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RadControls for Winforms

RadControls for Winforms Acknowledgements

Publisher
Telerik Inc.

Managing Editor
Noel Rice

Authors
Noel Rice Rachel Hagerman

Cover Design
Matt Kurvin

Special Thanks to:

Stefan Stefanov Vassil Petev Iordan Pavlov Boyko Markov Todd Anglin Lino Tadros Gary Campbell

RadControls for Winforms

Table of Contents
1. 2. Foreword Introduction 2.1. Who Should Read This Courseware 2.2. What Do You Need To Have Before You Read This Courseware? 2.3. What Do You Need To Know Before Reading This Courseware? 2.4. How This Courseware Is Organized 2.5. Introducing RadControls 2.6. Before You Begin... 3. Buttons 3.1. Objectives 3.2. Introduction 3.3. Getting Started 3.4. Using the Design Time Interface 3.5. Buttons Programming 3.6. Summary 4. Editors 4.1. Objectives 4.2. Introduction 4.3. Getting Started 4.4. Using the Design Time Interface 4.5. Working With the Editor Controls 4.6. Summary 5. RichTextBox Beta 5.1. Overview 5.2. F.A.Q 5.3. Getting Started 5.4. Working with RichTextBox 5.5. Layout Modes 1 2 2 2 2 2-5 5-11 11-12 13 13 13 13-22 22-24 24-37 37 38 38 38-39 39-45 45-46 46-79 79 80 80-81 81-83 83-85 85-86 86-87

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5.6. Selection 5.7. Search 5.8. Positioning 5.9. History 5.10. ReadOnly 5.11. Formatting API 5.12. Import/Export 5.13. HTML Support 5.14. Spellcheck 5.15. RibbonBar UI 6. Menus 6.1. Objectives 6.2. Introduction 6.3. Getting Started 6.4. Using the Design Time Interface 6.5. Working with the Menu Controls 6.6. RadRibbonBar and RadApplicationMenu 6.7. RadRibbonBar Walk Through 6.8. Summary 7. Telerik Presentation Foundation 7.1. Objectives 7.2. Introduction 7.3. Getting Started 7.4. Class Hierarchy 7.5. Primitives 7.6. Elements 7.7. Programming the Telerik Presentation Foundation 7.8. Summary 8. PageView 8.1. Objectives 87-88 88-91 91-92 92-93 93 93 93-97 97-98 98-101 101-103 104 104 104-105 105-110 110-112 112-129 129-139 139-143 143 144 144 144-145 145-148 148-149 149-154 154 154-164 164 165 165

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8.2. Introduction 8.3. Getting Started 8.4. Using the Design Time Interface 8.5. Working with RadPageView 8.6. Working with RadPageViewPages 8.7. Programming RadPageView 8.8. Summary 9. ListControl 9.1. Objectives 9.2. Introduction 9.3. Getting Started 9.4. Using the Design Time Interface 9.5. Programming ListControl and DropDownList 9.6. Summary 10. ListView 10.1. Objectives 10.2. Introduction 10.3. GettingStarted 10.4. Using the Design Time Interface 10.5. Programming ListView 10.6. Summary 11. PropertyGrid 11.1. Objectives 11.2. Introduction 11.3. Getting Started 11.4. Using the Design Time Interface 11.5. Programming 11.6. Summary 12. Data Binding 12.1. Objectives 165-172 172-180 180-182 182-190 190-194 194-208 208-209 210 210 210-211 211-215 215-216 216-246 246 247 247 247-248 248-256 256-264 264-277 277 279 279 279-280 280-284 284-286 286-293 293 294 294

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12.2. Introduction 12.3. Getting Started 12.4. Binding to Simple Controls Using DataBindings 12.5. Using BindingSource 12.6. Binding to Business Objects 12.7. Binding to Services 12.8. Binding to LINQ Data Sources 12.9. Binding Image Data 12.10. Binding RadGridView 12.11. Summary 13. User Feedback 13.1. Objectives 13.2. Introduction 13.3. Getting Started 13.4. Using the Design Time Interface 13.5. Programming the User Feedback Controls 13.6. Summary 14. CommandBar 14.1. Objectives 14.2. Introduction 14.3. Getting Started 14.4. Using the Design Time Interface 14.5. Programming 14.6. Summary 15. Forms 15.1. Objectives 15.2. Introduction 15.3. Getting Started 15.4. Using the Design Time Interface 15.5. Programming Rad Form and Message Box 294-304 304-312 312-314 314-315 315-320 320-322 322-325 325-328 328-333 333 334 334 334-335 335-340 340-344 344-365 365-366 367 367 367-369 369-375 375-379 379-384 384 385 385 385-386 386-390 390 390-410

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15.6. Summary 16. Screen "Real Estate" 16.1. Objectives 16.2. Introduction 16.3. Getting Started 16.4. Using the Design Time Interface 16.5. Programming the "Real Estate" Controls 16.6. Summary 17. Calendar 17.1. Objectives 17.2. Introduction 17.3. Getting Started 17.4. Using the Design Time Interface 17.5. Programming the Calendar 17.6. Summary 18. Shortcuts 18.1. Objectives 18.2. Introduction 18.3. Creating Shortcuts 18.4. Global Shortcuts 19. Scheduler 19.1. Objectives 19.2. Introduction 19.3. Getting Started 19.4. Using the Design Time Interface 19.5. Programming the Scheduler 19.6. Summary 20. Chart 20.1. Objectives 20.2. Introduction 410 411 411 411-414 414-418 418-422 422-444 444 445 445 445-446 446-447 447-451 451-462 462 463 463 463-464 464-466 466-469 470 470 470-474 474-480 480-481 481-501 501 502 502 502

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20.3. Getting Started 20.4. Using the Design Time Interface 20.5. Programming the Chart 20.6. Unique RadChart Features 20.7. How To 20.8. Summary 21. Grid 21.1. Objectives 21.2. Introduction 21.3. Getting Started 21.4. Column Manipulation 21.5. Column Chooser 21.6. Conditional Formatting 21.7. Cell and Row Formatting 21.8. Custom Cells and Elements 21.9. Grouping, Sorting and Filtering 21.10. Hierarchy Support 21.11. Virtual Mode 21.12. Using RadGridView with Dynamic LINQ Query Library 21.13. Expression Editor 21.14. Exporting RadGridView Data 21.15. Summary 22. Multi-Column ComboBox 22.1. Objectives 22.2. Introduction 22.3. Getting Started 22.4. Programming the Multi Column Combo Box 22.5. Summary 23. Tree 23.1. Objectives 502-520 520-527 527-547 547-550 550-556 556 557 557 557-558 558-560 560-563 563-564 564-569 569-573 573-581 581-592 592-625 625-630 630-635 635-641 641-653 653-654 655 655 655 655-659 659-662 662 663 663

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23.2. Introduction 23.3. Getting Started 23.4. Using the Design Time Interface 23.5. Programming the Tree View 23.6. Summary 24. Wizard 24.1. Objectives 24.2. Introduction 24.3. Using the Design Time Interface 24.4. Getting Started 24.5. Summary 25. Appearance and Styling 25.1. Objectives 25.2. Introduction 25.3. Using RadElements for Styling 25.4. HTML-Like Text Formatting 25.5. Themes 25.6. Visual Style Builder 25.7. Color Blending 25.8. Summary

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1 Foreword

This is the fifth courseware Falafel has written for Telerik, the first two being on RadControls for ASP.NET and Telerik Reporting. This hands-on training material will be of great help to individuals, teams, and the community as a whole, and will assist them in quickly learning the power of RadControls and experience their true value. It has been a fantastic experience to work with Falafel Software on producing the Telerik RadControls for WinForms courseware, and they have once again proved that they are skilled professionals, who are ready to go to great extends for their customers. On behalf of the whole Telerik team, I would like to personally thank Noel Rice for his kindliness, understanding, and most of all attention to detail without him we would not have been able to produce this thorough and extensive courseware on RadControls for WinForms. I hope you enjoy this reading and that it increases your proficiency in RadControls, bringing your valuable projects to a great success. Nikolay Diyanov Unit Manager, RadControls for WinForms Telerik Inc.

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Introduction

2.1 Who Should Read This Courseware

You should read this courseware if:

You have used standard Microsoft WinForms controls and want to learn the Telerik RadControls for WinForms approach to application building. You have used RadControls for WinForms and want to make your knowledge more comprehensive.

2.2 What Do You Need To Have Before You Read This Courseware?
Computer Setup

Windows XP Professional or Windows Vista Service Pack 2. Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5. Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 RadControls for WinForms. You can purchase RadControls for WinForms from: http://www.telerik.com/purchase.aspx

or download the trial from: http://www.telerik.com/products/winforms.aspx Learn more about system requirements for RadControls for WinForms here (http://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/resources/system-requirements.aspx).

2.3 What Do You Need To Know Before Reading This Courseware?

This courseware assumes that you are familiar with Windows Forms programming using either VB.NET or C# code. The courseware uses Visual Studio 2008 and assumes you now your way around this environment. You should be able to navigate the basic functional areas of the IDE (e.g. Solution Explorer, Properties, code/designer for windows forms, etc.) and be able to run and debug applications and class libraries.

2.4 How This Courseware Is Organized

Courseware Chapter Organization
Each chapter contains:

A list of the objectives to be accomplished in the chapter. Abrief introduction to orientate you to the "why and where" each control should be used. A"Getting Started" tutorial to get your feet wet with the control. A tour of the design-time interface and a brief overview of significant control properties or groups of properties. A guide to programmatic management of the control. A brief review of the objectives that were accomplished.

Chapter Summary
Buttons

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This chapter tours various types of super-chargedTelerik buttons available in the RadControls for Winforms suite. You will learn the basic characteristics, behaviorand important properties of each button type. You will use several design time interfaces to configure the buttons, work with the Items collections of both RadDropDownButton and RadSplitButton and respond to events both from the buttons and from individual Items collection members. Finally, you will learn how to manipulate button ToggleState and ToggleState related events.

Editors
This chapter shows how to retrieve information from the user with the RadSpinEditor, RadDateTimePicker, RadMaskedEditBox, RadTextBox and RadColorDialog controls. The chapter begins with a brief exploration of basic usability for each control and highlights special features. The chapter includes explanation how to implement tool tips, validate user entry and control specific information on edit masks, date formats and internationalization support.

Menus
You will learn how to add drop-down and context menus to your application using RadMenu, RadContextMenu and RadContextMenuManager controls. We begin with a tour of usability and feature highlights, then learn how to build menus at design-time using the Menu Designer. You will learn common menu item collection programmatic tasks such as adding and removing menu items,locating and modifying menu items. The unique aspects of RadContextMenu are discussed including programmatically popping up the context menu in a specific screen location.Finally, the chapter introduces the RadRibbonBar andRadApplicationMenu controls.

Telerik Presentation Foundation

In this chapter you will learn some of the capabilities, architecture and class hierarchy of the Telerik Presentation Framework. We will pay special attention to the classes used directly in the controls, i.e. RadElement and RadControl.We will take a brief look at the structure, WPF resemblance and how the elements interact. You will see how the elements can be accessed within RadControls and combined to create unique new controls. You will also learn how to add any Control descendant using RadHostItem as a wrapper.

Page View
This chapter explores tabbed interfaces and managing controls within associated content panels. You will perform common Items collection programmatic tasks such as adding and removing tabs, iterating, locating and selecting tabs. The chapter also explains how to implementhandle layout and dimensions, overflow, tab images and text.

List Controls
Thischapter explores creating tabbedand paneled interfaces and managing controls within associated content panels. The chapter starts with a tour of usability and feature highlights then demonstrates how to perform common Items collection programmatic tasks such as adding and removing tabs, iterating, locating and selecting tabs. The chapter also explains how to implement tab drag and drop, handle layout and dimensions, overflow, tab images and text.

Data Binding
In this chapter you will learn which controls have DataSource properties and the bindable types that can be assigned to them. The chapter starts with examples of binding to simple arrays and lists of objects, then moves on to use BindingSource to bind to database, business objects and web services. The chapter also shows how to bind simple controls using the DataBindings property and how to bind LINQ data sources.

User Feedback
Learn how to provide user feedback using RadStatusStrip, RadTrackBar, RadWaitingBar, RadProgressBar and RadLabel controls. You will also learn the appropriate circumstances to use a RadWaitingBar vs a RadProgressBar, how to use the RadStatusStrip at design time and programmatically and how to host hosted a

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control inside a status strip. Finally, you will learn how to coordinate long running background processes with the user interface.

Command Bar
This chapter shows how to create tool strips that can be built up from multiple RadControls, dragged and docked within your user interface, resized, re-arranged, and customized by the user. The chapter explains the basic structure of the tool strip and how to include elements within the strip items.

Forms
This chapter shows how the special RadForm, ShapedForm and RadRibbonForm classes can be inherited from to create themeable, custom shaped forms to complete and polish the look-and-feel of an application. You will use the new project item templates to create instances of each form class. The chapter demonstrates how RadTitleBar is used as a replacement for the built-in Windows form title bar. Finally, the chapter introduces the RadMessage box as a themable replacement for the standard MessageBox.

Screen "Real Estate"

This chapter shows some stylish and unique ways of organizing form space using RadDoock to handle dockable windows and tabbed documents, RadCarousel to animate a series of clickable images and RadRotator to display constantly changing personalized content.

Calendar
This chapter focuses on the RadCalendar and includes how to use the extensive customization features to completely tailor the calendar header, calendar footer, number of displayed months, the number of rows and columns, date ranges, selected and focused dates, the first day of the week as well as the title and navigation areas of the calendar. The chapter also explains how to work with the special days collection to mark specific days or repeating events.

Shortcuts
This chapter explains how input bindings are created and initiated by RadControl actions. The chapter demonstrates creating and assigning bindings programmatically.

Scheduler
In this chapter you will learn how to work with RadScheduler, to work with appointments, reminders and views. Additionally, you will learn how to customize the appearance of the control components.

Chart
In this chapter you will build a simple chart with static items and also bind data to the chart. The chapter tours the basic RadChart elements as well as the types of charts that are available. You will learn how to use the tools in the designer to help navigate the many RadChart capabilities.You will create and configure many of the chart elements programmatically, including the chart series, items, legend and chart title.

Grid
This chapter explores the RadGridView control including design time supportusing the Smart Tag, Property Builder and Properties window to configure the grid and to bind the grid to data. You will learn how to add special purpose column types at design-time and in code, how to group/filter/sort data based on user input at runtime, by hand at design-time and programmatically in code. You will display hierarchical data from multiple related tables in the grid. You will use the RadGridView Virtual Mode feature to take low-level control over the grid's refresh process. You will learn how to bind RadGridView to LINQ data sources for lightening fast performance. Finally you will use multiple methods of exporting grid data to Excel and out through the Telerik Reporting engine.

Multi-Column ComboBox

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This chapter explores the ways to work with and to customize the powerfull grid in the drop down and the drop down itself

Tree
This chapter shows how to display, navigate and manage hierarchical data using the RadTreeView control. RadBreadCrumb is introduced to help the user keep track of their location in deeply nested hierarchical structures. The chapter includes topics on tree view support for implementing drag-and-drop and context menus. RadTreeView specific data binding issues include binding to self referencing data, binding to related data, writing to and from XML and load-on-demand. The chapter covers techniques for adding and removing nodes programmatically, iterating and locating nodes, editing nodes and reordering nodes.

Wizard
This chapter reveils how with a few click you can create your very own step-by-step wizard to make your installations with less efforts and with better appearance and functionality.

Appearance and Styling

This chapter briefly describes the concepts used to theme RadControls and provides a short description of the Visual Style Builder tool. The chapter also includes a section on Styling text, covering our HTML-like styling, text indentation and justification.

2.5 Introducing RadControls

Telerik themable buttons replace their standard WinForms counterparts and add robust data binding, state management and design options.Developed to be very similar to the existing Windows Forms controls, they also allow you to take advantage of the features of RadControls, such as themes, rotation and transparency, images and text.

RadControls for Winforms edit controls are highly customizable, themable, intelligent components for controlled data input in Windows Forms applications that include text boxes, masked edit boxes, date time pickers, spin editor and a color dialog.

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Telerik has an array of flexible menuing options that help structure user choices within your application into attractive navigation systems. Based on the Telerik Presentation Foundation, the components gives you full control over item appearance, orientation, and text-wrapping, while allowing you to easily nest checkboxes, images, or any other controls in design-time. The controls include RadMenu, RadContextMenu and RadRibbonBar. The Telerik Presentation Foundation (TPF) offers Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) features within classic Windows Forms applications. TPF is the foundation for all RadControls for Winforms controls and objects. All controls have access to common services provided by TPF such as theming, animation, layout and property binding. No matter how complex a control may be, a control is built up from a few simple types of elements. By working with these elements, you can customize any control on a very granular level. All elements in a control element tree inherit common property values from their parent elements unless these values are set locally. This feature helps each element use less memory while still providing fine-grained customization options.

RadPageViewsupply intuitive navigation between application areas. RadPageViewsupplies the basis for building tabbed interfaces with rich formatting and behavior.

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RadListControl and RadDropDownList controls are based on the Telerik Presentation Foundation and have a great deal of flexibility in what content can be included in theirs lists and how the content is arranged. Each item in the list can have specially formatted. The layout and formatting is highly configurable.

RadControls that have a DataSource property can databind to any object that implements IList or IListSource including array and generic lists, business objects, DataTable and DataSets, LINQ data sources, web services and WCF data. The binding mechanism is consistent between controls allowing you to best leverage your knowledge.

Telerik RadControls provide compelling user feedback so that your user knows what just happened, what's going on now and what's coming next. Enhanced themeable trackbars, status strips, progress bars, waiting bars and labels keep your user engaged.

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RadShortcutprovide a simple, comprehensive way to add keyboard shortcuts for all RadControls on a Windows Form.

RadCommandBarfully themeable tool strip that provides unprecedented flexibility.More than just a collection of buttons, RadCommandBar hosts any RadControl, including dropdown lists, text boxes, split buttons, drop-down buttons, toggle buttons and more. Strips can be moved, rearranged and resized at run time for easy end-user customization.

RadForm and ShapedForm let you design styled Windows forms of just about any shape and style for sharp, consistent user interfaces.

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For interactive, unique navigation and form "real estate" management, RadDock, RadRotator and RadCarousel let you catch your users attention and make wise use of form space at the same time.

RadCalendar is a lightweight yet highly advanced date input control for Windows Forms. Zoom, select multiple dates, view several months at once, style special dates, use it as a date picker, or even add a Hebrew calendar to your forms.

RadScheduler is a highly-customizable appointment presentation component that offers rich Outlook-style functionality. The product delivers swift performance, simplified deployment and limitless customization capabilities and is suitable for use in large-scale enterprise applications.

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RadChart is a powerful business data presentation tool that can show your data off with striking impact. RadChart comes with many customizable chart types and skins to tailor the behavior and look of each chart.

RadGridView is a powerful, highly performant grid component developed on top of the innovative Telerik Presentation Foundation, which allows for unprecedented performance, extensibility, customizability, and ease of use.

RadMultiColumnComboBox is a special case of combobox control with a RadGridView integrated in its dropdown. The drop down display has the rich capabilities of the grid view, but you can stilluse the control in a limited amount of space.

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RadTreeView is a supercharged tree view component for Windows Forms that displays, manages, and navigates hierarchical data structures. The product offers advanced features like drag-and-drop, load-on-demand, context menus and data binding.

The RadWizard control helps you break a complex process into separate steps and provide your users with the opportunity to guide the process, just like the well-known installation wizards. RadWizard supports both Wizard97 and Wizard Aero specifications and provides developers with predesigned Welcome, Completion and Internal pages.

The most innovative user interfaces can be created in a flash with Telerik Windows Forms RibbonBar. In is an easy-to-use implementation of the Microsoft Office 2007 "ribbon' UI, which will allow you to codelessly organize all the functionality of you application into a single compact toolbar control. What is more, it can be coupled with RadRibbonForm or extended ease of use and easy imeplementation. And now, it also support BackstageView.

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2.6 Before You Begin...
All sample projects are located in the Courseware solution (Courseware.sln). Each article that have an example project, specifies where you can find it in the solution. For example if article states that its example project is located at:

You can find it in the Courseware solution under:

The projects in this learning guide will assume the following: 1. Thatyou will add the following assembly references and to the "Imports" (VB) or "uses" (C#) statements of your projects to reference the Telerik.WinControls and Telerik.WinControls.UI namespaces: [VB] Including the Telerik.Web.UI Namespace Imports Telerik.WinControls Imports Telerik.WinControls.UI [C#] Including the Telerik.Web.UI Namespace using Telerik.WinControls.UI; using Telerik.WinControls; 2. You may need to change the path to assembly references within the supplied projects to local paths for your Telerik assemblies.

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Buttons

3.1 Objectives

Learn usage and basic characteristics for each type of RadControls buttons. Learn how to add members to the Items collection for drop down and split buttons. Respond to events for the buttons and Items collection members. Explore the design time interfaces to configure the buttons. Learn how to manipulate ToggleState and handle ToggleState related events.

3.2 Introduction
These themable buttons replace their standard WinForms counterparts and add robust data binding, state management and design options.Developed to be very similar to the existing Windows Forms controls, they also allow you to take advantage of the features of RadControls, such as themes, rotation and transparency, images and text. Along with the button, radio button and checkbox, you get:

"Repeat" buttons that continuously fire as long as the button is held down A "Toggle" button that changes state like a checkbox. The state can be on, off and indeterminate. A "Drop Down" button displays a list of selections that can be clicked. A "Split" button is like the drop down but has a button and a drop down portion. If you click the arrow, the list drops down.One item in the list is considered the "default" andclicking the button acts as if that default item is being clicked. The repeat and toggle buttons were inspired by analagous buttons found in the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).

3.3 Getting Started

In this project we will create a basic image viewer that will exercise all the available button types and where several themes will be used to style the UI. In later projects we will extend this example to handle state management capabilities and programmatic creation of list items.

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Important Note: Be aware that in the beginning stages of this project we're going to audition several different themes so you can see the range of what's available. At the end of the project we'll bring it all together by applying a single theme to the entire application.

Preparing the Project

You can find the complete source for this project at: \Buttons\<VB|CS>\GettingStarted 1. Create a new Windows Forms application. 2. In the Solution Explorer, delete the default form. 3. Also in the Solution Explorer, right-click the project and select Add | New Item... from the context menu. 4. Select the "Telerik RadForm" template and click the Add button to close the dialog.

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5. In the Properties window, set the form'sSize property to "700, 500" and the Text property to "Buttons". 6. From the Toolbox, add a RadPanel to the form. Set the panel Dock property to "Top" and Text to "". Drag the bottom edge of the panel down so that it takes up about a third of the form space. The panel layoutshould now look something like this:

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7. Add several themes from the Toolbox: OpenFileDialog (from the standard MS controls), AquaTheme, Office2007SilverTheme, MiscellaneousTheme and DesertTheme. The component tray should now have the components shown in the screenshot below:

8. From the Dialogs tab of the Toolbox add a OpenFileDialog component. Set the Filter property to "jpg (*.jpg)|*.jpg|png (*.png)|*.png". 9. Set the RadForm ThemeName property to ControlDefault 10. Set the RadPanel ThemeName property to ControlDefault. 11. Add the following buttons to the top of the RadPanel (from left to right) and set properties:

RadButton: Name = "btnLoad", Text = "Load", ThemeName = "ControlDefault", BackColor = "Transparent". RadToggleButton: Name ="tbBackgroundColor", Text = "Contrast Background", ThemeName = "ControlDefault", BackColor = "Transparent". RadLabel: Text = "Images:", ThemeName = "ControlDefault", BackColor = "Transparent". RadDropDownButton: Name = "ddbImages",Text = "Choose Images", ThemeName = "ControlDefault", BackColor = "Transparent", DropDownDirection = Right. RadLabel: Text = "Size Mode:", ThemeName = "ControlDefault", BackColor = "Transparent". RadSplitButton: Name = "spSizeMode", Text = "Choose a Size Mode", ThemeName = "ControlDefault",

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BackColor = "Transparent". The design surface should look something like the example below:

12. Below the row of buttons, add two standard GroupBox controls:

BackColor = "Transparent", Text = "Border Style". BackColor = "Transparent", Text = "Image Rotation".

13. Add three RadRadioButtons to the "Border Style" group box:

Name = "rbNone", Text = "None", ThemeName = "ControlDefault", Tag = "0". Name = "rbFixedSingle", Text = "Fixed Single", ThemeName = "ControlDefault", Tag = "1". Name = "rbFixed3D", Text = "Fixed 3D", ThemeName = "ControlDefault", Tag = "2", IsChecked = "True". Using the Event ( ) tab of the Properties Window add an event handler "BorderStyleClick". Note: We will add the code to this event handler later. Notice that the Tag properties aboveare set to 0, 1, 2. These correspond to the raw integer values of the BorderStyle enumeration. Later, when a button is clicked on, we will retrieve the tag value and cast it to be a BorderStyle.

14. In the "Image Rotation" group box add the following buttons:

RadRepeatButton: Name = "rbRotate", Text = "Rotate", Interval = "1000", ThemeName = "ControlDefault". RadCheckBox: Name = "cbFlip", Text = "Flip", ThemeName = "ControlDefault". RadCheckBox: Name = "cbHorizontalFlip", Text = "Horizontal Flip", ThemeName = "ControlDefault". RadCheckBox: Name = "cbVerticalFlip", Text = "Vertical Flip", ThemeName = "ControlDefault". Now the panel should look something like the screenshot below:

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15. Below the RadPanel add a standard PictureBox control. Size it to take up most of the remaining space on the form. Set the Anchor property to "Top, Bottom, Left, Right".

Configure the RadSplitButton Items

In this example we are going to add items to the RadSplitButton at design time, rather than in code. 1. Click the RadSplitButton "Choose Size Mode" a single time, then click it again. An "Add new >" button will display. Click the button to see the list of possible RadItem types that can be added to the split button Items collection. Click "New RadMenuItem" to create a RadMenuItem in the collection.

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2. Select the new RadMenuItem with the mouse and set the following properties in the Properties Window: Name = "btnSizeModeNormal", Text = "Normal" and Tag = "0". In theEvents tab ( ) of the Properties Window, locate the Click event and add "SizeModeClick" as the event name and hit Enter to create the event handler. 3. Add four more RadMenuItems with the following Properties:

Name = "btnSizeModeStretch", Text = "Stretch Image", Tag = "1". Set the Click event to "SizeModeClick". Name = "btnSizeModeAutoSize", Text = "AutoSize", Tag = "2". Set the Click event to "SizeModeClick". Name = "btnSizeModeCenterImage", Text = "Center Image", Tag = "3". Set the Click event to "SizeModeClick". Name = "btnSizeModeZoom", Text = "Zoom", Tag = "4". Set the Click event to "SizeModeClick".

Add Code
Here we will add some minimal functionality to the RadButton to load an image, the RadSplitButton to change the size mode and the RadRadioButtons to change the PictureBox BorderStyle. 1. Add references to the "Imports" (VB) or "uses" (C#) section of code: [VB] Adding References Imports Telerik.WinControls Imports Telerik.WinControls.UI [C#] Adding References using Telerik.WinControls.UI; using Telerik.WinControls; 2. In the design view, double-click the "Load" button to create a Click event handler. Add the code below to the handler. This codeuses the OpenFileDialog to get the name of a "jpg" or "png" image file. A new Bitmap object is created and assigned to the PictureBox Image. [VB] Handling the Load Button Click Event Private Sub btnLoad_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles btnLoad.Click If openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then Dim bitmap As Bitmap = New Bitmap(openFileDialog1.FileName)

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pictureBox1.Image = bitmap End If End Sub [C#] Handling the Load Button Click Event private void btnLoad_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(openFileDialog1.FileName); pictureBox1.Image = bitmap; } } 3. In the form's Load event, set thedefault item to execute when the button portion of the splitbutton is clicked. Set the split button's text to the item's text. Finally, fire the sbSizeMode button Click event.

[VB] Handle the Load Event Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load sbSizeMode.DefaultItem = sbSizeMode.Items("btnSizeModeZoom") sbSizeMode.Text = sbSizeMode.Items("btnSizeModeZoom").Text sbSizeMode.DefaultItem.PerformClick() End Sub [C#] Handle the Load Event private void RadForm1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { sbSizeMode.DefaultItem = sbSizeMode.Items["btnSizeModeZoom"]; sbSizeMode.Text = sbSizeMode.Items["btnSizeModeZoom"].Text; sbSizeMode.DefaultItem.PerformClick(); } 4. Add the code below to handle the RadMenuMenuButton Click event. Get the RadMenuItem from the "sender" parameter passed in. The Tag property will contain the enumeration value associated with the menu item. Cast the Tag value first from object to Int32, then to PictureBoxSizeMode and assign it to the SizeMode property of the PictureBox. Finally, set the split button Text property to the menu item's Text. [VB] Handle the RadMenuButtonItem Click Private Sub SizeModeClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Dim item As RadMenuButtonItem = TryCast(sender, RadMenuButtonItem) pictureBox1.SizeMode = CType(Convert.ToInt32(item.Tag), PictureBoxSizeMode) sbSizeMode.Text = item.Text End Sub [C#] Handle the RadMenuButtonItem Click private void SizeModeClick(object sender, EventArgs e) { RadMenuButtonItem item = sender as RadMenuButtonItem; pictureBox1.SizeMode = (PictureBoxSizeMode)Convert.ToInt32(item.Tag);

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sbSizeMode.Text = item.Text; } 5. Handle the "Border Style" RadRadioButton Click event. Again, get the enumeration value from the Tag, convert to Int32 and to the BorderStyle type then assign to the PictureBox BorderStyle property. [VB] Handle the RadRadioButton Click Private Sub BorderStyleClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) pictureBox1.BorderStyle = CType(Convert.ToInt32((TryCast(sender, RadRadioButton)).Tag), BorderStyle) End Sub [C#] Handle the RadRadioButton Click private void BorderStyleClick(object sender, EventArgs e) { pictureBox1.BorderStyle = (BorderStyle)Convert.ToInt32((sender as RadRadioButton).Tag); } 6. Run the application.Load ajpg or png image using the Load button. Try using the BorderStyle radio buttons. Thentest the split button by selecting one of the items and also test clicking the button directly to get the default (zoom) action.

7. In the form's Load event, add the following lines of code to apply the "Desert" theme to the entire application. Note: you will need to add Telerik.WinControls to the "Imports" (VB) or "using" (C#) section of code. [VB] Setting the Application Theme

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ThemeResolutionService.ApplicationThemeName = "Desert" [C#] Setting the Application Theme ThemeResolutionService.ApplicationThemeName = "Desert"; 8. Re-run the applicationto see the theme applied to all elements of the form.

If you want to allow the user to tab through buttons and have eachbutton visibly receive focus, set each button's AllowShowFocusCues property to true. The second button in the image below has the focus and AllowShowFocusCues is true.

3.4 Using the Design Time Interface

Smart Tag
The Smart Tag for all buttons except RadDropDownButton and RadSplitButton have the same basic layout as shown in the RadButton Smart Tag screenshot below. RadDropDownButton and RadSplitButton include an additional Tasks entry "Edit Items" that displays a RadItem Collection editor where you can add, change properties and delete items in the drop down list.

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Tasks
From the Smart Tag Tasks menu you can Open Theme Builder to style all aspects of your control, select New Theme Manager to add a Theme Manager component to the component tray, Edit UI elements to browse all of the elements of the button and to change properties for any element. The Theme Name drop down lets you pick an existing theme to style your control.

Learning center
The Learning center lets you navigate to a web browser with online help for the currently selected button control or to the online support forums.

Search
Enter search criteria in the edit space provided and click the Search link to navigate directly to search on the Telerik web site.

Collection Editor
The RadItem Collection Editor is initiated by the RadDropDownButton and RadSplitButton Items property ellipses or from the Smart Tag "Edit Items" entry. The editor lets you add, edit properties and delete items that populate the drop down list of your button.

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The Add button contains menu item types RadMenuItem, RadMenuButtonItem, RadMenuComboItem, RadMenuHeaderItem and RadMenuSeparatorItem.

3.5 Buttons Programming

Working with Items
To add an item to the Items collection of a RadDropDownButton or RadSplitButton, minimally you need to create one of the button types you find in the RadItem Collection Editor and add it. The example below creates a RadMenuButtonItem with text "Save". [VB] Adding an Item, Minimal Dim item As New RadMenuButtonItem("Save") radDropDownButton1.Items.Add(item) [C#] Adding an Item, Minimal RadMenuButtonItem item = new RadMenuButtonItem("Save"); radDropDownButton1.Items.Add(item); If you need to associate any extra data with a menu item, store it in the Tag property. Because Tag is an Object type, you can of course store simple values like integers, floats and strings. But you can also store any object in Tag, and that makes the storage possibilities unlimited. You may also want to associate an Image with the item and for that you can use the Image property directly or use a standard ImageList component along with the items ImageIndex or ImageKey property. To respond to the item being clicked by the user, assign the Click event. The Click event Sender parameter will be the clicked item.

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The pattern for RadControls for Winforms items is to respond to individual item events rather than responding to events from the parent item. Here's an example that creates a single RadMenuItem, sets the text, tag and image, also assigns a click event handler and adds the item to the Items collection. [VB] Adding an Item Dim item As New RadMenuItem() item.Text = name item.Tag = myObject item.Image = New Bitmap("SaveIcon.jpg") AddHandler item.Click, AddressOf SaveClick radDropDownButton1.Items.Add(item) [C#] Adding an Item RadMenuItem item = new RadMenuItem(); item.Text = name; item.Tag = myObject; item.Image = new Bitmap("SaveIcon.jpg"); item.Click += new EventHandler(SaveClick); radDropDownButton1.Items.Add(item); Depending on the item type there may be several constructor overloads that let you assign text, tag or images directly in the constructor. The example below creates multiple item types where the naming convention is "RadMenu<some type>Item". Notice the RadMenuComboItem that itself can hold any of the other menu item types. Also notice the combo item's DropDownHeaderText property. Note: you can also assign a DropDownHeaderImage. See the screenshot below for an example of drop down header text.

[VB] Adding Multiple Item Types radDropDownButton1.Items.Add(New RadMenuItem("Menu Item")) radDropDownButton1.Items.Add(New RadMenuButtonItem("Button Item")) radDropDownButton1.Items.Add(New RadMenuSeparatorItem()) radDropDownButton1.Items.Add(New RadMenuHeaderItem("Header")) Dim comboItem As New RadMenuComboItem() comboItem.DropDownHeaderText = "Click One!" comboItem.Items.Add(New RadMenuItem("One")) comboItem.Items.Add(New RadMenuItem("Two")) comboItem.Items.Add(New RadMenuItem("Three")) radDropDownButton1.Items.Add(comboItem) [C#] Adding Multiple Item Types radDropDownButton1.Items.Add(new RadMenuItem("Menu Item")); radDropDownButton1.Items.Add(new RadMenuButtonItem("Button Item")); radDropDownButton1.Items.Add(new RadMenuSeparatorItem());

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radDropDownButton1.Items.Add(new RadMenuHeaderItem("Header")); RadMenuComboItem comboItem = new RadMenuComboItem(); comboItem.DropDownHeaderText = "Click One!"; comboItem.Items.Add(new RadMenuItem("One")); comboItem.Items.Add(new RadMenuItem("Two")); comboItem.Items.Add(new RadMenuItem("Three")); radDropDownButton1.Items.Add(comboItem);

Workingwith Items Walkthrough

This project extends the Getting Started project so that a list of image resources are loaded into a RadDropDownButton items collection and also assigns the clicked-on item image to the picture box. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Buttons\<VB|CS>\WorkingWithItems 1. In the Solution Explorer, navigate to the Properties folder, Resources.resx item. Double-click Resources.resx to open the resources editor. 2. Drag an assortment of jpg or png images from the file explorer into the resources editor.

3. Make sure you have the following references in your "Imports" (VB) or "uses" (C#) section of your code: [VB] Adding Namespace References Imports System ' Supports IDictionaryEnumerator Imports System.Collections Imports System.Drawing

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' Supports CultureInfo Imports System.Globalization ' Supports GetFileNameWithoutExtension Imports System.IO ' Supports ResourceSet, Resources Imports System.Resources Imports System.Windows.Forms Imports Telerik.WinControls.UI [C#] Adding Namespace References using System; // Supports IDictionaryEnumerator using System.Collections; using System.Drawing; // Supports CultureInfo using System.Globalization; // Supports GetFileNameWithoutExtension using System.IO; // Supports ResourceSet, Resources using System.Resources; using System.Windows.Forms; using Telerik.WinControls.UI; 4. Add the code below. This event handler will be attached later to the "Choose Images" drop down button items. The event handler retrieves the RadMenuItem from the sender parameter. The Tag property will contain an Image object. Get a thumbnail from the image and assign it to the drop down button image, and assign the item's text to the drop down button text. Set the TextImageRelation property to "ImageBeforeText". [VB] Handling the Click Event Private Sub ChooseImagesClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Dim item As RadMenuItem = (TryCast(sender, RadMenuItem)) ddbImages.Image = (DirectCast(item.Tag, Image)).GetThumbnailImage(20, 20, Nothing, New IntPtr()) ddbImages.Text = item.Text ddbImages.TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageBeforeText pictureBox1.Image = DirectCast(item.Tag, Image) End Sub [C#] Handling the Click Event private void ChooseImagesClick(object sender, EventArgs e) { RadMenuItem item = (sender as RadMenuItem); ddbImages.Image = ((Image)item.Tag).GetThumbnailImage(20, 20, null, new IntPtr()); ddbImages.Text = item.Text; ddbImages.TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageBeforeText; pictureBox1.Image = (Image)item.Tag; } 5. Add a helper method that creates a RadMenuItem, assigns the name of the image to the Text, assign the image to the Tag property, a thumbnail to the items Image and finally assign the ChooseImagesClick() event handler.

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[VB] Getting a Image Menu Item Private Function GetImageMenuItem(ByVal name As String, ByVal image As Image) As RadMenuItem Dim item As New RadMenuItem() item.Text = name ' store the full image in the tag property and display a thumbnail version item.Tag = image item.Image = image.GetThumbnailImage(20, 20, Nothing, New IntPtr()) AddHandler item.Click, AddressOf ChooseImagesClick Return item End Function [C#] Getting a Image Menu Item private RadMenuItem GetImageMenuItem(string name, Image image) { RadMenuItem item = new RadMenuItem(); item.Text = name; // store the full image in the tag property and display a thumbnail version item.Tag = image; item.Image = image.GetThumbnailImage(20, 20, null, new IntPtr()); item.Click += new EventHandler(ChooseImagesClick); return item; } 6. Add code to the start of the form's Load event to iterate the image resources in your project and add them to the drop down button's items. The new load event handler is shown below. The code iterates all the resources in your Properties.Resources resource set. This example makes the assumption that all the members of the resource set are usable jpg or png files. Each resource has a Key (the image file name without extension) and the Value (the image itself). Both name and image are passed as parameters to the GetImageMenuItem() method we coded previously. The new menu item is added to the drop down button's Items collection. The PerformClick() method is called to sync up the first item in the list with the drop down button text and image. [VB] Handling the Load Event Private Sub RadForm1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) ' list the resources in Properties.Resources Dim resourceSet As ResourceSet = Properties.Resources.ResourceManager.GetResourceSet (CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, True, True) Dim enumerator As IDictionaryEnumerator = resourceSet.GetEnumerator() ' for each image resources, retrieve the image name and object, ' create and populate the menu item, then add to the drop down ' button items collection While enumerator.MoveNext() ' the key will be the name of the image, minus extension, ' also remove underline Dim key As String = (DirectCast(enumerator.Key, String)).Replace("_"C, " "C) ' the value will be the image object Dim image As Image = DirectCast(enumerator.Value, Image) Dim item As RadMenuItem = GetImageMenuItem(key, image) ddbImages.Items.Add(item) End While ddbImages.Items(0).PerformClick() '. . . End Sub

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[C#] Handling the Load Event private void RadForm1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { // list the resources in Properties.Resources ResourceSet resourceSet = Properties.Resources.ResourceManager.GetResourceSet( CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, true, true); IDictionaryEnumerator enumerator = resourceSet.GetEnumerator(); // for each image resources, retrieve the image name and object, // create and populate the menu item, then add to the drop down // button items collection while (enumerator.MoveNext()) { // the key will be the name of the image, minus extension, // also remove underline string key = ((string)enumerator.Key).Replace('_', ' '); // the value will be the image object Image image = (Image)enumerator.Value; RadMenuItem item = GetImageMenuItem(key, image); ddbImages.Items.Add(item); } ddbImages.Items[0].PerformClick(); //. . . } 7. Change the "Load" button's click event handler to create a new menu item based on the newly created bitmap, insert the item the head of the drop down button items and trigger the Click event for the item. [VB] Modified "Load" Button Click Event Handler Private Sub btnLoad_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) If openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then Dim bitmap As New Bitmap(openFileDialog1.FileName) Dim key As String = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(openFileDialog1.FileName) Dim item As RadMenuItem = GetImageMenuItem(key, bitmap) ddbImages.Items.Insert(0, item) item.PerformClick() pictureBox1.Image = bitmap End If End Sub [C#] Modified "Load" Button Click Event Handler private void btnLoad_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(openFileDialog1.FileName); string key = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(openFileDialog1.FileName); RadMenuItem item = GetImageMenuItem(key, bitmap); ddbImages.Items.Insert(0, item); item.PerformClick(); pictureBox1.Image = bitmap; } } 8. Press Ctl-F5 to run the application. Try selecting an image from the "Images" list and also try loading a new image to verify it is inserted to the head of the drop down button items.

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Handling Toggle State

RadToggleButton, RadRadioButton and RadCheckBox are all capable of three states: On, Off and Indeterminate. These states usually, but not always, correspond to visual UI cues that let the user know which state the button is in. The visual cues are dependent on the theme. For example, RadCheckBox can use a "ControlDefault" theme which clearly shows the three states.

There are several properties and events related to toggle states:

ToggleState: This property may be Off, On or Indeterminate. Checked: This is a simple boolean that is true when the button is checked (ToggleState = On). It's provided for compatibility only. IsThreeState: When this property is enabled, the user can cycle through the three states by clicking the button. If IsThreeState is off, you can still set the state of the button programmatically. ToggleStateChanging: This event occurs before the ToggleState property of the button is about to be changed. Using the StateChangingEventArgs passed in to the event, you can look at the OldValue (the

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current ToggleState), the NewValue (the upcoming ToggleState) and you can set Canceled true to prevent the ToggleState being set.

ToggleStateChanged: The StateChangedEventArgs passed to this event only contain a ToggleState property. The event is not cancelable.

ToggleState Walkthrough
In the "Getting Started" project we handled the "Border Style" radio buttons with a simple Click event and retrieved the Tag value. In this example we're going to exercise the button's ToggleState, both setting and retrieving the ToggleState On, Off and Indeterminate values in relatively complex relationships. In this case we're going to leave the IsThreeState property off and work with the ToggleState programmatically. The "Contrast Background" will handle the ToggleStateChanged event to see if the ToggleState is On or Off, i.e. functionally equivalent to using IsChecked. If ToggleState is off, a color selected from a pixel in the center of the picture will be used as the background color. If ToggleState is on, a contrasting color will be calculated and used as the background color. The checkboxes in the "Image Rotation" group box of controls will take all three toggle states into account. When the "Flip" check box toggle state changes, both the "Flip Horizontal" and "Flip Vertical" check boxes are set to the matching toggle state. When either the horizontal or vertical check boxes are toggled, the logic is:

If both are On, the "Flip" check box is set On. If both are Off, the "Flip" check box is set Off. If only the horizontal or vertical check box is on, then the "Flip" check box toggle state is set to Indeterminate.

Based on the setting of these three checkboxes, a RadRepeater button will rotate and flip the image.

Working with Simple ToggleState - On/Off

This project extends the "WorkingWithItems" project. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Buttons\<VB|CS>\ToggleState 1. Add the namespace "Telerik.WinControls.Enumerations" to the "Imports" (VB) or "uses" (C#) section of code. This namespace will support the ToggleState enumeration. 2. Add a helper method to the form code to change the picture box's BackColor based on the RadToggleButton's ToggleState. The first color is obtained from a pixel grabbed from the center of the picture and the second is a contrasting color calculated off the first color. [VB] Setting Color Based on ToggleState Private Sub SetBackgroundColor(ByVal toggleState As ToggleState) ' cast picture as bitmap so we can use the GetPixel method Dim bitmap As Bitmap = TryCast(pictureBox1.Image, Bitmap) ' grab a pixel color from the center of the image Dim color As Color = bitmap.GetPixel(bitmap.Width / 2, bitmap.Height / 2) ' calculate a contrasting color Dim contrastingColor As Color = Color.FromArgb(color.ToArgb() Xor 16777215) ' assign the back color based on the toggle state pictureBox1.BackColor = IIf(toggleState = ToggleState.Off,color,contrastingColor) End Sub

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[C#] Setting Color Based on ToggleState private void SetBackgroundColor(ToggleState toggleState) { // cast picture as bitmap so we can use the GetPixel method Bitmap bitmap = pictureBox1.Image as Bitmap; // grab a pixel color from the center of the image Color color = bitmap.GetPixel(bitmap.Width / 2, bitmap.Height / 2); // calculate a contrasting color Color contrastingColor = Color.FromArgb(color.ToArgb() ^ 0x00ffffff); // assign the back color based on the toggle state pictureBox1.BackColor = toggleState == ToggleState.Off ? color : contrastingColor; } 3. Handle the ToggleStateChanged event for the tbBackgroundColor toggle button. Call SetBackgroundColor and pass the ToggleState. You can get the ToggleState from the StateChangedEventArgs passed to this event handler. [VB] Handle the Background Color Button ToggleStateChanged Event Private Sub tbBackgroundColor_ToggleStateChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As StateChangedEventArgs) SetBackgroundColor(args.ToggleState) End Sub [C#] Handle the Background Color Button ToggleStateChanged Event private void tbBackgroundColor_ToggleStateChanged(object sender, StateChangedEventArgs args) { SetBackgroundColor(args.ToggleState); } 4. Add a call to SetBackgroundColor() in the "Choose Images" button click handler. This will set the new background color automatically as new images are loaded to the picture box. [VB] AddingaCall to ChooseImagesClick Private Sub ChooseImagesClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) ' . . . SetBackgroundColor(tbBackgroundColor.ToggleState) End Sub [C#] AddingaCall to ChooseImagesClick private void ChooseImagesClick(object sender, EventArgs e) { // . . . SetBackgroundColor(tbBackgroundColor.ToggleState); } 5. Press Ctl-F5 to run the application to see how the application works so far. The initial view when loading any image using the "Load" button or "Images" split button list should display a background color taken from a pixel in the center of the image.

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Clicking the "Contrast Background" color switches the background color to a contrasting color:

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Working With ToggleState - On/Off/Indeterminate

1. Create a common event handler for both the "Horizontal Flip" and "Vertical Flip" checkboxes. If both checkboxes are on or off, the "Flip" check box toggle state is set to match. If one checkbox is On and another Off, the set the "Flip" check box toggle state to Indeterminate. [VB] Handling the Horizontal and Vertical "Flip" Button ToggleStateChanged Events Private Sub HorizVert_ToggleStateChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As StateChangedEventArgs) ' true if both checkboxes are off Dim bothOff As Boolean = (cbHorizontalFlip.ToggleState = ToggleState.Off) AndAlso (cbVerticalFlip.ToggleState = ToggleState.Off) ' true if both checkboxes are on Dim bothOn As Boolean = (cbHorizontalFlip.ToggleState = ToggleState.[On]) AndAlso (cbVerticalFlip.ToggleState = ToggleState.[On]) If bothOn Then cbFlip.ToggleState = ToggleState.[On] ElseIf bothOff Then cbFlip.ToggleState = ToggleState.Off Else cbFlip.ToggleState = ToggleState.Indeterminate End If End Sub [C#] Handling the Horizontal and Vertical "Flip" Button ToggleStateChanged Events

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private void HorizVert_ToggleStateChanged(object sender, StateChangedEventArgs args) { // true if both checkboxes are off bool bothOff = (cbHorizontalFlip.ToggleState == ToggleState.Off) && (cbVerticalFlip.ToggleState == ToggleState.Off); // true if both checkboxes are on bool bothOn = (cbHorizontalFlip.ToggleState == ToggleState.On) && (cbVerticalFlip.ToggleState == ToggleState.On); if (bothOn) cbFlip.ToggleState = ToggleState.On; else if (bothOff) cbFlip.ToggleState = ToggleState.Off; else cbFlip.ToggleState = ToggleState.Indeterminate; } 2. Add a "Flip" checkbox ToggleStateChanged event handler to make the horizontal and vertical check box toggle statesagree with the "Flip" checkbox. This handler simply assigns the toggle state of the "Flip" checkbox to both the horizontal and vertical check box toggle states. To avoid unexpected behaviors here, unhook the ToggleStateChanged event handlers for the horizontal and vertical check boxes, make the assignments, then rehook the event handlers. [VB] Handling the "Flip" Check Box ToggleStateChanged Event Private Sub cbFlip_ToggleStateChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As StateChangedEventArgs) If args.ToggleState <> ToggleState.Indeterminate Then ' unhook event handler temporarily cbHorizontalFlip.ToggleStateChanged -= HorizVert_ToggleStateChanged cbVerticalFlip.ToggleStateChanged -= HorizVert_ToggleStateChanged cbHorizontalFlip.ToggleState = args.ToggleState cbVerticalFlip.ToggleState = args.ToggleState ' re-hook event handler cbHorizontalFlip.ToggleStateChanged += HorizVert_ToggleStateChanged cbVerticalFlip.ToggleStateChanged += HorizVert_ToggleStateChanged End If End Sub [C#] Handling the "Flip" Check Box ToggleStateChanged Event private void cbFlip_ToggleStateChanged(object sender, StateChangedEventArgs args) { if (args.ToggleState != ToggleState.Indeterminate) { // unhook event handler temporarily cbHorizontalFlip.ToggleStateChanged -= HorizVert_ToggleStateChanged; cbVerticalFlip.ToggleStateChanged -= HorizVert_ToggleStateChanged; cbHorizontalFlip.ToggleState = args.ToggleState; cbVerticalFlip.ToggleState = args.ToggleState; // re-hook event handler cbHorizontalFlip.ToggleStateChanged += HorizVert_ToggleStateChanged; cbVerticalFlip.ToggleStateChanged += HorizVert_ToggleStateChanged; } }

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The "ControlDefault" theme has a good representation of the Indeterminate state for the RadCheckBox control. 3. Handle the click event for the "Rotate" RadRepeatButton. As the button is held down by the user, this event fires continually, once a second. The image is rotated and fliped each time based on the check box states. [VB] Handling the Click Event for the "Rotate" Button Private Sub RotateClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) If cbFlip.ToggleState = ToggleState.[On] Then pictureBox1.Image.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.Rotate90FlipXY) ElseIf cbHorizontalFlip.ToggleState = ToggleState.[On] Then pictureBox1.Image.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.Rotate90FlipX) ElseIf cbVerticalFlip.ToggleState = ToggleState.[On] Then pictureBox1.Image.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.Rotate90FlipY) Else pictureBox1.Image.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.Rotate90FlipNone) End If pictureBox1.Refresh() End Sub [C#] Handling the Click Event for the "Rotate" Button private void RotateClick(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (cbFlip.ToggleState == ToggleState.On) pictureBox1.Image.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.Rotate90FlipXY); else if (cbHorizontalFlip.ToggleState == ToggleState.On) pictureBox1.Image.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.Rotate90FlipX); else if (cbVerticalFlip.ToggleState == ToggleState.On) pictureBox1.Image.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.Rotate90FlipY); else pictureBox1.Image.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.Rotate90FlipNone); pictureBox1.Refresh(); } 4. Press Ctl-F5 to run the application. Try all the combinations of the check boxes to see how that changes the look and behavior.

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3.6 Summary
In this chapter you took a tour of the various types of buttons available in the RadControls for Winforms suite. You learned the basic characteristics, behaviorand important properties of each button type. You used several design time interfaces to configure the buttons. You worked with the Items collections of both RadDropDownButton and RadSplitButton. You responded to events both from the buttons and from individual Items collection members. Finally, you learned how to manipulate button ToggleState and how to handle ToggleState related events.

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Editors

4.1 Objectives

Learn usage and basic characteristics for each type of editor. Learn how to retrieve user information from RadTextBox, RadMaskedEditBox, RadSpinEditor, RadDateTimePicker, and RadColorDialog controls. Learn how to use edit masks and formats. Learn how to set tool tips. Learn how to validate input and different strategies for responding to incorrect data.

4.2 Introduction
RadControls for Winforms edit controls are highly customizable, themable,intelligent components for controlled data input in Windows Forms applications. They include...

RadTextBox: A themeable alternative to the standard TextBox control with enhanced properties such as NullText to hold prompt messages when there is no entry. RadMaskedEditBox: Addsinput validation and masks, such as date, IP Address, SSN, phone number, digits, and decimals. This control is also themable and has a NullText property. RadDateTimePicker: Allows the user to enter dates directly or using a drop-down calendar. You can control the date format, set minimum and maximum dates, set the calendar to display for a specific culture and display a prompt when the control has a "null date". RadSpinEditor: A numeric entry control that allows direct input, keyboard control or the user may click on the up-down arrows. You can control the minimum and maximum value and the increment amount. You can also tailor formatting details such as the thousands separator and decimal places. RadColorDialog: A color dialog replacement with lots of bells and whistles including four different view tabs, Basic, Professional, Web and System, hex value entry, eye dropper control and custom colors.

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4.3 Getting Started

In this project we create a no-frills checkout form using all editors. In later projects we will extend the example to set date time picker selections in code, assign tool tips and validate input.

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Preparing the Project

You can find the complete source for this project at: \Editors\<VB|CS>\GettingStarted 1. Create a new Windows Forms application. 2. In the Solution Explorer, delete the default form. 3. Also in the Solution Explorer, right-click the project and select Add | New Item... from the context menu. 4. Select the "Telerik RadForm" template and click the Add button to close the dialog.

Adding Edit Controls to the RadForm

1. Drag an Office2007SilverTheme control to the RadForm. This step will add the theme control to the component tray below the form designer. 2. In the Properties window set the RadForm Properties:

Size = 630, 350 MinimumSize = 630, 350 Text = "Checkout" ThemeName = "Office2007Silver"

3. Drop three standard GroupBox controls and a RadButton on the form. Arrange them to have roughly the same proportions as the example below:

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4. Set the control properties as follows:

The top group box: Name = "gbShipTo", Anchor = Top, Left, Right, BackColor = Transparent,TabIndex = 0, Text = "Ship to". The bottom left group box: Name = "gbDelivery", Anchor = Top, Bottom, Left, BackColor = Transparent,TabIndex = 1, Text = "Deliver By". The bottom right group box: Name = "gbGiftOptions", Anchor = Top, Bottom, Left, Right, BackColor = Transparent,TabIndex = 2, Text = "Gift Options". The RadButton: Name = "btnPlaceOrder", Anchor = Bottom, Right, TabIndex = 3, Text = "Place Order", Tag = "Place Order".

5. Add the following controls to the "gbShipTo" group box: 1. RadLabel: Text = "Name:". 2. RadTextBox: Name = tbName, Anchor = Left, Right", NullText = "<Enter Name>", Tag = "Name", TabIndex = 0. 3. RadLabel: Text = "Address:". 4. RadTextBox: Name = tbAddress, Anchor = Left, Right", NullText = "<Enter Address>", Tag = "Address", TabIndex = 1. 5. RadLabel: Text = "City:". 6. RadTextBox: Name = tbCity, NullText = "<Enter City>", Tag = "City", TabIndex = 2. 7. RadLabel: Text = "State:". 8. RadMaskedEditBox: Name = meState, MaskType = Standard, Mask = "LL", Tag = "State", TabIndex = 3. 9. RadLabel: Text = "Zip:". 10. RadMaskedEditBox: Name = meZip, MaskType = Standard, Mask = "99999-9999", Tag = "Zip", TabIndex = 4.

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6. Add the following controls to the "gbDelivery" group box: 1. RadLabel: Text = "Business Days". 2. RadTextBox: Name = seDeliver, CausesValidation = False, Tag = "Business Days", TabIndex = 0. 3. RadLabel: Text = "or...". 4. RadLabel: Text = "Deliver by:". 5. RadDateTimePicker: Name = "dtDeliver", Tag = "Deliver by", TabIndex = 1

7. Add the following controls to the "gbGiftOptions" group box: 1. RadCheckBox: Name = "cbGiftWrap", BackColor = Transparent, Text = "Gift Wrap?", Tag = "Gift Wrap". 2. RadButton: Name = "btnChooseColor", Anchor = Top, Left, Right, Enabled = False, Text = "Choose Wrap Color", Tag = "Choose Wrap Color". 3. RadLabel: Text = "Note:". 4. RadTextBox: Name = "tbNote", Anchor = "Top, Bottom, Left, Right", Enabled = False, Tag = "Gift Wrap Note".

8. Double-click the "Gift Wrap?" check box to create a ToggleStateChanged event handler. First add Telerik.Wincontrols.Enumerations to your "Imports" (VB) or "uses" (C#) section of code. Then add the following code to the ToggleStateChanged event handler: [VB] Handling the ToggleStateChanged Event Private Sub cbGiftWrap_ToggleStateChanged(sender As Object, args As

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Telerik.WinControls.UI.StateChangedEventArgs) tbNote.Enabled = args.ToggleState = ToggleState.[On] btnChooseColor.Enabled = args.ToggleState = ToggleState.[On] If args.ToggleState <> ToggleState.[On] Then tbNote.Text = [String].Empty End If End Sub [C#] Handling the ToggleStateChanged Event private void cbGiftWrap_ToggleStateChanged(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.StateChangedEventArgs args) { tbNote.Enabled = args.ToggleState == ToggleState.On; btnChooseColor.Enabled = args.ToggleState == ToggleState.On; if (args.ToggleState != ToggleState.On) tbNote.Text = String.Empty; } The behavior of the Gift Options group box will be to enable the "Choose Wrap Color" and "Note" text box when the "Gift Wrap?"check box is enabled. 9. Add two shell helper methods. These methods will be filled out later in this chapter. [VB] Adding Helper Methods Private Function ValidateControls(controls As Control.ControlCollection) As Boolean Return True End Function Private Function GetFormData(controls As Control.ControlCollection) As String Return Environment.NewLine + "...summary" End Function [C#] Adding Helper Methods private { return } private { return } bool ValidateControls(Control.ControlCollection controls) true; string GetFormData(Control.ControlCollection controls) Environment.NewLine + "...summary";

10. Double click the "Place Order" button to create a Click event handler. Add the code below to the event handler. After ValidateControls() verifies the information on the form, the data is collected from the form and displayed using a RadMessageBox. Note: RadMessageBox is a themeable, flexiblereplacement for the standard MessageBox class. Also note that no validation or data collection is actually performed in this version of the project. [VB] Creating a Click Event Handler Private Sub btnPlaceOrder_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) If ValidateControls(Me.Controls) Then Dim caption As String = "Order Summary" Dim message As String = "Thank you for your order" + Environment.NewLine + GetFormData

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(Me.Controls) RadMessageBox.SetThemeName("Office2007Silver") RadMessageBox.Show(message, caption, MessageBoxButtons.OK) End If End Sub [C#] Creating a Click Event Handler private void btnPlaceOrder_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (ValidateControls(this.Controls)) { string caption = "Order Summary"; string message = "Thank you for your order" + Environment.NewLine + GetFormData(this.Controls);" RadMessageBox.SetThemeName("Office2007Silver") RadMessageBox.Show(message, caption, MessageBoxButtons.OK); } } 11. Press Ctl-F5 to run the application. Notice the behavior of the NullText propertyin the RadTextBox controls and the MaskType and Mask properties for the two RadMaskedEditBox controls.

If you want to theme all controls to match the RadForm, you can create a method similar to this example that recursively sets the ThemeName for all RadControl types on the form. Here is the same form with the "Desert" theme set:

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[VB] Setting the ThemeName for all Controls ' cycle through the controls collection recursively and set the ' theme for all rad controls Private Sub SetTheme(controls As Control.ControlCollection) For Each control As Control In controls If TypeOf control Is RadControl Then (TryCast(control, RadControl)).ThemeName = Me.ThemeName End If If control.Controls.Count > 0 Then SetTheme(control.Controls) End If Next End Sub '... ' call it from the form's constructor: Utils.SetTheme(Me.Controls) [C#] Setting the ThemeName for all Controls // cycle through the controls collection recursively and set the // theme for all rad controls private void SetTheme(Control.ControlCollection controls) { foreach (Control control in controls) { if (control is RadControl) (control as RadControl).ThemeName = this.ThemeName; if (control.Controls.Count > 0) SetTheme(control.Controls); } } //... // call it from the form's constructor: Utils.SetTheme(this.Controls); To set the theme for a RadMessageBox, call the static RadMessageBox.SetThemeName() method prior to calling Show().

4.4 Using the Design Time Interface

Smart Tag
The editor controls all have the same basic Smart Tag minimum layout that you see for all RadControls.

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Tasks
From the Smart Tag Tasks menu you can Open Theme Builder to style all aspects of your control, select New Theme Manager to add a Theme Manager component to the component tray, Edit UI elements to browse all of the elements of the editor and to change properties for any element. The Theme Name drop down lets you pick an existing theme to style your control.

Learning center
The Learning center lets you navigate to a web browser with online help for the currently selected control or to the online support forums.

Search
Enter search criteria in the edit space provided and click the Search link to navigate directly to search on the Telerik web site.

4.5 Working With the Editor Controls

Text Box
Many of the properties of RadTextBox and RadMaskedEdit actually come from their common ancestor class, RadTextBoxBase. These propertiesmatch and surpass the same properties in the standard TextBox control.Here are some of the importantfunctional groups of properties you should be looking for:

Multi-Line Behavior
When the MultiLine property is true, text can span more than one line and the text box can be resized.In

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thePropertieswindow, you can click the ellipses of the Lines property and use the Strings Collection Editor dialog:

You can programmatically set multiple lines of text by assigning an array of strings to the Lines property or a single string with embedded new line characters to the Text property. To indicate new lines you can add the System.Environment.NewLine string or use the language specific carriage return/line feed ("& vbCr & vbLf" in Visual Basic .NET and the "\r\n" escape characters in C#). [VB] Assigning multiple lines of text Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) radTextBox1.Lines = New String(3) {"It was the best of times,", "it was the worst of times,", "it was the age of wisdom..."} radTextBox1.Text = "It was the best of times," + Environment.NewLine + "it was the worst of times," + Environment.NewLine + "it was the age of wisdom..." radTextBox1.Text = "It was the best of times," & vbCr & vbLf & "it was the worst of times," & vbCr & vbLf & "it was the age of wisdom..." End Sub [C#] Assigning multiple lines of text private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { radTextBox1.Lines = new string[3] { "It was the best of times,", "it was the worst of times,", "it was the age of wisdom..."}; radTextBox1.Text = "It was the best of times," + Environment.NewLine +

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"it was the worst of times," + Environment.NewLine + "it was the age of wisdom..."; radTextBox1.Text = "It was the best of times,\r\nit was the worst of times,\r\nit was the age of wisdom..."; } For edit controls accepting multiple lines of text, you may want the enter and tab keys to be interpreted literally instead of performing their usual functions. Set the AcceptsReturn property to true so that typing Enter creates a new line of text in the control instead of activating the default button for the form. Set AcceptsTab trueso that pressingthe Tab key types a tab character instead of moving the focus to the next control in the tab order. You can display scroll bars in your multi-line text box by setting the ScrollBars property away from the default"None" to "Horizontal", "Vertical" or "Both". Text will wrap automatically by default, but if you are using horizontal scroll bars, you could also set WordWrap to false.

Auto Completion
The "Auto Completion" feature provides "type ahead" and selection from a list of choices. You may have noticed this behavior in some web browsers as you type in a URL. To turn on this ability, set the AutoCompleteMode property from "None" to "Suggest", "Append" or "SuggestAppend". "Suggest" drops down a list of selections for the user to choose from and "Append" automatically completes the entry to the nearest match in the list. You can see the effect of how "SuggestAppend" combines both behaviors in the screenshot example below, where the entry starting with "c:\p" is automatically appended with "rogram Files" and a list of suggestions also appears.

Use the AutoCompleteSource property to designate where the suggestions come from, i.e. "FileSystem", "CustomSource", etc. To define your own auto completion suggestions, add to the AutoCompleteCustomSource array of strings and set the AutoCompleteMode to "CustomSource". The example below creates a custom list of choices:

[VB] Customizing Auto Complete Behavior tbAutoComplete.AutoCompleteSource = AutoCompleteSource.CustomSource Dim containers As New AutoCompleteStringCollection() containers.Add("Box") containers.Add("Bundle") containers.Add("Pallet") containers.Add("Carton") tbAutoComplete.AutoCompleteCustomSource = containers tbAutoComplete.AutoCompleteMode = AutoCompleteMode.SuggestAppend [C#] Customizing Auto Complete Behavior tbAutoComplete.AutoCompleteSource = AutoCompleteSource.CustomSource;

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AutoCompleteStringCollection containers = new AutoCompleteStringCollection(); containers.Add("Box"); containers.Add("Bundle"); containers.Add("Pallet"); containers.Add("Carton"); tbAutoComplete.AutoCompleteCustomSource = containers; tbAutoComplete.AutoCompleteMode = AutoCompleteMode.SuggestAppend;

Null Text
This unique enhancement displays a prompt when there is no entry. The prompt appears as lightly colored text (SystemColors.GrayText) and disappears when the user tabs into the text box.

[VB] Setting Null Text tbContainer.Text = [String].Empty tbContainer.NullText = "Enter a container name" [C#] Setting Null Text tbContainer.Text = String.Empty; tbContainer.NullText = "Enter a container name";

Events
To be notified when the contents of the text box changes, hook up the TextChanging and TextChanged events. Arguments supplied to TextChanging provide the NewValue and OldValuestring properties; set Cancel true to prevent the text from changing. [VB] Handling the TextChanging Event Private Sub tbContainer_TextChanging(sender As Object, e As Telerik.WinControls.TextChangingEventArgs) btnPlaceOrder.Enabled = e.NewValue.Length > 0 End Sub [C#] Handling the TextChanging Event private void tbContainer_TextChanging(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.TextChangingEventArgs e) { btnPlaceOrder.Enabled = e.NewValue.Length > 0; } The TextChangedEvent fires as each character is typed. Use the Text or Lines property of the text box to access text box contents:

[VB] Handling the TextChanged Event Private Sub tbContainer_TextChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) btnUseContainer.Text = "Use " + (TryCast(sender, RadTextBox)).Text + " container" End Sub [C#] Handling the TextChanged Event

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private void tbContainer_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { btnUseContainer.Text = "Use " + (sender as RadTextBox).Text + " container"; }

Height
By default, both RadTextBox and RadMaskedEdit box cannot be resized vertically;set the MultiLine property true to size either control freely.

Borders
To remove the border of a text box so that it looks more like a label, you need to locate the TextBoxElement and set its visibility to "Collapsed". The background for this will be presented in the chapter "Telerik Presentation Foundation", but for now, either use the code below... [VB] Hiding Text Box Borders (TryCast(tbMultiLine.TextBoxElement.Children(2), BorderPrimitive)).Visibility = ElementVisibility.Collapsed [C#] Hiding Text Box Borders (tbMultiLine.TextBoxElement.Children[2] as BorderPrimitive).Visibility = ElementVisibility.Collapsed; ...or, click the Smart Tag "Edit UI Elements" link, locate the "BorderPrimitive" element in the tree view, navigate to the Appearance properties and set the Visibility property to "Collapsed".

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You can find the complete source for this project at: \Editors\<VB|CS>\EditorsOverview

Masked Edit Box

RadMaskedEditBox lets you set up a template or "Mask" that input must conform to. This is especially helpful for input with specific format requirementslike social security numbers, phone numbers, dates and numerics.

Masks
The mask helps the user know what is expected and does not allow incorrect input. Instead ofthe Text property use the Value property. Value is an Object where the actual type varies depending on the type of mask you are using. The critical properties are MaskType and Mask. MaskType can be None, Standard,

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DateTime, Numeric, Regex, IP, Email. The Mask string interpretation varies based on the MaskType setting. For example, "d" is a decimal for a Numeric mask type and a short date pattern for a DateTime mask type.

Standard Masks
The table below describe the mask characters that can be used when theMaskTypeproperty is set toStandard. Mask Character 0 9 Description Digit, required. This element will accept any single digit between 0 and 9. Digit or space, optional. Digit or space, optional. If this position is blank in the mask, it will be rendered as the character in thePromptChar (http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/editorsmaskededitbox-working-with-radmaskededitbox.html)property. For example, "$######.##" displays as a literal "$", accepts a numeric amount with six places and two places to the right of the decimal, i.e.$123456.56. Accepts letters only. Escapes a mask character, turning it into a literal. "\\" is the escape sequence for a back slash. For example, "\# ###", i.e. "# 123". Letter, optional. Character, required. Character, optional. Alphanumeric, required. Accepts any symbol. Alphanumeric, optional. Decimal placeholder. Thousands placeholder. Time separator. Date separator. Currency symbol. Shift down. Converts all characters that follow to lowercase. Shift up. Converts all characters that follow to uppercase. Disable a previous shift up or shift down. Escape. Escapes a mask character, turning it into a literal. "\\" is the escape sequence for a backslash.

L ? ? ? A a . , : / $ < > | \

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All other characters All non-mask elements will appear as themselves withinRadMaskedEditBox. Literals always occupy a static position in the mask at run time, and cannot be moved or deleted by the user

In the example below, the Mask is "\####", which produces a literal "#" pound sign and three numeric characters. If "123" is typed in to the masked edit, you will see "#123".

To get the input for a RadMaskedEditBox, use the Value property. In this case the Value property is "123" and the Text property is "#123".

Numeric Masks
If the mask type is "Numeric" another set of masks applies and the mask can be followed by a precision specifier. By default, these numbers will be formatted as defined by CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.NumberFormat. When the mask is "Numeric", the user can increment and decrement using the up and down arrow keys.

Standard Numeric Masks

Full list of the supported masks (except "E" and "X") can be found in the following MSDN article:Standard Numeric masks (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dwhawy9k.aspx) Mask "C" or "c" "D" or "d" "F" or "f" "G" or "g" Description Currency Decimal Fixed-point General

"N" or "n" Number "P" or "p" "R" or "r" Percent Round-trip

Custom Numeric Masks

Full list of the supported masks (except "E" and "X") can be found in the following MSDN article:Custom Numeric masks (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0c899ak8.aspx) Mask Description

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"0" "#" "." "," "%" "" "\" Zero placeholder Digit placeholder Decimal point Group separator and number scaling Percentage placeholder Per mille placeholder Escape character

'string' or "string" Literal string delimeter ";" Section separator

Date Time Masks

When the mask type is "DateTime", the masked edit allows the user to type the date in directly or use the arrow keys to increment and decrement all the elements of the date or time. The example below shows a short time mask. The RadMaskedEditBox has the AM/PM portion of the time highlighted. Using the arrow keys here toggles between AM and PM. The Value property is a DateTime type.

Standard Date Format codes

Format Character Description d D f F g G Short date pattern Long date pattern Full date and time (long date and short time) Full date time pattern (long date and long time) General (short date and short time) General (short date and long time)

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m, M r, R s t T Month day pattern RFC1123 pattern Sortable date time pattern (based on ISO 8601) using local time Short time pattern Long time pattern

Custom Date Format codes

Where standard date codesare too restrictive, create your own custom formats using the format patterns listed below. For example, a DateFormat of "ddd, MMMM yyyy - dd" might display:

Format Pattern Description dd ddd M MM MMM MMMM y yy yyy h hh H HH m mm The numeric day of the month. The abbreviated name of the day of the week. The month name followed by the numeric day. The numeric month. The abbreviated name of the month. The full name of the month. The full month name and year numeric. The year without the century. The year in four digits, including the century. The hour in a 12-hour clock. The hour in a 12-hour clock. The hour in a 24-hour clock. The hour in a 24-hour clock. The minute. The minute.

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s ss t tt The second. The second. The first character in the AM/PM designator. The AM/PM designator.

Here are several examples that show the RadMaskedEditBox in action along with the Value property expressed using ToString() and the Mask:

Other Properties

Culture: This property allows you to set the current language and culture from a drop down list at designtime or assign a new CultureInfo instance at run-time. For example, you can assign the culture code for Chinese: [VB] Setting the Culture meDemo.Mask = "D" meDemo.Culture = New CultureInfo("zh-CN") [C#] Setting the Culture meDemo.Mask = "D"; meDemo.Culture = new CultureInfo("zh-CN"); ...and this results in the RadEditor looking something like this example:

PromptChar: This property represents the character displayed in any blank space defined by a Mask character. By default the character is an underscore "_".

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Events
Use the ValueChanging and ValueChanged events to retrieve new values. ValueChanging passes aCancelEventArgs property with a single Cancel property that can be set true to prevent the value from changing. To get at the Text and Value properties, you can reference the control directly or cast "sender" to be RadMaskedEditBox and access the properties that way. [VB] Handling the ValueChanged Event Private Sub meDemo_ValueChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) lblValue.Text = Me.meDemo.Value.ToString() End Sub [C#] Handling the ValueChanged Event private void meDemo_ValueChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { lblValue.Text = this.meDemo.Value.ToString(); } You can find the complete source for this project at: \Editors\<VB|CS>\EditorsOverview

Date Time Picker

The RadDateTimePickergoes beyond the RadMaskedEditBoxin DateTime mode by adding a drop down calendar and some additional specialized properties.

Date Time Picker Values

To set the current date, assign the Value property. You can also set MinDate and MaxDate to limit the dates that can be selected in the calendar. The calendar will not even allow the user to navigate to other months on the calendar that are not within the min and max dates. The example below shows the date picker Value set to "today", the earliest date that can be selected is "yesterday" and the latest date that can be selected is 7 days from now. [VB] Setting the Value, MinDate and MaxDate radDateTimePicker1.MinDate = DateTime.Today.AddDays(-1) radDateTimePicker1.MaxDate = DateTime.Today.AddDays(7) radDateTimePicker1.Value = DateTime.Today [C#] Setting the Value, MinDate and MaxDate

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radDateTimePicker1.MinDate = DateTime.Today.AddDays(-1); radDateTimePicker1.MaxDate = DateTime.Today.AddDays(7); radDateTimePicker1.Value = DateTime.Today;

Format
The Format property of the date time picker can be Long, Short, Time and Custom. These settings control date or time representation in the text portion of the control. If you set the Format to Custom, you can also set the CustomFormat property. The code example below displayssomething like: "2008 December 30 11:45:56 AM". [VB] Assigning Format and CustomFormat Properties radDateTimePicker1.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.[Custom] radDateTimePicker1.CustomFormat = "yyyy MMMM dd h:m:s tt" [C#] Assigning Format and CustomFormat Properties radDateTimePicker1.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Custom; radDateTimePicker1.CustomFormat = "yyyy MMMM dd h:m:s tt"; See the Masked Edit Box "Date Time Formats" section for a complete list of characters that can be used in the CustomFormat property.

Internationalization
Like the RadMaskedEditBox in DateTime mode, RadDatePicker also has internationalization support. [VB] Assigning the Culture radDateTimePicker1.Culture = New CultureInfo("zh-CN") [C#] Assigning the Culture radDateTimePicker1.Culture = new CultureInfo("zh-CN");

Null Text and Null Dates

You can set the NullText property for a RadDateTimePicker control like the other editors. The NullText appears when the Value property equals the NullDate property date. NullDate is 1/1/1900 by default. In the example below, the initial Value is set to "1/1/1900" and NullText to "Enter a date".

Adding CheckBoxes and Up Down Arrows

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Enable ShowCheckBox to add a checkbox to the date time picker. When the checkbox is un-checked, the date is shown in a gray font, and the text area of the date time picker is not editable.

To get or set the check mark for the checkbox, use the Checked property. To access events for the checkbox, currentlyyou need to drill down to the embedded RadCheckBoxElement and subscribe to its events. The example below navigates through the DateTimePickerElement to locate the RadCheckBoxElement. [VB] Handling the ToggleStateChanged Event of the Date Time Picker Checkbox Dim checkBox As RadCheckBoxElement = TryCast (Me.radDateTimePicker1.DateTimePickerElement.Children(1).Children(0), RadCheckBoxElement) checkBox.ToggleStateChanged += New StateChangedEventHandler(checkBox_ToggleStateChanged) '... Sub checkBox_ToggleStateChanged(sender As Object, args As StateChangedEventArgs) RadMessageBox.Show(args.ToggleState.ToString()) End Sub [C#] Handling the ToggleStateChanged Event of the Date Time Picker Checkbox RadCheckBoxElement checkBox = radDateTimePicker1.DateTimePickerElement.Children[1].Children [0] as RadCheckBoxElement; checkBox.ToggleStateChanged += new StateChangedEventHandler(checkBox_ToggleStateChanged); //... void checkBox_ToggleStateChanged(object sender, StateChangedEventArgs args) { RadMessageBox.Show(args.ToggleState.ToString()); } How could you have found the checkbox element on your own? You can find this element using the Edit UI Elements link from the Smart Tag. In the screen shot below, trace the hierarchy starting with the RootRadElement... 1. radDateTimePicker1.DateTimePickerElement 2. radDateTimePicker1.DateTimePickerElement.Children[1] (gets us to DockLayoutPanel) 3. radDateTimePicker1.DateTimePickerElement.Children[1].Children[0] (under DockLayoutPanel, the first child is RadCheckBoxElement).

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You can also enable the ShowUpDown property to make the date picker more like a RadMaskedEditBox in DateTime mode. When ShowUpDown is true, the calendar does not appear, but you can page through the selected part of the date time string. For instance, if you have the AM/PM designator selected, the arrow will toggle between AM and PM. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Editors\<VB|CS>\EditorsOverview

Date Time Picker Walk Through

This walk through uses the "GettingStarted" project as a basis and sets the date time picker initial value to be the next business day. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Editors\<VB|CS>\DateTimePickerWalkthrough

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1. Start with the "GettingStarted" project or a copy. 2. Add a class Utils.cs to the project. We will be adding various static helper methods to this class in later sections of this chapter. 3. Add the static method below to the Utils.cs class This method determines if a DateTime is a weekend day. [VB] Defining the IsWeekend() Method Public Shared Function IsWeekend([date] As DateTime) As Boolean Return ([date].DayOfWeek = DayOfWeek.Saturday) OrElse ([date].DayOfWeek = DayOfWeek.Sunday) End Function [C#] Defining the IsWeekend() Method public static bool IsWeekend(DateTime date) { return (date.DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Saturday) || (date.DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Sunday); } 4. Add the static method below to the Utils.cs class. This method returns a business day based on a start date and number of days to add. This should always return a weekday date. [VB] Defining the AddBusinessDays Method Public Shared Function AddBusinessDays(startDate As DateTime, daysToAdd As Integer) As DateTime Dim result As DateTime = startDate Dim i As Integer = 0 Dim temp As Double = 0 ' cycle until the requested number of days to add is ' reached. Pass over any weekend days. While i < daysToAdd System.Math.Max(System.Threading.Interlocked.Increment(temp),temp - 1) result = startDate.AddDays(temp) If IsWeekend(result) Then Continue While End If System.Math.Max(System.Threading.Interlocked.Increment(i),i - 1) End While Return result End Function [C#] Defining the AddBusinessDays Method public static DateTime AddBusinessDays(DateTime startDate, int daysToAdd) { DateTime result = startDate; int i = 0; double temp = 0; // cycle until the requested number of days to add is // reached. Pass over any weekend days. while (i < daysToAdd) { temp++;

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result = startDate.AddDays(temp); if (IsWeekend(result)) continue; i++; } return result; } 5. Using the Utils AddBusinessDays() method, assign the date time picker Value property.Pass the DateTime "Today" and the current value of the RadSpinEditor (this should be "1"). AddBusinessDays() should skip weekend days. If the current date at runtime is Friday, AddBusinessDays () should return the DateTime for the following Monday. [VB] Assigning the Date Time Picker Value Public Sub New() InitializeComponent() ' setup initial delivery date dtDeliver.Value = Utils.AddBusinessDays(DateTime.Today, DirectCast(seDeliver.Value, Integer)) End Sub [C#] Assigning the Date Time Picker Value public RadForm1() { InitializeComponent(); // setup initial delivery date dtDeliver.Value = Utils.AddBusinessDays(DateTime.Today, (int)seDeliver.Value); } 6. Press Ctl-F5 to run the application and observe that the day in the date time picker is the next business day after "today". After we talk about the RadSpinEditor, we will hook this logic up to respond when the spin editor changes value.

Spin Editor
RadSpinEditor is a themeable alternative to the standard Windows Numeric Up Down control. It allows users to edit a number in a textbox by using up and down buttons.

To use the RadSpinEditor set or retrieve the Value property. Use the Minimum and Maximum properties to limit the upper and lower bounds that a value may be set to. The other unique properties of RadSpinEditor are...

InterceptArrowKeys: This property when true (the default) allows the user to press the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys to select values. The focus must be on the control for this functionality to work. ReadOnly: This property when true prevents direct text entry and allows the text values to be changed through the up and down arrows only. By default this property is turned off. RightToLeft: If this property is set to Yes the arrow buttons are displayed on the left, text on the right. Increment: The amount incremented or decremented when the user clicks the up or down arrow buttons. By default this value is "1". ThousandsSeparator: This property when true displays a thousands separator. By default this property is

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set to false. The ThousandsSeparator display respects current culture settings.

DecimalPlaces: Gets or sets the number of decimal places to display in the RadSpinEdit.

Events
The ValueChanging event fires before the value has changed and allows you to prevent a given value from being entered. The event passes a ValueChangingEventArgs parameter that includes the OldValue, NewValue and Cancel properties. Set Cancel true to prevent the change in NewValue. The example below stops the value from changing if the new value is greater than twice the size of the old value. [VB] Handling the ValueChanging Event Private Sub radSpinEditor1_ValueChanging(sender As Object, e As ValueChangingEventArgs) e.Cancel = Convert.ToDecimal(e.NewValue) > Convert.ToDecimal(e.OldValue) * 2 End Sub [C#] Handling the ValueChanging Event private void radSpinEditor1_ValueChanging(object sender, ValueChangingEventArgs e) { e.Cancel = Convert.ToDecimal(e.NewValue) > Convert.ToDecimal(e.OldValue) * 2; } Once the value has changed you can handle the ValueChanged event. In the example below the Value is assigned to a label and to a progress bar.

[VB] Handling the ValueChanged Event Private Sub radSpinEditor1_ValueChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) lblSpin.Text = radSpinEditor1.Value.ToString() radProgressBar1.Value1 = DirectCast(radSpinEditor1.Value, Integer) End Sub [C#] Handling the ValueChanged Event private void radSpinEditor1_ValueChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) Handles radSpinEditor1.ValueChanged { lblSpin.Text = radSpinEditor1.Value.ToString(); radProgressBar1.Value1 = (int)radSpinEditor1.Value; } You can find the complete source for this project at: \Editors\<VB|CS>\EditorsOverview

Spin Editor Walk Through

This walk through will use the "DateTimePickerWalkthrough" project as a basis and set the initial value to be the next business day. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Editors\<VB|CS>\DateTimePickerWalkthrough

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1. Start with the "DateTimePickerWalkthrough" project or a copy. 2. Create a ValueChanged event handler for the RadSpinEditor "seDeliver" and add the following code: [VB] Handling the ValueChanged Event Private Sub seDeliver_ValueChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) dtDeliver.Value = Utils.AddBusinessDays(DateTime.Today, DirectCast(seDeliver.Value, Integer)) End Sub [C#] Handling the ValueChanged Event private void seDeliver_ValueChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { dtDeliver.Value = Utils.AddBusinessDays(DateTime.Today, (int)seDeliver.Value); } 3. Press Ctl-F5 to run the application.Try using the spin editor arrow buttons to change the date. Notice that the date time picker never displays a weekend date, while if the date is entered directly into the date picker or by using the calendar, any date can be selected.

Color Dialog
RadColorDialog is a CommonDialog descendant and replaces the standard ColorDialog. The RadColorDialog offers a high degree of configurability compared to its standard counterpart. There are tabs for "Basic", "System", "Web" and "Professional" color selection. See the screenshots below for examples.

Basic lets you choose a predefined color from a honeycomb interface where you click a colored cell to choose the color.

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System lets you choose one of the System.Drawing.SystemColors enumeration from a list. Each is a color of a Windows display element (i.e. ButtonShadow, ActiveCaptionText, etc).

Web lets you choose one of the named web colors from a list.

Professional provides the greatest flexibility in selecting or tailoring the

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exact color you require. Left click the mouse in the gradient area on the left to select a specific shade of color. Click on the rainbow bar in the middle to select a color.

Using RadColorDialog
To use the RadColorDialog, call its ShowDialog() method. If the returned DialogResult value is "OK", retrieve the SelectedColor property: [VB] Using RadColorDialog ShowDialog() Private Sub btnChangeColor_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) radColorDialog1.SelectedColor = pnlColor.BackColor If radColorDialog1.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then pnlColor.BackColor = radColorDialog1.SelectedColor End If End Sub [C#] Using RadColorDialog ShowDialog() private void btnChangeColor_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) Handles btnChangeColor.Click { radColorDialog1.SelectedColor = pnlColor.BackColor; if (radColorDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { pnlColor.BackColor = radColorDialog1.SelectedColor; } } RadColorDialog also has a Reset() method that resets the dialog properties to default values, including replacing the underlaying ColorDialogForm with a new instance. RadColorDialoghas properties for setting and retrieving color and for getting at properties used to configure the dialog:

SelectedColor:A standard Color type. SelectedHslColor:A HslColor type where HSL stands for Hue, Saturation and Luminence. CustomColors[]: This is a read-only array of Color types. You can query the contents of the custom colors

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displayed along the bottom of the selector. RadColorDialogForm

ColorDialogForm: A Form descendant that encapsulates dialog properties.

While RadColorDialog only has these few properties, the color dialog is configured through the ColorDialogForm.

RadColorDialogForm
The significant properties unique to RadColorDialogForm are:

ShowBasicColors, ShowSystemColors, ShowWebColors, ShowProfessionalColors: If true (the default) the corresponding Basic, System, Web and Professional tabs are displayed. ActiveMode: Determines the currently selected tab. Valid enumeration values from Telerik.WinControls.ColorPickerActiveMode are Basic, System, Web, Professional. AllowColorPickFromScreen: When true (the default) the "eye dropper" tool is displayed. AllowColorSaving: Toggles the "Add a custom color" button visibility. BackColor: The background color of the color selector as a whole. You can also set this color to be Transparent to have it blend in with other UI elements. ForeColor: The color for labels and text entry. SelectedColor:The color swatch labeled "New". OldColor: The color swatch labeled "Current". AllowEditHEXValue: If true (the default) enables hexadecimal entry of color values. ShowHEXColorValue: If true (the default) displays the hexadecimal entry of color values. ShowCustomColors: If true displays custom colors boxes along the bottom of the dialog.

To localize or otherwise customize the text in the dialog, use properties AddNewColorButtonText, BasicTabHeading, SystemTabHeading, WebTabHeading, ProfessionalTabHeading, SelectedColorLabelHeading and OldColorLabelHeading. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Editors\<VB|CS>\EditorsOverview

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This walk through will use the "SpinEditorWalkthrough" project as a basis andwill set the gift wrap color using theRadColorDialog. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Editors\<VB|CS>\ColorDialogWalkthrough 1. Start with the "SpinEditorWalkthrough" project or a copy. 2. Drop a RadColorDialog component on the form. 3. In the constructor for the form's code-behind, add the code below to configure the RadColorDialog. This step hides all tabs except Web and System colors and customizes the Web tab heading to be "Named Colors". The dialog automatically displays the Web tab due to the ActiveMode property assignment. [VB] Configure the RadColorDialog

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Dim dialog As RadColorDialogForm = radColorDialog1.ColorDialogForm dialog.ShowBasicColors = False dialog.ShowCustomColors = False dialog.ShowProfessionalColors = False dialog.ShowHEXColorValue = False dialog.ShowCustomColors = False dialog.AllowColorPickFromScreen = False dialog.WebTabHeading = "Named Colors" dialog.ActiveMode = ColorPickerActiveMode.Web [C#] Configure the RadColorDialog RadColorDialogForm dialog = (RadColorDialogForm)radColorDialog1.ColorDialogForm; dialog.ShowBasicColors = false; dialog.ShowCustomColors = false; dialog.ShowProfessionalColors = false; dialog.ShowHEXColorValue = false; dialog.ShowCustomColors = false; dialog.AllowColorPickFromScreen = false; dialog.WebTabHeading = "Named Colors"; dialog.ActiveMode = ColorPickerActiveMode.Web; 4. Define a method to return a contrasting color. We will use this method to set the text of the "Choose Wrap Color" button so that it will stand out from the background color of the button. [VB] Defining the GetContrastingColor Method Public Shared Function GetContrastingColor(color As Color) As Color Return Color.FromArgb(color.ToArgb() Xor &Hffffff) End Function [C#] Defining the GetContrastingColor Method public static Color GetContrastingColor(Color color) { return Color.FromArgb(color.ToArgb() ^ 0x00ffffff); } 5. In the design view for the form, double-click the "Choose Wrap Color" button to create a Click event handler. Add the code below to display the RadColorDialog, retrieve the color and set the background color for the button. [VB] Handling the Click Event Private Sub btnChooseColor_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) ' get the fill and text primitives for the button Dim fillPrimitive As FillPrimitive = TryCast(btnChooseColor.RootElement.Children (0).Children(0), FillPrimitive) Dim textPrimitive As TextPrimitive = TryCast(btnChooseColor.RootElement.Children (0).Children(1).Children(1), TextPrimitive) ' retrieve the current button color radColorDialog1.ColorDialogForm.OldColor = fillPrimitive.BackColor radColorDialog1.ColorDialogForm.SelectedColor = fillPrimitive.BackColor ' retrieve the user selected color and calculate a contrasting color, ' then set the BackColor properties to succesively more transparent ' shades of the primary color and set the text to the contrasting color. If radColorDialog1.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then Dim color As Color = radColorDialog1.SelectedColor

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textPrimitive.ForeColor = Utils.GetContrastingColor(color) fillPrimitive.BackColor = color fillPrimitive.BackColor2 = Color.FromArgb(200, color) fillPrimitive.BackColor3 = Color.FromArgb(100, color) fillPrimitive.BackColor4 = Color.FromArgb(50, color) End If End Sub [C#] Handling the Click Event private void btnChooseColor_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { // get the fill and text primitives for the button FillPrimitive fillPrimitive = btnChooseColor.RootElement.Children[0].Children[0] as FillPrimitive; TextPrimitive textPrimitive = btnChooseColor.RootElement.Children[0].Children[1].Children[1] as TextPrimitive; // retrieve the current button color radColorDialog1.ColorDialogForm.OldColor = fillPrimitive.BackColor; radColorDialog1.ColorDialogForm.SelectedColor = fillPrimitive.BackColor; // retrieve the user selected color and calculate a contrasting color, // then set the BackColor properties to succesively more transparent // shades of the primary color and set the text to the contrasting color. if (radColorDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { Color color = radColorDialog1.SelectedColor; textPrimitive.ForeColor = Utils.GetContrastingColor(color); fillPrimitive.BackColor = color; fillPrimitive.BackColor2 = Color.FromArgb(200, color); fillPrimitive.BackColor3 = Color.FromArgb(100, color); fillPrimitive.BackColor4 = Color.FromArgb(50, color); } } Notice the first step is to get the primitives for the button background and button text. We then set the color dialogs OldColor and SelectedColor to the button's current BackColor. If the user chooses a color we assign it back to the button background, and because the background can be made up of four different colors, we use the Color.FromArgb() method and make the color progressively transparent accross the four colors. We also use the Utils.GetContrastingColor() method to get an appropriate color for the Text, i.e. ForeColor. 6. Add a "Telerik.WinControls.Primitives" namespace reference to your "Imports" (VB) or "uses" (C#) section of code. This will support the FillPrimitive and TextPrimitive objects. 7. Press Ctl-F5 to run the application. Check the "Gift Wrap" check box. Click the "Choose Wrap Color" button. Select a color from the RadColorDialog and click OK. Notice that the color is assigned to the button background and a contrasting color is assigned to the button text. Also, the color dialog only displays the System and Named Colors tabs. The Custom colors and Hex value entries are hidden.

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EditorsInput Walkthrough
This walk through will use the "ColorDialogWalkthrough" project as a basis andwill gather input data from the form and display it in a message box. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Editors\<VB|CS>\EditorsInputWalkthrough 1. Start with the "ColorDialogWalkthrough" project or a copy. 2. Add a static helper function GetKnownColorName() to retrieve a readable name for a given color. This function should be added to the Utils.cs file. Remember that we only allowed system and web colors to be selected from the color dialog, so all the colors will have proper names, not just hex values strings. The method iterates the KnownColor enumeration and tries to match the rgb value against the color passed in. [VB] Define the GetKnownColorName() Method Public Shared Function GetKnownColorName(color As Color) As String For Each knownColor As KnownColor In [Enum].GetValues(GetType(KnownColor)) If color.ToArgb() = Color.FromKnownColor(knownColor).ToArgb() Then Return Color.FromKnownColor(knownColor).Name End If Next Return [String].Empty End Function [C#] Define the GetKnownColorName() Method

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public static string GetKnownColorName(Color color) { foreach (KnownColor knownColor in Enum.GetValues(typeof(KnownColor))) { if (color.ToArgb() == Color.FromKnownColor(knownColor).ToArgb()) { return Color.FromKnownColor(knownColor).Name; } } return String.Empty; } 3. Add the following IsEditorControl() helper method to the form's class. This method returns true if a given control is:

Enabled On a group box A textbox base, date time picker or RadButton. [VB] Defining the IsEditorControl Method Private Function IsEditorControl(control As Control) As Boolean If Not control.Enabled Then Return False End If ' only get input from controls within a groupbox If Not (TypeOf control.Parent Is GroupBox) Then Return False End If Return TypeOf control Is RadTextBoxBase OrElse TypeOf control Is RadDateTimePicker OrElse TypeOf control Is RadButton End Function [C#] Defining the IsEditorControl Method private bool IsEditorControl(Control control) { if (!control.Enabled) return false; // only get input from controls within a groupbox if (!(control.Parent is GroupBox)) return false; return control is RadTextBoxBase || control is RadDateTimePicker || control is RadButton; }

4. Add another helper method GetControlValue() that takes a RadControl and returns the appropriate value object for that control. Notice that when we get to the"Choose Wrap Color" button we drill down to it's fill primitive and get the background color. The value in this case is the known color name of the button background. Also notice that there are only two RadButtons on the form, but the "Place Order" button is not parented by a GroupBox and so is ignored by IsEditorControl() method. [VB] Defining the GetControlValue Method

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Private Function GetControlValue(control As RadControl) As Object Dim value As Object = Nothing If TypeOf control Is RadTextBox Then value = (TryCast(control, RadTextBox)).Text ElseIf TypeOf control Is RadMaskedEditBox Then value = (TryCast(control, RadMaskedEditBox)).Value.ToString() ElseIf TypeOf control Is RadDateTimePicker Then value = (TryCast(control, RadDateTimePicker)).Value ElseIf TypeOf control Is RadCheckBox Then value = (TryCast(control, RadCheckBox)).Checked.ToString() ElseIf TypeOf control Is RadButton Then Dim buttonPrimitive As FillPrimitive = TryCast((TryCast(control, RadButton)).RootElement.Children(0).Children(0), FillPrimitive) value = Utils.GetKnownColorName(buttonPrimitive.BackColor) End If Return value End Function [C#] Defining the GetControlValue Method private object GetControlValue(RadControl control) { object value = null; if (control is RadTextBox) value = (control as RadTextBox).Text; else if (control is RadMaskedEditBox) value = (control as RadMaskedEditBox).Value.ToString(); else if (control is RadDateTimePicker) value = (control as RadDateTimePicker).Value; else if (control is RadCheckBox) value = (control as RadCheckBox).Checked.ToString(); else if (control is RadButton) { FillPrimitive buttonPrimitive = (control as RadButton).RootElement.Children[0].Children[0] as FillPrimitive; value = Utils.GetKnownColorName(buttonPrimitive.BackColor); } return value; } 5. Replace the GetFormData() stub method implementationwith the code below. This functionrecursesa controls collection looking for objects we've defined as edit controls. When found, the control's Tag and value are appended to a string. [VB] Replacing the GetFormData() Method Private Function GetFormData(controls As Control.ControlCollection) As String Dim builder As New StringBuilder() For Each control As Control In controls If IsEditorControl(control) Then Dim value As Object = GetControlValue(TryCast(control, RadControl)) If (value <> Nothing) AndAlso (Not value.ToString().Equals([String].Empty)) Then builder.Append(Environment.NewLine) builder.Append(control.Tag.ToString()) builder.Append(": ") builder.Append(value)

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End If End If If control.Controls.Count > 0 Then builder.Append(GetFormData(control.Controls)) End If Next Return builder.ToString() End Function [C#] Replacing the GetFormData() Method private string GetFormData(Control.ControlCollection controls) { StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(); foreach (Control control in controls) { if (IsEditorControl(control)) { object value = GetControlValue(control as RadControl); if ((value != null) && (!value.ToString().Equals(String.Empty))) { builder.Append(Environment.NewLine); builder.Append(control.Tag.ToString()); builder.Append(": "); builder.Append(value); } } if (control.Controls.Count > 0) builder.Append(GetFormData(control.Controls)); } return builder.ToString(); } 6. Press Ctl-F5 to run the application. Enter information to the editors and click the "Place Order" button. The information is collected from the form and displayed in the RadMessageBox.

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Tool Tips
The most flexible way to display tool tips in your edit controls is to handle the ToolTipTextNeeded event. The ToolTipTextNeedeEventArgs have a single property ToolTipText that can be assigned to.

You can find the complete source for this project at: \Editors\<VB|CS>\ToolTipsWalkthrough 1. Start with the "EditorsInputWalkthrough" project or a copy. 2. Select the "Name" RadTextBox. In the Properties window Event tab, locate the ToolTipTextNeeded event. Type in "HandleToolTipTextNeeded" and click Enter to create an event handler. 3. Add the code below to the event handler. [VB] Handling the ToolTipTextNeeded Event Private Sub HandleToolTipTextNeeded(sender As Object, e As ToolTipTextNeededEventArgs) e.ToolTipText = "Please enter " + (TryCast(sender, RadItem)).ElementTree.Control.Tag.ToString() End Sub [C#] Handling the ToolTipTextNeeded Event private void HandleToolTipTextNeeded(object sender, ToolTipTextNeededEventArgs e)

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{ e.ToolTipText = "Please enter " + (sender as RadItem).ElementTree.Control.Tag.ToString(); } The code will re-use the Tag property text you entered in the "Getting Started" project. "sender" in this context will be a RadItem descendant, i.e. RadTextBoxItem. To get at the Tag propertyyou need to use the RadItem descendent's ElementTree property and get the Control property. The control will be a RadControl descendant representing the actual control on the form. You can now access the Tag property of that control. The screenshot below shows what "sender" looks like when you debug into the ToolTipTextNeeded event handler.

4. Assign this same event handler to all the editors on the form. 5. Click Ctl-F5 to run the application. Move the mouse over each of the editors to see the tool tip.

Validation
All of the RadControls based editors work nicely with the built-in Microsoft validation mechanisms. One way we can handle validation is to add a standard Microsoft ErrorProvidercomponent and subscribe to the editcontrol's Validating event. This fires when the user tabs off the control. If the input is invalid we can use the

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ErrorProvider SetError() method that automatically displays the error message next to the control being validated. We can also set the Validating event Cancel argument property if we want to prevent any other input on the form.

