Problem when setting text class properties.

[bernardmanning]

Hi, I';m trying to create a series of controls that will act as my base controls in my application, to give a consistant look and feel.

I've created my base command button as below :-

Public Class BaseTextBox
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.TextBox

    Sub New()
        Me.Width = 75
        Me.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.Fixed3D
        Me.BackColor = Color.PowderBlue
        Me.Text = "SomeDefaultText"
    End Sub
End Class

When I drag this onto one of my forms it works great, all the properties get set correctly apart from the Text property.

The text property always defaults to BaseTextBox1, BaseTextBox2 etc.

Does anybody know why this doesn't work?

Many Thanks, Bernard

 

[bernardmanning]

Hi, Got it working...

Public Class BaseTextBox
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.TextBox

    Sub New()
        Me.Width = 75
        Me.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.Fixed3D
        Me.BackColor = Color.PowderBlue
        Me.Text = "SomeDefaultText"
    End Sub

   Protected Overrides Sub CreateHandle()
       Me.Text = ""
       MyBase.CreateHandle()
   End Sub 

End Class