C# Creating a Base Form with Custom Properties
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I believe I have done it now:
namespace ContractManagement.Forms
{
public partial class BaseForm : Form
{
private Boolean DialogStyle;
private Boolean NoControlButtons;
public BaseForm()
{
InitializeComponent();
TitleLabel.Visible = DialogStyle = true;
ControlBox = NoControlButtons = true;
}
public Boolean DialogForm
{
get
{
return DialogStyle;
}
set
{
DialogStyle = TitleLabel.Visible = value;
DialogStyle = CommandPanel.Visible = value;
}
}
public Boolean ControlButtons
{
get
{
return NoControlButtons;
}
set
{
NoControlButtons = ControlBox = value;
}
}
protected override void OnTextChanged(EventArgs e)
{
base.OnTextChanged(e);
TitleLabel.Text = Text;
}
}
}
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hshah
Updated on September 15, 2022Comments
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hshah over 1 year
I am having a small issue where the defined custom property value is not sticking in the inherited form.
The code in my base form is:
namespace ContractManagement.Forms { public partial class BaseForm : Form { public BaseForm() { InitializeComponent(); } public Boolean DialogForm { get { return TitleLabel.Visible; } set { TitleLabel.Visible = value; CommandPanel.Visible = value; } } protected override void OnTextChanged(EventArgs e) { base.OnTextChanged(e); TitleLabel.Text = Text; } } }
Then in the form that inherits this I have:
namespace ContractManagement.Forms { public partial class MainForm : Forms.BaseForm { public MainForm() { InitializeComponent(); } } }
For some reason, despite what I set in MainForm for DialogForm, on runtime it reverts back to True.
There is another post on this site which mentions this, but I don't get what it explains.
I also want to create a property which allows me to hide the ControlBox, so how do I add this in?