Visual Inheritance

microsoft.public.dotnet.framework

12 Feb 2007 4:42 PM

Mike C

(This is being reposted from the CompactFramework group because I
don't belive the situation is specific to CF).

I am creating a CF application using VB.Net 2.0 and VS2005.
I am trying to create a heirarchy of controls to give my application
a
common look and feel.

Here is what I have so far:

public class ctrlBase inherits UserControl

public class tabBase inherits ctrlBase

public class pageMain inherits tabBase

When working with tabBase, I can correctly see the formatting and
controls on ctrlBase, and then add controls that should be accessable
to all decendants to tabBase. However, when I go into the designer
for pageMain, instead of seeing the controls from tabBase, I am again
presented with ctrlBase and its controls.

Is there some setting I need to make to allow inheritance deeper than
one level?

I appreciate any help you can offer.

Mike