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Objectives
 Overview Window Form and basic Control
 Form class
 Type of Control
 Basic Control
 Summary
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Windows Form
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WinForms and .NET Framework
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Features
Create App with leats operation
Store global data to reused anywhere
ToolStrip,MenuStrip ….
Powerfull way to link control with data source ( BindingSource component)
GDI+ : drawing and painting image on forms
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Form : basic unit of Application
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Form : property & method
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Events
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Event
• Activated
• Click
• Deactivated
• FormClosed
• FormClosing
• GotFocus
• Load
• Resize
Life cycle of a form
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Use of Controls
Control class
Base class of all controls available in
WinForms
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Control Class – Properties-Method
Properties
 canFocus
 Controls
 Enable
 Name
 Parent
 TabIndex
 Visible
Method
• Focus
• getNextControl
• Hide
• IsMNemonic
• Select
• Show
Event
• Click
• ControlAdd
• DoubleClick
• Validating
• Validated
• KeyPress
• Leave
• LostFocus
• MouseClick
• Move
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Common Controls
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Label class : Property – Method- Event
Properties Method
 Name
 Text
 TextAlign
 UseMnemonic
• Contains
• Hide
• Show
Label fname = new Label(); fname.Text = “&First Name : “; fname.UseMnemonic = true ;
Event
• Click
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TextBox & MaskedTextBox
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TextBox class : Property – Method- Event
Properties
 CharacterCasing
 MaxLength
 MultiLine
 Name
 PasswordChar
 ReadOnly
 Text
Method
• AppendText
• Clear
• Focus
• Copy
• Paste
Event
• KeyPress
• Leave
• TextChanged
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MaskedTextBox class :
Property – Method- Event
Properties Method Event
 Mask
 MaskFull
 MaskCompleted
 Name
 PromptChar
 Text
• GetPositionFr omCharIndex
• IsKeyLock
• SelectAll
• MaskChanged
• MaskedInputR ejected
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MaskedTextBox mks = new MaskedTextBox(); mks.Mask = “00000-9999”; mks.Text = “095204-7763”;
{ if(!mks.MaskFull)
MessageBox.Show(“Enter proper code …”);
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Mask
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Button class :
Property – Method- Event
Properties Method Event
 DialogResult
 Enabled
 FlatStyle
 Image
 Name
 Text
• Focus
• PerformClick
• Click
• DoubleClick
• MouseDoubleClick
Button cmdOK = new Button(); cmdOK .Text = “OK” ; cmdOK.FlatStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FlatStyle.Flat;
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ListBox & ComboBox
ListBox : select multivalue ( 1..N)
ComboBox : select one value at a time
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ListBox class : Property – Method- Event
Properties
 DisplayMember
 Items
 SelectionMode
 SelectedIndex
Method
• ClearSelected
• GetItemText
• GetSelected
• SetSelected
Event
• SelectedIndex
Changed
• SelectedValue
Changed
• ValueMember
Changed
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ComboBox class :
Property – Method- Event
Properties Method
 DropDownStyle
 Items
 MaxDropDownIt em
 SelectedItem
 SelectedIndex
 Text
 ValueMember
• GetItemText
• SelectAll
• Select ( int start
, int length)
Event
• DropDown
• SelectedIndex
Changed
• SelectedValue
Changed
• ValueMember
Changed
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LinkLabel Control
Display a Hyperlink that link to a Web Page or another Window Form
Properties : ActiveLinkColor
, Links , LinkColor ,
LinkVisited, Text ,
VisitedLinkColor
Method : Select
Event : LinkClicked
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Summary – WorkShop Activities
 What is WinForm ?
 Focus on Control
 TextBox , ListBox , ComBoBox ….
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Grouping Controls
 Value Setting ControlForm class

RadioButton

CheckBox

CheckListBox
 Grouping Controls
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GroupBox

Panel
 Images Control

PictureBox

ImageList
 Summary
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RadioButton Class – Properties-
Method
Properties
 Appearance
 AutoCheck
 Checked
 Image
Method
• PerformClick
• Select
• Show
Event
• CheckedChanged
• Click
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CheckBox class : Property – Method- Event
Properties
 Checked
 CheckState
 ThreeState
Method
• Select
• Show
Event
• CheckedChanged
• CheckStateChange
• Click
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Properties
 CheckedIndices
 CheckedItems
 CheckOnClick
 Items
 SelectedValue
 SelectedItems
 SelectedItem
CheckedListBox class :
Property – Method- Event
Method
• ClearSelected
• GetItemChecked
• GetItemCheckState
• GetItemText
• SetItemChecked
• SetItemCheckState
Event
• ItemCheck
• MouseClick
• SelectedIndexCh anged
• SelectedValueCh anged
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Grouping Control
 Panel
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Contains other
Control
 GroupBox
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As Panel but appear as Frame around
Control
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Panel class : Property – Method- Event
Properties Method
 AutoSize
 AutoSizeMode
 BorderStyle
• Select
• Show
Event
• StyleChanged
• VisibleChanged
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GroupBox : Property – Method- Event
Properties
 AutoSize
 Anchor
 FlatStyle
Method
• Hide
• Show
Event
• StyleChanged
• Resize
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Graphic Controls
 PictureBox

Display image on the
Form ( .bmp ,.jpg ..)
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Can hold sigle image at a time
 ImageList
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Store collection of images
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PictureBox : Property – Method- Event
Properties
 Image
 ErrorImage
 InitialImage
 SizeMode
Method
• Load
• LoadAsync
Event
• Click
• Leave
• LoadCompleted
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ImageList: Property – Method- Event
Properties
 Images
 ColorDepth
 ImageSize
 Name
Method
• Draw
Event
• RecreateHandle
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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
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Event
•SplitterMoved
• SplitterMoving
• Click
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Summary – WorkShop Activities
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