用户控件自定义设计器

如果不知道什么是用户控件请搜索。如果不知道组件和控件的区别，请到论坛问。

最近在做一些组件的时候，希望能够像Tabcontrol那样的AddTab，RemoveTab的动作。

我个人觉得是设计自动化很重要的技术，所以我一直在寻找。很可惜的是，找到的多是辅助修改属性的东西，个人觉得没什么实际意义。动词对于开发组件和控件至关重要。

下面的例子是一个控件的，带有动词的，很好的例子。组件的相似，要简单些。读者阅读前需要了解Desiger的相关知识。不过复制代码，可以看看效果。我在VS2003上做的。

 using System;
//using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms.Design;
using System.ComponentModel.Design;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
 [Designer(typeof(DemoControlDesigner))]
 public class DemoControl : Control
 {
 }

 internal class DemoControlDesigner : ControlDesigner
 {
  public override DesignerVerbCollection Verbs
  {
   get
   {
    DesignerVerbCollection verbs = new DesignerVerbCollection();
    verbs.Add(new DesignerVerb("Add a new Button", new EventHandler(AddNewButton)));
    verbs.Add(new DesignerVerb("Remove an existed Button", new EventHandler(RemoveExistedButton)));
    return verbs;
   }
  }

  private void AddNewButton(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
   Control ctrl = this.Control;
   if (ctrl != null && ctrl.Parent != null)
   {
    IDesignerHost host = this.GetService(typeof(IDesignerHost)) as IDesignerHost;
    if (host != null)
    {
     DesignerTransaction trans = host.CreateTransaction("Add a new button");
     try
     {
      Control button = host.CreateComponent(typeof(Button)) as Control;
      // other control initialization, must use ProeprtyDescriptor to set properties!
      // Add to parent control's control collection.
      PropertyDescriptor pd = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(ctrl.Parent)["Controls"];
      if (pd != null)
      {
       Control.ControlCollection cc = pd.GetValue(ctrl.Parent) as Control.ControlCollection;
       if (cc != null)
       {
        cc.Add(button);
        trans.Commit();
        return;
       }
      }
      trans.Cancel();
     }
     catch
     {
      trans.Cancel();
     }
    }
   }
  }

  private void RemoveExistedButton(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
   Control ctrl = this.Control;
   if (ctrl != null && ctrl.Parent != null)
   {
    IDesignerHost host = this.GetService(typeof(IDesignerHost)) as IDesignerHost;
    if (host != null)
    {
     DesignerTransaction trans = host.CreateTransaction("Remove an existed Button");
     try
     {
      PropertyDescriptor pd = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(ctrl.Parent)["Controls"];
      if (pd != null)
      {
       Control.ControlCollection cc = pd.GetValue(ctrl.Parent) as Control.ControlCollection;
       if (cc != null)
       {
        for (int i = cc.Count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
        {
         if(cc[i] is Button)
         {
          cc.RemoveAt(i);
          trans.Commit();
          return;
         }
        }
       }
      }
      trans.Cancel();
     }
     catch(Exception ex)
     {
      MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
      trans.Cancel();
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}