>>Hi all,
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>>As a VFP developer, we're blessed to have visual design of classes and then drop a copy on any other form (or container for that matter), and have the full visual presentation on that new form (or container).
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>>I have a simple class (ex: MyTextbox as if derived from a textbox or label control) with minor adjustments for testing.
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>>When I drag this control onto a web form, all I get is a simple block that looks like a button control and given the label of its base... ie: MyTextbox1
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>>How do I get .net to show me the visual designer of the class as I have it on my webform. I can't even move it to an absolute position on the form, it always appears relative to another control.
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>>At run-time, the proper control shows and functions as I would otherwise expect.
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>>Thanks
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>For absolute position you should be in absolute positioning (default is flow layout-which is the recommended one, formerly it was absolute as I remember).
>Cetin

Don,

The answer to your first question is that this is the nature of a WebUserControl (ascx). If you want to see the fully rendered control in the designer, you must create a CustomControl. Unfortunately, there is no designer for a custom control so it has to be done purely in code.

This may be a daunting task if you have recently arrived from the VFP world. It may be best to stick with the WebUserControl until you have absorbed a good amount of the inner workings of ASP.NET.