UserControl Dropdown Property

[schwarem]

I am making a UserControl to be used in other Windows Forms applications. How do I make the property in the designer be a dropdown list? I've done basic properties using text and boolean values like the one below, but I want one where I define the items in the list the user can choose from.

[Bindable(true), 
            Category("HIVE"), 
            DefaultValue(0),
            Description("Specifies the maximum number of drop-down items in the combo box.")]
            property int MaxDropDownItems 
            {
                int get() 
                {
                    return this->comboBoxFocusEntity->MaxDropDownItems;
                }
            
                void set(int val) 
                {
                    this->comboBoxFocusEntity->MaxDropDownItems = val;
                }
            }

 

[PGO01]

You can use a public enum. This should expose the enum values in the properties window at design time.

 

[PGO01]

[COLOR=blue]public enum[/color] [COLOR=teal]MyPropertyType[/color]
{
    myValue1,
    myValue2,
    myValue3
}

[COLOR=blue]private[/color] [COLOR=teal]MyPropertyType[/color] _MyProperty;
[COLOR=blue]public[/color] [COLOR=teal]MyPropertyType[/color] MyProperty
{
    [COLOR=blue]get[/color] { [COLOR=blue]return[/color] _MyProperty; }
    [COLOR=blue]set[/color] { _MyProperty = value; }
}