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Implement the ControlDesignerBase class

To implement the ControlDesignerBase class in your designer, you must override the following members:

  • InitializeControls
    In this override you can set, for example, the default mode of the designer to Simple or Advanced.
  • LayoutTemplatePath
    This property must return the name of the template of the designer.
  • GetScriptReferences
    In this method, the script for the client component is referenced.

EXAMPLE: To see how the methods are overriden in the full code sample of the class, see For developers: Full code of the widget designer class
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