Windows Forms Bindings: A best practice oriented to code generation (Part I)

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This article shows an example of how to build a software component according to best practices that is customizable through code generation techniques.

gekolib.zip
- gekolib
  - Backups
  - bin
    - BindingBestPractice.exe
    - BindingBestPractice.exe.config
    - BindingTestDB.mdb
    - GekoLib.BaseFormLibrary.dll
  - BindingBestPractice.sln
  - BindingBestPractice
    - App.config
    - AssemblyInfo.vb
    - bin
    - BindingBest.resx
    - BindingBest.vb
    - BindingBestPractice.vbproj
    - BindingBestPractice.vbproj.user
  - GekoLib.BaseFormLibrary
    - AssemblyInfo.vb
    - bin
    - Command.vb
    - CommandExecutor.vb
    - CommandManager.resx
    - CommandManager.vb
    - frmBaseBindable.resx
    - frmBaseBindable.vb
    - frmBaseForm.resx
    - frmBaseForm.vb
    - frmGenericForm.resx
    - frmGenericForm.vb
    - frmGenericModalForm.resx
    - frmGenericModalForm.vb
    - GekoLib.BaseFormLibrary.vbproj
    - GekoLib.BaseFormLibrary.vbproj.user
    - img
      - AcceptChange.bmp
      - ApplyFilter.bmp
      - DeleteRecord.bmp
      - exit.bmp
      - FilterMask.bmp
      - RemoveFilter.bmp
      - Save.bmp
      - save_allj16.bmp
      - Search.bmp
      - Thumbs.db
      - view.bmp
    - NavButtons.resx
    - NavButtons.vb
    - obj
      - Debug
        
        GekoLib.BaseFormLibrary.CommandManager.resources
        
        GekoLib.BaseFormLibrary.dll
        
        GekoLib.BaseFormLibrary.frmBaseBindable.resources
        
        GekoLib.BaseFormLibrary.frmBaseForm.resources
        
        GekoLib.BaseFormLibrary.frmGenericForm.resources
        
        GekoLib.BaseFormLibrary.frmGenericModalForm.resources
        
        GekoLib.BaseFormLibrary.NavButtons.resources
        
        GekoLib.BaseFormLibrary.pdb
  - TODO.txt

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    Microsoft ResX Schema 
    
    Version 1.3
    
    The primary goals of this format is to allow a simple XML format 
    that is mostly human readable. The generation and parsing of the 
    various data types are done through the TypeConverter classes 
    associated with the data types.
    
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    <resheader name="version">1.3</resheader>
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    <resheader name="writer">System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, ...</resheader>
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    <data name="Color1" type="System.Drawing.Color, System.Drawing">Blue</data>
    <data name="Bitmap1" mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64">
        [base64 mime encoded serialized .NET Framework object]
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    value   : The object must be serialized with 
            : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.SoapFormatter
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    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64
    value   : The object must be serialized into a byte array 
            : using a System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter
            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
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  <resheader name="reader">
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  <data name="btnCLose.Modifiers" type="System.CodeDom.MemberAttributes, System, Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089">
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    <value>80</value>
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Written By

FrankNight

CEO Gekoproject.com

Italy

I'm a senior software developer.
I wrote my first program in basic with commodore 64, that is... a long time ago Wink | ;-)

From that moment, I've learned many programming language and developed many projects.

I've started working as IT consultant in a software factory company that had produced software mostly for banking and financial business.
In this environment I could work on many different hardware platforms, using many different technologies and programming languages.Then, in the era of distributed application, I learnt to make all these different techologies working together.

My interest has always been in software development specially oriented to internet application, but during all this time I've acquired also other skill in system and network administration.

Windows Forms Bindings: A best practice oriented to code generation (Part I)

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