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Make new property show up in markup and in the control properties

public GlobalMethods.InfoGatherKind GatherKind
{
get
{
return GlobalMethods.igatherkind;
}
}

I want to be able to set the GatherKind in the markup and the control Properties. How do I do this please?

I know it is an attribute of some sort above the property name [Persist...] or something or other.

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Craig Wagner

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Tom Knowlton

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  [BrowsableAttribute(true)]
        public GlobalMethods.InfoGatherKind GatherKind
        {
            get
            {
                return GlobalMethods.igatherkind;
            }

            set
            {
                GlobalMethods.igatherkind = value;
            }
        }

        public override string Text
        {
            get
            {
                return base.Text;
            }
            set
            {
                base.Text = value;

                Attributes["value"] = value;
            }
        }

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It shows up in the Properties window now but is greyed-out

and...

it still does not show up in the markup attributes (in the HTML)

Tom Knowlton

ASKER

Nevermind...

This seems to be working well...

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.ComponentModel;


//Taken from
//
//http://www.codeproject.com/KB/custom-controls/ASPNET_Password_TextBox.aspx

namespace Campus_Webstore
{   

    public class TextBoxWithCustomAttributes : TextBox
    {        
        public TextBoxWithCustomAttributes()
        {
         
        }

        [Category("Kinds")]
        [BrowsableAttribute(true)]
        public GlobalMethods.InfoGatherKind GatherKind
        {
            get
            {
                return GlobalMethods.igatherkind;
            }

            set
            {
                GlobalMethods.igatherkind = value;
            }
        }

        public override string Text
        {
            get
            {
                return base.Text;
            }
            set
            {
                base.Text = value;

                Attributes["value"] = value;
            }
        }

        protected override void OnPreRender(EventArgs e)
        {
            base.OnPreRender(e);

            Attributes["value"] = Text;
        }
    }
}

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Tom Knowlton

ASKER

thx!