How can I get VS2008 winforms designer to render a Form that implements an abstract base class

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Published on 2009-10-25T12:57:51Z Indexed on 2010/03/09 4:06 UTC
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Hi,

I engadged a problem with inherited Controls in WinForms, and need some advice on it.

I do use a base class for items in a List (selfmade GUI list made of a panel) and some inherited controls that are for each type of data that could be added to the list.

There was no problem with it, but I know found out, that it would be right, to make the base-control an abstract class, since it has methods, that need to be implemented in all inherited controls, called from the code inside the base-control, but must not and can not be implemented in the base class.

When I mark the base-control as abstract, the VS2008 Designer refuses to load the window.

Is there any way to get the Designer work with the base-control made abstract?

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