Re: UITypeEditor must be in the same assembly?

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From: Ben R. Bolton (nqmsdnfb_at_microsoft.com)
Date: 04/08/04

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    Thanks Palo,

    1) I've had problems with using typeof to get a type at compile time that
    doesn't work at design time before. Can you explain why using

    [Editor("ClientLib.CustomEditor", typeof(UITypeEditor))]

    works, while

    Editor(typeof(CustomEditor),typeof(UITypeEditor))

    compiles but has problems at run-time?

    2) I don't quite understand the suggestion for a reference. CustomEditor is
    defined in ClientLib and the control is in WebControlLib, therefore there
    must be a reference to ClientLib in the WebControlLib project, creating
    reference to WebControlLib from ClientLib would create an invalid reference.
    Do you mean something different by an *assembly* reference?

    Again, thanks for your assistance.

    Ben

    "Palo Mraz" <palo@x-vbinfozine.com> wrote in message
    news:efp70K8GEHA.1076@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
    > Hi Ben,
    >
    > I've made it work with WinForms designer, but hopefully it will
    > work with WebForms designer as well. Here are the steps I've used:
    >
    > 1. In your WebControlLib library, use the EditorAttribute constructor
    > that accepts the string type name of the type editor, e.g.:
    > [Editor("ClientLib.CustomEditor", typeof(UITypeEditor))]
    >
    > 2. In your ClientLib design library, add an *assembly* reference to
    > your WebControlLib from the appropriate output directory.
    >
    > 3. In order to debug the design time functionality of your editor,
    > you'll have to ensure that VS is able to locate your design assembly.
    > You'll have to either place the ClientLib.dll into the devenv.exe folder.
    > Or you could add the appropriate <dependentAssembly> and
    > <codeBase> settings pointing to your ClientLib assembly to the
    > devenv.exe.config file (this is the approach that I've used with my
    > WinForms design library). (Or you could place the design assembly
    > into GAC (provided it has a strong name), but I wouldn't recommend
    > that.)
    >
    > Best regards,
    >
    > Palo
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