[VB] Handling the Validating Event with Cancel Private Sub tbName_Validating(sender As Object, e As CancelEventArgs) If (TryCast(sender, RadTextBox)).Text.Equals([String].Empty) Then errorProvider1.SetError(TryCast(sender, Control), "Please enter a valid name") e.Cancel = True End If End Sub [C#] Handling the Validating Event with Cancel private void tbName_Validating(object sender, CancelEventArgs e) { if ((sender as RadTextBox).Text.Equals(String.Empty)) { errorProvider1.SetError(sender as Control, "Please enter a valid name"); e.Cancel = true; } } This route is workable but a bit restrictive of the users ability to move around the form at will and enter data in any order. We can loosen this restriction a bit by not setting Cancel. This next example validates the delivery date time picker to verify the selected date is a weekday but does not set Cancel true. The error icon is still shown, but the user is not prevented from performing other actions on the form. [VB] Handling the Validating Event handler ' validate the date time picker to allow only weekday dates Private Sub dtDeliver_Validating(sender As Object, e As CancelEventArgs) Dim [error] As String = Nothing If Utils.IsWeekend((TryCast(sender, RadDateTimePicker)).Value) Then [error] = "Please enter a weekday date for " + (TryCast(sender, Control)).Tag.ToString() End If errorProvider1.SetError(DirectCast(sender, Control), [error]) End Sub [C#] Handling the Validating Event handler // validate the date time picker to allow only weekday dates private void dtDeliver_Validating(object sender, CancelEventArgs e) { string error = null; if (Utils.IsWeekend((sender as RadDateTimePicker).Value)) { error = "Please enter a weekday date for " + (sender as Control).Tag.ToString(); } errorProvider1.SetError((Control)sender, error); } When some completion action is about to take place (e.g. saving data), the data should be valid at that time.Extend the "EditorsInputWalkthrough" project to include a validity check when the "Place Order" button is

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pressed. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Editors\<VB|CS>\ValidationWalkthrough 1. Start with the "ToolTipsWalkthrough" project or a copy. 2. Drop a standard ErrorProvider component on the form. 3. Replace the ValidateControls() stub method with the code below. This method traverses the form control's collection and for each control:

First clears any existing errors using the ErrorProvider Checks if a control is one we've defined as an "Editor control". If it's an editor control then we retrieve the control value. If the value is a DateTime type, validity checking consists of making sure the value is a weekend. If the value is a string, then the string must not be empty. If the value is not valid, the ErrorProvider SetError() method is called. Even if the control is not an editor,the method recurses if there are child controls. [VB] Defining the ValidateControls() Method Private Function ValidateControls(controls As Control.ControlCollection) As Boolean Dim isValid As Boolean = True For Each control As Control In controls ' clear old errors errorProvider1.SetError(control, "") If IsEditorControl(control) Then Dim value As Object = GetControlValue(TryCast(control, RadControl)) If (TypeOf value Is DateTime) AndAlso (Utils.IsWeekend(DirectCast(value, DateTime))) errorProvider1.SetError(control, "Please enter a weekday date to " + control.Tag.ToString()) isValid = False ElseIf value.ToString().Equals([String].Empty) Then errorProvider1.SetError(control, "Please enter " + control.Tag.ToString()) isValid = False End If End If ' recurse into child controls of this control ' so that we get items on the group panels. If control.Controls.Count > 0 Then If Not ValidateControls(control.Controls) Then isValid = False End If End If Next Return isValid End Function [C#] Defining the ValidateControls() Method private bool ValidateControls(Control.ControlCollection controls) { bool isValid = true; foreach (Control control in controls)

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{ // clear old errors errorProvider1.SetError(control, ""); if (IsEditorControl(control)) { object value = GetControlValue(control as RadControl); if ((value is DateTime) && (Utils.IsWeekend((DateTime)value))) { errorProvider1.SetError(control, "Please enter a weekday date to " + control.Tag.ToString()); isValid = false; } else if (value.ToString().Equals(String.Empty)) { errorProvider1.SetError(control, "Please enter " + control.Tag.ToString()); isValid = false; } } // recurse into child controls of this control // so that we get items on the group panels. if (control.Controls.Count > 0) if (!ValidateControls(control.Controls)) isValid = false; } return isValid; } 4. Press Ctl-F5 to run the application.Try leaving out some of the data or select a date time picker weekend date.

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If you want to prevent the user from closing the window, handle the FormClosing event.The FormClosingEventArgs include CloseReason to tell you why the window is being closed (e.g. system shut down, user is trying to close the window, etc) and Cancel. Setting Cancel to True prevents the form from closing. [VB] Handling the FormClosing Event Private Sub RadForm1_FormClosing(sender As Object, e As FormClosingEventArgs) If Not ValidateControls(Me.Controls) Then Dim result As DialogResult = RadMessageBox.Show("Please correct errors or press Cancel to close the window.", "Input errors", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel, RadMessageIcon.[Error]) ' Cancel == true prevents the form from closing e.Cancel = result = DialogResult.OK End If End Sub [C#] Handling the FormClosing Event private void RadForm1_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e) { if (!ValidateControls(this.Controls)) { DialogResult result = RadMessageBox.Show( "Please correct errors or press Cancel to close the window.", "Input errors", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel, RadMessageIcon.Error); // Cancel == true prevents the form from closing e.Cancel = result == DialogResult.OK; } }

4.6 Summary
This chapter explained how to retrieve information from the user with the RadSpinEditor, RadDateTimePicker, RadMaskedEditBox, RadTextBox and RadColorDialog controls. The chapter began with a brief exploration of basic usability for each control and highlights special features. The chapter included explanation how to implement tool tips, validate user entry and control specific information on edit masks, date formats and internationalization support.

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RichTextBox Beta

5.1 Overview
RadRichTextBox is a control that is able to display and edit rich-text content including formatted text arranged in pages, paragraphs, spans (runs), etc.

Rich Text Formatting - Telerik RadRichTextBox control allows you to edit text and apply rich formatting options, like:

Bold, Italic Underline, Strike Through Text color and background Bullet and numbered lists Paragraph alignment and indentation Show/Hide formatting symbols Clear Formatting

Inserting pictures/symbols SpellChecker - extensible spell checking for different languages, using built-in or custom dictionaries. Multi-level Undo/Redo Support - Telerik RadRichTextBox provides desktop-like usability and control thanks to its multilevel Undo/Redo feature. It allows past actions to be reviewed and reversed, just like in Microsoft Word. Two types of layout Paged and Flow (as text in an HTML page viewed in a browser). Multi-region selection - the built-in multi-region support enables you to perform various operations for more than one selection simultaneously. Import/export - with Telerik RadRichTextBox control you can load XAML, HTML, RTF, DocX (rich-text) or

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TXT (plain text) into the control, you can format and edit it and then export it back to any of the above formats or PDF.

5.2 F.A.Q
How to Get and Set the Text of RadRichTextBox
RadRichTextBox does not have a Text property because different formats for import and export of documents are supported RTF, HTML, XAML, docX, plain text and PDF (export only). In order to set the contents of the document, it should be clear what format the data is in. For easier extensibility and separation of concerns, format providers that deal with the import and export of the documents are used. Here is a list of the currently available format providers and the assemblies they are included in:

TxtFormatProvider (plain text) Telerik.WinControls.RichTextBox.FormatProviders.Txt; DocxFormatProvider - Telerik.WinControls.RichTextBoc.FileFormats.OpenXml.Docx; HtmlFormatProvider - Telerik.WinControls.RichTextBox.FileFormats.Html; XamlFormatProvider - Telerik.WinControls.RichTextBox.FileFormats.Xaml; RtfFormatProvider Telerik.WinControls.RichTextBox.FileFormats.Rtf; PdfFormatProvider - Telerik.WinControls.RichTextBox.FileFormats.Pdf.

You can read more about the use of format providers here. Overall, what you need to do to get the content of the document in a specific format is to create an instance of the corresponding provider and export the document. An example is illustrated below: [C#] Export XAML file public string GetXAML(RadDocument document) { XamlFormatProvider provider = new XamlFormatProvider(); return provider.Export(document); } [VB.NET] Export XAML file Public Function GetXAML(ByVal document As RadDocument) As String Dim provider As New XamlFormatProvider() Return provider.Export(document) End Function To get the text stripped of all formatting, you can useTxtFormatProvider. Setting the content of RadRichTextBox can be done in the same manner, if you have the content in one of these formats. For example, importing an HTML string in the document of a RadRichTextBox can be done as follows: [C#] Load HTML file public RadDocument ImportHtml(string content) { HtmlFormatProvider provider = new HtmlFormatProvider(); return provider.Import(content); } [VB.NET] Load HTML file Public Function ImportHtml(ByVal content As String) As RadDocument Dim provider As New HtmlFormatProvider() Return provider.Import(content) End Function

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If you wish to preserve the initial content of the document and insert text at different positions in the document, you can use theInsertmethods of RadDocument and RadRichTextBox. TheInsertmethod of RadRichTextBox uses the current span style of the document, i.e. the text is included in the document just as it would have been if you typed it at that position. With the method of RadDocument, you need to explicitly create aStyleDefinitionand fill it up with the property values of the text that you are inserting FontSize,FontFamily,colors, etc. Here are some examples: The Insert method will work after the document object model is created. Please note that the DOM will be created only after RadRichTextBox is being measured. Simply said, The insert command will not work in the form constructor. 1. Inserting text in RadRichTextBox at caret position: [C#] Insert text in RadRichTextBox this.radRichTextBox1.Insert(textToInsert); [VB.NET] Insert text in RadRichTextBox Me.RadRichTextBox1.Insert(textToInsert) You can manipulate the caret position before invoking the insert method in order to change the position where you wish the text to appear. You can find more information on document positions and their usage here. 2. Inserting text in a custom style using RadDocuments method: [C#] Insert text in RadDocument private void InsertTextInDocument(string textToInsert) { StyleDefinition style = new StyleDefinition(); style.SetPropertyValue(Span.FontFamilyProperty, "Comic Sans MS"); style.SetPropertyValue(Span.FontSizeProperty, Unit.PointToDip(16)); style.SetPropertyValue(Span.ForeColorProperty, Color.Blue); this.radRichTextBox1.Document.Insert(textToInsert, style); } [VB.NET] Insert text in RadDocument Private Sub InsertTextInDocument(ByVal textToInsert As String) Dim style As New StyleDefinition() style.SetPropertyValue(Span.FontFamilyProperty, New FontFamily("Comic Sans MS")) style.SetPropertyValue(Span.FontSizeProperty, Unit.PointToDip(16)) style.SetPropertyValue(Span.ForeColorProperty, Color.Blue) Me.RadRichTextBox1.Document.Insert(textToInsert, style) End Sub In case you wish to insert the text in the current editing style of the rich text box, you can do that in the following manner: [C#] Insert text in RadDocument private void InsertTextInDocumentInCurrentSpanStyle(string textToInsert) { StyleDefinition style = new StyleDefinition(); style.CopyPropertiesFrom(this.radRichTextBox1.CurrentEditingStyle); this.radRichTextBox1.Document.Insert(textToInsert, style); }

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[VB.NET] Insert text in RadDocument Private Sub InsertTextInDocumentInCurrentSpanStyle(ByVal textToInsert As String) Dim style As New StyleDefinition() style.CopyPropertiesFrom(Me.radRichTextBox1.CurrentEditingStyle) Me.radRichTextBox1.Document.Insert(textToInsert, style) End Sub Using methods from RadDocument's API to apply changes to the document clears the history stack and the undo function will not be able to restore the document before this change.

Setting the Margins of the Document

With paged layout mode, you can set the margin of the document by using the following code: [C#] Change page margin radRichTextBox1.Document.LayoutMode = DocumentLayoutMode.Paged; radRichTextBox1.Document.SectionDefaultPageMargin = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(100); [VB.NET] Change page margin RadRichTextBox1.Document.LayoutMode = DocumentLayoutMode.Paged RadRichTextBox1.Document.SectionDefaultPageMargin = New System.Windows.Forms.Padding(100)

5.3 Getting Started

RadRichTextBox is a control that allows you to display rich text content including sections, paragraphs, spans, italic text, bold text, in-line images etc. This topic will help you to quickly get started using the control.

Formatting at design time

There are cases when you want to display a non-editable content that has been defined and formatted as far back as design time. In most of the cases theTextBlockcontrol is used, but it doesn't provide you with a way to format your text in the same control instance. Although the RadRichTextBox is a rich text input control, it can also be used as a rich text viewer. In order to format the text inside it you can use the following classes:

Section Paragraph Span InlineImage

As you can see the text is still editable. To make it read only you have to set theIsReadOnlyproperty of the RadRichTextBox toTrue. [C#] Read only mode radRichTextBox1.IsReadOnly = true; [VB.NET] Read only mode RadRichTextBox1.IsReadOnly = True

Formatting via a sample UI

If you want to allow the user to edit and format the content of the RadRichTextBox, you have to create a UI

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and use the API exposed by the RadRichTextBox. The API exposes methods (like ToggleBold(), ToggleItalic() etc.) that modify the text in the control when called. Here is an example of creating a UI for making the text bold, italic and underlined. [C#] Bold, Italic, Underline private void boldButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.radRichTextBox1.ToggleBold(); } private void italicButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.radRichTextBox1.ToggleItalic(); } private void underlineButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.radRichTextBox1.ToggleUnderline(); } [VB.NET] Bold, Italic, Underline Private Sub boldButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles boldButton.Click Me.RadRichTextBox1.ToggleBold() End Sub Private Sub italicButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles italicButton.Click Me.RadRichTextBox1.ToggleItalic() End Sub Private Sub unserlineButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles underlineButton.Click Me.RadRichTextBox1.ToggleUnderline() End Sub The UI should also response, when the caret is on a position where the text is modified. For example, theboldButtonshould be toggled if the caret is on a bold text. This can be done by handling theCurrentSpanStyleChangedevent. It is raised every time when the span, over which the caret is, gets changed. In the event handler you can use theCurrentEditingStyleproperty in order to get the desired information for the style of the current Span. This property is of typeStyleDefinitionand by using itsGetPropertyValue()method and passing the appropriate DependancyProperty, you can get the desired information. This makes theStylesDefinitionclass universal forSpanandParagraphelements. Here is an example: The same approach can be used for theCurrentParagraphStyleChangedevent [C#] CurrentSpanStyleChanged and CurrentParagraphStyleChanged event handling void radRichTextBox1_CurrentSpanStyleChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) {

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StyleDefinition style = this.radRichTextBox1.CurrentEditingStyle; TextStyle fontStyle = (TextStyle)style.GetPropertyValue(Span.FontStyleProperty); UnderlineType underlineDecoration = (UnderlineType)style.GetPropertyValue (Span.UnderlineTypeProperty); this.boldButton.IsChecked = fontStyle.HasFlag(TextStyle.Bold); this.italicButton.IsChecked = fontStyle.HasFlag(TextStyle.Italic); this.underlineButton.IsChecked = underlineDecoration != UnderlineType.None; } [VB.NET] CurrentSpanStyleChanged and CurrentParagraphStyleChanged event handling Private Sub radRichTextBox1_CurrentSpanStyleChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Dim style As StyleDefinition = Me.RadRichTextBox1.CurrentEditingStyle Dim fontStyle As TextStyle = DirectCast(style.GetPropertyValue(Span.FontStyleProperty), TextStyle) Dim underlineDecoration As UnderlineType = DirectCast(style.GetPropertyValue (Span.UnderlineTypeProperty), UnderlineType) Me.boldButton.IsChecked = fontStyle.HasFlag(TextStyle.Bold) Me.italicButton.IsChecked = fontStyle.HasFlag(TextStyle.Italic) Me.underlineButton.IsChecked = underlineDecoration <> UnderlineType.None End Sub

5.4 Working with RichTextBox

The RadRichTextBox is a control that allows you to visualize rich text content and allows the user to format it.

Design-Time Documents
You are able to predefine the content of the RadRichTextBox at design time. This means that the RadRichTextBox can be used to display static rich content. Defining such a content can be done via the following UI Elements:

Section Paragraph Span InlineImage

RadRichTextBox API
Instead of visualizing a static rich content, you may want to use the RadRichTextBox as an input control. In this case, in order to provide the user with the ability to format the inputted content, you have to provide a UI that communicates with the RadRichTextBox. For that purpose the RadRichTextBox exposes an API, which contains various methods that can apply different formatting to the inputted content. To learn more about the API methods read this topic. To see an example of a RadRichTextBox that allows to apply bold, italic and underline formatting, take a look at this topic.

Scrolling
When the available size for the control becomes less than the size of the content, the RadRichTextBox will automatically display horizontal or vertical scrollbars respectively.

Current Span
TheCurrentEditingStyleproperty returns an instance of theStyleDefinitionclass, which allows you to get information abou the current element. You can combine the usage of this property with the usage of

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theCurrentSpanStyleChangedevent in order to update the UI (if any) when the text style changes. The same approach can be used for theCurrentParagraphStyleChangedevent. For example, you have a button that makes the text bold: [C#] Bold text private void boldButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { radRichTextBox1.ToggleBold(); } [VB.NET] Bold text Private Sub boldButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles boldButton.Click RadRichTextBox1.ToggleBold() End Sub in the event handler for the CurrentSpanStyleChanged event, you can do the following: [C#] Bold text void radRichTextBox1_CurrentSpanStyleChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { StyleDefinition style = this.radRichTextBox1.CurrentEditingStyle; TextStyle fontWeight = (TextStyle)style.GetPropertyValue(Span.FontStyleProperty); this.boldButton.IsChecked = fontWeight == TextStyle.Bold; } [VB.NET] Bold text Private Sub radRichTextBox1_CurrentSpanStyleChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Dim style As StyleDefinition = Me.RadRichTextBox1.CurrentEditingStyle Dim fontWeight As TextStyle = DirectCast(style.GetPropertyValue(Span.FontStyleProperty), TextStyle) Me.boldButton.IsChecked = fontWeight = TextStyle.Bold End Sub This will keep the button synchronized with the current position of the caret.

5.5 Layout Modes

The RadRichTextBox allows you to choose between several layout modes.

Paged
When using the paged mode, the content of the edited document is divided into pages. The size and layout of each page are defined by theDefaultPageLayoutSettingsproperty of theRadDocumentand more specifically theWidthandHeightproperties of thePageLayoutSettingsobject. Next, the margins of the control in a page are specified by thePageMarginproperty of eachSection. Since several sections can appear on a single page, the margin properties of the firstSectionthat appears on a certain page would be valid. InPagemode, resizing a RadRichTextBox will not affect the document layout but scrollbars will appear if the document does not fit in the view.

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Flow
InFlowlayout mode, document content is not divided into pages. Instead there is a single page which displays the whole content. This layout option resemblesMS Words Web-Layoutmode. Since the document is not constrained in width, changing the controls width will also resize the content of the document and this will affect its height.

FlowNoWrap
TheFlowNoWraplayout mode is similar to theFlowlayout mode, but it doesn't allow the text in the separate paragraphs to get wrapped when the free space gets exceeded. Instead a horizontal scroll bar will appear.

5.6 Selection
The RadRichTextBox supports not only selection via the UI, but also programmatic selection. This topic will explain you how to:

UI Selection
The user is able to select the content of the RadRichTextBox in the same way as in MS Word. This is done by clicking on the desired position and dragging to the desired end of the selection. A multiple ranges selection is also allowed. This one is done by holding theCtrlkey while selecting the different ranges.

Programmatic Selection
The developer is allowed to work with the selection programmatically. This can be used when having aFindfunctionality in your RadRichtextBox and you want to select the found string. Examples that involve the programmatic selection can be found in the How To section. The programmatic selection gets implemented via theDocumentSelectionclass. The instance of the class gets associated with theRadDocumentof the RadRichTextBox and allows you to specify selection starts and ends, selection ranges and other. You can manage the selection by either using theSelectionproperty of theRadDocumentor by creating an instance of theDocumentSelectionclass. Here is an example of how to select the current word. To learn more about theDocumentPositionread the Positioning topic. [C#] Select the current word DocumentPosition startPosition = this.radRichTextBox1.Document.CaretPosition; //new DocumentPosition( this.radRichTextBox.Document ); DocumentPosition endPosition = new DocumentPosition(startPosition); startPosition.MoveToCurrentWordStart(); endPosition.MoveToCurrentWordEnd(); this.radRichTextBox1.Document.Selection.AddSelectionStart(startPosition); this.radRichTextBox1.Document.Selection.AddSelectionEnd(endPosition); [VB.NET] Select the current word Dim startPosition As DocumentPosition = Me.RadRichTextBox1.Document.CaretPosition 'new DocumentPosition( this.radRichTextBox.Document ); Dim endPosition As New DocumentPosition(startPosition) startPosition.MoveToCurrentWordStart() endPosition.MoveToCurrentWordEnd() Me.RadRichTextBox1.Document.Selection.AddSelectionStart(startPosition) Me.RadRichTextBox1.Document.Selection.AddSelectionEnd(endPosition)

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Multi-Range Selection
You can implement Multi-Range Selection by either calling multiple times theAddSelectionStart() andAddSelectionEnd()methods or by working with theRangescollection. Here is an example of selecting each "RadRichTextBox" word in the text. This example uses the first approach. [C#] Multi selection DocumentPosition position = new DocumentPosition( this.radRichTextBox1.Document ); do { //GetCurrentSpan().Text returns the word at the position string word = position.GetCurrentSpanBox().Text; if ( word.Contains( "RadRichTextBox" )) { DocumentPosition wordEndPosition = new DocumentPosition( position ); wordEndPosition.MoveToCurrentWordEnd(); this.radRichTextBox1.Document.Selection.AddSelectionStart( position ); this.radRichTextBox1.Document.Selection.AddSelectionEnd( wordEndPosition ); } } while (position.MoveToNextWordStart()); [VB.NET] Multi selection Dim position As New DocumentPosition(Me.RadRichTextBox1.Document) Do 'GetCurrentSpan().Text returns the word at the position Dim word As String = position.GetCurrentSpanBox().Text If word.Contains("RadRichTextBox") Then Dim wordEndPosition As New DocumentPosition(position) wordEndPosition.MoveToCurrentWordEnd() Me.RadRichTextBox1.Document.Selection.AddSelectionStart(position) Me.RadRichTextBox1.Document.Selection.AddSelectionEnd(wordEndPosition) End If Loop While position.MoveToNextWordStart()

5.7 Search
RadRichTextBox supports searching the contents of the document along with providing some methods for manipulating the selection. Used in combination, they become quite a powerful tool enabling scenarios like highlighting of specific parts of the document or replacing words and collocations. To learn more about the selection API read theSelection (Section 5.6)topic. The simplest scenario finding a string in the content of the document can be implemented with the following code: [C#] Select all matches private void SelectAllMatches(string toSearch) { this.radRichTextBox1.Document.Selection.Clear(); // this clears the selection before

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processing DocumentTextSearch search = new DocumentTextSearch(this.radRichTextBox1.Document); foreach (var textRange in search.FindAll(toSearch)) { this.radRichTextBox1.Document.Selection.AddSelectionStart(textRange.StartPosition); this.radRichTextBox1.Document.Selection.AddSelectionEnd(textRange.EndPosition); } } [VB.NET] Select all matches Private Sub SelectAllMatches(ByVal toSearch As String) Me.RadRichTextBox1.Document.Selection.Clear() ' this clears the selection before processing Dim search As New DocumentTextSearch(Me.RadRichTextBox1.Document) For Each textRange In search.FindAll(toSearch) Me.RadRichTextBox1.Document.Selection.AddSelectionStart(textRange.StartPosition) Me.RadRichTextBox1.Document.Selection.AddSelectionEnd(textRange.EndPosition) Next textRange End Sub Note that theFindAll()method of theDocumentTextSearchclass takes a string as an argument, but regards it as a regular expression. For example, searching [a-z]*control[a-z]*will find all words that contain the word control as a substring. Thus, if you have the word RadControls in the document, executing theSelectAllMatches(control)will result in only these six letters being selected, as opposed to the whole word RadControls being selected whenSelectAllMatches([a-z]*control[a-z]*). You can use all kind of regular expressions, such as (asp|silverlight)\s*control(s)? (which would match both ASP Controls and SilverlightControl),[a-z]*(.)\1[a-z]*(which finds all words that have a doubled letter), and basically everything else you can come up with. Make sure to use correct expressions if you want to utilize this functionality, or escape the string in case you want a simple search for a word that can contain special symbols like ?, +, { etc. This can be automatically done by invoking the following code before proceeding with the search. [C#] Escape string toSearch = Regex.Escape(toSearch); [VB.NET] Escape string toSearch = Regex.Escape(toSearch) Selecting the results of the search is particularly useful, as most formatting commands that are executed on RadRichTextBox (or its document) are selection-based, i.e. they operate on the currently selected parts of the document. You can use that fact by invoking one of these commands after having selected the words in the document. Here is an example. [C#] Customize selection this.radRichTextBox1.ChangeTextHighlightColor(Color.LightGray); // will highlight all selected words in LightGray this.radRichTextBox1.ChangeFontSize(Unit.PointToDip(32)); // will increase the font size of the words to 30 DIP this.radRichTextBox1.ChangeFontFamily("Comic Sans MS"); // will change the font family of the spans, containing these words. [VB.NET] Customize selection

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Me.RadRichTextBox1.ChangeTextHighlightColor(Color.LightGray) ' will highlight all selected words in LightGray Me.RadRichTextBox1.ChangeFontSize(Unit.PointToDip(32)) ' will increase the font size of the words to 30 DIP Me.RadRichTextBox1.ChangeFontFamily("Comic Sans MS") ' will change the font family of the spans, containing these words. Most of the time, you would like to remove the selection at the end of the operations, which is done by calling theClear()method of theDocumentSelectionobject. [C#] Clear selection this.radRichTextBox1.Document.Selection.Clear(); [VB.NET] Clear selection Me.RadRichTextBox1.Document.Selection.Clear() You should have in mind that performing these actions inDocumentContentChangedevent handler will not only raise performance issues, but will also produce an infinite loop, as the changes of the formatting are also considered document changes. On a side note, the find and select functionality can be extended in order to implement a replace of all occurrences matching the searched string with another string. Here is a sample code: [C#] Replace all matches private void ReplaceAllMatches(string toSearch, string toReplaceWith) { this.radRichTextBox1.Document.Selection.Clear(); // this clears the selection before processing DocumentTextSearch search = new DocumentTextSearch(this.radRichTextBox1.Document); List<TextRange> rangesTrackingDocumentChanges = new List<TextRange>(); foreach (var textRange in search.FindAll(toSearch)) { TextRange newRange = new TextRange(new DocumentPosition(textRange.StartPosition, true), new DocumentPosition(textRange.EndPosition, true)); rangesTrackingDocumentChanges.Add(newRange); } foreach (var textRange in rangesTrackingDocumentChanges) { this.radRichTextBox1.Document.Selection.AddSelectionStart(textRange.StartPosition); this.radRichTextBox1.Document.Selection.AddSelectionEnd(textRange.EndPosition); this.radRichTextBox1.Insert(toReplaceWith); textRange.StartPosition.Dispose(); textRange.EndPosition.Dispose(); } } [VB.NET] Replace all matches Private Sub ReplaceAllMatches(ByVal toSearch As String, ByVal toReplaceWith As String) Me.RadRichTextBox1.Document.Selection.Clear() ' this clears the selection before processing Dim search As New DocumentTextSearch(Me.RadRichTextBox1.Document) Dim rangesTrackingDocumentChanges As New List(Of TextRange)() For Each textRange In search.FindAll(toSearch) Dim newRange As New TextRange(New DocumentPosition(textRange.StartPosition, True), New DocumentPosition(textRange.EndPosition, True))

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rangesTrackingDocumentChanges.Add(newRange) Next textRange For Each textRange In rangesTrackingDocumentChanges Me.RadRichTextBox1.Document.Selection.AddSelectionStart(textRange.StartPosition) Me.RadRichTextBox1.Document.Selection.AddSelectionEnd(textRange.EndPosition) Me.RadRichTextBox1.Insert(toReplaceWith) textRange.StartPosition.Dispose() textRange.EndPosition.Dispose() Next textRange End Sub There is a need to create newTextRangeswith document positions that track the changes to the document, because the deletion and insertion affects the document positions. The document positions created using the 2parameter constructor with the second parameter set to true keep their relative position as the document changes. They, however, have to be manually disposed of, as they subscribe to events in order to track the changes to the document and must detach their handlers at the end of their use. This is done using theDispose ()method. If you skip that step, there will be memory leaks in your application.

5.8 Positioning
The positioning feature in the RadRichTextBox is used to navigate through document's content and to get information about the document's elements at a specific position. TheRadDocumentuses the positioning to track the movement of the caret and to control the selection. The positioning is implemented via theDocumentPositionclass. This class can be used by the developer to programmatically control the positioning or the selection.DocumentPositionoffers methods, such asMoveToNextWord(),MoveToPreviousWord(),MoveToCurrentLineStart/End()and so on, which will navigate to the given document element. In order to get information about the element at a given position you can use several methods such asGetCurrentSpanBox(),GetCurrentParagraphBox(),GetCurrentSectionBox()and so on. DocumentPositionalso redefines equality and comparison operators for more convenience, when you should find whether theDocumentPositionis before or after another position in the natural flow of the document. By default RadRichTextBox movesDocument.CaretPositionusing arrow keys or on mouse click.DocumentPositioncan also be obtained by giving the coordinates of a point in the document using the methodDocumentPosition.SetPosition. You can manage the caret position for a specificRadDocumentby either accessing itsCaretPositionproperty, which is of typeDocumentPosition, or by creating a new instance of theDocumentPositionclass and associating it with the desiredRadDocument. When using theCaretPositionproperty you are directly managing the caret position in theRadDocument. By using theDocumentPositionclass you can create instances of several positions inside the document without changing the current caret position.

CaretPosition property
Here is an example of how to use theCaretPositionproperty to get the current word. [C#] string currentSpanText = this.radRichTextBox1.Document.CaretPosition.GetCurrentSpanBox ().Text; [VB.NET] Dim currentSpanText As String = Me.RadRichTextBox1.Document.CaretPosition.GetCurrentSpanBox ().Text

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DocumentPosition class
An alternative of using theCaretPositionproperty is to create an instance of theDocumentPositionclass. Here is the same example from the previous chapter done with an instance of theDocumentPositionclass. [C#] DocumentPosition position = new DocumentPosition(this.radRichTextBox1.Document); string currentSpanText1 = position.GetCurrentSpanBox().Text; [VB.NET] Dim position As DocumentPosition = New DocumentPosition(Me.RadRichTextBox1.Document) Dim currentSpanText1 As String = position.GetCurrentSpanBox().Text

5.9 History
The RadRichTextBox supports not only selection via the UI, but also programmatic selection. This topic will explain you how to:

Enable/Disable History
You can enable or disable the history for theRadDocumentvia theEnabledproperty of theDocumentHistory. [C#] Enable history this.radRichTextBox1.Document.History.Enabled = true; [VB.NET] Enable history Me.RadRichTextBox1.Document.History.Enabled = False

Clear History
To clear the history you just have to call theClear()method of theDocumentHistoryclass. [C#] Clear history this.radRichTextBox1.Document.History.Clear(); [VB.NET] Clear history Me.RadRichTextBox1.Document.History.Clear()

Undo/Redo
To undo and redo some actions, you can call theUndo()andRedo()methods of the RadRichTextBox. [C#] Undo/Redo history this.radRichTextBox1.Undo(); this.radRichTextBox1.Redo(); [VB.NET] Undo/Redo history Me.RadRichTextBox1.Undo() Me.RadRichTextBox1.Redo()

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Change History Depth
To change the history capacity you have to set the desired value of theDepthproperty of theDocumentHistory. The default one is1000. [C#] History depth this.radRichTextBox1.Document.History.Depth = 500; [VB.NET] History depth Me.RadRichTextBox1.Document.History.Depth = 500

5.10 ReadOnly
To make the RadRichTextBox read only, you have to set itsIsReadOnlyproperty toTrue. [C#] Read only mode radRichTextBox1.IsReadOnly = true; [VB.NET] Read only mode RadRichTextBox1.IsReadOnly = True Except theReadOnlyproperty, there are several other properties that can be used to control the response of the RadRichTextBox towards the user actions against it:

Enabled- setting this property toFalsewill disable the entire control. The user won't be able to enter any input in it and to scroll the contents. IsSelectionEnabled- setting this property toFalsewill disable the user to perform any selection inside the RadRichTextBox control.

5.11 Formatting API

If you want to format the content of the RadRichTextBox at run time, you have to use the API exposed by the RadRichTextBox. This is essential, as the main purpose of RadRichTextBox is to allow the users to format their input via UI. The UI should call the respective API methods of the RadRichTextBox. The RadRichTextBox exposes methods that change the style of the text or the paragraph. When a method is called, the respective style is applied to the selected text. If there is no selection available, the style is applied to the word, in which the caret is located. Here is an example of a toggle button that upon checking should make the selection or the current word bold. In the handler for theClickevent of theRadToggleButton, theToggleBold()method of the RadRichTextBox gets called. [C#] Toggle bold private void boldButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { radRichTextBox1.ToggleBold(); } [VB.NET] Toggle bold Private Sub boldButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles boldButton.Click RadRichTextBox1.ToggleBold() End Sub

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5.12 Import/Export Import/Export
The RadRichTextBox allows you to export and import its content. This is useful in case you want to save the user's input into a data base and then load it from there, or if you want to save/load the content of the RadRichTextBox to/from a file. To import and export you have to use a specific class that implements theIDocumentFormatProvider. You can find built-in classes, that implement this interface, for each of the supported formats. Currently the RadRichTextBox can export and import the following formats:

XAML- to import/exportXAMLdocuments you have to use theXamlFormatProviderclass. DOCX- to import/exportDOCXdocuments you have to use theDocxFormatProviderclass. HTML- to import/exportHTMLdocuments you have to use theHtmlFormatProviderclass. RTF- to import/exportRTFdocuments you have to use theRtfFormatProviderclass. Plain text- to import/export plain text documents you have to use theTxtFormatProviderclass. PDF- to export documents toPDFyou have to use thePdfFormatProviderclass.

Here are some examples on how to export and import. The "Export to String" and "Import from String" examples are only valid for the text-based format providers (Html, Xaml, Rtf and TxtFormatProvider). The "Export to File" and "Import from File" are applicable to each of the format providers (save for PDF import). To use them with the desired format just replace the format provider and change the settings of theSaveFileDialogor theOpenFileDialog. Export to String [C#] Export to String public string ExportToXAML(RadDocument document) { XamlFormatProvider provider = new XamlFormatProvider(); return provider.Export(document); } [VB.NET] Export to String Public Function ExportToXAML(ByVal document As RadDocument) As String Dim provider As New XamlFormatProvider() Return provider.Export(document) End Function Export to File [C#] Export to File public void ExportToDocx(RadDocument document) { DocxFormatProvider provider = new DocxFormatProvider(); SaveFileDialog saveDialog = new SaveFileDialog(); saveDialog.DefaultExt = ".docx"; saveDialog.Filter = "Documents|*.docx"; DialogResult dialogResult = saveDialog.ShowDialog(); if (dialogResult == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK) { using (Stream output = saveDialog.OpenFile())

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{ provider.Export(document, output); MessageBox.Show("Saved Successfuly!"); } } } [VB.NET] Export to File Public Sub ExportToDocx(ByVal document As RadDocument) Dim provider As New DocxFormatProvider() Dim saveDialog As New SaveFileDialog() saveDialog.DefaultExt = ".docx" saveDialog.Filter = "Documents|*.docx" Dim dialogResult As DialogResult = saveDialog.ShowDialog() If dialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then Using output As Stream = saveDialog.OpenFile() provider.Export(document, output) MessageBox.Show("Saved Successfuly!") End Using End If End Sub Import from String [C#] Import from String public RadDocument ImportXaml(string content) { XamlFormatProvider provider = new XamlFormatProvider(); return provider.Import(content); } [VB.NET] Import from String Public Function ImportXaml(ByVal content As String) As RadDocument Dim provider As New XamlFormatProvider() Return provider.Import(content) End Function Import from File [C#] Import from File public RadDocument ImportDocx() { RadDocument document = null; IDocumentFormatProvider provider = new DocxFormatProvider(); OpenFileDialog openDialog = new OpenFileDialog(); openDialog.Filter = "Documents|*.docx"; openDialog.Multiselect = false; DialogResult dialogResult = openDialog.ShowDialog(); if (dialogResult == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK) { using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(openDialog.FileName, FileMode.Open)) { document = provider.Import(stream); } }

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return document; } [VB.NET] Import from File Public Function ImportDocx() As RadDocument Dim document As RadDocument = Nothing Dim provider As IDocumentFormatProvider = New DocxFormatProvider() Dim openDialog As New OpenFileDialog() openDialog.Filter = "Documents|*.docx" openDialog.Multiselect = False Dim dialogResult As DialogResult = openDialog.ShowDialog() If dialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then Using stream As New FileStream(openDialog.FileName, FileMode.Open) document = provider.Import(stream) End Using End If Return document End Function

Import/Export settings
As sometimes the formats may support several ways for presenting one and the same content, some customization options have been provided in order to specify the result which the user expects. This is achieved with the help of import and export settings, which some format providers expose (HtmlFormatProviderandPdfFormatProvider). You need to create an instance of the settings and assign it to the property of the provider you will be using. Then, you can set (or retrieve) the properties you need.HtmlFormatProvidermakes use ofHtmlExportSettingsandHtmlImportSettingsto control import/export. 1. HtmlExportSettingsprovides the following options:

DocumentExportLevel you can choose betweenDocumentandFragment.Documentis the default value, which includes the HTML declaration, the<HTML>,<TITLE>,<HEAD>and<BODY>tags, whereas setting the document export level toFragmentresults in exporting the content of the<BODY>tag only. StylesExportMode the options here areInlineandClasses, the default one beingClasses. Predefined classes is the preferred way for setting styles, yet inline styles may be useful with regard to the consumer of the HTML. For instance, in order to use the exported HTML inTelerik Reporting, theStylesExportModeneeds to be set toInline. ImageExportMode the user can choose between several options or even provide his own implementation by choosing theImageExportingEventoption for theImageExportModeproperty and handling theImageExportingEvent. TheUriSourceoption can be used if you want to export an image by setting itssrcproperty to theURLrather than having the raw data in the exported document.

2. HtmlImportSettingsprovides the following options:

UseDefaultStylesheetForFontProperties aBooleanproperty indicating whether the default font properties of RadRichTextBox or the defaults in the HTML specification should be used for the elements that do not set theirFontSize,FontFamily,FontWeightandFontStyleexplicitly. LoadImageFromUrlevent this event was introduced at a time whenHtmlFormatProviderdid not automatically load images from URLs. The feature is currently supported out of the box, but this event can be useful if using virtual directories and files on the server.

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PdfFormatProviderexposes anExportSettingsproperty of typePdfExportSettings, which can be used in the same way as the export settings ofHtmlFormatProvider. PdfExportSettingsinclude the following options:

ContentsCompressionMode this property allows you to choose if you wish to make use of compression (by setting it toDeflateorAutomatic) or not (PdfContentsCompressionMode.None) of the text content of the document. ContentsDeflaterCompressionLevel an integer between -1 and 9, used to get or set the compression level to be used when deflating the content of the document. Default Compression is-1, No Compression is0and Best Compression is9; ImagesCompressionMode the user can choose betweenNone,Jpeg(supported only for images, imported as JPEG), Deflate (the deflate algorithm will be applied to compress the images) orAutomatic(the best algorithm will be automatically decided upon for you). ImagesDeflaterCompressionLevel same asContentsDeflaterCompressionLevel, but applied to the images in the document. This property is respected when an image is compressed withDeflate.

PDF importis currentlynotsupported, so there are not any import settings. There are not anyImportorExportSettingsforXAMLeither, as theXAMLserialization is lossless and all elements are imported and exported as they would appear if declared in aXAMLpage in the application. DocxFormatProviderdoes not currently provide any settings as the document content is matched as closely as possible to the Word document.

5.13 HTML Support

A major requirement for providing rich text editing capabilities is support for HTML. The RadRichTextBox control is designed to offerimport/export (Section 5.12)functionality forHTMLout of the box through theHtmlFormatProvider. However, asHTMLis a diverse and complicated standard, supporting it comes with certain limitations.HtmlFormatProvideris designed to handle slightly malformedHTML(missing closing tags, missing quotes around attributes), however in this case correct parsing cannot be guaranteed. For best results we recommend importing validXHTMLcontent. The purpose of this article is to outline which parts of the HTML are supported.

Importing
When theHtmlFormatProviderimports anHTMLdocument, it parses it and converts the HTML element tree toRadDocument. Importing is basically made up of two parts content and styling.

Content
HTML content is mapped to several types ofRadDocumentelements paragraphs, spans and tables. Tags mapped to paragraphs are:

<h1>through<h6> <ul>, <ol>, <li> <tr>

Tags mapped to spans are:

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formatting tags, , Additionally, line breaks are inserted between consequent block elements (<div>).

Styling
Styling is supported through CSS styles (classes or inline) and a number of formatting tags (including). Although thetag has been deprecated, legacy software and markup requires support for it. Supported formatting tags are:

, turn on bold , turn on italic turn on underline <h1>through<h6> apply heading

Supported CSS properties are:

text-align margin-left margin-right color background-color font-family font-size font-style font-weight text-decoration (underline, line-through) vertical-align (sub, super)

Supportedtag attributes are:

face equivalent to CSS propertyfont-family size equivalent to CSS propertyfont-size color equivalent to CSS propertycolor

Exporting
When exporting toHTML, theHtmlFormatProvideriterates through theRadDocumenttree and generatesHTMLnodes. It is designed to generate validXHTMLdocument in order to preserve the formatting as much as possible. Styles are exported as CSS classes in the head of the document and used through the body. The structure of theHTMLdocument closely resembles that ofRadDocument paragraphs and spans.

5.14 Spellcheck
The RadRichTextBox control is designed to support "spell checking as you type" by setting a single property and specifying a proper dictionary to it. This topic will explain you the following:

Enabling SpellCheck
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words), you can use theIsSpellCheckingEnabledproperty on the RadRichTextBox. When the property isFalse, no dictionaries are loaded and no overhead is incurred for spell checking. You can customize the spell checker by using theSpellCheckerproperty of RadRichTextBox. Its of typeISpellChecker. By default an object of typeDocumentSpellCheckerthat implements the interface, is used for this property. You can either use it or provide your custom class that implements theISpellCheckerinterface.

Dictionaries
The dictionaries in RadRichTextBox implement theIWordDictionaryinterface. Easy interoperability with dictionaries fromRadSpellfor ASP.NET is achieved through theWordDictionaryclass, which supports the loading of a dictionary directly from the*.tdffiles, used withRadSpell. Here is an example of aWordDictionaryloaded from aTDFfile. When adding aWordDictionaryor similar object use theAddDictionary(IWordDictionary dictionary, CultureInfo culture)method of theDocumentSpellChecker. You can also associate a dictionary with a specific culture. The method to remove this dictionary isRemoveDictionary(CultureInfo culture). The given example doesn't contain the logic used to read theTDFfile as aStream. [C#] Load dictionary private void LoadDictionary(Stream tdfFileStream) { WordDictionary dictionary = new WordDictionary(); dictionary.Load(tdfFileStream); ((DocumentSpellChecker)this.radRichTextBox1.SpellChecker).AddDictionary(dictionary, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); } [VB.NET] Load dictionary Private Sub LoadDictionary(ByVal tdfFileStream As Stream) Dim dictionary As New WordDictionary() dictionary.Load(tdfFileStream) CType(Me.RadRichTextBox1.SpellChecker, DocumentSpellChecker).AddDictionary(dictionary, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) End Sub

Adding a Word
To add a word to a dictionary you can either use theAddWord()method of theDocumentSpellCheckeror of the dictionary itself. Using the first one you can add a word to multiple dictionaries associated to the same culture. This done done by passing the desired culture as parameter to the method. Using the overload of theAddWord()method that takes only the word as argument is equal to using the second overload and passingCultureInfo.InvariantCultureas argument. Using theAddWord()method of the dictionary itself will add the word only to the respective dictionary. Here is an example: [C#] Add word to dictionary this.radRichTextBox1.SpellChecker.AddWord("RadRichTextBox", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); [VB.NET] Add word to dictionary Me.RadRichTextBox1.SpellChecker.AddWord("RadRichTextBox", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)

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Internationalization
The spell checking component is designed to suit scenarios where different cultures take place in the same application. Internationalization is achieved through associating each dictionary and custom dictionary with a specific culture (or theInvariantCultureas the default one). The given example doesn't contain the logic used to read theTDFfile as aStream. [C#] Load international dictionary private void LoadDictionaryDE(Stream tdfFileStream) { WordDictionary dictionary = new WordDictionary(); dictionary.Load( tdfFileStream ); (( DocumentSpellChecker )this.radRichTextBox1.SpellChecker ).AddDictionary( dictionary, new CultureInfo( "de-DE" ); } [VB.NET] Load international dictionary Private Sub LoadDictionaryDE(ByVal tdfFileStream As Stream) Dim dictionary As New WordDictionary() dictionary.Load(tdfFileStream) CType(Me.RadRichTextBox1.SpellChecker, DocumentSpellChecker).AddDictionary(dictionary, New CultureInfo("de-DE")) End Sub RadRichTextBox has an integration with the keyboard and exposes some hot key combinations. Here is a list of them. Action Copy Paste Cut Undo Redo Toggle Bold Toggle Italic Toggle Underline Align Justify Align Right Align Left Ctrl+C Ctrl+V Ctrl+X Ctrl+Z Ctrl+Y Ctrl+B, Ctrl+Shift+B Ctrl+I, Ctrl+Shift+I Ctrl+U, Ctrl+Shift+U Ctrl+J, Ctrl+Shift+J Ctrl+R, Ctrl+Shift+R Ctrl+L, Ctrl+Shift+L Hotkey

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Align Center

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5.15 RibbonBar UI

RadRichTextBox control comes with a predefined number of shortcuts which trigger commands that allow you to manipulate the selected text the way you want. However, in many cases it is more convenient for the user to click buttons which execute these commands instead of pressing a shortcut key. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how you can build user interface appropriate for the purposes of RadRichTextBox with the help of RadRibbonBar for WinForms. What is more, at the end of the article you will find a link to a project which implements a RadRibbonBar built according to the RadRichTextBox capabilities. You will also find a description of how you can bind this RadRibbonBar to an existing RadRichTextBox.

Building RadRibbonBar UI
Building the user interface of the RadRichTextBox-enabled is pretty simple. You can use thedesign-time capabilities (http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/ribbonbar-getting-started.html)of RadRibbonBar to insert and arrange elements in it. The other option is toinsert elements through code (http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/ribbonbar-programming-radribbonbar-adding-and-removing-tabsand-ribbonbar-groups.html). The following code snippet demonstrates how to insert a 'Home' tab, a 'Font' group and a button which toggles the bold mode of the text: [C#] public RichTextBoxRibbonUI() { InitializeComponent(); RibbonTab tabHome = new RibbonTab(); tabHome.Text = "Home"; this.radRibbonBar1.CommandTabs.Add(tabHome);

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RadRibbonBarGroup grpFont = new RadRibbonBarGroup(); grpFont.Text = "Font"; tabHome.Items.Add(grpFont); RadToggleButtonElement btnBold = new RadToggleButtonElement(); btnBold.Text = "Bold"; grpFont.Items.Add(btnBold); btnBold.ToggleStateChanged += new StateChangedEventHandler(btnBold_ToggleStateChanged); } void btnBold_ToggleStateChanged(object sender, StateChangedEventArgs args) { this.radRichTextBox1.ToggleBold(); this.radRichTextBox1.Focus(); } [VB.NET] Public Sub New() InitializeComponent() Dim tabHome As New RibbonTab() tabHome.Text = "Home" Me.radRibbonBar1.CommandTabs.Add(tabHome) Dim grpFont As New RadRibbonBarGroup() grpFont.Text = "Font" tabHome.Items.Add(grpFont) Dim btnBold As New RadToggleButtonElement() btnBold.Text = "Bold" grpFont.Items.Add(btnBold) AddHandler btnBold.ToggleStateChanged, AddressOf btnBold_ToggleStateChanged End Sub Private Sub btnBold_ToggleStateChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As StateChangedEventArgs) Me.radRichTextBox1.ToggleBold() Me.radRichTextBox1.Focus() End Sub Of course, RadRichTextBox and RadRibbonBar UI should always be in sync, so you should handle the CurrentEditingStyleChanged event as it is described for CurrentParagraphStyleChanged event in the following documentation article:Working with RadRichTextBox (Section 5.4).

Using the RadRichTextBox-enabled RadRibbonBar

You can download the customized RadRibbonBar component from the following links (C#/VB.NET): TelerikWinFormsEditorCS (http://www.telerik.com/download/TelerikWinFormsEditorCS.zip)http://www.telerik.com/download/TelerikWinFormsEditorCS.zip TelerikWinFormsEditorVB (http://www.telerik.com/download/TelerikWinFormsEditorVB.zip)http://www.telerik.com/download/TelerikWinFormsEditorVB.zip After you download the project, please follow the steps below:

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1. Add the project to your solution. 2. Add a project reference from the downloaded project to the project in which you plan to use the customized RadRibbonBar. 3. Set the target framework of the project in which you are going to use the customized RadRibbonBar instance to .NET Framework 4.0 or .NET 4.0 Client Profile. 4. Add the following Telerik references to the main project:

Telerik.WinControls.dll Telerik.WinControls.RichTextBox.dll Telerik.WinControls.SpellChecker.dll Telerik.WinControls.UI.dll TelerikCommon.dll

If there is a RichTextBox on one of the forms in the main project, these references should should already exist. 5. Build the downloaded project. The customized RadRibbonBar component should appear in your Toolbox. 6. Drag it from your Toolbox to your Form. 7. Set theAssociatedRichTextBoxproperty to the RadRichTextBox instance that will be controlled by the RadRibbonBar user interface. 8. Run your solution. 9. The commands that you trigger by using the RadRibbonBar interface will be applied to the text of the associtated RadRichTextBox instance. 10. The following properties will allow you to control the visibility of the tabs of the customized RadRibbonBar implementation: [C#] richRibbonBar1.ShowHomeTab = false; richRibbonBar1.ShowInsertTab = false; richRibbonBar1.ShowPageLayoutTab = false; richRibbonBar1.ShowViewTab = false; richRibbonBar1.ShowReviewTab = false; [VB.NET] richRibbonBar1.ShowHomeTab = False richRibbonBar1.ShowInsertTab = False richRibbonBar1.ShowPageLayoutTab = False richRibbonBar1.ShowViewTab = False richRibbonBar1.ShowReviewTab = False In case you are using RadRibbonForm, you can substitute the Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadRibbonBar type with TelerikEditor.RichRibbonBar type in the Designer code file of the RadRibbonForm. Feel free to add more properties that will be suitable for your scenario.

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Menus

6.1 Objectives

Learn how to add drop-downand context menus to your application using RadMenu, RadContextMenu and RadContextMenuManager controls. Learnhow to build menus at design-time using the Menu Designer. Learn common programmatic tasks such as adding and removing menu items,locating and modifying menu items. Learnhow to programmatically pop up up a context menu in a specific screen location. Become familiar with the RadRibbonBar and RadApplicationMenu controls.

6.2 Introduction
Telerik has an array of flexible menuing options that help structure user choices within your application:

RadMenu enables you to implement attractive navigation systems, comprised of classic or Office 2007-style menus. Based on the Telerik Presentation Foundation, the component gives you full control over item appearance, orientation, and text-wrapping, while allowing you to easily nest checkboxes, images, or any other controls in design-time.

The same RadMenu functionality is available anywhere in the form using RadContextMenu. Context menus can be associated with specific controls or popped up programmatically at any X/Y location.

RadRibbonBar combines the functions of menus, tab strips and toolbars to make an interface similar to those introduced in Microsoft Office 2007. With RadRibbonBar you can organize all of the functionality of your application into a single compact ribbon.

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RadApplicationMenu is the Telerik counterpart of the "application menu" that displays controls used to perform actions on entire documents and forms, such as Save and Print.

6.3 Getting Started

In this Getting Started demonstration you will create a simple rich text edit and use the RadMenu to save and load the file, cut/copy/paste, format the text in bold or italic and display an "About" box.

Preparing the Project

You can find the complete source for this project at: \Menus\<VB|CS>\GettingStarted 1. Create a new Windows Forms application. 2. In the Solution Explorer, delete the default form. 3. Also in the Solution Explorer, right-click the project and select Add | New Item... from the context menu. 4. Select the "Telerik RadForm" template and click the Add button to close the dialog.

Adding Controls to the RadForm

1. Drop a Office2007SilverTheme, OpenFileDialog, SaveFileDialog and ImageList components on the form. These will allshow up in the component tray below the form designsurface. Set the ThemeName property of the RadForm to "Office2007Silver". 2. Click the ImageList Smart Tag "Choose Images" option and add images to represent the actions below.

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You can typically find images in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7 \VS2008ImageLibrary\1033 directory in "VS2008ImageLibrary.zip".

New Open Save Cut Copy Paste Help

3. Add a RadMenu control to the form. Set the ThemeName property of the menu to "Office2007Silver". Set the ImageList property to point to the ImageList you added to the form. 4. Add a standard WinFormsRichTextBox control to the form. Set the Name property to "tbContent". Size the RichTextBox within the available area on the form and set the Anchor property to "Top, Bottom, Left, Right". Also set the HideSelection property to False and ShowSelectionMargin property to True. 5. In the RadMenu designer, click the "Type Here" prompt and enter "File". Repeat this step to create more top level menu items "Edit", "Format" and "Help". 6. Under the top level "File" menu item, click the "Add New" prompt and add a RadMenuItem. Set the name to "miNew", Text to "New" and the ImageKey to the image list image key representing "new". Add the "File" menu items:

Name = "miNew", Text = "New", ImageKey = <image for New>, TextImageRelation= ImageBeforeText Name = "miOpen", Text = "Open", ImageKey = <image for Open>, TextImageRelation= ImageBeforeText Name = "miSave", Text = "Save", ImageKey = <image for Save>, TextImageRelation= ImageBeforeText Add a RadMenuSeparatorItem. Name = "miQuit", Text = "Quit", TextImageRelation= ImageBeforeText

7. Add the "Edit" menu items:

Name = "miCut", Text = "Cut", ImageKey = <image for Cut>, TextImageRelation= ImageBeforeText Name = "miCopy", Text = "Copy", ImageKey = <image for Copy>, TextImageRelation= ImageBeforeText Name = "miPaste", Text = "Paste", ImageKey = <image for Paste>, TextImageRelation= ImageBeforeText

8. Add the "Format" menu items:

Name = "miBold", Text = "Bold", ImageKey = <image for Bold>, CheckOnClick = True, TextImageRelation= ImageBeforeText Name = "miItalic", Text = "Italic", ImageKey = <image for Italic>, CheckOnClick = True, TextImageRelation= ImageBeforeText

9. Add the "Help" menu item:

Name = "miAbout", Text = "About", ImageKey = <image for About>, TextImageRelation= ImageBeforeText

10. Press Ctl-F5 to run the application and see what the menu looks like so far.

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11. Double-click the "New" menu item and add the following code to the Click event handler: [VB] Handling the Menu Item Click Event Private Sub miNew_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) tbContent.Clear() End Sub [C#] Handling the Menu Item Click Event private void miNew_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { tbContent.Clear(); } 12. Double click each menu item except for the "Bold" and "Italic"items and add thecorresponding event handlers below: [VB] Handling the Menu Item Click Events Private Sub miOpen_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) If openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then tbContent.LoadFile(openFileDialog1.FileName, RichTextBoxStreamType.RichText) End If End Sub Private Sub miSave_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) If saveFileDialog1.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then tbContent.SaveFile(saveFileDialog1.FileName, RichTextBoxStreamType.RichText) End If End Sub Private Sub miAbout_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) RadMessageBox.SetThemeName(Me.ThemeName) RadMessageBox.Show(" By " + Environment.UserName + ", " + DateTime.Today.ToLongDateString (), "About RadMenu Demo") End Sub Private Sub miCut_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) tbContent.Cut() End Sub

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Private Sub miCopy_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) tbContent.Copy() End Sub Private Sub miPaste_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) tbContent.Paste() End Sub Private Sub miQuit_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Me.Close() End Sub [C#] Handling the Menu Item Click Events private void miOpen_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { tbContent.LoadFile(openFileDialog1.FileName, RichTextBoxStreamType.RichText); } } private void miSave_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (saveFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { tbContent.SaveFile(saveFileDialog1.FileName, RichTextBoxStreamType.RichText); } } private void miAbout_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { RadMessageBox.SetThemeName(this.ThemeName); RadMessageBox.Show(" By " + Environment.UserName + ", " + DateTime.Today.ToLongDateString(), "About RadMenu Demo"); } private void miCut_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { tbContent.Cut(); } private void miCopy_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { tbContent.Copy(); } private void miPaste_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { tbContent.Paste(); } private void miQuit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.Close(); } 13. Create ToggleStateChanged event handlers for the "miBold" and "miItalic" menu items. Add the following code to implement the font style changes: [VB] Handling the ToggleStateChanged Events Private Sub miBold_ToggleStateChanged(sender As Object, args As StateChangedEventArgs) If args.ToggleState = ToggleState.[On] Then tbContent.SelectionFont = New Font(tbContent.SelectionFont, tbContent.SelectionFont.Style Or FontStyle.Bold)

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Else tbContent.SelectionFont = New Font(tbContent.SelectionFont, tbContent.SelectionFont.Style And Not FontStyle.Bold) End If End Sub Private Sub miItalic_ToggleStateChanged(sender As Object, args As StateChangedEventArgs) If args.ToggleState = ToggleState.[On] Then tbContent.SelectionFont = New Font(tbContent.SelectionFont, tbContent.SelectionFont.Style Or FontStyle.Italic) Else tbContent.SelectionFont = New Font(tbContent.SelectionFont, tbContent.SelectionFont.Style And Not FontStyle.Italic) End If End Sub [C#] Handling the ToggleStateChanged Events private void miBold_ToggleStateChanged(object sender, StateChangedEventArgs args) { if (args.ToggleState == ToggleState.On) { tbContent.SelectionFont = new Font(tbContent.SelectionFont, tbContent.SelectionFont.Style | FontStyle.Bold); } else { tbContent.SelectionFont = new Font(tbContent.SelectionFont, tbContent.SelectionFont.Style & ~FontStyle.Bold); } } private void miItalic_ToggleStateChanged(object sender, StateChangedEventArgs args) { if (args.ToggleState == ToggleState.On) { tbContent.SelectionFont = new Font(tbContent.SelectionFont, tbContent.SelectionFont.Style | FontStyle.Italic); } else { tbContent.SelectionFont = new Font(tbContent.SelectionFont, tbContent.SelectionFont.Style & ~FontStyle.Italic); } } 14. Add one more event handler for the RichTextBoxSelectionChanged event so that the current font attributes of the selection will be reflected in the Bold and Italic menu items: [VB] Handling the SelectionChanged Event Private Sub tbContent_SelectionChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) miBold.IsChecked = tbContent.SelectionFont.Bold miItalic.IsChecked = tbContent.SelectionFont.Italic End Sub [C#] Handling the SelectionChanged Event

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private void tbContent_SelectionChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { miBold.IsChecked = tbContent.SelectionFont.Bold; miItalic.IsChecked = tbContent.SelectionFont.Italic; } 15. Press Ctl-F5 to run the application. Try entering text, saving, loading andtest each of the menu items.

6.4 Using the Design Time Interface

RadMenu Smart Tag
The RadMenu has the same basic Smart Tag minimum layout that you see for all RadControls. In addition you have an Edit Items item that displays the RadItem Collection Editor.

Tasks
From the Smart Tag Tasks menu you can Open Theme Builder to style all aspects of your control, select New Theme Manager to add a RadThemeManager component to the component tray, Edit Items to display the RadItem Collection Editor,Edit UI elements to browse all of the elements of the menu and to change properties for any element. The Theme Name drop down lets you pick an existing theme to style your control.

Learning center
The Learning center lets you navigate to a web browser with online help for the currently selected control or to the online support forums.

Search
Enter search criteria in the edit space provided and click the Search link to navigate directly to search on the Telerik web site.

RadContextMenu Smart Tag

The RadContextMenu Smart Tag lets you add a RadContextMenuManager control to the form and to Edit Menu Items by way of the RadItem Collection Editor.

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Menu Item Smart Tags

Each individual RadMenuItem within the RadMenu also has a Smart Tag. Use this Smart Tag to quickly toggle the AutoSize property, set the Text property, set image properties and to display the Element Hierarchy Editor for theselected RadMenuItem.

Menu Designer
Adding Main Menu Items
There are multiple methods for building menus using the property collection editor or the RadMenu designer. To add a new main menu item, click the the RadMenu area labeled "Type here", and type your top level menu item directly into the entry space provided. When you're finished click ESC to abandon your edits or Enter to accept the edits and create a new RadMenuItem.

...Or click the drop-down arrow to the right of the existing main menu items and select one of the "Add" choices" to create an item of the corresponding type. Once the menu item is created you can use the Smart Tag to configure the Text, Image properties and edit the Items collection for the menu item.

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...Or, click the RadMenu control, open its Smart Tag menu and select Edit Items. Add new RadMenuItems using the RadElement Collection Editor.

Adding Sub Menu Items

To add a new sub-menu item to a main menu item, select the main menu item, click in its Items property in the Properties window, click the ellipsis button, and then use the RadElement Collection Editor. ...Or click a main menu item in the designer to invoke the "Add new" item. Select one of the menu item types to create it and add it below the selected menu item.

Each RadMenuItem can have its own items to allow menu designs that require multiple levels of hierarchy.

Removing Menu Items

To remove a main menu or sub-menu item, select the item and press Delete or right click the menu item and select Delete from the context menu.

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6.5 Working with the Menu Controls
Working with Menu Items
RadMenuItem
The RadMenuItem represents a standard menu item.

Here are some of the significant RadMenuItem properties:

AngleTransform sets the angle offset from horizontal with which the item will be displayed. CommandBinding allows you to configure keyboard shortcuts to fire a given menu item. See the Getting Started topic for an example. DisplayStyle lets you choose whether to show an image, text, or both on the item. DescriptionText contains the text for the description that appears just below the Text. DescriptionFont controls the font characteristics of the DescriptionText display. Enabled when set to false shows the menu item as grayed out and does not react to mouse clicks. To allow non-standard painting when the menu item is not enabled set the UseDefaultDisabledPaint property to false and then use the Visual Style Builder to customize the appearance of this state. FlipText flips the text of the item vertically if set to True. BackColor and ForeColor set the colors of the background and text. Font sets the font and size of the item text. HintText is the text that can appear on the right side of the menu item, such as "Ctrl+N" for "New". Image, ImageIndex, and ImageKey let you assign an image to display on the item. To use ImageIndex and ImageKey you will need to assign the RadMenu ImageList property to an ImageList in the component tray. CheckOnClick indicates whether selecting the item should set a check mark. IsChecked controls whether a check mark is displayed on the item. TextImageRelation controls the relationship between the text and image displayed on the item. Text specifies the text to show on the item. TextOrientation allows you to choose vertical or horizontal text display. PopupDirection indicates whether the direction in which the drop-down menu will open will be to the left, right, up, or down. ShowArrow displays an arrow button on the drop-down menu when there are sub-menus as shown on the "Open" menu item below.

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Use the menu items Layout.ArrowPrimitive to alter the appearance of the arrow graphic. You can use this together with PopupDirection to make sub menus popup below.

[VB] Altering the Arrow and Popup Direction miOpen.Layout.ArrowPrimitive.Direction = Telerik.WinControls.ArrowDirection.Down miOpen.Layout.ArrowPrimitive.ForeColor = Color.Red miOpen.PopupDirection = Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadDirection.Down [C#] Altering the Arrow and Popup Direction miOpen.Layout.ArrowPrimitive.Direction = Telerik.WinControls.ArrowDirection.Down; miOpen.Layout.ArrowPrimitive.ForeColor = Color.Red; miOpen.PopupDirection = Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadDirection.Down;

StringAlignment formats the alignment of the text string so it is positioned near, center, or far from the left border of the menu item.

RadMenuComboItem
The RadMenuComboItem allows you to put a combo box on a menu. To add items to the combo box work with the Items collection of the RadMenuComboItem.ComboBoxElement property. Because the ComboBoxElement returns a RadComboBox, you can also use data binding to put items in the combo box from any data source.

RadMenuSeparatorItem
The RadMenuSeparatorItem is used to add a horizontal line for visual separation between successive items on a menu.

RadMenuButtonItem
This menu item has button appearance and behavior. It also does not have HintText, DescriptionText and does not have an IsChecked property. The screenshot below shows a RadMenuButtonItem with text "Start Server".

RadMenuHeaderItem
This menu itemdisplays header text as shown in the screenshot below with text "Network Tasks".

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Adding Menu Items in Code

To add a series of menu items in code use one of the severalRadMenuItem constructor overloads to create the item thenadd the item to the RadMenu Items collection.

[VB] Adding Menu Items Public Sub New() InitializeComponent() radMenu1.Items.Add(New RadMenuItem("Item 1")) radMenu1.Items.Add(New RadMenuItem("Item 2")) radMenu1.Items.Add(New RadMenuItem("Item 3")) Dim item1 As RadMenuItem = DirectCast(radMenu1.Items(0), RadMenuItem) item1.Items.Add(New RadMenuItem("Sub menu item 1")) item1.Items.Add(New RadMenuItem("Sub menu item 2")) (DirectCast(item1.Items(0), RadMenuItem)).Click += New EventHandler(Form1_Click) End Sub Sub Form1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) RadMessageBox.Show("You clicked " + (TryCast(sender, RadMenuItem)).Text) End Sub [C#] Adding Menu Items public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); radMenu1.Items.Add(new RadMenuItem("Item 1")); radMenu1.Items.Add(new RadMenuItem("Item 2"));

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radMenu1.Items.Add(new RadMenuItem("Item 3")); RadMenuItem item1 = (RadMenuItem)radMenu1.Items[0]; item1.Items.Add(new RadMenuItem("Sub menu item 1")); item1.Items.Add(new RadMenuItem("Sub menu item 2")); ((RadMenuItem)item1.Items[0]).Click += new EventHandler(Form1_Click); } void Form1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { RadMessageBox.Show("You clicked " + (sender as RadMenuItem).Text); } You can also add other item types like check box menu item:

Only certain element types can be nested at design-time, i.e.RadMenuItem, RadMenuButtonItem, RadMenuHeaderItem, RadMenuSeparatorItem and RadComboItem. All other elements can be nested by wrapping the in RadMenuItemBase. Follows an example of creating check box menu item: [VB] Creating check box menu item Public Class CustomCheckMenuItem Inherits RadMenuItemBase Private checkBoxElement As RadCheckBoxElement Protected Overrides Sub CreateChildElements() MyBase.CreateChildElements() checkBoxElement = New RadCheckBoxElement() checkBoxElement.Padding = New Padding(20, 0, 0, 0) checkBoxElement.CheckMarkPrimitive.Margin = New Padding(0, 0, 5, 0) Me.Children.Add(checkBoxElement) End Sub Public Overrides Property Text() As String Get Return checkBoxElement.Text End Get Set(ByVal value As String) checkBoxElement.Text = value End Set End Property Public Custom Event ToggleStateChanged As StateChangedEventHandler

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AddHandler(ByVal value As StateChangedEventHandler) AddHandler checkBoxElement.ToggleStateChanged, value End AddHandler RemoveHandler(ByVal value As StateChangedEventHandler) RemoveHandler checkBoxElement.ToggleStateChanged, value End RemoveHandler RaiseEvent(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As StateChangedEventArgs) End RaiseEvent End Event End Class [C#]Creating check box menu item public class CustomCheckMenuItem : RadMenuItemBase { private RadCheckBoxElement checkBoxElement; protected override void CreateChildElements() { base.CreateChildElements(); checkBoxElement = new RadCheckBoxElement(); checkBoxElement.Padding = new Padding(20, 0, 0, 0); checkBoxElement.CheckMarkPrimitive.Margin = new Padding(0, 0, 5, 0); this.Children.Add(checkBoxElement); } public event StateChangedEventHandler ToggleStateChanged { add { checkBoxElement.ToggleStateChanged += value; } remove { checkBoxElement.ToggleStateChanged -= value; } } public override string Text { get { return checkBoxElement.Text; } set { checkBoxElement.Text = value; } } } Now all you have to do is to create an instance of the custom item and add it to the Items collection of RadMenu or any other item inheriting from RadMenuItemBase [VB] Adding the custom item to the Items collection Public Sub New() InitializeComponent() Dim checkBoxItem As New CustomCheckMenuItem()

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checkBoxItem.Text = "Check Box" AddHandler checkBoxItem.ToggleStateChanged, AddressOf checkBoxItem_ToggleStateChanged RadMenuItem1.Items.Add(checkBoxItem) End Sub Private Sub checkBoxItem_ToggleStateChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As StateChangedEventArgs) RadMessageBox.Show("Check box state has changed to " + args.ToggleState.ToString()) End Sub

[C#] Adding the custom item to the Items collection public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); CustomCheckMenuItem checkBoxItem = new CustomCheckMenuItem(); checkBoxItem.Text = "Check Box"; checkBoxItem.ToggleStateChanged += new StateChangedEventHandler (checkBoxItem_ToggleStateChanged); radMenuItem1.Items.Add(checkBoxItem); } void checkBoxItem_ToggleStateChanged(object sender, StateChangedEventArgs args) { RadMessageBox.Show("Check box state has changed to " + args.ToggleState); } You can find the complete source for this project at: \Menu\<VB or CS>\MenuAddCheckBoxItem

Finding Items
RadMenu Items can be located by name through accessing the item through the indexer. The example below gets the top level "File" menu, then indexes the next level of Items to get the "Open" menu item, then removes the "Open" menu item. [VB] Locating Items Using Indexer Dim fileItem As RadMenuItem = DirectCast(radMenu1.Items("miFile"), RadMenuItem) Dim openItem As RadMenuItem = DirectCast(fileItem.Items("miOpen"), RadMenuItem) If openItem <> Nothing Then fileItem.Items.Remove(openItem) End If [C#] Locating Items Using Indexer RadMenuItem fileItem = (RadMenuItem)radMenu1.Items["miFile"]; RadMenuItem openItem = (RadMenuItem)fileItem.Items["miOpen"]; if (openItem != null) { fileItem.Items.Remove(openItem); } RadMenu Items collection also enables using LINQ clauses for finding menu items based on RadItem properties, such as the Text property. See the articles in MSDN (Microsoft Developer's Network) Language Integrated Query (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb397926.aspx)pagefor more information about LINQ. Here is an example that shows finding menu items based on the Text property of the item, changing the tool tip

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for an item and removing one of the menu items. The menu has a single top level item "File", with "New", "Open" and "Save" child items. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Menu\<VB or CS>\MenuFindItem

[VB] Finding and Removing Menu Items Private Sub btnGo_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Dim fileItem As RadMenuItem = DirectCast(radMenu1.Items("miFile"), RadMenuItem) Dim openItem As RadMenuItem = DirectCast(fileItem.Items("miOpen"), RadMenuItem) If openItem <> Nothing Then fileItem.Items.Remove(openItem) End If ' finds the "Save" item from the "File" Items collection Dim saveItem As RadMenuItem = DirectCast(fileItem.Items.FirstOrDefault(Function(item As ) item.Name.Equals("miSave")), RadMenuItem) If saveItem <> Nothing Then saveItem.ToolTipText = "Next automatic save at " + DateTime.Now.AddHours(0.5) End If End Sub [C#] Finding and Removing Menu Items private void btnGo_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { RadMenuItem fileItem = (RadMenuItem)radMenu1.Items["miFile"]; RadMenuItem openItem = (RadMenuItem)fileItem.Items["miOpen"]; if (openItem != null) { fileItem.Items.Remove(openItem); } // finds the "Save" item from the "File" Items collection RadMenuItem saveItem =

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(RadMenuItem)fileItem.Items.FirstOrDefault(item => item.Name.Equals("miSave")); if (saveItem != null) { saveItem.ToolTipText = "Next automatic save at " + DateTime.Now.AddHours(0.5); } }

Background Images
You can place a background image underneath your menu. It can even be an irregular image as shown in the in example demos that ship with the product.

In the example below a RadPanel has the BackGroundImage property assigned and the RadMenu sits within the middle of the panel space. To make the image show through, hide the fill primitive of the menu and the "File" menu item.

[VB] Setting a Transparent Background radMenu1.MenuElement.Children(1).Visibility = ElementVisibility.Hidden radMenu1.Items(0).Children(0).Visibility = ElementVisibility.Hidden [C#] Setting a Transparent Background radMenu1.MenuElement.Children[1].Visibility = ElementVisibility.Hidden; radMenu1.Items[0].Children[0].Visibility = ElementVisibility.Hidden;

Context Menus
With context menus you can pop up a context-specific set of choices anywhere in the user interface, either attaching the menu to a control or programmatically in any location on the form that suits you. Context menus can be attached to RadControls and any other System.Windows.Forms.Control descendant for that matter.

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Using RadContextMenu
To get started with context menus, drop a RadContextMenu on the form. This is a non-visual component that will be placed below the form in the component tray.

Add menu entries by adding to the Items collection at design time or programmatically. Although there is no Menu Designer, the Smart Tag "Edit Menu Items" will still bring up the RadItem Collection Editor where you can add/edit/delete items just as you can with RadMenu.

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Using RadContextMenuManager
Standard Winforms visual controls all have a ContextMenuStrip property that is not used by RadContextMenu. Instead, each control that you want to associate a context menu with needs to have a RadContextMenu property. To get this property to appear, drop a RadContextMenuManager component onto thecomponent tray to automatically associate a RadContextMenu property with every control on the form.RadContextMenuManager is a non-visual component and has no significant properties.The sole purpose of RadContextMenuManager is to populate controls on the form with the RadContextMenu property.

Showing a Context Menu at a Specific Location

Another way you can make the context menu appear is to call the RadContextMenu Show() method to have the menu appear in a specific location. A common use for this would be to have the menu appear in response to a right-click. For example, you can handle the form's MouseDown event looking for right button clicks and feed the mouse coordinates to the menu's Show() method. [VB] Showing the Context Menu

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' respond to right mouse clicks in the text box Sub TextBoxElement_MouseDown(sender As Object, e As MouseEventArgs) If e.Button = MouseButtons.Right Then cmGiftType.Show(TryCast(sender, RadTextBoxElement), e.X, e.Y) End If End Sub [C#] Showing the Context Menu // respond to right mouse clicks in the text box void TextBoxElement_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) { if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Right) { cmGiftType.Show(sender as RadTextBoxElement, e.X, e.Y); } } A PointToScreen() method to convert coordinatesis not needed when using the specialized Show() method of RadContextMenu: Show(Control control, int x, int y).The Show is automatically displayed in relation to the control.

Context Menus and TextBoxes

Can you attach a context menu to a RadTextBox or control that hosts a Microsoft TextBox? Yes and no... Remember that the MS TextBox has its own standard context menu strip that wants to kick in and showthe usual Cut, Copy and Paste options. How do you erradicate the standard menu and put in your own? The context menu is a feature of the hosted Microsoft TextBox and it can be stopped from showing using a work around: assign an empty ContextMenuStrip to the text box: [VB] Assigning an Empty ContextMenuStrip radTextBox1.TextBoxElement.TextBoxItem.HostedControl.ContextMenuStrip = New ContextMenuStrip () [C#] Assigning an Empty ContextMenuStrip radTextBox1.TextBoxElement.TextBoxItem.HostedControl.ContextMenuStrip = new ContextMenuStrip (); While that kills the built-in Microsoft context menu, when you right-click the RadTextBox, the context menu only appears when you click the very edges. The TextBoxElement portion of the control doesn't respond. To fix this, add a MouseDown event handler that traverses to the TextBoxElement portion of the control. Now the code will look something like the example below: [VB] Hooking up a MouseDown Event Handler Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) tbGiftType.TextBoxElement.TextBoxItem.HostedControl.ContextMenuStrip = New ContextMenuStrip () tbGiftType.TextBoxElement.MouseDown += New MouseEventHandler(TextBoxElement_MouseDown) LoadWrappingContextMenu() End Sub Sub TextBoxElement_MouseDown(sender As Object, e As MouseEventArgs) If e.Button = MouseButtons.Right Then Dim p As Point = (TryCast(sender, RadTextBoxElement)).PointToScreen(e.Location) cmGiftType.Show(p.X, p.Y) End If End Sub [C#] Hooking up a MouseDown Event Handler

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private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { tbGiftType.TextBoxElement.TextBoxItem.HostedControl.ContextMenuStrip = new ContextMenuStrip(); tbGiftType.TextBoxElement.MouseDown += new MouseEventHandler(TextBoxElement_MouseDown); LoadWrappingContextMenu(); } void TextBoxElement_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) { if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Right) { Point p = (sender as RadTextBoxElement).PointToScreen(e.Location); cmGiftType.Show(p.X, p.Y); } }

Context Menus Walk Through

This walk through demonstrates multiple methods of displaying a RadContextMenu: by associating with aRadControl, associating with a standard control and displaying programmatically at a specific location.This demonstration also shows how to make the context menu appear over a text box.

Preparing the Project

You can find the complete source for this project at: \Menus\<VB|CS>\ContextMenu 1. Create a new Windows Forms application. 2. In the Solution Explorer, delete the default form. 3. Also in the Solution Explorer, right-click the project and select Add | New Item... from the context menu. 4. Select the "Telerik RadForm" template and click the Add button to close the dialog.

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Adding Controls to the RadForm
1. Drop a Office2007SilverTheme, RadContextMenuManager andthree RadContextMenucomponents on the form. Name the three RadContextMenu components "cmGiftType", "cmWrapping" and "cmDeliveryMethod". 2. Select Edit Menu Items from the Smart Tag of "cmGiftType". Add four RadMenuItems with the following properties:

Name = "miGiftType1", Text = "Birthday". Name = "miGiftType2", Text = "Anniversary". Name = "miGiftType3", Text = "Thank You". Name = "miGiftType4, Text = "Get Well Soon".

3. Select Edit Menu Items from the Smart Tag of "cmDeliveryMethod". Add four RadMenuButtonItems with the following properties:

Name = "mbiDeliveryMethod1", Text = "Priority Overnight". Name = "mbiDeliveryMethod2", Text = "Standard Overnight". Name = "mbiDeliveryMethod3", Text = "2 Day". Name = "mbiDeliveryMethod4, Text = "3 Day".

4. In the Solution Explorer, navigate to the Properties folder, Resources.resx item. Double-click Resources.resx to open the resources editor. 5. Drag an assortment of jpg or png images from the file explorer into the resources editor.

6. On the form's surface drop the following controls and set properties. The layout should look something like the screenshot below:

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RadLabel: Text = "Gift Type", ThemeName = Office2007Silver. RadTextBox: Name = "tbGiftType", NullText = "Right-click to enter a gift type", ThemeName = Office2007Silver. RadLabel: Text = "Wrapping", ThemeName = Office2007Silver. RadPanel: Name = "pnlWrappingPaper", Text = "Right-click to choose wrapping paper", ThemeName = Office2007Silver. Label: Name = "lblDeliveryMethod", Text = "Right-click to chooses delivery method"

7. Double click the form to create a form load event handler. Add the code below to disable the "gift type" Microsoft context menu, hook up a new mouse down event handler and call helper method LoadWrappingContextMenu(). The mouse down event handler and LoadWrappingContextMenu() will be written later. [VB] Handling the Form Load Event Private Sub RadForm1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) tbGiftType.TextBoxElement.TextBoxItem.HostedControl.ContextMenuStrip = New ContextMenuStrip () tbGiftType.TextBoxElement.MouseDown += New MouseEventHandler(TextBoxElement_MouseDown) LoadWrappingContextMenu() End Sub [C#] Handling the Form Load Event private void RadForm1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { tbGiftType.TextBoxElement.TextBoxItem.HostedControl.ContextMenuStrip = new ContextMenuStrip(); tbGiftType.TextBoxElement.MouseDown += new MouseEventHandler(TextBoxElement_MouseDown); LoadWrappingContextMenu(); } 8. Make sure you have the following references in your "Imports" (VB) or "uses" (C#) section of your code: [VB] Adding Namespace References

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Imports System ' Supports IDictionaryEnumerator Imports System.Collections Imports System.Drawing ' Supports CultureInfo Imports System.Globalization ' Supports GetFileNameWithoutExtension Imports System.IO ' Supports ResourceSet, Resources Imports System.Resources Imports System.Windows.Forms Imports Telerik.WinControls.UI [C#] Adding Namespace References using System; // Supports IDictionaryEnumerator using System.Collections; using System.Drawing; // Supports CultureInfo using System.Globalization; // Supports GetFileNameWithoutExtension using System.IO; // Supports ResourceSet, Resources using System.Resources; using System.Windows.Forms; using Telerik.WinControls.UI; 9. Add a helper method to get the resourced images and create menu items: [VB] Adding the LoadWrappingContextMenu() Method ' enumerate the image resources, creating menu items Private Sub LoadWrappingContextMenu() Dim resourceSet As ResourceSet = Properties.Resources.ResourceManager.GetResourceSet (CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, True, True) Dim enumerator As IDictionaryEnumerator = resourceSet.GetEnumerator() While enumerator.MoveNext() Dim key As String = (DirectCast(enumerator.Key, String)).Replace("_"C, " "C) Dim image As Image = DirectCast(enumerator.Value, Image) Dim item As New RadMenuItem() item.Text = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(key) item.Image = image.GetThumbnailImage(64, 64, Nothing, New IntPtr()) item.Click += New EventHandler(item_Click) cmWrapping.Items.Add(item) End While End Sub [C#] Adding the LoadWrappingContextMenu() Method // enumerate the image resources, creating menu items private void LoadWrappingContextMenu() { ResourceSet resourceSet = Properties.Resources.ResourceManager.GetResourceSet( CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, true, true); IDictionaryEnumerator enumerator = resourceSet.GetEnumerator(); while (enumerator.MoveNext()) {

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string key = ((string)enumerator.Key).Replace('_', ' '); Image image = (Image)enumerator.Value; RadMenuItem item = new RadMenuItem(); item.Text = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(key); item.Image = image.GetThumbnailImage(64, 64, null, new IntPtr()); item.Click += new EventHandler(item_Click); cmWrapping.Items.Add(item); } } 10. Add a mouse down event handler to display the context menu for the "Gift Type" text box. [VB] Handling the Mouse Down Event Sub TextBoxElement_MouseDown(sender As Object, e As MouseEventArgs) If e.Button = MouseButtons.Right Then Dim p As Point = (TryCast(sender, RadTextBoxElement)).PointToScreen(e.Location) cmGiftType.Show(p.X, p.Y) End If End Sub [C#] Handling the Mouse Down Event void TextBoxElement_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) { if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Right) { Point p = (sender as RadTextBoxElement).PointToScreen(e.Location); cmGiftType.Show(p.X, p.Y); } } 11. Add event handlers that will be fire foreach menu item's Click event. [VB] Handling the Menu Item Click Events Sub item_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) pnlWrappingPaper.BackgroundImage = (TryCast(sender, RadMenuItem)).Image End Sub Private Sub miGiftTypeClick(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) tbGiftType.Text = (TryCast(sender, RadMenuItem)).Text End Sub Private Sub mbiDeliveryMethodClick(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) lblDeliveryMethod.Text = (TryCast(sender, RadMenuButtonItem)).Text End Sub [C#] Handling the Menu Item Click Events void item_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { pnlWrappingPaper.BackgroundImage = (sender as RadMenuItem).Image; } private void miGiftTypeClick(object sender, EventArgs e) { tbGiftType.Text = (sender as RadMenuItem).Text; } private void mbiDeliveryMethodClick(object sender, EventArgs e) { lblDeliveryMethod.Text = (sender as RadMenuButtonItem).Text; }

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12. In the Properties window, events tab, locate "miDeliveryMethod1" and set the Click event to "miDeliveryMethodClick". Repeat this step for "miDeliveryMethod2", "miDeliveryMethod3" and "miDeliveryMethod4".

13. In the Properties window, events tab, locate "miGiftType1" and set the Click event to "miGiftTypeClick". Repeat this step for "miGiftType2", "miGiftType3" and "miGiftType4". 14. Press Ctl-F5 to run the application. Right-click each of the prompts to see the context menus.

6.6 RadRibbonBar and RadApplicationMenu

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application into a single compact ribbon. When resized, the ribbon bar efficiently shows more or less detail as space becomes available. If you use a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) layout, the ribbon bar will automatically manage the child forms.

RadApplicationMenu is the Telerik counterpart of the "application menu" that displays controls used to perform actions on entire documents and forms, such as Save and Print. It also provides a list of recent documents, access to form options, and the ability to exit the form or application.

RadApplicationMenu
RadApplicationMenu is essentially a RadDropDownButton and has many of the same properties and design time interfaceasa RadMenu, i.e. same Smart Tag items, RadItem Collection Editor and the same RadItem types that may be added to the collection. In the case of RadApplicationMenu, there are three RadItem collections: Items, RightColumnItems, and ButtonItems. The RightColumnWidth property allows you to reserve extra screen real estate. RadApplicationMenu also has a DisplayStyle property that may be Image (default), None, Text and ImageAndText.Set the Image property to include yourlogo or whatever icon you want to use. The screenshot belowshows all three collections populated and the Image set to a "world globe" icon.

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RadRibbonBar
RadRibbonBar Structure
The ribbon bar has a complex structure, but can be broken down into these main pieces. The screenshot below should help you visually place where the pieces go.

Start menu: The Start Menu is a RadApplicationMenu described earlier in this chapter. Quick Access Tool Bar: This contains a few often used items that can be any of the button types shown in the screenshot below or a separator item. Use the QuickAccessToolBarItems collection to populate the tool barand toggle QuickAccessToolbarBelowRibbon onif the tool bar should appear below the tabbed area.

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Tabs: The tabs are the first level of organization in the main part of RadRibbonBar. Tabs are typically used to split the functionality of an application into major areas. Each tab is a member of the ribbon bar's CommandTabs collection. You can create tabs by clicking the Add New Tab... prompt in the designer:

...or clicking the Add Tab Smart Tag command or editing the ribbon bar's CommandTabs collection:

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Groups: Each tab hosts one or more groups. A groups is a container for other containers and individual functional elements. Groups can individually collapse if there is not enough room to display them all. You can add groups by clicking the Add New Group... prompt in the designer:

Each CommandTab contains an object representing a tab, but also contains an Items collection that contain RadRibbonBarGroup objects. So you can also add groups by using thetab's collection editor:

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Button Groups: Groups may contain one or more button groups. A button group is a container of nested button groups or individual functional elements. Button group Orientationcan be Horizontal (containing a horizontal row of elements) or Veritical (containing a vertical column of elements). You can add button groups from the group Smart Tag...

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...from the group's context menu Add an item option:

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...and by editing the group's Items collection:

Elements: Elements are individual functional pieces of the RadRibbonBar. Elements can be contained directly within groups or within button groups. Groups and button groups can contain a variety of elements. You can add elements using the context menuor Items collection of either a group or button group.

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There are two other special ways to organize user choices, Context Tabs and Galleries.

Contextual Tabs
Contextual tabs (also called tab groups) provide a way to organize related tabs. They are often used to group tabs that apply to a specific object in your application.

In the screenshot above, "Selection" and "Table Tools" are contextual tabs. Their width indicates the tabs that they contain, so that the Selection contextual tab includes the Selected Text tab, and the Table Tools contextual tab includes the Layout and Design tabs. Color is also used to unify a contextual tab with its contained group's. The tabs that belong to contextual tabs are always placed to the right of other tabs on the Telerik RadRibbonBar. You can create new context tab groups using the Add New Group... prompt in the designer, or editing the ContextualTabGroups property of the ribbon bar control. To add a tab to the group, drag the tab to the group and drop it there.

Galleries
A gallery is a special type of element that is designed to allow the user to select visually from among a number of choices. A gallery may be displayed in either collapsed or expanded view. In its default collapsed view, a gallery shows a single row of choices, as well as up and down arrows for scrolling to other rows of choices and a drop-down arrow for switching to expanded view.

In its expanded view, a gallery shows all of its choices at one time, a filter selection bar at the top, and tools at the bottom.

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To create a gallery, right-click a group on a RadRibbonBar control in design view. Select Add an Item, and then RadGalleryElement. To add items to the gallery, select the RadGalleryElement control and edit the Items collection. You can set the text and an image for each RadGalleryItem in the collection. Adding Groups Groups organize the items within a gallery into distinct sections. In the screenshot of the expanded gallery above, Plain Tables and Built-In are groups. To add a group: 1. Select the RadGalleryElement control. 2. Click in the Groups property, and then click the ellipsis button. 3. In the RadItem Collection Editor, click Add to add a new group. 4. Set the Text property to the caption of the new group. 5. Click in the Items property of the RadGalleryGroupItem, and then click the ellipsis button. 6. Click Add to add an item to the group. Each time you click Add, one of the items that you already created will be added to the group.

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7. Click OK when you are done adjusting item membership in the group. 8. Click OK when you are done creating groups. Creating Filters Filters let you select which groups to display. For example, the All Tables filter in the screenshot above includes the Plain Tables group and the Built-In group. 1. Select the RadGalleryElement control. 2. Click in the Filters property, and then click the ellipsis button. 3. In the RadItem Collection Editor, click Add to add a new filter. 4. Set the Text property to the caption of the new filter. 5. Click in the Items property of the RadGalleryGroupFilter, and then click the ellipsis button. 6. Click Add to add a group to the filter. Each time you click Add, one of the groups that you already created will be added to the filter. 7. Click OK when you are done adjusting group membership in the filter. 8. Click OK when you are done creating filters. Creating Tools You can add tools to be displayed beneath the gallery when it is in an expanded mode. Select the RadGalleryElement and edit the Tools collection.

6.7 RadRibbonBar Walk Through

In this walk through you will extend the "Getting Started" application by replacing the RadMenu with a RadRibbonBar.

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Preparing the Project

You can find the complete source for this project at: \Menus\<VB|CS>\RibbonBar 1. Using the "Getting Started" project or a copy, open the form. 2. Remove the RadMenu from the form and size the RichTextBox to make room for the ribbon bar. 3. Drop a RadRibbonBar on the form. 4. Drop a Office2007BlackTheme component on the form. 5. Set the form and RadRibbonBar ThemeName to "Office2007Black". 6. Set the RadRibbonBar ImageList property to point at the ImageList component already in the component tray.

Adapt the Menu to the Ribbon Bar

1. In the Properties window for the RadRibbonBar, locate the StartMenuItems and click the ellipses. Add three RadMenuItems:

Name = "miNew", Text = "New", ImageKey = <key of the "New" image> Name = "miOpen", Text = "Open", ImageKey = <key of the "Open" image> Name = "miSave", Text = "Save", ImageKey = <key of the "Save" image>

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2. Open the RadRibbonBar QuickAccessToolBarItems property and add the following RadButtonElements:

Name = "qaOpen", DisplayStyle = Image, ImageKey = <key of the "Open" image> Name = "qaSave", DisplayStyle = Image, ImageKey = <key of the "Save" image> Name = "qaHelp", DisplayStyle = Image, ImageKey = <key of the "Help" image>

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3. Click the Add New Tab... prompt in the designer and enter "Home" for the tab text.

4. Click the Add New Group... prompt. Select the newgroup and set the Text property to "Clipboard".

5. Open the group's Items property and add three RadButtonElements:

Name = "miCut", Text = "Cut", ImageIndex = <index of the "Cut" image> Name = "miCopy", Text = "Copy", ImageIndex = <index of the "Copy" image>

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Name = "miPaste", Text = "Paste", ImageIndex = <index of the "Paste" image>

6. Add a secondgroup with Text = "Font". Add two RadCheckBoxElements:

Name = "cbBold", Text = "Bold", DisplayStyle = "Image", ImageIndex = <index of the "Bold" image> Name = "cbItalic", Text = "Italic", DisplayStyle = "Image", ImageIndex = <index of the "Italic" image>

7. In the Properties window for the RadRibbonBar, locate the OptionsButton property and expand the item. Set the Visibility property to "Collapsed". Note: there are two buttons on the bottom right of the start menu, "Options" and "Exit". We will hide the Options and implement the exit to replace our "Quit" menu item. 8. In the Properties window Events tab, locate the ExitButton property and expand the item. Double-click the Click event to create an event handler. Move your "this.Close()" code to this handler. 9. In the Properties window Events tab, hook up the remaining menu item Click or ToggleStateChanged event handlers for each element.

6.8 Summary
In this chapter you learned how to add drop-down and context menus to your application using RadMenu, RadContextMenu and RadContextMenuManager controls. We began with a tour of usability and feature highlights, then learned how to build menus at design-time using the Menu Designer. You learned common menu item collection programmatic tasks such as adding and removing menu items,locating and modifying menu items. You learned how to programmatically pop up a context menu in a specific screen location.Finally, the chapter introduces the RadRibbonBar andRadApplicationMenu controls and explored their use.

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Telerik Presentation Foundation

7.1 Objectives

Learn some of the basic capabilities, architecture and class hierarchy of the Telerik Presentation Foundation. Become familiar with the classes used directly in the controls, i.e. RadElement and RadControl. See how elements are accessed within RadControls. See how elements can be added to RadControls. Learn how to add any Control descendant using a RadHostItem as a wrapper.

7.2 Introduction
The Telerik Presentation Foundation (TPF) offers Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) features within classic Windows Forms applications. TPFis the foundation for all RadControls for Winforms controls and objects.

All controls have access to common services provided by TPF such as theming, animation, layout and property binding. No matter how complex a control may be, a control is built up from a few simple types of elements. By working with these elements, you can customize any control on a very granular level. The uniform nature of the control architecture makes it possible to nest controls within each other for more flexible and modern user interfaces. All elements in a control element tree inherit common property values from their parent elements unless these values are set locally. This feature helps each element use less memory while still providing finegrained customization options.

Control Architecture
Controls in the RadControls for WinForms suite have both a general shared architecture and a specific internal structure.

Shared Control Architecture

Every control in the Telerik RadControls for WinForms suite is derived from the RadControl class, which in turn descends from System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl. This relationship ties the controls into the main Windows Forms architecture, and allows you to place them on forms, participate in drag-and-drop operations, and so on. The controls are simple wrappers and do not implement detailed functionality. Rather, each control has as a RootRadElement. The RootRadElement wraps the actual functionality of the control and acts to transfer events to and from the RadControl class. In turn, the RootRadElement has a descendant tree of RadElement classes that implement the actual logic required by the control. In most cases the RootRadElement has a single descendant, though some complex controls such as the Telerik RadRibbonBar require more than one child for the RootRadElement. For example, schematically, the overall architecture for a RadDropDownButton looks as follows: RadDropDownButton RootRadElement RadDropDownButtonElement tree of RadElement instances

Specific Internal Structure

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logical tree. You can inspect this tree using the Control Spy or by clicking the Smart Tag and selecting Edit UI Elements. For example, the screenshot below shows the internal structure of a RadDropDownButton control. In this case, you can see the RootRadElement with the RadDropDownButtonElement as its only child. The RadDropDownButtonElement in turn contains a DropDownEditorLayoutPanel which in turn holdsits elements RadArrowButtonElement and ActionButtonElement. At the leaf level of the tree, various primitives are the atomic pieces that make up the element. For example, a ActionButtonElement contains a fill, an focus and border primitives.

TPF Based Controls

RadControls are built by composing RadElement trees instead of overriding the OnPaint method. Elements can take the form of lightweight primitive elements that draw the individual parts of a control to the form, layout elements that are responsible for arrange primitives on the form, and component elements that handle user input and are responsible for creating layout and primitive elements. Elements can be nested to any arbitrary level of complexity.

A number of pre-built primitives are available for building themable user interfaces quickly including text, gradient fills, borders, checks, arrows, lines, radio buttons, images and trackbars. Elements combine primitives to form the basis of a functioning control. For example, RadLabelElement combines a BorderPrimitive, FillPrimitive and TextPrimitive, then adds specific label properties TextAlignment and BorderVisible. Layout elements descending from LayoutPanel manage the arrangement of child elements. For example, StackLayoutPanel arranges elements in a horizontal or vertical stack that may wrap to new lines. StripLayoutPanel orders elements in a single vertical or horizontal line. RadControls are typically thin wrappers around a component element, handle any direct communication with Windows and establish communication to the RadElement by creating a root element and adding elements to the root element. RadLabel for example simply creates a root element and then creates and adds a RadLabelElement to the root element.

7.3 Getting Started

In a typical development scenario you may want to access some aspect of a RadControl and make minor changes. At design time you can access the element tree and get at any control element properties.

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You can find the complete source for this project at: \TPF\<VB|CS>\GettingStarted 1. In a new Windows Forms Application, drop a RadButton to the default form. 2. Open the Smart Tag and click the Edit UI Elements link.

3. This brings up the Element Hierarchy Editor dialog. Notice the Control element structure on the left side of the dialog. The top level element is called RootRadElement and contains a RadButtonElement. The constituent parts of the RadButtonElement are the FillPrimitive, alayout panel to arrange image and text, BorderPrimitive and FocusPrimitive. Select the "RadButtonElement" node of the element tree and change properties: TextImageRelation = TextBeforeImage, Text = "World Clock", Padding = "10, 10, 10, 10". When setting the Text property, use the drop down arrow button to open RadMarkUpEditor, where you can make different modifications.Enter "World", hit enter, enter "Clock", then choose Font "Segoe Script" and make the text Bold. Click Apply to confirm the changes.

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4. Select the "FillPrimitive" node and and set properties: BackColor = "Blue", BackColor2 = "LightBlue", BackColor3 = "Lavender", BackColor4 = "Purple", GradientStyle = "OfficeGlass". 5. Select the "ImagePrimitive" node and set properties: Image = <the image of a globe, or any small image (around 32 x 32 pixels)>, Opacity = "0.5". 6. Select the "BorderPrimitive" node and set the Visibility property to Collapsed in order to hide the border around the button 7. Click the Close button to view the button.

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Properties in primitives are often surfaced to higher level objects in the element tree. Using the Hierarchy editor makes it possible to get at properties that haven't been surfaced yet. The point of this exercise was to use some of the lower level primitives and make the button look much different than the default version. In a more typical development situation, look for the highest level where the property appears.

7.4 Class Hierarchy

This isan abbreviated class diagram of the class inheritance starting with RadObject and building to RadControl. RadProperty and RadPropertyMetaData are not shown.

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metadata, i.e. information about the property.

RadPropertyMetadata describes a property and de-couples the information about a property from the property itself. RadObject represents the base class for all RadElement objects and has the ability to store all property values in a single structure. RadElement is a key class that represents the smallest unit in a RadControl that can be painted or laid out on the screen. RadElement is the base class of all elements that take advantage of TPF features, e.g. property inheritance, layouts and styling. RadElement implements a tree-like structure of RadObjects, property value inheritance and automatic layout and display invalidation based on the options of the PropertyMetadata for each RadProperty. RadElement has a size and location specified in coordinates in relation to its parent. VisualElement adds visual properties common to all elements that will be painted, e.g. back color, fore color, font, default size, smoothing mode, opacity. LayoutPanel is an abstract class descending from RadElement. LayoutPanel descendants coordinate sizing and position for a number of elements. RadComponentElement implements IComponent and introduces the ability to be contained. BasePrimitive is a VisualElement descendant that adds a virtual PaintPrimitive() method that draws a primitive to the screen. RadItem represents a visual element which could be added to an ItemsCollection and can be selected, deleted or moved at design time. By default this class knows how to handle user input. RadControl is the abstract base class for all RadControls. Each RadControl contains a tree of RadElements. The tree has a root, the RadControl.RootElement (type RootRadElement shown in the diagram) and children of the root element. RadControl acts as a bridge between traditional Windows forms controls and the RadElement tree. RadControl also defines properties common across all controls e.g. ThemeName, Style, ImageList, image scaling properties, minimum and maximum sizes.

7.5 Primitives
Primitives are the elements in the control element tree that are painted to the screen when Windows displays a form containing a Telerik RadControl. All primitives are derived from BasePrimitive, a subclass of VisualElement. BasePrimitive adds the virtual PaintPrimitive() method to VisualElement. The descendants of BasePrimitive override this virtual function to draw themselves. Individual primitive classes expose additional properties. For example, the TextPrimitive class includes a Text property, which specifies the text that it will place on the screen. Browse through these available primitive types to see what you can include in your own RadControl customizations: Primitive Example Description The ArrowPrimitive draws a filled triangular polygon. Orientation is controlled by the Direction property with possible ArrowDirection enumeration values of Up, Down, Left or Right. The arrow is filled with the ForeColor property value. This example draws a border primitive and an ArrowPrimitive.

