Bonnie,
Thank you very much for the reply and the correct answer.
Just a followup question. I noticed that my new property was bold in the property sheet even if I had not changed it (at it's default value). Is that just the way is is?

Einar
>Einar,
>
>That's because you havent' actually added a property, you've just made a field member public. To have a property, you need get and set methods:
>

>private bool m_ValidateEachElement;
>
>public bool ValidateEachElement
>{
>    get {return this.m_ValidateEachElement;}
>    set {this.m_ValidateEachElement = value;}
>}
>

>
>~~Bonnie
>
>>I have created a user control (containing 4 textboxes and some labels for IP address entry).
>>Everything is working exactly the same way as M$'s IP address entry control, but I want to add my own little property to disable the messagebox warning that appears when the user enters an invalid element of the IP address (i.e. a value not between 0 and 255).
>>
>>The propperty is added by the following code:
>>

>>public bool ValidateEachElement;
>>

>>
>>How can I get my property to show up in the list of properties after I add my user control to a form?
>>Currently I have to go into the Windows Form Designer generated code section and add the following code:
>>

>>this.ipTextBox1.ValidateEachElement = true;
>>

>>
>>Thanks,
>>Einar