Property not available when inheriting DateTimePicker Control

[Priyam]

I have inherited DateTimePicker control in a custom UserControl but now the usercontrol does not have some properties like Value, Format, etc. How do I override / access these properties in my main form when I use these usercontrols?

[Stefan]

Hello Priyam,

Thank you for writing.

I am not quite sure what do you mean by "I have inherited DateTimePicker control in a custom UserControl". Perhaps, you have added RadDateTimePicker to a UserControl, if so and you cannot access the RadDateTimePicker from a Form hosting the UserControl, then you just need to add a property to the UserControl, which returns the RadDateTimePicker control, or just change its Modifier to Public.

If this is not the case, please provide more details about the precise scenario and I will gladly assist you with it.

Regards,
Stefan
Telerik

[Ke]

Hi Stefan, 

I have came across the same problem. How do I add a property to the UserControl, so that it returns the base radcontrol property? Can you show me one example, please? thank you!

[Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Principal]

Hello ,

Thank you for writing.

If I understand your scenario correctly, you have a UserControl that contains a specific RadControl. Then, the UserControl is added to the Form and you need to access the RadControl's properties from the Form. In order to achieve it, you can follow the explained approach in Stefan's post: "you just need to add a property to the UserControl, which returns the RadDateTimePicker control". Thus, you will be able to access the RadDateTimePicker from the Form. Here is demonstrated a sample code snippet:

public partial class UserControl1 : UserControl
{
    public UserControl1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    public RadDateTimePicker DateTimePicker
    {
        get
        {
            return this.radDateTimePicker1;
        }
    }
}

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        this.userControl11.DateTimePicker.Value = new DateTime(2016, 1, 1);
    }
}

If it is not suitable to your case, it would be greatly appreciated if you can provide more details about the precise case and the exact goal that you are trying to achieve. Thus, we would be able to think about a suitable solution and assist you further. Thank you.

I hope this information helps. Should you have further questions I would be glad to help.

 

Regards,
Dess
Telerik

[Ke]

Thank you for your examples. They are great to understand. 

I did exactly the same thing to change the backcolor of dropdownlist. And last night I realized that both my ways of changing accessibility to visual elements are correct. Thank you again for your examples to confirm.