Introduction
I program in Delphi since the version 1.0, and in this time, I did create some controls that has given form to how I develop my "programs". They help enough in typical tasks of Windows forms applications (Example: validation). Besides, together with some friends of the university of São Paulo, I developed a pattern of "very private visual" identity (combination of colors, sources and forms).
When I began "to play" with the .NET platform, the first thing that I thought was: " I have to do something similar here". This article is exactly a collection of controls that I developed to use in my Windows forms applications. There are approximately 35 controls!
The .NET community all over the world
Sincerely, if the community formed around the .NET platform didn't exist, I would not know where to begin. Actually, a lot of code was just adapted to do part of this collection. In the section of credits, I mention all developers (that I rememeber ; -)) of whom I took advantage of some thing. To publish this library is the form that I have to thank and to return to the community what I could learn.
Controls
The inspiration, kept the due proportion, it is Money of Microsoft. There is a lot to talk about the controls and the intention.
StyleGuide
– This control serves as base for the style of most of the other ones. The propertyPlansOfColors
contains the existent patterns.Button
– A normal button if not for the propertyRadius
(to round the corners).ImageButton
– Another normal button; allows the choice of an image.CheckBox
–CheckBox
reminds a little of that vineyard in a Borland library that came with Borland C.RadioButton
– normal radio button.TextBox
– Normal textbox with some interesting properties for validation of the entrance of data:Mask
- it presents the validation possibilities; some especially useful to Brazil... (17options).NotAcceptChars
- together withMask.TextWithNotAcceptChars
it doesn't allow the entrance of disabled characters.DecimalPlaces
DecMaxValue
DecMinValue
The last three are for validation and formation of numbers.
Required
- the completion of the field is indicated, it is of obligatory completion.ShowErrorProvider
- the control is indicated it should exhibit the mistake indication.
ButtonEdit
– Textbox with button on the right side that contains the same properties ofTextBox
.DatePicker
- Component for entrance of dates.ComboBox
– Normal combobox if not for the following properties:JustAcceptItems
- it only accepts the completion with items of the combo.Mask
,Required
,ShowErrorProvider
- Same asTextBox
.AutoFill
- it fills out the list with pré-defined items (months, states and etc...) Obs: I am almost sorry for having placed this in the control. Its escapes a lot from the defined patterns for the bind mechanism...
GroupBox
–Panel
, with borders in the extremities, title and possibility of rounding of the corners.MenuListBox
– Inspired list box in Money99 that allows shortcut keys, description of the items and definition of an image for the items.InfiniteProgress
- infinite progress with gradient effects (pretty good).MessageBox
– Component that "imitates"MessageBox
contained inSystem.Windows.Forms
. The good thing here is the possibility to use aCheckBox
together with the message.DateTimeVisualize
– Control "idiot" that I needed for a very private occasion.Label
– Normal label if not for the fact of working withStyleGuide
.ListBox
– Normal list box if not for the fact of working withStyleGuide
.OptionButton
– Button that works like aRadioButton
.SpinEdit
– Control for entrance of numbers.XpLine
– Line with gradient effects. It "imitates" the lines used in some parts of Windows XP.TaskPanelBar
– A control that allows the creation of windows in the style of Money99, also...- TabbedGroups econtroles “Docking” – Save some adaptations, works exactly as in the library "MagicLibrary of Crownwood Consulting Limited". In fact, what I learned with this library, it was worth books that I bought more than some...; -)
Panel
– A normal panel, if not for the following properties:PanelType
- It says to the control, like him it should be "colored", following the established patterns.
Possible memory leaks
In general, as I have been evidencing in some tests (basically it is true) there are not problems with memory leaks. However,MessageBox.ShowProgressDialog
seems, that is draining some thing. My suggestion, in case you want to use this: Test before!!
Bindable controls
Independent in the way like me, I did (I think can quite still get better, nannies that you see the listbox to understand it that phallus), most of the controls work well the bind mechanism.
Credits and gratefulness
As I said before, a lot of things were removed off the community; Here I will mention those that I remember:
- “MagicLibrary" - "CrownwoodConsulting Limited" (this collection of controls is spectacular and the code is a class on how to write controls for Windows forms)
- “FlatControls" - "Ivar Lumi" (the first light...; -))
- "Marcelo Soares" - for the creation of the style "AssGreen" and several critics and suggestions to the library. (Man, sometimes almost hill of rage in our discussions, but I have to recognize, your critics strengthen me and you are very competent).
