Derived from Form, how to make VS08 open in Editor

[tlhintoq]

So I've created my own class SmartForm, derived from Form...

public partial class SmartForm : Form

It contains methods for things like remembering position, fading in or out, logging and so on. If I open the original SmartForm Visual Studio knows to open it in the right Forms Designer and I can add controls at design time.

But, if I create a new form, and change it so it is derived from SmartForm...

public partial class PicFrame : SmartForm

Then Visual Studio doesn't know what to do with it. I can work around this by manually changing the :SmartForm to :Form for doing design work, then back again, but that's a pain after a while.

Does anyone know how I can tell Visual Studio that a SmartForm is to be openned with the Forms Designer?

-Clint

[Plater]

I am not entirely sure this is possible. Can't recall as ever seeing in done. Maybe there is some kind of [ ] proeprty-element that can be applied to the class?

Aside from a bit of annoyance at having to keep changing it back and forth. Is there really anything pivital you need in the designer view that would come from the SmartForm class?