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Generic Windows Form Template

Do you know if there’re a better way to make a windows form generic, here’s what I’d like to do:

public partial class EntryPointEditForm<T>  : Form where T : ICriteriaObject<T>
{}

But an error is thrown telling me that:
no suitable method found to override
on the method:

protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)

Answer 1

You need to change the partial class declaration in the .Designer.cs file to also be generic.

However, I don’t think that the VS designer supports generic form classes.
You may need to make a non-generic abstract form to use with the designer, then make a generic class that inherits from it for you to actually use.