You *do* *also* need to set the property in the constructor. Why did you comment that out?

~~Bonnie



>Calvin,
>
>If you've got it working the way you want, that's fine....but I believe the following is what's best (to start from scratch)...
>
>

>public class MyLabel : Label
>{
>
>	DefaultValue(typeof(Font),"Verdana,8pt")]
>	override public Font Font
>	{
>	   get { return base.Font; }
>	   set { base.Font = value; }
>	}
>
>	public MyLabelClass()
>	{
>	     //  base.Font = new  Font("Verdana",8);   // no need for the constructor if you're using defaultvalue attribute
>	}
>}
>