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Provides an attribute table for applying custom designer attributes to controls and elements.

Register your customer FeatureProvider implementations by implementing the IRegisterMetadata interface in a separate assembly dedicated to design-time metadata. Use the AttributeTableBuilder class to build an attribute table. Call the AddAttributeTable method in your Register implementation to enable your designer feature.

Classes

  Class Description
Public class AttributeCallbackBuilder An instance of this class is passed to callback delegates to lazily populate the attributes for a type.
Public class AttributeTable A table of metadata attributes for defining design-time appearance and behavior.
Public class AttributeTableBuilder Creates an attribute table that can be passed to the metadata store.
Public class AttributeTableValidationException Raised when the metadata provided in an AttributeTable does not match properties, methods and events on existing types.
Public class DeveloperMetadata Infrastructure. Represents FeatureProvider types, editors, and other attributes that provide the "developer designer" personality.
Public class MetadataStore A container of custom design-time attributes.

Interfaces

  Interface Description
Public interface IRegisterMetadata Specifies a class that requests extra attributes to be added to the metadata store.

Delegates

  Delegate Description
Public delegate AttributeCallback Called when attributes are needed for a type.