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A Simple Wizard Control for .Net 2.0 with Full Designer Support

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This is a simple yet powerful wizard framework for .Net 2.0. Just drag and drop and your component is ready for use.
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Introduction

This control allows the creation of a wizard framework in seconds. All you need to do is drag and drop and your wizard is ready for use. This wizard control has full designer support and is highly customizable according to the needs of the user.

Background

I was trying to find a control similar to the wizard in ASP.NET. I learned that it is not available in the .NET Framework, so I decided to make a framework that would allow me to make a wizard in a few simple steps. The wizard control is easy to use - a beginner user should be able to use this control without any problems. The wizard control provides full designer support to users by allowing them to view current program actions.

Using the Library

Step 1: Add a reference to Wizarddemo.dll. This step will add the control automatically to the toolbox of Visual Studio.

Step 2: Drag and drop WizardControl to the form where you want to implement the wizard.

WizardDemo3.png

Once dragged, a wizard is created for the form.

Step 3: Use the designer to customize the designer.

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Points of Interest

WizardControl

Properties

  • BackButtonEnabled - Defines whether or not the Back button is enabled or disabled.
  • BackButtonText - This can be used to get or set the text of the Back button.
  • BackButtonVisible - Indicates whether the Back button is visible or not.
  • NextButtonEnabled - Defines if the Next button is enabled or disabled.
  • NextButtonText - This can be used to get or set text of the Next button.
  • NextButtonVisible - Indicates whether the Next button is visible or not.
  • CancelButtonEnabled - Defines whether the Cancel button is enabled or disabled.
  • CancelButtonText - This can be used to get or set the text of the Cancel button.
  • CancelButtonVisible - Indicates whether the Cancel button is visible or not.
  • HelpButtonEnabled - Defines whether the the Help button is enabled or disabled.
  • HelpButtonText - This can be used to get or set the text of the Help button.
  • HelpButtonVisible - Indicates whether the Help button is visible or not.
  • FinishButtonText - Text of Finish button.
  • EulaButtonEnabled - Defines if the Eula label is enabled or disabled.
  • EulaButtonText - This can be used to get or set the text of Eula label.
  • EulaButtonVisible - Indicates whether the Eula label is visible or not.

Events

  • BackButtonClick - The Back button is clicked.
  • CancelButtonClick - The Cancel button is clicked.
  • FinishButtonClick - The Finish button is clicked.
  • HelpButtonClick - The Help button is clicked.
  • NextButtonClick - The Next button is clicked.
  • EulaButtonClick - The Eula button is clicked.
  • CurrentStepIndexChanged - Occurs after a current step index is changed.

StartStep

Properties

  • Title - Title text of the step.
  • TitleAppearence - Title appearance of the step.
  • SubTitle - The subtitle text of the step.
  • SubtitleAppearence - The subtitle appearance of step.
  • LeftPair - The back color appearance of the left panel.
  • BindingImage - Image for the step.
  • Icon - Icon displayed in the start step.
  • LeftPanelBackColor - If image is null, left panel back color.

Events

  • BindingImageChanged - Fires when BindingImageChanged of the step is changed.

LicenseStep

Properties

  • Title - Title text of the step.
  • TitleAppearence - Title appearance of the step.
  • SubTitle - Subtitle text of the step.
  • SubtitleAppearence - Subtitle appearance of step.
  • Warning - Warning text.
  • WarningFont - The warning text appearance of the step.
  • BindingImage - Image for the step.
  • HeaderPair - Appearance of header.
  • Accepted - Status of license agreement.
  • AcceptText - Accept text.
  • DeclineText - Accept text.
  • LicenseFile - License file to display.

Events

  • BindingImageChanged - Fires when BindingImageChanged of the step is changed.
  • AgreementChanged - Fires when license agreement of the step is changed.

IntermediateStep

Properties

  • Title - Title text of the step.
  • TitleAppearence - The title text appearance of the step.
  • SubTitle - Subtitle text of the step.
  • SubtitleAppearence - The subtitle appearance of the step.
  • HeaderPair - Appearance of the header.
  • BindingImage - Image for the step.

Events

  • BindingImageChanged - Fires when BindingImageChanged of the step is changed.

FinishStep

Properties

  • BindingImage - Background of the finish step.
  • Pair - Appearance of the body.

Events

  • BindingImageChanged - Fires when BindingImageChanged of the step is changed.