- "James T. Johnson" –"TSWizard"
- “Clovett" - "InfiniteProgress"
- "Ingo Rammer" –“RemotingHelpers"
I think that is it! I might have forgotten somebody, after all, there are nights after nights in the google, reading posts, articles, lowering sources, testing and etc. In case you see something in this library that seems it was adapted and don't have the due credit, please send me an e-mail so that the mistake can be corrected.
Thanks also to MSDN Brazil's personnel; a community truly strong and disposed to help, whenever necessary. A hug for the personnel ofwww.desenvolvendo.net, especially to Fábio Galuppo and Rogério Wagner. You don't know the importance about having people like you so "accessible" and always disposed to help. Congratulations for your work!
A special hug for a teacher whom I had more than ten years, "Nilson Nihomatsu" from "Paralelo school". Among other things, he taught me something that I maintained during this whole time: TO LIKE LEARNING!
Finally, if you improve any part of these controls or wants to discuss something related to the sources, feel free to contact me by e-mail.
History
- Version 1.0 - 07/27/03
- Initial version
- Version 1.1 - 07/30/03
- Corrections
RadioButton
- Generation of eventCheckedChanged
. (thanks Stray Bullet)MessageBox
(Show
method) - Coordinates of the buttons (YesNo
,OKCancel
)ComboBox
- Added propertySelectedValue
and eventSelectedValueChanged
. (thanks toticow)GroupBox
- Code of the interfaceIFlashabledControl
- Improvements
ControlBase
,PanelBase
- Creation and code of the interfaceIHasStyleControl
to facilitate the configuration of style in child controls.- Translation of constants' names in the class
ResourceLibrary
. (thanks Olaf Herrmann, next step is translate the messages)
- Corrections
- Version 1.2 - 07/31/03
- Corrections
TextBox
- Bug withDecimalPlaces
property. (thanks Stray Bullet)DatePicker
-LostFocus
andPopupWindow
bug (null ref...). (thanks Piotr Ozaist)InfiniteProgress
- Code of the interfaceIHasStyleControl
.
- Improvements
SpinEdit
- "Hold the mouse over the arrow button with pressed key does not continue counting" (thanks Olaf Herrmann)
- Corrections
- Version 1.3 - 08/05/03
- Corrections
TextBox
,DatePicker
,ButtonEdit
,ComboBox
,ListBox
,MenuListBox
- UseDisableColor
when theEnabled
property is same, the false in designer. (thanks Stray Bullet)GroupBox
- Fittings in the drawing of the title. (thanks Stray Bullet)
- Improvements
PallaControls.Resources
- (at last!) translation of the messages for English (culture "en"). Still lacks other aspects of individual cultures. (Example: validation of the social insurance number and etc.)
- Corrections
- Version 1.4 - 08/07/03
- Corrections
Button
,CheckBox
,RadioButton
,GroupBox
,OptionButton
- Correction of the problem that inverted the colors of the border (BorderHotColor
,BorderColor
). (thanks JeffGreen)TextBox
,DatePicker
,ButtonEdit
,ComboBox
,ListBox
,MenuListBox
-KeyUp
,KeyDown
andKeyPress
events. (thanks JeffGreen)TextBoxBase
-DecMinVal
andDecMaxVal
bug. (thanks Geri Wolters)
- Improvements
TextBoxBase
, Date and Time handlers and validations - "Made it more culture aware and let validation be handled by theDateTime
class". (thanks Geri Wolters)
- Corrections
- Version 1.5 - 08/10/03
- Improvements
TextBoxBase
,TextBox
,ButtonEdit
- Added for Geri Wolters. Custom validation withRegularExpression
.StyleGuide
- Added for Geri Wolters. Capacity to save and load styles in XML files.StyleGuide
- Added style "TweakGreen" created by Stray Bullet.
- Improvements
- Version 1.6 - 08/23/03
- Corrections
- "When adding an
Object
to theListBox
(Text
andValue
), I can't get the text to display. I think this is a bug as the MS control worked fine with my code". (thanks JeffGreen)
- "When adding an
- Improvements
TextBoxBase
,TextBox
,ButtonEdit
- Added for Geri Wolters. Custom error messages.
- Corrections
- Version 1.7 - 08/25/03
- Corrections
ControlBase
,TextBox
,ButtonEdit
-GotFocus
andLostFocus
bugs. (thanks Hzi)
- Corrections
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