Custom Control Properties

[DMAN3021]

Yellow all,

I'm building my first VB custom control (yey!) and its moving a long nicely, but I need to specify certain states that this control will be in, and I would like for these states to be displayed as properties (in the property window) and to be modifiable by code.

So, the question is, how do I add properties to the control itself. I guessed that I would need a global variable to indicate which state I am in, but I would need to publish it to the properties of the control. How would I do this?

Thanks,

Dman...

 

[RiverGuy]

Its preferred to use private variables. Say you want a property called "Text"

Create a private module-level variable in your control called mText.

Next, type out "Public Property Text As String." Then press enter. The IDE will fill out the get and set parts for you. Inside those parts, you will want to return your mText value and set your mText value. They will then show up in the property window.

 

[chrissie1]

within the custom sontrol class refer to the private variabels, that will increase the speed.

and try using enums to fill the properties

something like

dim _options as myenum


enum myenum
 option1
 option2
end enum

public property options() as myenum

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

What a wonderfull world - Louis armstrong

 

[DMAN3021]

Cool, thanks!

but whats an enum?

 

[DMAN3021]

Oh, and say I want to create my own type. For example, my control has different statuses (On, Off, Busy), how can I create a property that gives those types?

Dman...

 

[RiverGuy]

Christiaan just showed you how to do that.

 

[DMAN3021]

Oh! there it is,

sorry, I poked around and found out that you had answered my question all along!

Wooohhooo! thanks all!