Multifunctional Checkbox v2 for Visual Studio .NET

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Introduction

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

Properties

• Caption (String) - Addition of a text.
• CheckedColor (Color) - Selected color.
• CheckedState (Boolean) - Checkbox is selected or deselected.
• CStyle (Enum) - The kind of selected graphics.
• EnableClickSound (Boolean) - Play sound on click.
• FocusColor (Color) - Color of rectangle when it gets focus.
• FStyle (Enum) - Visible style.
• HoverAnimation (Boolean) - Fade animation when moving.
• SmoothingMode (SmoothingMode) - Quality of the graphics.
• StyleKind (Enum) - Kind of visible style.
• TextFont (Font)- Font of the text.
• TextColor (Color) - Color of the text.

Events

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

Examples

• Show "MessageBox" after click when in "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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