I have a class (control), implementing ICustomTypeDescriptor, which is used both at design-time and run-time by PropertyGrid for customization. I need to expose different properties at design-time (standard controls properties like width
, height
and so on) and at run-time, when PropertyGrid is used in my program to change other properties of that control.
My code is like:
class MyControl : UserControl, ICustomTypeDescriptor
{
//Some code..
public PropertyDescriptorCollection GetProperties(Attribute[] attributes)
{
return GetProperties();
}
public PropertyDescriptorCollection GetProperties()
{
//I need to do something like this:
if (designTime)
{ //Expose standart controls properties
return TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(this, true);
}
else
{
//Forming a custom property descriptor collection
PropertyDescriptorCollection pdc = new PropertyDescriptorCollection(null);
//Some code..
return pdc;
}
}
}
Is there an analog for a design-time flag in C#? Is it maybe better to use conditional compilation?
Check if DesignMode is true or false. It's a property that belongs to the control base class.