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The BorderPrimitive class is responsible for drawing the border around an area on the screen. BorderPrimitive is automatically sized to the inner edges of the parent element. The BoxStyle property controls display characteristics and can be set to SingleBorder, FourBorders and OuterInnerBorders. All four sides of the border are drawn with the same properties except color properties. Color is controlled by the GradientStyles property. To get all colors in the border to display the same, use the GrandientStyles.Solid enumeration member. The CheckPrimitive is painted as three sets of angled lines and is colored using the ForeColor property. The three sets of lines are easier to see when the primitive is scaled up. This example creates two CheckPrimitives, one at the default size and the second scaled up by a factor of 5. The FillPrimitive class is responsible for filling in an area on the screen. GradientStyle isapivitolproperty that allows you to select from solid, linear, radial, glass, office glass, office glass rectangle, gel, and vista styles. GradientStyle characterizes how the other properties are interpreted: NumberOfColors, GradientAngle,

BorderPrimitive

CheckPrimitive

FillPrimitive

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GradientPercentage, BackColor, BackColor2, BackColor3 andBackColor4.

GripPrimitive

GripPrimitive displays a vertical row of dots as a visual cue to users that this is an area that can be gripped and dragged. GripPrimitive is used in the RadToolStrip to display on the left hand side of each strip. Grip dots are displayed using BackColor and BackColor2 colors. BackColor2 represents a shadow to set the dots off the background, particularly when the dots and the background contain some of the same colors.

ImagePrimitive

Use the ImagePrimitive class whenever you need to draw an image as part of rendering a control. The properties specific to displaying images are Image, ImageKey, ImageIndex and ImageScaling. Note: the ImageList property is introduced in the RadControl class.

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rectangle. The shadow of the fill is set by the BackColor, BackColor2, BackColor3 and BackColor4 properties. The way these four colors are used is determined by the GradientStyle and GradientAngle properties. LineWidth sets the thickness of the line. Some GradientStyle settings will not be visible if the LineWidth is too narrow. The OverflowPrimitive is a visual indicator that more choices are available. The OverflowPrimitive consists of a triangle and a line just under the base of the triangle. The triangle and line are colored using the ForeColor property. Depending on the Direction property of the arrow, BackColor and ShadowColor may be used. ProgressBarPrimitive is a specialized descendant of FillPrimitive that indicates the state of a long running process. The fill area is controlled by the GradientStyle and the BackColor..BackColor4 properties. The fill covers the percentage area between Minimum and Maximum specified by the Value1 property. Value1 is rendered using up to all four colors. Value2 displays in the BackColor at 25% opacity. Orientation controls the starting point of the fill and can originate from Left, Right, Top or Bottom.

LinePrimitive

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The example shows a Linear fill for Value1 (set to 20), and a pale Aqua for Value2 (set to 70). RadioPrimitive provides the basic visual layout of a radio button background. Typically you would use a higher level object, i.e. the RadRadioButtonElement to include in your control. RadRadioButtonElement handles the toggling of other peer level radio buttons RectanglePrimitive is a lightweight primitive that draws a rectangle using ForeColor only. Unlike BorderPrimitive, RectanglePrimitive does not have GradientStyle, BoxStyle and other color properties. Use the TextPrimitive class whenever you need to display text as part of rendering a control. Color for the font in the primitive is set by the ForeColor property. Other text related properties are Text, TextAlignment, TextFormatFlags, TextOrientation, Shadow. TrackBarPrimitive represents the basic UI of a trackbar, without the trackbar thumb. Typically you would use a higher level object, i.e. the RadTrackBarElement to include in your control. RadTrackBarElement handles the position of the track bar thumb and the various events that go into making the track

RadioPrimitive

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bar useful. FocusPrimitive supplies user interface cues that an element has received focus. The constructor for FocusPrimitive takes a BorderPrimitive that provides the basic dimensions. Fore colors and inner colors may be set explicitly or default control colors are used.

FocusPrimitive

7.6 Elements
Elements fall into three categories, depending on their base class:

Layout elements derive from LayoutPanel. Each LayoutPanel arranges child items in a particular manner. Painted elements derive from BasePrimitive. They override the OnPaint method to draw figures on the controls graphic surface. Component elements derive from RadItem. RadItem descendants handle user input and can be worked with in the design environment. A component element overrides the virtual CreateChildElements() method to create one or more layout elements and primitives. Typically TPF based controls are simple wrappers around RadItem descendant classes, and the RadItem descendant classes define logic and user interface.

7.7 Programming the Telerik Presentation Foundation

Accessing Elements
Now that you know how to get at elements that make up RadControls at design time using the Hierarchy Editor dialog, you can access these same properties in code. At design time we can start with two RadButtons, the first styled like the example in "Getting Started", the second is the stock RadButton with no changes.

The code below will match the second button to look like the first.

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As you will see, the trick is to traverse the Children RadElementCollection, locate the correct element and cast it to the appropriate type. The example below first gets the RadButtonElement and uses that to access the other elements. This top level element is often surfaced as a property, e.g. you can reference "radButton1.ButtonElement" instead of "radButton1.RootElement.Children". [VB] Setting Button Element Properties Public Sub New() InitializeComponent() ' get the "ButtonElement", just under the root element, ' set the padding and text Dim buttonElement As RadButtonElement = TryCast(radButton2.RootElement.Children(0), RadButtonElement) buttonElement.TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.TextBeforeImage buttonElement.Padding = New Padding(10) buttonElement.Text = "World" + Environment.NewLine + "Clock" ' access the fill primitive, use "OfficeGlass" style and set coloring Dim fillPrimitive As FillPrimitive = DirectCast(buttonElement.GetChildrenByType(GetType (FillPrimitive))(0), FillPrimitive) fillPrimitive.GradientStyle = Telerik.WinControls.GradientStyles.OfficeGlass fillPrimitive.BackColor = Color.Blue fillPrimitive.BackColor2 = Color.LightBlue fillPrimitive.BackColor3 = Color.Lavender fillPrimitive.BackColor4 = Color.Purple ' get the image primitive and set image. Set the opacity to be 50% transparent. Dim imagePrimitive As ImagePrimitive = TryCast(DirectCast(buttonElement.Children (1).Children(0), ImagePrimitive), ImagePrimitive) imagePrimitive.Image = Properties.Resources.Globe imagePrimitive.Opacity = 0.5 ' get the text primitive and set the font to use a bold, script Dim textPrimitive As TextPrimitive = TryCast(DirectCast(buttonElement.Children(1).Children (1), TextPrimitive), TextPrimitive) textPrimitive.Font = New Font("Segoe Script", 8.25F, FontStyle.Bold) ' get the border primitive and hide it.

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Dim borderPrimitive As BorderPrimitive = DirectCast(buttonElement.GetChildrenByType(GetType (BorderPrimitive))(0), BorderPrimitive) borderPrimitive.Visibility = Telerik.WinControls.ElementVisibility.Hidden ' match the button sizes radButton2.Size = radButton1.Size End Sub [C#] Setting Button Element Properties public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); // get the "ButtonElement", just under the root element, // set the padding and text RadButtonElement buttonElement = radButton2.RootElement.Children[0] as RadButtonElement; buttonElement.TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.TextBeforeImage; buttonElement.Padding = new Padding(10); buttonElement.Text = "World" + Environment.NewLine + "Clock"; // access the fill primitive, use "OfficeGlass" style and set coloring FillPrimitive fillPrimitive = (FillPrimitive)buttonElement.GetChildrenByType(typeof(FillPrimitive))[0]; fillPrimitive.GradientStyle = Telerik.WinControls.GradientStyles.OfficeGlass; fillPrimitive.BackColor = Color.Blue; fillPrimitive.BackColor2 = Color.LightBlue; fillPrimitive.BackColor3 = Color.Lavender; fillPrimitive.BackColor4 = Color.Purple; // get the image primitive and set image. Set the opacity to be 50% transparent. ImagePrimitive imagePrimitive = (ImagePrimitive)buttonElement.Children[1].Children[0] as ImagePrimitive; imagePrimitive.Image = Properties.Resources.Globe; imagePrimitive.Opacity = 0.5; // get the text primitive and set the font to use a bold, script TextPrimitive textPrimitive = (TextPrimitive)buttonElement.Children[1].Children[1] as TextPrimitive; textPrimitive.Font = new Font("Segoe Script", 8.25F, FontStyle.Bold); // get the border primitive and hide it. BorderPrimitive borderPrimitive = (BorderPrimitive)buttonElement.GetChildrenByType(typeof(BorderPrimitive))[0]; borderPrimitive.Visibility = Telerik.WinControls.ElementVisibility.Hidden; // match the button sizes radButton2.Size = radButton1.Size; } If you're having trouble getting the correct syntax to access a given property, try setting it using the Hierarchy Editor dialog at design time and look at the generated code, i.e. Form1.Designer.cs. The code may be a little "wordy" compared with hand-written code but you can get a better look at how the hierarchy is accessed and what types are being used.

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Adding Elements to RadControls

Elements can be added to existing RadControls to produce unique display and behavior. The typical use would be to make some tweak in an existing control ifthe existingmakeup of the control doesn't produce what you want to see. Thisnext exampleadds elements to a RadPanel.AStackLayoutPanel is added to the RadPanel's Children collection. The Orientation of thelayout panel is Vertical, so that elements added toits Children collection will be displayed from top to bottom.A label with a title "Safety Checklist" is added to the layout panel, then a series of "bullet points". Each bullet point is made up of its own StackLayoutPanel with the Orientation set to Horizontal so that the "bullet point" and text will be displayed left to right.

You can find the complete source for this project at: \TPF\<VB>|CS>\AddingElements [VB] Composing Elements Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) ' Create a stack panel to contain the title and bullet points

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Dim layoutPanel As New StackLayoutPanel() layoutPanel.Orientation = Orientation.Vertical Dim label As New RadLabelElement() ' create the "title" label.Text = "Safety Checklist" label.Padding = New Padding(5, 10, 0, 0) ' add the title and bullet points layoutPanel.Children.Add(label) layoutPanel.Children.Add(GetBulletPoint("Smoke detectors")) layoutPanel.Children.Add(GetBulletPoint("Ground-fault circuit interrupters")) layoutPanel.Children.Add(GetBulletPoint("Fire retardant roofing materials")) ' add the layout panel element to the panel's children radPanel1.RootElement.Children.Add(layoutPanel) End Sub Private Function GetBulletPoint(text As String) As StackLayoutPanel ' create a layout panel for a single "bullet point" Dim layoutPanel As New StackLayoutPanel() layoutPanel.Orientation = Orientation.Horizontal layoutPanel.Margin = New Padding(10, 10, 0, 0) ' add the "bullet point" graphic and add to the layout panel Dim arrowPrimitive As New ArrowPrimitive() arrowPrimitive.Direction = Telerik.WinControls.ArrowDirection.Right arrowPrimitive.Margin = New Padding(0, 0, 5, 0) arrowPrimitive.ForeColor = Color.Maroon layoutPanel.Children.Add(arrowPrimitive) ' add the text for the bullet point and add to the layout panel Dim textPrimitive As New TextPrimitive() textPrimitive.Text = text layoutPanel.Children.Add(textPrimitive) Return layoutPanel End Function [C#] Composing Elements private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { // Create a stack panel to contain the title and bullet points StackLayoutPanel layoutPanel = new StackLayoutPanel(); layoutPanel.Orientation = Orientation.Vertical; RadLabelElement label = new RadLabelElement(); // create the "title" label.Text = "Safety Checklist"; label.Padding = new Padding(5, 10, 0, 0); // add the title and bullet points layoutPanel.Children.Add(label); layoutPanel.Children.Add(GetBulletPoint("Smoke detectors")); layoutPanel.Children.Add(GetBulletPoint("Ground-fault circuit interrupters")); layoutPanel.Children.Add(GetBulletPoint("Fire retardant roofing materials")); // add the layout panel element to the panel's children radPanel1.RootElement.Children.Add(layoutPanel); } private StackLayoutPanel GetBulletPoint(string text) { // create a layout panel for a single "bullet point" StackLayoutPanel layoutPanel = new StackLayoutPanel(); layoutPanel.Orientation = Orientation.Horizontal;

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layoutPanel.Margin = new Padding(10, 10, 0, 0); // add the "bullet point" graphic and add to the layout panel ArrowPrimitive arrowPrimitive = new ArrowPrimitive(); arrowPrimitive.Direction = Telerik.WinControls.ArrowDirection.Right; arrowPrimitive.Margin = new Padding(0, 0, 5, 0); arrowPrimitive.ForeColor = Color.Maroon; layoutPanel.Children.Add(arrowPrimitive); // add the text for the bullet point and add to the layout panel TextPrimitive textPrimitive = new TextPrimitive(); textPrimitive.Text = text; layoutPanel.Children.Add(textPrimitive); return layoutPanel; } There are easier ways to get this particular task done; this is simply an example showing how you can mixand-match elements to build controls of arbitrary arrangement and complexity. The general rule is to look for the highest level control or element that will suit your "must haves". If you opt for lower-level control you can fine tune the results, but you will alsohave to manage interaction between elements and perform more extensive testing for unexpected behavior.

Adding Controls to Elements

If you need to host an existing control where you would normally place a RadElement, you can do it using RadHostItem, a little adapter between standard Windowscontrols and the inner world of TPF elements. This assumesthere are noelements that already fit the bill for what you want to do. Perhaps you haveaunique control that would take some work to replicate using RadElements and simply want to add it to a RadControl.The general steps are:

Create an instance of the control. Create a RadHostItem and pass the control instance in the constructor. Add the RadHostItem to the Children collection of your control or item.

Let's say we have aRadListControl and want to add to its items a GroupBox.For this scenario, in the CreatingVisualListItem event of RadListControl, we are going to createa GroupBox and RadHostItem and pass the GroupBox in the constructor of RadHostItem. Then add the RadHostItem to the Children collection of an instance of RadListVisualItem and assign the newly created visual item to the visual item from theevent arguments. You can find the complete source for this project at: \TPF\<VB|CS>AddingControlsToElements [VB] Adding and Configuring RadHostItems Private Sub RadForm1_Load(ByVal Handles MyBase.Load RadListControl1.Items.Add("Item RadListControl1.Items.Add("Item RadListControl1.Items.Add("Item End Sub sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) 1") 2") 3")

Private Sub RadListControl1_CreatingVisualListItem(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As Telerik.WinControls.UI.CreatingVisualListItemEventArgs) Handles RadListControl1.CreatingVisualListItem 'make the items autosize

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RadListControl1.AutoSizeItems = True ' create and configure the groupbox Dim groupBox As New GroupBox() ' create the RadHostItem with the groupbox as hosted control Dim host As New RadHostItem(groupBox) ' add host item to the list box item Dim visualItem As New RadListVisualItem() visualItem.Children.Insert(0, host) visualItem.Padding = New Padding(50) args.VisualItem = visualItem End Sub [C#] Adding and Configuring RadHostItems private void RadForm1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { radListControl1.Items.Add(new RadListDataItem("Item 1")); radListControl1.Items.Add(new RadListDataItem("Item 2")); radListControl1.Items.Add(new RadListDataItem("Item 3")); radListControl1.CreatingVisualListItem += new CreatingVisualListItemEventHandler (radListControl1_CreatingVisualListItem); radListControl1.VisualItemFormatting += new VisualListItemFormattingEventHandler (radListControl1_VisualItemFormatting); } void radListControl1_CreatingVisualListItem(object sender, CreatingVisualListItemEventArgs args) { //make the items autosize radListControl1.AutoSizeItems = true; // create and configure the groupbox GroupBox groupBox = new GroupBox(); // create the RadHostItem with the groupbox as hosted control RadHostItem host = new RadHostItem(groupBox); // add host item to the list box item RadListVisualItem visualItem = new RadListVisualItem(); visualItem.Children.Insert(0, host); visualItem.Padding = new Padding(50); args.VisualItem = visualItem; } Once the control is hosted, you can refer to it by accessing the RadHostItem's HostedControl property and casting it to the appropriate control type. Refer to the following example where we make modifications to the item - taking the text from the real data item, assigning it to the accessed group box and removing it from the visual item. Here is the place where you can also make modifications to the appearance of the item. All this is achieved in the VisualItemFormatting event. [VB] Accessing the Hosted Control Private Sub RadListControl1_VisualItemFormatting(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As Telerik.WinControls.UI.VisualItemFormattingEventArgs) Handles RadListControl1.VisualItemFormatting 'get the host item from the visual item childred collection Dim hostItem As RadHostItem = DirectCast(args.VisualItem.Children(0), RadHostItem) 'get the group box which is hosted by the host item Dim groupBox As GroupBox = DirectCast(hostItem.HostedControl, GroupBox) 'set the text of the group box to eqals the data item text groupBox.Text = args.VisualItem.Data.Text

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'remove the visual item default text args.VisualItem.Text = "" End Sub [C#] Accessing the Hosted Control void radListControl1_VisualItemFormatting(object sender, VisualItemFormattingEventArgs args) { //get the host item from the visual item childred collection RadHostItem hostItem = ((RadHostItem)args.VisualItem.Children[0]); //get the group box which is hosted by the host item GroupBox groupBox = (GroupBox)hostItem.HostedControl; //set the text of the group box to eqals the data item text groupBox.Text = args.VisualItem.Data.Text; //remove the visual item default text args.VisualItem.Text = ""; } The running project looks something like this:

Animation
You can animate aspects of RadElements based on a property change. The animation can be another property that is smoothly transitioned between states. The screenshot below shows the "FishEyeBar" project underway. When the mouse moves over an element, the element is scaled up to a larger size. As the mouse moves off the item, the item smoothly scales back down to its original size.

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You can find the complete source for this project at: \TPF\<VB|CS>\FishEyeBar Examine the code for the FishEyeBar project. Most of the code we're interested in occurs in the WelcomeScreenBottom.cs user control. The starting point is to define a descendant of PropertyChangedBehavior. Notice that the constructor base() takes a reference to a RadProperty. This is the property that will trigger the behavior. Try changing this to a IsMouseDown property and the behavior will not happen on mouse over but only when you click the mouse button. [VB] Inheriting from PropertyChangeBehavior Public Class WelcomeScreenMouseOverBehavior Inherits PropertyChangeBehavior Public Sub New() MyBase.New(RadItem.IsMouseOverProperty) End Sub '... End Class [C#] Inheriting from PropertyChangeBehavior public class WelcomeScreenMouseOverBehavior : PropertyChangeBehavior { public WelcomeScreenMouseOverBehavior() : base(RadItem.IsMouseOverProperty) { } //... } Another critical piece for implementing the PropertyChangeBehavior is to override the OnPropertyChange method. In this method you define what animations will take place. This is done by creating an AnimatedPropertySetting and applying that setting to the element you want to animate. The AnimatedPropertySetting constructor lets you define the property to be animated and several overloads include:

Properties for controlling the smoothness and speed of the animation, i.e. number of frames, step and interval between frames. Start and end property values.

In this example the ScaleTransformProperty is used to scale the element to a larger size. [VB]Appling animation

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Private oldCursor As Cursor = Nothing Public Overrides Sub OnPropertyChange(ByVal element As RadElement, ByVal e As RadPropertyChangedEventArgs) For Each childItem As RadElement In element.Parent.Children Dim item As RadItem = TryCast(childItem, RadItem) If item IsNot Nothing Then Dim animation As AnimatedPropertySetting Dim scale As SizeF If CBool(e.NewValue) = False Then scale = New SizeF(1.0F, 1.0F) If Me.oldCursor IsNot Nothing AndAlso element.ElementTree IsNot Nothing Then element.ElementTree.Control.Cursor = Me.oldCursor End If Else If item.Equals(element) Then scale = New SizeF(1.1F, 1.1F) Else scale = New SizeF(0.9F, 0.9F) End If If element.ElementTree IsNot Nothing Then Me.oldCursor = element.ElementTree.Control.Cursor element.ElementTree.Control.Cursor = Cursors.Hand End If End If animation = New AnimatedPropertySetting(RadElement.ScaleTransformProperty, scale, 10, 33) animation.SkipToEndValueOnReplace = False animation.ApplyValue(item) End If Next End Sub [C#]Appling animation private Cursor oldCursor = null; public override void OnPropertyChange(RadElement element, RadPropertyChangedEventArgs e) { foreach (RadElement childItem in element.Parent.Children) { RadItem item = childItem as RadItem; if (item != null) { AnimatedPropertySetting animation; SizeF scale; if ((bool)e.NewValue == false) { scale = new SizeF(1F, 1F); if (this.oldCursor != null && element.ElementTree != null) { element.ElementTree.Control.Cursor = this.oldCursor; } } else { scale = item == element ? new SizeF(1.1F, 1.1F) : new SizeF(.9F, .9F); if (element.ElementTree != null) {

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this.oldCursor = element.ElementTree.Control.Cursor; element.ElementTree.Control.Cursor = Cursors.Hand; } } animation = new AnimatedPropertySetting(RadElement.ScaleTransformProperty, scale, 10, 33); animation.SkipToEndValueOnReplace = false; animation.ApplyValue(item); } } }

7.8 Summary
In this chapter you learned some of the capabilities, architecture and class hierarchy of the Telerik Presentation Foundation. We paid special attention to the classes used directly in the controls, i.e. RadElement and RadControl.We took a brief look at the structure, WPF resemblance and how the elements interact. We saw how the elements could be accessed within RadControls and could be combined to create new unique controls. You also learned how to add any Control descendant using RadHostItem as a wrapper.

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PageView

8.1 Objectives

Tour the usability and feature highlights of RadPageView. Explore the tabbed interface and manage controls within associated content panels. Perform common Items collection programmatic tasks such as adding, removing, iterating, locating and selecting pages. Handle page layout and dimensions. Handle conditions where the number of pages overflow the available space. Work with page images, text and custom controls. Page drag and drop

8.2 Introduction
A tabbed interface can supply intuitive navigation between application areas. RadPageView supplies the basis for building tabbed interfaces with rich formatting and behavior. Page items can have any shape you can imagine, be rearranged with drag-and-drop, edited, and automatically manage other controls on associated content panels. Some RadPageView highlights:

Assign any shape to individual page items. The shape can be one of a predefined list or you can create a custom shape in the Shape Designer tool and assign it to the page item.

Use themes to customize the appearance of RadPageView, including changing appearance on selection or mouse over.

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Take advantage of the different ViewModes:

- Strip Mode

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- Stack Mode

- Outlook Mode

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- ExplorerBar Mode

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Get fine grain control over the layout of the page. Display text in horizontal or vertical orientation, or at any angle. Anchor page items on any side of the control.

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Display images and text on page items. You can control the layout of the picture relationship to the text.

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Allow page scrolling and overflow management if there are more pages than can be displayed at one time.

Enable runtime page rearrangement via drag-and-drop.

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You can also add different controls to the pages, arrange them just like in a form or panel.

8.3 Getting Started

In this project a RadPageView will show pages for several drive types. The "C:\" drive page content panel hosts a RadListControl populated with a list of files on the C:\ drive.

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Preparing the Project

You can find the complete source for this project at: \Tabs\<VB|CS>\GettingStarted 1. Create a new Windows Forms application. 2. In the Solution Explorer, delete the default form. 3. Also in the Solution Explorer, right-click the project and select Add | New Item... from the context menu. 4. Select the "Telerik RadForm" template and click the Add button to close the dialog.

Adding Controls to the RadForm

1. Drag DesertTheme and ImageListcomponents to the RadForm. This step will add thecomponents to the component tray below the form designer. 2. Click the ImageList Smart Tag "Choose Images" option and add images to represent the types of drives listed below.

Unknown NoRootDirectory Removable Fixed Network CDRom Ram

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Search Disconnected Drive You can typically find images in the Visual Studio "Common7\VS2008ImageLibrary\1033" directory in "VS2008ImageLibrary.zip".

The images for the screenshots used in this example were found in the zipped image library under "VS2008ImageLibrary\Objects\png_format\WinVista" directory.

3. In the Properties window set the RadForm Properties:

Size = 630, 350 MinimumSize = 630, 350 Text = "Drive Info" ThemeName = "Desert"

4. Drop a RadPanel and a RadPageView on the form and arrange them to roughly the same proportions as the example below.

RadPanel: Text = "", ThemeName = "Desert", Anchor = "Top, Left, Right". RadPageView:ThemeName ="Desert",Anchor = "Top, Bottom, Left, Right".

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5. Add controls to the RadPanel and set properties:

RadLabel: Text = "Drive Name:" RadLabel: Name = "lblDriveName", Text = "x". RadLabel: Text = "Drive Format". RadLabel: Name = "lblDriveFormat", Text = "x". RadLabel: Text = "Total Space:". RadLabel: Name = "lblTotalSpace", Text = "x". RadLabel: Text = "Volume Label:". RadLabel: Name = "lblVolumeLabel", Text = "x". RadLabel: Text = "Drive Type:". RadLabel: Name = "lblDriveType", Text = "x". RadButton: Name = "btnSearch", Text = "Find Max Free Space", ThemeName = "Desert", Anchor = "Top, Right", ImageList = "ilDriveTypes", ImageKey = <the key for the "search" image>". RadToggleButton: Name = "btnShow", Text = "Show Disconnected Drives", ThemeName = "Desert", Anchor = "Top, Right", ImageList = "ilDriveTypes", ImageKey = <the key for the "disconnected drive" image>, IsChecked = True.

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6. Add two more pages from the Smart Tag(to get a total of three)

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7. Set their names - the first page to "C:\", the second to "D:\" and the last one to "E:\".

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The result is:

8. Assign the appropriate images from the ImageList to the pages of RadPageView in code: [VB] Set the images toRadPageView pages RadPageViewPage1.Image = ilDriveTypes.Images("Hard_Drive.png") RadPageViewPage2.Image = ilDriveTypes.Images("CD_ROM.png") RadPageViewPage3.Image = ilDriveTypes.Images("Network.png") [C#] Set the images toRadPageView pages radPageViewPage1.Image = ilDriveTypes.Images["Hard_Drive.png"]; radPageViewPage2.Image = ilDriveTypes.Images["CD_ROM.png"]; radPageViewPage3.Image = ilDriveTypes.Images["Network.png"]; 9. Click the "C:\" pageand drop a RadListControl into the content area, just below the page button itself. Set the Name property of the list box to "lbFiles", Dock = "Fill", ThemeName = "Desert". For more detail about RadListControl, please see the upcoming ListControl chapter.

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10. Add System.IO and Telerik.WinControls.UI references to your "Imports" (VB) or "uses" (C#) clause. 11. Double-click the form to create a formLoad event handler. Add the code below. This code will use the System.IO Directory.GetDirectories() method to retrieve a list of directories from the "C:\" drive and populate the list control. [VB] Populating the List Box Private Sub RadForm1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Dim directories As String() = Directory.GetDirectories("C:\") For Each directory As String In directories lbFiles.Items.Add(New RadListDataItem(directory)) Next End Sub [C#] Populating the List Box private void RadForm1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { string[] directories = Directory.GetDirectories("C:\\"); foreach (string directory in directories) { lbFiles.Items.Add(new RadListDataItem(directory)); } } 12. Set the DriveName label (lblDriveName) Text to the initially loaded page text: 13. In the Properties window events, locate the SelectedPageChanged event for RadPageView. Double-click the event to create an event handler and add the code below. The code here retrieves the selected page text and assigns it to the label in the panel above when page change is performed. [VB] Handling the TabSelected Event Private Sub radPageView1_SelectedPageChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles radPageView1.SelectedPageChanged lblDriveName.Text = radPageView1.SelectedPage.Text End Sub [C#] Handling the TabSelected Event private void radPageView1_SelectedPageChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { lblDriveName.Text = radPageView1.SelectedPage.Text; } 14. Press Ctrl-F5 to run the application.Notice the behavior of the tabs and content panel area as you click between the tabs.Also notice how "lblDriveName" reflects the currently selected tab.

8.4 Using the Design Time Interface

RadPageView Smart Tag
The items of the RadPageView Smart Tag include Common tasks, Common PageViewtaskswhich apply to all ViewModes, specific StripView tasks and Pages.

Common Tasks
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component tray, Edit UI elements to browse all of the elements of the editor and to change properties for any element. The Theme Name drop down lets you pick an existing theme to style your control. Common PageView Tasks:

ViewMode lets you change the mode in which RadPageView will be displayed - Strip, Stack, Outlook or ExplorerBar mode ItemSize Mode determines whether the items should have equal size. The supported modes are EqualHeight, EqualWidth, EqualSize and Individual. Item Drag Mode determines the drag mode of the items. The supported modes are Preview and Immediate. Item Content Orientation determines the orientation of the item content (image, text, and buttons' panel). The supported orientations are Auto, Horizontal, Horizontal180, Vertical90 and Vertical270. Item Spacing determines the spacing between the items in pixels.

StripView tasks:

Strip Alignment determines the position of the tab items in RadPageView in relation to the content area. It can be Top, Left, Bottom or Right. Item Alignment determines the alignment of items within the strip layout. Item Fit Mode determines the fit mode of the items. The available modes are None, Fill, Shrink and ShrinkAndFill. Strip Buttons determines the style of the navigation buttons. The available styles are None, Auto, LeftScroll, RightScroll, Scroll, VS2005Style, Close, ItemList, VS2008Style, All.

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Pages

Add Pageallows you to add new page to RadPageView Remove Page - removes the last added page.

8.5 Working with RadPageView

Add controls to the Contect Area?
Adding controls to the content area can be done in both design and run-time. Adding controls in design time is achieved by addingnew RadPageViewPage to RadPageView and thenadding thedesired control from the toolboxto the page:

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You can also add controls to RadPageView content area programmatically: [VB] Adding Controls to RadPageViewPage Dim page1 As New RadPageViewPage() page1.Text = "Page 1" radPageView1.Pages.Add(page1) Dim button As New RadButton() button.Text = "I am a button" button.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(100, 20) page1.Controls.Add(button) [C#] Adding Controls to RadPageViewPage RadPageViewPage page1 = new RadPageViewPage(); page1.Text = "Page 1";

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radPageView1.Pages.Add(page1); RadButton button = new RadButton(); button.Text = "I am a button"; button.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(100,20); page1.Controls.Add(button);

Gotcha! You can also access RadPageViewPage byindex or the Text of the page into the page view Pages collection, [VB] Accessing Items Collection radPageView1.Items(0).ContentPanel.Controls.Add(button) radPageView1.Items("Page 1").ContentPanel.Controls.Add(button) [C#] Accessing Items Collection radPageView1.Items[0].ContentPanel.Controls.Add(button); radPageView1.Items["Page 1"].ContentPanel.Controls.Add(button);

Page Scrolling andOverflow

RadPageView has the ability to scroll or display a drop-down list to handle tabs that overflow the available space. The StripButtons property of RadPageView in Strip View mode allows the user to scroll or get a dropdown list of the tabs that overflow the available space. There is also a close button which, when pressed, closes the currently selected page. The StripButtons property is available at PadPageViewStripElement which can be accessed through the ViewElement property when RadPageView is in Strip mode, for example: [VB] Accessing the StripButtons property Dim stripElement As RadPageViewStripElement = DirectCast(Me.radPageView1.ViewElement, RadPageViewStripElement) stripElement.StripButtons = StripViewButtons.All [C#] Accessing the StripButtons property RadPageViewStripElement stripElement = (RadPageViewStripElement) this.radPageView1.ViewElement; stripElement.StripButtons = StripViewButtons.All;
Strip mode of RadPageView supports the following StripButtons modes:

All. When this option is selected. RadPageView will display all the available strip buttons - left scroll button, right scroll button, overflow button and close button:

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LeftScroll. This option displays only the left scroll button:

RightScroll. This option displays only the right scroll button:

Scroll. Display both left and right scroll buttons:

Close. Displays only the close strip button.

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VS2005Style: Displays both scroll buttons and the close button:

ItemList. Displays a drop-down button that invokes a drop-down list of the items:

VS2008Style. Displays the item list drop-down button and the close button:

None. Displays no strip buttons:

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Layout
By default, when you drop RadPageView on the Form, the StripAlignment property is set to Top, and its member tabs are inserted with their TextOrientation property set to Horizontal. These default settings cause the tabs to appear above the RadPageView's baseline, and the text is oriented parallel to the baseline:

The RadPageView StripAlignment property can be set to Top, Bottom, Left, or Right: [VB] Set the strip alignment Dim element As RadPageViewStripElement = DirectCast(Me.radPageView1.ViewElement, RadPageViewStripElement) element.StripAlignment = StripViewAlignment.Left [C#] Set the strip alignment RadPageViewStripElement element = (this.radPageView1.ViewElement as RadPageViewStripElement); element.StripAlignment = StripViewAlignment.Left;

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TextOrientation can be Vertical or Horizontal to the current baseline.The example below has tabs positioned to the left and TextOrientation is Vertical (i.e. perpendicular to the baseline): [VB] Set the strip alignment Dim element As RadPageViewStripElement = DirectCast(Me.radPageView1.ViewElement, RadPageViewStripElement) element.TextOrientation = Orientation.Vertical; [C#] Set the strip alignment RadPageViewStripElement element = (this.radPageView1.ViewElement as RadPageViewStripElement); element.TextOrientation = Orientation.Vertical

Item Size Mode has four options to choose from:

EqualHeght - makes the height for all tabs the same, even when images or multiple lines of text make the content of some tabs larger. Otherwise, each tab height is automatically sized to fit the content.

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Multiple Tab Lines You can get multiple lines of text in a tab by either appending Environment.NewLine programmatically to the Text property string.

EqualWidth respectively makes the width of all tabs the same EqualSize makes both width and height for all tabs the same Individual this mode autosizes all tabs according to their content (text or image) individually

ItemSpacing set the spacing between the different tabs. The following image demonstrates this property set to 15 pixels.

ItemFitMode By default, tab width is sized to according to its content - ItemFitMode is None:

When the ItemFitMode property is set to Fill, tab width takes up all the available horizontal space. As more tabs are added, they shrink (up to the moment when the tabs content can be visible) to accomodate new arrivals. The screenshot below shows page view with ItemFitMode set to Fill and four initial tabs. After pressing a button that adds new tabs programmatically, the tabs shrink to fit all tabs until there is enough room for them without disturbing the content of the tabs.

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In the case where ItemFitMode is set to Shrink the items are shrinking when there is not enough room for them, without considering the tab content:

The last option is ShrinkAndGrow and as its name speaks it combines the Fill and the Shrink modes - the tabs are filling the entire space (when such exists) and they shrink when there is no enough room to fit them.

8.6 Working with RadPageViewPages

In addition to layout properties, each RadPageViewPage object in RadPageView Pages collection is highly configurable.

Text and Font

In the code and screenshot below, TabItem object Text and Font properties control the text appearance:

[VB] Setting Text and Font radPageViewPage2.Text = "Dynamic Tab" radPageViewPage2.Item.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 12F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Italic) [C#] Setting Text and Font radPageViewPage2.Text = "Dynamic tab"; radPageViewPage2.Item.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 12F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Italic);

Multi Line Text

To assign multiple lines to the Text property, separate each line with an Environment.Newline character.

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[VB] Adding Multiple Lines Programmatically radPageViewPage1.Text = "First line" + Environment.NewLine & "Second line" [C#] Adding Multiple Lines Programmatically radPageViewPage1.Text = "First line" + Environment.NewLine + "Second line";

Text Orientation
You can set the text orientation for each tab individually by assigning TextOrientation to Vertical or Horizontal (the default). To grab fine grained control you canuse the AngleTransform property instead.

[VB] Setting the TextOrientation radPageViewPage1.Item.TextOrientation = Orientation.Vertical radPageViewPage2.Item.AngleTransform = 45 radPageViewPage3.Item.AngleTransform = 120 radPageViewPage4.Item.AngleTransform = 220 radPageViewPage5.Item.AngleTransform = -35 [C#] Setting the TextOrientation radPageViewPage1.Item.TextOrientation = Orientation.Vertical; radPageViewPage2.Item.AngleTransform = 45; radPageViewPage3.Item.AngleTransform = 120; radPageViewPage4.Item.AngleTransform = 220; radPageViewPage5.Item.AngleTransform = -35;

Images
You can display images for each page item. Assign the Image property of the desiredpage either from the ImageList, loading from disk or assigning an image resource. Strip view:

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ExplorerBar mode:

Outlook mode:

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Stack mode:

[VB] Methods to Assign Tab Images radPageViewPage1.Image = Image.FromFile("C:\image.png") radPageViewPage2.Image = Resources.disk radPageViewPage3.Image = imageList1.Images("help.png") [C#] Methods to Assign Tab Images radPageViewPage1.Image = Image.FromFile(@"C:\image.png"); radPageViewPage2.Image = Resources.disk; radPageViewPage3.Image = imageList1.Images["help.png"];

Padding and Margin

Margin is the extra space that can be applied to the outside of the page item, Padding is applied to the inside of the page item. Both use the Padding object and can be initialized with a single number that adds space to all four edges at once, or you can specify each edge individually. This example sets page item padding for all four edges to 40 pixels. The two assignments shown in the code are equivalent.

[VB] Assigning Padding

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Dim element As RadPageViewStripElement = TryCast(Me.radPageView1.ViewElement, RadPageViewStripElement) element.ItemSizeMode = PageViewItemSizeMode.Individual radPageViewPage2.Item.Padding = New System.Windows.Forms.Padding(40) radPageViewPage2.Item.Padding = New System.Windows.Forms.Padding(40, 40, 40, 40) [C#] Assigning Padding RadPageViewStripElement element = (this.radPageView1.ViewElement as RadPageViewStripElement); element.ItemSizeMode = PageViewItemSizeMode.Individual; radPageViewPage2.Item.Padding = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(40); radPageViewPage2.Item.Padding = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(40, 40, 40, 40); If ItemSizeMode is not explicitly set to Individual for the current view element, then the height for all tabs will be equal to the tab with the greatest height.

Visibility
By default, the page item Visibility property is set to Visible. This setting means that the tab and its ContentPanel can be seen and manipulated by the end user at run time.

You can also set the Visibility property to Hidden where neither the tab nor its ContentPanel are visible, but a space is left open in the RadPageView at run time for the hidden tab.

If you set the page item's Visibility property to Collapsed, the tab and its associated ContentPanel are invisible, and the space occupied by the tab is removed.

8.7 Programming RadPageView

Iterating Items
You can iterate every page using the Pages collection. This example removes several pages when the "Simple Menu" checkbox is selected. The pages in the Pages collection have Tag properties set to "simple" or

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"advanced". When the "Simple Menu" checkbox is clicked, thepagesare iterated and hidden if they are "advanced".

You can find the complete source for this project at: \Tabs\<VB|CS>\FindItem The project requires references to Telerik.WinControls, Telerik.WinControls.UI and Telerik.WinControls.Enumerations in the "Imports" (VB) or "uses" (C#) section of code. [VB] Iterating the Items Collection Private Sub radCheckBox1_ToggleStateChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As StateChangedEventArgs) Handles RadCheckBox1.ToggleStateChanged For Each page As RadPageViewPage In RadPageView1.Pages If (page.Tag.ToString().Equals("advanced") And args.ToggleState.Equals(ToggleState.On)) Then page.Item.Visibility = ElementVisibility.Collapsed Else page.Item.Visibility = ElementVisibility.Visible End If Next page End Sub [C#] Iterating the Items Collection private void radCheckBox1_ToggleStateChanged(object sender, StateChangedEventArgs args) { foreach (RadPageViewPage page in radPageView1.Pages) { bool isAdvanced = page.Tag.ToString().Equals("advanced"); page.Item.Visibility = isAdvanced & args.ToggleState == ToggleState.On ? ElementVisibility.Collapsed : ElementVisibility.Visible; } }

Finding Items
The RadPageView Pages collection has a series of extension methods that implement functions for finding and performing other operations on page items. Include a reference to System.Linq so that these extension methods will show up. Here is an example that duplicates the effect of the previous "Iterating items" example. The code uses the Where() method to select all page items with a Tag property of "advanced". The returned IEnumerable collection is iterated and the visibility is set to Collapsed if the checkbox is selected.

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You can find the complete source for this project at: \Tabs\<VB|CS>\FindItem [VB] Finding Tab Items Dim advanced As IEnumerable(Of RadPageViewPage) = RadPageView1.Pages.Where(Function(item) item.Tag.ToString().Equals("advanced")) For Each page As RadPageViewPage In advanced page.Item.Visibility = If(args.ToggleState = ToggleState.[On], ElementVisibility.Collapsed, ElementVisibility.Visible) Next [C#] Finding Tab Items IEnumerable<RadPageViewPage> advanced = radPageView1.Pages.Where(item => item.Tag.ToString ().Equals("advanced")); foreach (RadPageViewPage page in advanced) { page.Item.Visibility = args.ToggleState == ToggleState.On ? ElementVisibility.Collapsed : ElementVisibility.Visible; }

Custom Elements Walkthrough

All the visual elements of the project have already been setup in the "Getting Started" project. This walkthrough will show:

Extending theRadPageViewItem (in this case RadPageViewStripItem) withRadProgressBarElements in it. Adding pages dynamically. Adding controls dynamically to the pages. Iterating pages. Associating images with page items. Layout and position of text, images and custom elements.

Use the Environment.GetLogicalDrives() method to retrieve a list of drive name strings (e.g. "C:\", "D:\", etc.), then create a DriveInfo object, passing the drive name in the constructor. The DriveInfo object provides the data displayed in the panel at the top of the form, the type of drive used to index into the images used to represent each drive and the amount of total and free space used to format progress bars displayed in each page item. The System.IO Directory.GetDirectories() method returns an array of directories that are listed in the page below each page item.

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Preparing the Project

You can find the complete source for this project at: \PageView\<VB|CS>\CustomElementsWalkthrough 1. Start with the "GettingStarted" project or a copy. 2. Select the page view Smart tag and remove all pages from there. 3. In the code for the form, add references to the "Imports" (VB) or "uses" (C#) section of code:

Telerik.WinControls Telerik.WinControls.Enumerations The project should already have System.IO and Telerik.WinControls.UI references from the "Getting Started" project.

Populate RadPageView
1. In the form constructor after the InitializeComponent call, add a call to LoadTabStrip(). LoadTabStrip() is a private method we will write in upcoming steps that populates the page view with pages for each drive on the local machine and content panels listing the directories for each drive. [VB] Calling LoadTabStrip Public Sub New() InitializeComponent() LoadPageView() End Sub [C#] Calling LoadTabStrip public RadForm1() {

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InitializeComponent(); LoadPageView(); } 2. Add a series of helper methods to the form code that will populate the page items. The code does the following:

Creates a new RadPageViewPage that stores the associated DriveInfo object in the Tag property. Creates a new RadListControl and populates it with the directories. Calculates the amount of used drive space. [VB] Adding Helper Methods #Region "helper methods" ' Create and configure a single RadPageViewPage and populate the ' tag with the DriveInfo passed Private Function GetDrivePageItem(ByVal driveInfo As DriveInfo) As RadPageViewPage Dim page As New RadPageViewPage() page.TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageBeforeText page.TextAlignment = ContentAlignment.TopCenter page.ImageAlignment = ContentAlignment.TopLeft page.Tag = driveInfo Return page End Function ' Create, configure and populate a RadListControl with files from the ' drive root. Private Function GetListControl(ByVal drive As String) As RadListControl Dim listControl As New RadListControl() listControl.Dock = DockStyle.Fill listControl.ThemeName = "Desert" Dim directories As String() = Directory.GetDirectories(drive.ToString()) For Each directory As String In directories listControl.Items.Add(New RadListDataItem(directory)) Next Return listControl End Function ' Get the percent of used space on a drive Private Function GetUsedPercent(ByVal driveInfo As DriveInfo) As Integer Return CInt(Math.Truncate((CDbl(driveInfo.TotalSize) - CDbl(driveInfo.AvailableFreeSpace)) / CDbl(driveInfo.TotalSize) * 100)) End Function #End Region [C#] Adding Helper Methods #region helper methods // Create and configure a single RadPageViewPage and populate the // tag with the DriveInfo passed private RadPageViewPage GetDrivePageItem(DriveInfo driveInfo) { RadPageViewPage page = new RadPageViewPage(); page.TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageBeforeText; page.TextAlignment = ContentAlignment.TopCenter; page.ImageAlignment = ContentAlignment.TopLeft; page.Tag = driveInfo; return page; }

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// Create, configure and populate a RadListControl with files from the // drive root. private RadListControl GetListControl(string drive) { RadListControl listControl = new RadListControl(); listControl.Dock = DockStyle.Fill; listControl.ThemeName = "Desert"; string[] directories = Directory.GetDirectories(drive.ToString()); foreach (string directory in directories) { listControl.Items.Add(new RadListDataItem(directory)); } return listControl; } // Get the percent of used space on a drive private int GetUsedPercent(DriveInfo driveInfo) { return (int)(( (double)driveInfo.TotalSize (double)driveInfo.AvailableFreeSpace) / (double)driveInfo.TotalSize * 100); } #endregion helper methods 3. Create a new classcalled RadPageViewProgressBarItem that inherits from RadPageViewStripItem (since we are using Strip mode). This class will create a new RadPageViewStripItem which will be customized to contain RadProgressBarElement. - Declarenew RadProgressBarElementfield. - Override the CreateChildElements method where we are going to instantiate the progress bar element and set its properties - Margin, Padding, Min and MaxSize, NotifyParentOnMouseInput,ShowProgressBarIndicator. - Subscribing to the progress bar TextElement Click event is necessary in order to select the underlying page when the progress bar of a specific page item is clicked. - At the end of this method add the progress bar instance to the Children collection of the page item. - Create a new property that returns the instance of the progress bar in order to be able to access it. - Override the ArrageChildren method in order to add the progress bar to the arrange logic of the item - Finally override the ThemeEffectiveType in order to allow theming of the custom item. [VB] Create the custom page item 'Create custom page item Class RadPageViewProgressBarItem Inherits RadPageViewStripItem Private m_progressBar As RadProgressBarElement Protected Overrides Sub CreateChildElements() MyBase.CreateChildElements() ' Create and configure a RadProgressBarElement. ' Hook up a click event to pass through clicks made ' to the progress to the page item underneath m_progressBar = New RadProgressBarElement() m_progressBar.Margin = New Padding(5, 40, 5, 5) m_progressBar.Padding = New Padding(5) m_progressBar.MinSize = New Size(80, 20) m_progressBar.MaxSize = New Size(80, 20) AddHandler m_progressBar.Click, AddressOf TextElement_Click m_progressBar.TextElement.NotifyParentOnMouseInput = True m_progressBar.ShowProgressIndicator = True Me.Children.Add(m_progressBar)

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End Sub 'expose the progressbar in order to access it directly from the page item Public ReadOnly Property ProgressBar() As RadProgressBarElement Get Return Me.m_progressBar End Get End Property 'select the corresponding page when the progress bar is clicked Private Sub TextElement_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) DirectCast(Me.Owner.ElementTree.Control, RadPageView).SelectedPage = Me.Page End Sub 'arrange the item children Protected Overrides Sub ArrangeChildren(ByVal available As SizeF) m_progressBar.Arrange(New RectangleF(PointF.Empty, available)) MyBase.ArrangeChildren(available) End Sub 'make the item themeable Protected Overrides ReadOnly Property ThemeEffectiveType() As Type Get Return GetType(RadPageViewStripItem) End Get End Property End Class [C#] Create the custom page item //Create custom page item class RadPageViewProgressBarItem : RadPageViewStripItem { RadProgressBarElement progressBar; protected override void CreateChildElements() { base.CreateChildElements(); // Create and configure a RadProgressBarElement. // Hook up a click event to pass through clicks made // to the progress to the page item underneath progressBar = new RadProgressBarElement(); progressBar.Margin = new Padding(5, 40, 5, 5); progressBar.Padding = new Padding(5); progressBar.MinSize = new Size(80, 20); progressBar.MaxSize = new Size(80, 20); progressBar.TextElement.NotifyParentOnMouseInput = true; progressBar.TextElement.Click += new EventHandler(TextElement_Click); progressBar.ShowProgressIndicator = true; this.Children.Add(progressBar); } //expose the progressbar in order to access it directly from the page item public RadProgressBarElement ProgressBar { get { return this.progressBar; } } //select the corresponding page when the progress bar is clicked

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void TextElement_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { ((RadPageView)this.Owner.ElementTree.Control).SelectedPage = this.Page; } //arrange the item children protected override void ArrangeChildren(SizeF available) { progressBar.Arrange(new RectangleF(PointF.Empty, available)); base.ArrangeChildren(available); } //make the item themeable protected override Type ThemeEffectiveType { get { return typeof(RadPageViewStripItem); } } } 4. Add the LoadPageViewmethod to populate the page items with drive information. - Before creating the instance of RadPageViewPage subscribe to the ItemCreating event in order to be able to replace the default page item with the custom one. In the event handler access the currently created item from the event arguments and replace it with a new instance of our custom item: [VB] Replace the default page item with the custom one 'Replace the default page item with the custom one that contains RadProgressBarElement Private Sub radPageView1_ItemCreating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RadPageViewItemCreatingEventArgs) e.Item = New RadPageViewProgressBarItem() End Sub [C#] Replace the default page item with the custom one //Replace the default page item with the custom one that contains RadProgressBarElement void radPageView1_ItemCreating(object sender, RadPageViewItemCreatingEventArgs e) { e.Item = new RadPageViewProgressBarItem(); } - Create the actual page and add it to the Pages collection of RadPageView - Set the page Text, Image and also the progress bar value according to the drive [VB] Populating Tabs Private Sub LoadPageView() For Each drive As String In Environment.GetLogicalDrives() Dim driveInfo As New DriveInfo(drive) AddHandler radPageView1.ItemCreating, AddressOf radPageView1_ItemCreating Dim page As RadPageViewPage = GetDrivePageItem(driveInfo) radPageView1.Pages.Add(page) Dim progressBar As RadProgressBarElement = DirectCast(page.Item, RadPageViewProgressBarItem).ProgressBar If driveInfo.IsReady Then page.Text = driveInfo.Name + Environment.NewLine + driveInfo.VolumeLabel page.Image = ilDriveTypes.Images(CInt(driveInfo.DriveType)) progressBar.Value1 = GetUsedPercent(driveInfo)

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page.Controls.Add(GetListControl(drive)) Else page.Text = drive + Environment.NewLine & " is not ready" page.Image = ilDriveTypes.Images("DisconnectedDrive.png") progressBar.Visibility = ElementVisibility.Hidden End If Next End Sub [C#] Populating Tabs private void LoadPageView() { foreach (string drive in Environment.GetLogicalDrives()) { DriveInfo driveInfo = new DriveInfo(drive); radPageView1.ItemCreating += new EventHandler<RadPageViewItemCreatingEventArgs> (radPageView1_ItemCreating); RadPageViewPage page = GetDrivePageItem(driveInfo); radPageView1.Pages.Add(page); RadProgressBarElement progressBar = ((RadPageViewProgressBarItem)page.Item).ProgressBar; if (driveInfo.IsReady) { page.Text = driveInfo.Name + Environment.NewLine + driveInfo.VolumeLabel; page.Image = ilDriveTypes.Images[(int)driveInfo.DriveType]; progressBar.Value1 = GetUsedPercent(driveInfo); page.Controls.Add(GetListControl(drive)); } else { page.Text = drive + Environment.NewLine + " is not ready"; page.Image = ilDriveTypes.Images["DisconnectedDrive.png"]; progressBar.Visibility = ElementVisibility.Hidden; } } } If the drive is ready (e.g. the DVD is in the drive), the name and volume label are displayed in the page item text, and the appropriate image for the type of drive (e.g. hard drive, CD ROM, network, etc.) is assigned from the ImageList. When you set up the ImageList in the "Getting Started" project, the order of images matches the members of the DriveInfo.DriveType enumeration, so the DriveType can be used to index into the ImageList. If the drive is ready, the progress bar value is assigned the percentage amount used on the drive. If the drive is not ready, the text describes that condition, displays the "Disconnected Drive" image and hides the progress bar element. Notice that when the drive is disconnected, the progress bar Visibility is set to "Hidden", not "Collapsed" so that the progress bar still takes up the same amount of space in the page item.

Press Ctrl-F5 to run the application. You may first want to map a network drive or any USB drives you have available so that you have more drives to test against. Try running the application with your DVD or CD in

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the drive and without.

5. Double-click the "Find Max Free Space" button and add the following code to the Click event handler. The code iterates the pages comparing the DriveInfo drive space data looking for the greatest available free space. After the iteration, the pagepresenting the drive with the greatest free space is selected. [VB] Handing the "Find Max Free Space" Button Click Event Private Sub btnSearch_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles btnSearch.Click Dim selectedPage As RadPageViewPage = Nothing For Each page As RadPageViewPage In radPageView1.Pages ' no drive info, skip If page.Tag Is Nothing Then Continue For End If ' save first available tab with drive info If selectedPage Is Nothing Then selectedPage = page End If ' drive isn't ready, skip If Not TryCast(page.Tag, DriveInfo).IsReady Then Continue For End If ' save tab with greatest free space selectedPage = If(TryCast(selectedPage.Tag, DriveInfo).TotalFreeSpace > TryCast(page.Tag, DriveInfo).TotalFreeSpace, selectedPage, page) Next ' select tab with greatest free space radPageView1.SelectedPage = selectedPage End Sub [C#] Handing the "Find Max Free Space" Button Click Event private void btnSearch_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {

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RadPageViewPage selectedPage = null; foreach (RadPageViewPage page in radPageView1.Pages) { // no drive info, skip if (page.Tag == null) continue; // save first available tab with drive info if (selectedPage == null) selectedPage = page; // drive isn't ready, skip if (!(page.Tag as DriveInfo).IsReady) continue; // save tab with greatest free space selectedPage = (selectedPage.Tag as DriveInfo).TotalFreeSpace > (page.Tag as DriveInfo).TotalFreeSpace ? selectedPage : page; } // select tab with greatest free space radPageView1.SelectedPage = selectedPage; } 6. Double-click the "Show Disconnected Drives" RadToggleButton to create a ToggleStateChanged event handler. Add the code below to the event handler. This code iterates the tab items in the strip examining the DriveInfo IsReady flag and collapses any unready drive tabs. [VB] Hiding Unready Drives ' Iterate the tabs DriveInfo and collapse any that aren't ready Private Sub btnShow_ToggleStateChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As StateChangedEventArgs) Handles btnShow.ToggleStateChanged For Each page As RadPageViewPage In radPageView1.Pages If Not TryCast(page.Tag, DriveInfo).IsReady Then page.Item.Visibility = If(args.ToggleState = ToggleState.[On], ElementVisibility.Visible, ElementVisibility.Collapsed) End If Next End Sub [C#] Hiding Unready Drives // Iterate the tabs DriveInfo and collapse any that aren't ready private void btnShow_ToggleStateChanged(object sender, StateChangedEventArgs args) { foreach (RadPageViewPage page in radPageView1.Pages) { if (!(page.Tag as DriveInfo).IsReady) { page.Item.Visibility = args.ToggleState == ToggleState.On ? ElementVisibility.Visible : ElementVisibility.Collapsed; } } } Using the Properties window Events tab, add a SelectedPageChanging event handler for the page view. This event handler prevents the user from navigating to a tab that has a drive that isn't ready. Instead, a

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RadMessageBox displays a message and the event is canceled. The DriveInfo object is used to populate all the labels for the panel at the top of the form. [VB] Handling the SelectedPageChanging Event Private Sub radPageView1_SelectedPageChanging(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RadPageViewCancelEventArgs) Handles radPageView1.SelectedPageChanging 'Fill the labels with data If e.Page.Tag IsNot Nothing Then Dim driveInfo As DriveInfo = DirectCast(e.Page.Tag, DriveInfo) If driveInfo.IsReady Then lblDriveName.Text = driveInfo.Name lblVolumeLabel.Text = If(driveInfo.VolumeLabel.Equals([String].Empty), "No Volume Label", driveInfo.VolumeLabel) lblDriveFormat.Text = driveInfo.DriveFormat lblDriveType.Text = driveInfo.DriveType.ToString() lblTotalSpace.Text = driveInfo.TotalSize.ToString("n0") End If End If 'Show message box for the drives that are not ready If e.Page Is Nothing Then Return End If If Not TryCast(e.Page.Tag, DriveInfo).IsReady Then Dim tabItem As RadPageViewItem = TryCast(e.Page.Item, RadPageViewItem) RadMessageBox.SetThemeName(Me.ThemeName) Dim message As [String] = [String].Format("{0}", tabItem.Text) RadMessageBox.Show(message, "Drive Unavailable", MessageBoxButtons.OK, RadMessageIcon. [Error]) e.Cancel = True End If End Sub [C#] Handling the SelectedPageChanging Event void radPageView1_SelectedPageChanging(object sender, RadPageViewCancelEventArgs e) { //Fill the labels with data if (e.Page.Tag != null) { DriveInfo driveInfo = (DriveInfo)e.Page.Tag; if (driveInfo.IsReady) { lblDriveName.Text = driveInfo.Name; lblVolumeLabel.Text = driveInfo.VolumeLabel.Equals(String.Empty) ? "No Volume Label" : driveInfo.VolumeLabel; lblDriveFormat.Text = driveInfo.DriveFormat; lblDriveType.Text = driveInfo.DriveType.ToString(); lblTotalSpace.Text = driveInfo.TotalSize.ToString("n0"); } } //Show message box for the drives that are not ready if (e.Page == null) return; if (!(e.Page.Tag as DriveInfo).IsReady) { RadPageViewItem tabItem = e.Page.Item as RadPageViewItem;

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RadMessageBox.SetThemeName(this.ThemeName); String message = String.Format("{0}", tabItem.Text); RadMessageBox.Show(message, "Drive Unavailable", MessageBoxButtons.OK, RadMessageIcon.Error); e.Cancel = true; } } 7. Press Ctrl-F5 to run the application. Test the "Free Space" and "Show Disconnected" button functionality, notice how the labels change as you select tabs, try clicking on a disconnected drive tab to get the message box andnotice the free space displayed in the progress bar.

Drag and Drop

Enabling the drag and drop functionality of RadPageView pages is achieved by making use of theItemDragMode propertyof the current ViewMode. This property provides enumeration with the following values:

PageViewItemDragMode.None - which is the default setting - disables the dragging functionality PageViewItemDragMode.Immediate - which applies the dragging operation without preview PageViewItemDragMode.Preview - which displays a preview of the dragging operation.

[VB] Setting Preview drag mode to RadPageView Dim element as New RadPageViewStripElement = DirectCast(Me.radPageView1.ViewElement, RadPageViewStripElement) element.ItemDragMode = PageViewItemDragMode.Preview [C#] Setting Preview drag mode to RadPageView RadPageViewStripElement element = (this.radPageView1.ViewElement as RadPageViewStripElement); element.ItemDragMode = PageViewItemDragMode.Preview;

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[VB] Setting Preview drag mode to RadPageView Dim element as New RadPageViewStackElement = DirectCast(Me.radPageView1.ViewElement, RadPageViewStackElement) element.ItemDragMode = PageViewItemDragMode.Preview [C#] Setting Preview drag mode to RadPageView RadPageViewStackElement element = (this.radPageView1.ViewElement as RadPageViewStackElement); element.ItemDragMode = PageViewItemDragMode.Preview;

[VB] Setting Preview drag mode to RadPageView Dim element as New RadPageViewOutlookElement = DirectCast(Me.radPageView1.ViewElement, RadPageViewOutlookElement) element.ItemDragMode = PageViewItemDragMode.Preview [C#] Setting Preview drag mode to RadPageView RadPageViewOutlookElement element = (this.radPageView1.ViewElement as RadPageViewOutlookElement); element.ItemDragMode = PageViewItemDragMode.Preview;

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[VB] Setting Preview drag mode to RadPageView Dim element as New RadPageViewExplorerBarElement = DirectCast(Me.radPageView1.ViewElement, RadPageViewExplorerBarElement) element.ItemDragMode = PageViewItemDragMode.Preview [C#] Setting Preview drag mode to RadPageView RadPageViewExplorerBarElement element = (this.radPageView1.ViewElement as RadPageViewExplorerBarElement); element.ItemDragMode = PageViewItemDragMode.Preview;

8.8 Summary

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In this chapter you explored creating tabbed interfaces and managing controls within associated content panels. The chapter starts with a tour of usability and feature highlights, then moves onto common Pages collection programmatic tasks such as adding and removing pages , iterating, locating and selecting tabs. The chapter also explains how to make use of the tab drag and drop functionality, handle layout and dimensions,tab images and text.

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ListControl

9.1 Objectives

Learn how RadListControl and RadDropDownList are used to display data in list form for user selection. Learn common programmatic tasks: adding and removing items, iterating, locating and modifying items. Learn how to embed controls within items. Learn how to handle item layout, dimensions, images and text. Learn how to move items between list controls and drag and drop multiple items between list controls.

9.2 Introduction
RadListControl and RadDropDownList are enhanced, themablealternatives to the corresponding standard Windows Forms controls. Both controls are based on the Telerik Presentation Foundation and have a great deal of flexibility in what content can be included in theirs lists and how the content is arranged.

You can associate images and text descriptions with individual items in the drop-down list. Item and description fonts can be configured separately. The relationship of the text and image is configurable so that image or text can be on top or to the left. Images can have transparency and can be of any size.

Item text and image can be customized at design-time and run-time. Customization can be triggered based on the content of database data. Different image and text alignments are possible.

RadDropDownList provides flexible auto-completion options that suggest and append text from choices in the list as the user types.

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Lists can be automatically sorted in ascending or descending order. At any time the list can be restored to the original order.

9.3 Getting Started

Using RadDropDownList and RadListControl in tandem you can create master/detail relationships that react to user input. In this example we create a rudimentary file explorer.We will expand on this project in later exercises to display applications icons, display small icons in the edit portion of the dropdown list, open files in response to double-clicking the file list and display custom tool tips for each file item. You can find the complete source for this project at: \ListControl\<VB|CS>\GettingStarted

Form Design
1. Create a new Windows Forms application. 2. Add the following controls to the form and set properties. Arrange the controls to look something like the screenshot below.

RadButton: Name = "btnBack", Text = "Back" RadDropDownList: Name = "ddlDrives",Anchor = Top, Left, Right RadListControl: Name = "lcFiles", Anchor = Top, Bottom, Left, Right RadLabel: Name = "lblStatus", AutoSize = False, Dock = "Bottom", Size.Height = "20"

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Adding Code
1. Add references to "Telerik.WinControls.UI" and "System.IO" to the "Imports" (VB) or "using" (C#) section of code. 2. Double-click the form to create a Load event handler. Add the code below. The event handler iterates the DriveInfo array returned by the static System.IO GetDrives()method. So that we don't leave the dropdown list text as "radDropDownList1", the SelectedIndex is set to the first entry in the list. In the next step we will include the AddDirectoryToDropDownList() method. [VB] Iterating DriveInfo Array Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load ' load the dropdown list with drive names and select the first one For Each driveInfo__1 As DriveInfo In DriveInfo.GetDrives() If driveInfo__1.IsReady Then Dim info As New DirectoryInfo(driveInfo__1.RootDirectory.FullName) AddDirectoryToDropDownList(info, ddlDrives) End If Next ddlDrives.SelectedIndex = 0 End Sub [C#] Iterating DriveInfo Array private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { // load the dropdown list with drive names and select the first one foreach (DriveInfo driveInfo in DriveInfo.GetDrives()) {

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if (driveInfo.IsReady) { DirectoryInfo info = new DirectoryInfo(driveInfo.RootDirectory.FullName); AddDirectoryToDropDownList(info, ddlDrives); } } ddlDrives.SelectedIndex = 0; } 3. Include the code for the AddDirectoryToDropDownList() method. In this preliminary version of the method, AddDirectoryToDropDownList simply creates a RadListDataItem with the FullName of the directoryas the Text and adds the DirectoryInfo object to the Value argument of the constructor. [VB] Including the AddDirectoryToDropDownList() Method Private Sub AddDirectoryToDropDownList(ByVal info As DirectoryInfo, ByVal dropDownList As RadDropDownList) ' display the path and save the "info" as the Value property Dim item As New RadListDataItem(info.FullName, info) dropDownList.Items.Add(item) End Sub [C#] Including the AddDirectoryToDropDownList() Method private void AddDirectoryToDropDownList(DirectoryInfo info, RadDropDownList dropDownList) { // display the path and save the "info" as the Value property RadListDataItem item = new RadListDataItem(info.FullName, info); dropDownList.Items.Add(item); } 4. Create an event handler for the "ddlDrives" SelectedIndexChanged event. Add the code below. Here we get the DirectoryInfo stored in the dropdown list SelectedItem Value property. Use the DirectoryInfo GetFileSystemInfos to populate the list control with the collection of FileSystemInfo. [VB] Handling the RadDropDownList SelectedIndexChanged Event Private Sub ddlDrives_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs) Handles ddlDrives.SelectedIndexChanged ' get the dropdown list that triggered this event, ' get the currently selected item in the dropdown lsit and ' extract the DirectoryInfo Dim dropDownListElement As RadDropDownListElement = TryCast(sender, RadDropDownListElement) Dim item As RadListDataItem = dropDownListElement.SelectedItem Dim directoryInfo As DirectoryInfo = TryCast(item.Value, DirectoryInfo) lcFiles.Items.Clear() ' get a list of all directories and files For Each info As FileSystemInfo In directoryInfo.GetFileSystemInfos() lcFiles.Items.Add(New RadListDataItem(info.Name, info)) Next lcFiles.SelectedIndex = 0 End Sub [C#] Handling the RadDropDownList SelectedIndexChanged Event private void ddlDrives_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs e) {

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// get the dropdown list that triggered this event, // get the currently selected item in the dropdown lsit and // extract the DirectoryInfo RadDropDownListElement dropDownListElement = sender as RadDropDownListElement; RadListDataItem item = dropDownListElement.SelectedItem; DirectoryInfo directoryInfo = item.Value as DirectoryInfo; lcFiles.Items.Clear(); // get a list of all directories and files foreach (FileSystemInfo info in directoryInfo.GetFileSystemInfos()) { lcFiles.Items.Add(new RadListDataItem(info.Name, info)); } lcFiles.SelectedIndex = 0; } 5. Create an event handler for the "lcFiles" SelectedIndexChanged event. Add the code below. The SelectedItem can become null when the listis being reloaded, so first check that the SelectedItem property is not null.Extract the FileSystemInfo object stored in the Value property and use the Name to populate "lblStatus". In later versions of the project we use FileSystemInfo to provide more complete feedback to the UI. [VB] Handling the SelectedIndexChanged Event Private Sub lcFiles_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs) Handles lcFiles.SelectedIndexChanged If TryCast(sender, RadListElement).SelectedItem IsNot Nothing Then Dim item As RadListDataItem = TryCast(sender, RadListElement).SelectedItem Dim info As FileSystemInfo = TryCast(item.Value, FileSystemInfo) lblStatus.Text = info.Name End If End Sub [C#] Handling the SelectedIndexChanged Event private void lcFiles_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs e) { if ((sender as RadListElement).SelectedItem != null) { RadListDataItem item = (sender as RadListElement).SelectedItem; FileSystemInfo info = item.Value as FileSystemInfo; lblStatus.Text = info.Name; } } 6. Press Ctrl-F5 to run the application.Test selecting drives directories from the dropdown list and select files in the list.

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9.4 Using the Design Time Interface

Smart Tag
The Smart Tag interface for RadListControl and RadDropDownList are completely identical.

The key item here is the "Edit Items" link used to display the RadListDataItem Editor dialog where you can add such items to the Items collection of both controls.

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9.5 Programming ListControl and DropDownList

RadListControls and RadDropDownList Common Tasks
Virtualization
Both RadDropDownList and RadListControl use "UI virtualization" so that items can be added and removed quickly.Virtualization impacts two other properties. The virtualization mechanism creates only a few visual items, just enough to fill the area that RadListControl occupies on a form and to allow scrolling. For example if a RadListControl instance is 100 pixels tall and the list item height has been set to be 20, RadListControl will create only 5 visual items. But how can 5 items visually represent possibly thousands of logical RadListDataItems? The virtualization mechanism does this by simply mapping the visual items to the logical items taking into account the scroll bar value. For example if you scroll down by one item, all visual items will be mapped to one below the previous logical item that they were mapped to initially. In essence, the logical items shift under the visual items and the visual items update accordingly. This means that updating the UI is a constant operation and is instantaneous in the majority of use cases. RadListVisualItem is the second major point of extensibility. RadListControl allows creating custom visual items, just like the logical items which allows the user to visually represent her custom data as close as possible.

Working with Items

The key property for both RadListControl and RadDropDownList is the Items collection of RadListDataItem objects. Minimally, to add new items programmatically you need to set the Text property; the Text property can be set in the item constructor. The example below creates a RadListDataItem for each in a collection of installed fonts.

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You can find the complete source for this project at: \ListControl\<VB|CS>\Programming [VB] Adding Items Dim families As FontFamily() = New InstalledFontCollection().Families For Each family As FontFamily In families Dim item As New RadListDataItem (family.Name) radListControl1.Items.Add(item) Next [C#] Adding Items FontFamily[] families = new InstalledFontCollection().Families; foreach (FontFamily family in families) { RadListDataItem item = new RadListDataItem (family.Name); radListControl1.Items.Add(item); } FontFamily can be found in the System.Drawing namespace.

If you want to add items at a specific location within the list, use the Insert() method and pass the index where the item should be included. [VB] Inserting to the Collection radListControl1.Items.Insert(0, New RadListDataItem("put me at the top of the list")) [C#] Inserting to the Collection radListControl1.Items.Insert(0, new RadListDataItem("put me at the top of the list")); If you have the data for all the items you want to add up front, you can include them at one once using the AddRange() method. [VB] Using AddRange() radListControl1.Items.AddRange(New RadListDataItem() {New RadListDataItem("One"), New RadListDataItem("Two"), New RadListDataItem("Three")}) [C#] Using AddRange() radListControl1.Items.AddRange(new RadListDataItem[] {

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new RadListDataItem("One"), new RadListDataItem("Two"), new RadListDataItem("Three") }); Like many of the RadItem descendants, we can assign an image to it and you can set the text and the image alignment. The AutoSizeItems property is used to size each item according to its content:

[VB] Adding and Arranging Images Dim item As New RadListDataItem("Telerik") item.Image = Image.FromFile("C:\Program Files (x86)\Telerik\RadControls for WinForms Q1 2011 \Examples\QuickStart\Resources\telerikLOGO.png") item.TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageAboveText item.TextAlignment = ContentAlignment.BottomCenter radListControl1.Items.Add(item) Dim item1 As New RadListDataItem("RadControls for WinForms") item1.TextAlignment = ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft radListControl1.Items.Add(item1) Dim item2 As New RadListDataItem("Q1 2011") item2.TextAlignment = ContentAlignment.MiddleRight radListControl1.Items.Add(item2) radListControl1.AutoSizeItems = True [C#] Adding and Arranging Images RadListDataItem item = new RadListDataItem("Telerik"); item.Image = Image.FromFile(@"C:\Program Files (x86)\Telerik\RadControls for WinForms Q1 2011\Examples\QuickStart\Resources\telerikLOGO.png"); item.TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageAboveText; item.TextAlignment = ContentAlignment.BottomCenter; radListControl1.Items.Add(item); RadListDataItem item1 = new RadListDataItem("RadControls for WinForms"); item1.TextAlignment = ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft; radListControl1.Items.Add(item1); RadListDataItem item2 = new RadListDataItem("Q1 2011"); item2.TextAlignment = ContentAlignment.MiddleRight; radListControl1.Items.Add(item2); radListControl1.AutoSizeItems = true; By substituting RadDropDownList for RadListControl and adding to aRadListDataItems collection, you can reuseall the code above. Here are the results in a RadDropDownList.

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Locating Items
You can use the FindString method to get the index of an item with specified text. If the index eqals "-1",this means that no items with the specified text isfound. For example, the code below finds the "Courier New" font family in the Items collection, scrolls to the item and selects it. [VB] Locating, Scrolling to and Selecting an Item Private Sub btnLocate_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Dim index As Integer = radListControl1.FindString("Courier New") Dim item As RadListDataItem = radListControl1.Items(index) If item IsNot Nothing Then radListControl1.ListElement.ScrollToItem(item) radListControl1.SelectedItem = item End If End Sub [C#] Locating, Scrolling to and Selecting an Item private void btnLocate_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { int index = radListControl1.FindString("Courier New"); RadListDataItem item = radListControl1.Items[index]; if (item != null) { radListControl1.ListElement.ScrollToItem(item); radListControl1.SelectedItem = item; } }

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Removing Items
To remove an item use the item collection Remove() method and pass a RadListDataItem that should be removed. If you know the ordinal position of the item, call RemoveAt()and pass the index. Toremove all items at once, call theClear() method.

Sorting
Both RadListControl and RadDropDownList have SortStyle properties that can be None, Ascending or Descending. The sort is performed against the Text property. [VB] Setting the Sort Private Sub Sort_ToggleStateChanged(sender As Object, args As StateChangedEventArgs) If sender = rbNone Then radListControl1.SortStyle = Telerik.WinControls.Enumerations.SortStyle.None ElseIf sender = rbAscending Then radListControl1.SortStyle = Telerik.WinControls.Enumerations.SortStyle.Ascending ElseIf sender = rbDescending Then radListControl1.SortStyle = Telerik.WinControls.Enumerations.SortStyle.Descending End If End Sub [C#] Setting the Sort private void Sort_ToggleStateChanged(object sender, StateChangedEventArgs args) { if (sender == rbNone) radListControl1.SortStyle = Telerik.WinControls.Enumerations.SortStyle.None; else if (sender == rbAscending) radListControl1.SortStyle = Telerik.WinControls.Enumerations.SortStyle.Ascending; else if (sender == rbDescending)

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radListControl1.SortStyle = Telerik.WinControls.Enumerations.SortStyle.Descending; }

RadListControls
Selecting Items
The SelectionMode property determines if items in the list can be selected, if multiple items can be selected and the selection behavior when selecting multiple items.

A value of None prevents items from being selected. A value of One allows one item at a time to be selected. Selecting an item removes previous selections. MultiSimple allows the user to hold down the control or shift key and select multiple items, one at a time. MultiExtended allows the user to hold down the control key to select multiple items or to hold down the shift key and select multiple items in a range.

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You can find the complete source for this project at: \ListControl\<VB|CS>\Programming To retrieve multiple selected items, iterate the RadListControl SelectedItems collection. [VB] Iterating the SelectedItems Collection Private Sub btnShowSelected_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnShowSelected.Click Dim builder As New StringBuilder() For Each item As RadListDataItem In RadListControl1.SelectedItems builder.Append(item.Text) builder.Append(Environment.NewLine) Next RadMessageBox.SetThemeName(Me.ThemeName) RadMessageBox.Show(builder.ToString(), "Your Selections") End Sub [C#] Iterating the SelectedItems Collection private void btnShowSelected_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(); foreach (RadListDataItem item in radListControl1.SelectedItems) { builder.Append(item.Text); builder.Append(Environment.NewLine); } RadMessageBox.SetThemeName(this.ThemeName); RadMessageBox.Show(builder.ToString(), "Your Selections"); }

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Moving Files Between List Controls

You may need to move items between list controls when you have some set of possible items and the user needs to select a subset. When moving items between two RadListControlsonce you add the item to the target list control it is automatically removed from the source list control;an item can belong only to one RadListDataItemCollection at a time. In the example below, the SelectionMode property for both list controls is MutiExtended.

[VB] Moving Items Between List Controls

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Private Sub MoveItems(source As RadListControl, target As RadListControl) Dim itemsToMove As New List(Of RadListDataItem)() For Each item As RadListDataItem In source.SelectedItems itemsToMove.Add(item) Next For Each item As RadListDataItem In itemsToMove target.Items.Add(item) Next End Sub Private Sub btnLeft_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) MoveItems(lcRight, lcLeft) End Sub Private Sub btnRight_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) MoveItems(lcLeft, lcRight) End Sub [C#] Moving Items Between List Controls private void MoveItems(RadListControl source, RadListControl target) { List<RadListDataItem> itemsToMove = new List<RadListDataItem>(); foreach (RadListDataItem item in source.SelectedItems) { itemsToMove.Add(item); } foreach (RadListDataItem item in itemsToMove) { target.Items.Add(item); } } private void btnLeft_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { MoveItems(lcRight, lcLeft); } private void btnRight_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { MoveItems(lcLeft, lcRight); }

Drag and Drop Between ListControls

You can find the complete source for this project at: \ListControl\<VB|CS>\MovingItems To implement drag and drop you minimally need to:

Set the AllowDrop property of the target control to true. Define a MouseDown event handler for the source control where you call the DoDragDrop() method. You can pass an object in this method that identifies what is being dragged and specify what kind of drag operation you want to perform (move, copy, etc). Define a DragEnter event handler for the target control where you determine if the drag drop will be permitted. Arguments to this event handler provide the object being dragged and the drag operation being

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performed.

Define a DragDrop event handler for the target control that performs the actual work suggested by the type of drag drop operation requested (i.e. move, copy, etc). Here we can reuse the MoveItems() method created in the previous exercise.

This works well when a single object is being dragged at a time, but with list controls we may want to select multiple items and drag them. To make this work, add these steps:

On MouseDown, Don't call DoDragDrop(). Instead, create a rectangle with the mouse position at its center. Store this rectangle in a private variable for use within other event handlers. Typically this rectangle is about 4 pixels wide and is defined by SystemInformation.DragSize. On MouseMove, check to see if the mouse has moved outside the rectangle, and if so, call DoDragDrop() here. On MouseUp, clear the variable holding the rectangle.

Thats enough to allow your user to select multiple items in a list control and drag them to another list control. Gotcha! There's a small usability issue that crops up. Item selection only occurs after MouseUp. So if you click an item and directly begin to drag, the selection hasn't happened yet and the drag operation doesn't see the item. So if you have two items already selected and click a third and drag, the first two are dropped but the last item gets missed. To work around this you need to detect the RadListDataItem under the mouse on MouseDown but before MouseUp. Save a reference to this item and add it to the SelectedItems collection before calling MoveItems(). That way you can keep your MoveItems() logic undisturbed and all the items will be dragged and dropped. 1. Set the RadListControl SelectionMode and AllowDrop properties either at design time or in code. Note: you don't need to set SelectionMode to make drag and drop work, but we want to show multiple files being dragged. [VB] Set RadListControls Properties Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load lcLeft.SelectionMode = SelectionMode.MultiExtended lcLeft.AllowDrop = True lcRight.SelectionMode = SelectionMode.MultiExtended lcRight.AllowDrop = True End Sub [C#] Set RadListControls Properties private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { lcLeft.SelectionMode = SelectionMode.MultiExtended; lcLeft.AllowDrop = true; lcRight.SelectionMode = SelectionMode.MultiExtended; lcRight.AllowDrop = true; } 2. Add a private variable to hold the "drag rectangle" that defines the zone the mouse must travel outside of before the drag begins. Also add a variable to hold the RadListDataItem that is directly under the mouse on MouseDown. [VB] Variables for the Drag Rectangle and Current RadListDataItem Private _dragRectangle As Rectangle = Rectangle.Empty Private _currentItem As RadListDataItem

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[C#] Variables for the Drag Rectangle and Current RadListDataItem private Rectangle _dragRectangle = Rectangle.Empty; private RadListDataItem _currentItem; 3. Handle the MouseDown event.

Get a reference to the source RadListControl. Use the RadListControl ElementTree GetElementAtPoint() method to extract the RadListDataItem that is directly under the mouse and save it in "_currentItem". Create a Rectangle around the current mouse cursor position. Do this my creating a point above and to the left of the mouse cursor, where the distance is half the size of your rectangle dimensions. The rectangle dimensions are supplied by the SystemInformation.DragSize (typically 4 pixels in both dimensions). [VB] Handling the MouseDown Event Private Sub lcLeft_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As MouseEventArgs) Handles lcLeft.MouseDown ' get the listcontrol that items are being dragged from Dim sourceListControl As RadListControl = TryCast(sender, RadListControl) ' get the list control item directly under the mouse Dim element As RadElement = sourceListControl.ElementTree.GetElementAtPoint(e.Location) Dim visualItem As RadListVisualItem = TryCast(element, RadListVisualItem) If visualItem IsNot Nothing Then _currentItem = visualItem.Data ' create a "drag rectangle" with mouse in center Dim dragPoint As New Point(e.X - (SystemInformation.DragSize.Width / 2), e.Y (SystemInformation.DragSize.Height / 2)) _dragRectangle = New Rectangle(dragPoint, SystemInformation.DragSize) End If End Sub [C#] Handling the MouseDown Event private void lcLeft_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) { // get the listcontrol that items are being dragged from RadListControl sourceListControl = sender as RadListControl; // get the list control item directly under the mouse RadElement element = sourceListControl.ElementTree.GetElementAtPoint(e.Location); RadListVisualItem visualItem = element as RadListVisualItem; if (visualItem != null) { _currentItem = visualItem.Data; // create a "drag rectangle" with mouse in center Point dragPoint = new Point( e.X - (SystemInformation.DragSize.Width / 2), e.Y - (SystemInformation.DragSize.Height / 2)); _dragRectangle = new Rectangle(dragPoint, SystemInformation.DragSize); } }

4. Handle the MouseMove event. First check that we have at least one item to drop, thendetermine if the mouse has moved outside the "drag rectangle" by using the Rectangle Contains() method. If the mouse has moved outside, thencall the source RadListControl DoDragDrop() method. Pass a reference to the source RadListControl itself and aDragDropEffects flag that indicatesthat this is a Move operation.

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[VB] Handle the MouseMove Event Private Sub lcLeft_MouseMove(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As MouseEventArgs) Handles lcLeft.MouseMove Dim sourceListControl As RadListControl = TryCast(sender, RadListControl) ' we have at least one item to drop If _currentItem IsNot Nothing Then ' we have moved outside the rectangle, so start the drag drop If Not _dragRectangle.Contains(e.X, e.Y) Then sourceListControl.DoDragDrop(sourceListControl, DragDropEffects.Move) End If End If End Sub [C#] Handle the MouseMove Event private void lcLeft_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) { RadListControl sourceListControl = sender as RadListControl; // we have at least one item to drop if (_currentItem != null) { // we have moved outside the rectangle, so start the drag drop if (!_dragRectangle.Contains(e.X, e.Y)) { sourceListControl.DoDragDrop(sourceListControl, DragDropEffects.Move); } } } 5. Handle theMouseUp event,clear the _currentItem and the _dragRectangle members: [VB] Handling the MouseUp Event Private Sub lcLeft_MouseUp(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As MouseEventArgs) Handles lcLeft.MouseUp ' we're no longer dragging, so clear these temporary variables _dragRectangle = Rectangle.Empty _currentItem = Nothing End Sub [C#] Handling the MouseUp Event private void lcLeft_MouseUp(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) { // we're no longer dragging, so clear these temporary variables _dragRectangle = Rectangle.Empty; _currentItem = null; } 6. Handle the DragEnter event. The purpose of this event handler is to set the DragEventArgs Effect flag to accept the drag or not. First call the DragEventArgs Data.GetDataPresent() method and pass the RadListControl type. This verifies that is an attempt to drop a RadListControl. Then get a reference to the source RadListControl that was sent and compare it with RadListControl in "sender". This is to verify that we're not dropping items within the same RadListControl . If all these checks pass then set the Effect property to DragDropEffects.Move. [VB] Handle the DragEnter Event Private Sub lcRight_DragEnter(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DragEventArgs) Handles lcRight.DragEnter

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' verify that the drag contains the RadListControl and that ' we're not dragging onto the same list control. If e.Data.GetDataPresent(GetType(RadListControl)) Then Dim sourceListControl As RadListControl = DirectCast(e.Data.GetData(GetType (RadListControl)), RadListControl) If sourceListControl IsNot sender Then e.Effect = DragDropEffects.Move End If End If End Sub [C#] Handle the DragEnter Event private void lcRight_DragEnter(object sender, DragEventArgs e) { // verify that the drag contains the RadListControl and that // we're not dragging onto the same list control. if (e.Data.GetDataPresent(typeof(RadListControl))) { RadListControl sourceListControl = (RadListControl)e.Data.GetData(typeof(RadListControl)); if (sourceListControl != (sender as RadListControl)) e.Effect = DragDropEffects.Move; } } 7. Handle the DragDrop event. For this event to even fire there is at least one item to drop in _currentItem, then call MoveItems(). Finally, clear the _dragRectangle and _currentItem members now that we've completed the drop. [VB] Handle the DragDrop Event Private Sub lcRight_DragDrop(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DragEventArgs) Handles lcRight.DragDrop ' get a reference to the source list control, ' and move the items. Dim sourceListControl As RadListControl = DirectCast(e.Data.GetData(GetType (RadListControl)), RadListControl) If _currentItem.Selected = False Then _currentItem.Selected = True End If MoveItems(sourceListControl, TryCast(sender, RadListControl)) _dragRectangle = Rectangle.Empty _currentItem = Nothing End Sub [C#] Handle the DragDrop Event private void lcRight_DragDrop(object sender, DragEventArgs e) { // get a reference to the source list control, // and move the items. RadListControl sourceListControl = (RadListControl)e.Data.GetData(typeof(RadListControl)); if (!_currentItem.Selected) { _currentItem.Selected = true; } MoveItems(sourceListControl, (sender as RadListControl));

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_dragRectangle = Rectangle.Empty; _currentItem = null; } 8. Make sure that the Mouse and DragDrop event handlersare defined for both list controls. 9. Now when you run the application you can select multiple items and drag them between lists.

RadDropDownList
RadDropDownList is essentially a RadListControl in a dropdown. It shares many of the behaviors of RadListControl, but has some additionalaspects particular tothe dropping down of the list and the text entry.

Drop Down Dimensions

DropDownSizingMode controls what drag bars are available to resize the drop down list portion of the control:

None to disallow resizing entirely. UpDownAndRightBottom to allow both horizontal and vertical resizing. UpDown to allow only vertical resizing. RightBottom to allow only horizontal resizing.

Editing
DropDownStyle determines if the text area at the top of the control can be edited. A setting of DropDown (the default) allows editing and the DropDownList setting shows the text area as read-only.

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AutoComplete
RadDropDownList can automatically "suggest", or navigate to the closest match in the list as the user types and can append the closest choice to the entry in the textbox portion of the dropdown list. AutoCompleteMode controls this behavior:

None: Nothing happens when a user begins to type into the text box portion of the control. If the user types the whole text of an item and presses Enter, the item is selected.

Suggest: As the user types an entry into the text box, the drop-down portion of the control is shown and the items are filtered by the input text.

Append: As the user types, the next item in the list that matches the user input is automatically appended to the characters the user has already typed. The drop-down list is not shown without the user clicking the arrow.

SuggestAppend: Similar to the Append setting, but the drop-down list is shown and the filtered items according the input are shown.

Selecting Items
Unlike RadListControls, RadDropDownList has a single item selected at any time. Set the SelectedIndex to an ordinal value or set the SelectedItem property to a RadListDataItem instance. [VB] Setting the Selected item

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radDropDownList1.SelectedIndex = 2 radDropDownList1.SelectedItem = radDropDownList1.Items(3) [C#] Setting the SelectedIndex item radDropDownList1.SelectedIndex = 2; radDropDownList1.SelectedItem = radDropDownList1.Items[3]; Respond to changes in selection by handling the SelectedIndexChanged event. SelectedIndexChanged event fires when the index of the current list item changes. The index may change as a result of user selection with a mouse or keyboard navigation or programmatic assignment of the index. Note that with a data-bound dropdown list, SelectedIndexChanged will be hit as the data is being bound to the control. When the data binding is done through the designer using the property window, the SelectedIndex will change again as the form is unloaded. [VB] Handling the SelectedIndexChanged Event Private Sub RadDropDownList1_SelectedIndexChanged(sender As Object, e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs) Handles RadDropDownList1.SelectedIndexChanged Me.Text = "You selected \"" + radDropDownList1.SelectedText + " \ " value: " + RadDropDownList1.SelectedValue + " at index " + RadDropDownList1.SelectedIndex.ToString() End Sub [C#] Handling the SelectedIndexChanged Event void radDropDownList1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs e) { this.Text = "You selected \"" + radDropDownList1.SelectedText + "\" value: " + radDropDownList1.SelectedValue + " at index " + radDropDownList1.SelectedIndex.ToString(); }

Programmatically Opening and Closing the Drop Down

Open and close the drop down using the ShowDropDown() and CloseDropDown() methods respectively. In this example we locate the "Departures" item in the list, select it and open the drop down. [VB] Showing the Drop Down Private Sub radButton1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) radDropDownList1.Items(radDropDownList1.FindString("Brownies")).Selected = True radDropDownList1.ShowDropDown() End Sub [C#] Showing the Drop Down private void radButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { radDropDownList1.Items[radDropDownList1.FindString("Brownies")].Selected = true; radDropDownList1.ShowDropDown(); }

Walkthrough
In this guided walk-through we will enhance the original "Getting Started" project to fine-tune and add features:

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Display applications icons using the Windows Shell API Display a small icon in the edit portion of the dropdown list Open files in response to double-clicking the file list Display custom tool tips for each file item

Preparing the Project

You can find the complete source for this project at: \ListControl\<VB|CS>\Walkthrough

Start with the "GettingStarted" project or a copy. In the designer, add a standard ImageList component. Using the Smart Tag Choose Images link, add an image to represent "Error". In this application the image key will be "Symbol Error.ico".

In the designer, select the "ddDrives" RadDropDownList and in the Properties window Events tab, remove the SelectedIndexChanged event. Later we will connect this event programmatically. In the Solution Explorer, add a new class file "Shell32.cs". Add the code below. This class is a wrapper for the Shell32.dll that contains Windows Shell API functions, including a function to retrieve abitmap from any file that contains an icon for itself. For more information, consult the online MSDN for articles on the Shell API and the System.Runtime.InteropServices namespace. [VB] Defining the Shell32 API Wrapper Class Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices ' Declares types and methods that can be called from the DLL Public Class Shell32 Public Shared Function GetFileBitmap(ByVal fileName As String) As Bitmap Dim result As Bitmap = Nothing Dim shFileInfo As New SHFILEINFO() Dim returnCode As IntPtr = SHGetFileInfo(fileName, 0, shFileInfo, Marshal.SizeOf (shFileInfo), SHGFI_ICON) If shFileInfo.hIcon <> IntPtr.Zero Then Dim icon As System.Drawing.Icon = System.Drawing.Icon.FromHandle(shFileInfo.hIcon) result = icon.ToBitmap() DestroyIcon(shFileInfo.hIcon) icon.Dispose()

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End If Return result End Function <StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)> _ Public Structure SHFILEINFO Public hIcon As IntPtr Public iIcon As IntPtr Public dwAttributes As UInteger <MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst:=260)> _ Public szDisplayName As String <MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst:=80)> _ Public szTypeName As String End Structure Public Const SHGFI_ICON As UInteger = &H100 Public Const SHGFI_LARGEICON As UInteger = &H0 <DllImport("shell32.dll")> _ Public Shared Function SHGetFileInfo(ByVal path As String, ByVal dwFileAttributes As UInteger, ByRef shfi As SHFILEINFO, ByVal cbSizeFileInfo As UInteger, ByVal uFlags As UInteger) As IntPtr End Function <DllImport("user32.dll")> _ Public Shared Function DestroyIcon(ByVal hIcon As IntPtr) As Int32 End Function End Class [C#] Defining the Shell32 API Wrapper Class using System.Runtime.InteropServices; // Declares types and methods that can be called from the DLL public class Shell32 { public static Bitmap GetFileBitmap(string fileName) { Bitmap result = null; SHFILEINFO shFileInfo = new SHFILEINFO(); IntPtr returnCode = SHGetFileInfo(fileName, 0, ref shFileInfo, (uint)Marshal.SizeOf(shFileInfo), SHGFI_ICON); if (shFileInfo.hIcon != IntPtr.Zero) { System.Drawing.Icon icon = System.Drawing.Icon.FromHandle(shFileInfo.hIcon); result = icon.ToBitmap();

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DestroyIcon(shFileInfo.hIcon); icon.Dispose(); } return result; } [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)] public struct SHFILEINFO { public IntPtr hIcon; public IntPtr iIcon; public uint dwAttributes; [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 260)] public string szDisplayName; [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 80)] public string szTypeName; }; public const uint SHGFI_ICON = 0x100; public const uint SHGFI_LARGEICON = 0x0; [DllImport("shell32.dll")] public static extern IntPtr SHGetFileInfo(string path, uint dwFileAttributes, ref SHFILEINFO shfi, uint cbSizeFileInfo, uint uFlags); [DllImport("user32.dll")] public static extern Int32 DestroyIcon(IntPtr hIcon); }

Make sure the following namespace references exist in the "Imports" (VB) or "uses" (C#) clause. These references will support the Windows Shell API methods and other features as they are added. [VB] Adding Namespace References Imports Imports Imports Imports Imports Imports Imports System System.Drawing System.IO System.Text System.Windows.Forms Telerik.WinControls.Primitives Telerik.WinControls.UI

[C#] Adding Namespace References using System; using System.Drawing; using System.IO;

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using using using using

System.Text; System.Windows.Forms; Telerik.WinControls.Primitives; Telerik.WinControls.UI;

Add helper methods to work with FileSystemInfo and DirectoryInfo objects. [VB] Directory Helper Methods Private Function IsRootDirectory(ByVal info As DirectoryInfo) As Boolean Return info.Root.FullName.Equals(info.FullName) End Function Private Function IsDirectory(ByVal info As FileSystemInfo) As Boolean Return (info.Attributes And FileAttributes.Directory) = FileAttributes.Directory End Function Private Function IsHidden(ByVal info As FileSystemInfo) As Boolean Return (info.Attributes And FileAttributes.Hidden) = FileAttributes.Hidden End Function Private Function GetParentDirectory(ByVal info As FileSystemInfo) As DirectoryInfo Return New DirectoryInfo(Path.GetDirectoryName(info.FullName)) End Function [C#] Directory Helper Methods private bool IsRootDirectory(DirectoryInfo info) { return info.Root.FullName.Equals(info.FullName); } private bool IsDirectory(FileSystemInfo info) { return (info.Attributes & FileAttributes.Directory) == FileAttributes.Directory; } private bool IsHidden(FileSystemInfo info) { return (info.Attributes & FileAttributes.Hidden) == FileAttributes.Hidden; } private DirectoryInfo GetParentDirectory(FileSystemInfo info) { return new DirectoryInfo(Path.GetDirectoryName(info.FullName)); }

Add private members that will be used to reference an image element in the dropdown list text area and a reference to the list item under the mouse during the last MouseDown. [VB] Add Private Members ' reference to element for image in dropdown list text area Private _imagePrimitive As ImagePrimitive ' stores a reference to item under last mouse down Private _currentItem As RadListDataItem [C#] Add Private Members // reference to element for image in dropdown list text area private ImagePrimitive _imagePrimitive; // stores a reference to item under last mouse down private RadListDataItem _currentItem;

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There are several overloads for the ShowStatus() method that take a message/image, an exception or a RadListDataItem. GetFileSystemDescription returns a string with information about a FileSystemInfo object passed in. The DescriptionDetail enumeration passed in to the second parameter can be "Full" to include statistics on file creation and modify dates. [VB] Adding Status Reporting Helper Methods ' display a status message and accompanying image 16px thumbnail Private Sub ShowStatus(ByVal message As String, ByVal image As Image) lblStatus.Text = message lblStatus.TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageBeforeText If image IsNot Nothing Then lblStatus.Image = image.GetThumbnailImage(16, 16, Nothing, New IntPtr()) End If End Sub ' display exception message in status label with error icon 16px thumbnail Private Sub ShowStatus(ByVal ex As Exception) ShowStatus(ex.Message, imageList1.Images("symbol error.ico")) End Sub ' show file/directory description as status message and 16px icon Private Sub ShowStatus(ByVal selectedItem As RadListDataItem) If selectedItem IsNot Nothing Then Dim item As RadListDataItem = TryCast(selectedItem, RadListDataItem) Dim info As FileSystemInfo = TryCast(item.Value, FileSystemInfo) Dim message As String = GetFileSystemDescription(info, DescriptionDetail.[Partial]) ShowStatus(message, item.Image) End If End Sub ' scope of description Private Enum DescriptionDetail [Partial] Full End Enum ' build a string with number of objects/bytes in directory/file. ' if DescriptionDetail is "Full", add "Created"/"Updated" statistics Private Function GetFileSystemDescription(ByVal info As FileSystemInfo, ByVal detail As DescriptionDetail) As String Dim builder As New StringBuilder() If TypeOf info Is DirectoryInfo Then Dim dirInfo As DirectoryInfo = TryCast(info, DirectoryInfo) Dim size As Long = dirInfo.GetDirectories().Length + dirInfo.GetFiles().Length builder.Append(size.ToString()) builder.Append(" objects") builder.Append(System.Environment.NewLine) Else Dim fileInfo As FileInfo = TryCast(info, FileInfo) builder.Append(fileInfo.Length.ToString()) builder.Append(" bytes") builder.Append(System.Environment.NewLine) End If If detail = DescriptionDetail.Full Then builder.Append("Created on: ") builder.Append(info.CreationTime.ToString()) builder.Append(System.Environment.NewLine) builder.Append("Updated on: ") builder.Append(info.LastWriteTime.ToString())

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End If Return builder.ToString() End Function [C#] Adding Status Reporting Helper Methods // display a status message and accompanying image 16px thumbnail private void ShowStatus(string message, Image image) { lblStatus.Text = message; lblStatus.TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageBeforeText; if (image != null) { lblStatus.Image = image.GetThumbnailImage(16, 16, null, new IntPtr()); } } // display exception message in status label with error icon 16px thumbnail private void ShowStatus(Exception ex) { ShowStatus(ex.Message, imageList1.Images["symbol error.ico"]); } // show file/directory description as status message and 16px icon private void ShowStatus(RadListDataItem selectedItem) { if (selectedItem != null) { RadListDataItem item = selectedItem as RadListDataItem; FileSystemInfo info = item.Value as FileSystemInfo; string message = GetFileSystemDescription(info, DescriptionDetail.Partial); ShowStatus(message, item.Image); } } // scope of description private enum DescriptionDetail { Partial, Full }; // build a string with number of objects/bytes in directory/file. // if DescriptionDetail is "Full", add "Created"/"Updated" statistics private string GetFileSystemDescription(FileSystemInfo info, DescriptionDetail detail) { StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(); if (info is DirectoryInfo) { DirectoryInfo dirInfo = info as DirectoryInfo; long size = dirInfo.GetDirectories().Length + dirInfo.GetFiles().Length; builder.Append(size.ToString()); builder.Append(" objects"); builder.Append(System.Environment.NewLine); } else { FileInfo fileInfo = info as FileInfo; builder.Append(fileInfo.Length.ToString()); builder.Append(" bytes"); builder.Append(System.Environment.NewLine); } if (detail == DescriptionDetail.Full) {

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builder.Append("Created on: "); builder.Append(info.CreationTime.ToString()); builder.Append(System.Environment.NewLine); builder.Append("Updated on: "); builder.Append(info.LastWriteTime.ToString()); } return builder.ToString(); }

Add helper methods toload dropdown list and list control. AddDirectoryToDropDownList() already exists in the "GettingStarted" project, so replace it with the code below. Both methods AddDirectoryToDropDownList() and LoadFilesListControl() take a DirectoryInfo and a reference to the control (list control or dropdown list) to load. AddDirectoryToDropDownList() loads a single directory path and image for the directory. LoadFilesListControl() iterates the FileSystemInfo objects within a directory and appends a list item for each. Notice that the call to GetFileSystemDescription() traps UnauthorizedAccessException and disables the item. [VB] Adding DropDownList and ListControl Helper Methods ' Add path and DirectoryInfo object to RadDropDownList Private Sub AddDirectoryToDropDownList(ByVal info As DirectoryInfo, ByVal dropDownList As RadDropDownList) If dropDownList.FindStringExact(info.FullName) = -1 Then Dim item As New RadListDataItem(info.FullName, info) item.Text = info.FullName item.TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageBeforeText ' use Shell32 api to get appication bitmap item.Image = Shell32.GetFileBitmap(info.FullName) dropDownList.Items.Add(item) End If dropDownList.SelectedItem = dropDownList.Items(dropDownList.FindStringExact(info.FullName)) End Sub ' load a RadListControl with the files in a directory Private Sub LoadFilesListControl(ByVal directoryInfo As DirectoryInfo, ByVal listControl RadListControl) listControl.Items.Clear() For Each info As FileSystemInfo In directoryInfo.GetFileSystemInfos() If Not IsHidden(info) Then ' add Text and Value in constructor Dim item As New RadListDataItem(info.Name, info) item.TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageBeforeText ' use the Shell32 API to get bitmap for file item.Image = Shell32.GetFileBitmap(info.FullName) listControl.Items.Add(item) Try GetFileSystemDescription(DirectCast(item.Value, FileSystemInfo), DescriptionDetail.Full) ' if directory cannot be accessed, disable item and include error message Catch ex As UnauthorizedAccessException item.Enabled = False End Try End If Next If listControl.Items.Count > 0 Then listControl.SelectedIndex = 0 End If

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End Sub [C#] Adding DropDownList and ListControlHelper Methods // Add path and DirectoryInfo object to RadDropDownList private void AddDirectoryToDropDownList(DirectoryInfo info, RadDropDownList dropDownList) { if (dropDownList.FindStringExact(info.FullName) == -1) { RadListDataItem item = new RadListDataItem(info.FullName, info); item.Text = info.FullName; item.TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageBeforeText; // use Shell32 api to get appication bitmap item.Image = Shell32.GetFileBitmap(info.FullName); dropDownList.Items.Add(item); } dropDownList.SelectedItem = dropDownList.Items[dropDownList.FindStringExact(info.FullName)]; } // load a RadListControl with the files in a directory private void LoadFilesListControl(DirectoryInfo directoryInfo, RadListControl listControl) { listControl.Items.Clear(); foreach (FileSystemInfo info in directoryInfo.GetFileSystemInfos()) { if (!IsHidden(info)) { // add Text and Value in constructor RadListDataItem item = new RadListDataItem(info.Name, info); item.TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageBeforeText; // use the Shell32 API to get bitmap for file item.Image = Shell32.GetFileBitmap(info.FullName); listControl.Items.Add(item); try { GetFileSystemDescription((FileSystemInfo)item.Value, DescriptionDetail.Full); } // if directory cannot be accessed, disable item and include error message catch (UnauthorizedAccessException ex) { item.Enabled = false; } } } if (listControl.Items.Count > 0) { listControl.SelectedIndex = 0; } } Now that the helper methods are all in place we can rewrite the event handling methods to implement the new features.

