How To Create An ASP.NET Designer Host
- by Zuhaib
I have been asked to build an application where I can drag and drop few WebControls onto the WebPage designer surface.
So far I have read some articles on .NET Framework Design-Time architecture, like, MSDN Article: Hosting WinForms Designers, Developer Function Article etc.
But I can't a find a way to host WebForms designer. The only open source implementation that I could find was Mono Develop ASP.NET Visual Designer.
But in mono they have used GTK# & Gecko etc to host the designer. I can't find a way to do the same using WinForms.
Please suggest me what should I do. Give me some pointers. Should I go ahead and implement it using GTK# and Gecko?
PS: My requirement is not very huge. I need just a way to drag and drop simple web controls and save the page.