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Hi All,
I'm creating a custom control that has a property of type String that takes a file path. When this property is being edited from the Properties Window I would like to open the File Dialog so the user can browse to the one they want. How can I do this?
Thanks.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Drawing.Design;
using System.Windows.Forms.Design;
using System.ComponentModel;
namespace testproperty
{
public class TestClass
{
public TestClass()
{
}
private int id;
[System.ComponentModel.Category("Main")]
[System.ComponentModel.DisplayName("ID of Class")]
public int Id
{
get { return id; }
set { id = value; }
}
private string fileName;
[System.ComponentModel.Category("Others")]
[System.ComponentModel.DisplayName("FileName to load")]
[BrowsableAttribute(true)]
[EditorAttribute(typeof(OpenFileDialogEditor), typeof(System.Drawing.Design.UITypeEditor))]
public string FileName
{
get { return fileName; }
set { fileName = value; }
}
}
[System.Security.Permissions.PermissionSet(System.Security.Permissions.SecurityAction.Demand, Name = "FullTrust")]
public class OpenFileDialogEditor : System.Drawing.Design.UITypeEditor
{
public OpenFileDialogEditor() { }
public override System.Drawing.Design.UITypeEditorEditStyle GetEditStyle(System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext context)
{
return UITypeEditorEditStyle.Modal;
}
public override object EditValue(System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext context, IServiceProvider provider, object value)
{
using (System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog ofd = new System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog())
{
if (value != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(value.ToString()))
{
try { ofd.FileName = value.ToString(); }
catch { }
}
if (ofd.ShowDialog() == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK)
{
return ofd.FileName;
}
return string.Empty;
}
}
}
}
look the FileName property of TestClass
hope it helps
dhaim
programming is a hobby that make some money as side effect 
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One of my articles might be able to help you with customizing the design-time events of user controls, it can be found here[^].
Regards,
Thomas Stockwell
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
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VS uses a property grid to show the properties of a control. You have to define the editors to use in your property, so when the grid access your class (by reflection), it knows what editor to use. The editors must be of the type UITypeEditor. You can sub-class it to create your own editors.
The file browser is the System.Windows.Forms.Design.FileNameEditor class.
You define the editor in this way:
[Editor(typeof(System.Windows.Forms.Design.FileNameEditor),typeof(System.Drawing.Design.UITypeEditor))]
public string YourProperty
{
...
You can find more information on this MSDN article.
BTW, you need to link the System.Design library to use the filename editor.
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Hi.
I used a method to enable CTRL+A for selecting all text in a textBox.
But whenever I press CTRL+A I hear a BUMB sound 
How can we disable it ?
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By changing the system sounds or turning the volume off, I guess.
Christian Graus
No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
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Thank you,How can I do that ?
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That's not a question becoming a programming forum. I believe that it's sufficiently described in the windows help.
Despite everything, the person most likely to be fooling you next is yourself.
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Thank you Guffa.
You're right, but I want to do that by C# programming
modified on Sunday, August 31, 2008 10:40 AM
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Then you have to surrender some more information about what you have done. What method did you use to enable ctrl+A?
Despite everything, the person most likely to be fooling you next is yourself.
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Thank you Guffa.
This is my method :
private void textBox_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
try
{
if (e.Control && e.KeyCode == Keys.A)
((TextBox)sender).SelectAll();
}
catch
{ }
}
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How to create format string for decimal data type
which shows blank if number is zero and otherwize in default format?
I tried format string f;;# but this shows f for nonzero numbers.
Is it possible to create such string for .NET decimal ToString() ?
Andrus.
using System.Windows.Forms;
class AppMainEntry
{
static void Main()
{
// Expected: 0.40 actual: f
MessageBox.Show((0.40m).ToString("f;;#"));
// expected: 123.40 actual: f
MessageBox.Show((123.40m).ToString("f;;#"));
// expected: 123.4 actual: f
MessageBox.Show((123.4m).ToString("f;;#"));
// OK: expected: empty actual: empty
MessageBox.Show((0m).ToString("f;;#"));
}
}
Andrus
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AFAIK you cannot mix standard format elements (f) in custom format so you'll have to create the whole format string. For example
(0.40m).ToString("###,##0.00###;-###,##0.00###;#")
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For 1.1m your format shows 2 places after comma, but I want only 1 place as F.
Which custome format is exactly equivalent to F format ?
Andrus.
Andrus
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If you want just one zero after comma, change the 0 to #:
(1.1m).ToString("###,##0.00###;-###,##0.00###;#")to
(1.1m).ToString("###,##0.0####;-###,##0.0####;#")
I'm not sure about F's format since I believe that it is affected by number settings in control panel. For more info Standard Numeric Format Strings[^] and Custom Numeric Format Strings[^]
Mika
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F format behaviour on decimal is not affected by any settings:
0m returns 0
1.10m returns 1.10
1.1m returns 1.1
1.123m returns 1.123
How to obtain same behaviour with format string except zero is converted to blank string ?
Andrus
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From the manual:
If format is null or an empty string, the return value of this instance is formatted with the general numeric format specifier ("G").