Replace the form Load event with the code below. The code that adds directories to the dropdown list is identical to the "GettingStarted" project. The purpose of code that follows it is to add an icon just to the left of the item text area. Additionally we subscribe to the ToolTipNeeded event of the control, where we display either the file information or the exception message if UnauthorizedAccessException is thrown.

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To display the image on the left side of the text use the element tree from the SmartTag >> Edit UI Element to locate the textbox element. This element is needed because we are going to add the image for the text area in the textbox element children collection.

[VB] Handling the Form Load and ToolTipTextNeededEvents Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load ' load the dropdown list with drive names and select the first one For Each driveInfo__1 As DriveInfo In DriveInfo.GetDrives() If driveInfo__1.IsReady Then Dim info As New DirectoryInfo(driveInfo__1.RootDirectory.FullName) AddDirectoryToDropDownList(info, ddlDrives) End If Next ' get references to the textbox element and the textbox item within the element Dim textBoxElement As RadTextBoxElement = ddlDrives.DropDownListElement.TextBox Dim textBoxItem As RadTextBoxItem = textBoxElement.TextBoxItem ' Add extra padding on the left for the new image textBoxItem.Margin = New Padding(20, 1, 1, 1) ' pad the element so textboxitem doesn't overwrite the ' border on the right side textBoxElement.Padding = New Padding(2, 2, 20, 2) ' save a reference _imagePrimitive = New ImagePrimitive() AddHandler lcFiles.ToolTipTextNeeded, AddressOf lcFiles_ToolTipTextNeeded AddHandler ddlDrives.SelectedIndexChanged, AddressOf ddlDrives_SelectedIndexChanged 'insert the ImagePrimitive to the text box element textBoxElement.Children.Insert(0, _imagePrimitive) 'hide the FillPrimitive so the image to be displayed textBoxElement.Fill.Visibility = Telerik.WinControls.ElementVisibility.Collapsed 'select the first item in the dropdown ddlDrives.SelectedIndex = 0

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'make the items size according to their content ddlDrives.AutoSizeItems = True lcFiles.AutoSizeItems = True End Sub Private Sub lcFiles_ToolTipTextNeeded(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.WinControls.ToolTipTextNeededEventArgs) Handles lcFiles.ToolTipTextNeeded Dim visualItem As RadListVisualItem = TryCast(sender, RadListVisualItem) If visualItem IsNot Nothing Then Try e.ToolTipText = GetFileSystemDescription(DirectCast(visualItem.Data.Value, FileSystemInfo), DescriptionDetail.Full) ' if directory cannot be accessed, display error message Catch ex As UnauthorizedAccessException e.ToolTipText = ex.Message End Try End If End Sub [C#] Handling the Form Load and ToolTipTextNeededEvents private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { // load the dropdown list with drive names and select the first one foreach (DriveInfo driveInfo in DriveInfo.GetDrives()) { if (driveInfo.IsReady) { DirectoryInfo info = new DirectoryInfo(driveInfo.RootDirectory.FullName); AddDirectoryToDropDownList(info, ddlDrives); } } // get references to the textbox element and the textbox item within the element RadTextBoxElement textBoxElement = ddlDrives.DropDownListElement.TextBox; RadTextBoxItem textBoxItem = textBoxElement.TextBoxItem; // Add extra padding on the left for the new image textBoxItem.Margin = new Padding(20, 1, 1, 1); // pad the element so textboxitem doesn't overwrite the // border on the right side textBoxElement.Padding = new Padding(2, 2, 20, 2); // save a reference _imagePrimitive = new ImagePrimitive(); lcFiles.ToolTipTextNeeded += new Telerik.WinControls.ToolTipTextNeededEventHandler (lcFiles_ToolTipTextNeeded); ddlDrives.SelectedIndexChanged += new Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventHandler(ddlDrives_SelectedIndexChanged); //insert the ImagePrimitive to the text box element textBoxElement.Children.Insert(0, _imagePrimitive); //hide the FillPrimitive so the image to be displayed textBoxElement.Fill.Visibility = Telerik.WinControls.ElementVisibility.Collapsed; //select the first item in the dropdown ddlDrives.SelectedIndex = 0; //make the items size according to their content ddlDrives.AutoSizeItems = true; lcFiles.AutoSizeItems = true; } void lcFiles_ToolTipTextNeeded(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.ToolTipTextNeededEventArgs

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e) { RadListVisualItem visualItem = sender as RadListVisualItem; if (visualItem != null) { try { e.ToolTipText = GetFileSystemDescription((FileSystemInfo)visualItem.Data.Value, DescriptionDetail.Full); } // if directory cannot be accessed, display error message catch (UnauthorizedAccessException ex) { e.ToolTipText = ex.Message; } } }

Replace the SelectedIndexChanged event with the code below. You'll see this pattern of code in several places where the cursor is set to the "WaitCursor", if there's an exception, the ShowStatus() method displays the exception message and finally the cursor is restored to its default. The code inside the Try{} block is much the same as the "GettingStarted" example except now the "Back" button is disabled if we're already at the root. Also, here's where you set the custom image for the RadDropDownList text area. [VB] Handling the SelectedIndexChanged Event Private Sub ddlDrives_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs) Cursor.Current = Cursors.WaitCursor Try Dim directoryInfo As DirectoryInfo = TryCast(ddlDrives.SelectedValue, DirectoryInfo) btnBack.Enabled = Not IsRootDirectory(directoryInfo) LoadFilesListControl(directoryInfo, lcFiles) Dim selectedImage As Image = TryCast(ddlDrives.SelectedItem, RadListDataItem).Image _imagePrimitive.Image = selectedImage.GetThumbnailImage(16, 16, Nothing, New IntPtr()) Catch ex As UnauthorizedAccessException ShowStatus(ex) Finally Cursor.Current = Cursors.[Default] End Try End Sub [C#] Handling the SelectedIndexChanged Event void ddlDrives_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs e) { Cursor.Current = Cursors.WaitCursor; try { DirectoryInfo directoryInfo = ddlDrives.SelectedValue as DirectoryInfo; btnBack.Enabled = !IsRootDirectory(directoryInfo); LoadFilesListControl(directoryInfo, lcFiles); Image selectedImage = (ddlDrives.SelectedItem as RadListDataItem).Image; _imagePrimitive.Image = selectedImage.GetThumbnailImage(16, 16, null, new IntPtr());

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} catch (UnauthorizedAccessException ex) { ShowStatus(ex); } finally { Cursor.Current = Cursors.Default; } }

Press Ctrl-F5 to run the application so far. Icons should display next to all the drives in the drop down and in the list controlas well.The textbox portion of the RadDropDownList should have a thumbnail representation of the drive icon.

The tool tip should display timestamp statistics and the number of bytes/objects in each folder/file.

Add methods to handle "lcFiles" RadListControl events.

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The SelectedIndexChanged event handler simplycalls the ShowStatus overload that accepts a RadListDataItem. The MouseDown, MouseUp and DoubleClick events require a little more explanation. If a directory is inaccessible (i.e. throws a UnauthorizedAccessException) then the itemcan't be selected. We want the user to be able to double-click a directory or file and open it, but if we open the selected item and double-click an inaccessible item, the selected item gets opened. To fix this, you can get the RadListDataItem at the mouse location on MouseDown and save it. When the user double-clicks, check that the saved RadListDataItem is not null and use it instead of the selected item. The main logic occurs in the DoubleClick event where the directory is opened or if its a file, the file is passed to System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(). When testing this, be careful what you click on. System.Diagnostics.Process.Start() will run whatever executable you double-click. [VB] Handling RadListControl Events Private Sub lcFiles_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs) Handles lcFiles.SelectedIndexChanged If lcFiles.SelectedItem IsNot Nothing AndAlso lcFiles.SelectedItem.Enabled Then ShowStatus(lcFiles.SelectedItem) End If End Sub Private Sub lcFiles_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As MouseEventArgs) Handles lcFiles.MouseDown Dim item As RadListVisualItem = TryCast(lcFiles.ElementTree.GetElementAtPoint(e.Location), RadListVisualItem) If item IsNot Nothing Then _currentItem = item.Data End If End Sub Private Sub lcFiles_MouseUp(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As MouseEventArgs) Handles lcFiles.MouseUp _currentItem = Nothing End Sub Private Sub lcFiles_DoubleClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles lcFiles.DoubleClick Cursor.Current = Cursors.WaitCursor If _currentItem IsNot Nothing AndAlso _currentItem.Enabled Then Dim info As FileSystemInfo = TryCast(_currentItem.Value, FileSystemInfo) If TypeOf info Is DirectoryInfo Then AddDirectoryToDropDownList(TryCast(info, DirectoryInfo), ddlDrives) Else System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(info.FullName) End If End If Cursor.Current = Cursors.[Default] End Sub [C#] Handling RadListControl Events private void lcFiles_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) { RadListVisualItem item = lcFiles.ElementTree.GetElementAtPoint(e.Location) as RadListVisualItem; if (item != null) {

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_currentItem = item.Data; } } private void lcFiles_MouseUp(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) { _currentItem = null; } private void lcFiles_DoubleClick(object sender, EventArgs e) { Cursor.Current = Cursors.WaitCursor; if (_currentItem != null && _currentItem.Enabled) { FileSystemInfo info = _currentItem.Value as FileSystemInfo; if (info is DirectoryInfo) AddDirectoryToDropDownList(info as DirectoryInfo, ddlDrives); else System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(info.FullName); } Cursor.Current = Cursors.Default; }

In the Properties window Events tab, hook up "lcFiles"with the new MouseDown, MouseUp and DoubleClick event handlers. Handle the "Back" button click event. The logic here gets the parent of the current directory and calls AddDirectoryToDropDownList. This has the effect of adding that directory to the dropdown list, making that directory the current item in the dropdown list and loading all the files for that directory into the "lcFiles" list control. [VB] Handling the Click Event Private Sub btnBack_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles btnBack.Click Cursor.Current = Cursors.WaitCursor Dim directoryInfo As DirectoryInfo = TryCast(ddlDrives.SelectedValue, DirectoryInfo) AddDirectoryToDropDownList(GetParentDirectory(directoryInfo), ddlDrives) Cursor.Current = Cursors.[Default] End Sub End Class [C#] Handling the Click Event private void btnBack_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { Cursor.Current = Cursors.WaitCursor; DirectoryInfo directoryInfo = ddlDrives.SelectedValue as DirectoryInfo; AddDirectoryToDropDownList(GetParentDirectory(directoryInfo), ddlDrives); Cursor.Current = Cursors.Default; }

Press Ctrl-F5 to run the application again.You should be able to navigate around the directory structure. The "Back" button should be enabled only when you're not at the root level and should move you back one directory level. Double-clicking a folder should drill down into that folder, add it to the RadDropDownList and display all the objects in that directory. Again, be careful of what you click on. System.Diagnostics.Process.Start() will run whatever executable you double-click. This is also true of .bat files or any other executable. Just as with the Windows File Explorer, double-clicking files will run whatever program is associated with that file

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type.

9.6 Summary
In this chapter you explored how to work with RadListControl and RadDropDownList, to add and remove items from their collections, to customize the aitems appearance and to use the different functionalities that these controls offer. Also, you have learnt how to make a drop down functionality between list controls.

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10 ListView

10.1 Objectives

Get familiar with theRadListView control. Learn how to add items, columns and groups at design-time and using code. Learn how to group, filter and sort data based on user input. Display data in different views. Customize the view appearance.

10.2 Introduction
Telerik RadListView control is created as a result of the concord of the powerful data layer used by RadGridView (Section 21.2) and RadListControl (Section 9.2) , together with the outstanding Telerik Presentation Framework (Section 7.2) . The data layer provides very high performance when working with data and also different types of binding options. Additionally, it provides features like grouping, sorting and filtering. Thanks to the Telerik Presentation Framework the control customization is very flexible and intuitive. RadListView is a bindable control for representing and editing list data with lots of customization abilities. First of all, RadListView will offer three different types of views, which will let you visualize your data the way that you want. You may choose between SimpleListView, IconView or DetailView. RadListView will also provide a rich and flexible API, which will let the developers easily customize the layout or the behavior of the control. Furthermore, the API will be similar to the API of our existing controls, so it will be easier for those who have already used our products to use the new component. The known family of items creating/formatting events will let you replace or style the items according to your preferences. Check boxes, resizing and reordering of columns, hot tracking, multiple selection and different sizing modes are another small part of the possibilities provided by the API. At design time, you will be able to easily choose a data source or populate it with unbound items, groups and columns. Last, but not least, RadListView will support kinetic scrolling mechanism which is a great advantage when used for applications deployed on Kiosks. Follows a list of the features that RadListView supports:

DataBinding ViewTypes ListView, DetailsView and IconsView Columns Sorting Grouping Filtering Kinetic scrolling CheckBoxes Multi selection Hot tracking

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10.3 GettingStarted
This article, will show you how in a few clicks in design time you can setup your RadListView control.

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Preparing the Project

You can find the complete source for this project at: \ListView\<VB|CS>\GettingStarted 1. Create a new Windows Forms application. 2. In the Solution Explorer, delete the default form. 3. Also in the Solution Explorer, right-click the project and select Add | New Item... from the context menu. 4. Select the "Telerik RadForm" template and click the Add button to close the dialog. 5. Change the new RadForm1 to be the startup form. 6. Drag RadListView control from the toolbox to the form.

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7. From the Smart Tag, select the Add Items.. option and add a few items to the control.

8. Change the items text to "New", "Open", "Save" and "Help".

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9. Assign images to the respective items. The images are in the project resources.

10. Set the AllowArbitraryItemHeigh to true, in order to allow items to size themselves in heightaccording to

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their content.

11. Add three RadButtons below the form with the following parameters:

Name: radButton1 = listViewButton; radButton2 = detailsViewButton; radButton3 = iconsViewButton Text: listViewButton.Text = "ListView"; detailsViewButton.Text = "DetailsView"; iconsViewButton.Text = "IconsView"

12. Subscribe for these buttons click events and set the respective ViewType of RadListView in each event handler. Additionally, set the AllowArbitratyItemHeight to true when changing to DetailsView or ListView and AllowArbitratyItemWidth to true for IconsView: [C#] Change ViewType of RadListView private void listViewButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { radListView1.ViewType = ListViewType.ListView; radListView1.AllowArbitraryItemHeight = true; } private void detailsViewButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { radListView1.ViewType = ListViewType.DetailsView; radListView1.AllowArbitraryItemHeight = true; } private void iconsViewButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { radListView1.ViewType = ListViewType.IconsView; radListView1.AllowArbitraryItemWidth = true; }

[VB.NET] Change ViewType of RadListView Private Sub listViewButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles listViewButton.Click RadListView1.ViewType = ListViewType.ListView RadListView1.AllowArbitraryItemHeight = True End Sub

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Private Sub detailsViewButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles detailsViewButton.Click RadListView1.ViewType = ListViewType.DetailsView RadListView1.AllowArbitraryItemHeight = True End Sub Private Sub iconsViewButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles iconsViewButton.Click RadListView1.ViewType = ListViewType.IconsView RadListView1.AllowArbitraryItemWidth = True End Sub 13. Run the application and check the result in the default ViewType.ListView.

14. In order to setup the DetailsView, open the Smart Tag of RadListView in design time and select Add Columns..

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15. Add two columns. Change the header text of the first one to "Name" and of the second one to "Description"

16. In order to assign the item values for a specific column in design time, you can use the SubItems property of RadListDataItem. Open the items collection, and click the SubItems property:

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17. Assign some name and description in the StringCollectionEditor. First line adds value for the first column, second line for the second column etc.

18. Thats all. Run the application and review the three views offered by RadListView.

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10.4 Using the Design Time Interface

The design time support of RadListView provides you with the ability to add items, columns, groups and also to customize the control properties.

Add Items
Adding items to RadListView at design time is possible through the Items collection of the control. This collection is accessible by using the Smart Tag or the Items collection property in the property grid.

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Both of these will open ListViewDataItemCollectionEditor, from where, by clicking the Add button you can add items to the collection. Additionally, on the right hand side,. you will see a property grid, where you can change the properties of each item individually.

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Here is the result of the described approach:

Add Columns
When RadListView ViewType is set to DetailsView, the data can be displayed in columns view. Adding columns to the control at design time, is done by populating the Columns collection of RadListView. This collection can be accessed either through the Columns property in the property grid of the control or through the Smart Tag of RadListView.

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Once ListViewDetailColumn collection editor is open, you can add as many columns as you need, and also, you can modify their properties in the property grid.

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Once the Columns collection is populated, you can assign values for each column of each ListViewDataItem, by making use of the SubItems property (this property is available in design-time only):

Here is the result of the explained operations:

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Add Groups
Items in RadListView can be grouped conveniently into different groups, which will enhance your end-user experience when working with RadListView. Grouping the items at design time can be achieved by setting the EnableCustomGroups and ShowGroups properties of the control to true and, adding the desired groups into the Groups collection of RadListControl. This collection is accessible either through the Smart Tag of the control or through the Groups collection property located in the property grid.

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Once the ListViewDataItemGroup collection is opened, you can add the desired groups by using the Add button on the bottom, and also, you can modify the group settings in the property grid.

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After the desired groups are added, you can easily assign each ListViewDataItem to the group of your choice by setting the ListViewDataItem.Group property:

Here is how the grouped items will look like:

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10.5 Programming ListView

This article will demonstrate the basic capabilities of RadListView, like filtering, grouping, sorting, customizing items, etc. and it will show you in a step-by-step manner how to start creating applications with RadListView.

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You can find the complete source for this project at: \ListView\<VB|CS>\Programming For the matter of this example we are going to use a DataTable containing data about Artists, Albums, Songs and Image.

1. First lets create a form with RadCommandBar (Section 14.2) docked Top and RadListView docked Fill. Add a Strip to RadCommandBar and populate it with the following items: CommandBarLabel

Text: Sort By:

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Name: commandBarDropDownSort Text: "" Items: None, Song Name, Artist, Album

CommandBarDropDownList

CommandBarSeparatorItem CommandBarLabel

Text: Group By: Name: commandBarDropDownGroup Text: "" Items: None, Album, Artist

CommandBarDropDownList

CommandBarSeparatorItem

Name: commandBarToggleList ToolTipText: ListView Image: Some image representing ListView Name: commandBarToggleTiles ToolTipText: IconsView Image: Some image representing IconsView Name: commandBarToggleDetails ToolTipText: DetailsView Image: Some image representing DetailsView

CommandBarToggleButton

CommandBarSeparatorItem CommandBarTextBox

Name: commandBarTextBoxFilter Text:

2. At this point the form should like something similar to this:

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3. Now let continue with setting the control DataSource, allow edit and remove operations and subscribe to the events that we are going to use in this example. [C#] Initial settings this.radListView1.ItemDataBound += new Telerik.WinControls.UI.ListViewItemEventHandler (radListView1_ItemDataBound); this.radListView1.VisualItemFormatting += new Telerik.WinControls.UI.ListViewVisualItemEventHandler(radListView1_VisualItemFormatting); this.radListView1.CellFormatting += new Telerik.WinControls.UI.ListViewCellFormattingEventHandler(radListView1_CellFormatting); this.radListView1.ColumnCreating += new ListViewColumnCreatingEventHandler (radListView1_ColumnCreating); this.radListView1.ViewTypeChanged += new EventHandler(radListView1_ViewTypeChanged); this.radListView1.AllowEdit = false; this.radListView1.AllowRemove = false; this.radListView1.DataSource = this.songsDataTableBindingSource; this.radListView1.DisplayMember = "SongName"; this.radListView1.ValueMember = "SongID"; this.radListView1.ViewType = ListViewType.IconsView; [VB.NET] Initial settings AddHandler Me.RadListView1.ItemDataBound, AddressOf radListView1_ItemDataBound AddHandler Me.RadListView1.VisualItemFormatting, AddressOf radListView1_VisualItemFormatting AddHandler Me.RadListView1.ViewTypeChanged, AddressOf radListView1_ViewTypeChanged

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AddHandler Me.RadListView1.CellFormatting, AddressOf radListView1_CellFormatting AddHandler Me.RadListView1.ColumnCreating, AddressOf radListView1_ColumnCreating Me.RadListView1.AllowEdit = False Me.RadListView1.AllowRemove = False Me.RadListView1.DataSource = Me.SongsDataTableBindingSource Me.RadListView1.DisplayMember = "SongName" Me.RadListView1.ValueMember = "SongID" 4. Lets handle those events. In the event handler for the ItemDataBound event, we will take the corresponding item image from the data source and we will assign it to the ListViewDataItem. [C#] Set the item image to the data item void radListView1_ItemDataBound(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.ListViewItemEventArgs e) { DataRowView row = e.Item.DataBoundItem as DataRowView; MusicCollectionDataSet.SongsDataTableRow songRow = row.Row as MusicCollectionDataSet.SongsDataTableRow; e.Item.Image = Image.FromStream(new MemoryStream(songRow.Image), false, false); } [VB.NET] Set the item image to the data item Private Sub radListView1_ItemDataBound(sender As Object, e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.ListViewItemEventArgs) Dim row As DataRowView = TryCast(e.Item.DataBoundItem, DataRowView) Dim songRow As MusicCollectionDataSet.SongsDataTableRow = TryCast(row.Row, MusicCollectionDataSet.SongsDataTableRow) e.Item.Image = Image.FromStream(New MemoryStream(songRow.Image), False, False) End Sub 5. Next lets hand the VisualItemFormatting event, where we will set the visual item image. Additionally, for IconsView we will set the visual item text to a html-like combination of the AlbumName, ArtistName and SongName. [C#] Customize visual item void radListView1_VisualItemFormatting(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.ListViewVisualItemEventArgs e) { if (e.VisualItem.Data.Image != null) { e.VisualItem.Image = e.VisualItem.Data.Image.GetThumbnailImage(32, 32, null, IntPtr.Zero); e.VisualItem.Layout.RightPart.Margin = new Padding(2, 0, 0, 0); } if (this.radListView1.ViewType == Telerik.WinControls.UI.ListViewType.IconsView && e.VisualItem.Data.DataBoundItem != null) { string albumName = ((MusicCollectionDataSet.SongsDataTableRow) (((System.Data.DataRowView)(e.VisualItem.Data.DataBoundItem)).Row)).AlbumName; string artisName = ((MusicCollectionDataSet.SongsDataTableRow)

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(((System.Data.DataRowView)(e.VisualItem.Data.DataBoundItem)).Row)).ArtistName; string songName = ((MusicCollectionDataSet.SongsDataTableRow) (((System.Data.DataRowView)(e.VisualItem.Data.DataBoundItem)).Row)).SongName; e.VisualItem.Text = "<html> " + songName + " " + artisName + " " + albumName + ""; } } [VB.NET] Customize visual item Private Sub radListView1_VisualItemFormatting(sender As Object, e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.ListViewVisualItemEventArgs) If e.VisualItem.Data.Image IsNot Nothing Then e.VisualItem.Image = e.VisualItem.Data.Image.GetThumbnailImage(32, 32, Nothing, IntPtr.Zero) e.VisualItem.Layout.RightPart.Margin = New Windows.Forms.Padding(2, 0, 0, 0) End If If Me.RadListView1.ViewType = Telerik.WinControls.UI.ListViewType.IconsView AndAlso e.VisualItem.Data.DataBoundItem IsNot Nothing Then Dim albumName As String = DirectCast(DirectCast(e.VisualItem.Data.DataBoundItem, System.Data.DataRowView).Row, MusicCollectionDataSet.SongsDataTableRow).AlbumName Dim artisName As String = DirectCast(DirectCast(e.VisualItem.Data.DataBoundItem, System.Data.DataRowView).Row, MusicCollectionDataSet.SongsDataTableRow).ArtistName Dim songName As String = DirectCast(DirectCast(e.VisualItem.Data.DataBoundItem, System.Data.DataRowView).Row, MusicCollectionDataSet.SongsDataTableRow).SongName e.VisualItem.Text = "<html> " + songName + " " + artisName + " " + albumName + "" End If End Sub 6. The CellFormatting event is handled in order to customize the appearance of the cells, when RadListView is in DetailsView. Here we will set the cell image. [C#] Set the cell image void radListView1_CellFormatting(object sender, ListViewCellFormattingEventArgs e) { if (e.CellElement.Image != null) { e.CellElement.Image = e.CellElement.Image.GetThumbnailImage(32, 32, null, IntPtr.Zero); } } [VB.NET] Set the cell image Private Sub radListView1_CellFormatting(sender As Object, e As ListViewCellFormattingEventArgs) If e.CellElement.Image IsNot Nothing Then e.CellElement.Image = e.CellElement.Image.GetThumbnailImage(32, 32, Nothing, IntPtr.Zero) End If End Sub

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7. The ColumnCreating event is fired when a column is being created. This is convenient event to hide unwanted columns. Additionally, we will use this event to set some more user friendly column headers. [C#] Customize columns void radListView1_ColumnCreating(object sender, ListViewColumnCreatingEventArgs e) { if (e.Column.FieldName == "SongID" || e.Column.FieldName == "Image") { e.Column.Visible = false; } if (e.Column.FieldName == "SongName") { e.Column.HeaderText = "Song Title"; } if (e.Column.FieldName == "ArtistName") { e.Column.HeaderText = "Artist"; } if (e.Column.FieldName == "AlbumName") { e.Column.HeaderText = "Album"; } } [VB.NET] Customize columns Private Sub radListView1_ColumnCreating(sender As Object, e As ListViewColumnCreatingEventArgs) If e.Column.FieldName = "SongID" OrElse e.Column.FieldName = "Image" Then e.Column.Visible = False End If If e.Column.FieldName = "SongName" Then e.Column.HeaderText = "Song Title" End If If e.Column.FieldName = "ArtistName" Then e.Column.HeaderText = "Artist" End If If e.Column.FieldName = "AlbumName" Then e.Column.HeaderText = "Album" End If End Sub 8. The last event of RadListView, which we are going to handle is the ViewTypeChanged event - fired when the ViewType of the control is changed. This event is convenient to set view specific settings. To handle the event, we will create three helper methods:

SetupDetailsView - here we will set the AllowArbitraryItemHeight, property to true, in order to allow the items to size themselves in height, according to their content.

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SetupIconsView - here we will define a custom size for the items, set some spacing between the items and again set the AllowArbitraryItemHeight, property to true SetupSimpleListView - in this method we will only set the AllowArbitraryItemHeight, property to true.

In the ViewTypeChanged event handler, we will simply check which is the new view and call the corresponding setup method [C#] Handling view type changes private void SetupDetailsView() { this.radListView1.AllowArbitraryItemHeight = true; } private void SetupIconsView() { this.radListView1.ItemSize = new Size(200, 64); this.radListView1.ItemSpacing = 5; this.radListView1.AllowArbitraryItemHeight = true; } private void SetupSimpleListView() { this.radListView1.AllowArbitraryItemHeight = true; } void radListView1_ViewTypeChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { switch (radListView1.ViewType) { case ListViewType.ListView: SetupSimpleListView(); break; case ListViewType.IconsView: SetupIconsView(); break; case ListViewType.DetailsView: SetupDetailsView(); break; } } [VB.NET] Handling view type changes Private Sub SetupDetailsView() Me.RadListView1.AllowArbitraryItemHeight = True End Sub Private Sub SetupIconsView() Me.RadListView1.ItemSize = New Size(200, 64) Me.RadListView1.ItemSpacing = 5 Me.RadListView1.AllowArbitraryItemHeight = True End Sub Private Sub SetupSimpleListView()

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Me.RadListView1.AllowArbitraryItemHeight = True End Sub Private Sub radListView1_ViewTypeChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Select Case RadListView1.ViewType Case ListViewType.ListView SetupSimpleListView() Exit Select Case ListViewType.IconsView SetupIconsView() Exit Select Case ListViewType.DetailsView SetupDetailsView() Exit Select End Select End Sub 9. Now we only need to fill up the RadCommandBar elements functionality. First we are going to handle the view changing buttons. For this purpose, subscribe for the ToggleStateChanged and ToggleStateChanging events of all the CommandBarToggleButtons that we have added earlier. In the ToggleStateChanged event handler, check which is the clicked button, and set the rest of the buttons to Off. Additionally, set the RadListViewViewType according to the pressed button. [C#] Handle the toggle buttons private bool updatingToggleState = false; private void ViewToggleButton_ToggleStateChanged(object sender, StateChangedEventArgs args) { if (updatingToggleState) { return; } this.updatingToggleState = true; if (this.commandBarToggleButtonDetails != sender) { this.commandBarToggleButtonDetails.ToggleState = ToggleState.Off; } if (this.commandBarToggleButtonList != sender) { this.commandBarToggleButtonList.ToggleState = ToggleState.Off; } if (this.commandBarToggleButtonTiles != sender) { this.commandBarToggleButtonTiles.ToggleState = ToggleState.Off; } this.updatingToggleState = false; if (this.commandBarToggleButtonDetails.ToggleState == ToggleState.On) {

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this.radListView1.ViewType = ListViewType.DetailsView; } if (this.commandBarToggleButtonList.ToggleState == ToggleState.On) { this.radListView1.ViewType = ListViewType.ListView; } if (this.commandBarToggleButtonTiles.ToggleState == ToggleState.On) { this.radListView1.ViewType = ListViewType.IconsView; } } private void ViewToggleButton_ToggleStateChanging(object sender, StateChangingEventArgs args) { if (!updatingToggleState && args.OldValue == ToggleState.On) { args.Cancel = true; } } [VB.NET] Handle the toggle buttons Private updatingToggleState As Boolean = False Private Sub ViewToggleButton_ToggleStateChanged(sender As Object, args As StateChangedEventArgs) Handles commandBarToggleButtonTiles.ToggleStateChanged, commandBarToggleButtonList.ToggleStateChanged, commandBarToggleButtonDetails.ToggleStateChanged If updatingToggleState Then Return End If Me.updatingToggleState = True If Me.commandBarToggleButtonDetails IsNot sender Then Me.commandBarToggleButtonDetails.ToggleState = ToggleState.Off End If If Me.commandBarToggleButtonList IsNot sender Then Me.commandBarToggleButtonList.ToggleState = ToggleState.Off End If If Me.commandBarToggleButtonTiles IsNot sender Then Me.commandBarToggleButtonTiles.ToggleState = ToggleState.Off End If Me.updatingToggleState = False If Me.commandBarToggleButtonDetails.ToggleState = ToggleState.[On] Then Me.RadListView1.ViewType = ListViewType.DetailsView End If

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If Me.commandBarToggleButtonList.ToggleState = ToggleState.[On] Then Me.RadListView1.ViewType = ListViewType.ListView End If If Me.commandBarToggleButtonTiles.ToggleState = ToggleState.[On] Then Me.RadListView1.ViewType = ListViewType.IconsView End If End Sub Private Sub ViewToggleButton_ToggleStateChanging(sender As Object, args As StateChangingEventArgs) Handles commandBarToggleButtonTiles.ToggleStateChanging, commandBarToggleButtonList.ToggleStateChanging, commandBarToggleButtonDetails.ToggleStateChanging If Not updatingToggleState AndAlso args.OldValue = ToggleState.[On] Then args.Cancel = True End If End Sub 10. Next, subscribe to the SelectedIndexChanged event of commandBarDropDownSortCommandBarDropDownList. In the event handler, we are going to add the desired SortDescriptors, according to the selected item in the drop down. [C#] Handle sorting functionality private void commandBarDropDownSort_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs e) { this.radListView1.SortDescriptors.Clear(); switch (this.commandBarDropDownSort.Text) { case "Song Name": this.radListView1.SortDescriptors.Add(new SortDescriptor("SongName", ListSortDirection.Ascending)); this.radListView1.EnableSorting = true; break; case "Album": this.radListView1.SortDescriptors.Add(new SortDescriptor("AlbumName", ListSortDirection.Ascending)); this.radListView1.EnableSorting = true; break; case "Artist": this.radListView1.SortDescriptors.Add(new SortDescriptor("ArtistName", ListSortDirection.Ascending)); this.radListView1.EnableSorting = true; break; } } [VB.NET] Handle sorting functionality Private Sub commandBarDropDownSort_SelectedIndexChanged(sender As Object, e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs) Handles commandBarDropDownSort.SelectedIndexChanged Me.RadListView1.SortDescriptors.Clear()

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Select Case Me.commandBarDropDownSort.Text Case "Song Name" Me.RadListView1.SortDescriptors.Add(New SortDescriptor("SongName", ListSortDirection.Ascending)) Me.RadListView1.EnableSorting = True Exit Select Case "Album" Me.RadListView1.SortDescriptors.Add(New SortDescriptor("AlbumName", ListSortDirection.Ascending)) Me.RadListView1.EnableSorting = True Exit Select Case "Artist" Me.RadListView1.SortDescriptors.Add(New SortDescriptor("ArtistName", ListSortDirection.Ascending)) Me.RadListView1.EnableSorting = True Exit Select End Select End Sub 11. To add the grouping functionality, subscribe to the SelectedIndexChanged event of commandBarDropDownGroup, CommandBarDropDownList. Similar to the sorting functionality, add the desired GroupDescriptors according to the selected item. [C#] Handle grouping functionality private void commandBarDropDownGroup_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs e) { this.radListView1.GroupDescriptors.Clear(); switch (this.commandBarDropDownGroup.Text) { case "None": this.radListView1.EnableGrouping = false; this.radListView1.ShowGroups = false; break; case "Album": this.radListView1.GroupDescriptors.Add(new GroupDescriptor( new SortDescriptor[] { new SortDescriptor("AlbumName", ListSortDirection.Ascending) })); this.radListView1.EnableGrouping = true; this.radListView1.ShowGroups = true; break; case "Artist": this.radListView1.GroupDescriptors.Add(new GroupDescriptor( new SortDescriptor[] { new SortDescriptor("ArtistName", ListSortDirection.Ascending) })); this.radListView1.EnableGrouping = true; this.radListView1.ShowGroups = true; break; } } [VB.NET] Handle grouping functionality Private Sub commandBarDropDownGroup_SelectedIndexChanged(sender As Object, e As

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Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs) Handles commandBarDropDownGroup.SelectedIndexChanged Me.RadListView1.GroupDescriptors.Clear() Select Case Me.commandBarDropDownGroup.Text Case "None" Me.RadListView1.EnableGrouping = False Me.RadListView1.ShowGroups = False Exit Select Case "Album" Me.RadListView1.GroupDescriptors.Add(New GroupDescriptor(New SortDescriptor() {New SortDescriptor("AlbumName", ListSortDirection.Ascending)})) Me.RadListView1.EnableGrouping = True Me.RadListView1.ShowGroups = True Exit Select Case "Artist" Me.RadListView1.GroupDescriptors.Add(New GroupDescriptor(New SortDescriptor() {New SortDescriptor("ArtistName", ListSortDirection.Ascending)})) Me.RadListView1.EnableGrouping = True Me.RadListView1.ShowGroups = True Exit Select End Select End Sub 12. Lastly, lets subscribe ot the TextChanged event of commandBarTextBoxFilterCommandBarTextBox. Here we will add FilterDescriptor according to the text entered in the text box: [C#] Handle filtering functionality private void commandBarTextBoxFilter_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.radListView1.FilterDescriptors.Clear(); if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(this.commandBarTextBoxFilter.Text)) { this.radListView1.EnableFiltering = false; } else { this.radListView1.FilterDescriptors.LogicalOperator = FilterLogicalOperator.Or; this.radListView1.FilterDescriptors.Add("SongName", FilterOperator.Contains, this.commandBarTextBoxFilter.Text); this.radListView1.FilterDescriptors.Add("AlbumName", FilterOperator.Contains, this.commandBarTextBoxFilter.Text); this.radListView1.FilterDescriptors.Add("ArtistName", FilterOperator.Contains, this.commandBarTextBoxFilter.Text); this.radListView1.EnableFiltering = true; } } [VB.NET] Handle filtering functionality Private Sub commandBarTextBoxFilter_TextChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles commandBarTextBoxFilter.TextChanged Me.RadListView1.FilterDescriptors.Clear()

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If [String].IsNullOrEmpty(Me.commandBarTextBoxFilter.Text) Then Me.RadListView1.EnableFiltering = False Else Me.RadListView1.FilterDescriptors.LogicalOperator = FilterLogicalOperator.[Or] Me.RadListView1.FilterDescriptors.Add("SongName", FilterOperator.Contains, Me.commandBarTextBoxFilter.Text) Me.RadListView1.FilterDescriptors.Add("AlbumName", FilterOperator.Contains, Me.commandBarTextBoxFilter.Text) Me.RadListView1.FilterDescriptors.Add("ArtistName", FilterOperator.Contains, Me.commandBarTextBoxFilter.Text) Me.RadListView1.EnableFiltering = True End If End Sub 13. Run the application and try the different functionalties:

10.6 Summary
In this chapter you have learnt how to useRadListView in the different ViewType modes,somebasic customizations and working with the functionalities that the control provides - sorting, filtering and grouping.

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11 PropertyGrid

11.1 Objectives

Learn how to start using RadPropertyGrid Learnhow to setup the control. Explore its functionalities. Find our its formatting capabilities. Learn how to use the Validation functionalities of RadPropertyGrid.

11.2 Introduction
RadPropertyGrid for WinForms displays the properties of a given object in a user-friendly way allowing the enduser to edit these properties using our editors. Now you can concentrate all the settings in one place instead of scattering them all over your forms. RadPropertyGrid gives the end-user the ability to filter, group and sort its items thanks to our data processing engine used also by controls like RadGridView, RadListView etc. RadPropertyGrid takes full advantage of the virtualization mechanism, so even if you load an object with hundreds of properties, no problem, RadPropertyGrid will handle these cases.

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RadPropertyGrid comes with a built-in tool bar which filters properties as you type. You can customize its behavior by defining the part of the property by which the filter is applied. For example, you can filter by property name, property label, property category or property description. You can also change the operator by which the filter is applied - Starts, Contains, etc. RadPropertyGrid also includes a help bar at the bottom where the name of the selected property is displayed along with the description from the DescriptionAttribute of the property. Both bars can be easily shown or hidden by setting a single property for each bar. For those of you who would like to additionally customize RadPropertyGrid, the good news is that this control can be easily extended by adding elements to it, such as your custom toolbars or another type of Telerik Presentation Framework (Section 7.2) element. You can add elements to the RadPropertyGrid or the tool bar itself. As to the editing capabilities, RadPropertyGrid allows you to control the process of editing all the way through from the initialization and the type of editor used to validation and value changing events.

11.3 Getting Started

In this article, we will demonstrate how easy it is to start using RadPropertyGrid to display the properties of a certain object.

Preparing the Project

You can find the complete source for this project at: \PropertyGrid\<VB|CS>\GettingStarted 1. Create a new Windows Forms application. 2. In the Solution Explorer, delete the default form. 3. Also in the Solution Explorer, right-click the project and select Add | New Item... from the context menu. 4. Select the "Telerik RadForm" template and click the Add button to close the dialog. 5. After the form is created, increase its size in height and drag RadPropertyGrid control to it. 6. Here is how it should look like in this moment

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7. Now, let's create custom object with different type of public properties and one private property: [C#] Custom object public class Dog { public string Name { get; set; } public int Age { get; set; } public double Weight { get; set; } public string Gender{ get; set; } public bool Homeless { get; set; } public DateTime Birthday { get; set; } private string OwnerName { get; set; } } [VB.NET] Custom object Public Class Dog Public Property Name() As String Get Return m_Name End Get Set(ByVal value As String) m_Name = Value

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End Set End Property Private m_Name As String Public Property Age() As Integer Get Return m_Age End Get Set(ByVal value As Integer) m_Age = Value End Set End Property Private m_Age As Integer Public Property Weight() As Double Get Return m_Weight End Get Set(ByVal value As Double) m_Weight = Value End Set End Property Private m_Weight As Double Public Property Gender() As String Get Return m_Gender End Get Set(ByVal value As String) m_Gender = Value End Set End Property Private m_Gender As String Public Property Homeless() As Boolean Get Return m_Homeless End Get Set(ByVal value As Boolean) m_Homeless = Value End Set End Property Private m_Homeless As Boolean Public Property Birthday() As DateTime Get Return m_Birthday End Get Set(ByVal value As DateTime) m_Birthday = Value End Set End Property Private m_Birthday As DateTime Private Property OwnerName() As String Get Return m_OwnerName End Get Set(ByVal value As String) m_OwnerName = Value End Set

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End Property Private m_OwnerName As String End Class 8. After the object is created, all you have to do in order to expose its public properties in RadPropertyGrid is to set the SelectedObject property of the control. [C#] Assign object to RadPropertyGrid Dog myDog = new Dog(); myDog.Name = "Lassie"; myDog.Age = 4; myDog.Birthday = new DateTime(2007, 5, 4); myDog.Gender = "Male"; myDog.Homeless = false; myDog.Weight = 21; radPropertyGrid1.SelectedObject = myDog; [VB.NET] Assign object to RadPropertyGrid Dim myDog As New Dog() myDog.Name = "Lassie" myDog.Age = 4 myDog.Birthday = New DateTime(2007, 5, 4) myDog.Gender = "Male" myDog.Homeless = False myDog.Weight = 21 RadPropertyGrid1.SelectedObject = myDog 9. Here is the result:

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11.4 Using the Design Time Interface

The design time support of RadPropertyGrid allows you in a few click to setup athe control. All that you have to do after the control is on the form is toset the SelectedObject property of RadPropertyGrid to an object which properties youwant tobe displayed.

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From the Smart Tag of the control, you can enable the most commonly used functionalities in RadPropertyGrid - .Filtering, Sorting, Grouping - and also, you can show or hide the help bar and the tool bar.

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11.5 Programming
In the following tutorial, you will get familiar with the control, its basic functionalities and its basic customization abilities. You can find the complete source for this project at: \PropertyGrid\<VB|CS>\GettingStarted 1. Create a new Windows Forms application. 2. In the Solution Explorer, delete the default form. 3. Also in the Solution Explorer, right-click the project and select Add | New Item... from the context menu. 4. Select the "Telerik RadForm" template and click the Add button to close the dialog. 5. After the form is created, increase its size in height and drag RadPropertyGrid control to it. 6. Now underneath the form, add four RadButtons with the following properties and create their click event handlers

Name: sortButton, Text: Add SortDescriptor Name: filterButton, Text: Add FilterDescriptor

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Name: groupButton, Text: Add GroupDescriptor Name: clearButton, Text: Clear tDescriptor

7. Here is how it should look like in this moment

8. Let's start with the code. First we are going to set theSelectedObject to PropertyGridElement: [C#] Set SelectedObject radPropertyGrid1.SelectedObject = new PropertyGridElement(); [VB.NET] Set SelectedObject RadPropertyGrid1.SelectedObject = New PropertyGridElement() 9. Next, lets show the built-in toolbar,which providesthe user with grouping,sorting and filteringout of the box: [C#] Show the toolbar radPropertyGrid1.ToolbarVisible = true; [VB.NET] Show the toolbar

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RadPropertyGrid1.ToolbarVisible = True 10. We can customize the toolbar a bit, by adding our own button, which will clear the filter on click: [C#] Add custom button to toolbar RadButtonElement clearFiltering = new RadButtonElement(); clearFiltering.Text = "Clear"; clearFiltering.MinSize = new System.Drawing.Size(25, 22); clearFiltering.StretchHorizontally = false; radPropertyGrid1.PropertyGridElement.ToolbarElement.Children.Add(clearFiltering); clearFiltering.Click += new EventHandler(clearFiltering_Click); [C#] Clear filter text box void clearFiltering_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { radPropertyGrid1.PropertyGridElement.ToolbarElement.SearchTextBoxElement.Text = ""; }

[VB.NET] Add custom button to toolbar Dim clearFiltering As New RadButtonElement() clearFiltering.Text = "Clear" clearFiltering.MinSize = New System.Drawing.Size(25, 22) clearFiltering.StretchHorizontally = False RadPropertyGrid1.PropertyGridElement.ToolbarElement.Children.Add(clearFiltering) AddHandler clearFiltering.Click, AddressOf clearFiltering_Click [VB.NET] Clear filter text box Private Sub clearFiltering_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) RadPropertyGrid1.PropertyGridElement.ToolbarElement.SearchTextBoxElement.Text = "" End Sub 11. Let's set the BedingEditMode property to BeginEditOnClick, in order to start the editing process on the first mouse click. Alternative options are BeginEditOnSecondClick or BeginEditProgrammatically: [C#] Choose BeginEditMode radPropertyGrid1.BeginEditMode = RadPropertyGridBeginEditModes.BeginEditOnClick; [VB.NET] Choose BeginEditMode RadPropertyGrid1.BeginEditMode = RadPropertyGridBeginEditModes.BeginEditOnClick 12. Next, we can choose which item to be selected when the control pops up, by assigning it to the SelectedGridItem property. Let's select the "Image" propety by default: [C#] Select item radPropertyGrid1.SelectedGridItem = radPropertyGrid1.Items["Image"]; radPropertyGrid1.PropertyGridElement.PropertyTableElement.ScrollToItem (radPropertyGrid1.Items["Image"]); [VB.NET] Select item RadPropertyGrid1.SelectedGridItem = RadPropertyGrid1.Items("Image") RadPropertyGrid1.PropertyGridElement.PropertyTableElement.ScrollToItem (RadPropertyGrid1.Items("Image")) 13. In order to customize the items appearance you should handle the ItemFormatting event of

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RadPropertyGrid. The following code changes the back color of all child items to yellow and it also changes the color of the items which value is True to LightGreen and False to Red: [C#] Customize items appearance void radPropertyGrid1_ItemFormatting(object sender, PropertyGridItemFormattingEventArgs e) { //set the back color of all child items to yellow if (e.Item.Level > 0) { e.VisualElement.BackColor = Color.Yellow; } else { e.VisualElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColorProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local); } //set the backcolor of items with value True to LightGreen and with value False to Red PropertyGridItem item = e.Item as PropertyGridItem; if (item != null && item.Value != null) { if (item.Value.ToString() == "True") { e.VisualElement.BackColor = Color.LightGreen; } else if (item.Value.ToString() == "False") { e.VisualElement.BackColor = Color.Red; } } else { e.VisualElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColorProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local); } } [VB.NET] Customize items appearance Private Sub radPropertyGrid1_ItemFormatting(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As PropertyGridItemFormattingEventArgs) 'set the back color of all child items to yellow If e.Item.Level > 0 Then e.VisualElement.BackColor = Color.Yellow Else e.VisualElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColorProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local) End If 'set the backcolor of items with value True to LightGreen and with value equal to False to Red Dim item As PropertyGridItem = TryCast(e.Item, PropertyGridItem) If item IsNot Nothing AndAlso item.Value IsNot Nothing Then If item.Value.ToString() = "True" Then e.VisualElement.BackColor = Color.LightGreen ElseIf item.Value.ToString() = "False" Then e.VisualElement.BackColor = Color.Red End If

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Else e.VisualElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColorProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local) End If End Sub 14. The control setup is done. Now lets add functionality to the buttons event handlers. In the sortButton click event handler let's add a SortDescriptor which sorts the items according to their FormattedValue, Ascending: [C#] Sort items private void sortButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { radPropertyGrid1.EnableSorting = true; SortDescriptor sort = new SortDescriptor("FormattedValue", ListSortDirection.Ascending); radPropertyGrid1.SortDescriptors.Add(sort); } [VB.NET] Sort items Private Sub sortButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) RadPropertyGrid1.EnableSorting = True Dim sort As New SortDescriptor("FormattedValue", ListSortDirection.Ascending) RadPropertyGrid1.SortDescriptors.Add(sort) End Sub 15. In the filterButton_Click event handler we will filterthe items Name if it contains the word "size" [C#] Filter items private void filterButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { FilterDescriptor filter = new FilterDescriptor("Name", FilterOperator.Contains, "size"); radPropertyGrid1.FilterDescriptors.Add(filter); } [VB.NET] Filter items Private Sub filterButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Dim filter As New FilterDescriptor("Name", FilterOperator.Contains, "size") RadPropertyGrid1.FilterDescriptors.Add(filter) End Sub 16. Next, we will add a GroupDescriptor to the control in the groupButton_Click event handler. The descriptor will group the items according to their category in ascending order [C#] Group items private void groupButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { radPropertyGrid1.EnableGrouping = true; GroupDescriptor group = new GroupDescriptor(new SortDescriptor[] { new SortDescriptor ("Category", ListSortDirection.Ascending) }); radPropertyGrid1.GroupDescriptors.Add(group); } [VB.NET] Group items Private Sub groupButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) RadPropertyGrid1.EnableGrouping = True

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Dim group As New GroupDescriptor(New SortDescriptor() {New SortDescriptor("Category", ListSortDirection.Ascending)}) RadPropertyGrid1.GroupDescriptors.Add(group) End Sub 17. Lastly, in the clearButton_Click we will clear alladdeddescriptors: [C#] Clear descriptors private void clearButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { radPropertyGrid1.SortDescriptors.Clear(); radPropertyGrid1.FilterDescriptors.Clear(); radPropertyGrid1.GroupDescriptors.Clear(); } [VB.NET] Clear descriptors Private Sub clearButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) RadPropertyGrid1.SortDescriptors.Clear() RadPropertyGrid1.FilterDescriptors.Clear() RadPropertyGrid1.GroupDescriptors.Clear() End Sub 18. Here is the resulted form. Feel free to investigate the created functionalities and formatting.

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19. One more thing to add isvalidation. Let's handle thePropertyValidating event to do that.There we will forbid habind a propertiy of type string with empty string value. To test this functionality in our example, add somevalue to the Text property and then try to remove it. [C#] Validating void radPropertyGrid1_PropertyValidating(object sender, PropertyValidatingEventArgs e) { PropertyGridItem item = e.Item as PropertyGridItem; if (item.PropertyType == typeof(string)) { if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(e.NewValue.ToString())) { item.ErrorMessage = "String value must not be an empty string!"; e.Cancel = true; } } } [VB.NET] Validating Private Sub radPropertyGrid1_PropertyValidating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As

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PropertyValidatingEventArgs) Dim item As PropertyGridItem = TryCast(e.Item, PropertyGridItem) If item.PropertyType Is GetType(String) Then If String.IsNullOrEmpty(e.NewValue.ToString()) Then item.ErrorMessage = "String value must not be an empty string!" e.Cancel = True End If End If End Sub

11.6 Summary
This chapter exploredhow to workwith RadPropertyGrid design time and how to take advantage of itsfunctionalities like grouping, sorting andfiltering. Furthermore, it showed how to customize the control appearance and also how to validate property values.

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12 Data Binding

12.1 Objectives

Learn about the controls that have DataSource properties and the bindable types that can be assigned to them. Become familiar with binding to simple arrays and lists of objects. Use BindingSource to bind to database, business objects and web services. Bind to simple controls using the DataBindings property. Bind to LINQ data sources.

12.2 Introduction
Up till now we've had to populate controls explicitly, oneline of code at a time. Even the RadPageView "Custom Elements Walk Through" example where we populated a RadListControl withdirectory names had to be performed within a loop with each RadListDataItem being assigned properties from a column in the data. Here's how that looked: [VB] Populating a RadListControl Iteratively Dim directories As String() = Directory.GetDirectories(drive.ToString()) For Each directory As String In directories listControl.Items.Add(New RadListDataItem(directory)) Next [C#] Populating a RadListControl Iteratively string[] directories = Directory.GetDirectories(drive.ToString()); foreach (string directory in directories) { listControl.Items.Add(new RadListDataItem(directory)); } return listControl; } In contrast, data binding provides a consistent way of keeping a control and its data store synchronized. To data bind RadControls you assign the DataSource property.Here's how the same directory listing example above looks using data binding. [VB] Populating a List Box by Data Binding listControl.DataSource = Directory.GetDirectories("C:\") [C#] Populating a List Box by Data Binding listControl.DataSource = Directory.GetDirectories("C:\\"); If the DataSource is assigned a DataSet, you may need to assign the DataMember property to specify a data table within the DataSet. What Data Can I Bind? RadControls that have a DataSource property bind to any object that implements IList or IListSource. Those two interfaces are behind many familiar implementations that you can bind to: arrays, generic lists, data tables and views. Type Example

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[VB] Dim myArray As String() = {"one", "two", "three"} listControl.DataSource = myArray [C#] string[] myArray = {"one", "two", "three" }; listControl.DataSource = myArray; [VB] List<>, BindingList<> Dim list As New List(Of String)() listControl.DataSource = list [C#] List<string> list = new List<string>() {"one", "two", "three" }; listControl.DataSource = list; [VB] Dim connection As New OleDbConnection(Properties.Settings. [Default].MusicConnection) Dim adapter As New OleDbDataAdapter("select AlbumID, AlbumName from Albums", connection) Dim table As New DataTable() adapter.Fill(table) listControl.DataSource = table listControl.DisplayMember = "AlbumName" listControl.ValueMember = "AlbumID" [C#] OleDbConnection connection = new OleDbConnection (Properties.Settings.Default.MusicConnection); OleDbDataAdapter adapter = new OleDbDataAdapter("select AlbumID, AlbumName from Albums", connection); DataTable table = new DataTable(); adapter.Fill(table); listControl.DataSource = table; listControl.DisplayMember = "AlbumName"; listControl.ValueMember = "AlbumID"; [VB] Dim dataView As New DataView(table, "AlbumName LIKE 'B%'", "", DataViewRowState.CurrentRows) listControl.DataSource = dataView listControl.DisplayMember = "AlbumName" listControl.ValueMember = "AlbumID" [C#] DataView dataView = new DataView(table, "AlbumName LIKE 'B%'", "", DataViewRowState.CurrentRows); listControl.DataSource = dataView; listControl.DisplayMember = "AlbumName"; listControl.ValueMember = "AlbumID"; [VB]

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Dim table2 As New DataTable() table2.ReadXml("c:\Albums.xml") listControl.DataSource = table2 listControl.DisplayMember = "AlbumName" listControl.ValueMember = "AlbumID" XML Files [C#] DataTable table2 = new DataTable(); table2.ReadXml("c:\\Albums.xml"); listControl.DataSource = table2; listControl.DisplayMember = "AlbumName"; listControl.ValueMember = "AlbumID"; What RadControls Can I Bind? The following controls have a DataSource and can be bound. The properties that specify how column data is used varies by control.

RadGridView RadTreeView RadScheduler RadDropDownList RadChart RadListControl RadCarousel

For simple binding scenarios, you can also use the DataBindings property available to all Windows Control descendants. To use DataBindings you need to describe the control property you want bound, the DataSource and the part of the DataSource you want bound to the control property. This can be done at design-time or in code. The example below shows the RadTextBox Text and Tag properties being bound to the "AlbumName" and "AlbumID" columns of the DataSource. [VB] Using DataBindings radTextBox1.DataBindings.Add("Text", table, "AlbumName") radTextBox1.DataBindings.Add("Tag", table, "AlbumID") [C#] Using DataBindings radTextBox1.DataBindings.Add("Text", table, "AlbumName"); radTextBox1.DataBindings.Add("Tag", table, "AlbumID"); How Does the Control Know What to Display? If there multiple columns of data, how does the control know what should be displayed? That aspect of binding is control-specific. Controls with relatively simple lists, e.g. RadListControl and RadDropDownList, have DisplayMember and ValueMember properties that correspond to the Text and Value properties of each item. The DisplayMember data is displayed in the control. ValueMember column data is stored and available programmatically. Typically ValueMember contains arecord ID used to retrieve associated data. ValueMember can also hold any object you care to put in it. In contrast, the RadGridView is designed to display many levels of master detail tables and to display multiple columns worth of data at one time for each table. Using the most minimal route to getting data in RadGridView you still assign the DataSource/DataMember properties. You can stop right thereand have all the columns in theDataSource displayed automatically. Thechapter on RadGridView willdetail how to customize each column and display master/detail tables.

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The example below shows RadListControl, RadDropDownList, RadTreeView and RadGridView bound to the MusicCollection.mdb table that ships with RadControls for WinForms. The RadTextBox at the bottom of the form is bound using the DataBindings property. Notice that the locations within the data for each control are not synchronized. You can find the complete source for this project at: \DataBinding\VB|CS\Introduction

DataSource Column Assignment You may have noticed in "What Data Can I Bind" above that DisplayMember is not always specified. If the data only has a single member, the data is displayed. Types other than string can alsobe displayed automatically, e.g. an array of DateTime values:

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[VB] Automatically Assigning Columns Dim arr As DateTime() = {DateTime.Today.AddDays(-1), DateTime.Today, DateTime.Today.AddDays (1)} radListControl1.DataSource = arr [C#] Automatically Assigning Columns DateTime[] arr = { DateTime.Today.AddDays(-1), DateTime.Today, DateTime.Today.AddDays(1) }; radListControl1.DataSource = arr; Let's take one more look at a very simple "Product" object that contains an integer ID and Description string. [VB] The Product Class Public Class Product Public Sub New(id As Integer, description As String) ID = id Description = description End Sub Public Property ID() As Integer Get End Get Set End Set End Property Public Property Description() As String Get End Get Set End Set End Property End Class [C#] The Product Class public class Product { public Product(int id, string description) { ID = id; Description = description; } public int ID { get; set; } public string Description { get; set; } } If we create a list of products and bind to a RadControl without specifying a DisplayMember...

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[VB] Binding the Products List Dim products As New List(Of products.Add(New Product(1, products.Add(New Product(2, products.Add(New Product(3, Product)() "Jute Heather Cardigan")) "Retro Cardigan")) "Cashmere Cardigan"))

radListControl1.DataSource = products [C#] Binding the Products List List<Product> products = new List<Product>(); products.Add(new Product(1, "Jute Heather Cardigan")); products.Add(new Product(2, "Retro Cardigan")); products.Add(new Product(3, "Cashmere Cardigan")); radListControl1.DataSource = products; ...the Product object name will be displayed for each record as a string:

Now with the addition of DisplayMember... [VB] Binding the Products With DisplayMember Dim products As New List(Of Product)() products.Add(New Product(1, "Jute Heather Cardigan")) products.Add(New Product(2, "Retro Cardigan")) products.Add(New Product(3, "Cashmere Cardigan")) radListControl1.DataSource = products radListControl1.DisplayMember = "Description" radListControl1.ValueMember = "ID" [C#] Binding the Products With DisplayMember List<Product> products = new List<Product>(); products.Add(new Product(1, "Jute Heather Cardigan")); products.Add(new Product(2, "Retro Cardigan")); products.Add(new Product(3, "Cashmere Cardigan")); radListControl1.DataSource = products; radListControl1.DisplayMember = "Description"; radListControl1.ValueMember = "ID"; ...the Product "Description" column shows up in the list.

The ValueMember column is available whenever we access an item and examine the Value property. For example, if we add a SelectedIndexChange event handler to the RadListControl...

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[VB] Retrieving the Value Property Private Sub radListControl1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs) Dim item As RadListDataItem = TryCast((TryCast(sender, RadListElement)).SelectedItem, RadListDataItem) RadMessageBox.SetThemeName("Desert") RadMessageBox.Show(String.Format("Text: {0} Value: {1}", item.Text, item.Value)) End Sub [C#] Retrieving the Value Property void radListControl1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs e) { RadListDataItem item = (sender as RadListElement).SelectedItem as RadListDataItem; RadMessageBox.SetThemeName("Desert"); RadMessageBox.Show(String.Format("Text: {0} Value: {1}", item.Text, item.Value)); } ...we can extract the Value property:

Interacting with Bound Data When you want the ability toadd, update and deletebound data, use an implementation of IBindingList such as BindingList<> or BindingSource. You can find the complete source for this project at: \DataBinding\VB|CS\BindingList The objects that populate the IBindingList should implement the INotifyPropertyChanged interface. INotifyPropertyChangedsupports the ListChanged event of BindingList and automatically refreshes bound controls, such as RadGridView, RadListControl, etc. To implement INotifyPropertyChangedyou only need to add a PropertyChanged event. [VB] Class with INotifyPropertyChanged Class [MyClass] Implements INotifyPropertyChanged #region INotifyPropertyChanged Members Public Event PropertyChanged As PropertyChangedEventHandler #End Region End Class [C#] Class with INotifyPropertyChanged

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class MyClass : INotifyPropertyChanged { #region INotifyPropertyChanged Members public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged; #endregion } The event is triggered from the "setter" of your properties after checking that the event handler is not null. [VB] Triggering the Event If PropertyChanged <> Nothing Then PropertyChanged(Me, New PropertyChangedEventArgs("MyPropertyName")) End If [C#] Triggering the Event if (PropertyChanged != null) { PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs("MyPropertyName")); } Here's a small example that shows add, update and delete entriesin a BindingList of objects, and where the objectimplements INotifyPropertyChanged. Notice that the grid is never explicitly refreshed, yet changes to the BindingList are immediately apparent.

[VB] Using BindingList and INotifyPropertyChanged Imports Imports Imports Imports System System.ComponentModel System.Windows.Forms Telerik.WinControls.UI;

Namespace BindingList Public Partial Class Form1 Inherits Form Public Sub New() InitializeComponent()

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End Sub ' BindingList to contain list of MyObject Private _myObjects As BindingList(Of MyObject) Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) ' instantiate _myObjects and assign to gridview datasource _myObjects = New BindingList(Of MyObject)() radGridView1.DataSource = _myObjects End Sub Private Sub btnAdd_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) ' newly added MyObject shows up automatically in the grid _myObjects.Add(New MyObject()) End Sub Private Sub btnUpdate_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) ' updated MyObject TimeStamp property shows up automatically in the grid If radGridView1.CurrentRow <> Nothing Then Dim currentObject As MyObject = TryCast(radGridView1.CurrentRow.DataBoundItem, MyObject) currentObject.TimeStamp = DateTime.Now End If End Sub Private Sub btnDelete_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) ' deleted MyObject displays automatically in the grid If radGridView1.CurrentRow <> Nothing Then Dim currentObject As MyObject = TryCast(radGridView1.CurrentRow.DataBoundItem, MyObject) _myObjects.Remove(currentObject) End If End Sub End Class ' MyObject implements INotifyPropertyChanged. ' The object has a single property "TimeStamp". When ' TimeStamp is modified, PropertyChanged is fired Public Class MyObject Implements INotifyPropertyChanged Public Sub New() _timeStamp = DateTime.Now End Sub Private _timeStamp As DateTime Public Property TimeStamp() As DateTime Get Return _timeStamp End Get Set _timeStamp = value If PropertyChanged <> Nothing Then PropertyChanged(Me, New PropertyChangedEventArgs("TimeStamp")) End If End Set End Property Public Event PropertyChanged As PropertyChangedEventHandler End Class End Namespace [C#] Using BindingList and INotifyPropertyChanged using System; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Windows.Forms;

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using Telerik.WinControls.UI; namespace BindingList { public partial class Form1 : RadForm { public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } // BindingList to contain list of MyObject private BindingList<MyObject> _myObjects; private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { // instantiate _myObjects and assign to gridview datasource _myObjects = new BindingList<MyObject>(); radGridView1.DataSource = _myObjects; } private void btnAdd_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { // newly added MyObject shows up automatically in the grid _myObjects.Add(new MyObject()); } private void btnUpdate_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { // updated MyObject TimeStamp property shows up automatically in the grid if (radGridView1.CurrentRow != null) { MyObject currentObject = radGridView1.CurrentRow.DataBoundItem as MyObject; currentObject.TimeStamp = DateTime.Now; } } private void btnDelete_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { // deleted MyObject displays automatically in the grid if (radGridView1.CurrentRow != null) { MyObject currentObject = radGridView1.CurrentRow.DataBoundItem as MyObject; _myObjects.Remove(currentObject); } } } // MyObject implements INotifyPropertyChanged. // The object has a single property "TimeStamp". When // TimeStamp is modified, PropertyChanged is fired public class MyObject : INotifyPropertyChanged { public MyObject() { _timeStamp = DateTime.Now; } private DateTime _timeStamp; public DateTime TimeStamp { get

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{ return _timeStamp; } set { _timeStamp = value; if (PropertyChanged != null) { PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs("TimeStamp")); } } } public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged; } }

12.3 Getting Started

This project demonstrates binding a RadListControl to database data in the Albums table of the MusicCollection.mdb file that ships with RadControls for WinForms. You can follow these basic steps whenever you connect to database data at design time. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Databinding\VB|CS\GettingStarted 1. In a new Windows Forms Application, drop a RadListControl on the default form. 2. Drop down the Properties window editor for the DataSource property and click the Add Project Data Source... link.

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This step will display the Data Source Configuration Wizard where you can connect to database data, business objects or services. 3. In the Data Source Configuration Wizard "Choose a Data Source Type" page, select the Database icon and click Next to continue.

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4. In the "Choose Your Data Connection" page, click the New Connection button. This will display the Add Connection dialog. Note that you can also select an existing connection if you have already been through the configuration process and have a configuration that matches your needs. The Add Connection dialog will help us describe the kind of data (SQL Server, Access, etc.) and the location of the data. In the RadControls for WinForms installation directory you can find a series of Access (*.mdb) files in the /Examples/Datasources subdirectory. You can just as easily connect to SQL Server or other enterprise level data.

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5. In the Add Connection dialog:

If the Data Source doesn't list "Microsoft Access Database File", then click the Change button, select it from the list in the Change Data Source dialog and click OK. Click the Browse... button and navigate to the RadControls for WinForms installation directory, locate the \Examples\DataSources directory and select the MusicCollection.mdb file. Click OK to close the Add Connection dialog.

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6. In the Data Source Configuration Wizard "Choose Your Data Connection" page, click Next to continue. 7. A dialog will display asking if you want to copy this file locally. Select No to reference the database file in its original location. 8. In the "Choose Database Objects" page of the wizard, open up the treeview and select the tables and fields you want to include in your data source.

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9. Click Finish to close the wizard. A DataSet object that encapsulates selected tables and fields is created automatically.

10. Back in the Properties window, locate the DataSource property for your control, drop down the list and select one of the tables as your data source.

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This step will automatically create a series of components and drop them in your component tray:a DataSet component specific to the data you chose, a BindingSourceand a TableAdapter tohandle the lower level jobs of querying and updating your data.

C:\Users\stefanov\Desktop\databinding-getting-started006.png This step also adds several components to the Toolbox:

A line of code is added to the form load event to populate the table with data: [VB] Automatically Generated Code Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) ' TODO: This line of code loads data into the 'musicCollectionDataSet.Albums' table. You can move, or remove it, as needed. Me.albumsTableAdapter.Fill(Me.musicCollectionDataSet.Albums) End Sub [C#] Automatically Generated Code private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { // TODO: This line of code loads data into the 'musicCollectionDataSet.Albums' table. You can move, or remove it, as needed. this.albumsTableAdapter.Fill(this.musicCollectionDataSet.Albums); }

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11. Tell the bound control what columns you want to see. This step is more control-specific. For this example, we have a RadListControl and so you can click the DisplayMember property and drop down a list of elligible columns to display. DisplayMember populates the text for each item. The ValueMember property corresponds to the Value property of each item. Select "AlbumName" for the DisplayMember and "AlbumID" for the ValueMember.

12. Run the application to view your data.

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12.4 Binding to Simple Controls Using DataBindings

You can bind to any Control descendant using the DataBindings property. To make it work, add a binding with the control property to modify, the data source and the data element that will be bound to the control property. With simple data binding you can bind to any property of the object being used as a data source. 1. In a new Windows Forms Application, add controls to the default form with the following properties and roughly the arragement shown in the screenshot:

RadLabel: Text = "Album ID" RadTextBox: Name = "tbAlbumID", Text = "" RadLabel: Text = "Album Name" RadTextBox: Name = "tbAlbumName", Text = "

2. Bind the RadTextBox Text property:

Click the tbAlbumID RadTextBox, navigate to the Properties window and in the "(Databindings)" property (aways at the top of the list), click the ellipses for the Advanced property.

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This displays the Advanced Formatting and Binding dialog that allows you to bind any property to a data source and to format the output.

In the Property list on the left of the dialog select the Text property. In the drop down under the label "Binding:", click the Add Project DataSource... link. This will bring up the Data Source Configuration wizard. Follow the steps in the "Getting Started" tutorial and configure the data source for all the columns in the Albums table. When you close the Data Source Configuration wizard, select the "Album" column of the "albumsBindingSource"as the data source.

Click the OK button to close the Advanced Formatting and Binding dialog. Notice that the (DataBindings) property has the Text property assigned "albumsBindingSource - AlbumID". Scroll down and also take a look at the Text Property. It will be marked with a small database icon with a tool tip that describes the binding.

3. Use the DataBindings property to bind the tbAlbumName property to the "AlbumName" column of the database.

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4. Press Ctl-F5 to run the application. The data for the first record shows up in the bound text boxes.

12.5 Using BindingSource

BindingSourcesits between your datasource and UI controls. BindingSourceprovides a number of services:

Centralized control for binding operations. Unlike CurrencyManager, BindingSource works for complex binding scenarios. BindingSource encapsulates and is a replacement for CurrrencyManager.CurrencyManager can still be used directly, but BindingSource is easier to use and more flexible.

"Up-converts" non IBindingList data sources by copying elements into an internal IBindingList. This allows you to use data sources like SqlDataRead automatically. The IBindingList AddNew method canbe extended for custom implementations, for example so that factory objects can create new items in the list. Supports type based binding. You can assign a type instead of an instance and BindingSource will handle instance creation automatically. Simplifies binding to web services. Supports editing operations and events, e.g. RemoveCurrent, EndEdit, CancelEdit, Add and the CurrentItemChanged event. Can be visualized and managed with the BindingNavigator (VCR like UI that allows navigation and editing).

In the earlier example "Introduction", only the RadDropDownList and RadGridView are synchronized. This is because all the other controls use a DataSet or DataTable directly, but RadDropDownList and RadGridView both use "albumsBindingSource", a BindingSource instance. If we hook up all the controls on the page with the BindingSource, all controls are completely synchronized automatically. The example below takes the "Introduction" project, adds a BindingNavigator and points the DataSource property of all controls to "albumsBindingSource". The addition of the BindingNavigator just adds a UI control so

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the user can navigate, add, edit and delete records. You can find the complete source for this project at: \DataBinding\VB|CS\BindingSource Now when you run the project and select a record using any of the controls, including the BindingNavigator, all the controls respond as one. Notice in the screenshot below how "Tuesday Night Music Club" is selected and all the controls, including the RadTextBox, are at the same record.

12.6 Binding to Business Objects

You can use the BindingSource to bind collections of your own custom objects. For example, let's say we have a very simple Product business object with ID and Description properties. BindingSource has "type support" which means that it can bind to a type as a data source and it will create the infrastructure automatically in the background:

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[VB] Assigning a Type to the DataSource productBindingSource.DataSource = GetType(Product) [C#] Assigning a Type to the DataSource productBindingSource.DataSource = typeof(Product); Then you can handle the BindingSource event AddNew to initialize new objects. Use the BindingSource ResetBindings() method to update the UI.

Binding to Custom Object Walk Through

You can find the complete source for this project at: \DataBinding\VB|CS\BusinessObject 1. In a new Windows Forms Application, add a BindingSource component to the default form. In this example we will set all the BindingSource properties in code, but you can also use the Data Source Configuration Wizard (initiated from the DataSource property editor) to point at a custom object and create the BindingSource for you. 2. Add the following controls to the default form arranged like the screenshot below and set properties:

BindingNavigator: BindingSource = <the binding source component you just added> RadListControl: Name = "lbProducts" RadLabel: Text = "Description" RadTextBox: Name = "tbDescription" RadLabel: Text = "ID" RadSpinEditor: Name = "seID" RadButton: Name = "btnUpdate"

3. Add a new class "Product.cs" to the project and define the Product class.

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[VB] Defining the Product Class Public Class Product Implements INotifyPropertyChanged Public Sub New() End Sub Public Sub New(id As Integer, description As String) Me.id = id Me.description = description End Sub Private id As Integer Public Property ID() As Integer Get Return Me.id End Get Set Me.id = value NotifyPropertyChanged("ID") End Set End Property Private description As String Public Property Description() As String Get Return Me.description End Get Set Me.description = value NotifyPropertyChanged("Description") End Set End Property #region INotifyPropertyChanged Members Public Event PropertyChanged As PropertyChangedEventHandler Private Sub NotifyPropertyChanged(info As [String]) OnPropertyChanged(New PropertyChangedEventArgs(info)) End Sub Protected Overridable Sub OnPropertyChanged(e As PropertyChangedEventArgs) If PropertyChanged <> Nothing Then PropertyChanged(Me, New PropertyChangedEventArgs(e.PropertyName)) End If End Sub #End Region End Class [C#] Defining the Product Class public class Product : INotifyPropertyChanged { public Product() { } public Product(int id, string description) { this.id = id; this.description = description; } private int id;

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public int ID { get { return this.id; } set { this.id = value; NotifyPropertyChanged("ID"); } } private string description; public string Description { get { return this.description; } set { this.description = value; NotifyPropertyChanged("Description"); } } #region INotifyPropertyChanged Members public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged; private void NotifyPropertyChanged(String info) { OnPropertyChanged(new PropertyChangedEventArgs(info)); } protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged(PropertyChangedEventArgs e) { if (PropertyChanged != null) { PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(e.PropertyName)); } } #endregion } 4. Double-click the form to create a Load event handler. Add the code below. Notice how the code below assigns a Type and not an instance to the BindingSource DataSource. The BindingSource will take care of providing the underlying IBindingList used to store the actual objects. [VB] Handling the Form Load Event Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) ' assign the datasource the Product type bindingSource1.DataSource = GetType(Product) ' respond to new and changed items bindingSource1.AddingNew += New AddingNewEventHandler(bindingSource1_AddingNew) ' bind the list control lbProducts.DisplayMember = "Description" lbProducts.ValueMember = "ID" lbProducts.DataSource = bindingSource1 ' bind text box and spin editor tbDescription.DataBindings.Add("Text", bindingSource1, "Description") seID.DataBindings.Add("Value", bindingSource1, "ID") End Sub [C#] Handling the Form Load Event

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private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { // assign the datasource the Product type bindingSource1.DataSource = typeof(Product); // respond to new and changed items bindingSource1.AddingNew += new AddingNewEventHandler(bindingSource1_AddingNew); // bind the list control lbProducts.DisplayMember = "Description"; lbProducts.ValueMember = "ID"; lbProducts.DataSource = bindingSource1; // bind text box and spin editor tbDescription.DataBindings.Add("Text", bindingSource1, "Description"); seID.DataBindings.Add("Value", bindingSource1, "ID"); } 5. Add the event handler to create instances of new objects. In the AddingNew event handler you create and assign the NewObject property of the AddingNewEventArgs parameter. In this particular handler we're iterating the existing products and getting the maximum ID value to use as a starting point. [VB] Handling the AddingNew Event Sub bindingSource1_AddingNew(sender As Object, e As AddingNewEventArgs) ' look through existing products and get the maximum ID. Dim maxID As Integer = 0 For Each product As Product In (TryCast(bindingSource1.List, BindingList(Of Product))) maxID = Math.Max(maxID, product.ID) Next ' create and assign new product with the maxID + 1 and a unique description e.NewObject = New Product(System.Threading.Interlocked.Increment(maxID), "New Product " + maxID.ToString()) End Sub [C#] Handling the AddingNew Event void bindingSource1_AddingNew(object sender, AddingNewEventArgs e) { // look through existing products and get the maximum ID. int maxID = 0; foreach (Product product in (bindingSource1.List as BindingList<Product>)) { maxID = Math.Max(maxID, product.ID); } // create and assign new product with the maxID + 1 and a unique description e.NewObject = new Product(++maxID, "New Product " + maxID.ToString()); } 6. Back in design mode, double-click the RadButton to create a Click event handler that will also update the user interface on demand. [VB] Handling the Click Event Private Sub btnUpdate_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) bindingSource1.ResetBindings(False) End Sub [C#] Handling the Click Event private void btnUpdate_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

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{ bindingSource1.ResetBindings(false); } 7. Press Ctl-F5 to run the application. Add several new records using the navigator bar. Navigate between records, edit the Description and ID and try using the Update button. Also try editing and moving to other records without clicking the Update button.

12.7 Binding to Services

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is a Microsoft programming model used to handle communications in distributed application environments. This walk-through example shows you how to build a basic WCF service and retrieve a list of objects that are then bound to a RadListControl.

The example shown here will be vastly simplified from a production level application in that the service will exist on the same machine as the WinForms application and in fact will be in the same Visual Studio solution and application domain. The example does not delve into the intricacies of WCF. Please refer to MSDN and other online sources for more about WCF. Also know thatthe paradigm used here (create a service, reference a service, use a service client to call service methods and return data) will all work similarly if instead you substitute the older standard web service instead of a WCF service. You can find the complete source for this project at:

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\DataBinding\VB|CS\BindingToServices

1. Create a new Windows Forms Application. 2. In the Solution Explorer, right-click the solution and select Add | New Project from the context menu. Select the WCF Service Library project type, name the project "BindingToServices"and click OK to create the new service. This step will create a IService1.cs file that will contain the IService1 interface "contract" and Service.cs that will contain the implementation for the service methods. 3. In the code for IService1.cs, add a method called "GetList()" that will supply the data. Notice the "CompositeType" class defined further down in the IService1.cs file. GetList() will return a generic list of CompositeType. [VB] Adding the GetList() Method <OperationContract> _ Function GetList() As List(Of CompositeType) End Function [C#] Adding the GetList() Method [OperationContract] List<CompositeType> GetList(); 4. In the code for Service1.cs, add a GetList() method implementation to the Service1 class. The method creates several "CompositeType" instances, adds them to the list, then returns the list. WCF will automatically convert the GetList() generic list to an array of CompositeType. List<> is specific to .NET and using a simple array makes the method results accesible by a wider audience of clients. [VB] Adding the GetList() Implementation Public Function GetList() As List(Of CompositeType) Dim list As New List(Of CompositeType)() Dim composite1 As New CompositeType() composite1.StringValue = "One - From GetList()" list.Add(composite1) Dim composite2 As New CompositeType() composite2.StringValue = "Two - From GetList()" list.Add(composite2) Dim composite3 As New CompositeType() composite3.StringValue = "Three - From GetList()" list.Add(composite3) Return list End Function [C#] Adding the GetList() Implementation public List<CompositeType> GetList() { List<CompositeType> list = new List<CompositeType>(); CompositeType composite1 = new CompositeType(); composite1.StringValue = "One - From GetList()"; list.Add(composite1); CompositeType composite2 = new CompositeType(); composite2.StringValue = "Two - From GetList()";

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list.Add(composite2); CompositeType composite3 = new CompositeType(); composite3.StringValue = "Three - From GetList()"; list.Add(composite3); return list; } 5. In the Solution Explorer, locate the Windows Forms application and open the References node. Right-click and select Add Service Reference... from the context menu. This step will automatically create a client wrapper class that lets you easily access the types and methods of the service. 6. Add a RadListControl to the default form for the Windows Forms application. 7. Double-click the form to create a Load event handler. 8. Add a reference "BindingToServices.ServiceReference1" to the "Imports" (VB) or "uses" (C#) section of code. The first part of the name you reference here will be the solution name, i.e.the default namespace. 9. Add code to the form's Load event handler to create an instance of the service client. [VB] Getting Data From the Service Client Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Dim client As New Service1Client() radListControl1.DataSource = client.GetList() radListControl1.DisplayMember = "StringValue" End Sub [C#] Getting Data From the Service Client private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { Service1Client client = new Service1Client(); radListControl1.DataSource = client.GetList(); radListControl1.DisplayMember = "StringValue"; } 10. Press F5 to run the application. The WCF service will be hosted automatically.

12.8 Binding to LINQ Data Sources

Language-Integrated Query (LINQ) is a set of extensions to the .NET Framework that allow you to use query expressionsas an integrated feature of your primary programming language. This allows you work againstall kinds of datausing a single set of mechanisms; .NET native objects, SQL relational data and XML data all can be traversed, filtered and minipulated with LINQ expressions. Here we will show how BindingSource can consume output from LINQ statements. Let's start with our earlier example of a list of products and assign to a RadListBox, without any LINQ operations. The Product object will be defined with an integer "ID", string "Description" and double "Price". LINQ is a wide and deep subject. The purpose here is to show how LINQresults can be used as data sources for RadControls.Please read the Microsoft Developers Network (MSDN) pages for further background on LINQ. [VB] Starting Point Without LINQ

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Dim products As New BindingList(Of Product)() products.Add(New Product(1, "Coffee", 1.4)) products.Add(New Product(2, "Latte", 2.4)) products.Add(New Product(3, "Mocha", 2.7)) products.Add(New Product(4, "Espresso", 2.5)) products.Add(New Product(5, "Tea", 1.3)) products.Add(New Product(6, "Chai", 1.5)) products.Add(New Product(7, "Cafe au Lait", 1.5)) radListControl1.DataSource = products radListControl1.DisplayMember = "Description" radListControl1.ValueMember = "ID" [C#] Starting Point Without LINQ BindingList<Product> products = new BindingList<Product>(); products.Add(new Product(1, "Coffee", 1.40)); products.Add(new Product(2, "Latte", 2.40)); products.Add(new Product(3, "Mocha", 2.70)); products.Add(new Product(4, "Espresso", 2.50)); products.Add(new Product(5, "Tea", 1.30)); products.Add(new Product(6, "Chai", 1.50)); products.Add(new Product(7, "Cafe au Lait", 1.50)); radListControl1.DataSource = products; radListControl1.DisplayMember = "Description"; radListControl1.ValueMember = "ID"; Now we can add a LINQ statement to select and sortproducts using any number of criteria, for example: [VB] Using a LINQ Statement Against Products List Dim productQuery As IEnumerable(Of Product) = From product In products _ Where product.Description.StartsWith("C") _ Where product.Price > 1.49 _ Order By product.Description _ Select product [C#] Using a LINQ Statement Against Products List IEnumerable<Product> productQuery = from product in products where product.Description.StartsWith("C") where product.Price > 1.49 orderby product.Description select product; The returned productQuery can be iterated to show the "Chai" and "Cafe au Lait" products that survived the filtering process. [VB] Iterating the LINQ Statement Results For Each product As Product In productQuery RadMessageBox.Show(product.Description) Next [C#] Iterating the LINQ Statement Results foreach (Product product in productQuery) RadMessageBox.Show(product.Description); But can I assign productQuery as a DataSource? No, not directly. The results are a little too low-level to use without help. You would get an error if you attempted to assign productQuery to the RadListBox DataSource:

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This is where BindingSource comes to the rescue again. It createsan IList behind-the-scenes and loads the IEnumerable based results into the list.

Now the code has the intermediate step of creating the BindingSource. In the constructor, pass the LINQ results. The second constructor argument is the data member and can be left blank. [VB] Using BindingSource With LINQ Results Dim products As New BindingList(Of Product)() products.Add(New Product(1, "Coffee", 1.4)) products.Add(New Product(2, "Latte", 2.4)) products.Add(New Product(3, "Mocha", 2.7)) products.Add(New Product(4, "Espresso", 2.5)) products.Add(New Product(5, "Tea", 1.3)) products.Add(New Product(6, "Chai", 1.5)) products.Add(New Product(7, "Cafe au Lait", 1.5)) Dim productQuery As IEnumerable(Of Product) = From product In products _ Where product.Description.StartsWith("C") _ Where product.Price > 1.49 _ Order By product.Description _ Select product radListControl1.DataSource = New BindingSource(productQuery, "") radListControl1.DisplayMember = "Description" radListControl1.ValueMember = "ID" [C#] Using BindingSource With LINQ Results BindingList<Product> products = new BindingList<Product>(); products.Add(new Product(1, "Coffee", 1.40)); products.Add(new Product(2, "Latte", 2.40)); products.Add(new Product(3, "Mocha", 2.70)); products.Add(new Product(4, "Espresso", 2.50)); products.Add(new Product(5, "Tea", 1.30));

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products.Add(new Product(6, "Chai", 1.50)); products.Add(new Product(7, "Cafe au Lait", 1.50)); IEnumerable<Product> productQuery = from product in products where product.Description.StartsWith("C") where product.Price > 1.49 orderby product.Description select product; radListControl1.DataSource = new BindingSource(productQuery, ""); radListControl1.DisplayMember = "Description"; radListControl1.ValueMember = "ID"; You can find the complete source for this project at: \DataBinding\VB|CS\BindingToLINQ

12.9 Binding Image Data

An image in a database is typically stored as an array of bytes, so the first step is to write these bytes to a MemoryStream and then use the stream to populate a Bitmap or Image object. There's a special case problem with some data. The image data may have OLE DB headerbytes that make the data unusable as-is. What we need is a method that will return an image from a byte array and that will ignore the OLE DB header if it is present.We just happen to have a method that does just that. This walk-through builds on the "Getting Started" project and will display the album cover graphics in a RadListBox.

You can find the complete source for this project at: \DataBinding\VB|CS\BindingImages 1. Start with the "Getting Started" project or a copy. 2. In the Solution Explorer, right-click the project and select Add | New Item... from the context menu, thenselect Telerik RadForm and click the Add button.

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3. In the designer, copy the MusicCollectionDataSet, AlbumsBindingSource and AlbumsTableAdapter from the original Form1 and paste all three to the new RadForm. 4. Set the RadForm Anchor property to "Top, Bottom, Left, Right". 5. Copy the RadListControl from Form1 to the new RadForm. The DataSource and DisplayMember properties should still be populated to "albumsBindingSource" and "AlbumName", respectively. 6. Set the list control AutoSizeItems property to true. 7. Double-click the form to create a new Load event handler. Add the following code to populate the Albums table: [VB] Handling the Load Event Private Sub RadForm1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Me.albumsTableAdapter.Fill(Me.musicCollectionDataSet.Albums) End Sub [C#] Handling the Load Event private void RadForm1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.albumsTableAdapter.Fill(this.musicCollectionDataSet.Albums); } 8. Add "Telerik.WinControls.UI" and "System.IO" namespace referencesto the "Imports" (VB) or "uses" (C#) section of code. 9. Add two helper methods that will convert an array of bytes to an Image object. The HasOleContainerHeader() method detects if the byte array contains the OLE DB header. The GetImageFromData() method converts the byte array to an image and uses HasOleContainer() to determine which bytes to copy - the whole array or just the array without the header bytes. [VB] Adding Methods to Detect OLE DB Headers and to Convert Bytes to an Image ' return true if the byte array has an OLE DB header Private Function HasOleContainerHeader(imageByteArray As Byte()) As Boolean Const OleByte0 As Byte = 21 Const OleByte1 As Byte = 28 Return (imageByteArray(0) = OleByte0) AndAlso (imageByteArray(1) = OleByte1) End Function ' convert the image byte array to a memory stream, then a bitmap Private Function GetImageFromData(imageData As Byte()) As Image Const OleHeaderLength As Integer = 78 Dim memoryStream As New MemoryStream() ' if the byte array has a OLE DB header, leave the header out of the copy If HasOleContainerHeader(imageData) Then memoryStream.Write(imageData, OleHeaderLength, imageData.Length - OleHeaderLength) Else memoryStream.Write(imageData, 0, imageData.Length) End If ' convert to Bitmap/Image Return New Bitmap(memoryStream) End Function [C#] Adding Methods to Detect OLE DB Headers and to Convert Bytes to an Image // return true if the byte array has an OLE DB header private bool HasOleContainerHeader(byte[] imageByteArray) { const byte OleByte0 = 21;

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const byte OleByte1 = 28; return (imageByteArray[0] == OleByte0) && (imageByteArray[1] == OleByte1); } // convert the image byte array to a memory stream, then a bitmap private Image GetImageFromData(byte[] imageData) { const int OleHeaderLength = 78; MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream(); // if the byte array has a OLE DB header, leave the header out of the copy if (HasOleContainerHeader(imageData)) { memoryStream.Write(imageData, OleHeaderLength, imageData.Length - OleHeaderLength); } else { memoryStream.Write(imageData, 0, imageData.Length); } // convert to Bitmap/Image return new Bitmap(memoryStream); } 10. In the Property window, navigate to the Events tab and locate the RadListControl ItemDataBound event and double-click to create an event handler. Add thecode below.rad The ItemDataBound eventfires as each item is bound and passes a ListItemDataBoundEventArgs that contain a reference to the item being bound. The DataBoundItem of theNewItemis cast to a DataRowView and it's Row property cast to AlbumsRow. Now that we have a typed row, we can directly access its columns by name, i.e. row.Image. Later in the event handler, call GetImageFromData() to return an Image. Notice that we call the Image object's GetThumbnailImage() method to scale the image down. Here we set the dimensions to be 64 x 64 pixels. The last two parameters of GetThumbnailImage() are used for callbacks and not really necessary for our purposes. [VB] Handling the ItemDataBound Event Private Sub radListControl1_ItemDataBound(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal args As Telerik.WinControls.UI.ListItemDataBoundEventArgs) Handles radListControl1.ItemDataBound ' retrieve the data row that was bound Dim row As MusicCollectionDataSet.AlbumsRow = (TryCast((TryCast(args.NewItem.DataBoundItem, DataRowView)).Row, MusicCollectionDataSet.AlbumsRow)) ' retrieve the item that was bound to and set properties Dim item As RadListDataItem = TryCast(args.NewItem, RadListDataItem) item.TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageBeforeText ' assign the image as a thumbnail item.Image = GetImageFromData(row.Image).GetThumbnailImage(64, 64, Nothing, New IntPtr()) End Sub [C#] Handling the ItemDataBound Event private void radListControl1_ItemDataBound(object sender, ListItemDataBoundEventArgs args) { // retrieve the data row that was bound MusicCollectionDataSet.AlbumsRow row = ((args.NewItem.DataBoundItem as DataRowView).Row as MusicCollectionDataSet.AlbumsRow); // retrieve the item that was bound to and set properties

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RadListDataItem item = args.NewItem as RadListDataItem; //item.VisualItem.Padding = new Padding(5); item.TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageBeforeText; // assign the image as a thumbnail item.Image = GetImageFromData(row.Image).GetThumbnailImage(64, 64, null, new IntPtr()); } 11. Locate Program.cs in the Solution Explorer and open it. Change the call to Application.Run() statementto run RadForm1 instead of Form1. 12. Press Ctrl-F5 to run the application.

12.10Binding RadGridView
RadGridView is sucha control that is usedin mopsbusiness applications that we should take a walkthrough of binding the grid to database data. This example will demonstrate binding to a single database table. See the upcoming chapter "Grid" for more information on binding to hierarchical data and binding to Dynamic LINQdata. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Databinding\VB|CS\GridView Please note that this example assumes that you have installed Northwind database on your local sql server. 1. In a new Windows Forms Application, drop a RadGridView on the default form. 2. From the grid Smart Tag, drop down the Choose DataSource list and select Add Project Data Source...

3. In the Data Source Configuration Wizard "Choose a Data Source Type" page, select the Database icon and click Next to continue.

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4. In the "Choose Your Data Connection" page, click the New Connection button.

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5. In the Add Connection dialog:

Click the Change... button to display the Change Data Source dialog, select the MS SQL Server datasource type and click OK to close the dialog. Enter ".\SQLEXPRESS" as the Server Name and select "AdventureWorks" as the database name. Click OK to close the Add Connection dialog.

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6. In the Data Source Configuration Wizard "Choose Your Data Connection" page, click Next to continue. 7. In the Data Source Configuration Wizard "Save the Connection String to the Application Configuration File" page, clickNext to continue. 8. In the "Choose Database Objects" page of the wizard, open up the treeview and select the tables and fields you want to include in your data source. For the sake of this example, choose all the fields of the "SalesPerson" table.

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9. Click Finish to close the wizard. A DataSet object that encapsulates selected tables and fields is created automatically. Also, a line of code is placed in the Form's Load event handler that fills the SalesPerson table in the dataset.

10. For a minimal implementation, this is all that's needed to bind the grid to a database file. Press Ctrl-F5 to run the applicaiton and view the data. Note: The example below adds a "BreezeTheme" component to the form and sets the RadGridView Theme property to "Breeze".

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In the upcoming "Grid" chapter you will learn how to extend this example to manipulate rows and columns, bind hierarchical data and much more.

12.11Summary
In this chapter you learned which controls have DataSource properties and the bindable types that can be assigned to them. The chapter started out by showing examples of binding to simple arrays and lists of objects, then went on to use BindingSource to bind to database, business objects and web services. The chapter also showed how to bind to simple controls using the DataBindings property. Finally you learned how to bind to LINQ data sources.

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13 User Feedback

13.1 Objectives

Learn how to provide user feedback using RadStatusStrip, RadTrackBar, RadWaitingBar, RadProgressBar and RadLabel controls. Learn usage and basic characteristics for each type of control. Learn how to add items to the RadStatusStrip Items collection. Programmatically add items and hosted items to the status strip. Learn how to coordinate long running background processes with the waiting bar and progress bar.

13.2 Introduction
If half the UI battle is to retrieve information from the user, the other half is to provide feedback. The user needs to know what just happened, what's going on now and what's coming up next. Applications with strong feedback keep the user involved and oriented within the overall process. Over time a number of UI conventions for feedback have evolved that are encapsulated within controls. The most basic is the general purpose label that can be updated to notify the user of changes. RadLabel is a themable label that coordinates nicely with other themed controls like this example where the RadForm, RadButton and RadLabel are all set to the "Desert" theme.

RadProgressBar and RadWaitingBar are used to provide feedback for long running operations. RadTrackBar can be used to collect input and to visually represent a numeric value within a range.

RadStatusStrip can be used both as a feedback mechanism and a menu. The status strip can contain feedback elements, i.e. label, progress bar, waiting bar and even track bars as well as various button types and can also host any Control descendant.

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13.3 Getting Started

In this project we will use the RadTrackBar, RadStatusStrip and several elements of the status strip.When the user clicks the "Find Servers" button, the servers list box will bepopulated with a number of dummy server names; the number to be set by the "Max Objects"track bar.In later sections of this chapter we will expand this example to list actual MS SQL servers and databases for each server.

Preparing the Project

You can find the complete source for this project at: \User Feedback\<VB|CS>\GettingStarted 1. Create a new Windows Forms application.

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2. In the Solution Explorer, delete the default form. 3. Also in the Solution Explorer, right-click the project and select Add | New Item... from the context menu. 4. Select the "Telerik RadForm" template and click the Add button to close the dialog. 5. In the Properties window, set the form'sSize property to "600, 400" and the Text property to "MS SQL Servers". 6. In the Solution Explorer, double click the Properties/Resources.resx node. Drag image files for user interface tasks and name them as listed below.

Error Information FindServers FindServersAnimated (animated gif)

After you've dragged the images into the Resources.resx editor, right-click and Rename to the spelling and case shown in the list above. In later sections of this chapter you will want to reference these images using the syntax "Properties.Resources.Error" --the spellings of each image resource object in Properties.Resources is case sensitive. 7. Change the project to start with RadForm1 instead of Form1.

Preparing the Form

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1. Add a RadStatusStrip to the form. The status strip will automatically dock with the bottom of the form. 2. In the Properties Window, click the Items property to initiate the RadItemCollection editor. Use the Add button drop down list to include four items with the following properties:

RadButtonElement: Name = "btnServers", Text = "Find Servers", TextImageRelationship = "ImageBeforeText. RadLabelElement: Name = "lblStatus", Text = "", Spring = "True", TextImageRelationship = "ImageBeforeText. RadLabelElement: Name = "lblHost", Text = "", AutoSize = "False", Size = "54, 54". RadProgressBarElement: Name = "pbStatus", Alignment = "BottomCenter",MaxSize = 0,23, Spring = True.

The status strip should look now look something like...

3. In the area above the status strip add the following controls and set properties:

RadLabel: Text = "Servers".

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RadListControl: Name = "lcServers", Anchor = "Top, Left, Right". RadLabel: Text = "Databases". RadListControl: Name = "lcDatabases",Anchor = "Top, Left, Right". RadPanel: Name = "pnlMaxObjects", Anchor = "Top, Right" On the RadPanel, add the following:

RadLabel:Text = "Max Objects". RadTrackBar: Name = "tbMaxObjects", Maximum = "100", BackColor = "Transparent", ShowTicks = "False", SliderAreaColor1 = "PaleTurquoise", SliderAreaColor2 = "SteelBlue", ThemeName = "Aqua", TicksColor = "Transparent". RadLabel: Name = "lblCount", BackColor = "Transparent", Text = "0".

Add Event Handlers

1. Double-click the "Find Servers" button to create a click event handler and replace the handler code. This code just spins in a simple loop, adding items to the list control each iteration andupdating the progress bar. In this example we're calling the Refresh() method for the RadStatusStrip. This is used here so we can quickly show some of the basic properties for the progress bar. You will want to use a threading mechanism and synchronize the user interface with the background thread. Please see the upcoming section on threading. [VB] Handling the Click Event

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Private Sub btnServers_Click(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs) lcServers.Items.Clear() pbStatus.Maximum = tbMaxObjects.Value Dim i As Integer = 0 While i < tbMaxObjects.Value Dim item As New RadListDataItem("Server" + i.ToString()) lcServers.Items.Add(item) pbStatus.Value1 = i ssMain.Refresh() System.Math.Max(System.Threading.Interlocked.Increment(i),i - 1) End While lblStatus.Text = "Loaded " + tbMaxObjects.Value.ToString() + " servers" End Sub [C#] Handling the Click Event private void btnServers_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { lcServers.Items.Clear(); pbStatus.Maximum = tbMaxObjects.Value; for (int i = 0; i < tbMaxObjects.Value; i++) { RadListDataItem item = new RadListDataItem("Server" + i.ToString()); lcServers.Items.Add(item); pbStatus.Value1 = i; ssMain.Refresh(); } lblStatus.Text = "Loaded " + tbMaxObjects.Value.ToString() + " servers"; } 2. Add a reference for Telerik.WinControls.UI to the "Imports" (VB) or "uses" (C#) section of code. [VB] Handling the ValueChanged Event Private Sub tbMaxObjects_ValueChanged(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs) lblCount.Text = tbMaxObjects.Value.ToString() End Sub [C#] Handling the ValueChanged Event private void tbMaxObjects_ValueChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { lblCount.Text = tbMaxObjects.Value.ToString(); } 3. Double-click the form to create a form Load event handler and add code to set the track bar Maximum and label: [VB] Handling the Load Event Private Sub RadForm1_Load(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs) tbMaxObjects.Value = tbMaxObjects.Maximum lblCount.Text = tbMaxObjects.Value.ToString() End Sub [C#] Handling the Load Event private void RadForm1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { tbMaxObjects.Value = tbMaxObjects.Maximum;

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lblCount.Text = tbMaxObjects.Value.ToString(); } 4. Press Ctl-F5 to run the application.

