This class provides the abstract base for classes that provide a modal dialog that displays tab pages of settings, similar to a Win32 PropertySheet.

The EditComponent() method displays an editor window that contains the pages obtained from the protected GetComponentEditorPages() method. The protected GetInitialComponentEditorPageIndex() retrieves the index of the page in the list that should be displayed by default.

For example, System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.AxComponentEditor derives from this class to display the OLE Property Pages for the hosted ActiveX control.

public abstract class WindowsFormsComponentEditor : System.ComponentModel.ComponentEditor {
// Protected Constructors
   protected WindowsFormsComponentEditor();
// Public Instance Methods
   public override bool EditComponent(System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext context,
  // overrides System.ComponentModel.ComponentEditor
   public virtual bool EditComponent(System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext context,
        object component, System.Windows.Forms.IWin32Window owner);
   public bool EditComponent(object component, System.Windows.Forms.IWin32Window owner);
// Protected Instance Methods
   protected virtual Type[ ] GetComponentEditorPages();
   protected virtual int GetInitialComponentEditorPageIndex();
}

Hierarchy

System.Object System.ComponentModel.ComponentEditor WindowsFormsComponentEditor

Subclasses

System.Windows.Forms.AxComponentEditor