Raise Base Class Events in Derived Classes C#

Question

I have a base class DockedToolWindow : Form, and many classes that derive from DockedToolWindow. I have a container class that holds and assigns events to DockedToolWindow objec

Answer 1

The difference is scope. Inside your class, you can control how your event delegates are handled, however, your class cannot control what the base class is doing. It might be doing some crazy behind-the-scenes stuff with the event and its handlers. If you simply "reassigned" the Move event, you would be wiping out the multicast delegate list for the event.

I'm guessing they put a compiler restriction on this because its a very unsafe practice, and would essentially give any descendant class the ability to destroy the event model of its parent.