Toolbox description for UserControl

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I created a user control in C#. It shows up at the top of the toolbox. When I hover over it a balloon displays its name, version and that its a .NET Component. The canned toolbox controls have this and small description. How do I get a description of my user control to show up like the others?

Posted 2-Feb-12 5:37am

David J Perez

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Manfred Rudolf Bihy · Answer 1 · 2012-02-02T05:48:00

What about his here: Walkthrough: Customizing ToolboxItem Configuration Dynamically[^] and then scroll down to here:

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C#

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace Company.ItemConfigurationCS
{
    // Set the display name and custom bitmap to use for this item.
    // The build action for the bitmap must be "Embedded Resource".
    [DisplayName("ToolboxMember 1 CS")]
    [Description("Custom toolbox item from package ItemConfiguration.")]
    [ToolboxItem(true)]
    [ToolboxBitmap(typeof(Control1), "Control1.bmp")]
    public partial class Control1 : UserControl
    {
        public Control1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            button1.Text = this.Name + " Button";
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("Hello world from " + this.ToString());
        }
    }
}

Using the description attribute on the class itself should do what you want.

Regards,

Manfred