Simple test case:
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("-------");
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("Using F");
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("-------");
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("(0m).ToString(\"F\") => " + (0m).ToString("F"));
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("(1.10m).ToString(\"F\") => " + (1.10m).ToString("F"));
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("(1.1m).ToString(\"F\") => " + (1.1m).ToString("F"));
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("(1.123m).ToString(\"F\") => " + (1.123m).ToString("F"));
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("------------------");
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("Using empty string");
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("------------------");
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("(0m).ToString() => " + (0m).ToString(""));
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("(1.10m).ToString() => " + (1.10m).ToString(""));
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("(1.1m).ToString() => " + (1.1m).ToString(""));
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("(1.123m).ToString() => " + (1.123m).ToString(""));
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("-------");
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("Using G");
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("-------");
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("(0m).ToString(\"G\") => " + (0m).ToString("G"));
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("(1.10m).ToString(\"G\") => " + (1.10m).ToString("G"));
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("(1.1m).ToString(\"G\") => " + (1.1m).ToString("G"));
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("(1.123m).ToString(\"G\") => " + (1.123m).ToString("G"));
results:
-------
Using F
-------
(0m).ToString("F") => 0,00
(1.10m).ToString("F") => 1,10
(1.1m).ToString("F") => 1,10
(1.123m).ToString("F") => 1,12
------------------
Using empty string
------------------
(0m).ToString() => 0
(1.10m).ToString() => 1,10
(1.1m).ToString() => 1,1
(1.123m).ToString() => 1,123
-------
Using G
-------
(0m).ToString("G") => 0
(1.10m).ToString("G") => 1,10
(1.1m).ToString("G") => 1,1
(1.123m).ToString("G") => 1,123
So are yuo actually looking for "G" like behaviour? AFAIK you must implement your own converter which has the knowledge of the actual input string.
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Yes. I'm sorry my previous letter was wrong, f format cannot used.
I want that result string contains as may decimal places after comma as
decimal value actually contains
*except* zero must be converted to empty string.
ToString() without argument, with empty format string or with G format as you demostrated produces this output
except it outputs 0m as 0 :
0.400m is converted to 0.400
123.40m is converted to 123.40
123.4m is converted to 123.4
0m is converted to 0
How to create format string which works as above except 0m, 0.00m etc is converted to empty string ?
I tried ";;#" format string but this does not output any digits.
I'm using FYI RDL report engine which allows to use only .NET format strings, no code.
Andrus
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Sorry to say, but don't know any solution by using only format strings.
If you are using this Project RDL - Open Source Report Definition Language implementation in C#[^] I noticed that expressions and user written functions are supported (for example iif). Perhaps using these would help you.
Another option could be to preformat the numbers before they are given to report engine (converting them to strings) in which case you can control the output in your code.
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Hi
I want to start a console app from a windows form(VS 2005) and show messages sent by the console app in a textbox, so I've used CommandLineProcess.
I declared an instance like this:
CommandLineProcess cmdLP = new CommandLineProcess();
then, I attached an event handler to the outputline event in the constuctor like this:
cmdLP.OutputLine += new CommandLineProcess.OutputLineEventHandler(OnOutputLine)
The OnOutputLine method looks like this:
private void OnOutputLine(object sender, CommandLineProcess.OutputLineEventArgs e)
{
try
{
if ((e.Text == null) || (e.Text.Length == 0))
{
return;
}
Form1.txtDepDetails.Text = e.Text;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw ex;
}
}
The error i get when i try to run this line
Form1.txtDepDetails.Text = e.Text;
"Source = Unable to evaluate expression because the code is optimized or a native frame is on top of the call stack."
I have searched the web but found solutions for web apps, not for win forms.
And i have already made sure that the app is starting in debug mode and that Supress JIT optimization is checked.
Could you give me some suggestions?
Thank you very much.
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netDeveloper wrote: "Source = Unable to evaluate expression because the code is optimized or a native frame is on top of the call stack."
That just means that the debugger could not evaluate something because a native frame (in this case, the set_Text call) is on top of the stack.
The error is something different: Windows Forms is not thread-safe, but asynchronous events like this run on a separate thread. You need to use Form.Invoke / Form.BeginInvoke to access Windows Forms controls from another thread:
form1.BeginInvoke(new MethodInvoker(delegate { form1.txtDepDetails.Text = e.Text; }));
Note that I've made form1 a reference that you'll have to pass to the class containing OnOutputLine. Don't make text boxes "static"!
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The weird thing is that it doesn't even see form1.
This fails
if (Program.form1.InvokeRequired)
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I'm trying to set my program in a way that before the program or I mean the form is to be closed, the program checks whether a text box has a value. So what I did is to make use of the closing event of the form... ok so when the form is closing, the program checks if there is a value on the text box and if empty the program asks the user through a dialog box like "You left that #)($*#$ blank.". When i run the program, the message box pops out so now the next thing to do is to stop the closing of the form if the textbox doesn't have any value.. is there a way to do that? well of course there are other alternatives for validation but on the FORM i'm dependent on the CANCEL (the x button on the upper right) for the closing of the form and nothing else.
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In the closing event if you set e.Cancel = true; then the form will not close.
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Just Do This !!!
private void Form1_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)<br />
{<br />
if (textBox1.Text == "")<br />
{<br />
MessageBox.Show("Please Fill Details");<br />
e.Cancel = true;<br />
}<br />
else<br />
{<br />
MessageBox.Show("Thanks You !!!");<br />
}<br />
}
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