ICustomTypeDescriptor.GetEditor - Which property am I on??

I have a class that will be edited via the CollectionEditor/CollectionForm
UI. To that extent I have defined the various properties I want editable for
my class. However, three of the properties are of type string but I would
like them edited by selection from a dropdown list whose contents are
determined at runtime.

It looks like I might be able to use the ICustomTypeDescriptor interface to
do what I need. In particular, if I could override the GetEditor method to
create a specialized UITypeEditor for these three properties then I think
this would do the trick.

The only problem is that I cannot see how I know, when GetEditor is being
invoked, which property it is being invoked for!

Thanks,
-- TB

Bob
Wed Dec 29 18:59:42 CST 2004

ICustomTypeDescriptor.GetEditor refers to the editor for the specific class
that implements ICustomTypeDescriptor. To provide an editor for a specific
property you'll have to use the EditorAttribute on the property itself.

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"Thomas W. Brown" <thomas_w_brown@countrywide.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
news:38D69EAB-65B7-45B5-9EDB-F284430857A7@microsoft.com...
> I have a class that will be edited via the CollectionEditor/CollectionForm
> UI. To that extent I have defined the various properties I want editable
for
> my class. However, three of the properties are of type string but I would
> like them edited by selection from a dropdown list whose contents are
> determined at runtime.
>
> It looks like I might be able to use the ICustomTypeDescriptor interface
to
> do what I need. In particular, if I could override the GetEditor method
to
> create a specialized UITypeEditor for these three properties then I think
> this would do the trick.
>
> The only problem is that I cannot see how I know, when GetEditor is being
> invoked, which property it is being invoked for!
>
> Thanks,
> -- TB
>