13.4 Using the Design Time Interface

Smart Tag
The Smart Tag for RadLabel, RadWaitingBar, RadProgressBar and RadTrackBar have all the minimal RadControls Smart Tagitems.

The RadStatusStrip Smart Tag has an additional "Edit Items" link that invokes the RadItems collection editor dialog. TheSmart Tag also has a "Dock in parent container" link.

Tasks
From the Smart Tag Tasks menu you can select New Theme Manager to add a Theme Manager component to the component tray, Edit UI elements to browse all of the elements of the button and to change properties for any element. The Theme Name drop down lets you pick an existing theme to style your control.

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Learning center
The Learning center lets you navigate to a web browser with online help for the currently selected button control or to the online support forums.

Search
Enter search criteria in the edit space provided and click the Search link to navigate directly to search on the Telerik web site.

Status Strip Designer

You can edit status strip items right in the designer. Enter text into the "Type here" box and then hit Enter to create a RadButtonElement in the status strip...

...Orclick the drop down button arrow to select from one of the element types. The types listed in the drop down will be the same item types available in the RadItem Collection editor dialog. To get to the dialog click the Smart Tag "Edit Items" link or click the Items property ellipses in the Property window.

Properties
RadLabel
RadLabel works as a themable alternative to a standard Label control. The example below shows a standard label with the Image property set to a picture of an Antelope and the Text aligned MiddleCenter. The RadLabel has the BackgroundImage set to the same picture and the Image property set to the picture of a 16 x 16 globe. TheImageAlignment property is BottomRight,TextImageRelation set to TextAboveImage and the ThemeName is "Desert".

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RadWaitingBar
Use RadWaitingBar to let your user know something is happening, but you don't know how long the process will take. Connectivity to network or database resources can fall into this category. As your network API method casts around looking for servers or IP addresses, the API may find 10 or 100 available. There is no way to know ahead of time. RadWaitingBar uses the StartWaiting() method to animate the waiting bar and EndWaiting() to cease animation.

Orientation can be Vertical or Horizontal. Using Vertical orientation, the thumb moves from top to bottom down the bar. WaitingIndicatorWidth isthe width of the thumb. WaitingSpeed sets the speed of the animation. Higher numbers move the thumb more quickly across the bar. WaitingStep is the number of pixels the thumb moves in each step. The default is "1" and provides a smooth animation. Larger number may appear "jumpy".

RadProgressBar
Unlike RadWaitingBar, RadProgress bar lets the user know where they are within a process and to get a good feel for about how long the process will take to complete. RadProgressBar lets you set and display two different progress indicators independently, Value1 and Value2. The Theme will determine how the two values are displayed, or even if Value2 will be visible. This screenshot shows a RadProgressBar with the "Desert" theme, Value1 = "50" and Value2 = "70".

Dash and Hatch properties control the drawing style of the active portion of the progress bar. If Dash is set to False (whatever the Hatch setting), the active portion of the progress bar will be drawn in a solid color set by the BackColor property. If Dash is set to True and Hatch is set to False, the active portion of the progress bar will be draw in a striped pattern. The stripes will fade from the Separator1 color to the Separator2 color. If Dash is set to True and Hatch is set to True, the active portion of the progress bar will be drawn in a cross-hatched pattern. The cross hatches will fade from the Separator1 color to the

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Separator2 color. This screenshot shows combinations of Dash and Hatch settings. SeparatorColor1 is Purple, SeparatorColor2 is Red, SweepAngleis135and SeparatorWidth is 10. If SeparatorWidth was set to a larger number, more of the green would be blocked out by the Red and Purple.

SeparatorWidth controls the width of the stripes or cross hatches in the active portion of the progress bar. StepWidth controls the spacing between the stripes or cross hatches in the active portion of the progress bar. SweepAngle sets the angle of the stripes or cross hatches in the active portion of the progress bar. BackColor sets the color of the control background where the progress bar isn't being painted. Depending on the theme, you may or may not be able to see this color. ForeColor is the color of the text that reports the completion percentage or the Text. Minimum and Maximum properties set the allowed range of values for the Value1 and Value2 properties. ProgressOrientation represents the direction that the progress bar moves. You can set this property to Top, Left, Right, or Bottom to display progress starting at the top, left, right, or bottom of the control. ShowProgressIndicators when true replaces the Text with the percentage of completion.

RadTrackBar
RadTrackBar can be used both to input numeric values and to indicate the current status of a numeric value within a range. When working programmatically with RadTrackBar, use the ValueChanged event to detect that the user has moved the slider. The Value property indicates the current position of the slider.

ShowSlideArea controls whether the line down the middle of the control where the slider rides is visible. ShowTicks controls whether tick marks are drawn. TicksColor sets the color of the tick marks, TickFrequency sets the spacing of the tick marks and TickStyle controls whether the tick marks are drawn on one or both sides of the control. SlideAreaWidth property sets the width of the slide area in pixels. SlideAreaColor1, SlideAreaColor2, and SlideAreaGradientAngle properties control the way that the slide area is shaded.

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ThumbWidth sets the width of the slider thumb LargeChange is the change in value that one click of the mouse outside of the slider makes. Minimum and Maximum limit the Value property. Orientation can be set to Horizontal or Vertical.

In the example above Orientation is Vertical, Maximum is "100" and the Value is "80". SliderAreaColor1 is "LightGray", SliderAreaColor2 is "Red" and SliderAreaGradientAngle is "320". SliderAreaWidth is "10", making it wide enough to see the color gradient. TickFrequency is "10", spacing out the ticks to be easily visible. TickColor is "Maroon" and TickStyle is "BottomRight". the theme is Office2007Silver and finally from the smart tag select the EditUI elements, navigate to TrackBarThumb and set itsAngleTransform to 0. Now click on the track bar smart tag and select Edit UI elements. Select the TrackBarPrimitive and set its BackColor to Control,BackColor2 to ControlDark and GradientStyle to Linear. Finally select the TrackBarThumb element and change its AngleTransform property to 0.

13.5 Programming the User Feedback Controls

Background Tasks and the User Interface
If you are processing within a tight loop, it's likely the progress bar or waiting bar willfreeze as computing cycles are consumed. A good pattern for working with UI and background processing is to use Thread objects to perform work and to synchronize with the main thread when the user interface is being updated. If you want a well defined interface that handles threading details and has events for displaying progress and completion, consider the BackgroundWorker component found in the System.ComponentModel namespace. You can find the complete source for this project at: \User Feedback\<VB|CS>\Threading

Threading and RadWaitingBar

1. Start with the "Getting Started" project or a copy. 2. Add a RadWaitingBar to the form. 3. Add System.ComponentModel to the "Imports" (VB) or "uses" (C#) section of code. 4. Replace the Click event handling code. This starts the waiting bar animation.Then a BackgroundWorker object assigns DoWork and RunWorkerCompleted events. Finally the RunWorkerAsync() method is called to trigger the DoWork event. [VB] Handling the Click Event Private Sub btnServers_Click(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs) RadWaitingBar1.StartWaiting() lblStatus.Text = "Finding" Dim worker As New BackgroundWorker() AddHandler worker.RunWorkerCompleted, AddressOf worker_RunWorkerCompleted AddHandler worker.DoWork, AddressOf worker_DoWork worker.RunWorkerAsync() End Sub [C#] Handling the Click Event private void btnServers_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)

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{ radWaitingBar1.StartWaiting(); lblStatus.Text = "Finding"; BackgroundWorker worker = new BackgroundWorker(); worker.RunWorkerCompleted += new RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler(worker_RunWorkerCompleted); worker.DoWork += new DoWorkEventHandler(worker_DoWork); worker.RunWorkerAsync(); } 5. Create the DoWork and RunWorkerCompleted event handlers. DoWork simply puts the background thread to sleep for three seconds to represent processing. RunWorkerCompleted fires when DoWork is done. The status label is updated and the waiting bar EndWaiting() method halts animation. [VB] Handling the DoWork and RunWorkerCompleted Events Sub worker_DoWork(sender As Object, e As DoWorkEventArgs) Thread.Sleep(3000) End Sub Sub worker_RunWorkerCompleted(sender As Object, e As RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs) lblStatus.Text = "Completed" radWaitingBar1.EndWaiting() End Sub [C#] Handling the DoWork and RunWorkerCompleted Events void worker_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e) { Thread.Sleep(3000); } void worker_RunWorkerCompleted(object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e) { lblStatus.Text = "Completed"; radWaitingBar1.EndWaiting(); } 6. Press Ctrl-F5 to run the application.

Updating Progress in the User Interface

Be careful not to put code in the DoWork() handler that needs to talk to the main thread. Referencing any of the controls in the UI during the DoWork() handler is a sure route to an exception like this:

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So how do we update a progress bar as work processes and avoid threading clashes? There are multiple methods available to synchronize threads that can be appropriate. The BackgroundWorker component has a ProgressChanged event that is ideal for this situation. You will need to set the BackgroundWorker WorkerReportsProgress property to true and call the ReportProgress() method. Notice in particular that the ProgressChanged event has been hooked up to a handler and the WorkerReportsProgress property is set to true. [VB] Adding The ProgressChanged Event Private Sub btnServers_Click(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs) lblStatus.Text = "Finding..." Dim worker As New BackgroundWorker() worker.RunWorkerCompleted += New RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler(worker_RunWorkerCompleted) worker.DoWork += New DoWorkEventHandler(worker_DoWork) worker.WorkerReportsProgress = True worker.ProgressChanged += New ProgressChangedEventHandler(worker_ProgressChanged) worker.RunWorkerAsync() End Sub [C#] Adding The ProgressChanged Event private void btnServers_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { lblStatus.Text = "Finding..."; BackgroundWorker worker = new BackgroundWorker(); worker.RunWorkerCompleted += new RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler(worker_RunWorkerCompleted); worker.DoWork += new DoWorkEventHandler(worker_DoWork); worker.WorkerReportsProgress = true; worker.ProgressChanged += new ProgressChangedEventHandler(worker_ProgressChanged); worker.RunWorkerAsync(); } Gotcha! Attempting to use the ProgressChanged event without setting WorkerReportsProgress to true will generate an exception.

Inside the DoWork event handler call ReportProgress() every time you want to update the user interface. Pass an integer representing the percentage of progress achieved and a UserState object that can contain any arbitrary data. Notice that there is no UI related code inside the DoWork event handler -- that is for the ProgressChanged event to take care of. At the conclusion of DoWork assign the Result argument property. This value can be retrieved later in the RunWorkerCompleted event.

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Inside of the ProgressChanged event handler, add to the server list box, update the status label and set the progress bar value. [VB] Handling the DoWork and ProgressChanged Events Private Sub worker_DoWork(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DoWorkEventArgs) Dim i As Integer = 0 While i < tbMaxObjects.Value TryCast(sender, BackgroundWorker).ReportProgress(i, i) Thread.Sleep(5) System.Math.Max(System.Threading.Interlocked.Increment(i), i - 1) End While e.Result = tbMaxObjects.Value End Sub Private Sub worker_ProgressChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ProgressChangedEventArgs) Dim item As New RadListDataItem("Server" & e.UserState.ToString()) lcServers.Items.Add(item) pbStatus.Value1 = e.ProgressPercentage End Sub [C#] Handling the DoWork and ProgressChanged Events void worker_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e) { for (int i = 0; i < tbMaxObjects.Value; i++) { (sender as BackgroundWorker).ReportProgress(i, i); Thread.Sleep(5); } e.Result = tbMaxObjects.Value; } void worker_ProgressChanged(object sender, ProgressChangedEventArgs e) { RadListDataItem item = new RadListDataItem("Server" + e.UserState.ToString()); lcServers.Items.Add(item); pbStatus.Value1 = e.ProgressPercentage; } When processing completes in the DoWork event handler, the RunWorkerCompleted event fires, giving you a chance to show the final status of the process. The event takesa RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs that contains the result populated earlier by the DoWork event handler. [VB] Handling the RunWorkerCompleted Event Sub worker_RunWorkerCompleted(sender As Object, e As RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs) lblStatus.Text = "Completed processing " + e.Result.ToString() + " items" End Sub [C#] Handling the RunWorkerCompleted Event void worker_RunWorkerCompleted(object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e) { lblStatus.Text = "Completed processing " + e.Result.ToString() + " items"; }

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Background Tasks Walk-Through

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Lets use these techniques to perform real work listing MS SQL servers and databases within those servers. We will also filter databases shown in the second list based on the number of objects in the database and thetrack bar Value. We will use the waiting bar during the server retrieval because we don't know how long that's going to take, but the number of databases is available before we process so we can use the progress bar there.The waiting bar will be removed from the form and added to the status strip; this will give you an opportunity to see a control dynamically added and removed from the status bar. This project will use the MS SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) API. The API lets you enumerate all available MS SQL servers, databasesand other information about each database. The Visual Studio install typically includes SQL Express, so you should have at least that server on your local machine to work with. You can find the complete source for this project at: \User Feedback\<VB|CS>\ThreadingWalkthrough

Preparing the Project

1. Start with the previous "Threading" project or a copy. 2. Add reference to the Microsoft.SqlServer.Smoand Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo assemblies. This example is using the 9.0 version of these assemblies typically found at \Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\SDK\Assemblies. These assemblies work with the SQL Express 2005 version.

Adding Supporting Code

1. Add class filesDatabaseInfo.cs and DBWorkerResult.cs to the project. Populate the code for these three classes: [VB] The DatabaseInfo Class Public Class DatabaseInfo Public Sub New(serverName As String, databaseName As String, objectCount As Integer) Me.ServerName = serverName Me.DatabaseName = databaseName Me.ObjectCount = objectCount End Sub Public Property ServerName() As String Get End Get Set End Set End Property Public Property DatabaseName() As String Get End Get Set End Set End Property Public Property ObjectCount() As Integer Get End Get Set End Set End Property

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End Class [C#] The DatabaseInfo Class public class DatabaseInfo { public DatabaseInfo(string serverName, string databaseName, int objectCount) { this.ServerName = serverName; this.DatabaseName = databaseName; this.ObjectCount = objectCount; } public string ServerName { get; set; } public string DatabaseName { get; set; } public int ObjectCount { get; set; } } [VB] The DBWorkerResult Class Public Class DBWorkerResult Public Sub New(serverName As String, maxItems As Integer, minItems As Integer) Me.ServerName = serverName Me.MaxItems = maxItems Me.MinItems = minItems End Sub Public Property ServerName() As String Get End Get Set End Set End Property Public Property MaxItems() As Integer Get End Get Set End Set End Property Public Property MinItems() As Integer Get End Get Set End Set End Property End Class [C#] The DBWorkerResult Class public class DBWorkerResult { public DBWorkerResult(string serverName, int maxItems, int minItems) { this.ServerName = serverName; this.MaxItems = maxItems; this.MinItems = minItems; } public string ServerName { get; set; } public int MaxItems { get; set; } public int MinItems { get; set; } }

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2. In the code for the form replace the current "Imports" (VB) or "uses" (C#) clause with the following namespaces: [VB] Adding References Imports Imports Imports Imports Imports Imports Imports Imports Imports Imports using using using using using using using using using using System System.Collections.Generic System.ComponentModel System.Data System.Drawing System.Windows.Forms Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Telerik.WinControls Telerik.WinControls.Primitives Telerik.WinControls.UI

[C#] Adding References System; System.Collections.Generic; System.ComponentModel; System.Data; System.Drawing; System.Windows.Forms; Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo; Telerik.WinControls; Telerik.WinControls.Primitives; Telerik.WinControls.UI;

3. Add an enumeration that will be used later when displaying status information: [VB] The StatusTypes Enumeration Enum StatusTypes Info [Error] Find End Enum [C#] The StatusTypes Enumeration enum StatusTypes { Info, Error, Find }; 4. Add a private member that will store a list of DatabaseInfo objects and a RadLabelElement that will host our waiting bar control. [VB] Generic List of DatabaseInfo Private _dbInfoList As List(Of DatabaseInfo) Private _waitingBarHostLabel As RadLabelElement [C#] Generic List of DatabaseInfo private List<DatabaseInfo> _dbInfoList; private RadLabelElement _waitingBarHostLabel; 5. Add the helper methods below. The helper methods will:

Get an icon representing a given StatusTypes member. Display status messages and icons. Show/Hide both the progress and waiting bars. Toggle the UI Enabled properties to prevent the user from initiating new processes before existing

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work is completed. [VB] Helper Methods ' retrieve an image for a given status Private Function GetStatusImage(ByVal statusType As StatusTypes) As Image Select Case statusType Case StatusTypes.Error Return My.Resources.Error1 Case StatusTypes.Info Return My.Resources.Information Case StatusTypes.Find Return My.Resources.FindServersAnimated Case Else Return My.Resources.Information End Select End Function ' display a text and image status message Private Sub DisplayStatus(ByVal message As String, ByVal statusType As StatusTypes) lblStatus.Text = message lblStatus.Image = GetStatusImage(statusType) End Sub ' create a RadLabel\HostedItem\RadWaitingBar and insert into ' the status strip. Private Function GetHostedWaitingBar(ByVal name As String) As RadLabelElement ' make height and width the same so ellipse will be a circle Dim size As System.Drawing.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(btnServers.Size.Height, btnServers.Size.Height) ' use hosted waiting bar control instead of element for access to ' start/stop waiting methods. Dim waitingBar As RadWaitingBar = New RadWaitingBar() ' waiting bar animation sweeps top to bottom waitingBar.Orientation = Orientation.Vertical waitingBar.WaitingBarElement.BackColor = Color.SteelBlue waitingBar.WaitingBarElement.Shape = New EllipseShape() Dim waitingBarHostLabel As RadLabelElement = New RadLabelElement() ' status label to the left will respect DefaultSize and ' leave room for waiting bar waitingBarHostLabel.DefaultSize = size waitingBarHostLabel.Name = name Dim host As RadHostItem = New RadHostItem(waitingBar) waitingBarHostLabel.Children.Insert(0, host) ' set transparent after being inserted to host children waitingBar.BackColor = Color.Transparent Return waitingBarHostLabel End Function ' Loads a list control with generic List of DatabaseInfo; ' Name to the Text and number of objects to the description Private Sub LoadDatabaseList(ByVal listControl As RadListControl, ByVal maxObjects As Integer) listControl.Items.Clear() For Each info As DatabaseInfo In _dbInfoList ' limit databases to those with number of objects within trackbar limits If info.ObjectCountProp <= maxObjects Then Dim item As RadListDataItem = New RadListDataItem(info.DatabaseNameProp, info) listControl.Items.Add(item)

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End If Next info End Sub ' reset progress bar value and add to status strip Private Sub ShowProgressBar() pbStatus.Value1 = 0 ssMain.Items.Add(pbStatus) End Sub ' remove progress bar from status strip Private Sub HideProgressBar() ssMain.Items.Remove(pbStatus) End Sub ' add waiting bar element to status strip, ' get host item, drill down to waitiing bar and StartWaiting() Private Sub ShowWaitingBar() ssMain.Items.Add(_waitingBarHostLabel) Dim hostItem As RadHostItem = TryCast(_waitingBarHostLabel.Children(0), RadHostItem) TryCast(hostItem.HostedControl, RadWaitingBar).StartWaiting() End Sub ' get host item, drill down to waitiing bar, StopWaiting() and ' remove element from status strip. Private Sub HideWaitingBar() Dim hostItem As RadHostItem = TryCast(_waitingBarHostLabel.Children(0), RadHostItem) TryCast(hostItem.HostedControl, RadWaitingBar).StopWaiting() ssMain.Items.Remove(_waitingBarHostLabel) End Sub ' disable controls during processing Private Sub SetUIEnabled(ByVal enabled As Boolean) btnServers.Enabled = enabled lbServers.Enabled = enabled lbDatabases.Enabled = enabled ' only enable when there are objects to filter If (Not enabled) Then tbMaxObjects.Enabled = False End If End Sub [C#] Helper Methods // retrieve an image for a given status private Image GetStatusImage(StatusTypes statusType) { switch (statusType) { case StatusTypes.Error: return Properties.Resources.Error; case StatusTypes.Info: return Properties.Resources.Information; case StatusTypes.Find: return Properties.Resources.FindServersAnimated; default: return Properties.Resources.Information; } } // display a text and image status message private void DisplayStatus(string message, StatusTypes statusType)

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{ lblStatus.Text = message; lblStatus.Image = GetStatusImage(statusType); } // create a RadLabel\HostedItem\RadWaitingBar and insert into // the status strip. private RadLabelElement GetHostedWaitingBar(string name) { // make height and width the same so ellipse will be a circle Size size = new Size(btnServers.Size.Height, btnServers.Size.Height); // use hosted waiting bar control instead of element for access to // start/stop waiting methods. RadWaitingBar waitingBar = new RadWaitingBar(); // waiting bar animation sweeps top to bottom waitingBar.Orientation = Orientation.Vertical; waitingBar.WaitingBarElement.BackColor = Color.SteelBlue; waitingBar.WaitingBarElement.Shape = new EllipseShape(); RadLabelElement waitingBarHostLabel = new RadLabelElement(); // status label to the left will respect DefaultSize and // leave room for waiting bar waitingBarHostLabel.DefaultSize = size; waitingBarHostLabel.Name = name; RadHostItem host = new RadHostItem(waitingBar); waitingBarHostLabel.Children.Insert(0, host); // set transparent after being inserted to host children waitingBar.BackColor = Color.Transparent; return waitingBarHostLabel; } // Loads a list control with generic List of DatabaseInfo; // Name to the Text and number of objects to the description private void LoadDatabaseList(RadListControl listControl, int maxObjects) { listControl.Items.Clear(); foreach (DatabaseInfo info in _dbInfoList) { // limit databases to those with number of objects within trackbar limits if (info.ObjectCount <= maxObjects) { RadListDataItem item = new RadListDataItem(info.DatabaseName, info); listControl.Items.Add(item); } } } // reset progress bar value and add to status strip private void ShowProgressBar() { pbStatus.Value1 = 0; ssMain.Items.Add(pbStatus); } // remove progress bar from status strip private void HideProgressBar() { ssMain.Items.Remove(pbStatus); } // add waiting bar element to status strip,

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// get host item, drill down to waitiing bar and StartWaiting() private void ShowWaitingBar() { ssMain.Items.Add(_waitingBarHostLabel); RadHostItem hostItem = _waitingBarHostLabel.Children[0] as RadHostItem; (hostItem.HostedControl as RadWaitingBar).StartWaiting(); } // get host item, drill down to waitiing bar, StopWaiting() and // remove element from status strip. private void HideWaitingBar() { RadHostItem hostItem = _waitingBarHostLabel.Children[0] as RadHostItem; (hostItem.HostedControl as RadWaitingBar).StopWaiting(); ssMain.Items.Remove(_waitingBarHostLabel); } // disable controls during processing private void SetUIEnabled(bool enabled) { btnServers.Enabled = enabled; lbServers.Enabled = enabled; lbDatabases.Enabled = enabled; // only enable when there are objects to filter if (!enabled) tbMaxObjects.Enabled = false; } The relationship of objects created in GetHostedWaitingBar() looks something like the image below. Why so many levels? In our database listing example we need to call the StartWaiting() method of the RadWaitingBar; this method does not exist in a RadWaitingBarElement, so we need to contain a RadWaitingBar control using RadHostItem. Why use RadLabelElement as the outermost element inside the status strip? We could have used a RadPanelElement for example, but RadLabelElement has the fewest visual artifacts that might be in the way, e.g. borders, that would need to be removed. Use RadLabelElement with the Text set to "" to see just the hosted RadWaitingBar control.

6. Replace the code in the Form's Load event handler with the code below. The first line of code here will simply give the "Max Objects" panel rounded corners. Then create a RadLabelElement that hosts the waiting bar. Finally, hide the progress bar until needed. [VB] Handling the Form Load Event

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Private Sub RadForm1_Load(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs) tbMaxObjects.Enabled = False ' panel should have rounded shape (TryCast(pnlMaxObjects.RootElement.Children(0).Children(1), BorderPrimitive)).Shape = New RoundRectShape() _waitingBarHostLabel = GetHostedWaitingBar("WaitingBarHostLabel") HideProgressBar() End Sub [C#] Handling the Form Load Event private void RadForm1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { tbMaxObjects.Enabled = false; // panel should have rounded shape (pnlMaxObjects.RootElement.Children[0].Children[1] as BorderPrimitive).Shape = new RoundRectShape(); _waitingBarHostLabel = GetHostedWaitingBar("WaitingBarHostLabel"); HideProgressBar(); }

List Servers
1. To handle tasks related to the BackgroundWorker for the list of servers, add the code below.

RunServerWorker() creates the BackgroundWorker object instance, hooks up the events and calls RunWorkerAsync() to begin processing. The DoWork() event handler calls the SmoApplication static EnumAvailableSqlServers() method. The task of retrieving any available MS SQL servers takes an unknown amount of time so the waiting bar is the most appropriate control to display feedback. The RunWorkerCompleted() event handlergets the result containing a DataTable with the list of databases anddisplays a completion method, or displays an error message if an exception occurs. Exceptions thrown in DoWork() are passed to RunWorkerCompleted in the argument Error property. [VB] Handle the Server BackgroundWorker ' create and configure the BackgroundWorker object Private Sub RunServerWorker() Dim serverWorker As New BackgroundWorker() serverWorker.DoWork += New DoWorkEventHandler(serverWorker_DoWork) serverWorker.RunWorkerCompleted += New RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler (serverWorker_RunWorkerCompleted) serverWorker.RunWorkerAsync() End Sub ' retrieve MS SQL servers, pass back DataTable result Sub serverWorker_DoWork(sender As Object, e As DoWorkEventArgs) e.Result = SmoApplication.EnumAvailableSqlServers() End Sub ' update the UI using the Result property of the args, or ' the Error property if the operation fails. Sub serverWorker_RunWorkerCompleted(sender As Object, e As RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs) If e.[Error] <> Nothing Then DisplayStatus(e.[Error].Message, StatusTypes.[Error]) Else ' populate list control from data table of servers passed in as Result Dim dt As DataTable = TryCast(e.Result, DataTable) For Each row As DataRow In dt.Rows

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lbServers.Items.Add(New RadListDataItem(row("Name").ToString())) Next DisplayStatus("Found " + dt.Rows.Count.ToString() + " servers", StatusTypes.Info) End If HideWaitingBar() SetUIEnabled(True) End Sub [C#] Handle the Server BackgroundWorker // create and configure the BackgroundWorker object private void RunServerWorker() { BackgroundWorker serverWorker = new BackgroundWorker(); serverWorker.DoWork += new DoWorkEventHandler(serverWorker_DoWork); serverWorker.RunWorkerCompleted += new RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler (serverWorker_RunWorkerCompleted); serverWorker.RunWorkerAsync(); } // retrieve MS SQL servers, pass back DataTable result void serverWorker_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e) { e.Result = SmoApplication.EnumAvailableSqlServers(); } // update the UI using the Result property of the args, or // the Error property if the operation fails. void serverWorker_RunWorkerCompleted(object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e) { if (e.Error != null) { DisplayStatus(e.Error.Message, StatusTypes.Error); } else { // populate list control from data table of servers passed in as Result DataTable dt = e.Result as DataTable; foreach (DataRow row in dt.Rows) { lbServers.Items.Add(new RadListDataItem(row["Name"].ToString())); } DisplayStatus("Found " + dt.Rows.Count.ToString() + " servers", StatusTypes.Info); } HideWaitingBar(); SetUIEnabled(true); } 2. Replace the existing Click event handling code for "btnServers"with the code below: [VB] Handling the Click Event Private Sub btnServers_Click(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs) SetUIEnabled(False) lbServers.Items.Clear() lbDatabases.Items.Clear() lblDatabases.Text = "Databases" ShowWaitingBar()

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DisplayStatus("Searching for MS SQL Servers", StatusTypes.Find) RunServerWorker() End Sub [C#] Handling the Click Event private void btnServers_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { SetUIEnabled(false); lbServers.Items.Clear(); lbDatabases.Items.Clear(); lblDatabases.Text = "Databases"; ShowWaitingBar(); DisplayStatus("Searching for MS SQL Servers", StatusTypes.Find); RunServerWorker(); } 3. Press Ctrl-F5 to run the project. Pressing the "Find Servers" button displays the animated gif, status message and waiting bar (shown at the far right of the status bar). When the process completes, the servers are listed and the status bar displays a completion message and information icon.

Try testing the exception handling portion of code by deliberately throwing an Application exception during the DoWork event handler. The RunWorkerCompleted event will fire and e.Error will contain the Exception object. [VB] Triggering an Exception Sub serverWorker_DoWork(sender As Object, e As DoWorkEventArgs) Throw New ApplicationException("Something bad happened") e.Result = SmoApplication.EnumAvailableSqlServers() End Sub [C#] Triggering an Exception void serverWorker_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e) { throw new ApplicationException("Something bad happened"); e.Result = SmoApplication.EnumAvailableSqlServers(); } If you are debugging, Visual Studio will break at the line that causes the exception. Press Ctrl-F5 to continue to the RunWorkerCompleted event handler.If you're not debugging you should see the exception message displayed in the status strip immediately.

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List Databases
1. To handle tasks related to the BackgroundWorkerthat listsdatabases for a server, add the code below.

RunDBWorker() creates the BackgroundWorker object instance, hooks up events and calls RunWorkerAsync() to begin processing. Notice that the WorkerReportsProgress property is set to true and the ProgressChanged event is assigned a handler. The server name is passed to the RunWorkerAsync() method. The DoWork() event handler retrieves and processes the list of databases on the server. During processing the event handler tracks the minimum and maximum number of objects for all databases. As each database is processed, a DatabaseInfo object is created, saved in a listand sent through to the ReportProgress() method. When all processing is complete, a DBWorkerResult object is created, populated and sent back in the arguments Result property. The RunWorkerCompleted() event handlergets the result containing the DBWorkerResult and the information is used to update the UI. [VB] Handle the Server BackgroundWorker ' create and configure BackgroundWorker. Populate and pass server name as argument. ' enable progress reporting Private Sub RunDbWorker(serverName As String, maxObjects As Integer) Dim dbWorker As New BackgroundWorker() dbWorker.WorkerReportsProgress = True dbWorker.DoWork += New DoWorkEventHandler(dbWorker_DoWork) dbWorker.ProgressChanged += New ProgressChangedEventHandler(dbWorker_ProgressChanged) dbWorker.RunWorkerCompleted += New RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler (dbWorker_RunWorkerCompleted) dbWorker.RunWorkerAsync(serverName) End Sub ' retrieve the list of databases for the server: ' -get the number of objects for each database, ' -keep track of the min and max number of objects. ' -calculate progress, ' -create and populate a DatabaseInfo object and pass to ' ProgressChanged event handler. ' Create and populate a DBWorkerResult object and assign to the arguments ' Result property. Sub dbWorker_DoWork(sender As Object, e As DoWorkEventArgs) Dim server As New Server(serverName) Dim count As Integer = 0 Dim maxObjectCount As Integer = 0 Dim minObjectCount As Integer = 0 For Each database As Database In server.Databases System.Math.Max(System.Threading.Interlocked.Increment(count),count - 1) ' ignore empty databases If database.IsAccessible Then ' get all objects in the database Dim dtObjects As DataTable = database.EnumObjects() ' calculate progress Dim progress As Integer = DirectCast(((DirectCast(count, Double) / DirectCast (server.Databases.Count, Double)) * 100), Integer) ' assign the first non-zero value If (minObjectCount = 0) AndAlso (dtObjects.Rows.Count > 0) Then minObjectCount = dtObjects.Rows.Count End If

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' get min and max number of objects for all databases in server maxObjectCount = Math.Max(maxObjectCount, dtObjects.Rows.Count) minObjectCount = Math.Min(maxObjectCount, dtObjects.Rows.Count) ' Call ReportProgress to trigger ProgressChanged event. ' DatabaseInfo passed as the UserState property Dim databaseInfo As New DatabaseInfo(server.Name, database.Name, dtObjects.Rows.Count) (TryCast(sender, BackgroundWorker)).ReportProgress(progress, databaseInfo) End If Next e.Result = New DBWorkerResult(server.Name, maxObjectCount, minObjectCount) End Sub ' respond to ReportProgress() method calls, set progress bar value, ' extract the DatabaseInfo object from the argument's UserState property: ' add to the generic list of DatabaseInfo objects for use on completion, ' and display a status message with the current database name. Sub dbWorker_ProgressChanged(sender As Object, e As ProgressChangedEventArgs) pbStatus.Value1 = e.ProgressPercentage Dim info As DatabaseInfo = TryCast(e.UserState, DatabaseInfo) _dbInfoList.Add(info) DisplayStatus(info.DatabaseName, StatusTypes.Info) End Sub ' update the UI using the Result property of the args, or ' the Error property if the operation fails. Sub dbWorker_RunWorkerCompleted(sender As Object, e As RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs) If e.[Error] <> Nothing Then ' reset the "Databases" label to default value lblDatabases.Text = "Databases" ' display the exception DisplayStatus(e.[Error].Message, StatusTypes.[Error]) Else Dim workerResult As DBWorkerResult = TryCast(e.Result, DBWorkerResult) tbMaxObjects.Maximum = workerResult.MaxItems ' if there are no items, then minimum is zero, otherwise, ' set to the fewest number of items (will always display at least one) tbMaxObjects.Minimum = If(workerResult.MinItems = 0, 0, workerResult.MinItems - 1) Dim range As Integer = workerResult.MaxItems - workerResult.MinItems tbMaxObjects.TickFrequency = range / 10 tbMaxObjects.Value = tbMaxObjects.Maximum ' only enable when there are items tbMaxObjects.Enabled = workerResult.MaxItems > 0 lblCount.Text = tbMaxObjects.Value.ToString() LoadDatabaseList(lbDatabases, tbMaxObjects.Value) lblDatabases.Text = "Databases for " + workerResult.ServerName Dim message As String = "Found " + lbDatabases.Items.Count + " databases for " + workerResult.ServerName DisplayStatus(message, StatusTypes.Info) End If HideProgressBar() SetUIEnabled(True) End Sub [C#] Handle the Server BackgroundWorker // create and configure BackgroundWorker. Populate and pass server name as argument. // enable progress reporting private void RunDbWorker(string serverName, int maxObjects)

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{ BackgroundWorker dbWorker = new BackgroundWorker(); dbWorker.WorkerReportsProgress = true; dbWorker.DoWork += new DoWorkEventHandler(dbWorker_DoWork); dbWorker.ProgressChanged += new ProgressChangedEventHandler(dbWorker_ProgressChanged); dbWorker.RunWorkerCompleted += new RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler (dbWorker_RunWorkerCompleted); dbWorker.RunWorkerAsync(serverName); } // retrieve the list of databases for the server: // -get the number of objects for each database, // -keep track of the min and max number of objects. // -calculate progress, // -create and populate a DatabaseInfo object and pass to // ProgressChanged event handler. // Create and populate a DBWorkerResult object and assign to the arguments // Result property. void dbWorker_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e) { Server server = new Server(workerParams.ServerName); int count = 0; int maxObjectCount = 0; int minObjectCount = 0; foreach (Database database in server.Databases) { count++; // ignore empty databases if (database.IsAccessible) { // get all objects in the database DataTable dtObjects = database.EnumObjects(); // calculate progress int progress = (int)(((double)count / (double)server.Databases.Count) * 100); // assign the first non-zero value if ((minObjectCount == 0) && (dtObjects.Rows.Count > 0)) minObjectCount = dtObjects.Rows.Count; // get min and max number of objects for all databases in server maxObjectCount = Math.Max(maxObjectCount, dtObjects.Rows.Count); minObjectCount = Math.Min(maxObjectCount, dtObjects.Rows.Count); // Call ReportProgress to trigger ProgressChanged event. // DatabaseInfo passed as the UserState property DatabaseInfo databaseInfo = new DatabaseInfo(server.Name, database.Name, dtObjects.Rows.Count); (sender as BackgroundWorker).ReportProgress(progress, databaseInfo); } } e.Result = new DBWorkerResult(server.Name, maxObjectCount, minObjectCount); } // respond to ReportProgress() method calls, set progress bar value, // extract the DatabaseInfo object from the argument's UserState property: // add to the generic list of DatabaseInfo objects for use on completion, // and display a status message with the current database name. void dbWorker_ProgressChanged(object sender, ProgressChangedEventArgs e) {

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pbStatus.Value1 = e.ProgressPercentage; DatabaseInfo info = e.UserState as DatabaseInfo; _dbInfoList.Add(info); DisplayStatus(info.DatabaseName, StatusTypes.Info); } // update the UI using the Result property of the args, or // the Error property if the operation fails. void dbWorker_RunWorkerCompleted(object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e) { if (e.Error != null) { // reset the "Databases" label to default value lblDatabases.Text = "Databases"; // display the exception DisplayStatus(e.Error.Message, StatusTypes.Error); } else { DBWorkerResult workerResult = e.Result as DBWorkerResult; tbMaxObjects.Maximum = workerResult.MaxItems; // if there are no items, then minimum is zero, otherwise, // set to the fewest number of items (will always display at least one) tbMaxObjects.Minimum = workerResult.MinItems == 0 ? 0 : workerResult.MinItems - 1; int range = workerResult.MaxItems - workerResult.MinItems; tbMaxObjects.TickFrequency = range / 10; tbMaxObjects.Value = tbMaxObjects.Maximum; // only enable when there are items tbMaxObjects.Enabled = workerResult.MaxItems > 0; lblCount.Text = tbMaxObjects.Value.ToString(); LoadDatabaseList(lbDatabases, tbMaxObjects.Value); lblDatabases.Text = "Databases for " + workerResult.ServerName; string message = "Found " + lbDatabases.Items.Count + " databases for " + workerResult.ServerName; DisplayStatus(message, StatusTypes.Info); } HideProgressBar(); SetUIEnabled(true); } Gotcha! In the DoWork event handler at the line that references IsAccessible you may receive a SqlError if you have connections setup that no longer point to valid files, as in the case of an Access *.mdb file where the file has been removed from the path. You can either remove these connections with a tool like SQL Server Management Studio, or use try..catch block around the failing code. 2. Using the Property window Events tab for "lbServers" list control, create a SelectedIndexChanged event handler with the code below. The event handler will repopulate the list of databases. [VB] Handling the SelectedIndexChanged Event Private Sub lbServers_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles lbServers.SelectedIndexChanged Dim listControl As RadListElement = TryCast(sender, RadListElement ) If Not listControl.SelectedItem Is Nothing Then SetUIEnabled(False) lbDatabases.Items.Clear()

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_dbInfoList = New List(Of DatabaseInfo)() Dim serverName As String = (TryCast(listControl.SelectedItem, RadListDataItem)).Text ShowProgressBar() DisplayStatus("Finding databases for " & serverName, StatusTypes.Find) RunDbWorker(serverName, tbMaxObjects.Value) End If End Sub [C#] Handling the SelectedIndexChanged Event private void lbServers_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { RadListElement listControl = sender as RadListElement; if (listControl.SelectedItem != null) { SetUIEnabled(false); lbDatabases.Items.Clear(); _dbInfoList = new List<DatabaseInfo>(); string serverName = (listControl.SelectedItem as RadListDataItem).Text; ShowProgressBar(); DisplayStatus("Finding databases for " + serverName, StatusTypes.Find); RunDbWorker(serverName, tbMaxObjects.Value); } } 3. Press Ctrl-F5 to run the project. Again press the "Find Servers" button. Then click on the list control to choose a server name. That will populate the second list with database names.

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Respond to Events
Two more events still need to be handled, the SelectedIndexChanged for the database list control and the ValueChanged event handler needs to be replaced with new code. 1. Create a SelectedIndexChanged event handler for "lbDatabases" and add the code below. This code retrieves the DatabaseInfo object that's stored in the Value property of the selected item. The server name, database name and number of objects are displayed in the status strip. Notice that the RadLabelElement in the status strip displays text on multiple lines. [VB] Handling the SelectedIndexChanged Event for the Database List Control Private Sub lbDatabases_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs) Handles lbDatabases.SelectedIndexChanged If Not (TryCast(sender, RadListElement)).SelectedValue Is Nothing Then Dim info As DatabaseInfo = TryCast((TryCast(sender, RadListControl)).SelectedValue, DatabaseInfo) Dim message As String = String.Format("{0}\{1}{2}{3} objects", info.ServerNameProp, info.DatabaseNameProp, Environment.NewLine, info.ObjectCountProp) DisplayStatus(message, StatusTypes.Info) End If End Sub [C#] Handling the SelectedIndexChanged Event for the Database List Control private void lbDatabases_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs e) { if ((sender as RadListElement).SelectedValue != null) {

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DatabaseInfo info = (sender as RadListControl).SelectedValue as DatabaseInfo; string message = String.Format("{0}\\{1}{2}{3} objects", info.ServerName, info.DatabaseName, Environment.NewLine, info.ObjectCount); DisplayStatus(message, StatusTypes.Info); } } 2. Replace theValueChanged event handler for the "Max Items" track bar. The event handler now calls LoadDatabaseList() and passes the new track bar value. [VB] Handling the ValueChanged Event Private Sub tbMaxObjects_ValueChanged(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs) Dim trackBar As RadTrackBar = TryCast(sender, RadTrackBar) LoadDatabaseList(lbDatabases, trackBar.Value) lblCount.Text = trackBar.Value.ToString() End Sub [C#] Handling the ValueChanged Event private void tbMaxObjects_ValueChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { RadTrackBar trackBar = sender as RadTrackBar; LoadDatabaseList(lbDatabases, trackBar.Value); lblCount.Text = trackBar.Value.ToString(); } 3. Press Ctrl-F5 to run the application.

13.6 Summary

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In this chapter you learned how to provide user feedback using RadStatusStrip, RadTrackBar, RadWaitingBar, RadProgressBar and RadLabel controls. You learned the appropriate circumstances to use a RadWaitingBar vs a RadProgressBar. You learned how to use the RadStatusStrip at design time and programmatically. You hosted a control inside the status strip. Finally, you learned how to coordinate long running background processes with the user interface.

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14 CommandBar

14.1 Objectives

Learn how to create rows and strip with elements in RadCommandBar Learn how to add items to the strip. Programmatically create and add rows, strips and items. Learn how to customize the appearance of the command bar items.

14.2 Introduction
RadCommandBar is a fully theme-able tool strip that provides unprecedented flexibility. More than just a collection of buttons, RadCommandBar hosts any RadControl, including combo boxes, text boxes, split buttons, drop-down buttons, toggle buttons and more. CommandBar can be moved, rearranged and resized at run time for easy end-user customization. RadCommandBar can be styled to match any user interface using a predefined theme or a theme you design yourself using the Visual Style Builder.

RadCommandBar supports horizontal and vertical orientation.CommandBarStrip areascan be dragged within the CommandBarRows or it can be floated off the form.

The overflow button automatically displays items that don't have the real estate to display by default. The end user can also customize the strips by adding and removing buttons.

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Structure
RadCommandBar is built up of four levels of nested components:

The RadCommandBar control contains one or more elements.

The CommandBarRowElement hosts CommandBarStrip elements.

The CommandBarStripElement represents a horizontal band within the RadCommandBar where command bar items are displayed. CommandBarStripElement is associated with a particular CommandBarRowElement but it may be relocated at design or at run time.

The CommandBarItems represents a items within a CommandBarStrips. The individual items are shown in the drop down list in the screenshot below. Of course, custom controls can be hosted too.

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14.3 Getting Started

This tutorial demonstrates creating a strips with multiple rows and multiple types of items and elements within those strips. The project takes the form of a rich text editor with limited New, Open and Save functionality.

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Preparing the Project
You can find the complete source for this project at: \CommandBar\<VB|CS>\GettingStarted 1. Create a new Windows Forms application. 2. Add a standard ImageList component to the form and name it "ilIcons". Use the ImageList Smart Tag to set the Image Size to "32, 32", and the Image Bit Depth to "Depth32Bit". Click the ImageList Smart Tag "Choose Images" option and add images to represent the ideas below.

New Open Save Print Help You can typically find images in the Visual Studio Common7\VS2008ImageLibrary\1033 directory in "VS2008ImageLibrary.zip".

Form Setup
1. From the Toolbox, add a RadCommandBar to the form.Point the ImageList property at the ImageList component that you added earlier. 2. Add a RadStatusStrip to the form. It will automatically dock to the bottom. Point the ImageList property at the ImageList component that you added earlier. 3. Drop a standard Windows RichTextBox control below the RadCommandBar. Set the Dock property to "Fill".

CommandBarConfiguration
1. When RadCommandBar was created it automatically populates itself with one CommandBarRowElement and one CommandBarStripElement. 2. In design-time click the "Click here to add new row." to create second row in RadCommandBar.

3. Click the plus image next to the first strip on the first row to create second CommandBarStrip on the first row. Also click the plussign on the second row to create strip element there too.

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4. The project should look something like the example below.

Add Items
1. Click the first CommandBarStripElement and from the drop down select CommandBarButton. Set the followingCommandBarButton properties:

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Name = "btnNew" ToolTipText = "File New" ImageIndex = <ImageList image that represents "New">

2. Create another CommandBarButton from the dropdown and set the following properties:

Name = "btnOpen" ToolTipText = "File Open" ImageIndex = <ImageList image that represents "Open">

3. Create another CommandBarButton from the dropdown menu and set following properties:

Name = "btnSave" ToolTipText = "File Save" ImageIndex = <ImageList image that represents "Save">

4. Click the second strip element amd create a CommandBarButton with the following properties:

Name = "btnPrint" ToolTipText = "Print" ImageIndex = <ImageList image that represents "Print">

5. Next tothe print button addCommandBarToggleButton. Set the following properties:

Name = "tbTwoSidedPrint" ToolTipText = "Two Sided Print" Text = "Two Sided Print" DrawText = true Image = ""

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The project at this point should look like this:

6. On the second row of add a new CommandBarButton with the following properties

Name = "btnHelp" ToolTipText = "Help" ImageIndex = <ImageList image that represents "Help"> Here is how your project will look like at this point.

Add Code for New, Open and Save Functionality

1. Double-click the New, Save and Open buttons to create event handlers for each button. Add the code below to enable corresponding functionality for each button. The New button simply clears the RichTextBox. Both Save and Open use a private method GetStreamType () that infers a file type based on file extension. The Save button Click handler uses a standard Windows SaveFileDialog component, sets the filter to use either text or rich text file formats, shows the dialog and if the user clicks OK the file is saved to disk. The Open button follows the same pattern as Save but adds a check for file length before calling the OpenFileDialog LoadFile() method. [VB] Button Click Event Handlers Private Sub btnNew_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnNew.Click RichTextBox1.Clear() End Sub Private Sub btnOpen_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnOpen.Click Dim dialog As New OpenFileDialog() dialog.Filter = "*.txt,*.rtf|*.txt;*.rtf" If dialog.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then Dim fileName As String = dialog.FileName If fileName.Length > 0 Then

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RichTextBox1.LoadFile(fileName, GetStreamType(fileName)) End If End If End Sub Private Sub btnSave_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnSave.Click Dim dialog As New SaveFileDialog() dialog.Filter = "*.txt,*.rtf|*.txt;*.rtf" If dialog.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then Dim fileName As String = dialog.FileName richTextBox1.SaveFile(fileName, GetStreamType(dialog.FileName)) End If End Sub Private Function GetStreamType(ByVal fileName As String) As RichTextBoxStreamType Return If(fileName.EndsWith("rtf"), RichTextBoxStreamType.RichText, RichTextBoxStreamType.PlainText) End Function [C#] Button Click Event Handlers private void btnNew_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { richTextBox1.Clear(); } private void btnOpen_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { OpenFileDialog dialog = new OpenFileDialog(); dialog.Filter = "*.txt,*.rtf|*.txt;*.rtf"; if (dialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { string fileName = dialog.FileName; if (fileName.Length > 0) { richTextBox1.LoadFile(fileName, GetStreamType(fileName)); } } } private void btnSave_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { SaveFileDialog dialog = new SaveFileDialog(); dialog.Filter = "*.txt,*.rtf|*.txt;*.rtf"; if (dialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { string fileName = dialog.FileName; richTextBox1.SaveFile(fileName, GetStreamType(dialog.FileName)); } } private RichTextBoxStreamType GetStreamType(string fileName)

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{ return fileName.EndsWith("rtf") ? RichTextBoxStreamType.RichText : RichTextBoxStreamType.PlainText; }

Test the Application

1. Press Ctrl-F5 to run the application. 2. Click the "Open" button and use the Open dialog to open either a .txt or an .rtf file. 3. Make changes to the text. 4. Click the "Save" button and use the Save As dialog to save the file as either text or rich text. 5. Click the "New" button to clear the text.

14.4 Using the Design Time Interface

There are two routes to designing the nested set of collections that make up the RadCommandBar. You can use tje design surfaceand with simple clicks design the desired control oruse Smart Tag to build each collection. Or you can use the Properties window andstart with the CommandBarItems collection and drill down from there.

Adding rows
You can add CommandBarRowElements by clicking on the "Click here to add new row" on the design time surface, by selecting "Add Row" from RadCommandBar Smart Tag or by editing the CommandBarRowElementCollection again from the Smart Tag.

Adding strips
Strips are added by clicking the plus sing on the design time surface, by selecting "Add New Strip" from the CommandBarRowElement Smart Tag, or by editing the CommandBarStripElementCollection from the Smart Tag

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or the row element.

Adding items
Visually designing the RadCommandBar begins at the design time surface where you canclick the dropdown arrow button to bring up the drop down with available CommandBarItems or use the Smart tag of the strip element and click the "Edit Items" to bring up the RadCommandBarBaseItemCollecition editor.

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In either case, all the elements and items are available for editing in the Properties window.

RadCommandBarProperties
EnableDragging property allows the user to move the CommandBarStripElement within the strip using the element's drag handles.

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The EnableDragging setting alone doesn't allow the user to drag the element off the strip. For that you need to set the EnableFloating property to true.

To make the command bar items sit in larger strip, use the MinSize property. The screenshot below shows a CommandBarButton with a MinSize of50, 50, the CommandBarStripElement that the button is sitting on has MinSize 100, 100.

Modifing the visibility of the OverflowButton is set from the Properties window of the desired strip. Expand the OverflowButton and set the Visibility property to Collapsed to hide it. The orientation of RadCommandBar it set automatically, when the Dock property is changed.

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14.5 Programming
Building RadCommandBar Items Programmatically
Building strips in code follows the same pattern as working in the designer. The hierarchy is: RadCommandBar CommandBarRowElement[] CommandBarStripElement[] CommandBarItem[] This next demo shows how to add everything in RadCommandBar. The empty command bar will be docked to the top of the form. A number of icons have been loaded into the Solution Explorer Properties | Resources and will be used to populate items. You can find the complete source for this project at: \CommandBar\<VB|CS>\Programming In the form load,create an instance of RadCommandBar and add it to the controls collection of the form. Create a CommandBarRowElement, set its Dock property to "Top"and add it to the Rows collection of RadCommandBar. Then create an instace of CommandBarStripElement and add it to the Strips collection of the created row element. Finally call the LoadItems method, which we will implement next. [VB] Building the CommandBar Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Dim radCommandBar1 As New RadCommandBar() radCommandBar1.Dock = DockStyle.Top radCommandBar1.Name = "radCommandBar1" Me.Controls.Add(radCommandBar1) Dim commandBarRowElement1 As New CommandBarRowElement() commandBarRowElement1.Name = "commandBarRowElement1" radCommandBar1.Rows.Add(commandBarRowElement1)

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Dim commandBarStripElement1 As New CommandBarStripElement() commandBarStripElement1.Name = "commandBarStripElement1" commandBarRowElement1.Strips.Add(commandBarStripElement1) End Sub [C#] Building the CommandBar private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { RadCommandBar radCommandBar1 = new RadCommandBar(); radCommandBar1.Dock = DockStyle.Top; radCommandBar1.Name = "radCommandBar1"; this.Controls.Add(radCommandBar1); CommandBarRowElement commandBarRowElement1 = new CommandBarRowElement(); commandBarRowElement1.Name = "commandBarRowElement1"; radCommandBar1.Rows.Add(commandBarRowElement1); CommandBarStripElement commandBarStripElement1 = new CommandBarStripElement(); commandBarStripElement1.Name = "commandBarStripElement1"; commandBarRowElement1.Strips.Add(commandBarStripElement1); } Add five images as resources to the project. Name the images New, Open, Save, Print and Help. The LoadItems () enumerates resources in the current project. The image name is set as ToolTipText for the corresponding item and the image itself it set as Image for the item. Additionally, we are adding Click event handlder for each item. [VB] Loading items to CommandBarStripItem Private Sub LoadItems(ByVal stripElement As CommandBarStripElement) ' list the resources in Properties.Resources Dim resourceSet As ResourceSet = Programming.My.Resources.ResourceManager.GetResourceSet (CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, True, True) Dim enumerator As IDictionaryEnumerator = resourceSet.GetEnumerator() ' for each image resources, retrieve the image name and object, ' create and populate the list items While enumerator.MoveNext() Dim item As New CommandBarButton() item.Image = DirectCast(enumerator.Value, Bitmap) 'the name have to be set since the save and load layout mechanism is using it item.Name = enumerator.Key.ToString().Replace("_", " ") item.ToolTipText = item.Name 'sets the text that will be displayed in the overflow button item.DisplayName = item.Name item.TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageAboveText AddHandler item.Click, AddressOf item_Click stripElement.Items.Add(item) End While End Sub [C#] Loading items to CommandBarStripItem private void LoadItems(CommandBarStripElement stripElement) { // list the resources in Properties.Resources ResourceSet resourceSet = Properties.Resources.ResourceManager.GetResourceSet( CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, true, true); IDictionaryEnumerator enumerator = resourceSet.GetEnumerator(); // for each image resources, retrieve the image name and object, // create and populate the list items

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while (enumerator.MoveNext()) { CommandBarButton item = new CommandBarButton(); item.Image = (Bitmap)enumerator.Value; //the name have to be set since the save and load layout mechanism is using it item.Name = enumerator.Key.ToString().Replace('_', ' '); item.ToolTipText = item.Name; //sets the text that will be displayed in the overflow button item.DisplayName = item.Name; item.TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageAboveText; item.Click+=new EventHandler(item_Click); stripElement.Items.Add(item); } } The Click event handler demonstrates a few useful techniques. First, you can get the parent control for any element through the ElementTree.Control property. Second, when you use the RadMessageBox Show() method (we'll talk more about RadMessageBox in the Forms chapter). And lastly, you can call an overload of the Show() method that lets you display a bitmap; in this case a bitmap of the CommandBarButton Image. [VB] Handling the Click Event Private Sub item_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Dim buttonElement As CommandBarButton = TryCast(sender, CommandBarButton) Dim commandBar As RadCommandBar = TryCast(buttonElement.ElementTree.Control, RadCommandBar) Dim bitmap As New Bitmap(buttonElement.Image) RadMessageBox.Show(Me, buttonElement.Text, "You clicked...", MessageBoxButtons.OK, bitmap) End Sub [C#] Handling the Click Event void item_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { CommandBarButton buttonElement = sender as CommandBarButton; RadCommandBar commandBar = buttonElement.ElementTree.Control as RadCommandBar; Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(buttonElement.Image); RadMessageBox.Show(this, buttonElement.Text, "You clicked...", MessageBoxButtons.OK, bitmap); } When the example application runs, series of CommandBarButtons are loaded to the CommandBarStripElement.

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Saving and Loading RadCommandBar Layout

Your users can customize the strip using the drop down list and adding or removing buttons from the list. Its natural that they would want their customizations to be preserved when they restart the application.

The example below shows the general approach for saving and loading the tool strip layout. You will probably want to make changes in the storage medium used to contain the XML (e.g. database, isolated storage, etc.). You will also need additional safety code to prevent or handle partial serialization resulting in corrupt XML. Lets continue with the previous project. Move the instance of the RadCommandBar outside the Load event handler in order to be able to access it from other places. Add two RadButtons to the form and set their text to "Save Layout" and "Load Layout" and theirnames to btnSave and btnLoadrespectively. Click both of them in

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design time to create event handlers. Here is the code that you need to add to savethe layout of RadCommandBar [VB] Save RadCommandBar Layout Private Sub btnLoad_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnLoad.Click Dim s As String = "default.xml" Dim dialog As New OpenFileDialog() dialog.Filter = "xml files (*.xml)|*.xml|All files (*.*)|*.*" dialog.Title = "Select a xml file" If dialog.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then s = dialog.FileName End If Me.radCommandBar1.CommandBarElement.LoadLayout(s) End Sub [C#] Save RadCommandBar Layout private void btnSave_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { string s = "default.xml"; SaveFileDialog dialog = new SaveFileDialog(); dialog.Filter = "xml files (*.xml)|*.xml|All files (*.*)|*.*"; dialog.Title = "Select a xml file"; if (dialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { s = dialog.FileName; } this.radCommandBar1.CommandBarElement.SaveLayout(s); } The resulting XML contains the entire control definition, i.e. properties, items collections, the whole enchilada. One of the button elements is hidden by user customization and in the XML the element's VisibleInStrip property shows as "False".

To recreate the RadCommandBar state at the time it was saved, pass the XML file to the LoadLayout method of the control. [VB] Restoring the Layout Private Sub btnLoad_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnLoad.Click Dim s As String = "default.xml" Dim dialog As New OpenFileDialog() dialog.Filter = "xml files (*.xml)|*.xml|All files (*.*)|*.*" dialog.Title = "Select a xml file" If dialog.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then s = dialog.FileName End If

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Me.radCommandBar1.CommandBarElement.LoadLayout(s) End Sub [C#] Restoring the Layout private void btnLoad_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { string s = "default.xml"; OpenFileDialog dialog = new OpenFileDialog(); dialog.Filter = "xml files (*.xml)|*.xml|All files (*.*)|*.*"; dialog.Title = "Select a xml file"; if (dialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { s = dialog.FileName; } this.radCommandBar1.CommandBarElement.LoadLayout(s); } LoadLayout and SaveLayout can be called in the Form Load and FormClosed event handlers so that state is stored automatically.

14.6 Summary
In this chapter you learned how to build a command bar strips at design time and programmatically at run time. You exploredfloating and overflow behavior. You learned how to configure strip dimensioning, orientation and layout. Finally, you learned how to save and load the RadCommandBar layout.

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15 Forms

15.1 Objectives

Learn how the special RadForm, ShapedForm and RadRibbonForm classes can be inherited from to create themable, custom shaped forms. Learn how Visual Studio project item templates are used to create instances of each form class. See how RadTitleBar is used with RadForm as a replacement for the built-in Windows form title bar. Learn how to use the RadMessageBox as a themable replacement for the standard MessageBox.

15.2 Introduction
The RadForm control allows you to design a styled Windows form with rounded corners. Use the pre-defined themes to quickly build a user interface that has a sharp, unified look-and-feel. The control comes with integrated TitleBar, support for Multiple Document Interface (MDI) applications and languages that require right-to-left layout.The RadControls for WinForms installation includes templates for RadForm and ShapedForm and specially configured RadForm types RadRibbonBarForm and RadAboutBox for greater productivity.

Use the ShapedForm to design and display a Windows form with any conceivable shape.

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Use the handyRadMessageBox class to display modal dialog boxes that show status information or a requests for confirmation.RadMessageBox dialogs can be configured to display with captions, message text, icons and button sets.

15.3 Getting Started

This tutorial demonstrates creatingthe available Telerik form typeson the fly from a main form.

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Preparing the Project

You can find the complete source for this project at: \Forms\<VB|CS>\GettingStarted 1. Create a new Windows Forms application. 2. Drag Office2007SilverTheme from the toolbox to the form. Note: this will bethe main form. 3. From the Toolbox, add a RadCommandBar to the form.Add four elements:

CommandBarButton: Name = "btnRadForm", TextImageRelation = "ImageAboveText", Text = "RadForm", Image = <import an image that represents a form>. CommandBarButton: Name = "btnShapedForm", TextImageRelation = "ImageAboveText", Text = "ShapedForm", Image = <import an image that represents a form>. CommandBarButton: Name = "btnRadRibbonBar", TextImageRelation = "ImageAboveText", Text = "RadRibbonBar", Image = <import an image that represents a form>.

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CommandBarButton: Name = "btnRadAboutBox", TextImageRelation = "ImageAboveText", Text = "RadAboutBox", Image = <import an image that represents a form>. CommandBarButton: Name = "btnRadMessageBox", TextImageRelation = "ImageAboveText", Text = "RadMessageBox", Image = <import an image that represents a form>.

4. Add a RadStatusStrip to the form. It will automatically dock to the bottom of the form. Add a single RadLabelElement to the status strip and set Name = "lblStatus", Spring = "True".

Adding New Forms to the Project

1. Add a RadForm to the project:

In the Solution Explorer, right-click the project and select Add | New Item... from the context menu. Select the "Telerik RadForm" template and click the Add button to close the dialog.

2. Add a ShapedForm to the project:

In the Solution Explorer, right-click the project and select Add | New Item... from the context menu. Select the "Telerik ShapedForm" template and click the Add button to close the dialog.

3. Add aRadRibbonBarForm to the project:

In the Solution Explorer, right-click the project and select Add | New Item... from the context menu. Select the "Telerik RadRibbonBar" template and click the Add button to close the dialog.

4. Add a RadAboutBox to the project:

In the Solution Explorer, right-click the project and select Add | New Item... from the context menu. Select the "Telerik RadAboutBox" template and click the Add button to close the dialog.

Adding Code to the Main Form

1. Double-click the "RadForm" button and add code to the Click event handler. Create an instance of the RadForm you added to the project earlier, hook up the Activated event to a handler you will write later and call the Show() method. This is the basic pattern we will follow for the Click event handlers for each form type. [VB] Handling the "RadForm" Button Click Event Private Sub btnRadForm_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Dim radForm1 As New RadForm1() radForm1.Activated += New EventHandler(formActivated) radForm1.Show() End Sub [C#] Handling the "RadForm" Button Click Event private void btnRadForm_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { RadForm1 radForm1 = new RadForm1(); radForm1.Activated += new EventHandler(formActivated); radForm1.Show(); } 2. Create button Click event handlers for each of the remaining form types and add the code below: [VB] Handling the Remaining Button Click Events Private Sub btnShapedForm_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)

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Dim shapedForm1 As New ShapedForm1() shapedForm1.Activated += New EventHandler(formActivated) shapedForm1.Show() End Sub Private Sub btnRadRibbonForm_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Dim radRibbonForm1 As New RadRibbonForm1() radRibbonForm1.Activated += formActivated radRibbonForm1.Show() End Sub Private Sub btnRadAboutBox_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Dim radAboutBox1 As New RadAboutBox1() radAboutBox1.Activated += New EventHandler(formActivated) radAboutBox1.Show() End Sub Private Sub btnRadMessageBox_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles btnMessageBox.Click Dim result As DialogResult = RadMessageBox.Show("Go online to register?", "Registration", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, RadMessageIcon.Question, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1) If result = DialogResult.Yes Then ' do something... End If End Sub [C#] Handling the Remaining Button Click Events private void btnShapedForm_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { ShapedForm1 shapedForm1 = new ShapedForm1(); shapedForm1.Activated += new EventHandler(formActivated); shapedForm1.Show(); } private void btnRadRibbonForm_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { RadRibbonForm1 radRibbonForm1 = new RadRibbonForm1(); radRibbonForm1.Activated += formActivated; radRibbonForm1.Show(); } private void btnRadAboutBox_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { RadAboutBox1 radAboutBox1 = new RadAboutBox1(); radAboutBox1.Activated += new EventHandler(formActivated); radAboutBox1.Show(); } private void btnRadMessageBox_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { DialogResult result = RadMessageBox.Show( "Go online to register?", "Registration", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, RadMessageIcon.Question, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1); if (result == DialogResult.Yes) { // do something... } }

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3. Add thecommon form Activated event handler. The handler will show the name of the currently active form in the status strip. [VB] Handling the FormActivated Event Sub formActivated(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) lblStatus.Text = "The " + (TryCast(sender, Control)).Name + " form is active" End Sub [C#] Handling the FormActivated Event void formActivated(object sender, EventArgs e) { lblStatus.Text = "The " + (sender as Control).Name + " form is active"; } 4. Add a form Load event handler to set the theme for the entire application. [VB] Handling the FormLoad Event Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) ThemeResolutionService.ApplicationThemeName = "Office2007Silver" End Sub [C#] Handling the FormLoad Event private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { ThemeResolutionService.ApplicationThemeName = "Office2007Silver"; } 5. Press Ctrl-F5 to run the application. Show each of thetypes of forms.Notice how the status bar responds as each form is activated. Also notice that the theme is applied to all forms and controls within the application.

15.4 Using the Design Time Interface

The Visual Studio templates that install with RadControls for WinForms let you add RadForm and ShapedForm to your application without any coding steps. There are also two other specialized forms, RadRibbonForm that contains a built-in RadRibbonBar and RadAboutBox that is an enhanced, themeable version of the regular AboutBox.

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15.5 Programming Rad Form and Message Box
Form Types Available in Visual Studio
RadForm
We have been using RadForm right along throughout this courseware to display a themed form with rounded edges. The shape of RadForm is predefined, and unlike the ShapedForm it cannot be changed. RadForm descends from RadFormBase and includes properties for ThemeName and FormElement. You can access the title bar and its buttons using the FormElement.TitleBar member. To customize the minimize, maximize and close buttons, use the RadTitleBar.TitleBarElement MinimizeButton, MaximizeButton and CloseButton members. Each button is a RadButtonElement type that includes properties to control text, image, and layout. [VB] Using RadForm Properties Private Sub RadForm1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Me.ThemeName = "Desert" Me.FormElement.TitleBar.MinSize = new Size(0, 100) Me.Text = "Notes for " + DateTime.Today.ToShortDateString() Me.FormElement.TitleBar.MaximizeButton.Enabled = False Me.FormElement.TitleBar.MinimizeButton.Enabled = False End Sub [C#] Using RadForm Properties private void RadForm1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.ThemeName = "Desert"; this.FormElement.TitleBar.MinSize = new Size(0, 100); this.Text = "Notes for " + DateTime.Today.ToShortDateString(); this.FormElement.TitleBar.MaximizeButton.Enabled = false; this.FormElement.TitleBar.MinimizeButton.Enabled = false; } The code snippet above results in the form looking something like this screenshot:

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Aero support is not currently available for RadForm.

ShapedForm
Unlike RadForm, ShapedForm actually descends from a standard windows Form. Shaped form comes with a RadTitleBar so the user can move, close, minimize and maximize the form. Both the RadTitleBar and the ShapedForm by default eachhave their Shape property set to RoundRectShape components. You can also use one of the predefined shapes, i.e.DonutShape, MediaShape, EllipseShape, QAShape, RoundRectShape, OfficeShape, TabIEShape, TabOffice12Shape, TabVsShape, TrackBarDThumbShape, TrackBarUThumbShape, TrackBarLThumbShape, and TrackBarRThumbShape. Or you can createyour own custom shape using the Shape Editor tool. In order to hide the default titlebar, the ShapedForm class has the FormBorderStyle property set to None while the RadForm FormBorderStyle property by default is set to Sizable. This mayimpact form behavior in some cases. RadTitleBar is also available as a separate RadControl in the ToolBox that can be dropped on any standard Form, ShapedForm or RadForm. The example screenshot below shows aShapedForm and RadTitle, both with their own custom shapes.

ShapedForm treats the whole space as its client area. When you dock a control in the form, it can cover the border of the window and disable form resizing. You can change the form Padding to make sure this area stays clear, oranchor a panelthat will contain all the controls forthe form.

RadAboutBox
The RadAboutBox has a little extra code to access the assembly you're running and will display all that information automatically in the about box along with an icon.

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RadRibbonForm
RadRibbonForm comes pre-configured with a RadRibbonBar and a RadStatusStrip so that you don't have to spend time setting up this first layer of the UI.

RadMessageBox
RadMessageBox is a flexible, themeable, and not-to-mentionquite handy replacement for a standard Windows MessageBox. Some of the advantages to using RadMessageBox over MessageBox:

Auto-sizing Various button layouts

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Localization Theming RightToLeft layout Copy to clipboard with Ctrl+C command

Like MessageBox, there's no design-time component involved. Use RadMessageBox Static methods SetTheme() to theme the dialog so it will blend with your application and call one of the many Show() method overloads to display the dialog. The minimal overload usage of Show() simply takes some message text:

[VB] Calling SetTheme() Private Sub btnRadMessageBox_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) RadMessageBox.SetThemeName("Office2007Silver") 'or RadMessageBox.SetThemeName("Office2007Black") RadMessageBox.Show("Hello World!") End Sub [C#] Calling SetTheme() private void btnRadMessageBox_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { RadMessageBox.SetThemeName("Office2007Silver"); //or RadMessageBox.SetThemeName("Office2007Black"); RadMessageBox.Show("Hello World!"); } You can add a caption that displays in the title bar of the dialog:

[VB] Show() With Caption Private Sub btnRadMessageBox_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) RadMessageBox.Show("Server access will be interupted until 2pm (PST)", "System Message") End Sub [C#] Show() With Caption private void btnRadMessageBox_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { RadMessageBox.Show("Server access will be interupted until 2pm (PST)", "System Message"); } As with MessageBox, evaluate the DialogResult return value from Show() to respond to user button selections. Here's an example that uses a more complex overload of the Show() method to include a predefined set of buttons, a system icon and the button that will be default if the user hits Enter instead of clicking with the mouse.

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[VB] Getting User Feedback Private Sub btnRadMessageBox_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Dim result As DialogResult = RadMessageBox.Show("Go online to register?", "Registration", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, RadMessageIcon.Question, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1) ' do something... If result = DialogResult.Yes Then End If End Sub [C#] Getting User Feedback private void btnRadMessageBox_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { DialogResult result = RadMessageBox.Show( "Go online to register?", "Registration", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, RadMessageIcon.Question, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1); if (result == DialogResult.Yes) { // do something... } }

Localization
If you need to localize or otherwise customize the text for a RadMessageBox, you can create your own RadMessageLocalizationProvider and assign it to be the current provider.

[VB] Custom Localization Provider Class and Assignment Public Class MyMessageLocalizationProvider Inherits RadMessageLocalizationProvider Public Overloads Overrides Function GetLocalizedString(id As String) As String Select Case id Case RadMessageStringID.AbortButton Return "Hold it!" Case RadMessageStringID.CancelButton Return "Lets not"

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Case RadMessageStringID.IgnoreButton Return "Forget it" Case RadMessageStringID.NoButton Return "Nope" Case RadMessageStringID.OKButton Return "Allright" Case RadMessageStringID.RetryButton Return "Again Please" Case RadMessageStringID.YesButton Return "Yup" Case Else Return MyBase.GetLocalizedString(id) End Select End Function End Class '... Private Sub btnRadMessageBox_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) RadMessageLocalizationProvider.CurrentProvider = New MyMessageLocalizationProvider() Dim result As DialogResult = RadMessageBox.Show("Go online to register?", "Registration", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, RadMessageIcon.Question, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1) ' do something... If result = DialogResult.Yes Then End If End Sub [C#] Custom Localization Provider Class and Assignment public class MyMessageLocalizationProvider : RadMessageLocalizationProvider { public override string GetLocalizedString(string id) { switch (id) { case RadMessageStringID.AbortButton: return "Hold it!"; case RadMessageStringID.CancelButton: return "Lets not"; case RadMessageStringID.IgnoreButton: return "Forget it"; case RadMessageStringID.NoButton: return "Nope"; case RadMessageStringID.OKButton: return "Allright"; case RadMessageStringID.RetryButton: return "Again Please"; case RadMessageStringID.YesButton: return "Yup"; default: return base.GetLocalizedString(id); } } } //... private void btnRadMessageBox_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { RadMessageLocalizationProvider.CurrentProvider = new MyMessageLocalizationProvider();

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DialogResult result = RadMessageBox.Show( "Go online to register?", "Registration", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, RadMessageIcon.Question, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1); if (result == DialogResult.Yes) { // do something... } }

ShapedForm and RadMessageBox Walk Through

This project walks you through creating a CD browser in a ShapedForm. The project covers a diverse set of techniques:

Assigning shapes to a ShapedForm, RadPanel and RadButton. Using BindingSource methods to navigate a dataset and to bind both image and text properties. Working with gradient styles of a fill primitive to achieve a glassy, translucent button and where the button color overtones match the image background. Using RadMessageBox to display a message and a specific bitmap thumbnail.

Preparing the Project

You can find the complete source for this project at: \Toolstrip\<VB|CS>\ShapedFormWalkthrough 1. Create a new Windows Forms application. 2. In the Solution Explorer, delete the default form. 3. Also in the Solution Explorer, right-click the project and select Add | New Item... from the context menu. 4. Select the "Telerik ShapedForm" template and click the Add button to close the dialog. 5. Make the shaped form the default form to run on startup.

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Designing the Form
1. In the Shape property of the ShapedForm select the "Donut" shape. Expand the properties of the shape and set the Thickness sub-property to "100". 2. Set the Size property of the ShapedForm to "260, 260". 3. Delete the RadTitleBar from the ShapedForm. 4. The shaped form in the designer should look something like this screenshot:

5. Add a RadPanel centered on the lower part of the donut shape. Set the Name property of the panel to "pnlTitle". Set the Size property to "200, 30".

6. Using the Smart Tag, select the Edit UI Elements link to bring up the Element Hierarchy Editor:

Select the RadPanelElement from the Control element structure treeview. Set the Shape property to "RoundRectShape" Open up the Shape property and set the Radius sub-property to "20". Also within the Control element structure tree, locate the TextPrimitive (it should currently read "Text: radPanel1") and set the Alignment property to "MiddleCenter". Close theElement Hierarchy editor dialog. The layout on the form should look something like this screenshot:

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7. Add three RadButtons below the panel in a horizontal line and set properties:

Name = "btnBack", Text = "Back", Size = "40, 40" Name = "btnInfo", Text = "Info", Size = "40, 40" Name = "btnNext", Text = "Next", Size = "40, 40"

8. For each of the three buttons, open the Smart Tag and select the Edit UI Elements link to bring up the Element Hierarchy Editor. Set the RadButtonElement Shape property to "EllipseShape". The form designer should look something like this screenshot:

9. Select"pnlTitle" in the designer and in the Properties window, open the Databindings property and click the ellipses for the Advanced property. This will bring up the Formatting and Advanced Binding dialog. 10. Configure the bindings for "pnlTitle".

In the tree on the left select the Text property. In the Binding drop down list select Add Project Data Source. Configure theRadPanel to use theMusicCollection Albums table, "AlbumName" column. For more detail, revisit the Data Binding chapter section "Binding to Simple Controls Using DataBindings". The Formatting and Advanced Binding dialog will look something likethe screenshot below.

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Click OK to close the dialog. The RadPanel DataBindings Text property should look like the screenshot below:

11. Select the form in the designer and again configure the DataBindings.

This time set the BackgroundImage property to the "Image" column of the Albums table. The Formatting and Advanced Binding dialog will look something likethe screenshot below.

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Click OK to close the dialog. The ShapedForm DataBindings BackgroundImage property should look like the screenshot below:

12. In the designer, double-click the "Back" button and handle the Click event. Earlier when you bound the RadPanel to the Albums table you automatically created an "albumsBindingSource" component that was placed in the component tray below the form designer. Call the BindingSource MovePrevious() method. [VB] Handling the "Back" ButtonClick Event Private Sub btnBack_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) albumsBindingSource.MovePrevious() End Sub [C#] Handling the "Back" ButtonClick Event private void btnBack_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { albumsBindingSource.MovePrevious(); }

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13. Create another Click event handler for the "Next" button and add the code below. This event handler simply calls the BindingSource MoveNext() method. [VB] Handling the "Next" Button Click Event Private Sub btnNext_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) albumsBindingSource.MoveNext() End Sub [C#] Handling the "Next" Button Click Event private void btnNext_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { albumsBindingSource.MoveNext(); } 14. Press Ctrl-F5 to run the application. Test the "Back" and "Next" buttons. Verify that the images show up on the ShapedForm background and that the Album Title changes as you move next and back through the data.

That all works pretty well except that the panel and buttons look clunky in this context. We can make these transparent and subtly tinted to fit the color scheme of each image.

Handle Background Color Changes

1. Be sure that references to Telerik.WinControls and Telerik.WinControls.Primitives exist in your "Imports" (VB) or "uses" (C#) section of code. 2. Add two helper methods. One to calculate a contrasting color and the second to configure a FillPrimitive to display in a "Gel" gradient style in two colors. Note: The GetContrastingColor() calculation will not work perfectly for all background color situations. To solve this more permanently you would need a more complex color calculation or a workaround, e.g. shadow the text in a second color. [VB] Adding Helper Methods Private Function GetContrastingColor(color As Color) As Color ' "exclusive OR" the color passed in to leave only the opposite color Return Color.FromArgb(color.ToArgb() Xor &Hffffff) End Function ' configure the FillPrimitive to display in a "Gel" gradient style and set color Private Sub SetFillPrimitiveColor(element As RadElement, color1 As Color) Dim fillPrimitive As FillPrimitive = TryCast(element, FillPrimitive) fillPrimitive.NumberOfColors = 1

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fillPrimitive.GradientStyle = Telerik.WinControls.GradientStyles.Gel fillPrimitive.BackColor = color1 End Sub [C#] Adding Helper Methods private Color GetContrastingColor(Color color) { // "exclusive OR" the color passed in to leave only the opposite color return Color.FromArgb(color.ToArgb() ^ 0xffffff); } // configure the FillPrimitive to display in a "Gel" gradient style and set color private void SetFillPrimitiveColor(RadElement element, Color color1) { FillPrimitive fillPrimitive = element as FillPrimitive; fillPrimitive.NumberOfColors = 1; fillPrimitive.GradientStyle = Telerik.WinControls.GradientStyles.Gel; fillPrimitive.BackColor = color1; } 3. In the designer, select the "albumsBindingSource" in the component tray and in the Properties window Events tab create an event handler for the BindingComplete event. Add the code below: Note: you couldhave handled the CurrentChanged event but that will notrunwhen the form first displays, whereas BindingComplete will. To make the panel and buttons react to the new background image colors, convert the Image to a Bitmap. Use the Bitmap GetPixel() method to snag a pixel color from the center of the image. Get a contrasting color to be used in the button and panel text. Also calculate a translucent version of the color using the Color.FromArgb and passing it an alphavalue of 150 (255 is completely opaque, 0 is completely transparent). Call SetFillPrimitiveColor() for the panel and button elements to set the gradient style of each to "Gel", the number of colors to "1" and the color to the translucent color. [VB] Handle the BindingComplete Event Private Sub albumsBindingSource_BindingComplete(sender As Object, e As BindingCompleteEventArgs) ' background image will be null when the form first loads If Me.BackgroundImage <> Nothing Then ' convert Image to Bitmap for further manipulation Dim bitmap As New Bitmap(Me.BackgroundImage) ' get a color from the very center of the background image Dim color1 As Color = bitmap.GetPixel(bitmap.Width / 2, bitmap.Height / 2) ' get a color that contrasts with the center of the image Dim contrastingColor As Color = GetContrastingColor(color1) ' make a transluscent version of this color Dim semiTransparentColor As Color = Color.FromArgb(150, color1) ' set the buttons and panel with gel style using the translucent color SetFillPrimitiveColor(pnlTitle.PanelElement.Children(0), semiTransparentColor) SetFillPrimitiveColor(btnBack.ButtonElement.Children(0), semiTransparentColor) SetFillPrimitiveColor(btnNext.ButtonElement.Children(0), semiTransparentColor) SetFillPrimitiveColor(btnInfo.ButtonElement.Children(0), semiTransparentColor) ' set the color for the text to the contrasting color (TryCast(btnBack.ButtonElement.Children(1).Children(1), TextPrimitive)).ForeColor = contrastingColor (TryCast(btnNext.ButtonElement.Children(1).Children(1), TextPrimitive)).ForeColor =

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contrastingColor (TryCast(btnInfo.ButtonElement.Children(1).Children(1), TextPrimitive)).ForeColor = contrastingColor pnlTitle.ForeColor = contrastingColor End If End Sub [C#] Handle the BindingComplete Event private void albumsBindingSource_BindingComplete(object sender, BindingCompleteEventArgs e) { // background image will be null when the form first loads if (this.BackgroundImage != null) { // convert Image to Bitmap for further manipulation Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(this.BackgroundImage); // get a color from the very center of the background image Color color1 = bitmap.GetPixel(bitmap.Width / 2, bitmap.Height / 2); // get a color that contrasts with the center of the image Color contrastingColor = GetContrastingColor(color1); // make a transluscent version of this color Color semiTransparentColor = Color.FromArgb(150, color1); // set the buttons and panel with gel style using the translucent color SetFillPrimitiveColor(pnlTitle.PanelElement.Children[0], semiTransparentColor); SetFillPrimitiveColor(btnBack.ButtonElement.Children[0], semiTransparentColor); SetFillPrimitiveColor(btnNext.ButtonElement.Children[0], semiTransparentColor); SetFillPrimitiveColor(btnInfo.ButtonElement.Children[0], semiTransparentColor); // set the color for the text to the contrasting color (btnBack.ButtonElement.Children[1].Children[1] as TextPrimitive).ForeColor = contrastingColor; (btnNext.ButtonElement.Children[1].Children[1] as TextPrimitive).ForeColor = contrastingColor; (btnInfo.ButtonElement.Children[1].Children[1] as TextPrimitive).ForeColor = contrastingColor; pnlTitle.ForeColor = contrastingColor; } } 4. Press Ctrl-F5 to run the application. The panel and buttons should co-exist nicely with the background.

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Add a Information Dialog

The final piece is to add logic to the "Info" button to display a RadMessageBox thatdisplays a thumbnailof the background image and the name of the album. Add a Click event handler to the "Info" button and add the code below. Optionally, you can add a theme to the application and call the staticRadMessageBox SetTheme() method before calling Show(). Call the overload of the Show() method that takes a Bitmap object and displays that instead of a system icon. This example reuses the text stored in the RadPanel to display in the RadMessageBox. Note: You could also use the BindingSource Current property to get a DataRowView; that would let you access any row of the current record even if it was not displayed by another control. [VB] Handle the "Info" Button Click Event Private Sub btnInfo_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) RadMessageBox.SetThemeName("Office2007Silver") Dim message As String = "Go on line to get information about """ + pnlTitle.Text + """?" Dim bitmap As New Bitmap(Me.BackgroundImage) RadMessageBox.Show(Me, message, "Information Options", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, bitmap) End Sub [C#] Handle the "Info" Button Click Event private void btnInfo_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { RadMessageBox.SetThemeName("Office2007Silver"); string message = "Go on line to get information about \"" + pnlTitle.Text + "\"?"; Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(this.BackgroundImage); RadMessageBox.Show(this, message, "Information Options", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, bitmap); } Run the application and test the "Info" button. It should display the image thumbnail and the name of the album.

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Multiple Document Interface

With Multiple Document Interface (MDI), a single menu bar or toolbar is shared between all child windows, reducing clutter and increasing the efficient use of screen space. RadForm works nicely in MDI scenarios by automatically providing minimize, restore, maximize, and inactive states. Each MDI child form and the parent container control can have a different theme. The example below allows the user to open and close multiple MDI child windows, each having a theme specified in a drop down list. The command bar and status bar controls are located on the parent form, but actions can be taken on the child forms by referencing the parent form standard ActiveMdiChild property. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Forms\<VB|CS>\MDI

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The first step is to set the parent form's IsMdiContainer property to True. Failing to do this will generate an error when you attempt to set the MdiParent of a child form later. The drop down list gets filled with the themes available for a RadForm. Also, we hook up a MdiChildActivate event handler that will sense when a child form is clicked on. [VB] Handling the Form Load Event Private Sub RadForm1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Me.IsMdiContainer = True ' disable the delete button - there are no child forms Me.btnDelete.Enabled = False ' load drop down list with theme names Dim themes As ThemeList = ThemeResolutionService.GetAvailableThemes(Me) For Each theme As Theme In themes commandBarDropDownList1.Items.Add(New RadListDataItem(theme.ThemeName)) Next commandBarDropDownList1.SelectedIndex = 0 Me.MdiChildActivate += New EventHandler(RadForm1_MdiChildActivate) End Sub [C#] Handling the Form Load Event

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private void RadForm1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.IsMdiContainer = true; // disable the delete button - there are no child forms this.btnDelete.Enabled = false; // load drop down with theme names ThemeList themes = ThemeResolutionService.GetAvailableThemes(this); foreach (Theme theme in themes) { commandBarDropDownList1.Items.Add(new RadListDataItem(theme.ThemeName)); } commandBarDropDownList1.SelectedIndex = 0; this.MdiChildActivate += new EventHandler(RadForm1_MdiChildActivate); } When the MdiChildActivate event fires we can get a reference to the ActiveMdiChild, assign the title bar text to a label on the status bar. Be sure to check ActiveMdiChild for null because that occurs when the last child is deleted. [VB] Handling the MdiChildActivate Event Sub RadForm1_MdiChildActivate(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) If Me.ActiveMdiChild <> Nothing Then Me.lblStatus.Text = (TryCast(Me.ActiveMdiChild, RadForm)).Text End If End Sub [C#] Handling the MdiChildActivate Event void RadForm1_MdiChildActivate(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (this.ActiveMdiChild != null) { this.lblStatus.Text = (this.ActiveMdiChild as RadForm).Text; } } In the "New" button Click event handler youcreate a child form, which can be a standard Windows form, a RadForm, a ShapedForm or a descendent of any of these types. [VB] Handling the "New" Button Click Event Private Sub btnNew_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) ' Create a new mdi child form, using the current theme Dim child As New RadForm() child.MdiParent = Me child.Text = "Child Form - " + cbThemes.SelectedText child.ThemeName = commandBarDropDownList1.SelectedText child.FormClosed += New FormClosedEventHandler(child_FormClosed) child.Show() ' enable the delete button Me.btnDelete.Enabled = True End Sub [C#] Handling the "New" Button Click Event private void btnNew_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { // Create a new mdi child form, using the current theme RadForm child = new RadForm();

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child.MdiParent = this; child.Text = "Child Form - " + commandBarDropDownList1.SelectedText; child.ThemeName = commandBarDropDownList1.SelectedText; child.FormClosed += new FormClosedEventHandler(child_FormClosed); child.Show(); // enable the delete button this.btnDelete.Enabled = true; } When the "Delete" button is clicked, call the Close() method of the active Mdi child. [VB] Handling the "Delete" Button Click Event Private Sub btnDelete_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) ' close the active mdi child form If Me.ActiveMdiChild <> Nothing Then Me.ActiveMdiChild.Close() End If End Sub [C#] Handling the "Delete" Button Click Event private void btnDelete_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { // close the active mdi child form if (this.ActiveMdiChild != null) { this.ActiveMdiChild.Close(); } } As each child form is closed, youcan check that there are still more child forms to delete: [VB] Handling the FormClosed Event Sub child_FormClosed(sender As Object, e As FormClosedEventArgs) ' if there are child forms, enable the delete button ' add one to the count - the child form being closed still exists at this point Me.btnDelete.Enabled = Me.MdiChildren.Length > 1 End Sub [C#] Handling the FormClosed Event void child_FormClosed(object sender, FormClosedEventArgs e) { // if there are child forms, enable the delete button // add one to the count - the child form being closed still exists at this point this.btnDelete.Enabled = this.MdiChildren.Length > 1; }

Other MDI Child Form Types

Because ShapedForm is a descendant of the standard Form object you can also use ShapedForm as a child form.

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The logic above will work for the most part except that you will need to create a ShapedForm in the "New" button Click event handler and you will need to change references to the title bar, for example: [VB] Accessing the TitleBar ' instead of... child.FormElement.TitleBar ' use... TryCast(child.Controls("radTitleBar1"), RadTitleBar) [C#] Accessing the TitleBar // instead of... child.FormElement.TitleBar; // use... child.Controls["radTitleBar1"] as RadTitleBar;

15.6 Summary
In this chapter you learned how the special RadForm, ShapedForm and RadRibbonForm classes can be inherited from to create themeable, custom shaped forms to complete and polish the look-and-feel of an application. You saw how the new project item templates are used to create instances of each form class. The chapter demonstrated how RadTitleBar is used as a replacement for the built-in Windows form title bar. Finally, the chapter introduced the RadMessage box as a themable replacement for the standard MessageBox.

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16 Screen "Real Estate"

16.1 Objectives

Learn different strategies for organizing form space using RadControls Use RadDock to handle dockable windows and tabbed documents Use RadCarousel to animate a series of clickable images Use RadRotator to display constantly changing personalized content.

16.2 Introduction
For interactive, unique navigation and form "real estate" management, RadDock, RadRotator and RadCarousel let you catch your users attention and make wise use of form space at the same time.

RadDock
RadDock helps you manage multiple windows in your application with a docking system similar to Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.RadDock can contain both tool and tabbed document style windows. RadDock also includes fully interactive design-time layout management.

The RadDock control provides a container that holds dockable windows. This container can fill the entire client area of a Windows Form, or can be limited to any rectangular area youchoose to manage. Tabbed documents can beswitched between, resized, dragged to arrange in various configurations and closed. Tabbed documents are supported by the DocumentWindow control.You can place other controls (either Telerik RadControls or standard Windows Forms controls) within a DocumentWnidow. Tool windowscan be dragged outside their containers ("floating"), dragged to other containers,collapsed against the side oftheRadDock andtransformed to tabbed documents. Tool windows are supported by the ToolWindow control. You can place other controls (either Telerik RadControls or standard Windows Forms controls) within a ToolWindow. The RadDock Advanced Layout Designer gives you fully interactive design-time control over the number, position, and properties of DockWindows within a RadDock. RadDock collects and uses the information about the state of each DockWindow - FloatingSize, FloatingLocation, AutoHideSize, Previous position, AutoHidePostion, etc. dynamically. RadDock offers an access to the active window. There are CloseAction and AutoDispose properties which allow control over the windows Close behavior, as well as over memory management of the SplitPanel and DockWindow objects. Different sizing modes (Auto, Relative, Absolute, Fill) virtually any layout scenario can be easily achieved. The user has complete control over sizing and layout behavior. RadSplitContainer composes a RadSplitContainerLayoutStrategy, which handles any layout request for this container. If the available size modes are not enough to fit into a layout scenario, then the entire layout strategy may be easily replaced/extended with a custom one. RadDock stores all sizing information per panel in a separate object allows for easy transition from one state to another and vice-versa without loosing the sizing information for each state. Load Layout allows for restoring previous scene at 100% - a layout persistency operation should now only serialize/de-serialize the sizing info of each panel in order to completely store/restore its position on a split container. Redock support (transition to previous docked or floating state of Dock Windows) has been completely revisited for the new RadDock implementation. A service-based semantic is introduced, which saves a windows state just before any dock operation is about to occur, and this state can easily be restored later

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on, upon user request (such as double-clicking a windows caption area). This allows for exact transition to previous state - floating to docked and vice-versa. Even more, if an application requires completely custom redock semantic, it may be easily replaced by registering a custom service, which handles internal Save/Restore requests, made by the framework. This screenshot showsan RSS reader demousing RadDock together with several other RadControls.

RadRotator
RadRotator is a multi-purpose component for content rotation and personalization. Highly customizable, it delivers high interactivity and user involvement. You can display a series of images, web URLs or any collection of rad elements. For example, if you use RadButtonElement or RadButtonImageElement, the user will be able to clickan item before it rotates out ofview.Animation between frames can be opaque or transparent and the movement can be in any direction. You can adjust the level of granularity and interval between frames.

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RadCarousel
RadCarousel animates a series of elements either by the user clicking a particular element or by clicking the forward and back arrows. Thecarousel elements appear to animate through a "path", i.e. a route in three dimensions. The path can beelliptical or along aBezier curve. RadCarousel supports databinding, smooth animations and transitions, automatic generation of image reflections and dynamic addition and removal of items.

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16.3 Getting Started

Using RadDock you can pack a lot of user interface into a single form. You'll get splitter-bars, auto-hidden and floating panels automatically. With RadRotator and RadCarousel you can make a few of these items really stand out. In this project you will configure RadDockwith several windows and place a RadCarousel and RadRotator within two of those windows. You will also configure a sample set of items to display in the carousel and rotator.

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Preparing the Project

You can find the complete source for this project at: \RealEstate\<VB|CS>\GettingStarted 1. Create a new Windows Forms application. 2. In the Solution Explorer, delete the default form. 3. Also in the Solution Explorer, right-click the project and select Add | New Item... from the context menu. 4. Select the "Telerik RadForm" template and click the Add button to close the dialog. 5. Add the Office2010Silver theme rom the ToolBox to the form. 6. In the Properties window, set the formSize property to "700, 500" and ThemeName to Office2010Silver. 7. Change the new RadForm1 to be the startup form.

RadDock Setup
1. From the Toolbox, add a RadDock to the form. Set the Dock property to "Fill"and ThemeName to Office2007Silver. 2. In the RadDock Smart Tag click the Show Advanced Layout Designer... link. Using the options in the ribbon, configure the layout:

Click the ToolWindow | Left menu item. Click the ToolWindow | Bottom menu item.

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Click the Add Document Windowmenu item. Drag toolWindow2 under toolWindow1. When the designer looks like this screenshot below, click the Save and Close button.

3. Click the client area (not the title bar) for "toolWindow1" to select it. In the Properties window change the Text property to "RadCarousel". 4. Click the client areafor "toolWindow2" to select it. In the Properties window change the Text property to "RadRotator". 5. Increase the size of the split container so the toolwindows to take approximately half of the form size. 6. Press Ctrl-F5 to run the application so far.

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Experiment with the docking features. Verify that you can drag and float a window, that the window will re-dock either as a panel or in the tabbed documents area. Check that the auto-hidden (un-pinned) panel can be expanded and pinned. Use the splitter bars to resize the relative areas. 7. Add a RadRotator to the "RadRotator" panel and set its Dock property to "Fill". 8. Click the ellipses for the Items property to display the RadItem Collection Editor. Using the Add button drop down list, add 3 RadButtonElements. 9. Drag a RadCarousel control to the dock panel and set its Dock property to "Fill". 10. Click the ellipses for the Items property to display the RadItem Collection Editor. Using the Add button drop down list, add 3 RadButtonElements . 11. Add six images as project resourses, which we will use for the button elements. 12. In the form Load event, set the Image, DisplayStyle and ImageAlignment properties for all six button elemens. Then set the EnableAutoLoop property of RadCarousel to true and the Running property of RadRotator to true. [VB] Configure images and start rotating and looping for RadRotator and RadCarousel Private Sub RadForm1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Me.RadButtonElement1.Image = New Bitmap(My.Resources.Lighthouse, New Size(200, 200)) Me.RadButtonElement1.DisplayStyle = Telerik.WinControls.DisplayStyle.Image Me.RadButtonElement1.ImageAlignment = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter Me.RadButtonElement2.Image = New Bitmap(My.Resources.Penguins, New Size(200, 200)) Me.RadButtonElement2.DisplayStyle = Telerik.WinControls.DisplayStyle.Image Me.RadButtonElement2.ImageAlignment = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter Me.RadButtonElement3.Image = New Bitmap(My.Resources.Tulips, New Size(200, 200)) Me.RadButtonElement3.DisplayStyle = Telerik.WinControls.DisplayStyle.Image Me.RadButtonElement3.ImageAlignment = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter

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Me.RadButtonElement4.Image = New Bitmap(My.Resources.Desert, New Size(50, 50)) Me.RadButtonElement4.DisplayStyle = Telerik.WinControls.DisplayStyle.Image Me.RadButtonElement4.ImageAlignment = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter Me.RadButtonElement5.Image = New Bitmap(My.Resources.Hydrangeas, New Size(50, 50)) Me.RadButtonElement5.DisplayStyle = Telerik.WinControls.DisplayStyle.Image Me.RadButtonElement5.ImageAlignment = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter Me.RadButtonElement6.Image = New Bitmap(My.Resources.Koala, New Size(50, 50)) Me.RadButtonElement6.DisplayStyle = Telerik.WinControls.DisplayStyle.Image Me.RadButtonElement6.ImageAlignment = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter RadCarousel1.EnableAutoLoop = True RadRotator1.Running = True End Sub [C#] Configure images and start rotating and looping for RadRotator and RadCarousel private void RadForm1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.radButtonElement1.Image = new Bitmap(Properties.Resources.Lighthouse, new Size(200, 200)); this.radButtonElement1.DisplayStyle = Telerik.WinControls.DisplayStyle.Image; this.radButtonElement1.ImageAlignment = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter; this.radButtonElement2.Image = new Bitmap(Properties.Resources.Penguins, new Size(200, 200)); this.radButtonElement2.DisplayStyle = Telerik.WinControls.DisplayStyle.Image; this.radButtonElement2.ImageAlignment = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter; this.radButtonElement3.Image = new Bitmap(Properties.Resources.Tulips, new Size(200, 200)); this.radButtonElement3.DisplayStyle = Telerik.WinControls.DisplayStyle.Image; this.radButtonElement3.ImageAlignment = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter; this.radButtonElement4.Image = new Bitmap(Properties.Resources.Desert, new Size(50, 50)); this.radButtonElement4.DisplayStyle = Telerik.WinControls.DisplayStyle.Image; this.radButtonElement4.ImageAlignment = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter; this.radButtonElement5.Image = new Bitmap(Properties.Resources.Hydrangeas, new Size(50, 50)); this.radButtonElement5.DisplayStyle = Telerik.WinControls.DisplayStyle.Image; this.radButtonElement5.ImageAlignment = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter; this.radButtonElement6.Image = new Bitmap(Properties.Resources.Koala, new Size(50, 50)); this.radButtonElement6.DisplayStyle = Telerik.WinControls.DisplayStyle.Image; this.radButtonElement6.ImageAlignment = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter; radCarousel1.EnableAutoLoop = true; radRotator1.Running = true; } 13. Press Ctrl-F5 to run the application.

16.4 Using the Design Time Interface

RadDock
Smart Tag
The Smart Tag for the RadDock lets you quickly access common tasks involved with docking new windows, tabbed documents and layout. The unique items are:

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Dock New Window To Left/Top/Right/Bottom: Adds tool windows to their respective positions within RadDock. Add Tabbed Document: Adds DocumentWindows to RadDock. Show Advanced Layout Designer: This designer lets you work with tool windows and documents windows with drag-and-drop ease similar to the runtime behavior, then save the results back to the design environment.

Advanced Layout Designer

Use the Advanced Layout Designer to quickly set up the initial RadDock layout.

To add tool windows to the layout, select one of the predifined buttons in the Tool Windows pane. To add DocumentWindow click "Add Document Window" button. You drag-and-drop tool and document windows, just as you can at run time. When you are satisfied with your layout, click the Save and Close button to close the Advanced Layout Designer and apply the layout to RadDock control on your form. To abandon your changes click the window "x" close button in the upper right hand corner of the form ot click gthe"Discard and Close" button.

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RadRotator
The RadRotator Smart Tag has onlystandard tasks common with all other RadControls. Use the Property window to access the Items collection property. Use the drop down button to add and configure RadElements.

After the rotator is populated, you can navigate through the elements right in the designer using the next and back buttons. Set the Running property true to have the items animate at design time.

