How to add new property to the text box control

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Hi Friends,

I have a text box in the windows form. Is there any way to add new property to that text box. The property like mandatory attributes are True and False. If set property Mandatory true .. the text box will show one red astrerik image.
Can i do like this....

Posted 27-Dec-12 19:45pm

rajugknr

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Dec-12 1:49am

What did you try?
—SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Dec-12 1:55am

What did you try so far?
Not clear what exactly do you want to achieve. How a property is related to attributes? (Probably you don't mean .NET attributes, but something else.) Anyway, I told you how to add a property, you think how to use it. Or ask a follow-up question, but try to be more clear then so far.
—SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Dec-12 2:04am

Ah, I got it. Please see my updated answer. Problem completely solved.
—SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Dec-12 2:07am

You confused me with your term "attributes". Remember, "Attribute" is a very certain and special thing in .NET, a way to pass additional metadata which can be read by Reflection. Learn about them; this is important stuff.
Good luck,
—SA

rajugknr 28-Dec-12 2:12am

Thanks

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Dec-12 2:14am

You are welcome. Are you thinking to accept the answer formally (green button)?
—SA

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-27T19:52:00

This control is nothing but a class, not a sealed one. So, naturally, you can create a derived class and add any property you want, as well as any other member:

C#

class MyTextBox : System.Windows.Forms.TextBox {
    string MyNewProperty { get; set; }
    // ...
} // class MyTextBox

[EDIT]

Now, with your Mandatory you really need fully-fledged property features, such as the setter:

C#

class MyTextBox : System.Windows.Forms.TextBox {
    internal bool Mandatory {
        get { return mandatory; }
        set {
            if (value == mandatory) return;
            mandatory = value;
            Invalidate(); // important step; that's why you need property
        }
    }
    bool mandatory;
    protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs eventArgs) {
        base.OnPaint(eventArgs);
        if (mandatory) {
            RenderItOneWay(eventArgs.Graphics);
        } else {
            RenderItAnotherWay(eventArgs.Graphics);
        }
    }
    // ...
} // class MyTextBox

Got the idea?

—SA

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