UserControl Property returning object

alan_cam

I am struggling - as far as I was aware in VB.NET when you create a class and then define a property of a user control which returns that type, the designer should display a hierarchichal list of properties of the class. When I define the property, all the designer displays is a read only item with the text assemblyname.classname. I have tried everything and cannot get the designer to work in the way it is documented.

Am I missing something really stupid?