Comments on: Reach out at design time http://ajdotnet.wordpress.com/2006/11/11/reach-out-at-design-time/ Thoughts and informations I think worthwhile to share... Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:42:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Anoop Jayaram http://ajdotnet.wordpress.com/2006/11/11/reach-out-at-design-time/#comment-8158 Anoop Jayaram Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:51:48 +0000 http://ajdotnet.wordpress.com/2006/11/11/reach-out-at-design-time/#comment-8158 Thanks for this great help. It really explores the design time properties programing in detail. Thanks for this great help. It really explores the design time properties programing in detail.

]]> By: ajdotnet http://ajdotnet.wordpress.com/2006/11/11/reach-out-at-design-time/#comment-8068 ajdotnet Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:07:05 +0000 http://ajdotnet.wordpress.com/2006/11/11/reach-out-at-design-time/#comment-8068 @Vladimir: At design time the page class is _not_ used, rather its base class is instantiated. You could try to work around this issue by providing another derivate, however I never tried this and I am not sure it will work properly (I rather doubt it). I would provide a (non-visual) control that does the work. This will give you full control over designtime and serialization and if necessary it will be available on user controls as well. ASP.NET AJAX does something similar with the ScriptManager. HIH, AJ.NET @Vladimir: At design time the page class is _not_ used, rather its base class is instantiated. You could try to work around this issue by providing another derivate, however I never tried this and I am not sure it will work properly (I rather doubt it).
I would provide a (non-visual) control that does the work. This will give you full control over designtime and serialization and if necessary it will be available on user controls as well. ASP.NET AJAX does something similar with the ScriptManager.

HIH,
AJ.NET

]]> By: Vladimir Kelman http://ajdotnet.wordpress.com/2006/11/11/reach-out-at-design-time/#comment-8063 Vladimir Kelman Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:44:33 +0000 http://ajdotnet.wordpress.com/2006/11/11/reach-out-at-design-time/#comment-8063 Hi! Is there any way to to add a property to a custom ASP.NET page class MyBasePage : System.Web.UI.Page in such a way, that it will be visible/modifyable in Visual Studio at design time? (Details here http://pro-thoughts.blogspot.com/2008/04/design-time-support-for-custom.html) Hi! Is there any way to to add a property to a custom ASP.NET page class MyBasePage : System.Web.UI.Page in such a way, that it will be visible/modifyable in Visual Studio at design time? (Details here http://pro-thoughts.blogspot.com/2008/04/design-time-support-for-custom.html)

]]> By: Sudarshan http://ajdotnet.wordpress.com/2006/11/11/reach-out-at-design-time/#comment-6773 Sudarshan Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:52:27 +0000 http://ajdotnet.wordpress.com/2006/11/11/reach-out-at-design-time/#comment-6773 Awesome. Just what i needed. Thanks so much. Awesome. Just what i needed. Thanks so much.

]]> By: Mads Kristensen http://ajdotnet.wordpress.com/2006/11/11/reach-out-at-design-time/#comment-3387 Mads Kristensen Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:36:24 +0000 http://ajdotnet.wordpress.com/2006/11/11/reach-out-at-design-time/#comment-3387 For components to distribute it's cool, but for internal use it really doesnt matter. Great example though. Thumbs up! For components to distribute it’s cool, but for internal use it really doesnt matter. Great example though. Thumbs up!

]]> By: ajdotnet http://ajdotnet.wordpress.com/2006/11/11/reach-out-at-design-time/#comment-763 ajdotnet Tue, 06 Feb 2007 06:17:14 +0000 http://ajdotnet.wordpress.com/2006/11/11/reach-out-at-design-time/#comment-763 Well, I came to realize that good design time support really helps people - be it the ones not as experienced as you are or those as lazy as I am - and in the end it saves money. I wrote about the motivation in http://ajdotnet.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/do-you-value-design-time-support/ . And by the way: design time support is not limited to the design view. Intellisense, wizards, or snippets are also part of the design time infrastructure. Well, I came to realize that good design time support really helps people – be it the ones not as experienced as you are or those as lazy as I am – and in the end it saves money. I wrote about the motivation in http://ajdotnet.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/do-you-value-design-time-support/ .
And by the way: design time support is not limited to the design view. Intellisense, wizards, or snippets are also part of the design time infrastructure.

]]> By: Mads Kristensen http://ajdotnet.wordpress.com/2006/11/11/reach-out-at-design-time/#comment-762 Mads Kristensen Mon, 05 Feb 2007 22:59:13 +0000 http://ajdotnet.wordpress.com/2006/11/11/reach-out-at-design-time/#comment-762 Great article, but it really proofs an important point. Don't use the design view - ever. It may take some time to learn, but it does eliminate many bad surprises and it doesn't take longer to build websites that way. Great article, but it really proofs an important point. Don’t use the design view – ever. It may take some time to learn, but it does eliminate many bad surprises and it doesn’t take longer to build websites that way.

]]> By: Peter http://ajdotnet.wordpress.com/2006/11/11/reach-out-at-design-time/#comment-598 Peter Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:39:52 +0000 http://ajdotnet.wordpress.com/2006/11/11/reach-out-at-design-time/#comment-598 Now that's what I call a tutorial! Examples, simple code, screenshots... perfect. Thanks. Now that’s what I call a tutorial! Examples, simple code, screenshots… perfect. Thanks.

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