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Creating Custom User Control Designers in ASP.NET

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An article on creating custom User Control designers in ASP.NET.
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Web.UI;

namespace CustomDesignersCS
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Summary description for DesignerHelper.
	/// </summary>
	public  class DesignerHelper
	{

		public  static void BindDesignerToControl(System.ComponentModel.Component designer,Control ctl)
		{
					BindDesignerToObject(designer, ctl);
		}


		public static void BindDesignerToObject(System.ComponentModel.Component designer,Object obj)
		{
			//Get object properties using Reflection
			PropertyDescriptorCollection colWebCtlPropDesc=TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(obj);

			//Get Designer properties using Reflection
			  PropertyDescriptorCollection coldesignerPropDesc = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(designer);
			
			//Loop through all Designer properties
			//Each designer property corresponds to webcontrol property
			foreach(PropertyDescriptor pd in coldesignerPropDesc)
			{
				 PropertyDescriptor webctlpd = colWebCtlPropDesc.Find(pd.Name, true);
	
				if (webctlpd!=null)
				{
					//Assign the designer property value to web control's property
					webctlpd.SetValue(obj, pd.GetValue(designer));
				}

			}

		}
	}
}

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Sriram works as Senior Technical Specialist at Infosys's Microsoft Technology Center.

He has been working on ASP.NET,VB.NET,C#,ASP and SQL Server for past 7 years. He loves to churn out innovative ideas.

During his freetime,you may find him hiking, humming a song in his karaoke or listening to inspiring music. You can reach him at srirambalaji_work@yahoo.com.

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