Windows Forms

Re: Skin Desktop Application in .Net Framework 2.0

4-Aug-08 4:22

You can only apply skins relative to skins already installed on the computer, you can set them through the UxTheme WinAPI. As far as creating your own custom skins and applying them, it gets a bit more difficult.

A few options:

Set the FormStyle to none or no border. Then design your own UI on the blank canvas.
Possibly alter aspects of the Form style with the help of one of my articles:Adding Transparent Menus and Titlebar Buttons to your Applications[^]
Develop a themed GUI that is independent of the visual styles of the form borders. One of my articles may help with: ToolStrip Custom Renderers[^]

sudjp5-Aug-08 17:47

sudjp

5-Aug-08 17:47

Mr. Thomas,

First of all thank you for the quick reply. I will definitely go though ur articles. I am hopeful that they are going to of great help for me in trying to skin desktop application.

Regards sudyp

Sudyp

How to use windows application

Ashok Ruhela3-Aug-08 7:14

Ashok Ruhela

3-Aug-08 7:14

Dear friends,

I have a problem in using windows services. My problem is that i hava an application which is automatically running on server. And i want to make a windows service that monitor this application for example if this process is not running send a mail to selective users or if not responding then also send. Could anyone help me in this matter.

please tell me how to use the entry written using eventLog.WriteEntry. Please explain fully(using code also)

Regards,

Ashok Kumar
ashokruhela@gmail.com

Re: How to use windows application

led mike4-Aug-08 6:04

led mike

4-Aug-08 6:04

Ashok Ruhela wrote:
i hava an application which is automatically running on server. And i want to make a windows service that monitor this application for example if this process is not running

Why not just configure the Service to Restart if it stops?

led mike

Re: How to use windows application

Yusuf4-Aug-08 12:12

Yusuf

4-Aug-08 12:12

This should get you started. Get the list of running processes, from the list figure out if your app is running, if not fire an email to whom ever you want.

To get list of running processes

using System.Diagnostics;

    Process[] runningProcessList = Process.GetProcesses();

    foreach(Process process in runningProcessList ){
    Console.WriteLine("Process: {0} ID: {1}", process .ProcessName, process.Id);
    }

to send an email see this

Yusuf

How to override the linklabel clciked event

hkodavati2-Aug-08 18:28

hkodavati

2-Aug-08 18:28

Hi,

I have developed a custom control with 4 link labels and 2 labels.
i have been able to write delegates and events for this control.
i have written a eventtype event to navigate to the correct link label clicked.
But my problem is that whenever i click the link label it should set the pagenum to the required number.I am not able to figure out as to how or where i should call the eventhandler for the pagenum to be set correctly. Confused | :confused:

Can anybody give me an idea as to how this can be done.

Taskbar Icon Customization

pvenkatg2-Aug-08 7:30

pvenkatg

2-Aug-08 7:30

Hello all,

I am trying to find ways to implement the following:

1. Be able to select(left click & drag) text from IE or other browsers / apps and then drag it into a icon docked on the taskbar.
2.The application should take that text as input and do something else with it.

Is there a way to accomplish this in XP & vista world? How do I go about programming this?

Thanks in advance
Venkat

Thomas Stockwell2-Aug-08 7:49

2-Aug-08 7:49

You would have to create an extension of the program itself through a plugin (good luck in .NET), or create a WinAPI listener that will interact with generic applications and the program you specify (good luck even more in .NET). The best way would be through C++, but theoretically it is still possible in .NET.

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Thomas Stockwell

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Paul Conrad2-Aug-08 8:17

Paul Conrad

2-Aug-08 8:17

Thomas Stockwell wrote:
good luck even more in .NET

Yep. I second that. Can be done, but is a real tall order.

"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer

"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon

pvenkatg2-Aug-08 15:37

pvenkatg

2-Aug-08 15:37

Thanks a lot for your valuable insight. Can you tell me any good resources ( tutorials or books ) that can get me started into developing a plugin whether in C++ or .NET. Or even for a WinAPI listener. Thanks again.

Venkat

Thomas Stockwell2-Aug-08 15:44

2-Aug-08 15:44

I have never explored too much into what you are asking, but I have stumbled upon some articles in Google and the CodeProject. I would not suggest creating an extension of particular programs since it sounds like you want a generic maneuver that will work throughout the OS. So this leads to WinAPI, keywords to search for: WinAPI, listeners, drag and drop, tutorials, OS integration, microsoft. Good luck, but unfortunately this is about all I can help you with.

Re: Handling events in a Custom Control

pvenkatg2-Aug-08 16:20

pvenkatg

2-Aug-08 16:20

Thanks. I appreciate your help so far. If I make any considerable progress I would share it on this thread.

Venkat

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hkodavati1-Aug-08 13:45

hkodavati

1-Aug-08 13:45

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Thomas Stockwell2-Aug-08 7:51

RangeSlider, RangeTrackBar, RangeBar, ...

