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Unleash PropertyGrid with Dynamic Properties and Globalization

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29 Jan 2004CPOL9 min read 126.2K   4.8K   88  
The article presents a way to enhance the use of the PropertyGid control with dynamic properties and globalization
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using CustomControls.ApplicationBlocks;

namespace DynamicProperties
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Summary description for Employee.
	/// </summary>
	public class Person:DynamicTypeDescriptor, IComponent
	{

		private string _Name=string.Empty;
		private int _Age=-1;
		public event EventHandler Disposed;  //Implement IComponent.Disposed
		private ISite _curISBNSite;
	
		//Avoid using the name "Name" for your property  in  objects that implements IComoponent, because it may interfier with the  Design-Time property "Name" 
		public string FullName
		{
			get{return _Name;}
			set
			{
				if(value!=_Name)
				{
					_Name= value;
				}
			}
		}

		public int Age
		{
			get{return _Age;}
			set
			{
				if(value!=_Age)
				{
					_Age= value;
				}
			}
		}

		public virtual void Dispose() //Implement IComponent.Dispose()
		{    
			//There is nothing to clean.
			if(Disposed != null)
			{
				Disposed(this,EventArgs.Empty);
			}
		}

		[Browsable(false)]
		public virtual ISite Site //implements IComponent.Site
		{
			get
			{
				return _curISBNSite;
			}
			set
			{
				_curISBNSite = value;
			}
		}

		public Person()
		{
			//
			// TODO: Add constructor logic here
			//
		
		}
	}
}

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