Windows Form PropertyGrid dropdown value - moni

Hi,

I am trying to use, public class FileNameConverter : StringConverter
for creating a dropdown list within my dynamic property grid. Thus I
have the methods GetStandardValuesSupported, GetStandardValues, and
GetStandardValuesExclusive.

My problem is , that my GetStandardValues, needs to get values from a
database, whose name I need to pass from another class, how do I go
about doing that??

I would also need to pass 2 other parameters. And I am never calling
the class by its constructor.
The only time the class name gets passed is like this:

myProp = new PropertySpec(attribute, typeof(string), category,
description, valueofattribute,
typeof(System.Drawing.Design.UITypeEditor),
typeof(FileNameConverter));

where PropertySpec is my dynamic propertygrid class.

Please help.

Thanks alot!

Windows Form PropertyGrid dropdown value - Bob Powell [MVP]

it's not recommended practice AFAIK but you could implement you
TypeConverter as a singleton with a couple of constructors ensuring that
the first time you use it you pass in the connection string.

TypeConverters are usually instantiated, used and killed really quickly.

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Windows Form PropertyGrid dropdown value - Robbe Morris - [MVP] C#

You may want to take the approach listed
in the article of my signature.

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.NET PropertyGrid Control - ListBox, ComboBox, and Custom Classes
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