2-Aug-08 7:51

The forums can help with specific questions, but we cannot think out the rest of a program or what you should do next for you.

gongchengshi31-Jul-08 7:52

gongchengshi

31-Jul-08 7:52

I am looking for a good control that gives me the same functionality that can be seen at the bottom of the graph in the Google Financial website but can be used in a .Net Windows Application without running a Flash layer. I need a trackbar control that allows you to set the position of two different handles in order to create a value range.

http://finance.google.com/finance?q=INDEXDJX:.DJI%20INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC%20INDEXSP:.INX[^]

These are the only three I have been able to find after hours of searching. The DevExpress one comes in a huge suite of controls and all I want is the RangeTrackBar control.

http://www.devexpress.com/Products/NET/Controls/WinForms/Editors/editors/rangeTrackBarControl.xml[^]

The C# RangeBar looks a little too Win95. I could work on updating the GUI elements but I would rather not.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/selection/zzzzrangebar.aspx[^]

A good looking free possibility is the Avalon RangeSlider. I would want to change the appearance which means I would need to learn some XAML.

http://www.codeplex.com/AvalonControlsLib/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=10250[^]

Does anyone know of any other commercial or free to use controls like these? I would like a few more options before I make a decision.

Thanks!

Re: RangeSlider, RangeTrackBar, RangeBar, ...

Thomas Stockwell31-Jul-08 8:15

Re: Delete particular row.

31-Jul-08 8:15

I have not seen any controls that are as sophisticated as the google range bar. Your best solution would be to write your own code or wait for another response to this question. It is a very neat control concept though (and cool article idea).

Delete particular row.

venkat86_ece31-Jul-08 0:50

venkat86_ece

31-Jul-08 0:50

Hi,

I am using data grid in that i want to delete particular row that means selected row.
How can i done this?

Thanks in advance
Venkatesan.C

Thomas Stockwell31-Jul-08 7:23

How to lay out a form with multiple views

31-Jul-08 7:23

The following is C# code taken code for code from one of my projects.

if(this.dataGrid1.CurrentRowIndex!=-1)
{
((DataTable)this.dataGrid1.DataSource).DefaultView.Delete(this.dataGrid1.CurrentRowIndex);
((DataTable)this.dataGrid1.DataSource).AcceptChanges();
}

shultas30-Jul-08 8:51

shultas

30-Jul-08 8:51

Hello!

I am rather new to Windows Forms programming. I have made simple applications that have only one view (you launch the application, what you see on the screen is what is always there).

I am trying to get into some more advanced programming. I currently have a tab control with several tabs. On one of the tabs, the left hand side has a TreeView that is docked to the left. As the user clicks on items in the treeview, I want to display some information on the right hand portion of the screen about the item that they have selected.

What I am trying to do is figure out how to use the Windows Designer in order to design multiple views, and swap them in and out at runtime. (ie, if the user clicks on a Customer in the tree view, the right hand side would display information about that customer. If they click an office location under that customer in the treeview, I want to display a completely different set of group boxes, buttons, etc on the right hand side) (Kind of exactly what a tab control does, but without the tab control!)

I can place all of the controls on the right hand side, or on a panel, and make them visible and invisible at runtime, or I could always programatically create the controls on the fly --- but it is very hard for me to visualize it and make it look proper.

I am wondering what ways you all use in order to design a more complex application like this. I have been reading and cannot seem to find the proper "keywords" to point me in the right direction. Any help would be incredibly appreciated!!

Thanks in advance!

led mike30-Jul-08 9:17

led mike

30-Jul-08 9:17

I normally create each "View" as UserControl. That makes it simple to create more complex views but set only a single controls Visible state. You can also see it in designer mode without all the clutter of a panel embedded in a splitter on a main form.

Not sure that's what you were asking about.

led mike

shultas30-Jul-08 9:40

shultas

30-Jul-08 9:40

I just spent some time reading about the UserControls class, this does look like it would work for what I am trying to do. My question is, how would I go about designing it in Designer Mode? It'd be great if you could design multiple panels "off canvas" or off the application, put all your controls on them, make them look good, and then drag the panel onto the application on top of the other panels with the other controls (that's what I'm trying to do).

Thanks!!

led mike30-Jul-08 9:58

led mike

30-Jul-08 9:58

Not sure what all that means but maybe, yes, that's how it works. Each UserControl get's it's own designer window. Then you can drop a UserControl onto any Designer Surface.

led mike

Thomas Stockwell31-Jul-08 7:26

31-Jul-08 7:26

Why don't you just embed the 'layouts' in panels. When the layout changes hide one panel and show another. When the selection changes but layout does not then just change the information for that particular layout panel.

darkelv31-Jul-08 23:50

darkelv

31-Jul-08 23:50

I will usually create all the "views" as Windows Forms.
In that I can change to SDI, MDI easily.

For your case, place a panel as your right container, when user click on item in the treeview, create the appropriate form and do these:

form.ControlBox = false;
form.FormBorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.None;
form.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
form.MaximizeBox = false;
form.MinimizeBox = false;
form.TopLevel = false;
pnlContainer.Controls.Add(form);
form.Show();
form.BringToFront();

The "form" will be shown within the panel.

I don't usually use UserControl for this kind of purpose, as I feel it's more restrictive for my liking.