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RadCarousel
The RadCarousel Smart Tag has a Edit Items link to access the Items collection. The other key design-time aspect is the CarouselPath. In the CarouselPath property you can choose between a Bezier or elliptical path.

By default CarouselPath is a CarouselEllipsePath. Drag the Center point grip to move the entire carousel control around the form during design-time. Drag the two control points U and V to alter the tilt and dimensions of the ellipse.

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If you choose CarouselBezierPath, you get a FirstPoint, LastPoint and two control points "CtrlPoint1" and "CtrlPoint2". You can drag all four points in the designer to define the curve.

You can arrange the points only in 2D. Z coordinates must be set programmatically if needed. Also note that you can drag the control points over the whole designer area, i.e. you are not limited to the form only.

16.5 Programming the "Real Estate" Controls

Working with RadDock
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layout and providing access to collections of managed dockable objects. To create a new ToolWindow, construct a ToolWindow instance, set properties and call the RadDock DockWindow() method, passing a reference to the ToolWindow and a DockPosition enumeration value. To create a DocumentWindow, construct an instance of DocumentWindow, assign properties and call the RadDock AddDocument() method, passing the DocumentWindow instance. [VB] Creating and Adding a DockWindows 'create tool window Dim toolWindow As New ToolWindow() toolWindow.Text = "ToolTabStrip" 'create and add controls to the tool window Dim browser As New WebBrowser() browser.Url = New Uri("http://www.telerik.com") browser.Dock = DockStyle.Fill toolWindow.Controls.Add(browser) 'dock the tool windows to the top Me.radDock1.DockWindow(toolWindow, DockPosition.Top) 'create document window Dim documentWindow As New DocumentWindow() documentWindow.Text = "Document Container" 'create and add controls to the document window Dim browser2 As New WebBrowser() browser2.Url = New Uri("http://www.telerik.com/products/winforms.aspx") browser2.Dock = DockStyle.Fill documentWindow.Controls.Add(browser2) 'add the document window to raddock Me.radDock1.AddDocument(documentWindow) [C#] Creating and Adding a DockWindows //create tool window ToolWindow toolWindow = new ToolWindow(); toolWindow.Text = "ToolTabStrip"; //create and add controls to the tool window WebBrowser browser = new WebBrowser(); browser.Url = new Uri("http://www.telerik.com (http://www.telerik.com/)"); browser.Dock = DockStyle.Fill; toolWindow.Controls.Add(browser); //dock the tool windows to the top this.radDock1.DockWindow(toolWindow, DockPosition.Top); //create document window DocumentWindow documentWindow = new DocumentWindow(); documentWindow.Text = "Document Container"; //create and add controls to the document window WebBrowser browser2 = new WebBrowser(); browser2.Url = new Uri("http://www.telerik.com/products/winforms.aspx"); browser2.Dock = DockStyle.Fill; documentWindow.Controls.Add(browser2); //add the document window to raddock this.radDock1.AddDocument(documentWindow);

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Once you have the RadDock populated, you can retrieve the collection of DockWindow instances by accessing the DockWindows property of the control. This property returns a DockWindowCollection with all dockables, even those that are un-pinned orhiddden. [VB] Finding specified window Dim window As DockWindow = Nothing For Each currentWindow As DockWindow In radDock1.DockWindows If currentWindow.Text.Equals("My Window Name") Then window = currentWindow Exit For End If Next [C#] Finding specified window DockWindow window = null; foreach (DockWindow currentWindow in radDock1.DockWindows) { if (currentWindow.Text.Equals("My Window Name")) {

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window = currentWindow; break; } } You can hide, show and make a window float (only ToolWindows) by calling the appropriate method of the DockWindow instance: [VB] Hiding DockWindow ToolWindow1.Hide() [C#] Hiding DockWindow toolWindow1.Hide(); You can close all tabbed documents at once, close a specified window or close collection of dock windows. [VB] Closing DockWindows 'close all dock windows radDock1.CloseAllWindows() 'close just the specified window radDock1.CloseWindow(documentWindow1) 'close all dock windows instances that are in the collection Dim list As New List(Of DockWindow)() list.Add(toolWindow) list.Add(documentWindow1) radDock1.CloseWindows(list) [C#] Closing DockWindows //close all dock windows radDock1.CloseAllWindows(); //close just the specified window radDock1.CloseWindow(documentWindow1); //close all dock windows instances that are in the collection List<DockWindow> list = new List<DockWindow>(); list.Add(toolWindow); list.Add(documentWindow1); radDock1.CloseWindows(list); RadDock has two different methods which you can call if you want to remove a ToolWindow/DocumentWindow. The of from these methods depends on the CloseAction property which can have one of these values

Close -When a DockWindow has its CloseAction set to Close, this window is closed and detached (but not disposed) from its RadDock. You cannot manage it from RadDock collections anymore. Hide - When a DockWindow has its CloseAction set to Hide, this window is only closed (hidden) in RadDock. However, this window is not detached from its RadDock and you can manage it from the RadDock collections. CloseAndDispose -When a DockWindow has its CloseAction set to CloseAndDispose, this window is closed and then disposed.

RemoveWindow This method closes and detaches (but does not dispose) a DockWindow regardless of its CloseAction property. This will happen if you pass only a DockWindow as a parameter. In addition, you can pass a CloseAction parameter in the RemoveWindow method. In this case, the RemoveWindow method will act differently in accordance with this parameter.

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CloseWindow This method has a different result on a DockWindow instance, in accordance with the CloseAction property of this instance. Default behavior DocumentWindow: If you do not set the CloseAction for a DocumentWindow and you close this DocumentWindow from the UI, this window is closed with CloseAction set to CloseAndDispose, i.e. the DocumentWindow is disposed and you cannot reuse it. ToolWindow: If you do not set the CloseAction for a ToolWindow and you close the ToolWindow from the UI, this window is closed with CloseAction set to Hide, i.e. the ToolWindow is not disposed and you can reuse it later.

Other Useful RadDock Properties

RadDock Properties

ActiveWindow: Sets or gets the currently active DockWindow (ToolWindow or DocumentWindow). AutoDetectMdiChildren: Allows RadDock to automatically control MDI child windows of a parent form. DockWindows: A collection of IDockWindow objects being managed by the RadDock. DockWindows.ToolWindows: A collection of the ToolWindows being managed by the RadDock. DockWindows.DocumentWindows: Gets a collection of the DocumentWindows being managed by the RadDock. FloatingWindows: Gets a collections of the floating windows. Dock: This property is not specific to RadDock, but rather is a general Controls property that indicates what are of a parent control will be occupied. This DockStyle enumeration can be Fill, Top, Bottom, Left, Right and None. MdiChildren: An array of MDI forms parented in the RadDock. This array is accessible at runtime. MainDocumentContainerVisible: Indicates whether main document container will be initially visible. QuickNavigatorSettings: this property give you an object of type QuickNavigatorSettings. This object gives you a full control over the Quick Navigator features.

RadDock Methods

ActivateWindow(DockWindow window): Activates a DockWindow. AddDocument(DockWindow window): Adds a DockWindow as a DocumentWindow in RadDock. AutoHideWindow(DockWindow window): Makes the specified DockWindow auto-hidden. AutoHideWindows(IEnumerable<DockWindow> windows, AutoHidePosition position): Makes the specified DockWindow collection auto-hidden. CloseAllWindows(): Closes all DockWindows. The CloseAction property specifies whether a ToolWindow/DocumentWindow will be Closed, ClosedAndDisposed or just Hidden. CloseWindow(DockWindow window): Closes a specified ToolWindow or DocumentWindow. DockWindow(DockWindow window, DockPosition position): Docks a DockWindow (ToolWindow/DocumentWindow) at the specified position. DockWindow(DockWindow window, DockWindow target, DockPosition position): Docks a DockWindow at a position relative to the specified target DockWindow. FloatToolTabStrip(ToolTabStrip strip, Rectangle bounds): Floats a ToolTabStrip with ToolWindows in a

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new form. The form has bounds specified by the bounds parameter.

FloatWindow(DockWindow window): Floats the specified DockWindow in a new form. FloatWindow(DockWindow window, Rectangle bounds): Floats the specified DockWindow in a new form. The form has bounds specified by the bounds parameter. LoadFromXml(fileName): Deserializes RadDock layout structure. SaveToXml(fileName): Serializes the RadDock layout structure. This method does not save content. See Loading and Saving Layouts for more information. RemoveWindow(DockWindow window): Removes a ToolWindow or DocumentWindow from the list of managed dockables.

DockWindows
Each DockWindow instance has information about its own state, position, etc. Here are some especially useful properties.

DockState: Floating, Docked, TabbedDocument, AutoHide (un-pinned), Hidden. DockType: ToolWindow (i.e. a DockPanel), Document. Image: displayed in the window title bar. Text: displayed in the window title bar.

[VB] IDockable Methods If radDock1.ActiveWindow IsNot Nothing Then Dim builder As New StringBuilder() builder.Append("DockState: " & radDock1.ActiveWindow.DockState.ToString()) builder.Append(Environment.NewLine) builder.Append("DockType: " & radDock1.ActiveWindow.DockType.ToString()) builder.Append(Environment.NewLine) builder.Append("Text: " + radDock1.ActiveWindow.Text) RadMessageBox.Show(builder.ToString(), "DockWindow Properties") End If [C#] IDockable Methods if (radDock1.ActiveWindow != null) { StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(); builder.Append("DockState: " + radDock1.ActiveWindow.DockState.ToString()); builder.Append(Environment.NewLine); builder.Append("DockType: " + radDock1.ActiveWindow.DockType.ToString()); builder.Append(Environment.NewLine); builder.Append("Text: " + radDock1.ActiveWindow.Text); RadMessageBox.Show(builder.ToString(), "DockWindow Properties"); }

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RadDock also has a ActivateWindow() method that puts focus on the specified window. The example below iterates the managed dockable windows and if it finds one with the text "Products", activates that window. [VB] Activating DockWindow Dim foundDockable As DockWindow = Nothing For Each dockable As DockWindow In radDock1.DockWindows If dockable.Text.Equals("Products") Then foundDockable = dockable Exit For End If Next If foundDockable IsNot Nothing Then radDock1.ActivateWindow(foundDockable) End If [C#] Activating DockWindow DockWindow foundDockable = null; foreach (DockWindow dockable in radDock1.DockWindows) { if (dockable.Text.Equals("Products")) { foundDockable = dockable; break; }

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} if (foundDockable != null) { radDock1.ActivateWindow(foundDockable); } In certain cases, you may need to perform specific operations depending on the currently activated HostWindow in regards to the form/user control that it contains. In order to do this, you should first subscribe to the ActiveWindowChanged event and then execute the following code snippet in the ActiveWindowChanged event handler: [VB] ActiveWindowChanged Private Sub radDock1_ActiveWindowChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.Docking.DockWindowEventArgs) Dim hostWin As HostWindow = TryCast(e.DockWindow, HostWindow) If Not hostWin Is Nothing Then If TypeOf hostWin.Content Is VegetablesForm Then ' custom implementation here End If End If End Sub [C#] ActiveWindowChanged void radDock1_ActiveWindowChanged(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.Docking.DockWindowEventArgs e) { HostWindow hostWin = e.DockWindow as HostWindow; if (hostWin != null) { if (hostWin.Content is VegetablesForm) { // custom implementation here } } } In order to get a HostWindow that hosts a particular form/user control instance, you should call the GetHostWindows method passing the contained control as a parameter. Supposing that vegetablesForm is an instance of type VegetablesForm, we can use the following code snippet: [VB] Get HostWindow by its content Dim vegetablesWindow As HostWindow = Me.RadDock1.GetHostWindow(VegetablesForm) [C#] Get HostWindow by its content HostWindow vegetablesWindow = this.radDock1.GetHostWindow(vegetablesForm);

Dock UserControlwith custom event

This tutorial walks you through a real-world scenario that you can have in your application. At a high level, this scenario involves: 1. Placing controls on different user controls. 2. Docking the user controls inside RadDock. 3. Implementing events, methods and properties in the user controls which allow you to have communication between the forms/user controls.

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In our particular case we dock a user control instance in a RadDock instance. The user control itself contains a RadCalendar. When the user clicks the RadCalendar a custom DateChanged event for the UserControl1 fires, showing a dialog with the selected date. Using this as a model you can create UserControls with custom properties, methods and events for more complex situations.

You can find the complete source for this project at: \RealEstate\<VB|CS>\DockUserControl

Implement the DockUserControl

1. In Visual Studio create a new Windows Application. 2. Create a new UserControl - from the Solution Explorer, right-click the project node in the Solution Explorer and select "Add >> UserControl...". Name the new user control CalendarPanel. 3. Drop a RadCalendar instance on the CalendarPanel design surface. 4. Set the RadCalendar Dock property to Fill. 5. In the Property Window locate the SelectionChanged event and double-click it to create an event handler. 6. Add a delegate and event to be surfaced by the CalendarPanel control when the date selection changes: [VB.NET] Setting up DateChanged Event Public Delegate Sub DateChangedHandler(ByVal [date] As DateTime) Public Event DateChanged As DateChangedHandler [C#] Setting up DateChanged Event public delegate void DateChangedHandler(DateTime date); public event DateChangedHandler DateChanged; 7. In the SelectionChanged event handler add the following code: [VB.NET] Handling the RadCalendar SelectionChanged event Private Sub RadCalendar1_SelectionChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles RadCalendar1.SelectionChanged RaiseEvent DateChanged((TryCast(sender, RadCalendar)).SelectedDate) End Sub

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[C#] Handling the RadCalendar SelectionChanged event private void radCalendar1_SelectionChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (DateChanged != null) { DateChanged((sender as Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadCalendar).SelectedDate); } } 8. In the Solution Explorer, double-click the main form to open its design surface. 9. Drop a RadDock instance on the opened design surface. Set the RadDock Dock property Fill. 10. Dock the CalendarPanel user control to RadDock in the Form_Load event handler using the following code snippet: [VB.NET] Docking CalendarPanel user control in RadDoc Dim calendarPanel As New CalendarPanel() Dim host As HostWindow = Me.RadDock1.DockControl(calendarPanel, Telerik.WinControls.UI.Docking.DockPosition.Left) host.Text = "Calendar" AddHandler calendarPanel.DateChanged, AddressOf calendarPanel_DateChanged [C#] Docking CalendarPanel user control in RadDoc CalendarPanel calendarPanel = new CalendarPanel(); HostWindow host = this.radDock1.DockControl(calendarPanel, Telerik.WinControls.UI.Docking.DockPosition.Left); host.Text = "Calendar"; calendarPanel.DateChanged += calendarPanel_DateChanged; 11. Add an event handler for the CalendarPanel DateChanged event: [VB.NET] Handling the Custom DateChanged event Sub calendarPanel_DateChanged(ByVal [date] As DateTime) RadMessageBox.Show("Selected date is: " + [date].ToShortDateString()) End Sub [C#] Handling the Custom DateChanged event void calendarPanel_DateChanged(DateTime date) { RadMessageBox.Show("Selected date is: " + date.ToShortDateString()); } 12. Press F5 to run the application. Click the cells in the calendar to display the date in a message dialog.

Automatic Hosting of Multiple Document Interface (MDI) Child Forms

RadDock can automatically host Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child forms as tabbed documents simply by setting the AutoDetectMdiChildForms property to True. The rest of your logic will be identical to a standard MDI application where the parent form AutoDetectMdiChildForms is set True, and child forms MdiParent is set to the parent form.

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[VB] Hosting MDI Child Forms Private Sub MDIParent_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Me.IsMdiContainer = True radDock1.AutoDetectMdiChildForms = True End Sub Private Sub btnAddChildForm_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Dim childForm As New RadForm() childForm.MdiParent = Me childForm.Text = "New Child Form - " + DateTime.Now.ToString() childForm.Show() End Sub [C#] Hosting MDI Child Forms private void MDIParent_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.IsMdiContainer = true; radDock1.AutoDetectMdiChildForms = true; } private void btnAddChildForm_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { RadForm childForm = new RadForm(); childForm.MdiParent = this; childForm.Text = "New Child Form - " + DateTime.Now.ToString(); childForm.Show(); } Call ActivateMdiChild() to select a given child form: [VB] Activating an MDI Child Form in the DockingManager radDock1.ActivateMdiChild(childForm) [C#] Activating an MDI Child Form in the DockingManager radDock1.ActivateMdiChild(childForm);

Saving and Loading Layout

RadDock records the size and arrangement of all DockWindows within the RadDock using the SaveToXml() method. This saves all ToolWindows and DocumentWindowsregardless of state to an XML file.The inverse method, LoadFromXml(), reads the XML file and recreates the DockWindows, their state and placement.

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You can find the complete source for this project at: \RealEstate\<VB|CS>\ProgrammingDock [VB] Loading and Saving Layout Private Sub btnLoad_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnLoad.Click Dim dialog As New OpenFileDialog() dialog.DefaultExt = "xml" If dialog.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then RadDock1.LoadFromXml(dialog.FileName) lblStatus.Text = "Loaded layout " + dialog.FileName End If End Sub Private Sub btnSave_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnSave.Click Dim dialog As New SaveFileDialog() dialog.DefaultExt = "xml" If dialog.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then RadDock1.SaveToXml(dialog.FileName)

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lblStatus.Text = "Saved layout as " + dialog.FileName End If End Sub Private Sub btnLayout_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnLayout.Click ToolWindow1.Close() ToolWindow3.Close() ToolWindow4.Close() lblStatus.Text = "Layout changed" End Sub [C#] Loading and Saving Layout private void btnLoad_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { OpenFileDialog dialog = new OpenFileDialog(); dialog.DefaultExt = "xml"; if (dialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { radDock1.LoadFromXml(dialog.FileName); lblStatus.Text = "Loaded layout " + dialog.FileName; } } private void btnSave_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { SaveFileDialog dialog = new SaveFileDialog(); dialog.DefaultExt = "xml"; if (dialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { radDock1.SaveToXml(dialog.FileName); lblStatus.Text = "Saved layout as " + dialog.FileName; } } private void btnLayout_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { toolWindow1.Close(); toolWindow3.Close(); toolWindow4.Close(); lblStatus.Text = "Layout changed"; } Be aware that only the layout structure is persisted. If you want to save and load the content you will need to implement your own custom logic.

RadRotator
The first task working with RadRotator is to load the Items collection with any RadElement. You can alsoadd aRadHostItem that wraps some other standard Windows Forms control. After the items are loaded, call the RadRotator Start() method to begin animating between items and Stop() to end animation. You could instead set the Running property to True to begin animating. When the Running property is set to true or the Start() method is called, the StartRotation event fires. Using the arguments passed to StartRotation you can cancel animation before it begins. When the animation is ended, the StopRotation event is fired. While the StartRotation and StopRotation event bracket the entireanimation, BeginRotate and EndRotate events are fired just before and after a transition between rotator items. BeginRotate passes a

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BeginRotateEventArgs containing a From property with the index of the previous rotator item, a To property with the index of the upcoming rotator item that will display next, and a Cancel property that can be set to prevent the upcoming rotator item from displaying. The other significant properties of RadRotator are: LocationAnimation controls the direction of movement when an item is animated. A positive LocationAnimation.Width property value causes the transition between items to move left, and when negative to move right. A positive LocationAnimation.Height property value causes the transition between items to move up and when negative to move down. For example, a value of -1, -1 makes the image appear from the upper left and travel lower right. OpacityAnimation when true (the default), causes items to become more transparent as they move off screen, while the item moving onscreen to replace the previous item becomes opaque. The animation appears to smoothly blend from one item to the other. When false, new items move over the top of old items without the fading effect. CurrentIndex gets or sets the currently displayed rotator item. The following code example uses some stock images in the Properties.Settings of a project. A number of RadButtonElements are loaded as items and the animation begins. The status strip displays RadRotator events as they fire.

In the code below notice:

The LoadRotator()creates one of the RadElement types, set the Text, Image and other properties of the element and finally add the element to the RadRotator Items collection. In the form Load event handler we're setting the AnimationFrames to be 30 instead of the default 10 to make the animation smoother. We're setting the Interval to "3000" or three seconds. The LocationAnimation is set to -1, -1 so that the images animate down from the upper left to lower right.

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[VB] Loading and Configuring RadRotator Private Sub RadForm1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) ' slow, smoother animation than default 10 radRotator1.AnimationFrames = 30 ' three seconds between rotations radRotator1.Interval = 3000 ' animates moving almost straight forward radRotator1.LocationAnimation = New SizeF(-1, -1) LoadRotator() radRotator1.Start() End Sub Private Sub LoadRotator() Dim resourceSet As ResourceSet = Properties.Resources.ResourceManager.GetResourceSet (CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, True, True) Dim enumerator As IDictionaryEnumerator = resourceSet.GetEnumerator() ' for each image resources, retrieve the image name and object, ' create and populate the menu item, then add to the drop down ' button items collection While enumerator.MoveNext() ' the key will be the name of the image, minus extension, ' also remove underline Dim key As String = (DirectCast(enumerator.Key, String)).Replace("_"C, " "C) ' the value will be the image object Dim image As Image = New Bitmap(DirectCast(enumerator.Value, Image), new Size(400,400)) Dim element As New RadButtonElement() element.Image = image ' show image only element.DisplayStyle = DisplayStyle.Image element.Tag = key radRotator1.Items.Add(element) End While End Sub Private Sub radRotator1_BeginRotate(sender As Object, e As BeginRotateEventArgs) lblStatus.Text = [String].Format("Animating from item {0} to {1}", e.From, e.[To]) End Sub Private Sub radRotator1_EndRotate(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) lblStatus.Text = "End rotation" End Sub Private Sub radRotator1_StartRotation(sender As Object, e As CancelEventArgs) lblStatus.Text = "Started rotation" End Sub Private Sub radRotator1_StopRotation(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) lblStatus.Text = "Stopped rotation" End Sub [C#] Loading and Configuring RadRotator public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); // slow, smoother animation than default 10 radRotator1.AnimationFrames = 30; // three seconds between rotations radRotator1.Interval = 3000; // animates moving almost straight forward radRotator1.LocationAnimation = new SizeF(-1, -1);

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LoadRotator(); radRotator1.Start(); } private void LoadRotator() { ResourceSet resourceSet = Properties.Resources.ResourceManager.GetResourceSet( CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, true, true); IDictionaryEnumerator enumerator = resourceSet.GetEnumerator(); // for each image resources, retrieve the image name and object, // create and populate the menu item, then add to the drop down // button items collection while (enumerator.MoveNext()) { // the key will be the name of the image, minus extension, // also remove underline string key = ((string)enumerator.Key).Replace('_', ' '); // the value will be the image object Image image = new Bitmap((Image)enumerator.Value, new Size(400, 400)); RadButtonElement element = new RadButtonElement(); element.Image = image; // show image only element.DisplayStyle = DisplayStyle.Image; element.Tag = key; radRotator1.Items.Add(element); } } private void radRotator1_BeginRotate(object sender, BeginRotateEventArgs e) { lblStatus.Text = String.Format("Animating from item {0} to {1}", e.From, e.To); } private void radRotator1_EndRotate(object sender, EventArgs e) { lblStatus.Text = "End rotation"; } private void radRotator1_StartRotation(object sender, CancelEventArgs e) { lblStatus.Text = "Started rotation"; } private void radRotator1_StopRotation(object sender, EventArgs e) { lblStatus.Text = "Stopped rotation"; }

RadCarousel
RadCarousel is similar to the RadRotator in that the first job is to fill the Items collection with RadElements. This can be done at design time, programmatically and through data binding. Here's a simple example of adding some RadButtonElements.

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[VB] Adding Elements to the RadCarousel Items Collection Dim btnProducts As New RadButtonElement("Products") btnProducts.MinSize = New Size(75, 50) radCarousel1.Items.Add(btnProducts) Dim btnServices As New RadButtonElement("Services") btnServices.MinSize = New Size(75, 50) radCarousel1.Items.Add(btnServices) Dim btnTraining As New RadButtonElement("Training") btnTraining.MinSize = New Size(75, 50) radCarousel1.Items.Add(btnTraining) [C#] Adding Elements to the RadCarousel Items Collection RadButtonElement btnProducts = new RadButtonElement("Products"); btnProducts.MinSize = new Size(75, 50); radCarousel1.Items.Add(btnProducts); RadButtonElement btnServices = new RadButtonElement("Services"); btnServices.MinSize = new Size(75, 50); radCarousel1.Items.Add(btnServices); RadButtonElement btnTraining = new RadButtonElement("Training"); btnTraining.MinSize = new Size(75, 50); radCarousel1.Items.Add(btnTraining);

Adding Browser Pages

Browser pages can be added by making use of RadWebBrowserElement.

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Simply create an instance of RadWebBrowserElement, setits size and Url and add it to the Items collection of RadCarousel. [VB] Creating RadButtonElement with Web Browser Image Dim webBrowser1 As New RadWebBrowserElement() webBrowser1.MinSize = New System.Drawing.Size(200, 200) webBrowser1.WebBrowserItem.Url = New Uri("http://www.telerik.com") radCarousel1.Items.Add(webBrowser1) Dim webBrowser2 As New RadWebBrowserElement() webBrowser2.MinSize = New System.Drawing.Size(200, 200) webBrowser2.WebBrowserItem.Url = New Uri("http://www.telerik.com/products/winforms.aspx") radCarousel1.Items.Add(webBrowser2) Dim webBrowser3 As New RadWebBrowserElement() webBrowser3.MinSize = New System.Drawing.Size(200, 200) webBrowser3.WebBrowserItem.Url = New Uri("http://tv.telerik.com/") radCarousel1.Items.Add(webBrowser3) [C#] Creating RadButtonElement with Web Browser Image RadWebBrowserElement webBrowser1 = new RadWebBrowserElement(); webBrowser1.MinSize = new System.Drawing.Size(200, 200); webBrowser1.WebBrowserItem.Url = new Uri("http://www.telerik.com

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(http://www.telerik.com/)"); radCarousel1.Items.Add(webBrowser1); RadWebBrowserElement webBrowser2 = new RadWebBrowserElement(); webBrowser2.MinSize = new System.Drawing.Size(200, 200); webBrowser2.WebBrowserItem.Url = new Uri("http://www.telerik.com/products/winforms.aspx"); radCarousel1.Items.Add(webBrowser2); RadWebBrowserElement webBrowser3 = new RadWebBrowserElement(); webBrowser3.MinSize = new System.Drawing.Size(200, 200); webBrowser3.WebBrowserItem.Url = new Uri("http://tv.telerik.com (http://tv.telerik.com/)/"); radCarousel1.Items.Add(webBrowser3);

DataBinding
You can find the complete source for this project at: \<VB|CS>\RealEstate\RadCarouselProgramming Databinding takes an additional step compared to other RadControls that need a simple, one-column, set of data. You will need to handle the NewCarouselItemCreating event to add elements you want available later when the ItemDataBound event fires. In the form Load event you can hook up your DataSource. In this example we use an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) URL to retrieve an XML filewith columns for "title" and "link". The XmlTextReader object from the System.Xml namespace will read directly from an RSS URL.You can feed this reader to a DataSet using its ReadXml() method. Now you have a populated DataSet that can be assigned directly to the RadCarousel DataSource property except that we don't want to display every last record. Extract just a few rows into a generic List of DataRow and assign that list instead. [VB] Assigning the DataSource Private Sub RadForm1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) radCarousel1.VisibleItemCount = 5 Dim reader As New XmlTextReader("http://silverlight.net/blogs/MainFeed.aspx") Dim ds As New DataSet() ds.ReadXml(reader) ' get just the top three links Dim topRows As New List(Of DataRow)() Dim i As Integer = 0 While i < radCarousel1.VisibleItemCount topRows.Add(ds.Tables("item").Rows(i)) System.Math.Max(System.Threading.Interlocked.Increment(i),i - 1) End While radCarousel1.DataSource = topRows End Sub [C#] Assigning the DataSource private void RadForm1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { radCarousel1.VisibleItemCount = 5; XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader("http://silverlight.net/blogs/MainFeed.aspx"); DataSet ds = new DataSet(); ds.ReadXml(reader); // get just the top three links List<DataRow> topRows = new List<DataRow>(); for (int i = 0; i < radCarousel1.VisibleItemCount; i++) {

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topRows.Add(ds.Tables["item"].Rows[i]); } radCarousel1.DataSource = topRows; } In the NewCarouselItemCreating you can keep the code minimal and just create the element that you want in the carousel. In the ItemDataBound you can get the element back through the arguments e.DataBoundItemproperty and the actual DataRow used to populate the element by way of e.DataItem. Gotcha! If there are JavaScript errors in the page you're loading it may be hard to determine if there's a bug in your application vs. the web page that's being loaded. Even though there is a WebBrowser ScriptErrorsSuppressed property, it will not completely silence these errors. Be aware that you will still need to go to the Internet Explorer browser options and turn off debugging if there are JavaScript errors in the page. [VB] Handling the NewCarouselItemCreating and ItemDataBound Events Private Sub radCarousel1_NewCarouselItemCreating(sender As Object, e As NewCarouselItemCreatingEventArgs) e.NewCarouselItem = New RadButtonElement() End Sub Private Sub radCarousel1_ItemDataBound(sender As Object, e As ItemDataBoundEventArgs) If TypeOf e.DataBoundItem Is RadButtonElement Then ' get the button that was created in NewCarouselItemCreating Dim button As RadButtonElement = (TryCast(e.DataBoundItem, RadButtonElement)) ' retrieve the DataRow for this item Dim row As DataRow = TryCast(e.DataItem, DataRow) Dim url As String = row("link").ToString() Dim title As String = row("title").ToString() ' configure the button element button.Text = title button.DisplayStyle = DisplayStyle.Image button.AngleTransform = 15 button.Click += New EventHandler(button_Click) ' create the webbrowser component, size it to pick up ' as much of the page as possible. ' set the url and attach the button element as the tag for ' use in the DocumentCompleted event handler. Dim browser As New WebBrowser() browser.Width = 800 browser.Height = 600 browser.Url = New Uri(url) browser.ScrollBarsEnabled = False browser.Tag = button browser.DocumentCompleted += New WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventHandler (browser_DocumentCompleted) End If End Sub Private Sub browser_DocumentCompleted(sender As Object, e As WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs) ' browser that just completed rendering Dim browser As WebBrowser = TryCast(sender, WebBrowser) ' the element we want to add an image to

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Dim element As RadButtonElement = TryCast(browser.Tag, RadButtonElement) ' temporary bitmap to draw to Dim bitmap As New Bitmap(browser.Bounds.Width, browser.Bounds.Height) ' draw the browser image to the bitmap browser.DrawToBitmap(bitmap, browser.Bounds) ' scrunch the image down and place it in the element image element.Image = bitmap.GetThumbnailImage(150, 150, Nothing, New IntPtr()) End Sub Private Sub button_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) RadMessageBox.Show(TryCast(sender, RadButtonElement).Text) End Sub [C#] Handling the NewCarouselItemCreating and ItemDataBound Events private void radCarousel1_NewCarouselItemCreating(object sender, NewCarouselItemCreatingEventArgs e) { e.NewCarouselItem = new RadButtonElement(); } private void radCarousel1_ItemDataBound(object sender, ItemDataBoundEventArgs e) { if (e.DataBoundItem is RadButtonElement) { // get the button that was created in NewCarouselItemCreating RadButtonElement button = (e.DataBoundItem as RadButtonElement); // retrieve the DataRow for this item DataRow row = e.DataItem as DataRow; string url = row["link"].ToString(); string title = row["title"].ToString(); // configure the button element button.Text = title; button.DisplayStyle = DisplayStyle.Image; button.AngleTransform = 15; button.Click += new EventHandler(button_Click); // create the webbrowser component, size it to pick up // as much of the page as possible. // set the url and attach the button element as the tag for // use in the DocumentCompleted event handler. WebBrowser browser = new WebBrowser(); browser.Width = 800; browser.Height = 600; browser.Url = new Uri(url); browser.ScrollBarsEnabled = false; browser.Tag = button; browser.DocumentCompleted += new WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventHandler(browser_DocumentCompleted);

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} } void browser_DocumentCompleted(object sender, WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs e) { // browser that just completed rendering WebBrowser browser = sender as WebBrowser; // the element we want to add an image to RadButtonElement element = browser.Tag as RadButtonElement; // temporary bitmap to draw to Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(browser.Bounds.Width, browser.Bounds.Height); // draw the browser image to the bitmap browser.DrawToBitmap(bitmap, browser.Bounds); // scrunch the image down and place it in the element image element.Image = bitmap.GetThumbnailImage(150, 150, null, new IntPtr()); } void button_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { RadMessageBox.Show((sender as RadButtonElement).Text); }

Other Useful RadCarousel Properties Buttons

The buttons that trigger animation can be aligned to the Bottom, Left, Right or Top using the ButtonPositions property. To access the individual buttons and their visual sub-properties, use ButtonNext and ButtonPrevious.

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Carousel Path
You can cause the carousel to animate continually as a slideshow by setting the EnableLooping property to True. AutoLoopDirection can be Forward or Backward. When the user moves the mouse over the carousel, the carousel should pause briefly; AutoLoopPauseCondition controls pausing and can be set to None, OnMouseOverCarousel (default) or OnMouseOverItem. AutoLoopPauseInterval is the number of seconds before the carousel resumes looping. When EnableRelativePath is true, RadCarousel will recalculate and scale the path proportionally when the form is resized.

Item Interaction
ItemClickDefaultAction controls if the carousel animates when the user clicks an item. When set to SelectItem, clicking on a carousel item causes the item carousel to animate. When set to None, the items remain static in the carousel. ItemReflectionPercentage is the percentage amount of reflection displayed, relative to the size of the item. SelectedIndex is similar to the same property in a list box by indicating the ordinal position of the currently selected item.

16.6 Summary
In this chapter you learned some stylish and unique ways of organizing form space using RadDock to handle dockable windows and tabbed documents, RadCarousel to animate a series of clickable images and RadRotator to display constantly changing personalized content.

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17 Calendar

17.1 Objectives

Become familiar with RadCalendar extensive customization features. Work withselected days. Work with the "Special Days" collection to mark specific days or repeating events.

17.2 Introduction
RadCalendar is a lightweight yet highly advanced date input control for Windows Forms. Zoom, select multiple dates, view several months at once, use it as a date picker, or even add a Hebrew calendar to your forms.

Just about everything on the calendar can be customized to suit your purposes.

Title displays the selected date range and navigation buttons. The appearance of both title and the navigation buttons can be customized. Navigation Buttons allow you to move to the previous/next month or jump X number of months at a time. The Main Calendar Area rendersa single or multiple month "calendar view". This area includes all of the individual days and the row & column selectors. Row and Column Headers let your user select a whole row or column of dates at a time by clicking on the respective day or week button. Use the View Selector button to select all cells in the current month. If multiple months are being displayed at one time, there will be one view selector per month. The StatusBar footer area below the Main Calendar Area can be used for visual customization or for displaying additional information about the selected item. When the user clicks the Title, theFast Navigation Popup displays a window with the months and years surrounding the selected date (not visible on the screenshot)

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17.3 Getting Started

RadCalendar allows extensive modifications of appearance and behavior. In this "Getting Started" walk through you will configure the calendar todisplay row headers, a footer and to allow multiple selections. A button click will collect the selected dates and display them.

Preparing the Project

You can find the complete source for this project at: \Calendar\<VB|CS>\GettingStarted 1. Create a new Windows Forms application. 2. In the Solution Explorer, delete the default form. 3. Also in the Solution Explorer, right-click the project and select Add | New Item... from the context menu. 4. Select the "Telerik RadForm" template and click the Add button to close the dialog. 5. Add the AquaTheme from the ToolBox to the form. 6. In the Properties window, set the formSize property to "400,300", Text property to "Request Flights" and ThemeName to Aqua, and BackColor to 105,181,218. 7. Change the new RadForm1 to be the startup form.

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RadCalendar Setup
1. From the Toolbox, add a RadCalendar to the form. Size the calendar to allow a little room on the top and sides and enough room for a button to appear below it. Set RadCalendar Properties:

Anchor = "Top, Bottom, Left Right" ShowRowHeader = True ShowViewSelector = True AllowMultipleSelect = True AllowColumnHeaderSelectors = True AllowRowHeaderSelectors = True AllowViewSelector = True ShowFooter = True Add a RadButton below the calendar, name it "btnGetFlights" and set the Text to "Get Flights".

2. Double-click the button to create a Click event handler. Add the code below that iterates the SelectedDates collection of DateTime objects and builds a string to display in a RadMessageBox. [VB] Handling the Click Event Private Sub btnGetFlights_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Dim builder As New StringBuilder() For Each dateTime As DateTime In radCalendar1.SelectedDates builder.Append(dateTime.ToLongDateString()) builder.Append(Environment.NewLine) Next RadMessageBox.SetThemeName("Aqua") RadMessageBox.Show(builder.ToString(), "Look for flights on these days?", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, RadMessageIcon.Question) End Sub [C#] Handling the Click Event private void btnGetFlights_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(); foreach (DateTime dateTime in radCalendar1.SelectedDates) { builder.Append(dateTime.ToLongDateString()); builder.Append(Environment.NewLine); } RadMessageBox.SetThemeName("Aqua"); RadMessageBox.Show(builder.ToString(), "Look for flights on these days?", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, RadMessageIcon.Question); } 3. Run the application and verify that you can select multiple days,that you canselect the entire month usingthe view selector and that you can select rows and columns using the corresponding selectors. Try selecting the dates in a random order. Notice that the DateTime objects in SelectedDates are in the order they were selected.

17.4 Using the Design Time Interface

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Title and Navigation Properties
TitleFormat is a format string that controls the title caption at the top of the calendar. The property should contain either a format specifier character or a customformat pattern. For more information,search the MSDN for"System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo". By default this property uses formatting string of 'MMMM yyyy'. For example, if you change TitleFormat to "MMM yy" you will see a three character month and two digit year. TitleAlign moves the title caption Left, Right or Center.

Image, Text and ToolTip properties of navigation buttons found to the left and right of the title can be found in the Navigation Management group of properties.

Toggle the ability to use the navigation and fast navigation using the Navigation properties AllowNavigation and AllowFastNavigation.

In a separategroup of properties called Header Settings,youcontrol if the navigation buttons are even shown using ShowFastnavigationButtons and ShowFastnavigationButtons.

By default the navigation buttons move you forward and back one month at a time and the fast navigation buttons move you 3 months at a time. The FastNavigationStep step is the number of months that the fast navigation buttons move you at a time.

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Row, Column and View
By default the column headers display as the days of the week just below the title area.You can also display the row headers that display the week numbers of the year along the left side of the calendar day cells by toggling ShowRowheaders. The days of the week display if ShowColumnHeaders is true (the default). Set ShowViewSelector True to display the little "x" selector at the upper left of the calendar day cells.

To allow an entire row, column or all day cells for the view to be selected at one time, toggle the AllowRowHeaderSelectors, AllowColumnHeaderSelectors and AllowViewSelector behavior properties. If you want to set AllowRowHeaderSelectors, AllowColumnHeaderSelectors and AllowViewSelector to True, you must also set AllowMultipleSelect to be True.

Footer
The footer is located below the month day cells and is visible if the ShowFooter property is True. The footer shows a date and time that automatically updates, a Clear button that clears all selections in the current view and a Today button that selects the current date. Access footer buttons through the ClearButton and TodayButton objects, e.g. ClearButton.Text.

FocusedDate
The FocusedDate property determines the current view. For example, if you want to show the month of January 2000 when you first display the calendar, then set theFocusedDate to 1/1/2000.

Day Cell Layout

You can configure non-standard arrangements of days using the integer Columns and Rows properties to be other than the typical 7 days6 week rows configuration. Set the ShowOtherMonthDays property False to hide days that aren't part of the current month view.

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Orientation
Orientation by default is Horizontal, with the days progressing from left to right or right to left (see Globalization for more information). Orientation can also be Vertical to list the days from top to bottom or bottom to top.

Month Layout
Columns and rows and be displayed in a number of MonthLayout configurations.

Multiple Month Views

RadCalendar can be configured to show more than one month in the calendar area. Set the AllowMultipleView property to true, then set integer properties MultiViewColumns and MultiViewRows to the number of calendar month views you wish to have displayed. In multi-view mode, the position of the month view that contains the focused date is controlled by the CurrentViewRow and CurrentViewColumn properties. In this screenshot MultiViewColumns and MultiViewRows are both set to "3". CurrentViewRow and CurrentViewColumn are both set to "2", which puts the focus on the lower right hand month view.

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Limiting Date Selection

Use the RangeMinDate and RangeMaxDate properties to limit the upper and lower bounds of selectable dates.

17.5 Programming the Calendar

Selected Dates
You may have noticed both SelectedDate (DateTime) and SelectedDates (DateTime[]) RadCalendar properties. They are closely related. When the AllowMultipleSelect property is set to false, a mode that allows only a single date selection, SelectedDate and SelectedDates[0] have the same value and SelectedDates.Count equals 1. When AllowMultipleSelect is set to true, SelectedDate will still SelectedDates[0] have the same value, but the SelectedDates.Count may have more than one element. Here's an example where dates have been selected in the order "29", "28", "27" and are stored in SelectedDates in that order. Also notice that SelectedDate and SelectedDates[0] are the same.

[VB] Comparing the SelectedDate and SelectedDates Properties Dim builder As New StringBuilder() builder.Append("Selected Date: ") builder.Append(radCalendar1.SelectedDate.ToLongDateString())

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builder.Append(Environment.NewLine) builder.Append(Environment.NewLine) For Each dateTime As DateTime In radCalendar1.SelectedDates builder.Append(dateTime.ToLongDateString()) builder.Append(Environment.NewLine) Next RadMessageBox.Show(builder.ToString(), "SelectedDate vs SelectedDates", MessageBoxButtons.OK, RadMessageIcon.Info) [C#] Comparing the SelectedDate and SelectedDates Properties StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(); builder.Append("Selected Date: "); builder.Append(radCalendar1.SelectedDate.ToLongDateString()); builder.Append(Environment.NewLine); builder.Append(Environment.NewLine); foreach (DateTime dateTime in radCalendar1.SelectedDates) { builder.Append(dateTime.ToLongDateString()); builder.Append(Environment.NewLine); } RadMessageBox.Show(builder.ToString(), "SelectedDate vs SelectedDates", MessageBoxButtons.OK, RadMessageIcon.Info);

You can find the complete source for this project at: \<VB|CS>\Programming

Using the Special Days Collection

To customize RadCalendar for your businessor product you will want to customize particular days to show holidays, appointments or events. Populate the SpecialDays collection to highlight these days. SpecialDays is a collection of RadCalendarDay, not simply DateTime. Each RadCalendarDay has properties for Date, Image, if the day is Recurring and a TemplateItem property that can be used as a container for other controls. You can also query the IsToday and IsWeekend boolean properties. Here's an example that adds a "Blackout date" as a special day that shows a "no fly" icon for New Years day.

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You can passa DateTime to the RadCalendarDay in one of the constructor overloads to automatically assign the Date.The FocusedDate property assignment moves focus to the month of January. [VB] Adding a Special Day ' assign New Years as a special day Dim day As New RadCalendarDay(New DateTime(2010, 1, 1)) radCalendar1.SpecialDays.Add(day) radCalendar1.SpecialDays(0).Image = imageList1.Images("blackout.ico") radCalendar1.FocusedDate = day.[Date] [C#] Adding a Special Day // assign New Years as a special day RadCalendarDay day = new RadCalendarDay(new DateTime(2010, 1, 1)); radCalendar1.SpecialDays.Add(day); radCalendar1.SpecialDays[0].Image = imageList1.Images["blackout.ico"]; radCalendar1.FocusedDate = day.Date;

Templates
Assign a RadHostItem to the ItemTemplate if you want to include any Controls including standard Windows forms controls and RadControls. The example below creates a special day for New Years Eve day and assigns a standard CheckBox to the RadHostItem, then assigns the RadHostItem to the ItemTemplate property.

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[VB] Assigning a TemplateItem Dim checkbox As New CheckBox() checkbox.Text = "Blackout?" checkbox.Padding = New Padding(5) Dim hostItem As New RadHostItem(checkbox) Dim newYearsEveDay As New RadCalendarDay(New DateTime(2009, 12, 31)) radCalendar1.SpecialDays.Add(newYearsEveDay) newYearsEveDay.TemplateItem = hostItem radCalendar1.FocusedDate = newYearsEveDay.[Date] [C#] Assigning a TemplateItem CheckBox checkbox = new CheckBox(); checkbox.Text = "Blackout?"; checkbox.Padding = new Padding(5); RadHostItem hostItem = new RadHostItem(checkbox); RadCalendarDay newYearsEveDay = new RadCalendarDay(new DateTime(2009, 12, 31)); radCalendar1.SpecialDays.Add(newYearsEveDay); newYearsEveDay.TemplateItem = hostItem; radCalendar1.FocusedDate = newYearsEveDay.Date; You can find the complete source for this project at: \<VB|CS>\Programming

Recurring Days
A RadCalendarDay object can be configured as a repeating event. Set the Recurring property to:

DayInMonth: Only the day part of the date is taken into account. The event repeats every month on the same day. DayAndMonth: The month and the day part of the date are taken into account. The event repeats in a specific month on the same day. Week: The week day is taken into account. The event repeatson a specific day of the week. WeekAndMonth: The week day and the month are taken into account. The event repeats in a specific week day in a specific month. Today: Gives the ability to control the visual appearance of today's day. None: Default value - means that the day in question is a single point event, no recurrence.

[VB] Adding Recurring Dates Dim fridays As New RadCalendarDay(New DateTime(2010, 1, 8)) fridays.Recurring = RecurringEvents.Week radCalendar1.SpecialDays.Add(fridays) [C#] Adding Recurring Dates RadCalendarDay fridays = new RadCalendarDay(new DateTime(2010, 1, 8)); fridays.Recurring = RecurringEvents.Week; radCalendar1.SpecialDays.Add(fridays); You can find the complete source for this project at:

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Calendar Events
ElementRender
You can dial-in the appearance of each individual calendar cell element using the ElementRender event. ElementRender is fired after the generation of every calendar cell object and just before it gets rendered. It is the last place where changes to the already constructed calendar cells can be made. ElementRender argumentsinclude a Day(RadCalendarDay) and a visual Element that is about to be rendered. The example below determines if the Day is from the SpecialDays collection, then uses the properties of Element to paint a glossy gradient on the background, makes the ForeColor transparent (to hide the day number) and adds a tooltip.

[VB] Handling the ElementRender Event Private Sub radCalendar1_ElementRender(sender As Object, e As RenderElementEventArgs) Dim isSpecialDay As Boolean = radCalendar1.SpecialDays.Find(e.Day.[Date]).Length > 0 If isSpecialDay Then e.Element.BackColor = Color.FromArgb(105, 181, 218) e.Element.BackColor2 = Color.FromArgb(112, 145, 181) e.Element.BackColor3 = Color.Blue e.Element.NumberOfColors = 3 e.Element.GradientStyle = GradientStyles.OfficeGlassRect e.Element.GradientPercentage = 80 e.Element.ForeColor = Color.Transparent e.Element.ToolTipText = "Blackout date" End If End Sub [C#] Handling the ElementRender Event private void radCalendar1_ElementRender(object sender, RenderElementEventArgs e) { bool isSpecialDay = radCalendar1.SpecialDays.Find(e.Day.Date).Length > 0; if (isSpecialDay) { e.Element.BackColor = Color.FromArgb(105, 181, 218); e.Element.BackColor2 = Color.FromArgb(112, 145, 181); e.Element.BackColor3 = Color.Blue; e.Element.NumberOfColors = 3; e.Element.GradientStyle = GradientStyles.OfficeGlassRect; e.Element.GradientPercentage = 80; e.Element.ForeColor = Color.Transparent;

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e.Element.ToolTipText = "Blackout date"; } } If you havecell customzations that need to show when the calendar first loads, call the calendar InvalidateCalendar() method to explicitly rebuild. This call is appropriate whenever you have batch updates to calendar properties that occur outside the control.

SelectionChanging and SelectionChanged

SelectionChanging gives you the opportunity to prevent the user from selecting a day in the calendar. The event arguments Dates property is an array of DateTime showing the date selections up to that point. SelectionChanged fires after the selection has already occurred and doesn't offer the opportunity to cancel. [VB] Handling the SelectionChanging Event Private Sub radCalendar1_SelectionChanging(sender As Object, e As SelectionEventArgs) If e.Dates.Count = 3 Then e.Cancel = True RadMessageBox.Show("Select no more than three travel dates") End If End Sub [C#] Handling the SelectionChanging Event private void radCalendar1_SelectionChanging(object sender, SelectionEventArgs e) { if (e.Dates.Count == 3) { e.Cancel = true; RadMessageBox.Show("Select no more than three travel dates"); } }

ViewChanging and ViewChanged

ViewChanging fires when navigating to a different date range. [VB] Handling the ViewChanging Event Private Sub radCalendar1_ViewChanging(sender As Object, e As ViewChangingEventArgs) If e.View.ViewStartDate > radCalendar1.FocusedDate.AddDays(90) Then e.Cancel = True RadMessageBox.Show("You may not reserve flights more than 90 days in advance") End If End Sub [C#] Handling the ViewChanging Event private void radCalendar1_ViewChanging(object sender, ViewChangingEventArgs e) { if (e.View.ViewStartDate > radCalendar1.FocusedDate.AddDays(90)) { e.Cancel = true; RadMessageBox.Show("You may not reserve flights more than 90 days in advance"); } }

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You can find the complete source for this project at: \<VB|CS>\Programming

Visual Customization
Most aspects of the calendar UI are surfaced directly through properties. For example, the footer Clear and Today buttons can be changed at design time or in code simply by using the corresponding properties TodayButton and ClearButton:

[VB] Setting Footer Button Properties radCalendar1.TodayButton.Text = " Go to Today " radCalendar1.ClearButton.Text = " Erase " [C#] Setting Footer Button Properties radCalendar1.TodayButton.Text = " Go to Today "; radCalendar1.ClearButton.Text = " Erase "; What if you want to replace the footer with some custom information or elements? We can shut off both buttons and the updating clock information on the left of the footer and add a custom element in its place. Here we set the Visibility property of all three elements to Collapsed so they don't take up any space, then add a new RadButtonElement that expands to fill the entire footer.

[VB] Adding a Custom Element Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs) radCalendar1.ShowFooter = True radCalendar1.ClearButton.Visibility = ElementVisibility.Collapsed radCalendar1.TodayButton.Visibility = ElementVisibility.Collapsed ' get the footer layout panel Dim layoutPanel As DockLayoutPanel = TryCast(radCalendar1.CalendarElement.Children (0).Children(0).Children(0), DockLayoutPanel) ' get the updating date and time label and hide that too layoutPanel.Children(2).Visibility = ElementVisibility.Collapsed ' create a new custom element and add it Dim button As New RadButtonElement()

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button.Image = Properties.Resources.users.ToBitmap() button.Text = "Get Team Calendar" button.TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageBeforeText button.Padding = New Padding(5, 5, 0, 5) layoutPanel.Children.Add(button) End Sub [C#] Adding a Custom Element private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { radCalendar1.ShowFooter = true; radCalendar1.ClearButton.Visibility = ElementVisibility.Collapsed; radCalendar1.TodayButton.Visibility = ElementVisibility.Collapsed; // get the footer layout panel DockLayoutPanel layoutPanel = radCalendar1.CalendarElement.Children[0].Children[0].Children[0] as DockLayoutPanel; // get the updating date and time label and hide that too layoutPanel.Children[2].Visibility = ElementVisibility.Collapsed; // create a new custom element and add it RadButtonElement button = new RadButtonElement(); button.Image = Properties.Resources.users.ToBitmap(); button.Text = "Get Team Calendar"; button.TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageBeforeText; button.Padding = new Padding(5, 5, 0, 5); layoutPanel.Children.Add(button); } Perhaps you can find more creative ways to combine controls like this Rotator located in the footer of the calendar that announces Special Days. The calendar below has special days for February2 (Groundhog Day!), Feb 12 (Abe Lincolns Birthday) and Feb 14 (Don't forget the flowers...). The code to is much like the previous example except that a RadRotatorElement is added instead of a RadButtonElement, and we iterate the calendar SpecialDays collection, adding RadButtonElements to the rotation for each day.

[VB] Adding a Rotator Element to the Footer Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs) radCalendar1.ShowFooter = True radCalendar1.ClearButton.Visibility = ElementVisibility.Collapsed radCalendar1.TodayButton.Visibility = ElementVisibility.Collapsed ' get the footer layout panel Dim layoutPanel As DockLayoutPanel = TryCast(radCalendar1.CalendarElement.Children

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(0).Children(0).Children(0), DockLayoutPanel) ' get the updating date and time label and hide that too layoutPanel.Children(2).Visibility = ElementVisibility.Collapsed Dim rotator As New RadRotatorElement() For Each day As RadCalendarDay In radCalendar1.SpecialDays Dim button As New RadButtonElement() button.Text = day.ToolTip button.DisplayStyle = DisplayStyle.Text rotator.Items.Add(button) Next rotator.Interval = 4000 rotator.Running = True layoutPanel.Children.Add(rotator) End Sub [C#] Adding a Rotator Element to the Footer private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { radCalendar1.ShowFooter = true; radCalendar1.ClearButton.Visibility = ElementVisibility.Collapsed; radCalendar1.TodayButton.Visibility = ElementVisibility.Collapsed; // get the footer layout panel DockLayoutPanel layoutPanel = radCalendar1.CalendarElement.Children[0].Children[0].Children[0] as DockLayoutPanel; // get the updating date and time label and hide that too layoutPanel.Children[2].Visibility = ElementVisibility.Collapsed; RadRotatorElement rotator = new RadRotatorElement(); foreach (RadCalendarDay day in radCalendar1.SpecialDays) { RadButtonElement button = new RadButtonElement(); button.Text = day.ToolTip; button.DisplayStyle = DisplayStyle.Text; rotator.Items.Add(button); } rotator.Interval = 4000; rotator.Running = true; layoutPanel.Children.Add(rotator); } You can find the complete source for this project at: \<VB|CS>\Footer

Globalization
RadCalendar provides built in internationalization support to build world-ready applications. RadCalendar supports the System.Globalization namespace. System.Globalization consists of classes (CompareInfo, CultureInfo, RegionInfo, etc.) that contain culture-related information, such as the language, country/region, calendars in use, format patterns for dates, currency, and numbers, and the sort order for strings.

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You can find the complete source for this project at: \Calendar\<VB|CS>\Globalization Setting the Culture property automatically re-labels in the language and format of the culture. Culture is a System.Globalization namespace CultureInfo object that can be set to known culture codes. In the screenshot above the calendar is set to Bengali, a culture code of "bn-BD". You can do the same by creating a new CultureInfo object and passing any available culture code in the constructor or use the static CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo() to return a CultureInfo. [VB] Assigning the Culture radCalendar1.Culture = New CultureInfo("bn-BD") [C#] Assigning the Culture radCalendar1.Culture = new CultureInfo("bn-BD"); For languages that run right-to-left, simply assign the calendar RightToLeft property a value of Yes, No, or Inherit (inherits the direction of the parent control). [VB] Assigning the RightToLeft Property radCalendar1.RightToLeft = If(cbRightToLeft.Checked, RightToLeft.Yes, RightToLeft.No) [C#] Assigning the RightToLeft Property radCalendar1.RightToLeft = cbRightToLeft.Checked ? RightToLeft.Yes : RightToLeft.No;

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Assign a FirstDayOfWeek enumeration member a value of Monday..Sunday or Defaultto be handled by the System.Globalization.Calendar object. [VB] Assigning the FirstDayOfWeek radCalendar1.FirstDayOfWeek = FirstDayOfWeek.Monday [C#] Assigning the FirstDayOfWeek radCalendar1.FirstDayOfWeek = FirstDayOfWeek.Monday; The format for the day column headings is handled by the DayNameFormat property and corresponding enumeration: [VB] Assigning the DayNameFormat radCalendar1.DayNameFormat = DayNameFormat.[Short] [C#] Assigning the DayNameFormat radCalendar1.DayNameFormat = DayNameFormat.Short;

The other "format" properties that relate to globalization take formatting strings:

TitleFormat: The default value is "MMMM yyyy" shows the full month and year. DayCellFormat: The default value is "%d" prints the simple integer day of the month number in each cell. CellToolTipFormat: The default value is "dddd.MMMM dd, yyyy".

One other miscellaneous property is the DateRangeSeparator that appears between start and end months in a multi-view title. Thie property defaults to " - ". For an overview on globalization in general, see the MSDN article "Introduction to International

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Applications Based on the .NET Framework (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/t18274tk (vs.80).aspx)".

17.6 Summary
This chapter focused on using the extensive customization features of RadCalendar to completely tailor the calendar header, calendar footer, number of displayed months, the number of rows and columns, date ranges, selected and focused dates, the first day of the week as well as the title and navigation areas of the calendar. You learned how to work with the selected days in the calendar. The chapter also explained how to work with the "special days" collection to mark specific days or repeating events.

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18 Shortcuts

18.1 Objectives

Learn how to create shortcuts and global shortcuts Learn how to create shortcuts for RadControls Learn how to create shortcuts for menu items Explore theRadShortcut functionality

18.2 Introduction
Almost each application uses the so called Shortcuts a keyboard combination that triggers a specific action. For a valid shortcut is considered any keyboard combination where a Modifier Key (CTRL, ALT and SHIFT or a combination of these) is down and other key(s) is pressed. This semantic is available out-of-the-box in our framework and allows you to seamlessly plug any valid keys combination as an action accelerator. Supported are also the so called multi-keys shortcuts where the Keys member of each shortcut may be more than one key e.g. Ctrl + A, S is recognized by the framework. Shortcuts without modifier keys are also supported, but they should be used with caution, since they may be in conflict with other controls which intercept keyboard input. The following diagram illustrates the object model and class hierarchy that lie behind each RadShortcut:

The entire mechanism is controlled by several interfaces and classes which provide very easy and intuitive way to register different shortcuts.

RadKeyboardFilter: This class listens to all keyboard messages that come on the applications message queue and delegates them to each IKeyboardListener registered. RadShortcutManager: A concrete implementation of IKeyboardListener interface which is plugged into the RadKeyboardFilter instance. Stores a collection of IShortcutProvider instances, recognizes a valid shortcut combination, provided by any of the registered IShortcutProvider and calls the IShortcutProvider.OnShortcut(RadShortcut) callback of the matched provider. RadItem.Shortcuts: Each RadItem implements the IShortcutProvider interface and allows number of shortcuts to be associated with it. When a keyboard combination matches any of the items shortcuts, the

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items Click event is raised.

18.3 Creating Shortcuts

Creating shortcuts for RadMenuItems
You can find the complete source for this project at: \Shortcuts\<VB|CS>\MenuItemShortcuts The following application will demontrate how to assign shortcut to RadMenuItems: 1. Create a new Windows Forms application. 2. Drag RadMenu from the toolbox to the form. 3. Click the RadMenu that reads "Type here" and enter "New". This will automatically create a menu item object "radMenuItem1".

4. Click and the newly created item to open the dropdown menu and create a submenu item. By default, the text of the new item will be set to radMenuItem2. Change it to File from the Properties Window:

5. Double click both menu items to create their Click event handlers. 6. In both event handlers add code to show a message box when the item is clicked: [VB.NET] Handle RadMenuItem click event Private Sub RadMenuItem1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles RadMenuItem1.Click RadMessageBox.Show("New") End Sub Private Sub RadMenuItem2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles RadMenuItem2.Click RadMessageBox.Show("File") End Sub [C#] Handle RadMenuItem click event private void radMenuItem1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { RadMessageBox.Show("New");

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} private void radMenuItem2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { RadMessageBox.Show("File"); } 7. Now we just need to add the shortcuts to the desired items [VB.NET] Adding shortcuts Me.RadMenuItem1.Shortcuts.Add(New RadShortcut(Keys.Control, Keys.N)) Me.RadMenuItem2.Shortcuts.Add(New RadShortcut(Keys.Shift, Keys.F, Keys.K)) [C#] Adding shortcuts this.radMenuItem1.Shortcuts.Add(new RadShortcut(Keys.Control, Keys.N)); this.radMenuItem2.Shortcuts.Add(new RadShortcut(Keys.Shift, Keys.F, Keys.K) In the constructor of RadShortcut, you should first pass the key modifier as a parameter and then an array of the key mappings. 8. As a result, you will get this picture runtime. As you can see, the shortcuts are automatically displayed for the RadMenuItems:

Creating shortcuts for RadButtons

You can find the complete source for this project at: \Shortcuts\<VB|CS>\ButtonsShortcuts As stated in the Introduction article, RadShortcuts are assigned at RadItem level. That said, you can't assign a shortcut directly to a RadControl (RadButton for example). Instead, you should assign the shortcut to tMyShorthe main element of a RadControl. For example, considering our buttons, you can assign shortcuts to them as it is shown below: Example Title Me.RadButton1.ButtonElement.Shortcuts.Add(New RadShortcut(Keys.Control, Keys.B)) Me.RadRadioButton1.ButtonElement.Shortcuts.Add(New RadShortcut(Keys.Control, Keys.R)) Me.RadSplitButton1.DropDownButtonElement.Shortcuts.Add(New RadShortcut(Keys.Control, Keys.S)) Me.RadToggleButton1.ButtonElement.Shortcuts.Add(New RadShortcut(Keys.Control, Keys.T)) Example Title this.radButton1.ButtonElement.Shortcuts.Add(new RadShortcut(Keys.Control, Keys.B)); this.radRadioButton1.ButtonElement.Shortcuts.Add(new RadShortcut(Keys.Control, Keys.R));

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this.radSplitButton1.DropDownButtonElement.Shortcuts.Add(new RadShortcut(Keys.Control, Keys.S)); this.radToggleButton1.ButtonElement.Shortcuts.Add(new RadShortcut(Keys.Control, Keys.T));

18.4 Global Shortcuts

RadItem allows you to add shortcuts which will generate a Click event for that item, allowing you to perform specific action, associated with that item. This approach however has some requirements such as you need a RadItem instance and some restrictions such as each shortcut, registered with RadItem is processed only if the item resides on the currently active form within the Application. In order to create a custom shortcuts behavior, you may provide your own IShortcutProvider implementation and to handle its callback methods to provide completely customized shortcut support for your Application, including Global shortcuts that is a shortcut which is not bound to the currently active form. The following code snippet demonstrates how this can be done: You can find the complete source for this project at: \Shortcuts\<VB|CS>\GlobalShortcuts As stated in the Introduction article, RadShortcuts 1. Implement a custom IShortcutProvider [VB.NET] Implement IShortcutProvider Public Class MyShortcutProvider Implements IShortcutProvider Private shortcuts_Renamed As RadShortcutCollection Private registered As Boolean Public Sub New() Me.shortcuts_Renamed = New RadShortcutCollection(Me) End Sub Public Sub OnPartialShortcut(ByVal e As PartialShortcutEventArgs) Implements IShortcutProvider.OnPartialShortcut 'This callback is called when a key that partially matches a registered shortcut is pressed 'For example if we have CTRL + A, S pressing CTRL + A will execute this callback. 'You will need to set the PartialShortcutEventArgs.Handled to true if you want to wait for the complete keyboard combination e.Handled = True End Sub Public Sub OnShortcut(ByVal e As ShortcutEventArgs) Implements IShortcutProvider.OnShortcut 'A keyboard combination for a specific shortcut is pressed. MessageBox.Show("Shortcut [" & e.Shortcut.GetDisplayText() & "] is executed.") 'Mark the event arguments as "Handled" so that this shortcut is no further processed. e.Handled = True End Sub Public Sub OnShortcutsChanged() Implements IShortcutProvider.OnShortcutsChanged

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'Called by the Shortcuts collection when a shortcut is either added or removed from the collection 'This is used for optimization purposes - e.g. is we do not have shortcuts registered, 'we do not need to be registered with RadShortcutManager If Me.shortcuts_Renamed.Count > 0 Then If (Not Me.registered) Then RadShortcutManager.Instance.AddShortcutProvider(Me) Me.registered = True End If Else If Me.registered Then RadShortcutManager.Instance.RemoveShortcutProvider(Me) Me.registered = False End If End If End Sub Public ReadOnly Property Shortcuts() As RadShortcutCollection Implements IShortcutProvider.Shortcuts Get Return Me.shortcuts_Renamed End Get End Property End Class [C#] Implement IShortcutProvider public class MyShortcutProvider : IShortcutProvider { private RadShortcutCollection shortcuts; private bool registered; public MyShortcutProvider() { this.shortcuts = new RadShortcutCollection(this); } #region IShortcutProvider Members public void OnPartialShortcut(PartialShortcutEventArgs e) { //This callback is called when a key that partially matches a registered shortcut is pressed //For example if we have CTRL + A, S pressing CTRL + A will execute this callback. //You will need to set the PartialShortcutEventArgs.Handled to true if you want to wait for the complete keyboard combination e.Handled = true; } public void OnShortcut(ShortcutEventArgs e) { //A keyboard combination for a specific shortcut is pressed. MessageBox.Show("Shortcut [" + e.Shortcut.GetDisplayText() + "] is executed."); //Mark the event arguments as "Handled" so that this shortcut is no further

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processed. e.Handled = true; } public void OnShortcutsChanged() { //Called by the Shortcuts collection when a shortcut is either added or removed from the collection //This is used for optimization purposes - e.g. is we do not have shortcuts registered, //we do not need to be registered with RadShortcutManager if (this.shortcuts.Count > 0) { if (!this.registered) { RadShortcutManager.Instance.AddShortcutProvider(this); this.registered = true; } } else { if (this.registered) { RadShortcutManager.Instance.RemoveShortcutProvider(this); this.registered = false; } } } public RadShortcutCollection Shortcuts { get { return this.shortcuts; } } #endregion } 2. And here is how we utilize the custom shortcut provider: [VB.NET] Add global shortcut MyShortcutProvider provider; public Form2() { InitializeComponent(); provider = new MyShortcutProvider(); provider.Shortcuts.Add(new RadShortcut(Keys.Control, Keys.A, Keys.S)); } [C#] Add global shortcut

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MyShortcutProvider provider; public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); provider = new MyShortcutProvider(); provider.Shortcuts.Add(new RadShortcut(Keys.Control, Keys.A, Keys.S)); } The shortcut providers that implement IShortcutProvider interface are registered as WeakReferences. So, if you declare the MyShortcutProvider variable in the scope of the constructor or in another method (for example Form_Load) the Garbage collection may collect the shortcut provider reference at a certain moment. To prevent this from happening, you need to declare the MyShortcutProvider variable globally.

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19 Scheduler

19.1 Objectives

Learn how to bind data to the scheduler. Learn how to add, remove and iterate appointments. Learn how to work with resources. Learn how to modify the view (i.e. week, day, month) and manipulate appointment status. Learn how to drag and drop appointments into the scheduler.

19.2 Introduction
RadScheduler is a highly-customizable appointment presentation component that offers rich Outlook-style functionality. The product delivers swift performance, simplified deployment and limitless customization capabilities and is suitable for use in large-scale enterprise applications. The structure of the RadScheduler control varies slightly, depending on the View. The RadScheduler structure below has the same elements for day and week type views.

In the left border of the scheduler is the Ruler area. The current time is marked within the ruler by the Current Time Thumb. The top of the scheduler is the Header and displays dates that appointments can be created in. Below the Headerare the All Day Appointments that have no specific duration in hours. Underneath the All Day Appointments is the Appointment Area that contains any number of Appointments.

In addition, Navigation Elements let the user jump forward or backwards to the nearest appointment.

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The month view of the schedulersimply has a Header, Month Cells for every day in the month andzero or more Appointment Cellsin each month cell.

Recurrence Appointments canrecurdaily, weekly, monthly and yearly. The user can set the interval using the "Recurrence" button in the "Edit Appointment" dialog. Here they can set the appointment duration, the frequency appointments should occur and the range that occurrences should fall within. These settings can also be configured programmatically.

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Appointments can be configured programmatically to recur every minute or hour. Binding Data RadScheduler's DataSource property lets you bind to objects that inherit the base abstract SchedulerDataSource class. The SchedulerBindingDataSource implementation of SchedulerdataSource binds traditional data stores like lists of business objects and database tables. You can find the SchedulerBindingDataSource component in the Toolbox. To have the data source make any sense to the SchedulerBindingDataSource you also need to definemappings that link the expected information to columns in a database table or business object. There are two mapping objects that need to be loaded up and assigned, the AppointmentMappingInfo and ResourceMappingInfo. AppointmentMappingInfo has a series of string properties that point to all appointment related data such as start date/time, end date/time, a description, etc. The ResourcesMappingInfo object has a Name and Image. Here's a dataset design view for the SchedulerData.mdf database file that ships with RadControls for Winforms. You can see all the fields that can be defined forappointments and resources. Also noticea "join table" named"TransientAppointmentsResources" thatassigns a particular resourceto an appointment. Notice that while the database structure allows for multiple resources, the built-in scheduler dialog only allows a single resource to be selected at a time.

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The foreign key relationship between "TransientAppointmentsResources" and the "Appointments" table will also be definedin theAppointmentMappingInfo object.

You can find SchedulerData.mdb (Access) and SchedulerData.mdf (MS SQL database file)in the installation directory under \Examples\QuickStart\DataSources. Here's some example code that demonstrates loading the AppointmentMappingInfo fields with column names in a database table. The Resources property is assigned the name of the foreign key that joins the Appointments and the "join table' that sits between the appointments and resources table. The ResourceID property is assigned to the column in the "join table" of a unique resource identifier. RadScheduler works from a provider model so thatin the future, custom appointment and resource providers

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can be plugged in to replace the built-in providers. The AppointmentMappingInfo is assigned to the Mapping property of the schedulers datasource event provider. Review the code below to see how this is done whenbinding to a database tables. [VB] Mapping Appointment Data Dim appointmentMappingInfo As New AppointmentMappingInfo() appointmentMappingInfo.Start = "Start" appointmentMappingInfo.[End] = "End" appointmentMappingInfo.Summary = "Summary" appointmentMappingInfo.Description = "Description" appointmentMappingInfo.Location = "Location" appointmentMappingInfo.BackgroundId = "BackgroundID" appointmentMappingInfo.StatusId = "StatusID" appointmentMappingInfo.RecurrenceRule = "RecurrenceRule" appointmentMappingInfo.Resources = "FK_TransientAppointmentsResources_Appointments" appointmentMappingInfo.ResourceId = "ResourceID" schedulerBindingDataSource1.EventProvider.Mapping = appointmentMappingInfo [C#] Mapping Appointment Data AppointmentMappingInfo appointmentMappingInfo = new AppointmentMappingInfo(); appointmentMappingInfo.Start = "Start"; appointmentMappingInfo.End = "End"; appointmentMappingInfo.Summary = "Summary"; appointmentMappingInfo.Description = "Description"; appointmentMappingInfo.Location = "Location"; appointmentMappingInfo.BackgroundId = "BackgroundID"; appointmentMappingInfo.StatusId = "StatusID"; appointmentMappingInfo.RecurrenceRule = "RecurrenceRule"; appointmentMappingInfo.Resources = "FK_TransientAppointmentsResources_Appointments"; appointmentMappingInfo.ResourceId = "ResourceID"; schedulerBindingDataSource1.EventProvider.Mapping = appointmentMappingInfo; The resource mapping has fewer columns and doesn't need any information about joining to the appointments table. [VB] Mapping Resource Data Dim resourceMappingInfo As New ResourceMappingInfo() resourceMappingInfo.Id = "ID" resourceMappingInfo.Name = "Name" schedulerBindingDataSource1.ResourceProvider.Mapping = resourceMappingInfo [C#] Mapping Resource Data ResourceMappingInfo resourceMappingInfo = new ResourceMappingInfo(); resourceMappingInfo.Id = "ID"; resourceMappingInfo.Name = "Name"; schedulerBindingDataSource1.ResourceProvider.Mapping = resourceMappingInfo;

19.3 Getting Started

This walkthrough will show a minimal RadScheduler setup where we will bind to the supplied SchedulerData.mdf that ships with RadControls for WinForms. We will map the the necessary database table columns and also add a little code to persist scheduling changes made by the user to the database.

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Scheduler Without Binding

You can find the complete source for this project at: \Scheduler\<VB|CS>\GettingStarted 1. Create a new Windows Forms application. 2. In the Solution Explorer, delete the default form. 3. Also in the Solution Explorer, right-click the project and select Add | New Item... from the context menu. 4. Select the "Telerik RadForm" template and click the Add button to close the dialog. 5. In the Properties window, set the formSize property to "500,400". 6. Add a RadStatusStrip to the form. Add a RadLabelElement to the status strip. Set the Name property to "lblStatus" and the Text to "". 7. Add a RadCommandBar to the form. Add a CommandBarButton to the new row.Set the button element

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Name to "btnUpdate" and Text to "Update". 8. Change the new RadForm1 to be the startup form. 9. From the Toolbox, add a RadScheduler to the form and set the Dock property to "Fill". 10. Press Ctrl-F5 to run the application. Experiment with the scheduler functionality. Double-Click a scheduler cell and add an appointment. Notice the effect of the "Background" and "Show time as" entry fields. At this point the scheduler is un-bound so changes will not persist.

Binding the Scheduler

1. Add a SchedulerBindingDataSource from the Toolbox to the form. 2. In the Properties window, open the EventProvider property. Drop down the DataSource sub-property list and select Add Project DataSource... This step will display the Data Source Configuration Wizard dialog.

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3. In the "Choose a Data Source Type" page of the wizard, select the Database type and click the Next button to continue. 4. In the "Choose a Data Connection" page of the wizard, add a connection to the SchedulerData.mdf file supplied with RadControls for WinForms distribution.

Click the New Connection... button to display the Add Connection dialog. Click the Change button and select the Access Database File option. Set the Database File Name to the Schedulerdata.mdb file located in the RadControls for Winforms installation directory under \Examples\QuickStart\DataSources. Click OK to close the Add Connecction dialog.

5. Back in the "Choose a Data Connection" page of the wizard, click the Next button to continue. 6. A dialog will popup to ask where the file should be located. Choose No to leave the file located in the \Examples\QuickStart\DataSources directory. 7. In the "Save the Connection String in the Application Configuration File" click the Next button to continue. 8. In the "Choose Your Database Objects" page of the wizard, select the "Tables" checkbox to automatically select the Appointments, Resources and AppointmentsResources tables. 9. Click Finish to complete the wizard and close the dialog. This step will create a DataSet component and add it to the component tray below the form designer.

10. Click the "SchedulerDataDataSet" Smart Tag and select Edit in Dataset Designer. Add a relation between the Appointments and AppointmentsResources tables and name it "Appointments_AppointmentsResources". Make the "Key Columns" entry be "ID" from the Appointments tableand set "Foreign Key Columns" from the AppointmentsResources tableto "AppointmentID".

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11. Build the project. This step will create several useful adapter components we can use to fill the dataset.

12. From these new components, add the AppointmentsTableAdapter 13. Add the code below for the form's Load event handler to fillthe table in the dataset. [VB] Filling the DataSet appointmentsTableAdapter1.Fill(schedulerDataDataSet.Appointments) resourcesTableAdapter1.Fill(schedulerDataDataSet.Resources) appointmentsResourcesTableAdapter1.Fill(schedulerDataDataSet.AppointmentsResources) [C#] Filling the DataSet appointmentsTableAdapter1.Fill(schedulerDataDataSet.Appointments);

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resourcesTableAdapter1.Fill(schedulerDataDataSet.Resources); appointmentsResourcesTableAdapter1.Fill( schedulerDataDataSet.AppointmentsResources); 14. Add code to the end of the Load event handler that configures the Appointment provider. The code will map the Appointment columns, the relationship between the appointment and resources tables and assign the EventProvider DataSource. [VB] Configure the Appointment Provider ' create and assign appointment mapping Dim appointmentMappingInfo As New AppointmentMappingInfo() appointmentMappingInfo.Start = "Start" appointmentMappingInfo.[End] = "End" appointmentMappingInfo.Summary = "Summary" appointmentMappingInfo.Description = "Description" appointmentMappingInfo.Location = "Location" appointmentMappingInfo.BackgroundId = "BackgroundID" appointmentMappingInfo.StatusId = "StatusID" appointmentMappingInfo.RecurrenceRule = "RecurrenceRule" appointmentMappingInfo.Resources = "Appointments_AppointmentsResources" appointmentMappingInfo.ResourceId = "ResourceID" schedulerBindingDataSource1.EventProvider.Mapping = appointmentMappingInfo schedulerBindingDataSource1.EventProvider.DataSource = schedulerDataDataSet.Appointments [C#] Configure the Appointment Provider // create and assign appointment mapping AppointmentMappingInfo appointmentMappingInfo = new AppointmentMappingInfo(); appointmentMappingInfo.Start = "Start"; appointmentMappingInfo.End = "End"; appointmentMappingInfo.Summary = "Summary"; appointmentMappingInfo.Description = "Description"; appointmentMappingInfo.Location = "Location"; appointmentMappingInfo.BackgroundId = "BackgroundID"; appointmentMappingInfo.StatusId = "StatusID"; appointmentMappingInfo.RecurrenceRule = "RecurrenceRule"; appointmentMappingInfo.Resources = "Appointments_AppointmentsResources"; appointmentMappingInfo.ResourceId = "ResourceID"; schedulerBindingDataSource1.EventProvider.Mapping = appointmentMappingInfo; schedulerBindingDataSource1.EventProvider.DataSource = schedulerDataDataSet.Appointments; 15. Configure the resources provider mapping: [VB] Configure the Resources Provider ' create and assign resource mapping Dim resourceMappingInfo As New ResourceMappingInfo() resourceMappingInfo.Id = "ID" resourceMappingInfo.Name = "ResourceName" schedulerBindingDataSource1.ResourceProvider.Mapping = resourceMappingInfo schedulerBindingDataSource1.ResourceProvider.DataSource = schedulerDataDataSet.Resources [C#] Configure the Resources Provider // create and assign resource mapping ResourceMappingInfo resourceMappingInfo = new ResourceMappingInfo(); resourceMappingInfo.Id = "ID"; resourceMappingInfo.Name = "ResourceName"; schedulerBindingDataSource1.ResourceProvider.Mapping = resourceMappingInfo; schedulerBindingDataSource1.ResourceProvider.DataSource = schedulerDataDataSet.Resources;

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16. Finally, assign the configured SchedulerBindingDataSource to the RadScheduler's DataSource property. [VB] Assigning the RadScheduler DataSource ' assign mapped binding data source radScheduler1.DataSource = schedulerBindingDataSource1 [C#] Assigning the RadScheduler DataSource // assign mapped binding data source radScheduler1.DataSource = schedulerBindingDataSource1;

Updating the Database

1. The preceding takes care of binding the data, but we need to update the dataset to persist the data all the way back to the database. Add code to the Click event handler for the "Update" button in the tool strip. [VB] Update the Dataset Private Sub btnUpdate_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) ' save scheduler changes appointmentsTableAdapter1.Update(schedulerDataDataSet.Appointments) appointmentsResourcesTableAdapter1.Update(schedulerDataDataSet.AppointmentsResources) lblStatus.Text = "Updated scheduler at " + DateTime.Now.ToString() End Sub [C#] Update the Dataset private void btnUpdate_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { // save scheduler changes appointmentsTableAdapter1.Update(schedulerDataDataSet.Appointments); appointmentsResourcesTableAdapter1.Update(schedulerDataDataSet.AppointmentsResources); lblStatus.Text = "Updated scheduler at " + DateTime.Now.ToString(); } 2. Run the application.Add some appointments, then click theUpdate button. Re-run the application to verify the appointments are persisted in the database.

19.4 Using the Design Time Interface

The most important property aside from those dealing with data binding is ActiveViewType which can be Day, MultiDay,TimeLline, Week, WorkWeek or Month. Like RadCalendar, the FocusedDate is a DateTime that determines the visible day, week or month currently displayed in the scheduler. Here are some of the other helpful properties that can be set at design time:

AccessibleInterval is a the duration of time that the user is allowed to use.

The active view cannot be changed if the new view is not in the accessible interval.

AppointmentTitleFormat is fed to a String.Format() call and supplies parameters for Start, End, Subject and Location in that order. So for example you could assign a string with a format like this:

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Starts: {0} Ends: {1} Subject: {2} Location: {3}

AllowAppointmentMove and AllowAppointmentResize control if the user can drag or resize an appointment at runtime. To toggle visibility ofappointment status, all day appointment statusand navigation elements use the ShowAppointmentStatus, ShowAllDayAppointmentStatus andShowNavigationElements properties.

19.5 Programming the Scheduler

Working with Appointments
Use one of many overloads to build a new Appointment instance. The example below creates an appointment that starts "Now", extends for one half hour and has summary and descriptions. You can use the StatusId and BackgroundId appointment properties to provide visual feedback in the left edge and background of each appointment. [VB] Add a new appointment Dim appointment As New Appointment(DateTime.Now, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(30), "Summary", "Description") appointment.StatusId = CType(AppointmentStatus.Busy, Int32) appointment.BackgroundId = CType(AppointmentBackground.NeedsPreparation, Int32) radScheduler1.Appointments.Add(appointment) [C#] Add a new appointment Appointment appointment = new Appointment(DateTime.Now, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(30), "Summary", "Description"); appointment.StatusId = (int)AppointmentStatus.Busy; appointment.BackgroundId = (int)AppointmentBackground.NeedsPreparation; radScheduler1.Appointments.Add(appointment);

Working with Views

The scheduler displays dates and times using a "view" that can be"Day", "MultiDay", "Week", "WorkWeek" or "Month". The difference between a day view and a multi-day view is that while the day view is constrained to showing a single sequence of consecutive days (for example 7th through 10th, or 10th thru 12th, or just the 15th), the multi-day view can display all of the above sequences at once. At any one time the scheduler displays a viewusing adescendent of the SchedulerView class:SchedulerDayView, SchedulerWeekView, SchedulerTimelineViewand SchedulerMonthView. Each view has special properties particular to the view. Use the RadScheduler GetDayView(), GetWeekView(), GetTimelineView()and GetMonthView() methods to get the respective views. Here's an example that retrieves the day view and sets the ruler to start at the second hour and stop at the fifth hour:

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[VB] Using the GetDayView() Method Dim dayView As SchedulerDayView = radScheduler1.GetDayView() dayView.RulerStartScale = 2 dayView.RulerEndScale = 5 [C#] Using the GetDayView() Method SchedulerDayView dayView = radScheduler1.GetDayView(); dayView.RulerStartScale = 2; dayView.RulerEndScale = 5; After running the code, the day view for the scheduler looks like this screenshot:

Changebetween views by changing the ActiveViewType property to one of the SchedulerViewType enumeration members. [VB] Assigning the ActiveViewType radScheduler1.ActiveViewType = SchedulerViewType.Day [C#] Assigning the ActiveViewType radScheduler1.ActiveViewType = SchedulerViewType.Day; Retrieve the view that is currently being displayed by using the ActiveView property, cast it to be the ActiveViewType [VB] Using the ActiveView Property radScheduler1.ActiveViewType = SchedulerViewType.Month (TryCast(radScheduler1.ActiveView, SchedulerMonthView)).WeekCount = 2 [C#] Using the ActiveView Property radScheduler1.ActiveViewType = SchedulerViewType.Month; (radScheduler1.ActiveView as SchedulerMonthView).WeekCount = 2;

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Detect changes to the view by handling the ActiveViewChanging and ActiveViewChanged events. As always, the "Changing" event arguments provide the ability to cancel the view change,but also the "old" and "new" views before and after the view changes transpires: [VB] Handling the ActiveViewChanging Event Private Sub radScheduler1_ActiveViewChanging(sender As Object, e As SchedulerViewChangingEventArgs) lblStatus.Text = [String].Format("Old: {0} New: {1}", e.OldView.ViewType.ToString(), e.NewView.ViewType.ToString()) End Sub [C#] Handling the ActiveViewChanging Event private void radScheduler1_ActiveViewChanging(object sender, SchedulerViewChangingEventArgs e) { lblStatus.Text = String.Format("Old: {0} New: {1}", e.OldView.ViewType.ToString(), e.NewView.ViewType.ToString()); } In this walkthrough you will dynamically change the view, change some of theview specific properties and handle theActiveViewChanging event.

Project Setup
You can find the complete source for this project at: \Scheduler\<VB|CS>\Views 1. Create a new Windows Forms application. 2. In the Solution Explorer, delete the default form. 3. Also in the Solution Explorer, right-click the project and select Add | New Item... from the context menu. 4. Select the "Telerik RadForm" template and click the Add button to close the dialog. 5. Add the DesertTheme from the ToolBox to the form. 6. In the Properties window, set the formThemeName to Desert. 7. Add a RadStatusStrip to the form. Set the ThemeName to Desert. Add a RadLabelElement to the status strip. Set the Name property to "lblStatus" and the Text to "". 8. Add a RadCommandBar to the form.Add elements to the command bar strip:

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Using thecontext menu, add a CommandBarDropDownList to the new row.Set the Name to "ddActiveViewType" and Text to "". Using thecontext menu, add a CommandBarDropDownList to the new row.Set the Name to "ddRange" and Text to "". Using thecontext menu, add a CommandBarDropDownList to the new row.Set the Name to "ddCount" and Text to "".

9. Change the new RadForm1 to be the startup form. 10. From the Toolbox, add a RadScheduler to the form and set the Dock property to "Fill" and the ThemeName to Desert. 11. Add code to the form load that will add values to the combo boxes in the tool strip for SchedulerViewType and ScaleRange enumerations. Also, add a simple range of integers to the "count" combo box. [VB] Handling the Load Event Private Sub RadForm1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load For Each viewType As SchedulerViewType In System.Enum.GetValues(GetType(SchedulerViewType)) Dim item As RadListDataItem = New RadListDataItem() item.Text = viewType.ToString() item.Value = viewType ddActiveViewType.Items.Add(item) Next viewType For Each range As ScaleRange In System.Enum.GetValues(GetType(ScaleRange)) Dim item As RadListDataItem = New RadListDataItem() item.Text = range.ToString() item.Value = range ddRange.Items.Add(item) Next range For i As Integer = 1 To 9 Dim item As RadListDataItem = New RadListDataItem() item.Text = i.ToString() item.Value = i ddCount.Items.Add(item) Next i End Sub [C#] Handling the Load Event private void RadForm1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { foreach (SchedulerViewType viewType in Enum.GetValues(typeof(SchedulerViewType))) { RadListDataItem item = new RadListDataItem(); item.Text = viewType.ToString(); item.Value = viewType; ddActiveViewType.Items.Add(item); } foreach (ScaleRange range in Enum.GetValues(typeof(ScaleRange))) { RadListDataItem item = new RadListDataItem(); item.Text = range.ToString(); item.Value = range; ddRange.Items.Add(item); }

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for (int i = 1; i < 10; i++) { RadListDataItem item = new RadListDataItem(); item.Text = i.ToString(); item.Value = i; ddCount.Items.Add(item); } } 12. Next add a SelectedIndexChanged event handler for the cbActiveViewType combo box: [VB] Set the Current ActiveViewType Private Sub ddActiveViewType_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs) Handles ddActiveViewType.SelectedIndexChanged Dim dropDownList As RadDropDownListElement = TryCast(sender, RadDropDownListElement) radScheduler1.ActiveViewType = CType(dropDownList.SelectedValue, SchedulerViewType) End Sub [C#] Set the Current ActiveViewType private void ddActiveViewType_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs e) { RadDropDownListElement dropDownList = sender as RadDropDownListElement; radScheduler1.ActiveViewType = (SchedulerViewType)(dropDownList.SelectedValue); } 13. Add another SelectedIndexChanged event handler for the cbRange combo box element: [VB] Set the RangeFactor Private Sub ddRange_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs) Handles ddRange.SelectedIndexChanged Dim dropDownList As RadDropDownListElement = TryCast(sender, RadDropDownListElement) Dim range As ScaleRange = CType(dropDownList.SelectedValue, ScaleRange) ' set the appropriate range factor based on the type of view Select Case radScheduler1.ActiveViewType Case SchedulerViewType.Day TryCast(radScheduler1.ActiveView, SchedulerDayView).RangeFactor = range Case SchedulerViewType.MultiDay TryCast(radScheduler1.ActiveView, SchedulerMultiDayView).RangeFactor = range Case SchedulerViewType.Week, SchedulerViewType.WorkWeek TryCast(radScheduler1.ActiveView, SchedulerWeekView).RangeFactor = range End Select End Sub [C#] Set the RangeFactor private void ddRange_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs e) { RadDropDownListElement dropDownList = sender as RadDropDownListElement; ScaleRange range = (ScaleRange)(dropDownList.SelectedValue); // set the appropriate range factor based on the type of view switch (radScheduler1.ActiveViewType) { case SchedulerViewType.Day: (radScheduler1.ActiveView as SchedulerDayView).RangeFactor = range;

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break; case SchedulerViewType.MultiDay: (radScheduler1.ActiveView as SchedulerMultiDayView).RangeFactor = range; break; case SchedulerViewType.Week: case SchedulerViewType.WorkWeek: (radScheduler1.ActiveView as SchedulerWeekView).RangeFactor = range; break; } } 14. Add another SelectedIndexChanged event handler for the cbCount combo box element: [VB] Setting the DayCount or WeekCount Private Sub ddCount_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs) Handles ddCount.SelectedIndexChanged Dim dropDownList As RadDropDownListElement = TryCast(sender, RadDropDownListElement) Dim count As Integer = CInt(Fix(dropDownList.SelectedValue)) ' set the Day or WeekCount based on the current view Select Case radScheduler1.ActiveViewType Case SchedulerViewType.Day TryCast(radScheduler1.ActiveView, SchedulerDayView).DayCount = count Case SchedulerViewType.MultiDay TryCast(radScheduler1.ActiveView, SchedulerMultiDayView).DayCount = count Case SchedulerViewType.Month TryCast(radScheduler1.ActiveView, SchedulerMonthView).WeekCount = count End Select End Sub [C#] Setting the DayCount or WeekCount private void ddCount_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs e) { RadDropDownListElement dropDownList = sender as RadDropDownListElement; int count = (int)dropDownList.SelectedValue; // set the Day or WeekCount based on the current view switch (radScheduler1.ActiveViewType) { case SchedulerViewType.Day: (radScheduler1.ActiveView as SchedulerDayView).DayCount = count; break; case SchedulerViewType.MultiDay: (radScheduler1.ActiveView as SchedulerMultiDayView).DayCount = count; break; case SchedulerViewType.Month: (radScheduler1.ActiveView as SchedulerMonthView).WeekCount = count; break; } } 15. Handle the RadScheduler ActiveViewChanging event. Use theSchedulerViewChangingEventArgs OldView and NewView to display in the status label. [VB] Handling the ActiveViewChanging Event Private Sub radScheduler1_ActiveViewChanging(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As SchedulerViewChangingEventArgs) Handles radScheduler1.ActiveViewChanging

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lblStatus.Text = String.Format("Old: {0} New: {1}", e.OldView.ViewType.ToString(), e.NewView.ViewType.ToString()) End Sub [C#] Handling the ActiveViewChanging Event private void radScheduler1_ActiveViewChanging(object sender, SchedulerViewChangingEventArgs e) { lblStatus.Text = String.Format("Old: {0} New: {1}", e.OldView.ViewType.ToString(), e.NewView.ViewType.ToString()); } 16. Run the application and test the various combinations of settings.

Using Resources
Add resources by using the Resources collection Add() method and passing a new Resource instance. Pass a unique ID and adescription in the constructor. [VB]Adding Resources Private Sub LoadResources() Dim descriptions As String() = {"Conference Room 112", "Conference Room 113", "Meeting Hall A2"} Dim count As Integer = 1 For Each description As String In descriptions radScheduler1.Resources.Add(New Resource(System.Math.Max

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(System.Threading.Interlocked.Increment(count),count - 1), description)) Next End Sub [C#] Adding Resources private void LoadResources() { string[] descriptions = { "Conference Room 112", "Conference Room 113", "Meeting Hall A2" }; int count = 1; foreach (string description in descriptions) { radScheduler1.Resources.Add(new Resource(count++, description)); } }

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Binding to Business Objects
What if your scheduling data originates from somewhere other than an easily accessible database? An API that accesses a legacy system or an email based system are two examples that might fit this description. RadScheduler allows binding to objects of any arbitrary structure. Binding to objects follows the same basic pattern as binding to database tables. You must assign a collection of objects to an instance of SchedulerBindingDataSource. You also need to define mappings so that the appointment data expected in the scheduler (Start, End, Subject, etc.) is satisfied by specific properties in the bound objects. The code below is an example appointment. Keep in mind that the particular construction of the MyAppointment class and the names of its properties are arbitrary. The mappings willdecide where properties are used.Notice that the object implements the INotifyPropertyChanged interface. Without this interface implementation the populated appointment object data will not show up in the scheduler. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Scheduler\<VB|CS>\BusinessObjects [VB] The Sample Appointment Class Imports System Imports System.ComponentModel Namespace BusinessObjects Public Class MyAppointment Implements INotifyPropertyChanged Private start As DateTime = DateTime.Now Private [end] As DateTime = DateTime.Now Private subject As String = String.Empty Private description As String = String.Empty Private location As String = String.Empty Private id As Guid = Guid.NewGuid() Public Sub New() End Sub Public Sub New(start As DateTime, [end] As DateTime, subject As String, description As String, location As String) Me.start = start Me.[end] = [end] Me.subject = subject Me.description = description Me.location = location End Sub Public Property Id() As Guid Get Return Me.id End Get Set If Me.id <> value Then Me.id = value Me.OnPropertyChanged("Id") End If End Set End Property Public Property Start() As DateTime Get

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Return Me.start End Get Set If Me.start <> value Then Me.start = value Me.OnPropertyChanged("Start") End If End Set End Property Public Property [End]() As DateTime Get Return Me.[end] End Get Set If Me.[end] <> value Then Me.[end] = value Me.OnPropertyChanged("End") End If End Set End Property Public Property Subject() As String Get Return Me.subject End Get Set If Me.subject <> value Then Me.subject = value Me.OnPropertyChanged("Subject") End If End Set End Property Public Property Description() As String Get Return Me.description End Get Set If Me.description <> value Then Me.description = value Me.OnPropertyChanged("Description") End If End Set End Property Public Property Location() As String Get Return Me.location End Get Set If Me.location <> value Then Me.location = value Me.OnPropertyChanged("Location") End If End Set End Property #region INotifyPropertyChanged Members Public Event PropertyChanged As PropertyChangedEventHandler

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Protected Overridable Sub OnPropertyChanged(propertyName As String) If Me.PropertyChanged <> Nothing Then Me.PropertyChanged(Me, New PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName)) End If End Sub #End Region End Class End Namespace [C#] The Sample Appointment Class using System; using System.ComponentModel; namespace BusinessObjects { public class MyAppointment : INotifyPropertyChanged { private DateTime start = DateTime.Now; private DateTime end = DateTime.Now; private string subject = string.Empty; private string description = string.Empty; private string location = string.Empty; private Guid id = Guid.NewGuid(); public MyAppointment() { } public MyAppointment(DateTime start, DateTime end, string subject, string description, string location) { this.start = start; this.end = end; this.subject = subject; this.description = description; this.location = location; } public Guid Id { get { return this.id; } set { if (this.id != value) { this.id = value; this.OnPropertyChanged("Id"); } } } public DateTime Start { get { return this.start; }

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set { if (this.start != value) { this.start = value; this.OnPropertyChanged("Start"); } } } public DateTime End { get { return this.end; } set { if (this.end != value) { this.end = value; this.OnPropertyChanged("End"); } } } public string Subject { get { return this.subject; } set { if (this.subject != value) { this.subject = value; this.OnPropertyChanged("Subject"); } } } public string Description { get { return this.description; } set { if (this.description != value) { this.description = value; this.OnPropertyChanged("Description"); } } } public string Location

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{ get { return this.location; } set { if (this.location != value) { this.location = value; this.OnPropertyChanged("Location"); } } } #region INotifyPropertyChanged Members public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged; protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName) { if (this.PropertyChanged != null) { this.PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName)); } } #endregion } } To use your custom object, create MyAppointment instances and place them in a generic list before mapping and binding to the SchedulerBindingDataSource component. [VB] Binding to a List of Business Objects Private Sub RadForm1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) ' create a list of MyAppointment objects Dim appointments As New BindingList(Of MyAppointment)() Dim i As Integer = 0 While i < 10 ' add every other appointment, populate with sample data If (i Mod 2) = 0 Then Dim appointmentNumber As Integer = i + 1 Dim myAppointment As New MyAppointment(DateTime.Now.AddHours(appointmentNumber), DateTime.Now.AddHours(appointmentNumber + 2), "Appointment " + appointmentNumber.ToString(), "Description for Appointment " + appointmentNumber.ToString(), "Conference room " + appointmentNumber.ToString()) appointments.Add(myAppointment) End If System.Math.Max(System.Threading.Interlocked.Increment(i),i - 1) End While ' create and configure a scheduler binding source Dim dataSource As New SchedulerBindingDataSource() ' map the MyAppointment properties to the scheduler Dim appointmentMappingInfo As New AppointmentMappingInfo() appointmentMappingInfo.Start = "Start" appointmentMappingInfo.[End] = "End" appointmentMappingInfo.Summary = "Subject" appointmentMappingInfo.Description = "Description" appointmentMappingInfo.Location = "Location"

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appointmentMappingInfo.UniqueId = "Id" dataSource.EventProvider.Mapping = appointmentMappingInfo ' assign the generic List of MyAppointment as the EventProvider data source dataSource.EventProvider.DataSource = appointments Me.radScheduler1.DataSource = dataSource End Sub [C#] Binding to a List of Business Objects private void RadForm1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { // create a list of MyAppointment objects BindingList<MyAppointment> appointments = new BindingList<MyAppointment>(); for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { // add every other appointment, populate with sample data if ((i % 2) == 0) { int appointmentNumber = i + 1; MyAppointment myAppointment = new MyAppointment( DateTime.Now.AddHours(appointmentNumber), DateTime.Now.AddHours(appointmentNumber + 2), "Appointment " + appointmentNumber.ToString(), "Description for Appointment " + appointmentNumber.ToString(), "Conference room " + appointmentNumber.ToString()); appointments.Add(myAppointment); } } // create and configure a scheduler binding source SchedulerBindingDataSource dataSource = new SchedulerBindingDataSource(); // map the MyAppointment properties to the scheduler AppointmentMappingInfo appointmentMappingInfo = new AppointmentMappingInfo(); appointmentMappingInfo.Start = "Start"; appointmentMappingInfo.End = "End"; appointmentMappingInfo.Summary = "Subject"; appointmentMappingInfo.Description = "Description"; appointmentMappingInfo.Location = "Location"; appointmentMappingInfo.UniqueId = "Id"; dataSource.EventProvider.Mapping = appointmentMappingInfo; // assign the generic List of MyAppointment as the EventProvider data source dataSource.EventProvider.DataSource = appointments; this.radScheduler1.DataSource = dataSource; } When the application is run,a series of MyAppointment objects show up in the scheduler.

