>So, the short answer is: visual inheritance in .Net *kind of* works, but pretty much useless. :)

well, yeah... seems like a lot of typing & reliance on "tribal knowledge" instead of just changing the damn font properties in the parent class and being done with it.


>
>>... unbelievable ... save your hair: how about doing this project with VFP ... <g>
>>
>>>I am beginning to pull my hair out over this. Nothing I do causes a change in the appearance of the font on the screen. Help- pleassssse.....
>>>
>>> [DefaultValue(typeof(Font), "Arial,8pt")]
>>> public override Font Font
>>> {
>>> get { return base.Font; }
>>> set { base.Font = value; }
>>> }
>>>
>>> public wrLabel()
>>> {
>>> InitializeComponent();
>>> this.Font = new Font("Arial", 8);
>>> // tried base.font=new Font('Arial',8); but it doesn't change the font on the screen either
>>> }