module 1 window forms – basic, grouping and graphic controls 1

Module 1

Window Forms – Basic, Grouping and Graphic controls

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Objective

Overview Window Form and basic Control

Form class

Types of Control

Basic Controls

Grouping an Graphic Controls

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Application

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Application

User Interface

-Easy to learn-Easy to use-AttractiveProgram

WinForms and .NET Framework

Windows Forms :

are a part of the .NET Framework that is used to build, deploy and run applications.

Provide with a standard programing model in order to create application with least bugs.

Are executed in the .NET CLR runtime.

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Features

Click one deployment

Application setting

New Windows Forms controls

New Data Binding model

Rich graphics 5

Create App with least operation

Store global data to reuse anywhere

Powerfull way to link control with data source ( BindingSource

component )

GDI+ : drawing and painting image on forms

ToolStrip, MenuStrip ….

Form

Is the basic unit of an application

Presents information to the user

Receives information from the user.

Is represented as a class in the System.Windows.Forms namespace.

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Properties Text, BackColor, ForeColor, Font, WindowState,AcceptButton, Location, Modal, Name

Methods Activate, Close, Focus, Hide, Show, Enabled

Events Load, Activated,Shown,Deactivate, FormClosing, FormClosed, Resize, Click, GotFocus

Use of Controls

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Control classBase class of all controls available in WinForms

Control Class

CanFocus

Controls

Enable

Name

Parent

TabIndex

Visible

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Properties

Focus GetNextControl Hide IsMNemonic Select Show

Method

Click ControlAdd DoubleClick Validating Validated KeyPress Leave LostFocus MouseClick Move

Event

Examplethis.[controlname].[propertyname]

Common Controls

Label

Textbox

Button

ListBox

ComboBox

LinkLabel

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Label

Name

Text

TextAlign

UseMnemonic

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Properties

Contains Hide Show

Method

Click

Event

Label fName = new Label();fname.Text = “&First Name : “;fName.UseMnemonic = true ;

Label

TextBox

CharacterCasing

MaxLength

MultiLine

Name

PasswordChar

ReadOnly

Text

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AppendText Clear Focus Copy Paste

KeyPress Leave TextChanged

TextBox

Properties Method Event

MaskedTextBox

Mask

MaskFull

MaskCompleted

Name

PromptChar

Text

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GetPositionFromCharIndex

SelectAll

MaskChanged MaskedInputRejected

MaskedTextBox mks = new MaskedTextBox();mks.Mask = “00000-9999”;mks.Text = “095204-7763”;if(!mks.MaskFull){ MessageBox.Show(“Enter proper code …”);}

Properties Method Event

Mask

Mask Description

0 Digit, required. [0-9]

9 Digit or space, optional.

#Digit or space, optional. If this position is blank in the mask, it will be rendered as a space in the property. Plus (+) and minus (-) are allowed.

L Letter, required [a-zA-Z].

? Letter, optional. [a-zA-Z].

& Character, required. If the property = true, behaves like the "L" .

CCharacter, optional. Any non-control character. If the property =true, this element behaves like the "?" element.

AAlphanumeric, optional. If the property =true, the only characters it will accept are the ASCII letters a-z and A-Z.

aAlphanumeric, optional. If the property is set to true, the only characters it will accept are the ASCII letters a-z and A-Z.

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Button

DialogResult

Enabled

FlatStyle

Image

Name

Text

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Button cmdOK = new Button();cmdOK .Text = “OK” ; cmdOK.FlatStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FlatStyle.Flat;

Properties Method Event

Focus PerformClick

Click DoubleClick MouseDoubleClick

Button

ListBox

Can select multivalues

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DisplayMember Items SelectionMode SelectedIndex

• ClearSelected• GetItemText• GetSelected• SetSelected

• SelectedIndexChanged• SelectedValueChanged• ValueMemberChanged

Properties Method Event

ComboBox

DropDownStyle

Items

MaxDropDownItem

SelectedItem

SelectedIndex

Text

ValueMember

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GetItemText SelectAll Select (int start,

int len)

DropDown SelectedIndexChanged SelectedValueChanged ValueMemberChanged

Properties Method Event

LinkLabel

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Display a Hyperlink that link to a Web Page or another Window Form

Properties: ActiveLinkColor , Links , LinkColor , LinkVisited, Text, VisitedLinkColor

Method : Select

Event : LinkClicked

Grouping Controls

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Value Setting ControlForm class

RadioButton

CheckBox

CheckListBox

Grouping Controls

GroupBox

Panel

Images Control

PictureBox

ImageList

RadioButton

Appearance

AutoCheck

Checked

Image

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PerformClick Select Show

CheckedChanged Click

Properties Method Event

CheckBox

Checked

CheckState

ThreeState

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Select Show

CheckedChanged CheckStateChange Click

Properties Method Event

CheckedListBox

CheckedIndices

CheckedItems

CheckOnClick

Items

SelectedValue

SelectedItems

SelectedItem

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ClearSelected GetItemChecked GetItemCheckState GetItemText SetItemChecked SetItemCheckState

ItemCheck MouseClick SelectedIndexChanged SelectedValueChanged

Properties Method Event

Grouping Control

Panel

Contains other Control

GroupBox

As Panel but appear as Frame around Control

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Panel

AutoSize

AutoSizeMode

BorderStyle

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Select Show

StyleChanged VisibleChanged

Properties Method Event

GroupBox

AutoSize, Anchor,

FlatStyle

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Hide, Show

StyleChanged, Resize

Properties

Method

Event

Graphic Controls

PictureBox

Display image on the Form ( .bmp ,.jpg ..)

Can hold sigle image at a time

ImageList

Store collection of images

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PictureBox

Image

ErrorImage

InitialImage

SizeMode

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Load LoadAsync

Click Leave LoadCompleted

Properties Method Event

ImageList

Images

ColorDepth

ImageSize

Name

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Draw RecreateHandle

Properties Method Event

SplitContainer

Divide the form into two resizable panels

As Window Explorer

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Properties • BorderStyle• FixedPanel• IsSplitterFixed• Panel1• Panel2• Orientation

Method • OnSplitterMoved• OnSplitterMoving

• Event• SplitterMoved• SplitterMoving• Click