[RESOLVED] [2005] Custom control with ComboBox

[Troy Lundin]

I am making a custom control that implements multiple controls, one of them being a ComboBox.

I have the following code to edit the ComboBox's Items property.

Dim _items as Object()
<Editor("System.Windows.Forms.Design.ListControlStringCollectionEditor, System.Design, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a", GetType(UITypeEditor)), MergableProperty(False), Category("CatData"), DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Content), Localizable(True), Description("ComboBoxItemsDescr")> _
    Property Items() As System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.ObjectCollection
        Get
            Return cmb.Items
        End Get
        Set(ByVal value As System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.ObjectCollection)
            value.CopyTo(_items, 0)
            cmb.Items.Clear()
            cmb.Items.AddRange(_items)
        End Set
    End Property

That code does work, but it seems to me there may be a better way to do this. Any ideas?

[jmcilhinney]

Just create a pass-through for the ComboBox's own Items property:

Public ReadOnly Property Items() As System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.ObjectCollection
    Get
        Return Me.cmb.Items
    End Get
End Property

[Troy Lundin]

I knew I was trying to hard. Thanks.