>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>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).
>>>
>>>I have a simple class (ex: MyTextbox as if derived from a textbox or label control) with minor adjustments for testing.
>>>
>>>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
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>At run-time, the proper control shows and functions as I would otherwise expect.
>>>
>>>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
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>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.

ok, but any good reading suggestions that can show a full example of a custom textbox control on the how to's from the UI perspective, and showing up with valid settings in the properties sheet as any other control... and/or maybe a container class that has (for example) a label, and a textbox control... likewise, if I drag/drop onto a web form, I can look at the properties of the outer container, and the inner label and textbox respectively.

It's sooooo easy in Visual Foxpro, I guess we're just spoiled in this respect of full visual development in the IDE...