Disabling dynamic properties in grid based on dynamic checkbox

Hi Mick,

Have you seen the "Selective Read-Only" QuickStart in the Sample Browser?  That shows one way that you can make certain properties read-only, but a custom data factory is required.

I see that in the sample browser which looks like what I'm trying to accomplish but I don't see any code or examples associated with it. It just gives me a brief description that using a custom data factory allows me to update properties. But I am unable to find any information on this custom data factory or how to set it up.

Hi Mick,

The full source for the Sample Browser project is included.  Once you open the project, it's all in this relative folder:

\ProductSamples\PropertyGridSamples\QuickStart\SelectiveReadOnly\

Ok I believe I was able to get most of this working. Looking at the example the test object is inheriting from the ObservableObjectBase class. I was unable to inherit this class as it was erroring out with our nHibernate setup that we are using. It was basically complaining about some methods not being virtual in a class that I do not have access to.

I was able to get around this by manually calling the Refresh method on the property grid in my custom propertyDescriptorDataAccessor class' onValueChanged method. But I feel like this is not the best place for calling this refresh as it hits this method quite a bit and this causes the update to be a bit slow.

Are there any recommendations on how else I can refresh this grid when the property changes?

Hi Mick,

ObservableObjectBase is just a utility class that implements INotifyPropertyChanged.  You could use any base class (you may have one in your own code) that implements that interface since PropertyGrid watches that to know when a value changes.  That is what I'd recommend.