-64 encoded and serialized example property tab image. <BrowsableAttribute(True)> _ Private img As String = "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" Public Sub New() End Sub ' Returns the properties of the specified component extended with ' a CategoryAttribute reflecting the name of the type of the property. Public Overloads Overrides Function GetProperties(ByVal component As Object, ByVal attributes() As System.Attribute) As System.ComponentModel.PropertyDescriptorCollection Dim props As PropertyDescriptorCollection If attributes Is Nothing Then props = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(component) Else props = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(component, attributes) End If Dim propArray(props.Count - 1) As PropertyDescriptor Dim i As Integer For i = 0 To props.Count - 1 ' Create a new PropertyDescriptor from the old one, with ' a CategoryAttribute matching the name of the type. propArray(i) = TypeDescriptor.CreateProperty(props(i).ComponentType, props(i), New CategoryAttribute(props(i).PropertyType.Name)) Next i Return New PropertyDescriptorCollection(propArray) End Function Public Overloads Overrides Function GetProperties(ByVal component As Object) As System.ComponentModel.PropertyDescriptorCollection Return Me.GetProperties(component, Nothing) End Function ' Provides the name for the property tab. Public Overrides ReadOnly Property TabName() As String Get Return "Properties by Type" End Get End Property ' Provides an image for the property tab. Public Overrides ReadOnly Property Bitmap() As System.Drawing.Bitmap Get Dim bmp As New Bitmap(DeserializeFromBase64Text(img)) Return bmp End Get End Property ' This method can be used to retrieve an Image from a block of Base64-encoded text. Private Function DeserializeFromBase64Text(ByVal [text] As String) As Image Dim img As Image = Nothing Dim memBytes As Byte() = Convert.FromBase64String([text]) Dim formatter As New BinaryFormatter() Dim stream As New MemoryStream(memBytes) img = CType(formatter.Deserialize(stream), Image) stream.Close() Return img End Function End Class
- NamedPermissionSet for full access to system resources. Demand value: InheritanceDemand. Associated state: FullTrust
System.Windows.Forms.Design.PropertyTab
System.Windows.Forms.Design.EventsTab
System.Windows.Forms.PropertyGridInternal.PropertiesTab
Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
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