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Dialog Boxes and Menus

Menus Menu Bar Contains menus which drop down to display list of menu items Each item has a name and text property Each item has a click event Add MainMenu control to form Appears in the Component Tray, below form, where nondisplay controls are shown Words "Type Here" appear at the top of the form

Type first Menu here MainMenu Control appears in Component Tray

Menu Items To create the menus simply type where the words "Type Here" appear at the top of the form Include & symbol as you type to indicate keyboard access keys You are actually entering the Text property for a MenuItem object Change MenuItem object names in the Properties window and follow consistent naming conventions

The menu items that you create may contain images, access keys, shortcut keys and check marks as well as text labels Image Access Keys Shortcut Keys Check Mark

Submenus Pop up to the right of a menu item Filled triangle to the right of the menu item indicates to the user the existence of a submenu Create submenus by moving to the right of a menu item and typing the next item's text

Context Menus Shortcut menus that pop up when you right-click Are specific to the component to which user is pointing, reflecting options available for that component or situation A context menu does not have a top level menu Application can have multiple context menus

Add ContextMenu component to the form Appears in the Component Tray Click on the words "Context Menu", at the top of the form, the words "Type Here" appear Click on the words "Type Here" and proceed as you did for the main menu

The Built –in Dialog Boxes OpenFileDialog SaveFileDialog FontDialog ColorDialog PrintDialog

© 2005 by The McGraw- Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved Component tray Common dialog controls

Displaying a Windows Common Dialog Box Use ShowDialog method to display the common dialog box at run time ShowDialog only displays the dialog, it does not do anything else ColorDialog1.ShowDialog( ) FontDialog1.ShowDialog( )

OpenFileDialog The Open file dialog control prompts the user to open a file and allows the user to select a file to open The user can check if the file exists and then open it It inherits from the abstract class FileDialog

Properties Properties Means AddExtensionGets/Sets if the dialog box adds an extension to file names if the user doesn’t supply the extension. CheckFileExistsGets/Sets if the dialog box displays a warning if the user specifies a nonexistent file. CheckPathExistsGets/Sets whether the dialog box displays a warning if the user gives a path that does not exist. DefaultExtGets/Sets the default file extension. FileNameGets/Sets the file name selected in the file dialog box. FileNamesGets the file names of all selected files. FilterGets/Sets the current file name filter string, which sets the choices that appear in the “Save As File type” or “Files of type” box. InitialDirectoryGets/Sets the initial directory used in the file dialog box.

Methods Method Means OpenFileOpens the file selected by the user, with read only permission. The file is specified by the FileName property. ResetResets all options to their default values. ShowDialogShow the dialog box.

Events Method Means FileOkOccurs when the user clicks the Open or Save Button. HelpRequestOccurs when the user clicks the Help Button.

SaveFileDialog The SaveFileDialog control prompts the user to select a location for saving a file and allows the user to specify the name of the file to save data. The SaveFileDialog control class inherits from the abstract class FileDialog

Properties Properties Means AddExtensionGets/Sets whether the dialog will add an extension to file name if the user does’nt supply the extension. CheckFileExistsGets/Sets if the dialog box displays a warning if the user specifies a nonexistent file. CheckPathExistsGets/Sets whether the dialog box displays a warning if the user gives a path that does not exist. CreatePromptGets/Sets whether the dialog box asks the user if it should create a file if the user specifies a path that does not exists. DefaultExtGets/Sets the default file extension. FileNameGets/Sets the file name selected in the file dialog box. FileNamesGets the file names of all selected files. FilterGets/Sets the current file name filter string, which sets the choices that appear in the “Save As File type” or “Files of type” box. InitialDirectoryGets/Sets the initial directory used in the file dialog box.

Methods Method Means OpenFileOpens the file with read/write permission selected by the user. ResetResets all dialog options to their default values. ShowDialogShow the dialog.

Events Method Means FileOkOccurs when the user clicks the Open or Save Button. HelpRequestOccurs when the user clicks the Help Button.

FontDialog It prompts a user to choose a font from among those installed on the local computer and lets the user select the font, font size and color. It returns the font and color objects By default the Color ComboBox is not shown on the Font Dialog box. You should set the ShowColor property of the FontDialog control to be true.

Properties Properties Means AllowSimulationsGets/Sets whether the dialog box allows graphics device interface font simulations. ColorGets/Sets the selected font color. FontGets/Sets the selected font. MaxSizeGets/Sets the maximum point size a user can select. MinSizeGets/Sets the minimum point size a user can select. ShowColorGets/Sets whether the dialog box displays the color choice. ShowApplyGets/Sets whether the dialog box contains an apply button. ShowEffectsGets/Sets whether the dialog box contains controls that allow the user to specify strikethrough, underline and text color options.

Methods Method Means ResetResets all dialog options to their default values. ShowDialogShow the dialog.

Events Method Means ApplyOccurs when the user clicks the Apply Button. HelpRequestOccurs when the user clicks the Help Button.

ColorDialog The color dialog control class represents a common dialog box that displays available colors along with controls that enable a user to define custom colors. It lets a user select a color The main property of the ColorDialog control is Color, which returns a color object

Properties Properties Means AllowFullOpenGets/Sets whether the user can use the dialog box to define custom colors. AnyColorGets/Sets whether the dialog box displays all available colors in the set of basic colors. ColorGets/Sets the color selected by the user. CustomColorsGets/Sets the set of custom colors shown in the dialog box. ShowHelpGets/Sets whether the help button appears in the color dialog box.

Methods Method Means ResetResets all dialog options to their default values. ShowDialogShow the dialog.

Events Method Means HelpRequestOccurs when the user clicks the Help Button

PrintDialog It lets the user to print documents by selecting a printer and choosing which sections of the document to print from a Windows Form Application. There are various other controls related to printing of documents. PrintDocument PrinterSettings PageSetUpDialog PrintPreviewControl PrintPreviewDialog

Properties Properties Means AllowPrintToFileGets/Sets whether the print to file checkbox is enabled. AllowSelectionGets/Sets whether the selection radio button is enabled. AllowSomePagesGets/Sets whether the From..To.. Page radio button is enabled. DocumentGets/Sets the PrintDocument used to obtain PrinterSettings. PrinterSettingsGets/Sets the PrinterSettings Dialog box to modify. PrintToFileGets/Sets whether the print to file checkbox is enabled. ShowHelpGets/Sets whether the help button is displayed.

Methods Method Means ResetResets all dialog options to their default values. ShowDialogShow the dialog.

Events Method Means HelpRequestOccurs when the user clicks the Help Button