Windows Forms

Christian Graus wrote:

is there a bad article on CP that points them in that direction ?

Christian Graus wrote:

I keep meaning to write an article on what CreateGraphics is and isn't good for, and why it's redundant to create a control, just to draw on top of it.

atarikg wrote:

i want to inform the users with a progressbar control

Paul Conrad wrote:

Are you trying to figure out how to update the data flow metrics to the progressbar control?

Luc Pattyn wrote:

what is against multi-monitor desktop ? You can still have one form fill the first monitor,
another form fill the second monitor (etc etc)

Luc Pattyn wrote:

lots of laptops have a video out connector, often with a separate video controller
behind it. My Dell Inspiron can switch between off, same image as own monitor, or
separate monitor; so you could combine your monitor with someone's laptop and experiment.

protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
{
    foreach(Screen s in Screen.AllScreens)
    {
        if(s.Primary)
        {
            Debug.Assert(primaryScreen == null);

            primaryScreen = s;
        }
        else
        {
            secondaryScreens.Add(s);
        }
    }

    Debug.Assert(primaryScreen != null);

    base.OnLoad(e);
}

if(video != null)
{
    video.Dispose();
    video = null;
}

video = new Video(openFileDialog1.FileName);

video.Owner = videoForm;

if(secondaryScreens.Count > 0)
{
    videoForm.Bounds = secondaryScreens[0].Bounds;
    video.Fullscreen = true;
}

videoForm.Show();