More Dev Studio fun time happiness
Wild times tonight.
So, I'm working on my editor again (because ... you know ... I don't need sleep) and I run into a very interesting situation.
I've created a new UserControl called RenderPanel. It derives from System::Windows::Forms::Panel. This is a new control. I'd like it to show up in the toolbox. It doesn't.
So, I say "What the heck" and add it into the form designer by hand. Compiles fine and I get my resultant render view.
Then I try to run Visual Studio's designer on it. Nuh-un. I get a plethora of issues from the designer, telling me that I can't open the form because my RenderView isn't defined.
Ugh.
So, I dig. A lot. I code. A lot. Nothing seems to help. Then I run across this little article: http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1571025&postcount=14
Nah, it can't be that easy, can it? So, I go to the menu Tools->Options and then in the Windows Forms Designer, I enable the AutoToolboxPopulate field. I close the project, open the project and lo and behold, I have a new toolbox group called Sanity_20 Components (the editor is called Sanity ... I'm at Revision 2.0) and there to my complete shock is a little blue gear labeled 'RenderPanel'.
And I can add it to my form. And it works.
Completely unbelieveable. But who am I to argue?
So, I'm working on my editor again (because ... you know ... I don't need sleep) and I run into a very interesting situation.
I've created a new UserControl called RenderPanel. It derives from System::Windows::Forms::Panel. This is a new control. I'd like it to show up in the toolbox. It doesn't.
So, I say "What the heck" and add it into the form designer by hand. Compiles fine and I get my resultant render view.
Then I try to run Visual Studio's designer on it. Nuh-un. I get a plethora of issues from the designer, telling me that I can't open the form because my RenderView isn't defined.
Ugh.
So, I dig. A lot. I code. A lot. Nothing seems to help. Then I run across this little article: http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1571025&postcount=14
Nah, it can't be that easy, can it? So, I go to the menu Tools->Options and then in the Windows Forms Designer, I enable the AutoToolboxPopulate field. I close the project, open the project and lo and behold, I have a new toolbox group called Sanity_20 Components (the editor is called Sanity ... I'm at Revision 2.0) and there to my complete shock is a little blue gear labeled 'RenderPanel'.
And I can add it to my form. And it works.
Completely unbelieveable. But who am I to argue?
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