Custom Object Properties (C#)

Hello all.

I have created a custom control:

Code:

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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; }
        }

    }
}

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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! :)

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.

Could you show me how to override the properties?

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.