Usercontrol act as container (custom control)

Question

Hi,

 

I am experiencing problems with making a custom panel for the compact framework. The problem is that the control doesn’t acts as a container even tough I  add a custom designer in the designtimeattributes.

Here's the (shortened) code for my control:

Code Snippet

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Drawing;
#if !WindowsCE
using System.ComponentModel;
#endif
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace Punch.Controls {
    /// <summary>
    /// Supports animations
    /// </summary>
#if !WindowsCE
    [Designer("System.Windows.Forms.Design.ParentControlDesigner,System.Design",
    typeof(System.ComponentModel.Design.IDesigner))]
#endif
    public class pPanel : UserControl{

// the code

}

This are my designtimeattributes in the xmta file:

Code Snippet

  <Class Name="Punch.Controls.pPanel">
    <Designer>
      <Type>Microsoft.CompactFramework.Design.WindowsCE.PanelDesigner, Microsoft.CompactFramework.Design.WindowsCE, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, Custom=null</Type>
      <BaseType />
    </Designer>
    <DefaultProperty>BackColor</DefaultProperty>
    <Docking />
    <DesktopCompatible>true</DesktopCompatible>
    <Property Name="BorderStyle">
      <DesignerSerializationVisibility>DesignerSerializationVisibility.Visible</DesignerSerializationVisibility>
    </Property>
  </Class>

The strange thing is that visual studio does loads the designer dll when i look at it with process explorer, but the component just doesn't acts as a panel.

Anyone has some thoughts on this?