Cannot modify DataGridView properties in inherited control

I have a WinForms UserControl (A) that contains a DataGridView. I have another control (B) that is a subclass of A (B inherits from A). Everything works fine, except that I can't make any changes to the properties of the subclassed control (B). Is there any way to allow this?

I need to resize/move the DataGridView on the child control (B). I added the DataGridView to a Panel, and I could resize that, but I'm using this pattern a lot, and all the Panels really slow down the resizing of the form.

Thanks,
Erick

[523 byte] By [ErickThompson] at [2007-12-17]

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# 1

This is by design. The DataGridView does not support being modified directly in an inherited form.

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MarkRideout at 2007-9-8 >

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# 2

I wish it were different, but it's understandable, given the complexity of the control.

Thanks,
Erick

ErickThompson at 2007-9-8 >

# 3

What?

So what you are saying is that if we have a project that is based on the inherited forms and have a datagridview (used to ba a datagird) on the base forms that we will not be able to change properites at designtime?

It's ok for the datasource, but designing cell styles in code? wow, no way. DataGrid stays.

Ivan

ivanc at 2007-9-8 >

# 4

I really need a way around this, its bad bad bad!

Shahzad.K.Y at 2007-9-8 >

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