ContainerListView and TreeListView: Writing VS.NET design-surface compatible controls

Jon Rista

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Learn how to properly integrate your custom .NET control into the Visual Studio .NET design environment with TypeConverters and UITypeEditors. The article includes two useful controls, a container ListView, and a complete, feature-loaded TreeListView.

extendedlistviews_exe.zip
- ExtendedListTest
  - App.ico
  - AssemblyInfo.cs
  - bin
    - Debug
  - ExtendedListTest.cs
  - ExtendedListTest.csproj
  - ExtendedListTest.csproj.user
  - ExtendedListTest.resx
  - ExtendedListTest.sln
  - images
    - app16.ico
    - audio16.ico
    - blank.ico
    - doc16.ico
    - folder16.ico
    - image16.ico
    - video16.ico
  - obj
    - Debug
      - temp
      - TempPE
    - Release
      - temp
      - TempPE
extendedlistviews_src.zip
- ExtendedListViews
  - AssemblyInfo.cs
  - bin
    - Debug
    - Release
  - ContainerListView.cs
  - ContainerListView.resx
  - ExtendedListViews.csproj
  - ExtendedListViews.csproj.user
  - ExtendedListViews.sln
  - ExtendedListViews.suo
  - Helpers
    - StringTools.cs
  - HelperTools.cs
  - IParentChildList.cs
  - obj
    - Debug
      - temp
      - TempPE
    - Release
      - temp
      - TempPE
  - Resources
    - tv_minus.bmp
    - tv_plus.bmp
  - TreeListView.cs
  - TreeListView.resx
  - uxTheme
    - Wrapper.cs
extendedlistviews_lib.zip
- Interop.Shell32.dll
- OPaC.uxTheme.dll
- OPaC.uxTheme.Win32.dll
- SynapticEffect.Forms.dll
extendedlisttest_exe.zip
- App.ico
- AssemblyInfo.cs
- ExtendedListTest.exe.manifest
- Interop.Shell32.dll
- OPaC.uxTheme.dll
- OPaC.uxTheme.Win32.dll
- SynapticEffect.Forms.dll
- ExtendedListTest.cs
- ExtendedListTest.csproj
- ExtendedListTest.csproj.user
- ExtendedListTest.resx
- app16.ico
- audio16.ico
- blank.ico
- doc16.ico
- folder16.ico
- image16.ico
- video16.ico

Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 7.00
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EndProject
Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "ExtendedListTest", "..\ExtendedListTest\ExtendedListTest.csproj", "{F4711416-DE3E-4D0F-8B1C-15A5F9CB98D3}"
EndProject
Global
	GlobalSection(SolutionConfiguration) = preSolution
		ConfigName.0 = Debug
		ConfigName.1 = Release
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ProjectDependencies) = postSolution
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ProjectConfiguration) = postSolution
		{36202DE0-590A-43D4-A99D-55412CAD71C8}.Debug.ActiveCfg = Debug|.NET
		{36202DE0-590A-43D4-A99D-55412CAD71C8}.Debug.Build.0 = Debug|.NET
		{36202DE0-590A-43D4-A99D-55412CAD71C8}.Release.ActiveCfg = Release|.NET
		{36202DE0-590A-43D4-A99D-55412CAD71C8}.Release.Build.0 = Release|.NET
		{F4711416-DE3E-4D0F-8B1C-15A5F9CB98D3}.Debug.ActiveCfg = Debug|.NET
		{F4711416-DE3E-4D0F-8B1C-15A5F9CB98D3}.Debug.Build.0 = Debug|.NET
		{F4711416-DE3E-4D0F-8B1C-15A5F9CB98D3}.Release.ActiveCfg = Release|.NET
		{F4711416-DE3E-4D0F-8B1C-15A5F9CB98D3}.Release.Build.0 = Release|.NET
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityAddIns) = postSolution
	EndGlobalSection
EndGlobal

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Jon Rista

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Jon Rista has been programming since the age of 8 (first Pascal program), and has been a programmer since the age of 10 (first practical program). In the last 21 years, he has learned to love C++, embrace object orientation, and finally enjoy the freedom of C#. He knows over 10 programming languages, and vows that his most important skill in programming is creativity, even more so than logic. Jon works on large-scale enterprise systems design and implementation, and employs Design Patterns, C#, .NET, and SQL Server in his daily doings.

ContainerListView and TreeListView: Writing VS.NET design-surface compatible controls

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