Argggh! I'm an idiot ... I answered this very question in a post from last year: Message #1137743 I need to use "new" instead of "override".

Nevermind ... =0)

~~Bonnie


>Hi gang,
>
>I know that in my sub-classes for controls such as TextBoxes, I can avoid having the IDE stick extra code in the "IDE-generated" code for properties by setting a DefaultValue in the TextBox sub-class. Like this:
>

>public class MyTextBox : TextBox
>{
>    private string m_MyProperty;
>
>    public MyTextBox
>    {
>        this.m_MyProperty = "";
>    }
>
>    [DefaultValue("")]
>    public string MyProperty
>    {
>        get {return this.m_MyProperty;}
>        set {this.m_MyProperty = value;}
>    }
>    [DefaultValue(typeof(Color), "Window")]
>    public override Color BackColor
>    {
>        get {return base.BackColor;}
>        set {base.BackColor = value;}
>    }
>    [DefaultValue(typeof(Color), "WindowText")]
>    public override Color ForeColor
>    {
>        get {return base.ForeColor;}
>        set {base.ForeColor= value;}
>    }
>}
>

>Note that the BackColor and ForeColor properties are overridden. This all works just fine, but where I'm having a problem is with some of the properties in ComboBoxes that are not virtual properties and therefore cannot be overridden ... such as the DropDownStyle, DropDownWidth and several others. Does anybody know how to set up a DefaultValue for these?
>
>TIA,
>~~Bonnie