Problem with IDE when overriding Text property   

I noticed when overriding the Text property of the 
System.Windows.Forms.UserControl that the Form.Designer file does not 
reflect changes made via the property browser.  In other words, when you 
override the Text property and then try to change it's value at design-time, 
the value is not serialized and therefore not available at run-time.

This problem does not appear to be language specific; I've reproduced it in 
C# and in VB.  Here are examples of what I've written:

In VB:
    <System.ComponentModel.Browsable(True)> _
    Public Overrides Property Text() As String
        Get
            Return lblTitle.Text
        End Get
        Set(ByVal value As String)
            lblTitle.Text = value
        End Set
    End Property


In C#:
        [System.ComponentModel.Browsable(true)]
        public override string Text
        {
            get { return lblTitle.Text; }
            set { lblTitle.Text = value; }
        }


Can anyone explain to me what is happening and how I might correct the 
problem?

date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:05:46 -0600   author:   Jason Barnett

Re: Problem with IDE when overriding Text property   

Answer posted in the "microsoft.public.dotnet.framework" newsgroup.
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.framework/browse_thread/thread/8cff4c7e257f556e/ce992f874f7c73f5?hl=en#ce992f874f7c73f5

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Tim Wilson
..NET Compact Framework MVP

"Jason Barnett"  wrote in message
news:e9PzWDIPGHA.3856@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I noticed when overriding the Text property of the
> System.Windows.Forms.UserControl that the Form.Designer file does not
> reflect changes made via the property browser.  In other words, when you
> override the Text property and then try to change it's value at
design-time,
> the value is not serialized and therefore not available at run-time.
>
> This problem does not appear to be language specific; I've reproduced it
in
> C# and in VB.  Here are examples of what I've written:
>
> In VB:
>     <System.ComponentModel.Browsable(True)> _
>     Public Overrides Property Text() As String
>         Get
>             Return lblTitle.Text
>         End Get
>         Set(ByVal value As String)
>             lblTitle.Text = value
>         End Set
>     End Property
>
>
> In C#:
>         [System.ComponentModel.Browsable(true)]
>         public override string Text
>         {
>             get { return lblTitle.Text; }
>             set { lblTitle.Text = value; }
>         }
>
>
> Can anyone explain to me what is happening and how I might correct the
> problem?
>
>

date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:04:05 -0500   author:   Tim Wilson TIM(UNDERSCORE)WILSON(AT)ROGERS(PERIOD)COM

Re: Problem with IDE when overriding Text property   

Hello,
I'd the same problem as you with Compact Framework end VS 2005.

This is the solution :

Override the Text property (code should be like this one) :

    public override string Text
    {
      get
      {
        return(base.Text);
      }
      set
      {
        base.Text = value;
        this.Invalidate();

      }
    }

The right click on the usercontrol in the solution explorer, choose "View Class Diagram" and then display the class details view for the control.

In this view, you should see the "Text" property, edit the "Custom attributes" of the "Text" property.
And add the 4 lines listed below in the window appearing :
 EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Always)
 Browsable(true)
 DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Visible)
 Bindable(true)

Recompile the project ... and you should see teh text property !!!

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date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 06:55:52 -0700   author:   Bulle