I have a custom static class for displaying resources from database,

These resources are only string type,

Right now - when I show a ASPX page in design - all the strings are missing (because they are being initialized at runtime...)

Is there a way that I can make it support Visual Studio - so the string data will show on design ?

Thanks in advance.

It is not possible to display dynamic data since designer does not execute runtime code. One possiblity is to make a custom control that will display data at design time (designer does execute control design time code.

 I thought so...

How about showing the same static text for all these resources ?

For example "Language Resource"

How can I make my class to appear as a recognizable design time contol with this text ?

Here is a good article http://www.codeproject.com/KB/webforms/DesignTimeSupport.aspx - although a bit old since you no longer need to update intelliense schemas manually, VS does it for you.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa478960.aspx

http://www.sanluistech.com/blog/2006/10/custom-control-selection-at-design.html

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/webforms/shTabControl.aspx