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Recurring Appointments
Create specialized RecurrenceRule descendants to implement recurrence for specific intervals:

MinutelyRecurrenceRule HourlyRecurrenceRule DailyRecurrenceRule WeeklyRecurrenceRule MonthlyRecurrenceRule YearlyRecurrenceRule

One of several constructor overloads lets you set the start time, duration and number of occurences. Then the rule can be assigned to the appointments RecurrenceRule property. The snippet below defines a rule thatstarts "now" and recurs every two hoursand stops after thetenth occurrence. [VB] Adding a RecurrenceRule radScheduler1.Appointments(0).RecurrenceRule = New HourlyRecurrenceRule(DateTime.Now, 2, 10) [C#] Adding a RecurrenceRule radScheduler1.Appointments[0].RecurrenceRule = new HourlyRecurrenceRule(DateTime.Now, 2, 10); The Appointment Occurrences property lets you iterate a list of IEvent instances. To get only some occurrences between specific starting and stopping times, use the Appointment GetOccurrences() method. [VB] Iterating Occurrences ' iterate all appointment occurrances '... For Each ev As IEvent In recurringAppointment.Occurrences Next ' iterate only occurrances after 10am

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Dim occurrencesAfter10AM As IEnumerable(Of IEvent) = recurringAppointment.GetOccurrences(New DateTime(2008, 10, 1, 10, 0, 0), DateTime.Now) '... For Each ev As IEvent In occurrencesAfter10AM Next [C#] Iterating Occurrences // iterate all appointment occurrances foreach (IEvent ev in recurringAppointment.Occurrences) { //... } // iterate only occurrances after 10am IEnumerable<IEvent> occurrencesAfter10AM = recurringAppointment.GetOccurrences( new DateTime(2011, 10, 1, 10, 0, 0), DateTime.Now); foreach (IEvent ev in occurrencesAfter10AM) { //... } When the user changes a specific occurrence and not the entire series, an "Exception" is created. "Exceptions" in this context refer to "Exceptions to a rule", not the .NET Exception class related to error handling. You can create exceptions programmatically by adding to the IEvent MasterEvent.Exceptions collection. The snippet below changes the background and status of an IEvent instance and adds the IEvent to its own MasterEvent Exceptions collection. [VB] Adding Rule Exceptions myEvent.BackgroundId = DirectCast(AppointmentBackground.Important, Integer) myEvent.StatusId = DirectCast(AppointmentStatus.Tentative, Integer) myEvent.MasterEvent.Exceptions.Add(myEvent) [C#] Adding Rule Exceptions myEvent.BackgroundId = (int)AppointmentBackground.Important; myEvent.StatusId = (int)AppointmentStatus.Tentative; myEvent.MasterEvent.Exceptions.Add(myEvent);

Recurrence Rule Walkthrough

This example will createa single appointment, then define a recurrence rule that occurs every two hours for ten occurrences. In the example you will change the background and status for a subset of appointments that occur after 10AM. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Scheduler\<VB|CS>\Recurring

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1. In a new application, add a RadScheduler and two RadListControls to the form. Place the RadScheduler on the left half of the form and the two RadListControls on the right half of the form, one above the other. Name the first list box "lcAll" and the second "lcAfter10". 2. Add the code below to the form's Load Event handler: [VB] Adding and Traversing Appointment Recurrences Private Sub RadForm1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Dim startDate As New DateTime(2008, 10, 1, 3, 30, 0) ' Create a sample appointment that starts at 10/1/2008 3:30 AM and lasts half an hour. Dim recurringAppointment As New Appointment(startDate, TimeSpan.FromHours(1), "Appointment Subject") ' Create a recurrence rule to repeat the appointment every 2 hours for 10 occurrences. Dim rrule As New HourlyRecurrenceRule(recurringAppointment.Start, 2, 10) 'Assign the hourly recurrence rule to the appointment recurringAppointment.RecurrenceRule = rrule radScheduler1.Appointments.Add(recurringAppointment) ' iterate all appointment occurrances For Each ev As IEvent In recurringAppointment.Occurrences lbAll.Items.Add(New RadListBoxItem(ev.Start.ToShortTimeString() + " - " + ev. [End].ToShortTimeString())) Next ' iterate only occurrances after 10am Dim occurrencesAfter10AM As IEnumerable(Of IEvent) = recurringAppointment.GetOccurrences (New DateTime(2008, 10, 1, 10, 0, 0), DateTime.Now) For Each ev As IEvent In occurrencesAfter10AM lbAfter10.Items.Add(New RadListBoxItem(ev.Start.ToShortTimeString() + " - " + ev. [End].ToShortTimeString())) ' set the background id to "Important" and make this occurence an "Exception" ev.BackgroundId = DirectCast(AppointmentBackground.Important, Integer) ev.StatusId = DirectCast(AppointmentStatus.Tentative, Integer)

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ev.MasterEvent.Exceptions.Add(ev) Next radScheduler1.FocusedDate = startDate End Sub [C#] Adding and Traversing Appointment Recurrences private void RadForm1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { DateTime startDate = new DateTime(2008, 10, 1, 3, 30, 0); // Create a sample appointment that starts at 10/1/2008 3:30 AM and lasts half an hour. Appointment recurringAppointment = new Appointment(startDate, TimeSpan.FromHours(1.0), "Appointment Subject"); // Create a recurrence rule to repeat the appointment every 2 hours for 10 occurrences. HourlyRecurrenceRule rrule = new HourlyRecurrenceRule(recurringAppointment.Start, 2, 10); //Assign the hourly recurrence rule to the appointment recurringAppointment.RecurrenceRule = rrule; radScheduler1.Appointments.Add(recurringAppointment); // iterate all appointment occurrances foreach (IEvent ev in recurringAppointment.Occurrences) { lbAll.Items.Add( new RadListBoxItem(ev.Start.ToShortTimeString() + " - " + ev.End.ToShortTimeString())); } // iterate only occurrances after 10am IEnumerable<IEvent> occurrencesAfter10AM = recurringAppointment.GetOccurrences( new DateTime(2008, 10, 1, 10, 0, 0), DateTime.Now); foreach (IEvent ev in occurrencesAfter10AM) { lbAfter10.Items.Add( new RadListBoxItem(ev.Start.ToShortTimeString() + " - " + ev.End.ToShortTimeString())); // set the background id to "Important" and make this occurence an "Exception" ev.BackgroundId = (int)AppointmentBackground.Important; ev.StatusId = (int)AppointmentStatus.Tentative; ev.MasterEvent.Exceptions.Add(ev); } radScheduler1.FocusedDate = startDate; } 3. Run the application. Notice that the background and status for appointments after 10am are changed to reflect changes made to members of the collection returned by GetOccurrences().

Drag And Drop

Dragging appointment subjectsfrom a RadListBox uses similar techniques as explained in the list boxes chapter.Here we'll talk about the portionthat differs, i.e. when the item is dropped we will need to find thescheduler cell. Once you have the scheduler cell you can get the date and create an appointment for it. In this example we also make the appointment recur for three days.

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You can find the complete source for this project at: \Scheduler\<VB|CS>\DragAndDrop The first part that differs is the RadScheduler DragDrop event handler. Here you need to get the location of the mouse and convert it to a point that the scheduler can use to get the cell element underneath the mouse. This MonthCellElement is passed to a private method GetCellAppointment() that we will write next. [VB] Drop to the Month Cell Element Private Sub radScheduler1_DragDrop(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DragEventArgs) Handles radScheduler1.DragDrop Dim scheduler As RadScheduler = TryCast(sender, RadScheduler) ' get mouse location on the screen Dim mouseLocation As System.Drawing.Point = New System.Drawing.Point(e.X, e.Y) ' convert to location on the sceduler Dim schedulerLocation As System.Drawing.Point = scheduler.SchedulerElement.PointFromScreen (mouseLocation) ' get the cell element for the location Dim element As RadElement = scheduler.ElementTree.GetElementAtPoint(schedulerLocation) ' cast cell element to MonthCellElement and create an appointment for cell date If (Not element Is Nothing) AndAlso (TypeOf element Is MonthCellElement) Then Dim monthCellElement As MonthCellElement = TryCast(element, MonthCellElement) Dim appointment As Appointment = GetCellAppointment(monthCellElement) scheduler.Appointments.Add(appointment) End If ' finished drop, clear temporary variables _dragRectangle = Rectangle.Empty _currentItem = Nothing

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End Sub [C#] Drop to the Month Cell Element private void radScheduler1_DragDrop(object sender, DragEventArgs e) { RadScheduler scheduler = sender as RadScheduler; // get mouse location on the screen Point mouseLocation = new Point(e.X, e.Y); // convert to location on the sceduler Point schedulerLocation = scheduler.SchedulerElement.PointFromScreen(mouseLocation); // get the cell element for the location RadElement element = scheduler.ElementTree.GetElementAtPoint(schedulerLocation); // cast cell element to MonthCellElement and create an appointment for cell date if ((element != null) && (element is MonthCellElement)) { MonthCellElement monthCellElement = element as MonthCellElement; Appointment appointment = GetCellAppointment(monthCellElement); scheduler.Appointments.Add(appointment); } // finished drop, clear temporary variables _dragRectangle = Rectangle.Empty; _currentItem = null; } The helper method GetCellAppointment() takes a MonthCellElement and creates an appointment using the MonthCellElement Date. The appointment gets its Summary property content from the dragged RadListBox item. The method also assigns a DailyRecurrenceRule that runs for three, eight hour days. Private Function GetCellAppointment(ByVal monthCellElement As MonthCellElement) As Appointment Dim appointment As Appointment = New Appointment() ' start at 9:00AM on the drop target cell date appointment.Start = monthCellElement.Date.AddHours(9) ' class is 8 hours long appointment.Duration = TimeSpan.FromHours(8) ' copy the listbox item itext as the summary appointment.Summary = _currentItem.Text ' fill other misc properties appointment.Location = "Telerik Training Center" appointment.BackgroundId = AppointmentBackground.Important appointment.StatusId = AppointmentStatus.Busy ' the class will run for three, eight hour days appointment.RecurrenceRule = New DailyRecurrenceRule(appointment.Start, 1, 3) Return appointment End Function [C#] Creating an Appointment for the MonthCellElement private Appointment GetCellAppointment(MonthCellElement monthCellElement) { Appointment appointment = new Appointment(); // start at 9:00AM on the drop target cell date

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appointment.Start = monthCellElement.Date.AddHours(9); // class is 8 hours long appointment.Duration = TimeSpan.FromHours(8); // copy the list control item itext as the summary appointment.Summary = _currentItem.Text; // fill other misc properties appointment.Location = "Telerik Training Center"; appointment.BackgroundId = (int)AppointmentBackground.Important; appointment.StatusId = (int)AppointmentStatus.Busy; // the class will run for three, eight hour days appointment.RecurrenceRule = new DailyRecurrenceRule(appointment.Start, 1, 3); return appointment; }

19.6 Summary
This chapter explored RadScheduler capabilities: how to bind data to the scheduler, add, remove and iterate appointments, work with resources, modify the view (i.e. week, day, month) and manipulate appointment status. The chapter also demonstrated how to drag and drop appointments into the scheduler.

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20 Chart

20.1 Objectives

Become familiar with RadChart by building a simple chart with static items and another basic chart using bound data. Take a tour of the basic elements of each RadChart and the available types of charts. Learn how designer interface tools help organize RadChart capabilities. Learn about some of the latest RadChart features. Create chart series and chart series items programmatically. Learn the specifics of data binding in RadChart.

20.2 Introduction
RadChart is a powerful business data presentation tool that can show your data off with striking impact. RadChart comes with many customizable chart types and skins to tailor the behavior and look of each chart. You can choose fine-tune control over all aspects of your chart or use the automatic layout, automatic text wrapping and intelligent labeling functions to handle the details. At design time you get quick access to critical properties with the Smart Tag, convenient groups of important properties in the RadChart wizard, or control all RadChart settings from the Properties Window. The focus of this chapter will be in organizing the many capabilities and properties of this rich control so that you can get maximum use out of it from the outset.

20.3 Getting Started

Create a Chart with Static Data
In this walk-through you will get up and running with a working RadChart application. You will create a chart populated with static data and modify several properties that affect chart appearance. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Chart\<VB|CS>\GettingStarted1

Prepare the Project

1. Create a new Windows Forms application. 2. On the default form, place a RadChart control.

Populate Chart Data

1. Open the RadChart Smart Tag. From the Smart Tag "Data" section, click the ellipses for the Chart Series Collection. 2. Click "Series 1" in the members list on the left, then locate the Name property in the property window. 3. Change the Name property to "Sales" and the DefaultLabelValue to "#ITEM". Name will be the series name that shows up in the legend. DefaultLabelValue will display the name of each item in the series instead of the item value. 4. Locate the Items property in the property window.

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5. Click the ellipses button of the Items property to open the ChartSeriesItem Collection Editor. 6. Click the Add button to add a new Item. 7. In the property window for the new item, change the Name property to "Beverages". 8. Change the YValue property to "10000".

9. Repeat the Add Item steps to add 3 new items. Replace the properties for the three new items as follows:

Label: Produce, YValue: 7500 Label: Poultry, YValue: 9000

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Label: Grains, YValue: 11200

10. Click OK to close the ChartSeriesItem Collection Editor. 11. Click "Series 2" in the ChartSeries Collection Editor. 12. Click the Remove button to remove Series 2. 13. Click the OK button to close the ChartSeries Collection Editor. 14. The chart will display the new data using the default formatting.

Format the Chart Using the SmartTag

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2. Change the Layout section Width to "500px" and Height to "400px". 3. In the Appearance section, change the Title Text entry to "Category Sales" and the Skin to "Wood".

4. In the Properties window, set the AutoLayout property to "true". Notice that the AutoLayout feature of RadChart makes the best use of the form real-estate andexpands the chart content as much as possible. 5. Press Ctl-F5 to run the application. The chart title "Category Sales" should appear at the top of the chart.

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Create a Chart with Bound Data
In this walk-through you willcreate a chart that consumes bound data. We willdisplay the top ten product sales by category in a horizontal bar chart. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Chart\<VB|CS>\GettingStarted2

Prepare the Project

1. Create a new Windows Forms application. 2. From the Toolbox drag a RadChart component to the default form.

Configure the RadChart Using the Wizard

1. Configure the data source:

From the Smart Tagopen theChoose Data Source drop down and select Add Project Data Source... from the list. In the "Choose a Data Source Type" page of the wizard, select the Database icon, then click the Next button to continue. In the "Choose your data connection" page of the wizard, click the New Connection... button. This step will bring up the Add Connection dialog. In the Add Connection dialog, the Data Source entry should read "Microsoft Access Database File (OLE DB)" (see screenshot below). If it is not, click the Change... button and select "Microsoft Access Database File (OLE DB)" from the list. Also in the Add Connection dialog, click the Browse... button, navigate to the RadControls for Winforms installation and locate the \Examples\QickStart\DataSources directory. Open the "Nwind.mdb" file. Click OK to close the Add Connection dialog.

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Back at the "Choose Your Data Connection" page of the wizard, click the Next button to continue. You will receive a dialog popup with message "The connection you selected is a local file...". Click Yes to close the dialog and copy the data file locally. In the Choose Your Database Objects page, open the treeview "Views" node, locate the "Sales by Category" view and check the "CategoryName", "ProductName" and "ProductSales" columns. Click the Finish button to close the dialog. This last step will create a DataSet, TableAdapter and BindingSource and place them in the components tray.

2. Customize the data source query statement:

Locate the "sales_by_CategoryTableAdapter" component in the component tray. Open the Smart Tag and select Edit Queries in DataSet Designer... Locate the "Fill, GetData()" element of the "Sales by CategoryTableAdapter", right-click and select Configure... from the drop down menu. This step will display the TableAdapter Configuration Wizard dialog.

In the TableAdapter Configuration Wizard "Enter a SQL Statement" page, enter the SQL below, then click Finish toclose the dialog.This query groups the sales figure by category and provides total sales for each group. [SQL] Retrieve sales by category data SELECT CategoryName, SUM(ProductSales) AS ProductSales FROM [Sales by Category] GROUP BY CategoryName ORDER BY SUM(ProductSales) DESC

3. From the Smart Tagselect theChart Wizard link from the Setting section.

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4. In the Type tab of the wizard, select the Horizontal orientation and the Bar chart type.

5. In the Data tab of the wizard set the Y values drop down list to "ProductSales" and the X-Axis to "CategoryName". In a horizontal bar chart, the X-Axis will list the category names from top to bottom on the left hand side of the chart.

6. On the Skin tab of the wizard, select the DeepGreen skin.

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7. In the Labels, Legend & Title tab, set the Series Labels to "ProductSales" from the drop down list,deselect the Legend Visible check box. Set the Title Text to "Sales by Category"

8. In the Axis tab of the wizard, select the "Y Axis" from the drop down list. Then set the Rotation to "40". This will spin the labels clockwise 40 degrees so that they will not overlap.

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9. Click the OK button to close the wizard. 10. In the Properties window set the RadCalendar AutoLayout property to "true". 11. Press Ctl-F5 to run the application. Notice that the labels on the X-axis are arranged from top to bottom on the left hand side in this horizontal layout. If the layout were vertical, the labels would be listed along the bottom.Also notice that the labels at the bottom of the chart are spun 40 degrees clockwise to prevent overlap.

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RadChart Basics
Charts are composed of a hierarchy of elements. Many of the elements are common across all chart types. Take a look at the figure below to see some of the main chart elements, particularly the Plot Area, Chart Series, Chart Series ItemsandAxis.

Chart Background
The background of the chart is the outermost rectangle that encloses all other elements of the chart. It stretches for the whole width and length of the output image of the chart.

Title, Legend and Labeling

These three chart elements let you apply meaningful labels to the chart, the data and to groupings of the data. The actual property you would be looking at for title is ChartTitle. The legend property isLegend. For axis labeling you look for the axis properties within the PlotArea property:PlotArea.XAxis.AxisLabel,

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PlotArea.YAxis.AxisLabel and PlotArea.YAxis2.AxisLabel. We will spend a little extra time on common sub-properties of the title, legend and label properties because they show up in many aspects of the chart.

Appearance: This is an extensive property, also found attached to other properties throughout the chart. The exact makeup of Appearance changes depending on the context you find it in. Appearance lets you customize all the visual aspects of the chart element you're working with, such as layout, dimensioning, positioning, fill, background images, font colors and borders. The appearance properties for the ChartTitle are shown below. Here we're setting the RotationAngle to -20.

You can see the effect where the title is rotated 20 degrees to the left:

Marker: Controls a small graphic for whatever area is being described, e.g. title, legend, etc. By default the marker is not visible. Notice that the Marker property has it's own Appearanceproperty nested within.In the example below we've set the Figure property to "Star3" and the Visible property to true.

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These property settings place a small rightward-pointing graphic to the left of the title.

TextBlock: lets you fine-tune the appearance of the text, the visibility of the text and the text string itself. In the example below we add a border set to the AliceBlue color.

The TextBlock.Appearance.Border property setting was applied to the ChartTitle to get this appearance:

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Axis
X and Y axes are included in all chart types except the Pie chart. Typically the YAxis displays values and the XAxis displays categories. For example, the YAxis might show "items sold" or "revenue", while the XAxis might show "Months" or "Products". The second Y axis lets you scale data on two criteria at once.

Plot Area
The plot area is the working rectangular area between X and Y axes where data is displayed. This property isa major jumping off point for configuring the axis of the chart.

The size of the plot depends on the chart background size and the chart margins, which define the distance between the border of the plot area and the border of the chart background.

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The PlotArea DataTable displays a spreadsheet style table of the data in the chart, typically just below the chart itself. You can see in this screenshot that the data for both series is displayed in the table at the bottom of the chart.

The PlotArea EmptySeriesMessage is a predefined message that displays in the PlotArea when there is no series data defined for the chart. MarkedZones are areas in the background of the chart that can be defined, labeled and filled. MarkedZones are used to highlight or group areas on the chart and by default display behind the chart series. You can create any number of members for the MarkedZones collection and each marked zone is defined by starting and ending X and Y value pairs. There are two marked zones displayed in the screenshot below that delineate extreme high and low temperatures.

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Chart Series
Series contains a set of data points to be drawn on the chart. This set of points contains related data. Each series can be represented by a chart type. Pie charts use only a single series. For other chart types there is no limitation to the number of series or items within each series. The screenshot below shows two series named "Internet" and "WholeSale" defined within the ChartSeries Collection Editor.

The DefaultLabelValue holds label formatting options for the series:

Use "#Y" or "#X" to display numbers from the X or Y axis respectively Use "#%" for a percentage of the total sum (of all items). Use "#SUM" to display the total of all items. "#STSUM" displays the sum of a stacked series.

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"#SERIES" displays the series name. "#ITEM" displays the item name. You can also use standard numeric format strings. Use curly brackets to contain the formats. For example, you can display Y values as currency by setting DefaultLabelValue to "#Y{C}".

Series Items
Each chart series item encapsulates a single data point within a chart series. For simple charts along a single axis, you can populate the YValue property only. Use the XValue property to add a second data dimension. For example, the Y values could represent "Sales Volume" and the X values might show time periods or geographic regions. The meaning of the XValue2 and YValue2 properties vary depending on the type of chart. For example XValue2 and YValue2 are used by Gantt type to indicate a period of time and the Bubble chart type to show amplitude of data.

Tour of Chart Types

Here is a quick 1000 foot view of the available chart types and a few ideas on how you might use them. Bar Bar charts graphically display values in vertical and horizontal bars across categories.Bar charts are useful for comparing multiple series of data (i.e. providing snapshots of data at particular points in time).

Stacked Bar Stacked Bar charts are used to compare contributions of values to a total across categories.Use the Stacked Bar chart when you need visibility to the combined values for each category.

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Stacked Bar 100% Stacked Bar 100% shows the combined contribution of values as percentages where the combined total for each category is 100 percent.Use when the relationship between values in a category is more significant than the amounts.

Area The Area chart consists of a series of data points joined by a line and where the area below the line is filled.Area charts are appropriate for visualizing data that fluctuates over a period of time and can be useful for emphasizing trends.

Stacked Area The Stacked Area chart is a variation of the Area chart that display trends of the contribution of each value over time (or across categories). The areas are stacked so that each series adjoins but does not overlap the preceding series. Area charts are appropriate for visualizing data that fluctuates over a period of time and where the entire area for all series data must be visible at one time.

Stacked Area 100% Stacked Area 100% charts are a variation of Stacked Area charts that present values for trends as percentages, totaling to 100% for each category. Use this chart type to visualize data that fluctuates over a period of time and where the relationship between values in a category is more significant than the amounts.

Pie The Pie chart shows slices representing fractional parts of a whole.

Gantt Gantt charts, also known as Time charts, display separate events as bars along a time scale.These charts are often used for project/time planning, where data can be plotted using a date-time scale or other numeric scale.

The Bezier chart displays a series of points on a curved line. Two "control points" determine the position and amount of curvature in the line between end points. The Bezier chart is often used for data modelling by taking a limited number of data points and interpolating or estimating the intervening values. Bezier

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Spline Spline charts allow you to take a limited set of known data points and approximate intervening values.The Spline chart, like the Bezier, is often used for data modelling by taking a limited number of data points and interpolating or estimating the intervening values.

Bubble The Bubble chart is an extension of the Point chart but each point can be a circle or oval of any size or dimension. The bubble size may be used to convey larger values.The Bubble chart is often used for scientific data modeling or financial data.

Spline Area The Spline Area chart type defines one or more spline curves and fills in the area defined by the spline.This chart type can also can be used for data modelling in that it takes a limited number of data points and interpolates the intervening values.

Stacked Spline Area The Stacked Spline Area chart is a variation of the Spline Area chart. The areas are stacked so that each series adjoins but does not overlap the preceding series. Also can be used for data modelling in that it takes a limited number of data points and interpolates the intervening values. This chart type allows the entire surface area for all sequences to be displayed at one time. Stacked Spline Area 100% The Stacked Spline Area 100% chart is a variation of the Spline Area chart. The areas are stacked so that each series adjoins but does not overlap the preceding series and where the combined total for each category is 100 percent.The Stacked Spline Area 100% chart can also can be used for data modelling in that it takes a limited number of data points and interpolates the intervening values. This chart type allows the entire surface area for all sequences to be displayed at one time. Use this chart type when the relationship between values in a category is more significant than the amounts. Point or "Scatter" charts are used to show correlations between two sets of values. The Point chart is often used for scientific data modeling or financial data. The Point chart is typically not used used with time dependent data where a Line chart is more suited. Point

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Line The Line chart type displays a set of data points connected by a line.A common use for the line chart is to show trends over a period of time.

CandleStick The CandleStick chart combines bar and line chart styles to show a range of value movement over time. Dark colored bars show downward trends, light colored bars show upward trends and the line through the center (the "wick") shows the extreme high and low values.Use this chart type to visualize price or currency fluctuations. Typically this chart is used to analyze stock prices or currency changes.

Stacked Line

The Stacked Line chart allows multiple series of Y values to be compared.

Stacked Spline The Stacked Spline chart, line the Stacked Line, lets you have multiple series of Y values. It can take a limited number of data points and interpolate the intervening values.

20.4 Using the Design Time Interface

Smart Tag
The RadChart Smart Tag contains short cuts to frequently used functionality.

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Layout
At the top of the Smart Tag in the Layout section, you can set the Width and Height of the chart as a whole.

Appearance
Below the Layout area, you can use the Appearance section to quickly set the

Title Text Chart Series Orientation to Horizontal or Vertical from the drop down list. Default Chart Type to one of the chart types in the drop down list, i.e.Bar, Pie, Line or any of the types we reviewed in the Getting Started section. Skin can be set from the drop down list to quickly style the entire look of the chart.

Data
You can bring up the Chart Series collection editor from the ellipses if you want to statically define series and items directly at design time. If you want to bind data, select a data source from the drop down list. If no data sources exist in the project yet, select "<New Data Source...>" from the drop down list.

Chart Wizard
Click this link to display the Chart Wizard.

Chart Wizard
The RadChart Wizard helps you traverse the many properties of RadChart by providing the most commonly used properties in an intuitive way. The wizard can help you quickly set up the basic structure of your chart. The Wizard functions are arranged in tabs:

Type Tab
The Type tab lets you quickly choose the chart type by providing visual cues to what each type looks like. Here you can also choose the chart orientation.

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Data Tab
The Data tab brings together the Series, Series Item, Axis labels and data binding to a single screen. Here you can add data points to your chart manually or by binding to data sources.

Choose Data Source

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or select "<new data source>" from the drop down list.

Group Column
The Group Column appears on the upper right side. Select a column name from a bound data source to group by that column data.

Series
Use the Series area of the tab to add, delete and reorder chart series elements using the list box provided. Use the plus and minus buttons to add or delete a series element. Use the up and down arrows to move a series element up or down in the list. For each selected series element in the list box you can provide a name and select from the list of chart types. If you bind to a data source, the Databind Series Elements portion will be enabled and allow you to choose column names for your labels and values from the drop down lists provided.If you need to fine tune the behavior or appearance of a series in more depth than the Data tab provides, use the RadChart Series property in the property window.

Series Items
For each series you select in the Series Items list, you can add, edit, delete and reorder entries. Use the plus and minus buttons to add and delete series items. Use the up and down arrows to move series items up or down in the list. For each item you can set the Name, Label and X and Y Values. X2 and Y2 values are enabled for Gantt and Bubble chart types.

Axis Labels
This section lets you choose between binding to a column in the data source and using the column data to populate the labels along an Axis. Click the Add Labels Manually link to navigate to the Axis tab.

Skin Tab
The RadChart Skin property lets you apply a coordinated set of style changes to all the chart visual aspects at one time. The Skin tab lets you inspect how a chart might look with a given skin. The skins displayed reflect the current chart type.

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Labels, Legend and Title Tab

Use this tab to tailor the principallabeling characteristics of the chart all at one time.

Series Labels

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This section lets you set label properties for a series name selected in the Series drop down list. Uncheck the Visible box to hide series labels. Enter a value between 0 and 360 in the Rotation entry to rotate all series labels at one time. Positive Rotation values rotate the labels clockwise, negative values rotate the labels counter-clockwise. Positive Distance values move the labels away from the chart series items.

Legend
Un-select the Visible check box to hide the legend. Use the Marker drop down to select from a predefined list of shapes, e.g. Cross, Diamond, Ellipse, Rectangle, etc.Use the Alignment drop down to move the legend position between None, Left, Top, Bottom, Center, TopRight, TopLeft, BottomRight and BottomLeft.

Title
The Title section lets you set the text andtoggle visibility of the chart title.Use the Alignment drop down to move the title position between None, Left, Top, Bottom, Center, TopRight, TopLeft, BottomRight and BottomLeft.

Axis Tab
From this tab you canselect an axis from the drop down list at the top of the page. Properties you modify will be retained for the selected axis. Use the Copy Settings From button to replicate settings from another axis.

Visual Properties
The Visual Properties section of the page controls properties for the axis as a whole. Uncheck the Visible checkbox to hide the entire axis (including labels and tick marks). The Axis Title text populates a single label that appears for the axis as a whole. Use the Alignment property to place the axis label in a predefined position, e.g. Left, Right, Top, Bottom, Center, TopRight, TopLeft, BottomRight, BottomLeft. Un-check Show Ticks to hide the axis tick marks. Un-check Show Labels to hide the axis labels (but not the Axis Title). The Value Format drop down list automatically formats axis labels as various kinds of dates, times, percentages, numbers and currency. Visible Values can be All, Positive or Negative values. Rotation is used to rotate the axis label text. Positive numbers spin the labels clockwise, negative numbers counter-clockwise.

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Axis Labels
Turn off Auto Scale if you want to provide custom axis labels instead of the default numeric values. Turning off Auto Scale also lets you use the Min, Max and Step values. Enter Min and Max values to control the number of series items to be displayed along that axis. Enter a Step value to control the interval between axis labels. If Auto Scale is off you can use the provided list box to add, delete and reorder axis label items manually. By selecting any one of the axis label values in the listbox you can assign a text label. Click the Bind Axis Labels to Database link to navigate back to the Data tab.

Values Data Table Tab

The Values Data Table tabcontrols the general look and positioning of the chart data table.

Visual Properties
Check Visible to display the chart data table. By default this is unchecked. Select Draw Type from the drop down list to control the general size and positioning of the chart:

Select AutoSize to have each cell size to the data inside of it. PlotAreaRelative places each cell just below the chart series item it represents. CellFixedSize and TableFixedSize fix the size of the cells or table irrespective of the data it contains.

Alignment
Use the Align drop down list to place the chart data table in a predefined position (e.g. Top, Bottom, BottomRight, etc.) To place the data table at exact coordinates, un-check Auto and enter values for X and Y.

Properties Window
At design time, you can use the Properties Window to configure almost every aspect of the chart.You will need to build a mental map ofhow the critical properties arearranged. At the top level the critical properties are ChartTitle, DataSource/DataMember,Legend, PlotArea and the Series collection. Within the Series collection

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are Items collections that define the individual data points in the series. The RadChart.Series collection contains individual ChartSeries items and each ChartSeries instance contains an Items collection that defines the individual ChartSeriesItems in the series (each series item maps to a single data point). The hierarchy is something like the outline below: RadChart Series Items <Data point 1> <Data point 2> <Data point N..> Other helpful properties are... AutoLayout: The AutoLayout feature of RadChart makes the best use of the form real-estate andexpands the chart content as much as possible. This boolean property is turned off by default. IntelligentLabelsEnabled: For charts that have many data points or data points with values close to one another, labels tend to collide making readability a problem. The Intelligent Labels feature of RadChart automatically re-aligns labels making each labeled value stand out clearly. AutoTextWrapwhen true causes text to be wrapped for all text blocks within the chart control. SeriesOrientation can be Horizontal or Vertical. Skin sets the color scheme for the entire chart. SeriesPalette lets you use a color scheme for the series and series items that is different from the chart Skin. SkinsOverrideStyles when true(false by default) use the Skin only and ignore SeriesPalette and Appearance property settings.

20.5 Programming the Chart

Create a RadChart Series Programmatically
You can create and configure all aspects of the chart programmatically, from the chart itself, right down to the smallest data point or tick mark. A typical task would be to create series and series items at runtime. To create the series object use one of the many constructor overloads. The example below passes in the chart series name and chart type. You will need to add a Telerik.Charting reference to your "Imports" (VB) or "uses" (C#) clause to support the ChartSeriesType used here. [VB] Adding a Chart Series Dim chartSeries As New ChartSeries("Average Temperatures", ChartSeriesType.Bar) radChart1.Series.Add(chartSeries) [C#] Adding a Chart Series ChartSeries chartSeries = new ChartSeries("Average Temperatures", ChartSeriesType.Bar); radChart1.Series.Add(chartSeries); To add items to the new series, call the ChartSeries AddItem() method. AddItem() also has several overloads. Twoversions of the method are shown below. The firstis a quick way of getting started with adding data by simply defining a Y value. The second creates a ChartSeriesItem and passes a boolean value. The boolean value overloadis interpreted as an empty value item if true. [VB] Adding a Chart Series Item ' add an item with a Y value chartSeries.AddItem(5) ' add an empty item

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Dim isEmpty As Boolean = True Dim item As New ChartSeriesItem(isEmpty) chartSeries.AddItem(item) [C#] Adding a Chart Series Item // add an item with a Y value chartSeries.AddItem(5); // add an empty item bool isEmpty = true; ChartSeriesItem item = new ChartSeriesItem(isEmpty); chartSeries.AddItem(item); Let's put both of these together in a quick example that plots a series of Y data points along a single series. This example assumes the RadChart has already been added to the page and the reference to Telerik.Charting has been included. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Chart\<VB / CS>\Programming1

[VB] Adding a Chart Series and Items Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) radChart1.AutoLayout = True ' Create the series and assign the ChartSeriesType radChart1.Series.Clear() Dim chartSeries As New ChartSeries("Average Temperatures", ChartSeriesType.Bar) ' Define the items in the series chartSeries.AddItem(5) chartSeries.AddItem(1) chartSeries.AddItem(-1) chartSeries.AddItem(-5) chartSeries.AddItem(-7) ' add an empty item Dim isEmpty As Boolean = True Dim item As New ChartSeriesItem(isEmpty)

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chartSeries.AddItem(item) chartSeries.AddItem(-3) ' Add the series to the chart, chart to page. radChart1.Series.Add(chartSeries) End Sub [C#] Adding a Chart Series and Items private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { radChart1.AutoLayout = true; // Create the series and assign the ChartSeriesType radChart1.Series.Clear(); ChartSeries chartSeries = new ChartSeries("Average Temperatures", ChartSeriesType.Bar); // Define the items in the series chartSeries.AddItem(5); chartSeries.AddItem(1); chartSeries.AddItem(-1); chartSeries.AddItem(-5); chartSeries.AddItem(-7); // add an empty item bool isEmpty = true; ChartSeriesItem item = new ChartSeriesItem(isEmpty); chartSeries.AddItem(item); chartSeries.AddItem(-3); // Add the series to the chart, chart to page. radChart1.Series.Add(chartSeries); } Let's extend our example that creates a chart series and items, to include three different series and chart types. Let's also configure the chart title, legend and axis labels. This project will also answer questions you may run across...

One frequently asked question about RadChart is "how do I explicitly label one of the axis"? You do that by turning off the AutoScale property and adding your own axis array members. In this example we will add the short day names along the bottom of the chart. A second question is "all the values seem to scrunch up too high in the chart". The remedy here is to set the YXis AxisMode to"Extended" for a little more headroom.

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You can find the complete source for this project at: \Chart\<VB|CS\Programming2 1. Create anWindows FormsApplication. 2. From the Toolbox drag a RadChart component to the form. 3. Begin coding the Form_Load handler by setting up thelabel and chart title. For the legend you need to shut off the Appearance.Position.Auto property so that you can explicitly position the legend exactly where you want it. You could also have used one of the predefined positions, hidden the legend or set theAppearance fill to a transparent color so you could seethrough to the data points beneath. The ChartTitle is positioned to theupper left andtheText is"Weekly Forecast". [VB] Defining the Chart Legend and Title Protected Sub Form_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) ' Configure the Legend and Chart Title labeling radChart1.Legend.Appearance.Position.Auto = False radChart1.Legend.Appearance.Position.X = 220 radChart1.Legend.Appearance.Position.Y = 50 radChart1.ChartTitle.Appearance.Position.AlignedPosition = Telerik.Charting.Styles.AlignedPositions.TopLeft radChart1.ChartTitle.TextBlock.Text = "Weekly Forecast" '... End Sub [C#] Defining the Chart Legend and Title protected void Form_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { // Configure the Legend and Chart Title labeling radChart1.Legend.Appearance.Position.Auto = false;

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radChart1.Legend.Appearance.Position.X = 220; radChart1.Legend.Appearance.Position.Y = 50; radChart1.ChartTitle.Appearance.Position.AlignedPosition = Telerik.Charting.Styles.AlignedPositions.TopLeft; radChart1.ChartTitle.TextBlock.Text = "Weekly Forecast"; //... } 4. Next, add code to the Form_Load event handler below the Legend and ChartTitle configuration code. Reduce the right margin of the PlotArea to 10%. Set the main fill color to white and the secondary fill color to LightSkyBlue: [VB] Configure the PlotArea ' Configure the PlotArea radChart1 .PlotArea.Appearance.Dimensions.Margins.Right = Telerik.Charting.Styles.Unit.Percentage(10) radChart1 .PlotArea.Appearance.FillStyle.MainColor = System.Drawing.Color.White radChart1 .PlotArea.Appearance.FillStyle.SecondColor = System.Drawing.Color.LightSkyBlue [C#] Configure the PlotArea // Configure the PlotArea radChart1 .PlotArea.Appearance.Dimensions.Margins.Right = Telerik.Charting.Styles.Unit.Percentage(10); radChart1 .PlotArea.Appearance.FillStyle.MainColor = System.Drawing.Color.White; radChart1 .PlotArea.Appearance.FillStyle.SecondColor = System.Drawing.Color.LightSkyBlue; 5. Configure the XAxis. Here we want to replace the default X Axis labeling that appears along the bottom of the chart with our own custom labels. To do this, set the AutoScale property to "false". If "true", you would see the numbers 1..7 along the bottom of the chart. Call the XAxis AddRange() method, passing the minimum value (1), maximum value (7) and the step (1). Now go back and manually populate the text for each XAxis element in the collection with the short names of the days. The image below shows the effect on the XAxis labels.

[VB] Configuring the XAxis ' Configure the XAxis radChart1 .PlotArea.XAxis.AutoScale = False radChart1 .PlotArea.XAxis.AddRange(1, 7, 1) radChart1 .PlotArea.XAxis(0).TextBlock.Text radChart1 .PlotArea.XAxis(1).TextBlock.Text radChart1 .PlotArea.XAxis(2).TextBlock.Text radChart1 .PlotArea.XAxis(3).TextBlock.Text radChart1 .PlotArea.XAxis(4).TextBlock.Text radChart1 .PlotArea.XAxis(5).TextBlock.Text 6. radChart1 .PlotArea.XAxis(6).TextBlock.Text [C#] Configuring the XAxis

= = = = = = =

"Mon" "Tue" "Wed" "Thu" "Fri" "Sat" "Sun"

// Configure the XAxis radChart1 .PlotArea.XAxis.AutoScale = false;

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radChart1 radChart1 radChart1 radChart1 radChart1 radChart1 radChart1 radChart1 .PlotArea.XAxis.AddRange(1, 7, 1); .PlotArea.XAxis[0].TextBlock.Text = .PlotArea.XAxis[1].TextBlock.Text = .PlotArea.XAxis[2].TextBlock.Text = .PlotArea.XAxis[3].TextBlock.Text = .PlotArea.XAxis[4].TextBlock.Text = .PlotArea.XAxis[5].TextBlock.Text = .PlotArea.XAxis[6].TextBlock.Text = "Mon"; "Tue"; "Wed"; "Thu"; "Fri"; "Sat"; "Sun";

7. Configure the YXis AxisMode to Extended so that there is a little more room at the top of the chart. Set the Text for the AxisLabel.TextBlock to "Temperature C" and the Appearance.Width to "3". [VB] Configure the YAxis ' Configure the YAxis radChart1 .PlotArea.YAxis.AxisMode = ChartYAxisMode.Extended radChart1 .PlotArea.YAxis.AxisLabel.TextBlock.Text = "Temperature C" [C#] Configure the YAxis // Configure the YAxis radChart1 .PlotArea.YAxis.AxisMode = ChartYAxisMode.Extended; radChart1 .PlotArea.YAxis.AxisLabel.TextBlock.Text = "Temperature C"; 8. Clear the chart Series collection to remove the default two series that show up at design time when you add the chart to the page. Create a new ChartSeries with name "Average Temperatures" andtype "Bar". Set the main color for the series Appearance FillStyleto "HoneyDew" and the secondary color to "Green". [VB] Add the Chart Series ' Create the series and assign the ChartSeriesType radChart1 .Series.Clear() Dim chartSeries As New ChartSeries("Average Temperatures", ChartSeriesType.Bar) chartSeries.Appearance.FillStyle.MainColor = System.Drawing.Color.Honeydew chartSeries.Appearance.FillStyle.SecondColor = System.Drawing.Color.Green [C#] Add the Chart Series // Create the series and assign the ChartSeriesType radChart1 .Series.Clear(); ChartSeries chartSeries = new ChartSeries("Average Temperatures", ChartSeriesType.Bar); chartSeries.Appearance.FillStyle.MainColor = System.Drawing.Color.Honeydew; chartSeries.Appearance.FillStyle.SecondColor = System.Drawing.Color.Green; 9. Add the code below to the end of the Form_Load event handler: Add the data points to the first series by using the AddItem() method of the chart series and passing Y values. [VB] Adding Chart Series Items ' Define the items in the series chartSeries.AddItem(5) chartSeries.AddItem(1) chartSeries.AddItem(-1) chartSeries.AddItem(-5) chartSeries.AddItem(-7) chartSeries.AddItem(-3) chartSeries.AddItem(-1) radChart1.Series.Add(chartSeries); [C#] Adding Chart Series Items

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// Define the items in the series chartSeries.AddItem(5); chartSeries.AddItem(1); chartSeries.AddItem(-1); chartSeries.AddItem(-5); chartSeries.AddItem(-7); chartSeries.AddItem(-3); chartSeries.AddItem(-1); radChart1.Series.Add(chartSeries); The chart should now look something like the screenshot below:

10. Add the code below to the end of the Form_Load event handler:Add a second series with name "Maximum Temperatures" and type "Line". Hide the labels by setting the series Appearance.LabelAppearance.Visible to "false". Set the LineSeriesAppearance Color to "Red". [VB] Create and Configure Line Series ' Create a second series and assign the ChartSeriesType Dim chartSeries2 As New ChartSeries("Maximum Temperatures", ChartSeriesType.Line) chartSeries2.Appearance.LabelAppearance.Visible = False chartSeries2.Appearance.LineSeriesAppearance.Color = System.Drawing.Color.Red [C#] Create and Configure Line Series // Create a second series and assign the ChartSeriesType ChartSeries chartSeries2 = new ChartSeries("Maximum Temperatures", ChartSeriesType.Line); chartSeries2.Appearance.LabelAppearance.Visible = false; chartSeries2.Appearance.LineSeriesAppearance.Color = System.Drawing.Color.Red; 11. Add the code below to the end of the Form_Load event handler. Again, chart series items are added to the second series by calling AddItem() with Y values as parameters. [VB] Add Items to the Second Series ' Define the items in the series chartSeries2.AddItem(11)

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chartSeries2.AddItem(4) chartSeries2.AddItem(0) chartSeries2.AddItem(-4) chartSeries2.AddItem(-7) chartSeries2.AddItem(0) chartSeries2.AddItem(5) radChart1.Series.Add(chartSeries2) [C#] Add Items to the Second Series // Define the items in the series chartSeries2.AddItem(11); chartSeries2.AddItem(4); chartSeries2.AddItem(0); chartSeries2.AddItem(-4); chartSeries2.AddItem(-7); chartSeries2.AddItem(0); chartSeries2.AddItem(5); radChart1.Series.Add(chartSeries2); 12. Add the code below to the end of the Form_Load event handler. Instead of displaying a red line only to represent "Maximum Temperatures", turn on the series Appearance.PointMark to make a black 5 x 5 pixel mark at each data point. You can see the before-and-after effect in the image below.

[VB] Enhance the "Maximum Temperature" Data Points ' visually enhance the data points chartSeries2.Appearance.PointMark.Dimensions.Width = 5 chartSeries2.Appearance.PointMark.Dimensions.Height = 5 chartSeries2.Appearance.PointMark.FillStyle.MainColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black chartSeries2.Appearance.PointMark.Visible = True [C#] Enhance the "Maximum Temperature" Data Points // visually enhance the data points chartSeries2.Appearance.PointMark.Dimensions.Width = 5; chartSeries2.Appearance.PointMark.Dimensions.Height = 5; chartSeries2.Appearance.PointMark.FillStyle.MainColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black; chartSeries2.Appearance.PointMark.Visible = true; 13. Add a third "Minimum Temperatures"series, add items and set the PointMark appearance for the series. This code is very similar to the code for the second "Maximum Temperatures" series except that the colors and Y values are different. [VB] Add the "Minimum Temperatures" Series ' Create a third series and assign the ChartSeriesType Dim chartSeries3 As New ChartSeries("Minimum Temperatures", ChartSeriesType.Bubble) chartSeries3.Appearance.LabelAppearance.Visible = False chartSeries3.Appearance.FillStyle.MainColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue

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chartSeries3.Appearance.FillStyle.SecondColor = System.Drawing.Color.Aqua ' Define the items in the series chartSeries3.AddItem(1) chartSeries3.AddItem(0) chartSeries3.AddItem(-5) chartSeries3.AddItem(-7) chartSeries3.AddItem(-11) chartSeries3.AddItem(-8) chartSeries3.AddItem(-6) radChart1.Series.Add(chartSeries3; ' visually enhance the data points chartSeries3.Appearance.PointMark.Dimensions.Width = 5 chartSeries3.Appearance.PointMark.Dimensions.Height = 5 chartSeries3.Appearance.PointMark.FillStyle.MainColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black chartSeries3.Appearance.PointMark.Visible = True [C#] Add the "Minimum Temperatures" Series // Create a third series and assign the ChartSeriesType ChartSeries chartSeries3 = new ChartSeries("Minimum Temperatures", ChartSeriesType.Bubble); chartSeries3.Appearance.LabelAppearance.Visible = false; chartSeries3.Appearance.FillStyle.MainColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue; chartSeries3.Appearance.FillStyle.SecondColor = System.Drawing.Color.Aqua; // Define the items in the series chartSeries3.AddItem(1); chartSeries3.AddItem(0); chartSeries3.AddItem(-5); chartSeries3.AddItem(-7); chartSeries3.AddItem(-11); chartSeries3.AddItem(-8); chartSeries3.AddItem(-6); radChart1.Series.Add(chartSeries3; // visually enhance the data points chartSeries3.Appearance.PointMark.Dimensions.Width = 5; chartSeries3.Appearance.PointMark.Dimensions.Height = 5; chartSeries3.Appearance.PointMark.FillStyle.MainColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black; chartSeries3.Appearance.PointMark.Visible = true; 14. Press Ctl-F5 to run the application.

Data Binding
RadChart data binding works similarly to other RadControls in that you can bind the same basic types, consume the same data source controls and can assign the DataSource property. The control-specific differences are in the properties used to specify what columns are bound to particular displays and behaviors in the chart. RadChart uses the same basic underlying engine for Windows, Web and Reporting versions.

Data Binding Properties

ChartSeries comes with properties for DataXColumn, DataXColumn2, DataYColumn and DataYColumn2. At minimum you need to bind the ChartSeries DataYColumn to populate any chart type. The Pie chart type only pays attention to the DataYColumn, but most other chart types also can bind to the

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DataXColumn. For example, the Point chart type can plot individual point marks where X and Y values intersect. The Bubble chart is an extension of the Point chart but each point can be a circle or oval of any size or dimension. Instead of using just the XValue and YValue, the Bubble chart uses XValue/XValue2, and YValue/YValue2 pairs to define the dimensions of each bubble. There are two other ChartSeries properties DataYColumn3 and DataYColumn4. The CandleStick chart type uses all four Y column value properties where there meaning is...

YValue = Open YValue2 = Close YValue 3 = Max YValue 4 = Min

The ChartSeries DataLabelsColumn supplies the text that displays on top of each series item. The XAxis also has a DataLabelsColumn propertythat displays text next to each X Axis item.

Data Binding Events

RadChart has a OnItemDataBound event that you can use to individually tailor ChartSeriesItems based on what's happening in the data item. The event handler takes a ChartItemDataBoundEventArgs parameter that brings DataItem, ChartSeries and SeriesItem properties along for the ride. You can use any of the columns in the data source for a particularly data point (i.e. row) to make very specific changes to your SeriesItem. Here's an example where we bind to the Furniture.mdb file and query the Products table: SELECT SalesRepresentative, SUM(Quantity) AS TotalQuantity, SUM(Quantity * Price) AS ExtendedPrice FROM Products GROUP BY SalesRepresentative This point chart plots each point where the "ExtendedPrice" appears along the X axis and the "TotalQuantity" along the Y axis.

The resulting chart looks something like the example below:

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You can run into a problem if IntelligentLabelsEnabled is set to true, moving the labels too far away from their respective data points, thus making the chart harder to interpret. Setting the ChartSeries Appearance.ShowLabelConnectors property to true displays the lines between the labels and the data points.

As the items are bound, the labels are formatted based on the ranges of values the data points fall within. [VB] Handling the ItemDataBound Event Protected Sub radChart1_ItemDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.Charting.ChartItemDataBoundEventArgs) Dim qty As Integer = Convert.ToInt32((TryCast(e.DataItem, DataRowView))("TotalQuantity")) Dim quantityLabel As String = [String].Empty Select Case qty Case 1, 2 quantityLabel = "Few" Exit Select Case 3 quantityLabel = "Some" Exit Select Case 4, 5

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quantityLabel = "Lots!" Exit Select End Select Dim price As Double = Convert.ToDouble((TryCast(e.DataItem, DataRowView))("ExtendedPrice")) Dim priceLabel As String = [String].Empty If price < 2000 Then priceLabel = "cheap" ElseIf price < 10000 Then priceLabel = "reasonable" Else priceLabel = "expensive" End If e.SeriesItem.Label.TextBlock.Appearance.TextProperties.Font = New System.Drawing.Font ("Ariel", 12, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold) e.SeriesItem.Label.TextBlock.Text = quantityLabel + ", " + priceLabel End Sub [C#] Handling the ItemDataBound Event protected void radChart1_ItemDataBound(object sender, Telerik.Charting.ChartItemDataBoundEventArgs e) { int qty = Convert.ToInt32((e.DataItem as DataRowView)["TotalQuantity"]); string quantityLabel = String.Empty; switch (qty) { case 1: case 2: quantityLabel = "Few"; break; case 3: quantityLabel = "Some"; break; case 4: case 5: quantityLabel = "Lots!"; break; } double price = Convert.ToDouble((e.DataItem as DataRowView)["ExtendedPrice"]); string priceLabel = String.Empty; if (price < 2000) { priceLabel = "cheap"; } else if (price < 10000) { priceLabel = "reasonable"; } else { priceLabel = "expensive"; } e.SeriesItem.Label.TextBlock.Appearance.TextProperties.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Ariel", 12, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold); e.SeriesItem.Label.TextBlock.Text = quantityLabel + ", " + priceLabel; }

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You can find the complete source for this project at: \Chart\<VB|CS>\Databinding

Grouping Data Bound Items

The DataGroupColumn property defines the column name in the datasource that is the criteria for grouping the chart series items. There will be as many series as the number of distinct values in this column. If we have these settings:

Data with columns "Year", "Quarter" and "Value" "Year" contains multiple rows for "2011" and "2012". The DataGroupColumn property is "Year".

...then there will be two series, one for "2011" and the second for "2012". A second RadChart property, GroupNameFormat, defines a format for the legend item. The format can have free text and can include two special words:

#NAME: denotes the group column name. #VALUE: denotes the group column value (it is the same for all the records shown in the same series).

The SQL below gets a sampling of Invoice data and brings back the CustomerID, ExtendedPrice and Quantity. [T-SQL] Selecting Invoice Data SELECT TOP (25) CustomerID, ExtendedPrice, Quantity FROM Invoices ORDER BY CustomerID The "ORDER BY" clause is important for group queries. If the data in the example above was unordered, you would get a group for the first few records of customer "ALFKI", then a few records for "ANATR", then perhaps another bar for the next few "ALFKI" customer again. In typical cases adding the ORDER BY clause will give you the results you expect. The screenshot below shows the DataGroupColumn set to "CustomerID". No series is set and the DataYColumn property of the series is not set. The actual values shown in the bar are derived from the last numeric column in the datasource. In the figure below the "Quantity" data shows in the chart.

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Gotcha! Don't define the series DataYColumn as it will take precedence over the group property settings.

Using the Year/Quarter/Value data mentioned above and if we set the GroupNameFormat to "#NAME: #VALUE", the legend will be "Year: 2011" and "Year: 2012". We can build this example by first creating a class to contain the Year/Quarter/Value, populating a generic list of these objects, setting the group properties and finally binding to the chart. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Chart\<VB|CS>\Grouping 1. Create a new Windows Forms application. 2. From the Toolbox drag a RadChart component to the form. 3. Add a simple "Sales" class either to the form code or to a separate Sales.cs file with the following class definition: 4.

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[VB] The Sales Class Definition Public Class Sales Public Sub New(ByVal year As Integer, ByVal quarter As Integer, ByVal value As Double) Year = year Quarter = quarter Value = value End Sub Public Property Year() As Integer Get End Get Set End Set End Property Public Property Quarter() As Integer Get End Get Set End Set End Property Public Property Value() As Double Get End Get Set End Set End Property 4. End Class [C#] The Sales Class Definition public class Sales { public Sales(int year, int quarter, double value) { Year = year; Quarter = quarter; Value = value; } public int Year { get; set; } public int Quarter { get; set; } public double Value { get; set; } } 5. In the Form_Load, populate a generic List of Sales objects: [VB] Populate and Group Chart Data Protected Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) ' Populate the generic list of Sales Dim sales As New List(Of Sales)() sales.Add(New Sales(2011, 1, 5)) sales.Add(New Sales(2011, 2, 2)) sales.Add(New Sales(2011, 3, 3)) sales.Add(New Sales(2011, 4, 1)) sales.Add(New Sales(2012, 1, 4)) sales.Add(New Sales(2012, 2, 3)) sales.Add(New Sales(2012, 3, 8)) sales.Add(New Sales(2012, 4, 2))

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' Setup the chart appearance and title radChart1.Skin = "DeepBlue" radChart1.ChartTitle.TextBlock.Text = "Sales Grouped by Quarter" ' Remove the default series radChart1.Series.Clear() ' Create and add a new Bar series type Dim chartSeries As New ChartSeries("Sales", ChartSeriesType.Bar) radChart1.Series.Add(chartSeries) ' Set the grouping properties radChart1.DataGroupColumn = "Year" radChart1.Legend.Appearance.GroupNameFormat = "#NAME: #VALUE" ' bind the chart last to include the preceding property ' settings. radChart1.DataSource = sales End Sub [C#] Populate and Group Chart Data protected void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { // Populate the generic list of Sales List<Sales> sales = new List<Sales>(); sales.Add(new Sales(2011, 1, 5)); sales.Add(new Sales(2011, 2, 2)); sales.Add(new Sales(2011, 3, 3)); sales.Add(new Sales(2011, 4, 1)); sales.Add(new Sales(2012, 1, 4)); sales.Add(new Sales(2012, 2, 3)); sales.Add(new Sales(2012, 3, 8)); sales.Add(new Sales(2012, 4, 2)); // Setup the chart appearance and title radChart1.Skin = "DeepBlue"; radChart1.ChartTitle.TextBlock.Text = "Sales Grouped by Quarter"; // Remove the default series radChart1.Series.Clear(); // Create and add a new Bar series type ChartSeries chartSeries = new ChartSeries("Sales", ChartSeriesType.Bar); radChart1.Series.Add(chartSeries); // Set the grouping properties radChart1.DataGroupColumn = "Year"; radChart1.Legend.Appearance.GroupNameFormat = "#NAME: #VALUE"; // bind the chart last to include the preceding property // settings. radChart1.DataSource = sales; } 6. Press Ctl-F5 to run the application. Notice the two series, one foreach year defined by the DataGroupColumn. Each year has four data points

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Use the axis DataLabelColumn property to add meaningful labels to the data across the bottom of this chart. If we had a property/column "QuarterDescription" with values "Qtr 1", "Qtr 2"..., these could be used in place of the number 1, 2...

Displaying Date TimeValues on Numeric Axes

One of the top most frequently asked questions is "how do I display date and time values along the axes"? The secret is in the DateTimeToAODate() method that converts a DateTime to a OLE Automation double value. Use the OLE Automation dates to populate axes. The steps for each axis:

Set the axis AutoScale property off so you can manually populate. Set the axis Appearance.ValueFormat using the ChartValueFormat enumeration. For example, you can use the ShortDate or ShortTime to format the axis. Add a range of DateTime values, being careful to convert them with the ToAODate() method.

Here's a short code example that labels the XAxis with a series of dates: [VB] Adding a Range of Dates radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.AutoScale = False radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.Appearance.ValueFormat = ChartValueFormat.ShortDate radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.AddRange(today.ToOADate(), today.AddDays(10).ToOADate(), 1) [C#] Adding a Range of Dates radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.AutoScale = false; radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.Appearance.ValueFormat = ChartValueFormat.ShortDate; radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.AddRange(today.ToOADate(), today.AddDays(10).ToOADate(), 1); Here's a slightly longer example that shows a gantt chart with a series of dates on the X axis and a series of times on the Y axis.

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You can find the complete source for this project at: \Chart\<VB|C#>\DateTimeOnNumericAxis 1. In a new WinForms project, add a RadChart to the default form. 2. In the code behind, add a private method GetDataTable() that will generate and return a four column table with sample values. Notice that the data values are also converted to OLE Automation types before storing. [VB] Generating the Data ' generate a four column table with sample ' date and time data stored as doubles Private Function GetDataTable() As DataTable Dim input As Double(,) = New Double(3, 2) {{8, 12}, {9, 14}, {13, 18.5}} Dim table As New DataTable() table.Columns.Add("X", GetType(Double)) table.Columns.Add("X2", GetType(Double)) table.Columns.Add("Y", GetType(Double)) table.Columns.Add("Y2", GetType(Double)) Dim start As DateTime = DateTime.Today Dim i As Integer = 0 While i < 3 Dim row As DataRow = table.NewRow() ' convert all dates and times to OLE Automation dates ' which are stored as doubles row("X") = start.AddDays(i).ToOADate() row("X2") = start.AddDays(i + 1).ToOADate() row("Y") = start.AddHours(input(i, 0)).ToOADate() row("Y2") = start.AddHours(input(i, 1)).ToOADate() table.Rows.Add(row) System.Math.Max(System.Threading.Interlocked.Increment(i),i - 1) End While Return table End Function [C#] Generating the Data // generate a four column table with sample

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// date and time data stored as doubles private DataTable GetDataTable() { double[,] input = new double[3, 2] { { 8, 12 }, { 9, 14}, { 13, 18.5} }; DataTable table = new DataTable(); table.Columns.Add("X", typeof(double)); table.Columns.Add("X2", typeof(double)); table.Columns.Add("Y", typeof(double)); table.Columns.Add("Y2", typeof(double)); DateTime start = DateTime.Today; for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) { DataRow row = table.NewRow(); // convert all dates and times to OLE Automation dates // which are stored as doubles row["X"] = start.AddDays(i).ToOADate(); row["X2"] = start.AddDays(i + 1).ToOADate(); row["Y"] = start.AddHours(input[i, 0]).ToOADate(); row["Y2"] = start.AddHours(input[i, 1]).ToOADate(); table.Rows.Add(row); } return table; } 3. In the form Load event, configurebothaxesusing the ShortDate format for the X axis and the ShortTime format for the Y axis.Notice at the top of the method where we make a little room for the labels by removing the legend, setting AutoLayout true to automatically use the extra space. Also notice that the axis labels are made visible and the YAxis label is rotated 45 degrees. [VB] Configuring the Chart And Binding the Data Private Sub RadForm1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) radChart1.AutoLayout = True radChart1.Legend.Visible = False radChart1.PlotArea.YAxis.AxisLabel.Visible = True radChart1.PlotArea.YAxis.Appearance.LabelAppearance.RotationAngle = 45 radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.AxisLabel.Visible = True Dim today As DateTime = DateTime.Today ' Setup chart orientation radChart1.SeriesOrientation = ChartSeriesOrientation.Horizontal ' Setup XAxis radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.Appearance.ValueFormat = ChartValueFormat.ShortDate radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.AutoScale = False radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.AddRange(today.ToOADate(), today.AddDays(10).ToOADate(), 1) ' Setup YAxis radChart1.PlotArea.YAxis.Appearance.ValueFormat = ChartValueFormat.ShortTime radChart1.PlotArea.YAxis.AutoScale = False radChart1.PlotArea.YAxis.AddRange(today.AddHours(7).ToOADate(), today.AddHours(18).ToOADate (), 1 / 24) ' Setup Series radChart1.Series(0).Type = ChartSeriesType.Gantt radChart1.Series(0).DataXColumn = "X" radChart1.Series(0).DataXColumn2 = "X2" radChart1.Series(0).DataYColumn = "Y" radChart1.Series(0).DataYColumn2 = "Y2"

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' Data Bind radChart1.Series(0).Appearance.LabelAppearance.Visible = False radChart1.DataSource = GetDataTable() radChart1.DataBind() End Sub [C#] Configuring the Chart And Binding the Data private void RadForm1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { radChart1.AutoLayout = true; radChart1.Legend.Visible = false; radChart1.PlotArea.YAxis.AxisLabel.Visible = true; radChart1.PlotArea.YAxis.Appearance.LabelAppearance.RotationAngle = 45; radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.AxisLabel.Visible = true; DateTime today = DateTime.Today; // Setup chart orientation radChart1.SeriesOrientation = ChartSeriesOrientation.Horizontal; // Setup XAxis radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.Appearance.ValueFormat = ChartValueFormat.ShortDate; radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.AutoScale = false; radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.AddRange(today.ToOADate(), today.AddDays(10).ToOADate(), 1); // Setup YAxis radChart1.PlotArea.YAxis.Appearance.ValueFormat = ChartValueFormat.ShortTime; radChart1.PlotArea.YAxis.AutoScale = false; radChart1.PlotArea.YAxis.AddRange(today.AddHours(7).ToOADate(), today.AddHours(18).ToOADate (), 1d / 24d); // Setup Series radChart1.Series[0].Type = ChartSeriesType.Gantt; radChart1.Series[0].DataXColumn = "X"; radChart1.Series[0].DataXColumn2 = "X2"; radChart1.Series[0].DataYColumn = "Y"; radChart1.Series[0].DataYColumn2 = "Y2"; // Data Bind radChart1.Series[0].Appearance.LabelAppearance.Visible = false; radChart1.DataSource = GetDataTable(); radChart1.DataBind(); } 4. Run the application.

Events
Use the BeforeLayout event when you want to safely customize layout-related properties. BeforeLayout will correctly display without clipping because layout arrangements occur after this event. All the elements of the chart exist before this event fires, so you can make changes to items, axis, legend, etc., as in this example below. The form Load event makes a little extra room for the new labels. The BeforeLayout event handler sets the chart legend border and cycles through the Y axis text blocks, sets a custom stringand rotates the axis item 20 degrees. [VB] Handling the BeforeLayout Event Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) radChart1.PlotArea.Appearance.Dimensions.Margins.Left = New Telerik.Charting.Styles.Unit (30, Telerik.Charting.Styles.UnitType.Percentage)

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radChart1.PlotArea.Appearance.Dimensions.Margins.Bottom = New Telerik.Charting.Styles.Unit (20, Telerik.Charting.Styles.UnitType.Percentage) radChart1.IntelligentLabelsEnabled = True End Sub Private Sub radChart1_BeforeLayout(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) radChart1.Legend.Items(0).Appearance.Border.Color = Color.Red radChart1.Legend.Items(0).Appearance.Border.Visible = True For Each axisItem As ChartAxisItem In Me.radChart1.PlotArea.YAxis.Items axisItem.TextBlock.Text = "Custom string" axisItem.Appearance.RotationAngle = 20 Next End Sub [C#] Handling the BeforeLayout Event private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { radChart1.PlotArea.Appearance.Dimensions.Margins.Left = new Telerik.Charting.Styles.Unit(30, Telerik.Charting.Styles.UnitType.Percentage); radChart1.PlotArea.Appearance.Dimensions.Margins.Bottom = new Telerik.Charting.Styles.Unit(20, Telerik.Charting.Styles.UnitType.Percentage); radChart1.IntelligentLabelsEnabled = true; } private void radChart1_BeforeLayout(object sender, EventArgs e) { radChart1.Legend.Items[0].Appearance.Border.Color = Color.Red; radChart1.Legend.Items[0].Appearance.Border.Visible = true; foreach (ChartAxisItem axisItem in this.radChart1.PlotArea.YAxis.Items) { axisItem.TextBlock.Text = "Custom string"; axisItem.Appearance.RotationAngle = 20; } }

20.6 Unique RadChart Features

RadChart has some unique features that we haven't run into yet that you should be aware of:

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Empty Values
RadChart automatically approximates missing values between known data points, simply by setting the Empty property true on any chart series item. This works for bar, line and area based chart types. You also have complete control over the visual style of empty values. The empty value style can be articulated separately from the style for the main values.

Scale Breaks
The ScaleBreaks feature allows you to "break off" large chunks of the axis so that graphs with large amplitude are easier to read. ScaleBreaks are available for both YAxis and YAxis2 properties of the PlotArea. You can tailor the maximum number of breaks, the minimum interval between data points before a break can occur, the visual size of the breaks and the visual style of the breaks.

Multi-Line Labels
Labels in RadChart can appear on multiple lines. For example, the property editor for TextBlock. Text properties allows you to hit the enter key to start a new line. Press control-enter to accept the text and close the property editor.

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Strict Mode
"strict mode" is not a property or setting, but a behavior of bar chart series where X values are respected and bars are positioned according to their XValues. If there are no series items with XValues then RadChart resumes standard sequential ordering of each item. The screen shot below was produced using the X and Y values from this table: Series 1 (Blue) YValue 3 3 4 3 5 Series 2 (Orange) YValue 1 2 XValue 0 1 3 3 4 XValue 5 4

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Logarithmic Y-Axis
RadChart's Y-Axis now supports logarithmic mode. This is convenient when you would like to display rapidly increasing values. Set theYAxis or YAxis2 IsLogarithmic property (false by default) to true to enable this behavior. The LogarithmBase property (10 by default) can be increased to further compress the presentation of values.

20.7 How To
Drill-Down
RadChart can be configured to handle "drill-down" functionality where the initial presentation of the chart presents the "Mile HighView" of data where the information shows the most general, highest level scope of data. Then the user clicks on a chart element and "drills down" to the next level of specificity. For example, if we have revenue by Year, Quarter and Month, the initial view will be the greatest time span, which is year. The year is divided into quarters. By clicking on an item on the chart you can see the values correspoding to the quarters of the selected year. Each quarter consists of 3 months. After choosing a quarter for the selected year you can see the values for each month of the quarter. To test this you can use the Chart.mdb file in the RadControls for Winforms installation directory under \Examples\DataSources. Chart.mdb contains a "Revenue" table. Select the Year, Quarter, Month and Revenue columns.

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Prepare the Project

1. Create a new Windows Forms application. 2. From the Toolbox drag a RadChart component to the default form.

Configure the RadChart Using the Wizard

1. Configure the data source:

From the Smart Tagopen theChoose Data Source drop down and select Add Project Data Source... from the list. In the "Choose a Data Source Type" page of the wizard, select the Database icon, then click the Next button to continue. In the "Choose your data connection" page of the wizard, click the New Connection... button. This step will bring up the Add Connection dialog. In the Add Connection dialog, the Data Source entry should read "Microsoft Access Database File (OLE DB)" (see screenshot below). If it is not, click the Change... button and select "Microsoft Access Database File (OLE DB)" from the list. Also in the Add Connection dialog, click the Browse... button, navigate to the RadControls for Winforms installation and locate the \Examples\QuickStart\DataSources directory. Open the "Chart.mdb" file.

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Click OK to close the Add Connection dialog. Back at the "Choose Your Data Connection" page of the wizard, click the Next button to continue. You will receive a dialog popup with message "The connection you selected is a local file...". Click Yes to close the dialog and copy the data file locally. In the Choose Your Database Objects page, open the treeview "Tables" node, locate the "Revenue" table and check the "Year", "Quarter", "Month"and "Revenue" columns. Click the Finish button to close the dialog. This last step will create a DataSet, TableAdapter and BindingSource and place them in the components tray. The next few steps will create table adapter methods used to fill the dataset by data for the year, month and quarter. These methods will be called from within your code when the chart is clicked.

2. Create a "FillByYear" data source query statement: 1. Locate the "revenueTableAdapter" component in the component tray. Open the Smart Tag and select Edit Queries in DataSet Designer... 2. Right-click the "FillBy" element and select Configure... from the context menu. 3. On the "Specify a SQL SELECT statement" page of the wizard, enter the following SQL statement and click the Next button to continue. [SQL] FillByYear SELECT [YEAR], SUM(Revenue) AS Revenue FROM Revenue GROUP BY [YEAR] 4. On the "Choose Methods to Generate" page of the wizard, check the "Fill a DataTable" option and set the Method name to "FillByYear". Un-check the "Return a DataTable" option. Click the Finish button to close the dialog. 3. Add a "FillByQuarter" data source query statement: 1. Right-click the RevenueTableAdapter and choose Add Query... from the context menu. This will display the TableAdapter Query Configuration Wizard. 2. On the "Choose aCommand Type"page of the wizard, select the "Use a SELECT statement to load data"option. Click the Next button to continue. 3. On the "Choose a Query Type" page of the wizard, select the "SELECT which returns rows" option. Click the Next button to continue. 4. On the "Specify a SQL SELECT statement" page of the wizard, enter the following SQL statement and click the Next button to continue. [SQL] FillByQuarter SELECT SUM(Revenue) AS Revenue, Quarter FROM Revenue WHERE [YEAR] = ? GROUP BY Quarter 5. On the Choose Methods to Generate page of the wizard, check the "Fill a DataTable" option and set the Method name to "FillByQuarter". Un-check the "Return a DataTable" option. Click the Finish button to close the dialog. 4. Add a "FillByMonth" data source query statement: 1. Right-click the RevenueTableAdapter and choose Add Query... from the context menu. This will display the TableAdapter Query Configuration Wizard. 2. On the "Choose aCommand Type"page of the wizard, select the "Use a SELECT statement to load

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data"option. Click the Next button to continue. 3. On the "Choose a Query Type" page of the wizard, select the "SELECT which returns rows" option. Click the Next button to continue. 4. On the "Specify a SQL SELECT statement" page of the wizard, enter the following SQL statement and click the Next button to continue. [SQL] FillByMonth SELECT SUM(Revenue) AS Revenue, [MONTH] FROM Revenue WHERE ([YEAR] = ?) AND (Quarter = ?) GROUP BY [MONTH] 5. On the Choose Methods to Generate page of the wizard, check the "Fill a DataTable" option and set the Method name to "FillByMonth". Un-check the "Return a DataTable" option. Click the Finish button to close the dialog. The RevenueTableAdapter designer should look something like the screenshot below:

5. In the code for the form, add the following private variable to store the current year when its selected from the chart: [VB] Storing the Current Year 'stores the currently selected year Private _year As Integer [C#] Storing the Current Year //stores the currently selected year private int _year; 6. Add the following to the Form_Load event. This set of statements will fill the dataset initially with the "by year" data and configure the chart. Notice that the XAxis AutoScale is turned off so that MinValue and MaxValue settings can take effect. [VB] Handle the Form_Load Event Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Me.revenueTableAdapter.FillByYear(Me.chartDataSet.Revenue) ' remove the second, unused series radChart1.Series.RemoveAt(1)

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radChart1.ChartTitle.TextBlock.Text = "Years" radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.IsZeroBased = False radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.AutoScale = False radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.MinValue = 2003 radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.MaxValue = 2005 'attach the datasource to the chart radChart1.DataManager.DataSource = Me.chartDataSet.Revenue radChart1.Series(0).DataYColumn = "Revenue" radChart1.Series(0).DataXColumn = "Year" radChart1.Series(0).Name = "Years" End Sub [C#] Handle the Form_Load Event private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.revenueTableAdapter.FillByYear(this.chartDataSet.Revenue); // remove the second, unused series radChart1.Series.RemoveAt(1); radChart1.ChartTitle.TextBlock.Text = "Years"; radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.IsZeroBased = false; radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.AutoScale = false; radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.MinValue = 2003; radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.MaxValue = 2005; //attach the datasource to the chart radChart1.DataManager.DataSource = this.chartDataSet.Revenue; radChart1.Series[0].DataYColumn = "Revenue"; radChart1.Series[0].DataXColumn = "Year"; radChart1.Series[0].Name = "Years"; } 7. Double-click the chart to create an Click event handler and populate the handler with the code below. This code uses the ChartClickEventArgs passed in, finds the ChartSeriesItem that was clicked on and checks that the item's parent is "Years". If that condition is true, then we have just drilled down to the "Quarters", otherwise we're looking at "Months". Depending on which level we're at, clear the series, set the DataYColumn to the appropriate data column name and bind the chart. [VB] Handling the Click Event Private Sub radChart1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As Telerik.Charting.ChartClickEventArgs) If TypeOf args.Element.ActiveRegion.Parent Is ChartSeriesItem AndAlso (TryCast (args.Element.ActiveRegion.Parent, ChartSeriesItem)).Parent.Name = "Years" Then radChart1.ChartTitle.TextBlock.Text = "Quarters" 'a bar representing the revenue for a year was clicked _year = (TryCast(args.Element, ChartSeriesItem)).Index + 2003 'fill revenue values for the year whose bar was clicked revenueTableAdapter.FillByQuarter(Me.chartDataSet.Revenue, _year) 'setup chart properties with appopriate axis labels radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.DataLabelsColumn = "Quarter" radChart1.Series(0).Clear() radChart1.Series(0).DataYColumn = "Revenue" radChart1.Series(0).Name = "Quarters" radChart1.DataBind() ElseIf TypeOf args.Element Is ChartSeriesItem AndAlso (TryCast(args.Element, ChartSeriesItem)).Parent.Name = "Quarters" Then radChart1.ChartTitle.TextBlock.Text = "Months"; 'a bar representing the revenue for a year was clicked

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Dim quarter As Integer = (TryCast(args.Element, ChartSeriesItem)).Index + 1 'fill revenue values for the year whose bar was clicked revenueTableAdapter.FillByMonth(Me.chartDataSet.Revenue, _year, quarter) 'setup chart properties with appopriate axis labels radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.DataLabelsColumn = "Month" radChart1.Series(0).Clear() radChart1.Series(0).DataYColumn = "Revenue" radChart1.Series(0).Name = "Months" radChart1.DataBind() 'Detach Click event handler for the innermost chart 'Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadChart.ChartClickEventHandler RemoveHandler radChart1.Click, AddressOf radChart1_Click End If End Sub [C#] Handling the Click Event private void radChart1_Click(object sender, Telerik.Charting.ChartClickEventArgs args) { if (args.Element.ActiveRegion.Parent is ChartSeriesItem && (args.Element.ActiveRegion.Parent as ChartSeriesItem).Parent.Name == "Years") { radChart1.ChartTitle.TextBlock.Text = "Quarters"; //a bar representing the revenue for a year was clicked _year = (args.Element as ChartSeriesItem).Index + 2003; //fill revenue values for the year whose bar was clicked revenueTableAdapter.FillByQuarter(this.chartDataSet.Revenue, _year); //setup chart properties with appopriate axis labels radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.DataLabelsColumn = "Quarter"; radChart1.Series[0].Clear(); radChart1.Series[0].DataYColumn = "Revenue"; radChart1.Series[0].Name = "Quarters"; radChart1.DataBind(); } else if (args.Element is ChartSeriesItem && (args.Element as ChartSeriesItem).Parent.Name == "Quarters") { radChart1.ChartTitle.TextBlock.Text = "Months"; //a bar representing the revenue for a year was clicked int quarter = (args.Element as ChartSeriesItem).Index + 1; //fill revenue values for the year whose bar was clicked revenueTableAdapter.FillByMonth(this.chartDataSet.Revenue, _year, quarter); //setup chart properties with appopriate axis labels radChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.DataLabelsColumn = "Month"; radChart1.Series[0].Clear(); radChart1.Series[0].DataYColumn = "Revenue"; radChart1.Series[0].Name = "Months"; radChart1.DataBind(); //Detach Click event handler for the innermost chart //Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadChart.ChartClickEventHandler radChart1.Click -= new RadChart.ChartClickEventHandler(radChart1_Click); } } 8. Press Ctrl-F5 to run the application.

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Extend the Displayable Area

By default, the data along the YAxis fills the available space. You may want some additional room to make the data easier to see.Use the YAxis AxisMode property in the case and set it to "Extended" to get a bit more headroom.

20.8 Summary
In this chapter you built a simple chart with static items and also learned how to bind data to the chart. You took a tour of the basic RadChart elements as well as the types of charts that are available. You learned how to use the tools in the designer to help navigate the many RadChart capabilities.You created and configured many of the chart elements programmatically, including the chart series, items, legend and chart title.

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21 Grid

21.1 Objectives

Get familiar with theRadGridView control by binding to a data source and configuring the grid using the Property Builder. Learn how to add columns for any data type at design-time and using code. Learn how to group, filter and sort data based on user input at runtime, design-time configuration and using code. Display hierarchical data from multiple related tables in the grid. Get low-level programmatic control over the RadGridView update process using Virtual Mode. Learn to use RadGridView with LINQ data sources to implement dynamic paging, sorting, and filtering on large datasets. Export RadGridView data.

21.2 Introduction
RadGridView is a powerful, highly performant grid component from Telerik developed on top of the innovative Telerik Presentation Foundation, which allows for unprecedented combination of performance, extensibility, customizability, and ease of use.

Some of the key features of RadGridView are:

Hierarchical data presentation - RadGridView has the ability to represent hierarchical master-detail data. Its hierarchical schema could be set up either at design-time, at runtime using the control API, or handled automatically for you based on the structure of the data.

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Easily customizable theming mechanism - RadGridView is shipped with a consistent set of themes that allow you to easily build slick interfaces. Or you can use the codeless visual approach to build a new custom theme. Grouping - RadGridView allows easy implementation of multilevel grouping of data from a single table. Simply drag the column header(s) to the group panel on the top to define the grouping order and hierarchy. You can also programmatically group data using group-by expressions. Another unique feature is the ability to sort grouped data by single or multiple columns. Grouping programmatically also allows you to perform aggregate operations (e.g. sum, min, max, count, first and last) and to output custom formatted strings into the group heading. Multi-column sorting - in addition to the simple one-column sorting RadGridView allows you to sort data by several columns just like in Microsoft Excel. With the help of sorting expressions, you can also do custom sorting. Filtering - RadGridView can perform filtering operations for all columns that support filtering. For each column there will be a drop down menu with the available filter expressions Column and Row resizing - RadGridView supports convenient column and row resizing with features like real-time resizing, best fit sizing,automatic resizing of grid rows based on their content, and text wrapping. Column reordering with drag-and-drop - column reordering is a nice interface feature which lets users reorder columns, based on their personal preference. Telerik RadGridView allows users to quickly reorder columns at runtime by simply drag-and-dropping their headers, with visual indication of the header being dragged. Keyboard navigation - RadGridView can be navigated using the keyboard. You can focus on a grid with the TAB key, navigate through the rows, and edit cells. Rich set of column types - RadGridView supports the most commonly used column types to provide editing functionality. Pinned rows and Pinned columns support - RadGridView enhances the simple scrolling by supporting pinned rows and columns. You can scroll the grid data, while pinned rows stay visible and next to the header row; pinned columns stay visible and on the left of the grid. Conditional formatting - RadGridView enables you to apply conditional formatting to grid elements for enhanced readability and usability of the displayed data. Conditional formatting can be applied programmatically or by the user at run-time. Context menu support - The context menu provides extra usability and richness to any application. The default RadGridView context menu provides support for sorting, formatting, grouping, column selection and automatic column width adjustment. You can extend the context menu to add your own menu items and display your menus conditionally. Saving and loading layout functionality

21.3 Getting Started

RadGridView controls many features include flexible setup during design time, quick and easy binding to database data, using auto generated columns from the DataSource, and extensive Property Builder options. This lab will introduce the Telerik RadGridView control, demonstrate connecting to a DataSource, using the PropertyBuilder and applying a theme. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Grid\<VB|CS>\RadGridView\RadGridViewIntro

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This example requires that you have pre installed AdventureWorks data base on your SQL server. You can download all AdventureWorks data bases from this link at CodePlex (http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/releases/view/55926) 1. Start a new Windows Forms Project. Change the form size to 800x400, or something sufficiently large to view several columns of data. 2. Drag a RadGridView grid onto the form, and set the Dock property to "Fill". 3. Open the RadGridViews Smart Tag, and under "Choose DataSource" select "Add Project DataSource". 4. Use the DataSource wizard to set up a DataBase DataSource to the AdventureWorks database, and the Sales.SalesPerson table. Select all the columns in the table, and save the BindingSource to the project. The RadGridView should now be configured to show all of the columns in the table. 5. Use the Properties window for the RadGridView to set the AutoSizeColumnsMode property to "Fill". 6. Use the Smart Tag to open the Property Builder and uncheck the following columns: "TerritoryID", "rowguid", and "ModifiedDate" from the columns list. 7. Also in the Property Builder, Advanced tab, set the FormatString of the SalesQuota, Bonus, SalesYTD, and SalesLastYear to "{0:C}", the FormatString of CommissionPct to "{0:P}". 8. Close the Property Builder. The RadGridView property builder has a WYSIWYG-like capability: When you make modifications to the "preview" grid, changes are persisted in the designer. For example:

Show/hide columns with the Column Chooser, resize, rearrange columns, pin/unpin Group-by column(s), filter, sort Conditional formatting

Using the Property Builder you can make changes quickly and get instant visual feedback. Using the "Advanced Settings" tab Properties Grid you can "fine tune" your settings. For example you can resize columns in the Property Builder, but if you wish your column to be exactly 250px wide you can use the Advanced SettingsProperties Grid, or the standard Visual Studio Properties window. 9. Press Ctl-F5 to run the projectandview the data in the RadGridView.

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21.4 Column Manipulation

Additional columns can be added to the RadGridView table either visually by using the Property Builder, or programmatically. Setting the column expression and using different column data types allows for further flexibility within the RadGridView control, including the ability to add columns which are calculated at runtime from values in existing fields. This lab will demonstrate these techniques. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Grid\<VB|CS>\RadGridView\AddingColumns This example requires that you have pre installed AdventureWorks data base on your SQL server. You can download all AdventureWorks data bases from this link at CodePlex (http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/releases/view/55926) 1. Start a new Windows Forms Project. Change the form size to 800x400, or something sufficiently large to view several columns of data. 2. Drag a RadGridView grid onto the form, and set the Dock property to "Fill". 3. Open the RadGridViews Smart Tag, and under "Choose DataSource" select "Add Project DataSource". 4. Use the DataSource wizard to set up a DataBase DataSource to the AdventureWorks database, and the Sales.SalesPerson table. Select all the columns in the table, and save the BindingSource to the project. 5. Use the Smart Tag to open the Property Builder. 6. Uncheck the following columns: "TerritoryID", "rowguid", and "ModifiedDate" from the columns list. 7. Optionally, you can change the Header Text of the columns to more meaningful names. 8. Use the Property Builder to add a new GridViewDecimalColumn to the grid. Note: Be sure to set focus to the grid itself by clicking on one of the Column names in the left column before trying to add a column. Name the new columns UniqueName to "PercentQuota" andthe Header Text to "Percent of Quota".

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9. Close the Property Builder. 10. Add annamespacereference to the code-behind of the form. [VB] Adding Namespace Reference Imports Telerik.WinControls.UI [C#] Adding Namespace Reference using Telerik.WinControls.UI; 11. Add the code below to the Load method of the form. Notice that the "PercentQuota" expression is assigned in code. Then a new column is created completely from scratch and added to the columns collection. This code programmatically creates a CheckBox column which shows if a salesperson has reached over 15% of their sales quota for the year. Then column formats are set and finally the GridViewTemplate BestFitColumns() method is called. BestFitColumns calculates the best fit for each column based on the header text and data width so that neither header nor data is obscured. [VB] Handling the Form Load Event Private Sub RadGridViewLab2_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load ' load the dataset Me.salesPersonTableAdapter.Fill(Me.adventureWorksDataSet.SalesPerson) ' assign the "PercentQuota" expression, and set format to be a percentage Me.radGridView1.Columns("PercentQuota").Expression = "SalesYTD/SalesQuota" Me.radGridView1.Columns("PercentQuota").FormatString = "{0:P}" ' create a new "Over 15 Percent" checkbox Dim checkboxColumn As GridViewCheckBoxColumn = New GridViewCheckBoxColumn() checkboxColumn.Name = "CheckBoxColumn" checkboxColumn.HeaderText = "Over 15%" checkboxColumn.Width = 60 radGridView1.Columns.Add(checkboxColumn) checkboxColumn.Expression = "PercentQuota > 15" ' set column formats

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Me.radGridView1.Columns("SalesQuota").FormatString = "{0:C}" Me.radGridView1.Columns("Bonus").FormatString = "{0:C}" Me.radGridView1.Columns("SalesYTD").FormatString = "{0:C}" Me.radGridView1.Columns("SalesLastYear").FormatString = "{0:C}" Me.radGridView1.Columns("CommissionPct").FormatString = "{0:P}" ' get the best fit for each column based on header text and data radGridView1.MasterTemplate.BestFitColumns() End Sub [C#] Handling the Form Load Event private void RadGridViewLab2_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { // load the dataset this.salesPersonTableAdapter.Fill(this.adventureWorksDataSet.SalesPerson); // assign the "PercentQuota" expression, and set format to be a percentage this.radGridView1.Columns["PercentQuota"].Expression = "SalesYTD/SalesQuota"; this.radGridView1.Columns["PercentQuota"].FormatString = "{0:P}"; // create a new "Over 15 Percent" checkbox GridViewCheckBoxColumn checkboxColumn = new GridViewCheckBoxColumn(); checkboxColumn.Name = "CheckBoxColumn"; checkboxColumn.HeaderText = "Over 15%"; checkboxColumn.Width = 60; radGridView1.Columns.Add(checkboxColumn); checkboxColumn.Expression = "PercentQuota > 15"; // set column formats this.radGridView1.Columns["SalesQuota"].FormatString = "{0:C}"; this.radGridView1.Columns["Bonus"].FormatString = "{0:C}"; this.radGridView1.Columns["SalesYTD"].FormatString = "{0:C}"; this.radGridView1.Columns["SalesLastYear"].FormatString = "{0:C}"; this.radGridView1.Columns["CommissionPct"].FormatString = "{0:P}"; // get the best fit for each column based on header text and data radGridView1.MasterTemplate.BestFitColumns(); } 12. Run the project to view the column created in design view and the column created programmatically with the rest of the data.

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21.5 Column Chooser

The user can manage the visibility of all columns at runtime using the Column Chooser window. The user rightclicks one of the header cellsand selects Column Chooser from the context menu:

The user can then drag column headings to the Column Chooser window.

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The columns that are allowed to be visible in the Column Chooser can be configured at runtime. To prevent the column from being shown in the chooser, set the column's VisibleInColumnChooser property to false. If you want to prevent the column from being dragged off the grid, set the AllowHide property to false. Gotcha! If VisibleInColumnChooser is set to False and AllowHide is true, the column will disappear when dragged onto the column chooser and the user will not be able to restore the column to the grid. [VB] Disallowing a Column Dragging to Chooser Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Me.productTableAdapter.Fill(Me.adventureWorksDataSet.Product) radGridView1.Columns(1).VisibleInColumnChooser = False radGridView1.Columns(1).AllowHide = False End Sub [C#] Disallowing a Column Dragging to Chooser private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.productTableAdapter.Fill(this.adventureWorksDataSet.Product); radGridView1.Columns[1].VisibleInColumnChooser = false; radGridView1.Columns[1].AllowHide = false; } You can disable the chooser all together for any grid view template by setting the AllowColumnChooser property. This removes the column chooser from thegrid's context menu. [VB] Disabling the Column Chooser radGridView1.MasterTemplate.AllowColumnChooser = False [C#] Disabling the Column Chooser radGridView1.MasterTemplate.AllowColumnChooser = false; Alternatively, you can display the chooser programmatically using the ColumnChooser Show() method. [VB] Displaying the ColumnChooser radGridView1.ColumnChooser.Show() [C#] Displaying the ColumnChooser radGridView1.ColumnChooser.Show();

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21.6 Conditional Formatting
Cells and rows can be styled dynamically based on cell values. You can use the grids conditional formatting capability for many scenarios and fall back to cell formatting for unique or complex situations. Let's look first at the built-in conditional formatting mechanism. The user can initiate a "Conditional Formatting Rules Manager" dialog by right-clicking the grid and selecting "Conditional Formatting" from the context menu.Rules can also be created and applied in code. User Initiated Conditional Formatting The screenshot below shows the Conditional Formatting Rules Manager dialog. Each rule defined here has a column that the rule applies to, a comparison condition and one or two values (depending on the type of condition). Also notice the "Apply this rule to entire row" checkbox at the bottom of the form. The rule described here is named "Expired Cards" and fires when the "ExpYear" column has a value less than "2008".

If a rule evaluates to true, formatting is applied to the row and cell.

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You can show the dialog programmatically by creating a ConditionalFormattingForm instance and calling the Show() method. The first parameter in the constructor takes the GridViewTemplate to apply formatting against. The second can be a GridViewDataColumn that the rule will apply to, or this can be left null. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Grid\<VB|CS>\RadGridView\ConditionalFormatting This example requires that you have pre installed AdventureWorks data base on your SQL server. You can download all AdventureWorks data bases from this link at CodePlex (http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/releases/view/55926) [VB] Showing the Conditional Formatting Dialog Private Sub btnShowDialog_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Dim cf As New ConditionalFormattingForm(radGridView1.MasterTemplate, Nothing) cf.Show() End Sub [C#] Showing the Conditional Formatting Dialog private void btnShowDialog_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { ConditionalFormattingForm cf = new ConditionalFormattingForm(radGridView1.MasterTemplate, null); cf.Show(); } In fact, you can remove or replace items in the grid's context menu with your own items. The example below swaps out the "Conditional Formatting" item with a "My Conditional Formatting" item that displays the conditional formatting dialog as always topmost. [VB] Replacing Grid Context Menu Items

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Private Sub radGridView1_ContextMenuOpening(sender As Object, e As ContextMenuOpeningEventArgs) Dim i As Integer = 0 While i < e.ContextMenu.Items.Count Dim item As RadMenuItemBase = DirectCast(e.ContextMenu.Items(i), RadMenuItemBase) If item.Text = "Conditional Formatting" Then e.ContextMenu.Items.Remove(item) Dim newItem As New RadMenuItem("My Conditional Formatting") newItem.Click += New EventHandler(newItem_Click) e.ContextMenu.Items.Insert(4, newItem) Exit While End If System.Math.Max(System.Threading.Interlocked.Increment(i),i - 1) End While End Sub Sub newItem_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Dim cf As New ConditionalFormattingForm(radGridView1.MasterGridViewTemplate, Nothing) cf.TopMost = True cf.Show() cf.Focus() End Sub [C#] Replacing Grid Context Menu Items private void radGridView1_ContextMenuOpening(object sender, ContextMenuOpeningEventArgs e) { for (int i = 0; i < e.ContextMenu.Items.Count; i++) { RadMenuItemBase item = (RadMenuItemBase)e.ContextMenu.Items[i]; if (item.Text == "Conditional Formatting") { e.ContextMenu.Items.Remove(item); RadMenuItem newItem = new RadMenuItem("My Conditional Formatting"); newItem.Click += new EventHandler(newItem_Click); e.ContextMenu.Items.Insert(4, newItem); break; } } } void newItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { ConditionalFormattingForm cf = new ConditionalFormattingForm(radGridView1.MasterGridViewTemplate, null); cf.TopMost = true; cf.Show(); cf.Focus(); } Programmatic Conditional Formatting To create the parallel to the conditional formatting rules created by using the dialog, create ConditionalFormattingObject instances. The constructor takes the name of the rule, the condition type (i.e. Equal, Less Than, etc), the first value, the second value and if formatting should be applied to the entire row. The example below creates a rule that detects cards of type "SuperiorCard" and applies formatting only to the cell. A second rule looks for the "ExpYear" to be less than 2008 and formats the entire row.

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[VB] Adding Rules Programmatically ' create a rule to highlight "SuperiorCard" card types ' -highlight the entire row Dim cfo As New ConditionalFormattingObject("SuperiorCards", ConditionTypes.Equal, "SuperiorCard", "", True) cfo.RowBackColor = Color.LightGreen cfo.RowForeColor = Color.DarkGreen cfo.TextAlignment = ContentAlignment.MiddleRight radGridView1.Columns("CardType").ConditionalFormattingObjectList.Add(cfo) ' hightlight cards with expiry year less than 2008. ' -highlight only the cell Dim cfo2 As New ConditionalFormattingObject("Expired Cards", ConditionTypes.Less, "2008", "", False) cfo2.CellBackColor = Color.Transparent cfo2.CellForeColor = Color.Red cfo2.TextAlignment = ContentAlignment.MiddleRight radGridView1.Columns("ExpYear").ConditionalFormattingObjectList.Add(cfo2) [C#] Adding Rules Programmatically // create a rule to highlight "SuperiorCard" card types // -highlight the entire row ConditionalFormattingObject cfo = new ConditionalFormattingObject("SuperiorCards", ConditionTypes.Equal, "SuperiorCard", "", true); cfo.RowBackColor = Color.LightGreen; cfo.RowForeColor = Color.DarkGreen; cfo.TextAlignment = ContentAlignment.MiddleRight; radGridView1.Columns["CardType"].ConditionalFormattingObjectList.Add(cfo); // hightlight cards with expiry year less than 2008. // -highlight only the cell ConditionalFormattingObject cfo2 = new ConditionalFormattingObject("Expired Cards", ConditionTypes.Less, "2008", "", false); cfo2.CellBackColor = Color.Transparent; cfo2.CellForeColor = Color.Red;

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cfo2.TextAlignment = ContentAlignment.MiddleRight; radGridView1.Columns["ExpYear"].ConditionalFormattingObjectList.Add(cfo2);

21.7 Cell and Row Formatting

If the built-in conditional formatting mechanism is insufficient because:

The conditions are too complex. You want to format other than just cell and row colors and alignment. You need to compare values in other cells as part of evaluating the condition. You need special effects like alternate row colors.

...then the CellFormatting and RowFormatting events provide complete control over any visual aspect of the cell element and allows you toconstruct arbitrarily complex evaluations using any programmatic tool in the .NET arsenal. RowFormating and CellFormating events fireevery timea visible row or cell is created. Even though you can create complex code in these event handlers, have a care for performance as these events will fire for all visible rows or cells. The events are fired in the following order:

The RowFormatting event is called after applying all theme properties and updating row elements state. The CellFormatting event is fired for every cell in the row. To be more effective and to save memory, RadGridView uses virtualization of its elements. This means that a limited number of elements are created at a time. Only the rows that are currently visible on the screen have associated visual elements. When the grid is scrolled up the visual elements are reused. The formatting events are fired only for rows that have associated visual elements.

Cell Formatting The example below makes extensive visual changes to the cell element based on the current column's data (CardType = "SuperiorCard") and another column (ExpYear < 2008). The example first tests that the column is a GridViewDataColumn type. This lets us get the GridViewDataColumnName so we can know what column we're on. Use CellElement.RowInfo.Cells ["MyColumnName"] to get at other columns. Another important point is that if you want to changethe BackColor properties of the CellElement, you should set the DrawFill property to True. Gotcha! Be sure to set DrawFill back to false whenever you're not specifically accessing the BackColor. Forgetting to do this will cause anomalous painting of other cells in the column as you scroll. You should always reset the modified properties when a condition is not met. In short, you should always have an "else" clause for every "if" clause. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Grid\<VB|CS>\RadGridView\RowCellFormatting This example requires that you have pre installed AdventureWorks data base on your SQL server. You can download all AdventureWorks data bases from this link at CodePlex (http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/releases/view/55926)

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[VB] Handling the CellFormatting Event Private Sub radGridView1_CellFormatting(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CellFormattingEventArgs) Handles radGridView1.CellFormatting ' make sure the column is not the header and is a GridViewDataColumn If TypeOf e.CellElement.ColumnInfo Is GridViewDataColumn AndAlso Not(TypeOf e.CellElement Is GridHeaderCellElement) Then Dim column As GridViewDataColumn = TryCast(e.CellElement.ColumnInfo, GridViewDataColumn) ' only make changes to the CardType column If column.Name.Equals("CardType") AndAlso e.CellElement.RowInfo.Cells("ExpYear").Value IsNot Nothing Then ' get value of the "ExpYear" Dim year As Integer = CShort(Fix(e.CellElement.RowInfo.Cells("ExpYear").Value)) ' make changes based on another column ("ExpYear") where the current ' column contains "SuperiorCard" If (year < 2008) AndAlso (e.CellElement.Text.Equals("SuperiorCard")) Then ' must set DrawFill for background colors to show! e.CellElement.DrawFill = True ' change any CellElement property e.CellElement.BackColor = Color.PaleGreen e.CellElement.BackColor2 = Color.LightGreen e.CellElement.BackColor3 = Color.YellowGreen e.CellElement.BackColor4 = Color.Green e.CellElement.NumberOfColors = 4 e.CellElement.GradientStyle = GradientStyles.OfficeGlassRect Else ' must reset the visual modifications e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.DrawFillProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local) e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColorProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local) e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColor2Property, ValueResetFlags.Local) e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColor3Property, ValueResetFlags.Local) e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColor4Property, ValueResetFlags.Local) e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.NumberOfColorsProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local) e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.GradientStyleProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local) End If

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End If End If End Sub [C#] Handling the CellFormatting Event private void radGridView1_CellFormatting(object sender, CellFormattingEventArgs e) { // make sure the column is not the header and is a GridViewDataColumn if (e.CellElement.ColumnInfo is GridViewDataColumn && !(e.CellElement is GridHeaderCellElement)) { GridViewDataColumn column = e.CellElement.ColumnInfo as GridViewDataColumn; // only make changes to the CardType column if (column.Name.Equals("CardType") && e.CellElement.RowInfo.Cells["ExpYear"].Value != null) { // get value of the "ExpYear" int year = (Int16)e.CellElement.RowInfo.Cells["ExpYear"].Value; // make changes based on another column ("ExpYear") where the current // column contains "SuperiorCard" if ((year < 2008) && (e.CellElement.Text.Equals("SuperiorCard"))) { // must set DrawFill for background colors to show! e.CellElement.DrawFill = true; // change any CellElement property e.CellElement.BackColor = Color.PaleGreen; e.CellElement.BackColor2 = Color.LightGreen; e.CellElement.BackColor3 = Color.YellowGreen; e.CellElement.BackColor4 = Color.Green; e.CellElement.NumberOfColors = 4; e.CellElement.GradientStyle = GradientStyles.OfficeGlassRect; } else { //must reset the visual modifications e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.DrawFillProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local); e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColorProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local); e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColor2Property, ValueResetFlags.Local); e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColor3Property, ValueResetFlags.Local); e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColor4Property, ValueResetFlags.Local); e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.NumberOfColorsProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local); e.CellElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.GradientStyleProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local); } } } } Row Formatting The RowFormatting event is particularly useful for applying alternating row styles to your grid. Use the RowElement IsOdd property to detect every other row. Use the RowElement to style the entire row using any of the TPF visual properties, e.g. back colors, gradients, etc. As with cell formatting, you can make the logic as complex as you need.