Known Issues

  • During the removal of the wizard control, the step code is not removed from the designer.

History

This is the first release of the wizard. Suggestions are welcome for improving this framework.

First revision: 02/2008

  • Generic designer integrated.
  • Advanced generic collections used.
  • Advanced generic type converters.
  • Very small in size.
  • Serialization support.
  • Reset support.
  • Shadow text support.
  • During the removal of the wizard control, the step code is not removed from the designer: fixed.
  • Problem with binding image fixed; it was not setting to null.
  • New events added.
  • License agreement step added.
  • Finish page updated.
  • Other small issues fixed.

License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)


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Comments and Discussions

 
Questionbug with the wizard control right to left support Pin
mahdi87_gh25-Oct-14 22:27
mahdi87_gh25-Oct-14 22:27 
QuestionAdding extra button in next-prev strip Pin
Amarjeet Banwait24-Jun-13 3:55
Amarjeet Banwait24-Jun-13 3:55 
AnswerRe: Adding extra button in next-prev strip Pin
xuanguang27-Jul-13 18:11
xuanguang27-Jul-13 18:11 
GeneralRe: Adding extra button in next-prev strip Pin
Amarjeet Banwait14-Mar-14 1:15
Amarjeet Banwait14-Mar-14 1:15 
QuestionFinish Button Behavior Pin
lyricette31-Dec-12 5:55
lyricette31-Dec-12 5:55 
AnswerRe: Finish Button Behavior Pin
Member 98042814-Feb-13 6:07
Member 98042814-Feb-13 6:07 
GeneralGood example Pin
WenqingShieh25-Apr-12 17:37
WenqingShieh25-Apr-12 17:37 
Questioninteresting Pin
BillW337-Nov-11 7:03
professionalBillW337-Nov-11 7:03 
QuestionNice Job Pin
Mike Hankey21-Aug-11 3:32
mveMike Hankey21-Aug-11 3:32 
QuestionWizardControl not appearing in toolbox Pin
Member 81389305-Aug-11 4:32
Member 81389305-Aug-11 4:32 
AnswerRe: WizardControl not appearing in toolbox Pin
Member 43130936-Dec-11 13:17
Member 43130936-Dec-11 13:17 
GeneralGetting Started Pin
JimboStink11-Feb-11 11:49
JimboStink11-Feb-11 11:49 
GeneralThis is interesting, but odd and unneccesary. Pin
Diamonddrake18-Jul-10 5:23
Diamonddrake18-Jul-10 5:23 
GeneralRe: This is interesting, but odd and unneccesary. Pin
Member 871442129-Nov-13 8:15
Member 871442129-Nov-13 8:15 
GeneralControlling the buttons Pin
securigy23-Jun-10 1:19
securigy23-Jun-10 1:19 
Did anybody eventually figure out how to control Next/Back/Cancel/Finish butons.
The demo just calls Close(), but in reality how to you get the next page when you click on Next? How it supposed to be wired into WizardControl? I tried to call myWizCtl.OnNextButtonClick from the form handler, but it wont even compile since the latter is a protected member...any other way?
GeneralMy vote of 2 Pin
securigy23-Jun-10 0:59
securigy23-Jun-10 0:59 
GeneralBug-free version Pin
spencepk3-Mar-10 4:46
spencepk3-Mar-10 4:46 
QuestionNew version of WizardControl [modified] Pin
FBCode19-Oct-09 22:44
FBCode19-Oct-09 22:44 
QuestionHow to control the navigation with Next & Back buttons by a criteria Pin
Eng.Zargar2-Aug-09 21:23
Eng.Zargar2-Aug-09 21:23 
AnswerRe: How to control the navigation with Next & Back buttons by a criteria Pin
xuanguang27-Jul-13 18:02
xuanguang27-Jul-13 18:02 
GeneralOutsatnding Pin
gujavierdra14-Jul-09 11:54
gujavierdra14-Jul-09 11:54 
GeneralLicenseFile Pin
sqldevpro1-Mar-09 9:07
sqldevpro1-Mar-09 9:07 
QuestionWilling to change license to a less restrictive license? Pin
MarkEWaite10-Dec-08 11:55
MarkEWaite10-Dec-08 11:55 
AnswerRe: Willing to change license to a less restrictive license? Pin
#realJSOP12-Dec-08 4:43
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GeneralRe: Willing to change license to a less restrictive license? Pin
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