Maurizio,

>I'm trying to make a custom template form, something like mmMaintenanceForm, and here is the problem.
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>To this template form I added a mmDataGridView named grdList with the modifier set as protected (have tryed even public) as other controls on this form.
>On the subclassed form, in the designer, all properties of grdList are gray, so I cannot set or change them.
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>With mmDataGrid it's working OK, but only if the modifier is set as protected or public, If it's set as private then all properties are gray, and that's OK.
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>So is there a way to use mmDataGridView that way?

I think something else is going on here. If you add any control—whether it’s an MM .NET control or not—to a form, if it’s set as protected, you should be able to access and change its properties in a subclass. You can see that this does actually work for mmDataGridView since this is the control that is on mmMaintenanceForm, which you can subclass successfully.

Best Regards,