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WPF[^] is the next generation GUI framework, but the designer support in Visual Studio isn't as intutive as a Windows Forms application.
Take care,
Tom
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Thanks, Tom, for your help.
Actually, by a fashion-look GUI, I think of a web-style GUI, with graphical buttons, hoovering mouse behaviour,....
Is WinForms the good tool to use to achieve such effects ?
I currently use MFC only and I read somewhere that it is possible to integrate a WinForm into an MFC application.
Jean-Marie Epitalon
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You can think of Windows Forms as the MFC of the .Net world. It has controls like ListView, TreeView, Button, etc. Which map to the same underlying windows controls as CListView, CTreeView, CButton, etc.
With the Windows Forms controls, you get the default Windows look and feel. As with MFC, you can custom draw Windows Forms controls or customize their feel.
WPF on the other hand is the next generation. For example, with the TreeView (in either Windows Forms or MFC) your nodes can generally have an image and text (and multiple levels of nodes). If you want to display another image (say to the right of the text), then you have to perform custom drawing to add the second image. With WPF, the tree nodes can contain pretty much any other control. So I could create a "custom control" that has a left image, text, and right image. Then use that custom control as a node. If I want to add a button to my nodes, then I can update my custom control to include a button, and all the nodes that use that control immediately get the button. WPF is extemely powerful and flexible.
You can also apply styling or themes to any or all controls to customize their look or feel. WPF does have a larger learning curve though, so it may be a bit much to start with.
Windows Forms and WPF are really best utilized if you are using a .Net language. I'm not sure how easy it would be to integrate into a MFC application, and honestly I wouldn't recommend it. But you posted in the .Net framework forum, so I'm assuming you want to start using .Net.
Take care,
Tom
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Thanks, Tom, for your help.
Jean-Marie
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Hello,
the C# compiler has a wonderful option that allows you to build your application
without referencing mscorlib.dll in order to write your own System namespace (/nostdlib).
I am making usage of this feature but I have a problem.
I created a simple application with this feature that implements some core classes (Object, Attribute, Int32, ValueType, ...) in order to build the project properly. It works fine.
The only problem consists in the fact that I can't create my own value types and use them e.g:
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using System;<br />
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namespace Test<br />
{<br />
struct MyValueType<br />
{<br />
}<br />
<br />
class MainClass<br />
{<br />
static void Main()<br />
{<br />
MyValueType val;<br />
}<br />
}<br />
}<br />
This will throw the following exception:
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Unhandled Exception: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'Test.MyValueType' from assembly 'Test, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=nu<br />
ll' due to value type mismatch.<br />
at Test.MainClass.Main()<br />
I would be VERY pleased if someone helped me.
Thanks in advance.
Best wishes,
Klaus
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Hello Friends,
Can anybody let me know how many languages and namespaces are supported by .NET 2.0
And also plz define "Type Safety"
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The Knowledge wrote: Can anybody let me know how many languages and namespaces are supported by .NET 2.0
Try counting them.
The Knowledge wrote: plz define "Type Safety"
Google[^] not working where you live?
Paul Marfleet
"No, his mind is not for rent
To any God or government"
Tom Sawyer - Rush
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Where u live
if u don't want to suggest me the way don't ask for google
I know google is best search engine and provide no. of solutions......
But i could not get the best one...................
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The Knowledge wrote: Where u live
None of your business.
The Knowledge wrote: I know google is best search engine and provide no. of solutions......
But i could not get the best one...................
Let me get this right. You couldn't find any information about the subject of Type Safety, even after being given a search link with the top hit being an article on the very same subject
Paul Marfleet
"No, his mind is not for rent
To any God or government"
Tom Sawyer - Rush
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i think u didn't take my pro.
There r two question
1.) How many languages and namespaces are supported by .NET..........
2.) Explain "Type Safety".............
I got about "Type Safety" but not easily understood by me because i'm very new in this field................
Now this is my last reply to u if u want to suggest me the solutions to my prob. plz suggest me
otherwise don't reply and stop ur questioning.......................
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The Knowledge wrote: i think u didn't take my pro.
I think I understand your problem.
1. You are incapable of reasearching the answers to simple questions.
2. When given links to articles that provide answers to your questions, you are incapable of reading them.
Reading documentation and undertaking your own research are basic competencies in the field of software development. Unless you acquire these skills, you will struggle to make a career as a developer. Anyway, Good luck!
Paul Marfleet
"No, his mind is not for rent
To any God or government"
Tom Sawyer - Rush
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pmarfleet wrote: "No, his mind is not for rent
To any God or government"
Tom Sawyer - Rush
Another Rush fan.
Kevin
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Kevin McFarlane wrote: Another Rush fan.
We get everywhere.
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I assume you must have seen them on the Snakes and Arrows tours?
Kevin
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I've seen them several times. If you look on the inside cover of A Show Of Hands[^], my right hand is visible (you can tell because my 6'5" mate stands out a bit and is highly visible). They recorded the album at Birmingham NEC on one night and filmed the video the following night. They are still one of my all time favourite acts.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: I've seen them several times.
Ditto.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote: They recorded the album at Birmingham NEC
Which is where I saw them in October.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote: They are still one of my all time favourite acts.
Ditto. But when I mention Rush to colleagues I usually get one of two reactions:
1. Who are they?
or
2. Are they still going?
Kevin
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Kevin McFarlane wrote: Which is where I saw them in October.
I saw them at Newcastle Arena.
Kevin McFarlane wrote: Ditto. But when I mention Rush to colleagues I usually get one of two reactions:
1. Who are they?
or
2. Are they still going
I don't know how much longer they can continue giving the same level of energy to live shows. As he gets older, Neil Peart's drumming gets more and more amazing - Geddy Lee is still awesome (even with his voice having mellowed) and Alex is still one of my favourite guitarists. I still rate Red Sector A as one of the great all time rhythm guitar parts, it always brings a chill when I listen to it.
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pmarfleet wrote: Unless you acquire these skills, you will struggle to make a career as a developer.
He won't be getting back to you. The village rang and demanded their idiot back.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: The village rang and demanded their idiot back.
I thought he was more of an oaf than an idiot
Paul Marfleet
"No, his mind is not for rent
To any God or government"
Tom Sawyer - Rush
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So wht's going on I'm back to u
Have u got solutions to my prob.
My next question is
Is .NET Platform Independence...........
and .NET supports no. of languages and namespaces
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Daaamn... I know the answers to all of your questions, but refuse to provide them because you're... LAZY!
Windows Calculator told me I will die at 28.
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For somebody who calls himself "The Knowledge", you sure don't seem to have any. Apparently you don't understand how Google works, so let me point you to an appropriate source of information. With your skill level you might just need this. Clickety[^].
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Lord Kixdemp wrote: You're so mean!
[Bugs Bunny voice]Ain't I a stinka?
Actually, I prefer to think of this as Darwinian selection on the boards.
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I'm not mean. I'm a student looking for the right answer but u r trying to make me mean and one more thing u've completed ur work for today and getting bore tht's y u r giving me such a great award.
Be gud always
Can u let me know one more thing.
Wht type of questions we must ask in Code Project ........
I know my probs r not very intelligent but i told u i'm very new in this field.
K i'm very apologized for asking my probs.
But i think u r very intelligent so still u r wasting ur time to give me such a stupid ways. I think u must use ur precious time to give reply to other guys asking their probs. but still they're not getting the right answer. Look at other questions(Problems) waiting for the right answer.
I hope u understand.........
Bye and take ur good care...
And also i would like to suggest something Be gud always. Plz take a sound study of this ONE
modified on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 1:55:35 AM
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