This class represents a page of properties for a component that can be displayed in a ComponentEditorForm. The component to edit is determined using the SetComponent() method. It is very similar in concept to the Win32 PropertyPage control.

You can set a Title and an Icon for the page. Then, the page can be shown with the Activate() method and hidden again with Deactivate(). You can also use the CommitOnDeactivate property to determine whether the changes made to the component's configuration should be committed before the page is deactivated. Changes are committed using the ApplyChanges() method. When all the changes have been committed by all pages in the ComponentEditorForm, the framework calls OnApplyComplete().

Help is implemented with the SupportsHelp() and ShowHelp() methods.

public abstract class ComponentEditorPage : System.Windows.Forms.Panel {
// Public Constructors
   public ComponentEditorPage();
// Public Instance Properties
   public bool CommitOnDeactivate{set; get; }
   public Icon Icon{set; get; }
   public virtual string Title{get; }
// Protected Instance Properties
   protected IComponent Component{set; get; }
   protected override CreateParams CreateParams{get; }
// overrides System.Windows.Forms.Panel
   protected bool FirstActivate{set; get; }
   protected int Loading{set; get; }
   protected bool LoadRequired{set; get; }
   protected IComponentEditorPageSite PageSite{set; get; }
// Public Instance Methods
   public virtual void Activate();
   public virtual void ApplyChanges();
   public virtual void Deactivate();
   public virtual Control GetControl();
   public virtual bool IsPageMessage(ref System.Windows.Forms.Message msg);
   public virtual void OnApplyComplete();
   public virtual void SetComponent(System.ComponentModel.IComponent component);
   public virtual void SetSite(System.Windows.Forms.IComponentEditorPageSite site);
   public virtual void ShowHelp();
   public virtual bool SupportsHelp();
// Protected Instance Methods
   protected void EnterLoadingMode();
   protected void ExitLoadingMode();
   protected IComponent GetSelectedComponent();
   protected bool IsFirstActivate();
   protected bool IsLoading();
   protected abstract void LoadComponent();
   protected virtual void ReloadComponent();
   protected abstract void SaveComponent();
   protected virtual void SetDirty();
}

Hierarchy

System.Object System.MarshalByRefObject System.ComponentModel.Component(System.ComponentModel.ICompone, System.IDisposable) System.Windows.Forms.Control(System.Windows.Forms.IOleContr, System.Windows.Forms.IOleObject, System.Windows.Forms.IOleInPlaceObject, System.Windows.Forms.IOleInPlaceActiveObject, System.Windows.Forms.IOleWindow, System.Windows.Forms.IViewObject, System.Windows.Forms.IViewObject2, System.Windows.Forms.IPersist, System.Windows.Forms.IPersistStreamInit, System.Windows.Forms.IPersistPropertyBag, System.Windows.Forms.IPersistStorage, System.Windows.Forms.IQuickActivate, System.ComponentModel.ISynchronizeInvoke, System.Windows.Forms.IWin32Window) System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl System.Windows.Forms.Panel ComponentEditorPage