Session 3 - Advanced User Interface Enhancements doc

Session 3
Advanced User
Interface Enhancements


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Review

The different Controls are grouped into different types
depending on the functionality they offer.

Text Edit Controls allow users to enter and edit text while Text
Display Controls only display text to the user.

Selection list Controls display a set of values to the user and
allow users to select a value from the list.

Graphic storage Controls store graphics, such as images, in it
and Graphic Display Controls are used to display graphics,
such as images.

RichText Controls are text controls that are enriched with extra
functionality that differentiate them from other text controls.


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Review Contd…
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Value Setting Controls help users to set values, such as
‘yes’ or ‘no’.


Dialog Boxes Controls provide basic functionality like the
Save dialog box, Open dialog box and Print dialog box.

Menu Controls provide the menu functionality to the user
while Commands controls allow users to interact with the
application.

A set of controls can be grouped using Grouping Controls.

The steps involved in calling a form from another form
are:

Create an instance of the form to be called

Show the instance


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Objectives

Discuss print support in Winforms

List different types of Dialog Boxes

Work with system defined Dialog Boxes

Implement User Interface Capabilities

Transparent Forms


Control Docking

Control Anchoring

Visual Inheritance


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PrintDocument

PrintPreviewControl
Printing Support Controls


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Properties
Events
Methods
DefaultPageSettings
DocumentName
PrintController
PrinterSettings
Gettype
Print ToString
BeginPrint
EndPrint
PrintPage
QueryPageSeings

PrintDocument


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Properties
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AutoZoom
Columns
Document
Rows
StartPage
UseAntiAlias Zoom
InvalidatePreview
PrintPreviewControl


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Print Support Controls -
Example
PrintPreviewControl
PrintDocument


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Dialog Boxes
Uses
Types (by Presentation)

To display information and messages for the
user

To accept user-input


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Dialog Types
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Types of Dialog (by definition)

Custom Dialog Boxes

Common Dialog Boxes

OpenFileDialog

PageSetUpDialog

FontDialog

ColorDialog

SaveFileDialog

PrintPreviewDialog


PrintDialog


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Properti
es
AddExtension
CheckFileExists
CheckPathExists
DefaultExt
FileName
FileNames
Filter
FilterIndex
IntialDirectory
MultiSe
lect
ReadOnlyChecked
RestoreDirectory
ShowHelp
ShowReadOnly
Title
ValidatesNames
OpenFileDialog


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Events Methods
OpenFile

ShowDialog FileOk
HelpRequest
OpenFileDialog Contd…


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Properti
es
AllowMargins
AllowOrientation
AllowPaper
AllowPrinter
Document
MinMargins PageSeings
PrinterSettings
ShowHelp
ShowNetwork
PageSetUpDialog


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Properti
es
Event
AllowScriptChange
AllowSimulations
AllowVectorFonts
AllowVerticalFonts
Color
FixedPitchOnly

Font
FontMust
Exist
MaxSize MinSize
ScriptsOnly
ShowApply
ShowColor
ShowEffect
ShowHelp
Apply
FontDialog


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AllowFullOpen
AnyColor Color
CustonColor
FullOpen
ShowHelp
SolidColorOnly
Properti
es
ColorDialog


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Properti
es
Method
CreatePrompt

OverwritePrompt
OpenFile
SaveFileDialog


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Document
Propert
y
PrintPreviewDialog


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Properti
es
Method
AllowPrintToFile
AllowSelection
AllowSomePages
PrintToFile
Reset
PrintDialog


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MessageBox
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MessageBox
The Code for Showing Messagebox is :-
MessageBox.Show(“[Message]”);

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MessageBox.Show method is overloaded in
twelve ways to give more functionality


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MessageBox Contd…
Overload
Public static DialogResult Show(string);
Public static DialogResult Show(IWin32Window, string);
Public static DialogResult Show(string, string);
Public static DialogResult Show(IWin32Window, string, string);
public static DialogResult Show(string, string, MessageBoxButtons);
public static DialogResult show(IWin32Window, string string,
MessageBoxButtons);
public static DialogResult Show(string, string, MessageBoxButtons,
MessageBoxIcon);


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MessageBox Contd…
Overload
public static DialogResult Show(IWinWindow, string, string, string,
MessageBoxButtons, MessageBoxIcon);
public static dialogResultShow(string, string, MessageBoxButtons,
MessageBoxIcon, MessageBoxDefaultButton);
public static DialogResult Show(IWin32Window, string, string,
MessageBoxButtons, MessageBoxIcon, MessageBoxDefaultButton);
public static DialogResult Show(string, string, MessageBoxButtons,
MessageBoxIcon, MessageBoxDefaultButton, MessageBoxOptions);

public static DialogResult Show(IWin32Window, string, string,
MessageBoxIcon, MessageBoxDefaultButton, MessageBoxOptions);


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MessageBox Contd…

The IWin32Window represents the object or
control in front of which the messagebox
would be displayed

MessageBoxButtons

Enumerations that can be displayed on the
messagebox are:

MessageBoxIcon

MessageBoxDefaultButton

MessageBoxOptions


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MessageBoxButtons
Member Name
AbortRetryIgnore
OK
OKCancel
RetryCancel

YesNo
YesNoCancel


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MessageBoxIcon
Member Name Member Name
Asterisk
Question
Error Stop
Exclamation Warning
Hand
Information
None


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MessageBoxDefaultButton
Member Name
Button1
Button2
Button3