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Fix error cast from ListViewDesigner to ControlDesigner on Visual Stu… #15

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Fix error cast from ListViewDesigner to ControlDesigner on Visual Stu… #15

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20 changes: 17 additions & 3 deletions ObjectListView/ObjectListView.DesignTime.cs
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Expand Up @@ -75,12 +75,26 @@ public override void Initialize(IComponent component) {

// Use reflection to bypass the "internal" marker on ListViewDesigner
// If we can't get the unversioned designer, look specifically for .NET 4.0 version of it.
Type tListViewDesigner = Type.GetType("System.Windows.Forms.Design.ListViewDesigner, System.Design") ??
Type tListViewDesigner = null;
try
{
tListViewDesigner = Type.GetType("System.Windows.Forms.Design.ListViewDesigner, System.Design") ??
Type.GetType("System.Windows.Forms.Design.ListViewDesigner, System.Design, " +
"Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a");
if (tListViewDesigner == null) throw new ArgumentException("Could not load ListViewDesigner");
this.listViewDesigner = (ControlDesigner)Activator.CreateInstance(tListViewDesigner, BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public, null, null, null);
}
catch(ArgumentNullException ex)
{
throw ex;
}
catch(InvalidCastException)
{
// Fix error cast ListViewDesigner to ControlDesigner on Visual Studio 2017 Express Designer
// "Unable to cast object of type System.Windows.Forms.Designer.ListViewDesigner to type System.Windows.Forms.Design.ControlDesigner"
tListViewDesigner = Type.GetType("System.Windows.Forms.Design.ListViewDesigner");
this.listViewDesigner = (ControlDesigner)Activator.CreateInstance(tListViewDesigner, BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public, null, null, null);
}

this.listViewDesigner = (ControlDesigner)Activator.CreateInstance(tListViewDesigner, BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public, null, null, null);
this.designerFilter = this.listViewDesigner;

// Fetch the methods from the ListViewDesigner that we know we want to use
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