Making A New Button Using Code

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hey guys,

i have been making my programming language and thanks to some very helpful people, i am now able to create windows forms using my programming language, but that is all. i need to be able to add things to it like buttons and text boxes. the first thing is buttons and this is my current code:

C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Drawing;

namespace programming_language_test_1
{
    class Program : System.Windows.Forms.Form
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(args[0]);
            string code = sr.ReadToEnd();
            Run(code);
        }

        static void Run(string code)
        {
            code = code.Replace(((char)13).ToString(), "");

            foreach (string a in code.Split('\n'))
            {
                if (a == "new form")
                {
                    Form form = new Form();
                    form.Activate();
                    form.Enabled = true;
                    form.Focus();
                    Application.EnableVisualStyles();
                    Application.Run(form);
                }

                if (a == "new button")
                {
                    Button button = new Button();
                    button.Visible = true;
                    button.Enabled = true;
                    button.Focus();
                    button.Text = "i am a button";
                    button.Location = new Point(50, 50);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

1. make a new console application
2. add a windows form
3. add this code in

if you were going to test this code out by using:

new form
new button

you would soon see that a new form is created, but the button isn't on the form. I need help on making buttons and everything on the form.

Posted 15-Sep-12 0:00am

Member 8378691

Updated 15-Sep-12 0:34am

Ganesh Nikam

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Ganesh Nikam 15-Sep-12 6:33am

hii you need to add control to form

Ganesh Nikam 15-Sep-12 6:34am

i.e form.controls.add(button)

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Kim Togo · Answer 1 · 2012-09-15T00:20:00

Solution 2

You have the wrong approach for this.
A Button class has to be assigned to a Form before it appears.
Like

C#

Form f = new Form();
Button b = new Button();

f.Controls.Add(b);

Create you Form, and in the constructor of the From you then create the Button.
The best help you can do for your self, is to start a new project in Visual Studio with a Form project.
From there you can see all the code that Visual Studio Form designer is making.

Good luck :-)

Posted 15-Sep-12 0:20am

Kim Togo

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Member 8378691 15-Sep-12 6:44am

this does help, it introduced me to the Form.Controls.Add() function. this isn't the full answer so i won't 'Accept Solution', but i do want you to know that you help me a lot. thnx :)

Kim Togo 18-Sep-12 2:03am

Great to hear.
But writing all the code for you, will not make you a better coder.
The best way to learn to code, is to do it your self. But I am glad I could help.

[no name] 15-Sep-12 10:31am

I have upvoted this one. This is the answer the OP was looking for. He just won't accept the solution because you did not write his code for him.

Kim Togo 18-Sep-12 2:04am

Thanks Wes

prashant patil 4987 · Answer 2 · 2012-09-15T00:22:00

Hey you must add your button to the form ..

C#

 Button button = new Button();
                    button.Visible = true;
                    button.Enabled = true;
                    button.Focus();
                    button.Text = "i am a button";
                    button.Location = new Point(50, 50);
this.Controls.Add(button);

Abhinav S · Answer 3 · 2012-09-15T00:14:00

Solution 1

This sounds like homework to me.
However, How to Convert a Console App into a Windows App in C#[^] should help you out.

This describes the various assemblies / steps to use a form with a console application.

Posted 15-Sep-12 0:14am

Abhinav S

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