Friday, April 4, 2014

Control Handling Windows Form


Control Handling Windows Form

Common Properties for all the controls:
The following properties commonly available for all the controls:
Common Properties
Property Description
Name Specifies the name of the control.
Text Specifies the displayable text of the control.
BackColor Specifies the background color of the control.
ForeColor Specifies the foreground color of the control.
Font Specifies the font style of the control‘s text.
Enabled Enables / Disables the control.
Visible Displays / Hides the control.
Cursor Specifies the mouse pointer style, when the mouse is over on the control at run time.
Runtime
Size Specifies the Width and Height of the control.
Location Specifies the X and Y co-ordinations of the control‘s position on the form.
TextAlign Specifies the position of the text in the control.
Image Specifies the image that is to be displayed in the control along with the text.
ImageAlign Specifies the position of the image in the control
TabIndex Specifies the index of the control in the tab order.
ContentMenuStrip Contains the reference of the respective context menu control.

COMMON EVENTS FOR ALL THE CONTROLS:

The following events commonly available for all the controls:

COMMON EVENTS

Event Description
Click Executes when the user clicks the control run time.
DoubleClick Executes when the user double-clicks the control at run time.
MouseMove Executes when the mouse pointer is moves across the control.
MouseEnter Executes when the mouse pointer is focused on to the control.
MouseLeave Executes when the mouse pointer is out of the control.
KeyPress Executes when any key is pressed on the keyboard, while the focus is on the control.
Enter Executes when the focus is entered into the control.
Leave Executes when the focus got out of the control.

Event: An event is a run time action that can be performed by the user.
Let us practice the above properties and events on the button control.

Demo on Buttons
  • Take a new Windows Forms Application project.
  • Design the form as follows:
  • To design the form as above set the following properties
Windows Form Controls Properties of Controls
  • Double click on Button1 and Write the following code:
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
      DateTime dt = DateTime.Now;
      MessageBox.Show(dt.ToString());
}
  • Double click on Button2 and Write the following code:
private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   Random r = new Random();
   int n = r.Next(1, 500);
   MessageBox.Show(n.ToString());
}
  • Double click on Button3 and Write the following code:
private void button3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   MessageBox.Show("Bye....");
  Application.Exit();
} 

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