"Kinlan" wrote:

> Hi I am having a bit of difficulty with TypeConverters and Generic Lists and
> I was hoping that I could get a bit of advice.
>
> I have a type converter that is used to create the constructor code for my
> component. (It is an XNA a Game Component, but I don't think that that has
> anything to do with the problem because it appears on a Winform) inside
> another component.
>
> For instance I have the following:
>
> public class A{
>  private string s;
>  public string SProp
>  {
>    get{ s = value;}
>    set {return s;}
>  }
>
>  public A()
>  {
>    s = "";
>  }
>  public A(string inS)
>  {
>    s = inS;
>  }
> }
>
> By itself, when class A is an object on a form (or in my XNA Component) the
> TypeConverter code works fine, the property grid on the desinger is fine, if
> I debug the ConvertTo on the type converter I see that the variable s is all
> set up okay on the object.
>
> However if on my form, I have a List<A>, the type converter works to an
> extent, as in it will add code to the perform the List.Add(new A("")),
> however the constructor with the parameter is not being called, instead the
> parameterless constructor is being called. 
>
> Obviously, if the input to ConvertTo on the type converter is not set up,
> then my type converter won't work or display the values the user has put in. 
> This only occurs when my object is in a Generic List.
>
> Any Ideas,
> Paul Kinlan
>
> My environment is VS2005 C# and also VS2005 C# express.