Class WindowsFormsEditorServiceContainer

Provides a basic implementation for the IWindowsFormsEditorService and IServiceProvider interfaces and can be used together with TypeDescriptorContext to launch an Editor directly outside a property grid.

Inheritance
System.Object
WindowsFormsEditorServiceContainer
Implements
System.Windows.Forms.Design.IWindowsFormsEditorService
System.IServiceProvider
Namespace: Syncfusion.ComponentModel
Assembly: Syncfusion.Shared.Base.dll
Syntax
public class WindowsFormsEditorServiceContainer : Object, IWindowsFormsEditorService, IServiceProvider
Examples

The grid uses this class to display a collection editor.

public static DialogResult ShowGridBaseStylesMapDialog(object instance, string propertyName)
{
    GridBaseStyleCollectionEditor ce = new GridBaseStyleCollectionEditor(typeof(ArrayList));
WindowsFormsEditorServiceContainer esc = new WindowsFormsEditorServiceContainer(null);
    PropertyDescriptor pd = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(instance)[propertyName];
    TypeDescriptorContext tdc = new TypeDescriptorContext(instance, pd);
    tdc.ServiceProvider = esc;
    object v = ce.EditValue(tdc, esc, ((ICloneable) pd.GetValue(instance)).Clone());
    if (esc.DialogResult == DialogResult.OK)
    {
        pd.SetValue(instance, v);
    }
    return esc.DialogResult;
}

Constructors

WindowsFormsEditorServiceContainer(IServiceProvider)

Initializes a WindowsFormsEditorServiceContainer with the given IServiceProvider.

Declaration
public WindowsFormsEditorServiceContainer(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.IServiceProvider serviceProvider

An IServiceProvider. Can be NULL.

Properties

DialogResult

Returns the dialog result of the edit operation.

Declaration
public DialogResult DialogResult { get; }
Property Value
Type
System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult

ServiceProvider

Gets / sets the associated IServiceProvider.

Declaration
public IServiceProvider ServiceProvider { get; set; }
Property Value
Type
System.IServiceProvider

Events

ShowingDialog

Occurs immediately before the Dialog is displayed. The ControlEventArgs.Control the form.

Declaration
public event ControlEventHandler ShowingDialog
Event Type
Type
System.Windows.Forms.ControlEventHandler

Implements

System.Windows.Forms.Design.IWindowsFormsEditorService
System.IServiceProvider

See Also