I want to make something like this.
It seems like a dropdown menu button.
I know how to make it by using the ContextMenuStrip and this code
Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
WorkersButtonStrip.Show(Button1, 0, Button1.Height)
End Sub
But then i need to set up two images. One image is dropdown arrow centered on right and the second image is "Worker.icon" and that is the part I'm not able to ? .
Do i need to make two buttons or how ? I really stuck. How is this called anyway how can i google this
Tool Strip < Add splitButton < Set image < Display Type < Image and Text.
Don't forget in options to change "Size to Fit"
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I have a DataGridViewButtonCell in my DataGridView and I wanted to set the property Visible to True.
I have tried:
DataGridView1.Rows("number of row i want").Cells("number of cell i want").Visible = True
Unfortunately it says that the property visible is read only.
Here is the code:
Private Sub DataGridView1_CellClick(sender As Object, e As DataGridViewCellEventArgs) Handles DataGridView1.CellClick
'does not work
DataGridView1.Rows(e.RowIndex).Cells(6).Visible = True
End Sub
Does anyone knows how I can achieve this?
Thanks.
There is no actual way to hide a DataGridViewButtonCell. Currently I can only see two options:
Use padding to move the button over as shown here. I will provide similar VB.NET code
Set the Cell to a DataGridViewTextBoxCell and set the ReadOnly property to True
Use Padding:
Private Sub DataGridView1_CellClick(sender As Object, e As DataGridViewCellEventArgs) Handles DataGridView1.CellClick
If DataGridView1.Rows(e.RowIndex).Cells(6).GetType() Is GetType(DataGridViewButtonCell) Then
Dim columnWidth As Integer = DataGridView1.Columns(e.ColumnIndex).Width
Dim newDataGridViewCellStyle As New DataGridViewCellStyle With {.Padding = New Padding(columnWidth + 1, 0, 0, 0)}
DataGridView1.Rows(e.RowIndex).Cells(6).Style = newDataGridViewCellStyle
End If
End Sub
Use DataGridViewTextBoxCell:
Private Sub DataGridView1_CellClick(sender As Object, e As DataGridViewCellEventArgs) Handles DataGridView1.CellClick
If DataGridView1.Rows(e.RowIndex).Cells(6).GetType() Is GetType(DataGridViewButtonCell) Then
Dim newDataGridViewCell As New DataGridViewTextBoxCell
DataGridView1.Rows(e.RowIndex).Cells(6) = newDataGridViewCell
newDataGridViewCell.ReadOnly = True
End If
End Sub
Both of these should give you the effect of not showing the button.
This is really a perspective issue. From a programmer’s perspective, simply ignoring the button clicks on the buttons I want to disable is very easy to do and takes just a few lines of code.
From a user perspective, this situation would play out like this… the user clicks what appears to be a valid enabled button, and nothing happens. The user did not write the code for this… so at best the user will think the computer is not responding to the button click or at the worst… would think your coding skills are dubious!
The same situation happens if the button is missing. The user is not going to know why it is missing… but will most likely come to the same conclusion described above with a non-working button.
In another very simple approach, let say that all the buttons are enabled and we have a list of the button indexes we want to disable. The users presses one of the buttons, we check the disabled button list and if the clicked button is one that is disabled, simply display a message box to indicate why this button is disabled. This approach says to the user… “Here are a bunch of buttons, guess which ones are enabled”…
The DataGridViewDisableButtonCell and DataGridViewDisableButtonColumn wrappers solve all of the above issues… the button is visible so the user wont question where the button went if you set it to invisible and it is greyed out. “Greyed out” is something most users understand and will relieve the user of having to “guess” which buttons are enabled.
You can create a wrapper for two classes: the DataGridViewButtonCell and the DataGridViewButtonColumn.
The link How to: Disable Buttons in a Button Column in the Windows Forms DataGridView Control to the MS example is one I have used before using C#, however there is a VB implementation at the link also.
Below is a picture of the result of using the two wrappers described in the MS link. For testing, the picture below uses the check boxes to left of the button to disable the button on the right.
IMHO, using this strategy is user friendly. If you simply make the button invisible or read only, then the user is possibly going to think your code is messed up and not have a clear understanding of WHY the button is missing or doesn’t work. A disabled button indicates to the user that the button is not available for that item. An option would be to have a mouse roll-over indicating why the button is disabled.
I'd like to create sample applications, like examination system. I don't know how to connect radio button and textbox to create multiple choices in this system. So can anyone can tell me how to connect radiobutton and textbox to create multiple choices?
If i understand your question correctly:
Radio buttons have 'text' property, you can put your description there.
