Windows Forms and the User Interface pdf

Week 1  Chapter 1: Windows Forms and the User Interface  Chapter 2: Configuring Controls 1 Chapter 1: Windows Forms and the User Interface  Lesson 1: Adding and configuring Windows Forms  Adding Forms to the project  Properties of Windows Forms  Creating non-rectangular Windows Forms  Lesson 2: Managing control layout with container controls Slide 2 Adding Forms to the project  At design time  To add a new Form: right-click to the project shown in Solution Explorer, select Add\Windows Form  To add a existing Form: right-click to the project shown in Solution Explorer, select Add\Existing Item (choose file .cs)  At run time  Form1 myForm; myForm = new Form1(); myForm.Show(); Chapter 1 - Lesson 1: Adding and configuring Windows Forms Slide 3 Properties of Windows Forms  Note: p.11 p.9 p.11 Chapter 1 - Lesson 1: Adding and configuring Windows Forms Slide 4 Properties of Windows Forms (cont.)  AcceptButton property  CancelButton Property p.11 p.10 Chapter 1 - Lesson 1: Adding and configuring Windows Forms Slide 5 Create a non-rectangular form (p.15)  For advanced visual effects  To create a non-rectangular form:  In Form_Load event, change the Region property  Create a new instance of the GraphicsPath class (in System.Drawing.Drawing2D namespace)  Create the new Region from it Chapter 1 - Lesson 1: Adding and configuring Windows Forms A GraphicsPath represents a series of connected lines and curves A GraphicsPath may be composed of any number of figures, like ellipse Slide 6 Example: Create a non-rectangular form GraphicsPath myPath = new GraphicsPath(); // Adds an ellipse to the graphics path that inscribes // the rectangle defined by the form's width and height myPath.AddEllipse(0, 0, this.Width, this.Height); // Creates a new Region from the GraphicsPath Region myRegion = new Region(myPath); // Sets the form's Region property to the new region this.Region = myRegion; Chapter 1 - Lesson 1: Adding and configuring Windows Forms Exercise 1,2 p.16,p.17 Slide 7 Managing control layout with container controls  Container controls  Panel control  GroupBox control  TabControl control  SplitContainer control  FlowLayoutPanel control  TableLayoutPanel control  Exercise: Practice with Container Controls (p.35-38) Chapter 1 - Lesson 2: Managing control layout with container controls Slide 8  Panel control (p.26)  Scrollable control  Supports horizontal and vertical scroll bars  No caption Chapter 1 - Lesson 2: Managing control layout with container controls Slide 9  GroupBox control (p.25)  Does not provide scrollbars  Have a caption (Text property)  The most common use: grouping RadioButton controls Chapter 1 - Lesson 2: Managing control layout with container controls Slide 10 [...]... Creating and Configuring command and text controls Slide 21 Button control (cont.)  Button control: Mouse events: MouseDown (p.64)  Demo p.64 Some other controls are the same  Chapter 2 - Lesson 2: Creating and Configuring command and text controls Slide 22 TextBox control (p.73)  TextBox control properties  Exercise 5, 6 Module 1 Chapter 2 - Lesson 2: Creating and Configuring command and text... Controls in Windows Forms Slide 17 Smart Tags (p.56)  Some controls expose their most common tasks through smart tags When present, smart tags appear as small boxes in the upper right-hand corner of the control A Combo box with a smart tag Chapter 2 - Lesson 1: Configuring Controls in Windows Forms Slide 18 Document Outline Window  Document Outline Window (p.57)    Displays all of the controls and container... TableLayoutPanel can hold the other TableLayoutPanel control Columns or Rows property: set the size of the rows and columns Chapter 1 - Lesson 2: Managing control layout with container controls Slide 14 Chapter 2: Configuring Controls  Lesson 1: Configuring Controls in Windows Forms      Modify the size, location of a control at design time Anchor, dock a control within a Windows Form or other container... container controls in a form View\Other Windows\ Document Outline Use for    Move controls from one container to another To delete controls from the form To add a control to a container (copy/paste) Chapter 2 - Lesson 1: Configuring Controls in Windows Forms Slide 19 Best practices for user interface design (p.58)     Simplicity Position of controls Consistency Aesthetics Slide 20 Button control... container control Modify control properties by using SmartTags Manage the allocation of controls in a Windows Form by using the Document Outline window Lesson 2: Creating and Configuring command and text controls Slide 15 Layout toolbar  Adjust controls with Layout toolbar (p.51) Chapter 2 - Lesson 1: Configuring Controls in Windows Forms Slide 16 Common Properties of Controls  Common properties of... FlowLayoutPanel will locate in the upper left-hand corner and then flow to the right WrapContents property  If WrapContents is set to True (default), controls will automatically wrap to the next column or row Chapter 1 - Lesson 2: Managing control layout with container controls Slide 13  TableLayoutPanel control (p.28)  TableLayoutPanel is a table that provides cells for the individual control   ... access keys for other controls  Set next TabIndex value Demo Chapter 2 - Lesson 2: Creating and Configuring command and text controls Slide 24 LinkLabel control  LinkLabel control (p.67)     Like Label control Allows you to create a Web-style link in your form that opens a Web page or performs some other action when clicked Contains a variety of properties that allow you to configure the LinkLabel... Chapter 2 - Lesson 2: Creating and Configuring command and text controls Slide 25 MaskTextbox control  MaskTextbox control (p.75)     MaskTextbox control is a modified TextBox Allows to define a preset pattern for accepting or rejecting user input The Mask property: allows you to define a string that represents the required format of an input string Important properties of the MaskedTextBox are shown... control Some important properties of the TabControl control and TabPage control (p 36-37) Chapter 1 - Lesson 2: Managing control layout with container controls Slide 11  SplitContainer control (p.33)   The SplitContainer control creates a subsection of the form Splitter divides the SplitContainer into two SplitterPanel     SplitterPanel like Panel control By default, the Dock property of SplitContainer... required format of an input string Important properties of the MaskedTextBox are shown in Table 2-7 Chapter 2 - Lesson 2: Creating and Configuring command and text controls Slide 26 MaskTextbox control (cont.)  Mask property Chapter 2 - Lesson 2: Creating and Configuring command and text controls Slide 27 Examples of Mask Strings Slide 28 . 1  Chapter 1: Windows Forms and the User Interface  Chapter 2: Configuring Controls 1 Chapter 1: Windows Forms and the User Interface  Lesson 1: Adding and configuring. Adding and configuring Windows Forms  Adding Forms to the project  Properties of Windows Forms  Creating non-rectangular Windows Forms  Lesson 2: Managing