by Amr Elsehemy
8. January 2008 02:15
| Attributes | Applied To | Description |
| ToolboxBitmap |
Controls |
Allows you to specify an icon to represent a control in a container, such as the Microsoft Visual Studio Form Designer. |
» ToolboxBitmapAttribute if you want to redistribute your custom control you should use this attribute to add an icon to it.
[ToolboxBitmap(typeof(Button))]
public class ButtonEx : Button
This will show the default icon of the Windows.Forms.Button control, to add a custom icon you will use one of the other two ToolboxBitmapAttribute constructors, the first one accepts a string as the full path for the image, the second one with a string and a type this one is used more frequently.
[ToolboxBitmap(typeof(ButtonEx),"ButtonEx.png")]
public class ButtonEx : Button
Note: For this to work you need to be sure of 2 things:
- The image name would be exactly spelled as the type (control).
- Right click the image and make sure its BuildAction is Embedded Resource.
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