Extending Windows Forms - lightweight views

Alexey A. Popov

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This article describes an implementation of lightweight views - visual objects that behave like Windows Forms controls but are windowless. Such objects simplify some user interface design tasks and conserve system resources.

lightweight_views_src.zip
- nant.build
- Pvax.UI.FxCop
- Pvax.UI.Tests
  - AssemblyInfo.cs
  - config.xml
  - MockView.cs
  - nant.build
  - obj
    - Debug
      - ResolveAssemblyReference.cache
      - Tests.dll
      - Tests.pdb
    - Pvax.UI.Tests.csproj.FileList.txt
  - Pvax.UI.Tests.cmbx
  - Pvax.UI.Tests.csproj
  - Pvax.UI.Tests.csproj.user
  - Pvax.UI.Tests.prjx
  - TestView.cs
  - TestViewCollection.cs
  - TestViewCollectionInCompositeView.cs
  - TestViewCollectionInViewContainer.cs
  - ViewCollectionTestBase.cs
- Pvax.UI
  - AssemblyInfo.cs
  - DrawHelper.cs
  - NamespaceDoc.cs
  - nant.build
  - obj
    - Debug
      - Pvax.UI.dll
      - Pvax.UI.pdb
      - Pvax.UI.strings.resources
    - Pvax.UI.csproj.FileList.txt
  - Pvax.UI.cmbx
  - Pvax.UI.csproj
  - Pvax.UI.csproj.user
  - Pvax.UI.prjx
  - RD.cs
  - strings.resources
  - Views
- StringBox
  - AssemblyInfo.cs
  - Entry.cs
  - MainForm.cs
  - MainForm.resources
  - manifest.xml
  - nant.build
  - obj
    - Debug
      - Pvax.App.StringBox.MainForm.resources
      - ResolveAssemblyReference.cache
      - StringBox.exe
      - StringBox.pdb
    - StringBox.csproj.FileList.txt
  - StringBox.cmbx
  - StringBox.cs
  - StringBox.csproj
  - StringBox.csproj.user
  - StringBox.prjx
- TestBench
  - AbstractShapeView.cs
  - AssemblyInfo.cs
  - EllipseView.cs
  - Entry.cs
  - MainForm.cs
  - MainForm.resources
  - manifest.xml
  - nant.build
  - NestedView.cs
  - obj
    - Debug
      - Pvax.App.Views.TestBench.Pvax.App.Views.TestBench.MainForm.resources
      - TestBench.exe
      - TestBench.pdb
    - TestBench.csproj.FileList.txt
  - Pvax.App.Views.TestBench.MainForm.resources
  - RectangleView.cs
  - TestBench.cmbx
  - TestBench.csproj
  - TestBench.csproj.user
  - TestBench.prjx
  - TestBench.sln
- Views.cmbx
- Views.sln
async_pattern.zip
- Async.cmbx
- AsyncHttpGet1
  - AssemblyInfo.cs
  - AsyncHttpGet1.prjx
  - AsyncHttpGet2.cmbx
  - Getter.cs
  - Main.cs
  - nant.build
- AsyncHttpGet2
  - AssemblyInfo.cs
  - AsyncHttpGet.cmbx
  - AsyncHttpGet2.prjx
  - Getter.cs
  - Main.cs
  - nant.build
- AsyncMethod
  - AssemblyInfo.cs
  - AsyncMethod.cmbx
  - AsyncMethod.prjx
  - Fixture.cs
  - Main.cs
  - nant.build
- nant.build
- Shared
  - AssemblyInfo.cs
  - AsyncResult.cs
  - Events
    - Event.cs
    - ExceptionEvent.cs
  - HttpResponseParser.cs
  - IAsyncOp.cs
  - IHttpResponseHandler.cs
  - nant.build
  - Shared.cmbx
  - Shared.prjx
  - Synchronizer.cs

..\bin\Debug\TestBench.exe
..\bin\Debug\TestBench.pdb
obj\Debug\ResolveAssemblyReference.cache
obj\Debug\Pvax.App.Views.TestBench.Pvax.App.Views.TestBench.MainForm.resources
obj\Debug\TestBench.exe
obj\Debug\TestBench.pdb

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Alexey A. Popov

Web Developer

Russian Federation

I'm a system administrator from Moscow, Russia. Programming is one of my hobbies. I presume I'm one of the first Russians who created a Web site dedicated to .Net known that time as NGWS. However, the Web page has been abandoned a long ago.

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