Next, this code should place this Text description in TextBox after clicking this particular RadioButton:
Private Sub RadioButton_CheckedChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles RadioButton.CheckedChanged
TextBox.ext = RadioButton.text
End Sub
If not, you can always look for answer here:
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/vb.net/vb.net_radio_button.htm
What is the way to implement/mimic the Windows message popup that a user gets when, for instance when you try to rename a folder on the desktop using invalid characters?
I want to use this method in lieu of a message box.
You can achieve this by using ErrorProvider. It is located in your toolbox. Just drag and drop it into your form. To use it, example code
Private Sub TextBox1_TextChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles TextBox1.TextChanged
If TextBox1.Text.Trim().Length > 6 Then
ErrorProvider1.SetError(TextBox1, "Input is too long!")
End If
End Sub
Method 2 : Using ToolTip. This can be found in your toolbox as well. Just drop it into your form and in the properties window, you can set the "tip" for each controls in your form.
Here is how it will look like when your cursor is hovering the controls.
If you dislike the rectangle pop up, you can change it to a ballon pop up by isBallon = true.
I have a form that has two views. These views are controlled by radio buttons on top of the form.
Here is the program:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41629841/DataCalculator/DataCalc1.PNG
Notice how the Radio button for Number Converter is selected.
Here is what it looks like when you select the Text Converter radio button:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41629841/DataCalculator/DataCalc2.PNG
That isn't right. I have it set to hide the panel containing the number converter and show the one containing the text converter when you click that one. It hides the number converter but doesn't show the text converter.
Here is a picture of the text converter panel:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41629841/DataCalculator/DataCalc4.PNG
Here is the relevant code:
Private Sub frmCalculator_Load(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
rdoNumberConverter.Checked = True
End Sub
Private Sub rdoTextConverter_Click(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles rdoTextConverter.Click
pnlTextConverter.Visible = True
pnlNumberConverter.Visible = False
End Sub
Private Sub rdoNumberConverter_Click(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles rdoNumberConverter.Click
pnlNumberConverter.Visible = True
pnlTextConverter.Visible = False
End Sub
Everything seems right and I can't figure out why the text converter doesn't show up. I've determined that it has something to do with the fact that both of the panels are right on top of each other because when I move them apart, the visibility toggling works perfectly.
Here are the supporting pictures:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41629841/DataCalculator/DataCalc5.PNG
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41629841/DataCalculator/DataCalc6.PNG
So how do I make it work when they are on top of each other?
I tried using BringToFront() and SendToBack() to make sure the visible panel is in the front and it didn't make a difference.
Make sure the TextConverter panel isn't "inside" the NumberConverter panel.
From the designer, move them into different places so that they do not overlap at all.
Then in code, move them into place:
textConverterPanel.Location = numConvertPanel.Location
Your visible, not visible toggling should work then.
The issue is the panels becoming embedded, as pointed out by #LarsTech. This occurs if you use the GUI to move them to the same location.
If you want to overlap them at design time, create the second panel in a different location. Then in the Properties of the panel in the final location, copy the Location, and paste it into the Location property of the second panel. This will move it to the proper location in the Designer without embedding one into another. This can be repeated for as many additional panels as needed.
I don't find a CanGrow property on the Textbox control. This is common in some other controls, and what it does is expand the control to acomodate more data. Anyway to get this feature in the TextBox?
Well, I came up with this:
Private Sub TextBox_TextChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TextBox.TextChanged
'check to see if textbox has text
If (TextBox.TextLength > 0) Then
'resize height of textbox by count of lines (plus add some padding)
TextBox.ClientSize = New Size(TextBox.ClientSize.Width, Convert.ToInt32((TextBox.Lines.Length * TextBox.Font.Height) + (TextBox.Font.Height * 0.5)))
Else
'resize to one line height (plus padding)
TextBox.ClientSize = New Size(TextBox.ClientSize.Width, Convert.ToInt32(TextBox.Font.Height + (TextBox.Font.Height * 0.5)))
End If
End Sub
Note: it doesn't work with word-warp.
I'm not familiar with CanGrow. Are you looking for Anchor property perhaps?
Anyway to get this feature in the
TextBox?
Well, yes, but, you may need to look into doing this manually. The Graphic.MeasureString() function may be what you are looking for in order to set the width properly.
Keep in mind that MeasureSting may have issues measuring multiline strings.
If you set the anchor properties to top,left,bottom,right then the control will grow as the form resizes.
I think a better option is to use docking though. I usually set up a panel layout with one docked to client, then I put the control I want resized in the panel docked to client, and set the control to dock to client as well.