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An overview of the Windows 7 taskbar features, and how to use then in your own applications.
//Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.Dialogs
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Abstract base class for all dialog controls
    /// </summary>
    public abstract class DialogControl
    {
        private static int nextId = DialogsDefaults.MinimumDialogControlId;

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a new instance of a dialog control
        /// </summary>
        protected DialogControl() 
        {
            this.id = nextId;

            // Support wrapping of control IDs in case you create a lot of custom controls
            if (nextId == Int32.MaxValue)
                nextId = DialogsDefaults.MinimumDialogControlId;
            else
                nextId++;
        }
        
        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a new instance of a dialog control with the specified name.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="name">The name for this dialog.</param>
        protected DialogControl(string name) : this()
        {
            this.Name = name;
        }

        private IDialogControlHost hostingDialog;
        /// <summary>
        /// The native dialog that is hosting this control. This property is null is
        /// there is not associated dialog
        /// </summary>
        public IDialogControlHost HostingDialog
        {
            get { return hostingDialog; }
            set { hostingDialog = value; }
        }

        private string name;
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the name for this control.
        /// </summary>
        /// <value>A <see cref="System.String"/> value.</value>
        /// <remarks>
        /// The name of the control should not be modified once set
        /// </remarks>
        /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentException">The name cannot be null or a zero-length string.</exception>
        /// <exception cref="System.InvalidOperationException">The name has already been set.</exception>
        public string Name
        {
            get { return name; }
            set
            {
                // Names for controls need to be quite stable, 
                // as we are going to maintain a mapping between 
                // the names and the underlying Win32/COM control IDs.
                if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
                    throw new ArgumentException(
                        "Dialog control name cannot be empty or null.");

                if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(name))
                    throw new InvalidOperationException(
                        "Dialog controls cannot be renamed.");

                // Note that we don't notify the hosting dialog of 
                // the change, as the initial set of name is (must be)
                // always legal, and renames are always illegal.
                name = value;
            }
        }

        private int id;
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the identifier for this control.
        /// </summary>
        /// <value>An <see cref="System.Int32"/> value.</value>
        public int Id
        {
            get { return id; }
        }

        ///<summary>
        /// Calls the hosting dialog, if it exists, to check whether the 
        /// property can be set in the dialog's current state. 
        /// The host should throw an exception if the change is not supported.
        /// Note that if the dialog isn't set yet, 
        /// there are no restrictions on setting the property.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="propName">The name of the property that is changing</param>
        protected void CheckPropertyChangeAllowed(string propName)
        {
            Debug.Assert(!String.IsNullOrEmpty(propName), "Property to change was not specified");
            
            if (hostingDialog != null)
                hostingDialog.IsControlPropertyChangeAllowed(propName, this);
        }

        ///<summary>
        /// Calls the hosting dialog, if it exists, to
        /// to indicate that a property has changed, and that 
        /// the dialog should do whatever is necessary 
        /// to propagate the change to the native control.
        /// Note that if the dialog isn't set yet, 
        /// there are no restrictions on setting the property.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="propName">The name of the property that is changing.</param>
        protected void ApplyPropertyChange(string propName)
        {
            Debug.Assert(!String.IsNullOrEmpty(propName), "Property changed was not specified");
            
            if (hostingDialog != null)
                hostingDialog.ApplyControlPropertyChange(propName, this);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Compares two objects to determine whether they are equal
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="obj">The object to compare against.</param>
        /// <returns>A <see cref="System.Boolean"/> value.</returns>
        public override bool Equals(object obj)
        {
            DialogControl control = obj as DialogControl;

            if (control != null)
                return (this.Id == control.Id);

            return false;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Serves as a hash function for a particular type. 
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>An <see cref="System.Int32"/> hash code for this control.</returns>
        public override int GetHashCode()
        {
            if (name == null)
                return this.ToString().GetHashCode();

            return name.GetHashCode();
        }
    }
}

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