Custom Object Properties (C#)

[ErikJohansson]

Hello all.

I have created a custom control:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.ComponentModel;

namespace NewApp
{
    class Application : Panel
    {
        private bool isRunning = false;

        [Description("Is the application running?")]
        [Category("Super Stuff")]
        [DefaultValue(false)]

        public bool IsRunning
        {
            get { return isRunning; }
        }

    }
}

How can I set default values of this control, e.g width, height, backcolor, location?
Since it's a panel, is there a way to add objects to the panel by default, e.g picturebox, textbox?

Thanks!

[Blagojce]

You can add controls to the panel through designer mode, just drop on the panel.
For default values for height, backcolor, location etc. I think you need to override those properties and add default values to them.

[ErikJohansson]

Could you show me how to override the properties?

[jmcilhinney]

You don't override properties to set their values. You override a member to change its behaviour. If you want to set default values for some properties then do it in the constructor.

By the way, 'Application' is a very bad name for a control. I'm not sure what it actually is supposed to be used for but maybe 'ApplicationPanel' would be appropriate.