Avoid the default designer for your IComponent-based classes: how to get the code view always!
How many times you create a [WebService](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemwebserviceswebserviceclasstopic.asp), an [Installer](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemconfigurationinstallinstallerclasstopic.asp), or more generally, any class that directly or indirectly implements [IComponent](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemComponentModelIComponentClassTopic.asp), and wish it doesn’t open the default [ComponentDesigner](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemcomponentmodeldesigncomponentdesignerclasstopic.asp)?
The simple way to achieve it is adding the following attribute to your class declaration:
`
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategory("Code")]
public class YouClass : YourComponentBasedClass
`
Now whenever you double-click the class in the solution explorer, the code editor will show up, instead of the designer, all thanks to the [DesignerCategoryAttribute](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemcomponentmodeldesignercategoryattributeclasstopic.asp).
/kzu
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