Creating a custom control...Cannot create a 'text' property?

Answer 1

EDIT Scratched the bit about Text being non-virtual. It is in fact virtual / overridable.

But I'm curious, why do you want to do this. In your specific example you're just calling into the base property so it doesn't appear to do anything.

Where are you expecting this value to be shown and how are you setting it?

Text is a non-virtual / overridable method on Control. There is no way for you to override the property. If you want to re-define the property you can use the Shadows keyword.

Answer 2

You should make sure it's a public property

Answer 3

Public Overridable Property Text() As String

Get
    Return ControlText.Text
End Get
Set(ByVal value As String)
    ControlText.Text = value
End Set End Property

Answer 4

This might be a stupid question, but some of them still needs to be asked just to make sure:

Have you compiled since you made the changes? Using hotkeys in Visual Studio, press [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[b] to compile the entire solution.