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title: "Popping up custom forms in the .NET PropertyGrid control"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/6/8/popping-up-custom-forms-in-the-net-propertygrid-control.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/6/8/popping-up-custom-forms-in-the-net-propertygrid-control.html"
published: "2005-06-08T11:55:00"
updated: "2005-06-08T11:55:00"
tags: [".Net Original"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Someone asked me if I knew a way to add a custom dialog to pop up when dealing with the .NET property grid. I didn't, but when I looked it up I found a few good starting points on this matter:…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
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# Popping up custom forms in the .NET PropertyGrid control

By Roy Osherove June 8, 2005 In [.Net Original](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-original)

**Historical article** · Originally published June 8, 2005; technical details may be outdated.

Someone asked me if I knew a way to add a custom dialog to pop up when dealing with the .NET property grid. I didn't, but when I looked it up I found a few good starting points on this matter:

- [http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/bending\_property.asp](http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/bending_property.asp) (in C#)
- [http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/Propertygrid\_Editor.asp](http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/Propertygrid_Editor.asp) (making the first one work in VB.NET)

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