Multifunctional Checkbox for Visual Studio .NET

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Introduction

This article introduces check boxes with different checked and border styles. The following lists shows the different properties and events associated with them.

Properties

• Caption (String) - Addition of a text.
• TextColor (Color) - Color of the text.
• TextFont (Font)- Font of the text.
• CStyle (Enumeration) - Kind of selected graphics.
• FStyle (Enumeration) - Visible style.
• StyleKind (Enumeration) - Kind of visible style.
• SmoothingMode (SmoothingMode) - Quality of the graphics.
• CheckedState (Boolean) - CheckBox is selected or deselected.
• CheckedColor (Color) - Selected color.

Events

• BeforeChanging - Event which will execute before checking.
• CheckedChanged - Event which will execute after checking.

Examples

'Show "MessageBox" after click with current "Checked_State"
Private Sub CheckBox1_CheckedChanged(ByVal Checked_State As Boolean) _
      Handles CheckBox1.CheckedChanged
    MsgBox(Checked_State)
End Sub

'Change "ForeColor" of the text after click
Private Sub CheckBox1_CheckedChanged(ByVal Checked_State As Boolean) _
     Handles CheckBox1.CheckedChanged
    CheckBox1.ForeColor = Color.Red
End Sub

'Change kind of style after click
Private Sub CheckBox1_CheckedChanged(ByVal Checked_State As Boolean) _
    Handles CheckBox1.CheckedChanged
    'Change CheckBox Style
    CheckBox1.FStyle = CheckBox.CheckBox.Flat_Style.Blue 
    'Paint 'X' as checked_State
    CheckBox1.CStyle = CheckBox.CheckBox.Check_style.Draw_X 
    'Draw circle as CheckBox field
    CheckBox1.StyleKind = CheckBox.CheckBox.Style_Kind.Circle 
End Sub

'Change "SmoothingMode"
Private Sub CheckBox1_CheckedChanged(ByVal Checked_State As Boolean) _
         Handles CheckBox1.CheckedChanged
    CheckBox1.SmoothingMode = Drawing2D.SmoothingMode.HighQuality
End Sub

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