Accessing the (Name) property at Design time

[SBendBuckeye]

Hello all,

I am wrapping an extended class in a component so that I can have a Design time presence. At Design time, how do I access the Component (Name) property (eg MyComponent1)? My extended class exposes a Name property which I want to set to the Component (Name) property when I instantiate my extended class in the Component constructor.

Public Class MyExtendedClass
    Inherits ThirdPartyControl

Public Sub New()
    MyBase.New
End Sub 'New

Public Sub New(ByVal name As String)
    MyClass.New
    Me.Name = name
End Sub 'New

Private m_Name As String = Nothing
Public Property Name As String
    Get
        Return m_Name
    End Get
    Set(ByVal value As String)
        m_Name = value
    End Set
End Property 'Name

Public Class MyComponent
    Inherits System.ComponentModel.Component

Public Sub New
    MyBase.New
    ' I want to call with my component name (eg MyComponent1).
    m_MyExtendedClass = New MyExtendedClass(Me.(Name))
End Sub 'New

Private m_MyExtendedClass As MyExtendedClass
Public Property MyExtendedClass As MyExtendedClass
    Get
        Return m_MyExtendedClass
    End Get
    Set(ByVal value As MyExtendedClass)
        m_MyExtendedClass = value
    End Set
End Property 'MyExtendedClass

Thanks in advance for any ideas and/or suggestions!

 

[KDavie]

It appears that you are trying to create a new instance of MyExtendedClass using the overloaded contstructor. However, when calling the constructor you are referencing a property which is actually set in that constructor's implementation. So passing that value in as a parameter is going to result in a null (nothing). If you want to give the name property a default value then you can reference it that way.

-Kevin

Kevin Davie
Consultant
Sogeti USA

http://www.us.sogeti.com