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[VB] Handling the RowFormatting Event Private Sub radGridView1_RowFormatting(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RowFormattingEventArgs) Handles radGridView1.RowFormatting If toggleButtonEnableAlternationRowColor.ToggleState = ToggleState.On Then If e.RowElement.IsOdd Then e.RowElement.DrawFill = True e.RowElement.BackColor = Color.LightGreen e.RowElement.BackColor2 = Color.PaleTurquoise e.RowElement.BackColor3 = Color.PaleGreen e.RowElement.BackColor4 = Color.SpringGreen e.RowElement.GradientStyle = GradientStyles.Vista Else e.RowElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColorProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local) e.RowElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColor2Property, ValueResetFlags.Local) e.RowElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColor3Property, ValueResetFlags.Local) e.RowElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColor4Property, ValueResetFlags.Local) e.RowElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.GradientStyleProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local) e.RowElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.DrawFillProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local) End If End If End Sub [C#] Handling the RowFormatting Event private void radGridView1_RowFormatting(object sender, RowFormattingEventArgs e) { if (toggleButtonEnableAlternationRowColor.ToggleState == ToggleState.On) { if (e.RowElement.IsOdd) { e.RowElement.DrawFill = true; e.RowElement.BackColor = Color.LightGreen; e.RowElement.BackColor2 = Color.PaleTurquoise; e.RowElement.BackColor3 = Color.PaleGreen; e.RowElement.BackColor4 = Color.SpringGreen;

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e.RowElement.GradientStyle = GradientStyles.Vista; } else { e.RowElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColorProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local); e.RowElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColor2Property, ValueResetFlags.Local); e.RowElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColor3Property, ValueResetFlags.Local); e.RowElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColor4Property, ValueResetFlags.Local); e.RowElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.GradientStyleProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local); e.RowElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.DrawFillProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local); } } } Another way you can get alternating row color automatically is to set the EnableAlternatingRowColor property to true. The color used onevery other row can be setby setting the AlternatingRowColor property of the TableElement. [VB] Enabling Alternating Row Color radGridView1.EnableAlternatingRowColor = True radGridView1.TableElement.AlternatingRowColor = Color.Yellow [C#] Enabling Alternating Row Color radGridView1.EnableAlternatingRowColor = true; radGridView1.GridElement.AlternatingRowColor = Color.Yellow; The visual results are a little flashy, but these properties can be set at design time without having to code.

21.8 Custom Cells and Elements

Overview If the existing cells are too limited for a specific job you can create a custom cell type and add any elements that suit your purpose. To do thisyou need to inherit from the GridDataCellElement and override some of its

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methods. Thanks to the UI virtualization mechanism, of RadGridView only the currently visible cells are created and they are further reused when needed. In order to avoid your misusage of your custom cell is it best to create a custom column that will be compatible only with the defined custom cell. Additionally, in order to prevent troubles because of the virtualization it is best to create a custom column where you The first step is to create yourGridDataCellElement descendant. A typical implementation would include a public constructor that passes the column and row and a override of the CreateChildElements method so you can create your own elements inside the cell. [VB] Minimal Implementation of GridDataCellElement Descendant Public Class MyCell Inherits GridDataCellElement Public Sub New(column As GridViewColumn, row As GridRowElement) MyBase.New(column, row) End Sub Protected Overloads Overrides Sub CreateChildElements() MyBase.CreateChildElements() End Sub End Class [C#] Minimal Implementation of GridDataCellElement Descendant public class MyCell : GridDataCellElement { public ColorSwatchCellElement(GridViewColumn column, GridRowElement row) : base(column, row) { } protected override void CreateChildElements() { base.CreateChildElements(); } } Other GridDataCellElement methods you may want to override:

SetContentCore(object value): To set the cell text. SetContent(): To create or modify any cell content. ArrangeOverride(SizeF finalSize): To handle layout requirements specific to your cell type. ThemeEffectiveType - to make the element themable IsCompatible - defines with which column types the cell is compatible with

The example below uses the "Color" column from the Products table and creates a special ColorSwatchCellElement custom cell type. Clicking on the cell displays the color dialog and lets the user change colors.

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Defining a Custom Cell Type You can find the complete source for this project at: \Grid\<VB|CS>\RadGridView\CustomCells 1. In a new WinForms application, drop a RadGridView on the default form and set the Dock property to "Fill". 2. Bind the AdventureWorks "Products" table to the grid and include only the "ProductID", "Name" and "Color" columns. 3. First create a new class "ColorSwatchElement.cs". Change the declaration of the class to be public, descend from GridDataCellElement and add a constructor that takes a GridViewColumn and GridRowElement as parameters. [VB] Initial ColorSwatchCellElement Definition Public Class ColorSwatchCellElement Inherits GridDataCellElement Public Sub New(column As GridViewColumn, row As GridRowElement) MyBase.New(column, row) End Sub End Class [C#] Initial ColorSwatchCellElement Definition public class ColorSwatchCellElement : GridDataCellElement { public ColorSwatchCellElement(GridViewColumn column, GridRowElement row) : base(column, row) { } } 4. Add a new private member "_swatch" and make it a LightVisualElement type. Then override the CreateChildElements() method and create an instance of the LightVisualElement and set properties before adding to the Children collection:

DrawFill = True Font = a new 7 point "Arial" font

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Shape = new RoundRectShape with a 5 point radius GradientStyle = "Linear" NumberOfColors = 2 MouseDown = Remove and assign a new MouseDown event handler [VB]Overiding the CreateChildElements Method Private _swatch As LightVisualElement Protected Overloads Overrides Sub CreateChildElements() MyBase.CreateChildElements() _swatch = New LightVisualElement() _swatch.DrawFill = True _swatch.Font = New Font("Arial", 7F, FontStyle.Regular) _swatch.Shape = New RoundRectShape(5) _swatch.GradientStyle = GradientStyles.Linear _swatch.NumberOfColors = 2 RemoveHandler _swatch.MouseDown, AddressOf _swatch_MouseDown _swatch.MouseDown += New MouseEventHandler(_swatch_MouseDown) Me.Children.Add(_swatch) End Sub [C#]Overiding the CreateChildElements Method private LightVisualElement _swatch; protected override void CreateChildElements() { base.CreateChildElements(); _swatch = new LightVisualElement(); _swatch.DrawFill = true; _swatch.Font = new Font("Arial", 7F, FontStyle.Regular); _swatch.Shape = new RoundRectShape(5); _swatch.GradientStyle = GradientStyles.Linear; _swatch.NumberOfColors = 2; _swatch.MouseDown -= new MouseEventHandler(_swatch_MouseDown); _swatch.MouseDown += new MouseEventHandler(_swatch_MouseDown); this.Children.Add(_swatch); }

5. Override the ArrangeOverride method in order to size the element according to the cell size [VB.NET]Overriding ArrangeOverride Protected Overrides Function ArrangeOverride(finalSize As SizeF) As SizeF MyBase.ArrangeOverride(finalSize) 'size the element according to the cell size _swatch.Arrange(New RectangleF(3, 3, finalSize.Width - 6, finalSize.Height - 6)) Return finalSize End Function [C#] Overriding ArrangeOverride protected override SizeF ArrangeOverride(SizeF finalSize) { base.ArrangeOverride(finalSize); //size the element according to the cell size _swatch.Arrange(new RectangleF(3, 3, finalSize.Width - 6, finalSize.Height - 6)); return finalSize; }

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6. Override the SetContentCore() method. Set the cell Text property blank. [VB] Overriding the SetContentCore Method Protected Overloads Overrides Sub SetContentCore(value As Object) ' blank out the cell's text, only show on swatch element Me.Text = "" End Sub [C#] Overriding the SetContentCore Method protected override void SetContentCore(object value) { // blank out the cell's text, only show on swatch element this.Text = ""; } 7. Override the SetContent() method. In this method you want to set the "swatch" BackColors and Text properties to a default values of "White" and a blank string. Then test if the cell's Value has something in it and that the Value is not equal to the string "Transparent". Set BackColor2 using the Color.FromName() method and passing the cell value. Also set the Text to the color name stored in the cell's Value. In the latter part of the method, set the column width to the width of the color name string if it is larger. [VB] Overriding the SetContent Method Public Overloads Overrides Sub SetContent() MyBase.SetContent() ' set default properties _swatch.BackColor = Color.White _swatch.BackColor2 = Color.White _swatch.Text = [String].Empty ' only process if there is a value and its not "Transparent" If Not Me.Value.Equals(System.DBNull.Value) AndAlso (Not Me.Value.ToString().Equals ("Transparent")) Then Dim colorName As String = Me.Value.ToString() ' convert to a Color type and assign to background color _swatch.BackColor2 = Color.FromName(colorName) ' set the readable color name _swatch.Text = colorName End If If Me.ElementTree IsNot Nothing Then ' get the size of the color name string Dim size As SizeF = SizeF.Empty Using g As Graphics = Me.ElementTree.Control.CreateGraphics() size = g.MeasureString(_swatch.Text, Me.Font) End Using ' get the current column width Dim width As Integer = Me.GridControl.Columns(Me.ColumnIndex).Width ' set column width to use the column or measured ' color name string width, whichever is widest Me.GridControl.Columns(Me.ColumnIndex).Width = Math.Max(width, CInt(Fix(size.Width))) End If End Sub [C#] Overriding the SetContent Method

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public override void SetContent() { base.SetContent(); // set default properties _swatch.BackColor = Color.White; _swatch.BackColor2 = Color.White; _swatch.Text = String.Empty; // only process if there is a value and its not "Transparent" if (!this.Value.Equals(System.DBNull.Value) && (!this.Value.ToString().Equals("Transparent"))) { string colorName = this.Value.ToString(); // convert to a Color type and assign to background color _swatch.BackColor2 = Color.FromName(colorName); // set the readable color name _swatch.Text = colorName; } if (this.ElementTree != null) { // get the size of the color name string SizeF size = SizeF.Empty; using (Graphics g = this.ElementTree.Control.CreateGraphics()) { size = g.MeasureString(_swatch.Text, this.Font); } // get the current column width int width = this.GridControl.Columns[this.ColumnIndex].Width; // set column width to use the column or measured // color name string width, whichever is widest this.GridControl.Columns[this.ColumnIndex].Width = Math.Max(width, (int)size.Width); } } 8. Handle the MouseDown event for the "_swatch" element. First configure a RadColorDialog to show only the Web tab heading and change the heading to "Swatch Colors'. Set the initial color to whatever color is already in the swatch background, show the dialog and if the user clicks OK, accept the selected color, convert it to a known color name and assign the color name to the cell Value property. GetColorName() is a private method that we will define next. [VB] Handling the MouseDown Event Sub _swatch_MouseDown(sender As Object, e As MouseEventArgs) ' configure color dialog to only show web colors Dim colorDialog As New RadColorDialog() colorDialog.ColorDialogForm.ShowBasicColors = False colorDialog.ColorDialogForm.ShowProfessionalColors = False colorDialog.ColorDialogForm.ShowSystemColors = False colorDialog.ColorDialogForm.ShowCustomColors = False colorDialog.ColorDialogForm.ShowHEXColorValue = False colorDialog.ColorDialogForm.AllowColorPickFromScreen = False colorDialog.ColorDialogForm.AllowColorSaving = False colorDialog.ColorDialogForm.WebTabHeading = "Swatch Colors" ' set initial dialog color colorDialog.SelectedColor = _swatch.BackColor2 If colorDialog.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then ' set value to known color name of selected color

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Me.Value = GetColorName(colorDialog.SelectedColor) End If End Sub [C#] Handling the MouseDown Event void _swatch_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) { // configure color dialog to only show web colors RadColorDialog colorDialog = new RadColorDialog(); colorDialog.ColorDialogForm.ShowBasicColors = false; colorDialog.ColorDialogForm.ShowProfessionalColors = false; colorDialog.ColorDialogForm.ShowSystemColors = false; colorDialog.ColorDialogForm.ShowCustomColors = false; colorDialog.ColorDialogForm.ShowHEXColorValue = false; colorDialog.ColorDialogForm.AllowColorPickFromScreen = false; colorDialog.ColorDialogForm.AllowColorSaving = false; colorDialog.ColorDialogForm.WebTabHeading = "Swatch Colors"; // set initial dialog color colorDialog.SelectedColor = _swatch.BackColor2; if (colorDialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { // set value to known color name of selected color this.Value = GetColorName(colorDialog.SelectedColor); } } 9. Implement the GetColorName() helper method to return a meaningful color name for a given Color. Notice that we only recognize web color names and bypass the system colors in the KnownColor enumeration. Color.ToString() will just return a string representation of the actual RGB Hexidecimal values, not a string representation of the "known color". [VB] Implementing the GetColorName Helper Method Public Function GetColorName(color As Color) As String For Each knownColor As KnownColor In [Enum].GetValues(GetType(KnownColor)) ' only look for web colors, not system colors If (knownColor > KnownColor.Transparent) AndAlso (knownColor < KnownColor.ButtonFace) Then If color.ToArgb() = Color.FromKnownColor(knownColor).ToArgb() Then Return knownColor.ToString() End If End If Next Return KnownColor.Transparent.ToString() End Function [C#] Implementing the GetColorName Helper Method public string GetColorName(Color color) { foreach (KnownColor knownColor in Enum.GetValues(typeof(KnownColor))) { // only look for web colors, not system colors if ((knownColor > KnownColor.Transparent) && (knownColor < KnownColor.ButtonFace)) { if (color.ToArgb() == Color.FromKnownColor(knownColor).ToArgb()) { return knownColor.ToString();

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} } } return KnownColor.Transparent.ToString(); } 10. Override the ThemeEffectiveType in order to make the cell themable [VB.NET] Override ThemeEffectiveType Protected Overrides ReadOnly Property ThemeEffectiveType() As Type Get Return GetType(GridDataCellElement) End Get End Property [C#] Override ThemeEffectiveType protected override Type ThemeEffectiveType { get { return typeof(GridDataCellElement); } } 11. Create a new class that inherits from GridViewDataColumn in order to create the custom column that we have mentioned in the begging of this example. In this class all we need is to override the GetCellType to make it use the custom cell that we have created: [VB.NET] Create the custom column Imports Telerik.WinControls.UI Class ColorSwatchColumn Inherits GridViewDataColumn Public Sub New(ByVal fieldName As String) MyBase.New(fieldName) End Sub Public Overrides Function GetCellType(ByVal row As GridViewRowInfo) As Type If TypeOf row Is GridViewDataRowInfo Then Return GetType(ColorSwatchCellElement) End If Return MyBase.GetCellType(row) End Function End Class [VB.NET] Create the custom column class ColorSwatchColumn : GridViewDataColumn { public ColorSwatchColumn(string fieldName) : base(fieldName) { } public override Type GetCellType(GridViewRowInfo row) { if (row is GridViewDataRowInfo) { return typeof(ColorSwatchCellElement); }

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return base.GetCellType(row); } } 12. Finally, go back to the custom cell that we have created and override its IsCompatible mehtod in order to make it compatible with the newly created custom column: Example Title Public Overrides Function IsCompatible(data As GridViewColumn, context As Object) As Boolean Return TypeOf data Is ColorSwatchColumn AndAlso TypeOf context Is GridDataRowElement End Function Example Title public override bool IsCompatible(GridViewColumn data, object context) { return data is ColorSwatchColumn && context is GridDataRowElement; } Using Your Custom Cell Type 1. In the code-behind for the default form of the project,in the Load event remove the existing Color column, create new instance of the ColorSwatchColumn with Name = "Color" in order to make it load the data from the data source andthis columnto the Columns collection of RadGridView: [VB] Handling the CreateCell Event Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Me.productTableAdapter.Fill(Me.adventureWorksDataSet1.Product) radGridView1.MasterTemplate.BestFitColumns() radGridView1.Columns.Remove("Color") Dim col As New ColorSwatchColumn("Color") radGridView1.Columns.Add(col) End Sub [C#] Handling the CreateCell Event private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.productTableAdapter.Fill(this.adventureWorksDataSet1.Product); radGridView1.MasterTemplate.BestFitColumns(); radGridView1.Columns.Remove("Color"); ColorSwatchColumn col = new ColorSwatchColumn("Color"); radGridView1.Columns.Add(col); } 2. Run and test the application.

21.9 Grouping, Sorting and Filtering

It is often useful to organize data for a clearer presentation. The RadGridView control allows you to perform this organization either at run-time, through options available to the user, or beforehand from inside your project. Grouping allows data to be organizedaccording to commonalities between records, filtering shows only data meeting certain criteria, and sorting changes the order based on a particular field. The following labs will demonstrate how these functions can be performed by the user at run-time, from inside the designer, or programmatically using the API.

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User Grouping at Runtime
Grouping is supported at runtime by dragging and dropping column names into the Grouping Panel, using the Property Builder to perform the drag and drop grouping ahead of time, or programmatically from the codebehind. We will use the same project to perform these grouping functions, but demonstrate each type separately. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Grid\<VB|CS>\RadGridView\Grouping This example requires that you have pre installed NorthWind data base on your SQL server. 1. Create a new Windows Forms Project 2. Drag a RadGridView control onto the form, and connect its DataSource to the Customers table of the NorthWind sample database. 3. Use the RadGridViews Smart Tag to open the Property Builder, and un-select the following fields: "CustomerID", "Region", "Phone", and "Fax", then close the Property Builder. 4. Run the project to view the data in the grid. To group the data by Country, grab the Country column header, and drag it to the space above the grid. Or, right-click on the column header, and choose Group By Column from the context menu.

5. Now, you can expand a Country group to view the data in that group. Also, the order of the grouping can be changed by clickingthe group header in the Grouping Panel.

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6. To add an additional subgroup by City, drag the City column header to the right-hand side of the Country grouping block.

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The hierarchy of the grouping can be re-arranged by changing the header blocks within the Grouping Panel. To Ungroup by a column, simply drag the column header back to the header row or use the close button in the group header.

Grouping Using the Property Builder at Design-Time

1. Use the Smart Tag to open the Property Builder on the RadGridView control. 2. In theAdvancedtab of the Column,open the GroupDescriptors collection.

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3. In the Collection Editor, add a new GroupDescriptor and set the Expression property to: Country DESC 4. Add a second GroupDescriptor and set its Expression to City ASC

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5. Click OK to close the Collection Editor 6. Click OK to close the Property Builder. You should now see your new groupings in the Grouping Panel in design view, just as earlier when they were created by the user at run-time. 7. Run the project to view the grouped data, this time in descending order for country, and ascending for city. Although the groupings set up in the designer will be applied on start-up, at runtime, the user can still drag the grouped header to re-arrange, add, or delete groupings from the grid, as long as the EnableGrouping property is set to True.

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Programmatic Grouping at Run-Time

1. Add the following code to the forms Load event to remove the city grouping added in the designer, and add a grouping by Contact Title. [VB] Removing and Adding Groupings Private Sub RadGridViewLab3_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Me.customersTableAdapter.Fill(Me.dataSet1.Customers) 'remove the "City" grouping added in the designer radGridView1.MasterTemplate.GroupDescriptors.RemoveAt(1) 'add a new grouping by "Contact Title" radGridView1.MasterTemplate.GroupDescriptors.Add(New GroupDescriptor("ContactTitle ASC")) End Sub [C#] Removing and Adding Groupings private void RadGridViewLab3_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.customersTableAdapter.Fill(this.dataSet1.Customers); // remove the "City" grouping added in the designer radGridView1.MasterTemplate.GroupDescriptors.RemoveAt(1); // add a new grouping by "Contact Title" radGridView1.MasterTemplate.GroupDescriptors.Add(new GroupDescriptor("ContactTitle ASC")); } 2. Run the project, and view the data, now grouped by country, and then sub-grouped by Contact Type within the country groups.

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Sorting and Filtering

You can find the complete source for this project at: \Grid\<VB|CS>\RadGridView\SortingandFiltering This example requires that you have pre installed AdventureWorks data base on your SQL server. You can download all AdventureWorks data bases from this link at CodePlex (http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/releases/view/55926) 1. In a new Windows Forms Project, drag a RadGridView control onto the form. 2. Connect its DataSource to the Production.Product table of the AdventureWorks sample database. 3. In the Property Window for the RadGridView, set the MasterTemplates EnableFiltering property to true. 4. Use the RadGridViews Smart Tag to open the Property Builder and un-select the following fields: ProductID, Size, SizeUnitMeasure, rowguid, Weight, WeightUnitMeasure, Style, ProductSubcategoryID, ProductModelID, SellStartDate, SellEndDate, DiscontinuedDate, and ModifiedDate. 5. Still in the Property Builder, drag the ReorderPoint column to the furthest left position, then click the header block itself until it shows a downward arrow, indicating a descending sort on the column.

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6. To view the sorting applied to the grid, navigate to the Advanced Settings tab, find the Data Group and click the SortDescriptors property ellipses to open the SortDescriptor Collection Editor. Here, you can also add or delete sorting descriptors on the grid. You should now see the descending sort on the Reorder Point column.

7. Add namespace referencesto the"Imports" (VB) or "uses" (C#) clause of your code: [VB] Adding References Imports Telerik.WinControls.UI Imports Telerik.WinControls.Data [C#] Adding References using Telerik.WinControls.UI; using Telerik.WinControls.Data; 8. To add an additional expression to sort by Color programmatically, close the Property Builder and add the following code to the Load handler of the form: [VB] Adding a Sort Descriptor radGridView1.MasterTemplate.SortDescriptors.Add(new SortDescriptor("Color", System.ComponentModel.ListSortDirection.Ascending)) [C#] Adding a Sort Descriptor radGridView1.MasterTemplate.SortDescriptors.Add(new SortDescriptor("Color", System.ComponentModel.ListSortDirection.Ascending)); 9. Run the project to view your sorted data. Notice that the data is first sorted by Reorder Point, then within that sorting, is sorted by Color.

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If EnableSorting is set to true, users will still be able to change your default sorting at runtime using the column headers. Setting EnableSorting to false freezes the sort order to the configuration set at either design time or programmatically. 10. To add run-time filtering to the table, click the filter icon on the Reorder Point column, and choose "Greater than" from the context menu. Now enter "300" into the filter row textbox to only show products with a Reorder Point greater than 300.

You can click the filter iconand choose "No filter" to remove the filtering criteria. 11. Stop the project and return to the Forms Load handler. Now programmatically add a filtering descriptor to

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only show products whose "MakeFlag" is true. Add the code below to the Load handler. This step creates a FilterDescriptor object and adds it to the Column's FilterDescriptors collection. The FilterDescriptor constructor has several overloads, but the parameters for this example are:

A FilterOperator enumeration member that represent one of the filtering criteria in the drop down list, e.g. "GreaterThan", "EqualTo", etc. A criteria value, i.e. the value that the column value is being compared to. In the example below the value is "True". [VB] Adding a Filter Expression radGridView1.MasterTemplate.FilterDescriptors.Add(new FilterDescriptor("MakeFlag", FilterOperator.IsEqualTo, true)) [C#] Adding a Filter Expression radGridView1.MasterTemplate.FilterDescriptors.Add(new FilterDescriptor("MakeFlag", FilterOperator.IsEqualTo, true));

12. To additionally filter results to only those with ProductNumbers starting with the letters "C" or "R" you should use CompositeFilterDescriptors. Here we will create a composite filter descriptor which will contain two filter descriptors in it - to filter the results by ProductNumbe starting with "C" and starting with "R". To have both or them working, the LogicalOperator of the CompositeFilterDescriptor instance should be set to "OR". After the composite descriptor is created, we are adding it to the filter descriptor collection of the MasterTemplates (where the descriptor for the MakeFlag column is already added): [VB] Creating CompositeFilterDescriptor Dim compositeDescriptor As New CompositeFilterDescriptor() compositeDescriptor.LogicalOperator = FilterLogicalOperator.[Or] compositeDescriptor.FilterDescriptors.Add(New FilterDescriptor("ProductNumber", FilterOperator.StartsWith, "C")) compositeDescriptor.FilterDescriptors.Add(New FilterDescriptor("ProductNumber", FilterOperator.StartsWith, "R")) radGridView1.MasterTemplate.FilterDescriptors.Add(compositeDescriptor) [C#] Creating CompositeFilterDescriptor CompositeFilterDescriptor compositeDescriptor = new CompositeFilterDescriptor(); compositeDescriptor.LogicalOperator = FilterLogicalOperator.Or; compositeDescriptor.FilterDescriptors.Add(new FilterDescriptor("ProductNumber", FilterOperator.StartsWith, "C")); compositeDescriptor.FilterDescriptors.Add(new FilterDescriptor("ProductNumber", FilterOperator.StartsWith, "R")); radGridView1.MasterTemplate.FilterDescriptors.Add(compositeDescriptor); 13. Run the project and notice the effect of our filter expressions. Only Products with "True" MakeFlags whose number starts with "C" or "R" are shown.

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There is a more convenient way to sort a column.Instead of adding a new SortDescriptor, set the SortOrder property: [VB] Assigning the SortOrder Me.radGridView1.Columns("Value").SortOrder = RadSortOrder.Descending [C#] Assigning the SortOrder this.radGridView1.Columns["Value"].SortOrder = RadSortOrder.Descending;

21.10Hierarchy Support
ith some data, it is desirable to show tables within tables, also known as a Hierarchical view. Multiple tables can be related through data keys and RadGridView allows almost effortless setup to display such relationships. Hierarchical tables can be set up through either the designer manually, automatically, or programmatically in the code-behind. The following labs will demonstrate all implementation methods. Additionally, Objectrelational hierarchy, Self-referencing hierarchyand Load on demand hierarchy will be reviewed.

Hierarchy Table Setup in the Designer

You can find the complete source for this project at: \Grid\<VB|CS>\RadGridView\HierarchyDesigner This example requires that you have pre installed AdventureWorks data base on your SQL server. You can download all AdventureWorks data bases from this link at CodePlex (http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/releases/view/55926)

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1. Create a new Windows Forms Project. 2. Drag a RadGridView control onto the form, and use the Smart Tag to create a new DataSource. Use the AdventureWorks database, and select both the HumanResources.Department and HumanResources.EmployeeDepartmentHistory tables.

3. Again using the Smart Tag, select the Department Table as the source for the main grid.

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4. Now, open the Property Builder for the grid. Select theMasterTemplate node, and then expand the New drop down button and click ChildTemplate.

5. After the template is added,select it and navigate to the Data pane.Locate the DataSource property andfrom the drop down menu select the EmployeeDepartmentHistory table. This will be the child table within the grid. Afterwards, click OK to save the Templates collection.

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6. Select the RadGridView node andopen the Collections editor for the Relations collection.

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7. In the GridViewRelation Collection Editor, add a new relation by clicking the "Add" button. Then, name your relation in the properties pane on the right side of the Collection Editor. Here, the relation is named "DepartmenttoDepartmentHistory". Set the templates of the relation to your newly created Child template for the ChildTemplate property, and theMasterTemplate for the ParentTemplate.

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ChildColumnNames and ParentColumnNames properties of the relation. Both collections should look like the figure below. Afterwards, click OK to close both dialogs and the Property Editor.

9. Run the project and view the hierarchical tables in the form:

Notice that the Main Grid shows the data from the Departments database table, and by clicking the plus sign to the left of a Department record, you can view the Child table, which displays the Employees who have the same DepartmentID in the EmployeeDepartmentHistory table.

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Automatic Hierarchy Table Setup
You can find the complete source for this project at: \Grid\<VB|CS>\RadGridView\HierarcyAuto Besides creating the table relationships yourself, the RadGridView control can automatically generate hierarchical tables for use based upon Dataset relationships. 1. Create a new Windows Forms Project. 2. Drag a RadGridView control onto the form, and use the Smart Tag to create a new DataSource. Use the AdventureWorks database, and select both the Purchasing.Vendor and Purchasing.ProductVendor tables. This will create a DataSet which includes both of the tables. Note the name of your new Dataset. In this example the name of the dataset is "AdventureWorksDataSet".

3. Use the Smart Tag to set the DataSource property to the DataSet itself. This will give RadGridView access to both tables and the relationship between them.

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4. To view the relationships that are automatically created in the new Dataset, close the Property Builder and use the SmartTag on the Dataset object placeholder in the Forms design panel to choose "Edit in DataSet Designer".

5. In the DataSet Designer, notice that the two tables are linked by a relationship line. The relationship between the tables is the VendorID field, which is the Primary Key for the Vendor table, and a Foreign Key for the ProductVendor table. This relationship will be the basis for our auto-generated hierarchical table view.

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6. Close the DataSet Designer and return to the design view of the main form. 7. Since we used the DataSet as the source for our grid, we must add TableAdapters to load data from the database. Navigate to the code-behind for the Form, and add the following declarations in the form's Load event handler. The code instantiates table adapters for both tables and fills each table. Finally, we must set the DataMember property to "Vendor" and also the AutoGenerateHierarchy property to true. [VB] Loading the DataSet Private Sub RadGridViewLab6_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Dim vendorTA As New AdventureWorksDataSetTableAdapters.VendorTableAdapter() Dim productvendorTA As New AdventureWorksDataSetTableAdapters.ProductVendorTableAdapter() vendorTA.Fill(adventureWorksDataSet.Vendor) productvendorTA.Fill(adventureWorksDataSet.ProductVendor) radGridView1.AutoGenerateHierarchy = True radGridView1.DataMember = "Vendor" End Sub [C#] Loading the DataSet private void RadGridViewLab6_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { AdventureWorksDataSetTableAdapters.VendorTableAdapter vendorTA = new AdventureWorksDataSetTableAdapters.VendorTableAdapter(); AdventureWorksDataSetTableAdapters.ProductVendorTableAdapter productvendorTA = new AdventureWorksDataSetTableAdapters.ProductVendorTableAdapter(); vendorTA.Fill(adventureWorksDataSet.Vendor); productvendorTA.Fill(adventureWorksDataSet.ProductVendor); radGridView1.AutoGenerateHierarchy = true; radGridView1.DataMember = "Vendor"; } 8. Run the project and test the hierarchy functionality:

Notice that the table of Vendors is the parent table, and by expanding a Vendor Record, we can view a child table displaying the Products associated with that Vendor from the ProductsVendor table.

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For columns that expand to fill the form, set the AutoSizeColumnsMode property of both the parent and child tables to Fill.

Programmatic Hierarchical Table Setup

You can find the complete source for this project at: \Grid\<VB|CS>\RadGridView\HierarchyCode In this lab on hierarchical tables, we will construct the hierarchy programmatically in the codebehind for the form itself. 1. Create a new Windows Forms Project. 2. Drag a RadGridView control onto the form. 3. We will be doing all the setup for the RadGridView control itself programmatically, but first we still have to create a Dataset in our project to connect. Again, use the RadGridViews Smart Tag to create a new project DataSource. 4. Use the AdventureWorks database, and this time select both the Sales.SalesTerritory and Sales. SalesPerson tables. Note the name of your new Dataset: again, ours is named AdventureWorksDataSet. Note: After creating the Dataset, be sure to leave the RadGridViews DataSource set to none, as we will be setting this in code. 5. Add a reference to the Telerik.Winforms.UI namespace in the "Imports" (VB) or "using" (C#) clause of the code. 6. Add the code below to the form's Load event handler. This will create the DataSet and table adapter object instances, then load the table data: [VB] Initializing the Data Access Private Sub RadGridViewLab7_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Dim adventureWorksDS As New AdventureWorksDataSet() Dim salesPersonTA As New AdventureWorksDataSetTableAdapters.SalesPersonTableAdapter() Dim salesTerritoryTA As New AdventureWorksDataSetTableAdapters.SalesTerritoryTableAdapter() salesTerritoryTA.Fill(adventureWorksDS.SalesTerritory) salesPersonTA.Fill(adventureWorksDS.SalesPerson) '. . . End Sub [C#] Initializing the Data Access private void RadGridViewLab7_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { AdventureWorksDataSet adventureWorksDS = new AdventureWorksDataSet(); AdventureWorksDataSetTableAdapters.SalesPersonTableAdapter salesPersonTA = new AdventureWorksDataSetTableAdapters.SalesPersonTableAdapter(); AdventureWorksDataSetTableAdapters.SalesTerritoryTableAdapter salesTerritoryTA = new AdventureWorksDataSetTableAdapters.SalesTerritoryTableAdapter(); salesTerritoryTA.Fill(adventureWorksDS.SalesTerritory); salesPersonTA.Fill(adventureWorksDS.SalesPerson); //. . . } 7. Add code to the end of the form's Load event handler to configure the master template. This code assigns the DataSource for the master template and also performs some miscellaneous housekeeping to configure how columns are sized and to disallow adding new rows.

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[VB] Configuring the Master Grid View Template Private Sub RadGridViewLab7_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) '. . . radGridView1.DataSource = adventureWorksDS.SalesTerritory radGridView1.MasterGridViewTemplate.AutoSizeColumnsMode = GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill radGridView1.MasterGridViewTemplate.AllowAddNewRow = False '. . . End Sub [C#] Configuring the Master Grid View Template private void RadGridViewLab7_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { //. . . radGridView1.DataSource = adventureWorksDS.SalesTerritory; radGridView1.MasterGridViewTemplate.AutoSizeColumnsMode = GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill; radGridView1.MasterGridViewTemplate.AllowAddNewRow = false; //. . . } 8. Add code to the end of the form's Load event handler to configure the child grid view. This code creates a GridViewTemplate object instance to represent the child view,assigns the SalesPerson table as the DataSource and adds the template to the mastergrid view's Templates collection. [VB] Configuring the Child Grid View Template Private Sub RadGridViewLab7_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) '. . . Dim childTmpt As New GridViewTemplate() childTmpt.DataSource = adventureWorksDS.SalesPerson childTmpt.AutoSizeColumnsMode = GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill childTmpt.AllowAddNewRow = False radGridView1.MasterGridViewTemplate.ChildGridViewTemplates.Add(childTmpt) '. . . End Sub [C#] Configuring the Child Grid View Template private void RadGridViewLab7_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { //. . . GridViewTemplate childTmpt = new GridViewTemplate(); childTmpt.DataSource = adventureWorksDS.SalesPerson; childTmpt.AutoSizeColumnsMode = GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill; childTmpt.AllowAddNewRow = false; radGridView1.MasterGridViewTemplate.ChildGridViewTemplates.Add(childTmpt); //. . . } 9. Now that our parent and child templates are in place, we need to set a relationship between them. Add the following code, which relates the tables using the TerritoryID field, to the end of the Load handler. [VB] Configuring the Child Grid View Template Private Sub RadGridViewLab7_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) '. . . Dim relation As New GridViewRelation(radGridView1.MasterGridViewTemplate) relation.ChildTemplate = childTmpt relation.RelationName = "SalesTerritoryPerson"

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relation.ParentColumnNames.Add("TerritoryID") relation.ChildColumnNames.Add("TerritoryID") radGridView1.Relations.Add(relation) '. . . End Sub [C#] Configuring the Child Grid View Template private void RadGridViewLab7_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { //. . . GridViewRelation relation = new GridViewRelation(radGridView1.MasterGridViewTemplate); relation.ChildTemplate = childTmpt; relation.RelationName = "SalesTerritoryPerson"; relation.ParentColumnNames.Add("TerritoryID"); relation.ChildColumnNames.Add("TerritoryID"); radGridView1.Relations.Add(relation); //. . . } 10. Finally, add code to the end of the form's Load handler to hide the columns containing GUID's and set the theme name for the grid: [VB] Configuring the Child Grid View Template Private Sub RadGridViewLab7_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) '. . . radGridView1.Columns("rowguid").IsVisible = False childTmpt.Columns("rowguid").IsVisible = False End Sub [C#] Configuring the Child Grid View Template private void RadGridViewLab7_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { //. . . radGridView1.Columns["rowguid"].IsVisible = false; childTmpt.Columns["rowguid"].IsVisible = false; } 11. Run the project and expand a Territory record to view the SalesPerson records with matching TerritoriyID values.

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Object-relational hierarchy
The Object-Relational Hierarchy mode is used to show hierarchy based on a complex IList (IEnumarable) object that contains inner ILits (IEnumerable) properties. In order to create an Object-Relational Hierarchy automatically in this scenario, you must set only the DataSource and the AutoGenerateHierarachy properties of RadGridView. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Grid\<VB|CS>\RadGridView\ObjectRelationalHierarchy In the final lab on hierarchical tables, we will construct the hierarchy programmatically in the codebehind for the form itself. 1. Create a new Windows Forms Project. 2. Drag a RadGridView control onto the form. 3. Right click the project file and select Add > New Item. 4. Select ADO.NET Entity Data Model and change the Name to NorthwindEntities and click Add.

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5. Select Generate from database option and click Next.

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6. In the new window select New Connection ...

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7. Type your server name, select the Northwind database and click OK.

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8. Click Next in the Entity Data Model Wizard window.

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9. Expand the tables node and select the Products and Suppliers tables.

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10. The entity model will be generated. It will look like this.

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11. Double click the form to create Load event handler. Create an instance of the NorthwindEntities, create a query that will get the suppliers and include the Products table. Set the grid DataSource to the query to list and set the AutoGenerateHierarchy to true. [VB.NET] Object-relational hierarchy Dim entities As New NorthwindEntities() Dim query = From suppliers In entities.Suppliers.Include("Products") Select suppliers Me.RadGridView1.DataSource = query.ToList() Me.RadGridView1.AutoGenerateHierarchy = True [C#] Object-relational hierarchy NorthwindEntities entities = new NorthwindEntities(); var query = from suppliers in entities.Suppliers.Include("Products") select suppliers; this.radGridView1.DataSource = query.ToList(); this.radGridView1.AutoGenerateHierarchy = true; 12. Run the project to view the created hierarchy

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Load-On-Demandhierarchy
In many cases you may need to load your data not when RadGridView is being initialized, but at a later moment, when you interact with RadGridView or with your application. For example, a child template can be loaded on demand to delay the initialization of a resource-demanding feature of the application until it is required. In order to load a GridViewTemplate on demand, you should follow these high-level steps:

Create and define a columns schema for the presented data at the first level of the hierarchy. Create and define a columns schema for the presented data and a child GridViewTemplate. Create and associate a GridViewEventDataProvider with the child GridViewTemplate. Handle the RowSourceNeeded event to populate the data for each parent row.

You can find the complete source for this project at: \Grid\<VB|CS>\RadGridView\HierarchyLoadOnDemand 1. Create a new Windows Forms Project. 2. Drag a RadGridView control onto the form, and use the Smart Tag to create a new DataSource. Use the AdventureWorks database, and select both the Product and ProductModel tables. 3. Again using the Smart Tag, first select the Product, then the ProductModel tables to create the table adapters and then set the grid datasource to None, since we are going to assisgn the data source in the code behind.

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4. Double click the created AdventureWorksDataSet. Right click the designer and select Add > Relation

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5. Set the Parent Table to Product and the Child Table to ProduceModel. Both column settings should point to ProductModelID.

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6. First, create a columns schema for the first (parent) level of the hierarchy. If RadGridView is in a databound mode and we do not need to set a custom schema, we can just set the DataSource property of RadGridView which will set the schema and will populate the parent level with data. [VB.NET] Defining the child template Private Function CreateChildTemplate() As GridViewTemplate Dim template As New GridViewTemplate() template.AutoSizeColumnsMode = GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill Dim namecolumn As New GridViewTextBoxColumn("Name") Dim productNumberColumn As New GridViewTextBoxColumn("ProductNumber") Dim colorColumn As New GridViewTextBoxColumn("Color") Dim listPriceColumn As New GridViewDecimalColumn("ListPrice") Dim sizeColumn As New GridViewTextBoxColumn("Size") Dim weightColumn As New GridViewDecimalColumn("Weight") Dim discontinuedColumn As New GridViewDateTimeColumn("DiscontinuedDate") template.Columns.AddRange(namecolumn, productNumberColumn, colorColumn, listPriceColumn,

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sizeColumn, weightColumn, discontinuedColumn) Return template End Function [C#] Defining the child template private GridViewTemplate CreateChildTemplate() { GridViewTemplate template = new GridViewTemplate(); template.AutoSizeColumnsMode = GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill; GridViewTextBoxColumn namecolumn = new GridViewTextBoxColumn("Name"); GridViewTextBoxColumn productNumberColumn = new GridViewTextBoxColumn("ProductNumber"); GridViewTextBoxColumn colorColumn = new GridViewTextBoxColumn("Color"); GridViewDecimalColumn listPriceColumn = new GridViewDecimalColumn("ListPrice"); GridViewTextBoxColumn sizeColumn = new GridViewTextBoxColumn("Size"); GridViewDecimalColumn weightColumn = new GridViewDecimalColumn("Weight"); GridViewDateTimeColumn discontinuedColumn = new GridViewDateTimeColumn ("DiscontinuedDate"); template.Columns.AddRange(namecolumn, productNumberColumn, colorColumn, listPriceColumn, sizeColumn, weightColumn, discontinuedColumn); return template; } 7. Setup the load-on-demand mode by using GridViewEventDataProvider and RowSourceNeeded event: Example Title Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Me.ProductModelTableAdapter.Fill(Me.AdventureLT2008DataSet.ProductModel) Me.ProductTableAdapter.Fill(Me.AdventureLT2008DataSet.Product)

Me.radGridView1.DataSource = productModelBindingSource; Dim childTemplate As GridViewTemplate = CreateChildTemplate() Me.RadGridView1.Templates.Add(childTemplate) childTemplate.HierarchyDataProvider = New GridViewEventDataProvider(childTemplate) AddHandler RadGridView1.RowSourceNeeded, AddressOf radGridView1_RowSourceNeeded End Sub Example Title void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.productModelTableAdapter.Fill(this.adventureLT2008DataSet.ProductModel); this.productTableAdapter.Fill(this.adventureLT2008DataSet.Product);

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this.radGridView1.DataSource = productModelBindingSource; GridViewTemplate childTemplate = CreateChildTemplate(); this.radGridView1.Templates.Add(childTemplate); childTemplate.HierarchyDataProvider = new GridViewEventDataProvider(childTemplate); this.radGridView1.RowSourceNeeded += new GridViewRowSourceNeededEventHandler (radGridView1_RowSourceNeeded); } 8. Load the data on demand for an expanded parent row by using the RowSourceNeeded event: Example Title Private Sub radGridView1_RowSourceNeeded(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridViewRowSourceNeededEventArgs) Dim rowView As DataRowView = TryCast(e.ParentRow.DataBoundItem, DataRowView) Dim rows() As DataRow = rowView.Row.GetChildRows("ProductModel_Product") For Each dataRow As DataRow In rows Dim row As GridViewRowInfo = e.Template.Rows.NewRow() row.Cells("Name").Value = dataRow("Name") row.Cells("ProductNumber").Value = dataRow("ProductNumber") row.Cells("Color").Value = dataRow("Color") row.Cells("ListPrice").Value = dataRow("ListPrice") row.Cells("Size").Value = dataRow("Size") row.Cells("Weight").Value = dataRow("Weight") row.Cells("DiscontinuedDate").Value = dataRow("DiscontinuedDate") e.SourceCollection.Add(row) Next dataRow End Sub Example Title void radGridView1_RowSourceNeeded(object sender, GridViewRowSourceNeededEventArgs e) { DataRowView rowView = e.ParentRow.DataBoundItem as DataRowView; DataRow[] rows = rowView.Row.GetChildRows("ProductModel_Product"); foreach (DataRow dataRow in rows) { GridViewRowInfo row = e.Template.Rows.NewRow(); row.Cells["Name"].Value = dataRow["Name"]; row.Cells["ProductNumber"].Value = dataRow["ProductNumber"]; row.Cells["Color"].Value = dataRow["Color"]; row.Cells["ListPrice"].Value = dataRow["ListPrice"]; row.Cells["Size"].Value = dataRow["Size"]; row.Cells["Weight"].Value = dataRow["Weight"]; row.Cells["DiscontinuedDate"].Value = dataRow["DiscontinuedDate"]; e.SourceCollection.Add(row); } } 9. Run the project to view the created hierarchy.

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This new event based hierarchy mode can be used in different lazy loading scenarios including ORM frameworks, WCF services or complex business objects.

Self-referencinghierarchy
Except displaying hierarchical data and applying some custom criteria about when the subset of data to be displayed, the RadGridView allows you to define a relation that points back to the same table. In the cases when the hierarchical data is build from one type of items you can use a self referencing RadGridView to display the data. The following example demonstrates how RadGridView displays a hierarchy based on the data provided by the file system where one folder can have files and folders that can have other files and folders, etc.

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You can find the complete source for this project at: \Grid\<VB|CS>\RadGridView\HierarchySelfReferencing 1. Create a new Windows Forms Project. 2. Drag a RadGridView control onto the form, and set its Dock property toi "Fill". 3. Create a datasource with an appropriate structure where each data record contains Id that serves as a unique identifier for the record and ParentId that determines the parent of the data record. In our case this is a business object of type FileSystemItem that can serve as a folder and as a document. [VB.NET] Create data source structure Public Class FileSystemItem Private id_Renamed As Integer Private name_Renamed As String Private creationTime_Renamed As Date Private parentFolderId_Renamed As Integer Private type As String Public Property Id() As Integer Get Return id_Renamed End Get Set(ByVal value As Integer) id_Renamed = value End Set End Property

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Public Property FileSystemInfoType() As String Get Return type End Get Set(ByVal value As String) type = value End Set End Property Public Property Name() As String Get Return name_Renamed End Get Set(ByVal value As String) name_Renamed = value End Set End Property Public Property CreationTime() As Date Get Return creationTime_Renamed End Get Set(ByVal value As Date) creationTime_Renamed = value End Set End Property Public Property ParentFolderId() As Integer Get Return parentFolderId_Renamed End Get Set(ByVal value As Integer) parentFolderId_Renamed = value End Set End Property Public Sub New(ByVal id As Integer, ByVal type As String, ByVal name As String, ByVal creationTime As Date, ByVal parentFolderId As Integer) Me.id_Renamed = id Me.type = type Me.name_Renamed = name Me.creationTime_Renamed = creationTime Me.parentFolderId_Renamed = parentFolderId End Sub End Class [C#] Create data source structure public class FileSystemItem { int id; string name; DateTime creationTime; int parentFolderId; private string type;

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public int Id { get { return id; } set { id = value; } } public string FileSystemInfoType { get { return type; } set { type = value; } } public string Name { get { return name; } set { name = value; } } public DateTime CreationTime { get { return creationTime; } set { creationTime = value; } } public int ParentFolderId { get { return parentFolderId; }

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set { parentFolderId = value; } } public FileSystemItem(int id, string type, string name, DateTime creationTime, int parentFolderId) { this.id = id; this.type = type; this.name = name; this.creationTime = creationTime; this.parentFolderId = parentFolderId; } } 4. Fill a BindingList with objects of type FileSystemItem. The content of the list will depend on the content of the "C:\Program Files (x86)\Telerik" folder: [VB.NET] Fill the BindingList Private list As New BindingList(Of FileSystemItem)() Private fileFolderIndex As Integer = 0 Public Sub GetFilesAndFolders(ByVal dir As String, ByVal parentId As Integer) Dim di As New DirectoryInfo(dir) Dim rgFiles() As FileInfo = di.GetFiles() For Each fi As FileInfo In rgFiles fileFolderIndex += 1 list.Add(New FileSystemItem(fileFolderIndex, "File", fi.Name, fi.CreationTime, parentId)) Next fi Dim dirs() As DirectoryInfo = di.GetDirectories() For Each d As DirectoryInfo In dirs fileFolderIndex += 1 list.Add(New FileSystemItem(fileFolderIndex, "Folder", d.Name, d.CreationTime, parentId)) GetFilesAndFolders(d.FullName, fileFolderIndex) Next d End Sub [C#] Fill the BindingList BindingList<FileSystemItem> list = new BindingList<FileSystemItem>(); int fileFolderIndex = 0; public void GetFilesAndFolders(string dir, int parentId) { DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(dir); FileInfo[] rgFiles = di.GetFiles(); foreach (FileInfo fi in rgFiles) { fileFolderIndex++; list.Add(new FileSystemItem(fileFolderIndex, "File", fi.Name, fi.CreationTime,

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parentId)); } DirectoryInfo[] dirs = di.GetDirectories(); foreach (DirectoryInfo d in dirs) { fileFolderIndex++; list.Add(new FileSystemItem(fileFolderIndex, "Folder", d.Name, d.CreationTime, parentId)); GetFilesAndFolders(d.FullName, fileFolderIndex); } } 5. The most imporant step of this example - setting up the Self Referencing mode of RadGridView. To do this, you should call the AddSelfReference method of the Relations collection passing the template that should reflect the structure of the business object and the properties that should determine the parent-child relation: [VB.NET] Setting the self referencing mode Me.RadGridView1.Relations.AddSelfReference(Me.RadGridView1.MasterTemplate, "Id", "ParentFolderId") Me.RadGridView1.DataSource = list [C#] Setting the self referencing mode this.radGridView1.Relations.AddSelfReference(this.radGridView1.MasterTemplate, "Id", "ParentFolderId"); this.radGridView1.DataSource = list; 6. Hide the columns that are not useful to your clients. These columns in our case are Id, ParentFolderId and FileSystemInfoType: [VB.NET] Hinding unnecessary columns Me.RadGridView1.Columns("Id").IsVisible = False Me.RadGridView1.Columns("ParentFolderId").IsVisible = False Me.RadGridView1.Columns("FileSystemInfoType").IsVisible = False [C#] Hinding unnecessary columns this.radGridView1.Columns["Id"].IsVisible = false; this.radGridView1.Columns["ParentFolderId"].IsVisible = false; this.radGridView1.Columns["FileSystemInfoType"].IsVisible = false; 7. Last, but not least, you may want to show different images depending on the actual file system types of the data records. To do this, you should handle the CellFormatting event, check if the FileSystemInfoType is File or Folder and set the appropriate image accordingly: Example Title ' Getting the images from the resources of the project Private documentImage As Image = SamplesVB.My.Resources.Document Private folderImage As Image = SamplesVB.My.Resources.Folder Private Sub radGridView1_CellFormatting(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.CellFormattingEventArgs) Dim dataCell As GridDataCellElement = TryCast(e.CellElement, GridDataCellElement) If dataCell.ColumnInfo.Name = "Name" Then

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Dim dataRow As GridViewDataRowInfo = TryCast(dataCell.RowInfo, GridViewDataRowInfo) If dataRow IsNot Nothing Then dataCell.ImageAlignment = ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft Dim valueType As String = Convert.ToString(dataRow.Cells ("FileSystemInfoType").Value).ToUpperInvariant() If valueType.Contains("FILE") Then dataCell.Image = documentImage Else dataCell.Image = folderImage End If dataCell.TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageBeforeText End If Else dataCell.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.ImageProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local) dataCell.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.ImageAlignmentProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local) dataCell.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.TextImageRelationProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local) dataCell.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.ImageLayoutProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local) End If End Sub Example Title // Getting the images from the resources of the project Image documentImage = SamplesCS.Properties.Resources.Document; Image folderImage = SamplesCS.Properties.Resources.Folder; void radGridView1_CellFormatting(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.CellFormattingEventArgs e) { GridDataCellElement dataCell = e.CellElement as GridDataCellElement; if (dataCell.ColumnInfo.Name == "Name") { GridViewDataRowInfo dataRow = dataCell.RowInfo as GridViewDataRowInfo; if (dataRow != null) { dataCell.ImageAlignment = ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft; string valueType = Convert.ToString(dataRow.Cells ["FileSystemInfoType"].Value).ToUpperInvariant(); if (valueType.Contains("FILE")) { dataCell.Image = documentImage; } else { dataCell.Image = folderImage;

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} dataCell.TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageBeforeText; } } else { dataCell.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.ImageProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local); dataCell.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.ImageAlignmentProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local); dataCell.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.TextImageRelationProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local); dataCell.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.ImageLayoutProperty, Telerik.WinControls.ValueResetFlags.Local); } } This is it! In just a few steps we created a good looking self-referencing multi-column tree.

21.11Virtual Mode
"Virtual Mode" provides a way to explicitly implement the data management of your RadGridView control. This is especially useful when binding to large groups of data, because it can let you only load the data currently being used, thus improving the performance of the grid. Virtual mode is also necessary when bound and unbound columns are used together, but sorted by the bound columns values. In the following simplistic example of Virtual Mode, the RadGridView receives its data by calling the CellValueNeeded event handler. To allow us to see the updates, we will use a table of constantly changing randomly selected employee records as the RadGridViews contents. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Grid\<VB|CS>\RadGridView\VirtualMode This example requires that you have pre installed AdventureWorks data base on your SQL server. You can download all AdventureWorks data bases from this link at CodePlex (http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/releases/view/55926) 1. Create a new Windows Forms Project. 2. Drag a RadGridView control onto the form, as well as a Timer object that will be used to control our data updates. Set the Timer Interval property to "100". 3. We will be doing all the setup for the RadGridView control itself programmatically, but first we still have to create a Dataset in our project to connect. Again, use the RadGridViews Smart Tag to create a new project DataSource. 4. Use the AdventureWorks database, and select the Person.Contact table only. We will again be using the default name AdventureWorksDataSet. Note: After creating the Dataset, be sure to leave the RadGridViews DataSource set to "none", as we will be using Virtual Mode to provide the data contents. Notice that now you have an adventureWorksDataSet object, along with a corresponding Binding Source and Table Adapter in the component tray. The Timer component will also appear in the tray.

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Code to populate the DataSet using the Table Adapteris automatically placed in the Forms Load handler. Do not remove this code! 5. Add the following declarations to the Form class, directly above the constructor method. These lines declare the numbers of columns and rows for our data, along with the List of string Lists that will hold the current data. [VB] Declaring Private Variables Private ContactTable As New List(Of List(Of String))() Private NumberOfRows As Integer = 20 Private NumberOfCols As Integer = 4 [C#] Declaring Private Variables private List<List<string>> ContactTable = new List<List<string>>(); private int NumberOfRows = 20; private int NumberOfCols = 4; 6. We also need to create a method which will update the data in our ContactTable. Add the following method to the Forms class. This method uses the current times tick value as the seed to generate a new random number from 0 to 1000; then uses that index value to pull a Contact record from the dataset and add it to the table. The method will be called each time our Timer objects Tick event is triggered. [VB] Refresh the Contact Table Private Sub RefreshContactData() Dim random As New Random(DirectCast(DateTime.Now.Ticks, Integer)) Dim i As Integer = 0 While i < NumberOfRows Dim index As Integer = random.[Next](1000) Dim cr As AdventureWorksDataSet.ContactRow = adventureWorksDataSet.Contact(index) ContactTable(i)(0) = cr.FirstName ContactTable(i)(1) = cr.LastName ContactTable(i)(2) = cr.EmailAddress ContactTable(i)(3) = cr.Phone System.Math.Max(System.Threading.Interlocked.Increment(i),i - 1) End While End Sub [C#] Refresh the Contact Table private void RefreshContactData() { Random random = new Random((int)DateTime.Now.Ticks); for (int i = 0; i < NumberOfRows; i++) { int index = random.Next(1000); AdventureWorksDataSet.ContactRow cr = adventureWorksDataSet.Contact[index]; ContactTable[i][0] = cr.FirstName; ContactTable[i][1] = cr.LastName;

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ContactTable[i][2] = cr.EmailAddress; ContactTable[i][3] = cr.Phone; } } 7. In the form's Load event handlerwe will set some properties of the RadGridView control. To simplify our example we will not allow editing, sorting, or filtering on the grid. If they were allowed, we would simply need to implement more functionality for our grid in Virtual Mode. Add the following code to the start of the Load event handler, just below the automatically generated statement that loads the Contact table. [VB] Initialize Grid, Master Grid View Private Sub RadGridViewLab8_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Me.contactTableAdapter.Fill(Me.adventureWorksDataSet.Contact) ' set grid properties radGridView1.MasterGridViewTemplate.AllowAddNewRow = False radGridView1.MasterGridViewTemplate.AllowCellContextMenu = False radGridView1.MasterGridViewTemplate.AllowDeleteRow = False radGridView1.MasterGridViewTemplate.AllowEditRow = False radGridView1.EnableSorting = False radGridView1.EnableFiltering = False radGridView1.EnableGrouping = False '. . . } [C#] Initialize Grid andMaster Grid View private void RadGridViewLab8_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.contactTableAdapter.Fill(this.adventureWorksDataSet.Contact); // set grid properties radGridView1.MasterGridViewTemplate.AllowAddNewRow = false; radGridView1.MasterGridViewTemplate.AllowCellContextMenu = false; radGridView1.MasterGridViewTemplate.AllowDeleteRow = false; radGridView1.MasterGridViewTemplate.AllowEditRow = false; radGridView1.EnableSorting = false; radGridView1.EnableFiltering = false; radGridView1.EnableGrouping = false; //. . . } The grid and master table view properties could also easily be set within the Property Builder or the Properties Window. 8. We need to initialize our ContactTable variable, by adding the following lines of code to the form's Load event handler. The "ContactTable" generic listis loaded with yet other generic lists that each contain four empty strings. The four empty strings will be loaded later with the four columns worth of contact data. [VB] Initialize "ContactTable" Private Sub RadGridViewLab8_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load ' . . . For i As Integer = 0 To NumberOfRows - 1 Dim list As List(Of String) = New List(Of String)(New String() {String.Empty, String.Empty, String.Empty, String.Empty})

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ContactTable.Add(list) Next i '. . . } [C#] Initialize "ContactTable" private void RadGridViewLab8_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.contactTableAdapter.Fill(this.adventureWorksDataSet.Contact); // . . . for (int i = 0; i < NumberOfRows; i++) ContactTable.Add(new List<string> { string.Empty, string.Empty, string.Empty, string.Empty }); //. . . } 9. Add the code to set up the data columns and rows, size the columns, and start the timer. Add the following lines to the end of the Forms Load handler to finish setting up the grid for Virtual Mode and start the timer. [VB] Setup Columns/Rows and Start Timer Private Sub RadGridViewLab8_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) '. . . radGridView1.VirtualMode = True radGridView1.ColumnCount = NumberOfCols radGridView1.Columns(0).HeaderText = "First Name" radGridView1.Columns(1).HeaderText = "Last Name" radGridView1.Columns(2).HeaderText = "Email" radGridView1.Columns(3).HeaderText = "Phone Number" radGridView1.RowCount = NumberOfRows radGridView1.MasterGridViewTemplate.AutoSizeColumnsMode = Telerik.WinControls.UI.GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill timer1.Start() End Sub [C#] Setup Columns/Rows and Start Timer private void RadGridViewLab8_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { //. . . radGridView1.VirtualMode = true; radGridView1.ColumnCount = NumberOfCols; radGridView1.Columns[0].HeaderText = "First Name"; radGridView1.Columns[1].HeaderText = "Last Name"; radGridView1.Columns[2].HeaderText = "Email"; radGridView1.Columns[3].HeaderText = "Phone Number"; radGridView1.RowCount = NumberOfRows; radGridView1.MasterGridViewTemplate.AutoSizeColumnsMode = Telerik.WinControls.UI.GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill; timer1.Start(); } The number of rows and columns must be explicitly set when using Virtual Mode so that the control can request the correct cells from the CellValueNeeded handler. 10. Back in the design view of the form, double-click the Timer component to create a Tick event handler. Add the code below to refresh the table and trigger the grid update. The call to Update() notifies the grid that

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the data has changed by passing the DataChanged value. [VB] Handling the Tick Event Private Sub timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) ' reload the contact table RefreshContactData() ' signal that the grid should be updated radGridView1.TableElement.Update(Telerik.WinControls.UI.GridUINotifyAction.DataChanged) End Sub [C#] Handling the Tick Event private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e) { // reload the contact table RefreshContactData(); // signal that the grid should be updated radGridView1.TableElement.Update(Telerik.WinControls.UI.GridUINotifyAction.DataChanged); } 11. The call to TableElement.Update() in the previous step will precipitate a CellValueNeeded event. Back in the design view of the form, select the grid and in the Events tab ( )of the Properties window, doubleclick the CellValueNeeded event to create an event handler and add the code below. The code supplies the cell value from the ContactTable using the row and column index passed in the GridViewCellValueEventArgs parameter. [VB] Handling the CellValueNeeded Event Private Sub radGridView1_CellValueNeeded_1(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.GridViewCellValueEventArgs) e.Value = ContactTable(e.RowIndex)(e.ColumnIndex) End Sub [C#] Handling the CellValueNeeded Event private void radGridView1_CellValueNeeded_1(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.GridViewCellValueEventArgs e) { e.Value = ContactTable[e.RowIndex][e.ColumnIndex]; } If you have allowed column re-ordering at runtime, changes to the column order will need to be compensated for in this handler. 12. Run the project to see the data updating automatically as the grid runs in Virtual Mode.

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21.12Using RadGridView with Dynamic LINQ Query Library

Using the Dynamic LINQ Query Library, the RadGridView control can implement dynamic paging, sorting, and filtering to millions of records, allowing unmatched performance because the record manipulation is done by dynamically created LINQ queries performed on the database itself. For this lab, we will be using the Dynamic.cs class, which can be downloaded along with the CS code samples here: Visual Studio 2008 Samples (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/bb330936.aspx) You can find the complete source for this project at: \Grid\<VB|CS>\RadGridView\DynamicLINQLibrary 1. Create a new Windows Forms Project. 2. Add the Dynamic.cs file to the project directory, and use the Project | Add | Add Existing Item option to add to the project as well. This class will add the LINQ extensions we will be using to build our dynamic LINQ queries. 3. Use the Project | Add | Add New Item option to add a LINQ to SQL Data Class to the project. Name the class SalesOrderHeaderDataClass.dbml. This class will be the basis for our LINQ dynamic queries.

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4. Next we will add the data connection to our LINQ to SQL class. While in the design view for the SalesOrderHeaderDataClass, expand the Server Explorer window of Visual Studio to the Sales.SalesOrderHeader table of the AdventureWorks database. You may need to open a connection to the database to view the tables. Then, drag the SalesOrderHeader table onto the design surface to add the table to the class.

Remove all but the following fields from the Table object: SalesOrderID, OrderDate, SubTotal, TaxAmt, Freight, and TotalDue. 5. Now, to set up the user interface of our example, drag a RadGridView control onto the Form, and set the

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following properties of the MasterTemplate using the Property Builder.

6. Also drag onto the Form the following controls: two ComboBoxes, a NumberUpDown control, a Button, and two Labels. Arrange the controls similar to the layout shown below, and name the controls as follows, from left to right: cbField, cbSortType, btnSort, and numRecords.

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7. To populate the Field combobox, use the Smart Tag to open the Items list editor, and add the following Fields:

8. Populate the SortType combobox as well, adding the following items:

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9. To add a Click event handler for the Button control, double click the button in design view, and add the following code to the new event handler: [VB] Loading Data Via LINQ Private Sub btnSort_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Me.radGridView1.TableElement.BeginUpdate() Dim queryable As IQueryable = New SalesOrderHeaderDataClassDataContext ().SalesOrderHeaders.AsQueryable() queryable = queryable.OrderBy([String].Format("{0} {1}", cbField.Text, cbSortType.Text)) radGridView1.DataSource = queryable.Take(Convert.ToInt32(numRecords.Value)) Me.radGridView1.TableElement.EndUpdate(True) End Sub [C#] Loading Data Via LINQ private void btnSort_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.radGridView1.TableElement.BeginUpdate(); IQueryable queryable = new SalesOrderHeaderDataClassDataContext ().SalesOrderHeaders.AsQueryable(); queryable = queryable.OrderBy(String.Format("{0} {1}", cbField.Text, cbSortType.Text)); radGridView1.DataSource = queryable.Take(Convert.ToInt32(numRecords.Value)); this.radGridView1.TableElement.EndUpdate(true); } This code temporarily disables updating on the grid, then assembles the new query from the options selected by the user, and uses the query to retrieve data from the table using the LINQ to SQL data class. 10. Adda reference toSystem.Linq.Dynamic in the "Imports" (VB) or "uses" (C#) section of the code. 11. Run the project to view the form. Select a Field and Sort direction from the comboboxes, and set the number of records to return. Click the Sort button to view the results, which are retrieved from the database using the dynamic query.

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Even though the actual data table is over 30,000 records, the grid is only loading the values retrieved by the query, and so maintains high performance even with very large record sets. This same technique can be used to implement custom paging and filtering on the RadGridView control.

21.13Expression Editor
RadExpressionEditor is a powerful editor that allows you to build complex expressions using a simple Domain Specific Language, reminiscent of formulas in many popular spreadsheet applications. It provides easy access to a set of predefined functions, operators, constants. You can also access all RadGridView fields. Expressions consist of functions, operators, constants, and identifiers (for example, the names of fields, tables, forms, and queries). The Expression Builder enables you to easily look up and insert these components, and thereby enter expressions more quickly and accurately. Expression editor can be started from the context menu of the particular column, or it can be initialized and shown from code. RadExpressionEditor also can be used in design time. Once shown, RadExpressionEditor automatically loads all available functions, operators and current grids fields (columns). In addition, every entered expression is parsed and evaluated. A preview of the result is shown (for the current row of the grid) and the confirmation button is enabled only if there is a valid expression. Please note that the preview is shown only if there is at least one row at run time.

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Anatomy of RadExpressionEditor

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1. Expression Box. Type your expression here, or add expression elements by double-clicking or dragging items in the element lists below; 2. Common Expression Operators. Use buttons as fast shortcuts to add the required operator; 3. Expression Elements Tree. Navigate through the available categories of expression elements; 4. Expression Values List. Scroll through the available expression functions, operators, constants or fields. Double-Click or drag-and-drop to add a chosen value into the expression box; 5. Help and information about the selected expression value. If available, here you will see the description and the syntax of the chosen expression value; 6. Result Preview. A preview of the calculated result of the entered expression will be shown. The preview is evaluated as you type, and is shown only if there is a valid expression. The result is calculated for the current row in the DataView.

Design-time
At design time you can open RadExpressionEditor by clicking the ellipsis button of the columns' Expressionproperty:

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At design time the Result Preview functionality is not working, because there is no real data to evaluate. In addition, the expression is checked for validity. However, it cannot be verified according to actual data and value types. Because of this, it is possible to save an invalid expression at design time. If an invalid expression is created, an exception message will be shown when the project is ran.

Customizing RadExpressionEditor Creating custom expression functions

Although Telerik provides a great number of predefined functions, there could be scenarios, which require additional functionality. We provide a mechanism, which allows the developer to create a custom expression method, which can be used in RadExpressionEditor or as a value of the Expression property. In order to do that, ExpressionContext class has to derive from the ExpressionContext class [C#] public class CustomExpressionContext : Telerik.Data.Expressions.ExpressionContext { /// <summary> /// My custom function, which returns Pi constant. /// </summary> /// <returns></returns> public double Pi() { return Math.PI;

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} } [VB.NET] Public Class CustomExpressionContext Inherits Telerik.Data.Expressions.ExpressionContext ''' <summary> ''' My custom function, which returns Pi constant. ''' </summary> ''' <returns></returns> Public Function Pi() As Double Return Math.PI End Function End Class Once implemented, the new custom ExpressionContext class, has to be set for the static Context property: [C#] Telerik.Data.Expressions.ExpressionContext.Context = new CustomExpressionContext(); [VB.NET] Telerik.Data.Expressions.ExpressionContext.Context = New CustomExpressionContext() Than the new expression method can be used: [C#] this.radGridView1.Columns["expression"].Expression = "PI()"; [VB.NET] Me.RadGridView1.Columns("expression").Expression = "PI()"

Customizing the functions list

RadExpressionEditor supports loading functions, operators and constants from an xml file. This allows for customizing the available elements, localizing functions descriptions and adding custom functions. All available values should be described in the source xml file according to the following xml structure: [XML] <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <ExpressionItemsList>  <ExpressionItem Name="GetPi (Custom Function)" Value="PI()" Syntax="PI()" Type="OtherFunc"> <Description> Get the value of Pi. This is a custom added function. </Description> </ExpressionItem> <ExpressionItem Name="Sum" Value="SUM()" Syntax="SUM([List(Of Number)])" Type="AggregateFunc">

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<Description> Computes the sum of a sequence of values. </Description> </ExpressionItem> </ExpressionItemsList> To load prepared xml source file LoadFromXML method should be used as shown bellow: [C#] string path = "Telerik.Examples.WinControls.GridView.Expressions.ExpressionItemsListData.xml"; Stream stream = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream(path); RadExpressionEditorForm.ExpressionItemsList.LoadFromXML(stream); [VB.NET] Dim path As String = "Telerik.Examples.WinControls.GridView.Expressions.ExpressionItemsListData.xml" Dim stream_ As Stream = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream(path) RadExpressionEditorForm.ExpressionItemsList.LoadFromXML(stream_)

End-user Support
End-users have two options for getting the RadExpressionEditor shown at run time:

Showing RadExpressionEditor from RadGridView User Interface

End-users can open the editor by navigating to a built-in menu item from the context menu of RadGridView. In order to enable this menu item, the developer has to set theEnableExpressionEditorpropertytrue. Please note that the expression column should be an unbound column:

[C#] GridViewTextBoxColumn col = new GridViewTextBoxColumn(); col.Name = "expression"; col.HeaderText = "My Expression"; col.Width = 150; col.EnableExpressionEditor = true; this.radGridView1.Columns.Add(col); [VB.NET]

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Dim col As GridViewTextBoxColumn = New GridViewTextBoxColumn() col.Name = "expression" col.HeaderText = "My Expression" col.Width = 150 col.EnableExpressionEditor = True Me.RadGridView1.Columns.Add(col)

Showing RadExpressionEditor on a custom user action

The developer can show RadExpressionEditor on a custom user action, for example on a button click, without using the standard UI of RadGridView. To do so, the developer should just call the static Show method of the RadExpressionEditorForm class: [C#] RadExpressionEditorForm.Show(this.radGridView1, this.radGridView1.Columns["expression"]); [VB.NET] RadExpressionEditorForm.Show(Me.RadGridView1, Me.RadGridView1.Columns("expression"))

21.14Exporting RadGridView Data

Exporting Data
Teleriks RadGridView control makes for simple data exports to multiple formats including Microsoft Excel, CSV, HTML, PDF. In this lab we are going to create an application that exports RadGridView in all four formats. All exporting functionalities are location in the TelerikData.dll. You need to include the following namespaces to access the types contained in TelerikData: - Telerik.WinControls.Data - Telerik.WinControls.UI.Export You can find the complete source for this project at: \Grid\<VB|CS>\RadGridView\Export 1. Start a new Windows Forms Project. 2. Drag RadCommandBar to the form and add four CommandBarButtons on it. For each button set the following properties

DrawText = true Image = "" Text = Export Excel, Export PDF, Export HTML and Export CSV Name = btnExportExcel, btnExportPDF, btnExportHTML and btnExportCSV

3. Drag a RadGridView grid onto the form, and set the Dock property to "Fill". 4. Open the RadGridViews Smart Tag, and under "Choose DataSource" select "Add Project DataSource". 5. Use the DataSource wizard to set up a DataBase DataSource to the AdventureWorks database, and the Sales.SalesPerson table. Select all the columns in the table, and save the BindingSource to the project. The RadGridView should now be configured to show all of the columns in the table.

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6. Use the Properties window for the RadGridView to set the AutoSizeColumnsMode property to "Fill", EnableGrouping = false and AllowAddNewRow = false. 7. Use the Smart Tag to open the Property Builder and uncheck the following columns: "TerritoryID", "rowguid", and "ModifiedDate" from the columns list. 8. Close the Property Builder. 9. Double click each command bar button to create an event handler for it. In the following lines you can see how to populate each button Click event handler to get each exporting functionality. 10. Run the application to make sure that the data is loaded correctly

Exporting to Excel
This method offers excellent export performance and does not require MS Office installation on users' machines. The ExcelML format can be read from MS Excel 2002 (MS Office XP) and above. 1. In code view, navigate to btnExportExcel_Click event handler and create an instance of SaveFileDialog and the exporter. When instantiating the exporter pass in the parameters the RadGridView instance which you want to export. [VB.NET] Create an instance of Excel exporter Dim sfd As New SaveFileDialog() sfd.Filter = [String].Format("{0} (*{1})|*{1}", "Excel Files", ".xls") If sfd.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then 'create instance of the exporter Dim exporter As New ExportToExcelML(Me.RadGridView1) End If [C#] Create an instance of Excel exporter SaveFileDialog sfd = new SaveFileDialog(); sfd.Filter = String.Format("{0} (*{1})|*{1}", "Excel Files", ".xls"); if (sfd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)

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{ //create instance of the exporter ExportToExcelML exporter = new ExportToExcelML(this.radGridView1); } 2. Make the desired modifications of the exporter:

FileExtension - defines the file extension for the exported file HiddenColumnOption and HiddenRowOption properties to determine how hidden rows and columns should behandled by theexporter. ExportVisualSettings property defines wether to export the visualsettings (themes) too. SheetMaxRows -RadGridView splits the data on separate sheets if the number of rows is greater than the Excel maximum. The maximum rows for Excel 2007 is 1048574 and for previous versions it is 65536 (which is the default setting) SheetName - sets the sheet name SummariesExportOption - defines how summary rows should be handled [VB.NET] Exporter settings 'define the file extension exporter.FileExtension = "xls" 'define what action should be taken for the hidden columns exporter.HiddenColumnOption = Telerik.WinControls.UI.Export.HiddenOption.DoNotExport 'should it export formatting exporter.ExportVisualSettings = True 'prevent exporting of summaries exporter.SummariesExportOption = SummariesOption.DoNotExport 'set the sheet max rows exporter.SheetMaxRows = ExcelMaxRows._1048576 'set the sheet name exporter.SheetName = "Sheet" [C#] Exporter settings //define the file extension (set this to xml if you want to prevent Excel warnings) exporter.FileExtension = "xls"; //define what action should be taken for the hidden columns exporter.HiddenColumnOption = Telerik.WinControls.UI.Export.HiddenOption.DoNotExport; //should it export formatting exporter.ExportVisualSettings = true; //prevent exporting of summaries exporter.SummariesExportOption = SummariesOption.DoNotExport; //set the sheet max rows exporter.SheetMaxRows = ExcelMaxRows._1048576; //set the sheet name exporter.SheetName = "Sheet";

3. The exporter offers also two events ExcelCellFormatting and ExcelTableCreated. The first one allows you to customize the appearance of each cell related to the exported RadGridView. The second one can be used with the AddCustomExcelRow method, which allows adding and formatting of new custom rows on the top of every sheet. Subscribe for this events in the button click event handler. The following code creates a custom row above the exported data and customizes that row appearance. Additionally, the cells in the SalesLastYear with value above 1 500 000 will bein yellow color. [VB.NET] Modify cell appearance and add custom row Sub exporter_ExcelTableCreated(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.Export.ExcelML.ExcelTableCreatedEventArgs)

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Dim headerText As String = "Custom added header text." Dim style As SingleStyleElement = DirectCast(sender, ExportToExcelML).AddCustomExcelRow (e.ExcelTableElement, 50, headerText) style.FontStyle.Bold = True style.FontStyle.Size = 18 style.FontStyle.Color = Color.White style.InteriorStyle.Color = Color.Red style.InteriorStyle.Pattern = InteriorPatternType.Solid style.AlignmentElement.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignmentType.Center style.AlignmentElement.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignmentType.Center End Sub Sub exporter_ExcelCellFormatting(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.Export.ExcelML.ExcelCellFormattingEventArgs) If e.GridRowInfoType Is GetType(GridViewTableHeaderRowInfo) Then Dim headerBorder As New BorderStyles() headerBorder.Color = Color.Black headerBorder.Weight = 2 headerBorder.LineStyle = LineStyle.Continuous headerBorder.PositionType = PositionType.Bottom e.ExcelStyleElement.Borders.Add(headerBorder) ElseIf e.GridColumnIndex = RadGridView1.Columns("SalesLastYear").Index Then Dim value As Integer = Convert.ToInt32(RadGridView1.Rows(e.GridRowIndex).Cells (e.GridColumnIndex).Value) If value > 1500000 Then e.ExcelStyleElement.InteriorStyle.Color = Color.Yellow e.ExcelStyleElement.AlignmentElement.WrapText = True End If End If End Sub [C#] Modify cell appearance and add custom row void exporter_ExcelTableCreated(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.Export.ExcelML.ExcelTableCreatedEventArgs e) { string headerText = "Custom added header text."; SingleStyleElement style = ((ExportToExcelML)sender).AddCustomExcelRow(e.ExcelTableElement, 50, headerText); style.FontStyle.Bold = true; style.FontStyle.Size = 18; style.FontStyle.Color = Color.White; style.InteriorStyle.Color = Color.Red; style.InteriorStyle.Pattern = InteriorPatternType.Solid; style.AlignmentElement.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignmentType.Center; style.AlignmentElement.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignmentType.Center; } void exporter_ExcelCellFormatting(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.Export.ExcelML.ExcelCellFormattingEventArgs e) { if (e.GridRowInfoType == typeof(GridViewTableHeaderRowInfo)) { BorderStyles headerBorder = new BorderStyles(); headerBorder.Color = Color.Black; headerBorder.Weight = 2; headerBorder.LineStyle = LineStyle.Continuous;

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headerBorder.PositionType = PositionType.Bottom; e.ExcelStyleElement.Borders.Add(headerBorder); } else if (e.GridColumnIndex == radGridView1.Columns["SalesLastYear"].Index) { int value = Convert.ToInt32(radGridView1.Rows[e.GridRowIndex].Cells [e.GridColumnIndex].Value); if (value > 1500000) { e.ExcelStyleElement.InteriorStyle.Color = Color.Yellow; e.ExcelStyleElement.AlignmentElement.WrapText = true; } } } 4. Finally, go back to the button event handler and run the exporter. Also add code to show you a MessageBox when the export process is completed. [VB.NET] Run the exporter 'run the export exporter.RunExport(sfd.FileName) MessageBox.Show("Export completed") [C#] Run the exporter //run the export exporter.RunExport(sfd.FileName); MessageBox.Show("Export completed"); 5. Run the application and click the Export Excel button. Specify the file where you want to export the data and click Save

6. When the export is completed, a MessageBox will notify you. This is how the exported file will look like

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Exporting to PDF
Export to PDF offers various rendering settings. RadGridView will be first rendered as an XHTML table and the export process will convert that table to a PDF document. That said, Export to PDF supports all of the ExportToHTML settings, but it also adds some PDF specific ones. Here is a list of the available properties:

Author Creator EnableAdd EnableCopy

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EnableModify EnablePrinting FontType Keywords Page Margins: PageBottomMargin, PageTopMargin, PageLeftMargin, PageRightMargin, PageFooterMargin Page Size: PageHeight and PageWidth Producer Subject Title

HTMLCellFormatting event- since the export process first renders RadGridView data in XHTML you can use the event which comes from ExportToHTML class to make additional formatting on every cell related to the exported RadGridView

The export process follows the same logic. Create and instance of the ExportToPDF class and introduce the desired property modifications. Appearance formatting can be introduced in the HTMLCellFormatting event handler. Finally, run the exporter. [VB.NET] Export to PDF Private Sub btnExportPDF_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnExportPDF.Click Dim sfd As New SaveFileDialog() sfd.Filter = [String].Format("{0} (*{1})|*{1}", "PDF Files", ".pdf") If sfd.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then Dim exporter As New ExportToPDF(Me.RadGridView1) exporter.FileExtension = "pdf" exporter.HiddenColumnOption = Telerik.WinControls.UI.Export.HiddenOption.DoNotExport exporter.ExportVisualSettings = True exporter.PageTitle = "My Page Title" exporter.SummariesExportOption = SummariesOption.DoNotExport exporter.FitToPageWidth = True exporter.Scale = 1.2F exporter.TableBorderThickness = 1 exporter.PdfExportSettings.PageHeight = 210 exporter.PdfExportSettings.PageWidth = 297 exporter.PdfExportSettings.Author = "Telerik" AddHandler exporter.HTMLCellFormatting, AddressOf exporter_HTMLCellFormatting exporter.RunExport(sfd.FileName) MessageBox.Show("Export completed") End If End Sub Sub exporter_HTMLCellFormatting(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As HTMLCellFormattingEventArgs) If e.GridRowIndex > -1 AndAlso e.GridColumnIndex = RadGridView1.Columns ("SalesLastYear").Index Then Dim value As Integer = Convert.ToInt32(RadGridView1.Rows(e.GridRowIndex).Cells (e.GridColumnIndex).Value) If value > 1500000 Then 'cells with value over 1500000 will be yellow e.HTMLCellElement.Styles.Add("background-color", ColorTranslator.ToHtml(Color.Yellow)) End If

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End If End Sub [C#] Export to PDF private void btnExportPDF_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { SaveFileDialog sfd = new SaveFileDialog(); sfd.Filter = String.Format("{0} (*{1})|*{1}", "PDF Files", ".pdf"); if (sfd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { ExportToPDF exporter = new ExportToPDF(this.radGridView1); exporter.FileExtension = "pdf"; exporter.HiddenColumnOption = Telerik.WinControls.UI.Export.HiddenOption.DoNotExport; exporter.ExportVisualSettings = true; exporter.PageTitle = "My Page Title"; exporter.SummariesExportOption = SummariesOption.DoNotExport; exporter.FitToPageWidth = true; exporter.Scale = 1.2f; exporter.TableBorderThickness = 1; exporter.PdfExportSettings.PageHeight = 210; exporter.PdfExportSettings.PageWidth = 297; exporter.PdfExportSettings.Author = "Telerik"; exporter.HTMLCellFormatting += new Telerik.WinControls.UI.Export.HTML.HTMLCellFormattingEventHandler (exporter_HTMLCellFormatting); exporter.RunExport(sfd.FileName); MessageBox.Show("Export completed"); } } void exporter_HTMLCellFormatting(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.Export.HTML.HTMLCellFormattingEventArgs e) { if (e.GridRowIndex > -1 && e.GridColumnIndex == radGridView1.Columns["SalesLastYear"].Index) { int value = Convert.ToInt32(radGridView1.Rows[e.GridRowIndex].Cells [e.GridColumnIndex].Value); if (value > 1500000) { //cells with value over 1500000 will be yellow e.HTMLCellElement.Styles.Add("background-color", ColorTranslator.ToHtml(Color.Yellow)); } } } Here is the exported file.

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Exporting to HTML
This method offers excellent export performance and creates an html formatted file, which can be opened in a browser or MS Word.

The following code creates a sample html exporter in the btnExportHTML_Click event handler:

[VB.NET] Export to HTML

Private Sub btnExportHTML_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnExportHTML.Click Dim sfd As New SaveFileDialog() sfd.Filter = [String].Format("{0} (*{1})|*{1}", "HTML Files", ".html")

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If sfd.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then Dim exporter As New ExportToHTML(Me.RadGridView1) exporter.HiddenColumnOption = Telerik.WinControls.UI.Export.HiddenOption.DoNotExport exporter.ExportVisualSettings = True exporter.SummariesExportOption = SummariesOption.DoNotExport exporter.TableCaption = "My Table" AddHandler exporter.HTMLTableCaptionFormatting, AddressOf exporter_HTMLTableCaptionFormatting exporter.RunExport(sfd.FileName) MessageBox.Show("Export completed") End If End Sub Sub exporter_HTMLTableCaptionFormatting(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As HTMLTableCaptionFormattingEventArgs) e.TableCaptionElement.Styles.Add("background-color", ColorTranslator.ToHtml(Color.Red)) e.TableCaptionElement.Styles.Add("font-size", "200%") e.TableCaptionElement.Styles.Add("color", ColorTranslator.ToHtml(Color.Yellow)) e.TableCaptionElement.Styles.Add("font-weight", "bold") e.CaptionText = "My Table Caption" End Sub [C#] Export to HTML private void btnExportHTML_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { SaveFileDialog sfd = new SaveFileDialog(); sfd.Filter = String.Format("{0} (*{1})|*{1}", "HTML Files", ".html"); if (sfd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { ExportToHTML exporter = new ExportToHTML(this.radGridView1); exporter.HiddenColumnOption = Telerik.WinControls.UI.Export.HiddenOption.DoNotExport; exporter.ExportVisualSettings = true; exporter.SummariesExportOption = SummariesOption.DoNotExport; exporter.TableCaption = "My Table"; exporter.HTMLTableCaptionFormatting += new Telerik.WinControls.UI.Export.HTML.HTMLTableCaptionFormattingEventHandler (exporter_HTMLTableCaptionFormatting); exporter.RunExport(sfd.FileName); MessageBox.Show("Export completed"); } } void exporter_HTMLTableCaptionFormatting(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.Export.HTML.HTMLTableCaptionFormattingEventArgs e) { e.TableCaptionElement.Styles.Add("background-color", ColorTranslator.ToHtml(Color.Red)); e.TableCaptionElement.Styles.Add("font-size", "200%"); e.TableCaptionElement.Styles.Add("color", ColorTranslator.ToHtml(Color.Yellow)); e.TableCaptionElement.Styles.Add("font-weight", "bold"); e.CaptionText = "My Table Caption"; } This is how the exported file looks like.

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Exporting to CSV
This method offers excellent export performance. It creates a csv file and supports formatting events to allow customizing exported data. The most interesting properties are:.

FileExtension - defines the file extension for the exported file HiddenColumnOption and HiddenRowOption properties to determine how hidden rows and columns should behandled by theexporter. SummariesExportOption - defines how to handle the summary rows CSVCellFormatting event -gives access to a single cells element that allows you to replace the actual value for every cell related to the exported RadGridView CSVTableCaptionFormatting -can be used together with the public method AddCustomCSVRow. It allows for adding and formatting new custom rows on the top of the csv file

Here is a sample code that creates export to CSV functionality in the btnExportCSV event handler [VB.NET] Export to CSV Private Sub btnExportCSV_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnExportCSV.Click Dim sfd As New SaveFileDialog() sfd.Filter = [String].Format("{0} (*{1})|*{1}", "CSV Files", ".csv") If sfd.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then

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Dim exporter As New ExportToCSV(Me.RadGridView1) exporter.HiddenColumnOption = Telerik.WinControls.UI.Export.HiddenOption.DoNotExport exporter.SummariesExportOption = SummariesOption.DoNotExport AddHandler exporter.CSVCellFormatting, AddressOf exporter_CSVCellFormatting AddHandler exporter.CSVTableCreated, AddressOf exporter_CSVTableCreated exporter.RunExport(sfd.FileName) MessageBox.Show("Export completed") End If End Sub Private Sub exporter_CSVTableCreated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CSVTableCreatedEventArgs) DirectCast(sender, ExportToCSV).AddCustomCSVRow(e.CSVTableElement, "MY TABLE CAPTION") End Sub Private Sub exporter_CSVCellFormatting(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CSVCellFormattingEventArgs) If e.GridColumnIndex = 8 AndAlso e.GridRowInfoType Is GetType(GridViewDataRowInfo) Then e.CSVCellElement.Value = "111111" End If End Sub [C#] Export to CSV private void btnExportCSV_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { SaveFileDialog sfd = new SaveFileDialog(); sfd.Filter = String.Format("{0} (*{1})|*{1}", "CSV Files", ".csv"); if (sfd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { ExportToCSV exporter = new ExportToCSV(this.radGridView1); exporter.HiddenColumnOption = Telerik.WinControls.UI.Export.HiddenOption.DoNotExport; exporter.SummariesExportOption = SummariesOption.DoNotExport; exporter.CSVCellFormatting += new Telerik.WinControls.UI.Export.CSV.CSVCellFormattingEventHandler(exporter_CSVCellFormatting); exporter.CSVTableCreated += new Telerik.WinControls.UI.Export.CSV.CSVTableCreatedEventHandler(exporter_CSVTableCreated); exporter.RunExport(sfd.FileName); MessageBox.Show("Export completed"); } } void exporter_CSVTableCreated(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.Export.CSV.CSVTableCreatedEventArgs e) { ((ExportToCSV)sender).AddCustomCSVRow(e.CSVTableElement, "MY TABLE CAPTION"); } void exporter_CSVCellFormatting(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.Export.CSV.CSVCellFormattingEventArgs e) { if (e.GridColumnIndex == 8 && e.GridRowInfoType == typeof(GridViewDataRowInfo)) { e.CSVCellElement.Value = "111111"; } }

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21.15Summary
In this chapter you became familiar with the RadGridView control, using the Smart Tag, Property Builder and Properties window to configure the grid and to bind the grid to data. You learned how to add special purpose column types at design-time and in code, how to group/filter/sort data based on user input at runtime, by hand at design-time and programmatically in code. You displayed hierarchical data from multiple related tables in the grid. You used the RadGridView Virtual Mode feature to take low-level control over the grid's refresh

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process. You learned how to bind RadGridView to LINQ data sources. Finally you learned multiple methods of exporting grid data.

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22 Multi-Column ComboBox

22.1 Objectives

Learn how to access the underlying combo and grid in the RadMultiColumnComboBox. Learn how to bind data to the control. Filter the list based on user entry. React to user selections in the list.

22.2 Introduction
The RadMultiColumnComboBox is a special case of combobox control with a RadGridView integrated in its dropdown. The drop down display has the rich capabilities of the grid view, but you can stilluse the control in a limited amount of space. Theimage below shows the structure of the control:

1. The drop-down element is represented by the MultiColumnComboBoxElement property. Use this element to set the drop-down style, animation and sizing as you would do for the regular combobox. The control can alsoautomatically filterentries in the gridas characters are typed in.

2. The EditorControl property of the MultiColumnComboBoxElement gives you a reference to the RadGridView control. From there you can access grid properties, i.e. MasterGridViewTemplate, columns, cells, etc.

22.3 Getting Started

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Working with RadMultiColumnComboBox is similar to working with RadComboBox if you don't need direct access to the underlying grid view. To get started you can simply bind to the DataSource propertyat design-time and leave it at that.

Preparing the Project

You can find the complete source for this project at: \MultiColumnComboBox\<VB|CS>\GettingStarted 1. Create a new Windows Forms application. 2. In the Solution Explorer, delete the default form. 3. Also in the Solution Explorer, right-click the project and select Add | New Item... from the context menu. 4. Select the "Telerik RadForm" template and click the Add button to close the dialog. 5. Change the new RadForm1 to be the startup form.

RadMultiColumnComboBox Setup
1. Add a RadMultiColumnComboBox control to the form. 2. In the "Choose DataSource" drop down choose "Add Project Data Source...". This step will display the Data Source Configuration Wizard dialog. 3. In the "Choose a Data Source Type" page of the wizard, select "Database" and click the Next button. 4. In the "Choose Your Data Connection" page of the wizard, click "New Connection...". This will display the Add Connection dialog. 5. In the Add Connection dialog, set the Data Source to "Microsoft Access Database File (OLE DB)", and the Database File Name to "Furniture.mdb". Click OK to close the dialog. Furniture.mdb can be found in the RadControls for Winforms installation directory in the \Examples\QuickStart\Datasources directory.

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6. Back at the "Choose Your Data Connection" page of the wizard, click the Next button to continue. 7. Click the Next button and take defaults until you arrive at the "Choose Your Database Objects" page of the wizard. 8. Select the "ID", "ProductName", "Manufacturer" and "Photo" columns of the "Products" table. Click the Finish button.

9. Press Ctrl-F5 to run the application.

So far the drop down list is a little narrow and the drop down can't be resized. Except for the Photo column, the columns are a little narrow, and we don't really need to see the "ID" column. Let's fix these issues: 10. Set the RadMultiColumnComboBox DropDownSizingMode to UpDownAndRightBottom and the Text property to "".

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11. In the Form's Load event handler, add code to size the columns and hide the "ID" column. There should already be a line of code to fill the Furniture DataSet. Get a reference to the MultiColumnComboBoxElement and use it to access the Columns by name,get the"ID" column and set the IsVisible property of the column to false. Then call the BestFit() method of each column except the "Photo" column. Set the images layout for GridViewImageColumn. [VB] Sizing Columns Private Sub RadForm1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Me.productsTableAdapter.Fill(Me.furnitureDataSet.Products) ' get a reference to the combo box element Dim combo As RadMultiColumnComboBoxElement = radMultiColumnComboBox1.MultiColumnComboBoxElement ' hide the ID column combo.Columns("ID").IsVisible = False ' size all the columns except "Photo" For Each column As GridViewDataColumn In combo.Columns If (Not column.Name.Equals("Photo")) Then column.BestFit() End If Next column 'set the image layout in the "Photo" column DirectCast(combo.EditorControl.Columns("Photo"), GridViewImageColumn).ImageLayout = ImageLayout.Stretch ' set initial drop down width combo.DropDownWidth = 265 combo.DropDownHeight = 315 End Sub [C#] Sizing Columns private void RadForm1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.productsTableAdapter.Fill(this.furnitureDataSet.Products); // get a reference to the combo box element RadMultiColumnComboBoxElement combo = radMultiColumnComboBox1.MultiColumnComboBoxElement; // hide the ID column combo.Columns["ID"].IsVisible = false; // size all the columns except "Photo" foreach (GridViewDataColumn column in combo.Columns) { if (!column.Name.Equals("Photo")) column.BestFit();

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} //set the image layout in the "Photo" column ((GridViewImageColumn)combo.EditorControl.Columns["Photo"]).ImageLayout = ImageLayout.Stretch; // set initial drop down width and height combo.DropDownWidth = 265; combo.DropDownHeight = 315; } 12. Press Ctrl-F5 to run theapplication.The drop down should be wider initially and allow vertical and horizontal sizing. The "ID" field should be hidden. The visible text columnsshould be wide enough to show most of the content.

22.4 Programming the Multi Column Combo Box

Using the Combo and Grid References
The important piece of information for RadMultiColumnComboBox is how to get references to the combo box element and the internal grid control. From there you can leverage what you already know about RadComboBox and RadGridView. [VB] Getting Combo and Grid References ' get a reference to the combo box element Dim combo As RadMultiColumnComboBoxElement = radMultiColumnComboBox1.MultiColumnComboBoxElement ' get a reference to the grid view Dim grid As RadGridView = combo.EditorControl [C#] Getting Combo and Grid References // get a reference to the combo box element RadMultiColumnComboBoxElement combo = radMultiColumnComboBox1.MultiColumnComboBoxElement; // get a reference to the grid view RadGridView grid = combo.EditorControl; You can find the complete source for this project at: \MultiColumnComboBox\<VB|CS>\Programming The MultiColumnComboBoxElement reference gives you access to any properties not surfaced directly by the multi column combo box control. The example below shows a genericlist of custom "Contact" objects that each have a First, Last and Email fields. The list is bound to the RadMultiColumnComboBox. As with a RadComboBox, you set the DisplayMember and ValueMember properties; these settings won't alter the display, but ValueMember is used for data retrieval via the SelectedValue property and DisplayMember is used to support filtering. The MultiColumnComboBoxElement is used to set the drop down width and theArrowButtonMinWidth to a wide 100 pixels.

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[VB] Using the RadMultiColumnComboBoxElement Reference Private Sub RadForm1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Dim contacts As New List(Of Contact)() contacts.Add(New Contact("Akina", "Yamada", "[email protected]")) contacts.Add(New Contact("Bob", "Coffee", "[email protected]")) contacts.Add(New Contact("Ajit", "Singh", "[email protected]")) contacts.Add(New Contact("Chavdar", "Ivanov", "[email protected]")) radMultiColumnComboBox1.DataSource = contacts radMultiColumnComboBox1.DisplayMember = "First" radMultiColumnComboBox1.ValueMember = "Email" Dim combo As RadMultiColumnComboBoxElement = radMultiColumnComboBox1.MultiColumnComboBoxElement combo.DropDownWidth = radMultiColumnComboBox1.Width combo.ArrowButtonMinWidth = 100 End Sub [C#] Using the RadMultiColumnComboBoxElement Reference private void RadForm1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { List<Contact> contacts = new List<Contact>(); contacts.Add(new Contact("Akina", "Yamada", "[email protected]")); contacts.Add(new Contact("Bob", "Coffee", "[email protected]")); contacts.Add(new Contact("Ajit", "Singh", "[email protected]")); contacts.Add(new Contact("Chavdar", "Ivanov", "[email protected]")); radMultiColumnComboBox1.DataSource = contacts; radMultiColumnComboBox1.DisplayMember = "First"; radMultiColumnComboBox1.ValueMember = "Email"; RadMultiColumnComboBoxElement combo = radMultiColumnComboBox1.MultiColumnComboBoxElement; combo.DropDownWidth = radMultiColumnComboBox1.Width; combo.ArrowButtonMinWidth = 100; } Gotcha! When binding to a list of custom objects, be sure to scope the properties of your object "public". Leaving them at their "private" defaults will not generate errors, but you still won't see data. You can programmatically drop down the list using the MultiColumnComboBoxElement ShowPopup() method. [VB] The ShowPopup Method Private Sub btnShowPopup_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Dim combo As RadMultiColumnComboBoxElement = radMultiColumnComboBox1.MultiColumnComboBoxElement combo.ShowPopup()

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End Sub [C#] The ShowPopup Method private void btnShowPopup_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { RadMultiColumnComboBoxElement combo = radMultiColumnComboBox1.MultiColumnComboBoxElement; combo.ShowPopup(); } The EditorControl property lets you access all the propertiesof RadGridView: [VB] Accessing RadGridView Properties combo.EditorControl.MasterTemplate.AutoSizeColumnsMode = GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill [C#] Accessing RadGridView Properties combo.EditorControl.MasterTemplate.AutoSizeColumnsMode = GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill;

Filtering
To filter the grid as the user types in the edit box of the combo:

Set the AutoFilter property to true. Set the PropertyName to the column that you want to filter against (usually DisplayMember). Set the desired Operator to one of the FilterOperator enumerated values. Build a FilterDescriptor that describes the rules used to filter the data and add the expression to the grid's MasterTemplate FilterDescriptor collection.

[VB] Filtering the List radMultiColumnComboBox1.AutoFilter = true; FilterDescriptor filter = new FilterDescriptor(); filter.PropertyName = radMultiColumnComboBox1.DisplayMember; filter.Operator = FilterOperator.StartsWith; combo.EditorControl.MasterTemplate.FilterDescriptors.Add(filter); [C#] Filtering the List radMultiColumnComboBox1.AutoFilter = True Dim filter As FilterDescriptor = New FilterDescriptor() filter.PropertyName = radMultiColumnComboBox1.DisplayMember filter.Operator = FilterOperator.StartsWith combo.EditorControl.MasterTemplate.FilterDescriptors.Add(filter) This example used a generic list of Contact objects with fields "First", "Last" and "Email". DisplayMember in this case was "First".

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Events
Respond to the SelectedIndexChanged event to react to user selections in the list.

"Sender" in this event handler is the RadMultiColumnComboBox itself. Retrieve the SelectedItem and cast it to a GridViewDataRowInfo. GridViewDataRowInfo has a DataBoundItem propertythat is the actual object that is being bound to a given row. [VB] Handling the SelectedIndexChanged Event Private Sub radMultiColumnComboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Dim rowInfo As GridViewDataRowInfo = TryCast((TryCast(sender, RadMultiColumnComboBox)).SelectedItem, GridViewDataRowInfo) Dim contact As Contact = TryCast(rowInfo.DataBoundItem, Contact) If contact <> Nothing Then lblSelected.Text = contact.First + " " + contact.Last + " " + contact.Email End If End Sub [C#] Handling the SelectedIndexChanged Event private void radMultiColumnComboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { GridViewDataRowInfo rowInfo = (sender as RadMultiColumnComboBox).SelectedItem as GridViewDataRowInfo; Contact contact = rowInfo.DataBoundItem as Contact; if (contact != null) { lblSelected.Text = contact.First + " " + contact.Last + " " + contact.Email; } }

22.5 Summary
In this chapter you learned how to access the RadMultiColumnComboBox underlying combo and grid controls. You learned how to bind data to the control, how to filter the data in the drop down based on user entry and how to react to user selections by handling the SelectedIndexChanged event.

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23 Tree

23.1 Objectives

Display, navigate and manage hierarchical data using the RadTreeView control. Learn to add, move, remove, iterate and locate nodes programmatically. Learn how to edit nodes. Use the RadBreadCrumb control to help the user keep track of their location in deeply nested hierarchical structures. Implementdrag-and-drop within the treeview, between treeviews and to other controls. Use context menus. Learn about RadTreeView specific databinding issues including binding to self referencing data, binding to related data, writing to and from XML and load-on-demand.

23.2 Introduction
RadTreeView is the supercharged tree view component for Windows Forms that displays, manages, and navigates hierarchical data structures. The product offers advanced features like drag-and-drop, load-ondemand, filtering, context menus and data binding. Here are just a few features: RadTreeView supports drag and drop within the same tree and between RadTreeView controls. The position indication cursor provides feedback to the user so that nodes can be dropped above, below or as a child of a given node. When dragging to a hidden or collapsed node the control will scroll up/down and automatically open the collapsed node. Drag and drop behavior is customizable at the treeview and node levels, allowing you to restrict interactions between source and target nodes.

RadTreeView binds to hierarchical data for most popular databases, custom business objects and XML. RadTreeView binds to any object that supports IList, IListSource or IBindingList. RadTreeView can also load and save XML directly to file

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or string. For industrial strength applications with heavy data requirements, the Load On Demand feature reduces loading time and performance overhead.

Expand RadTreeView functionality by adding context menus either for the entire treeview or to each node. You have the capability to attach a different context menu to each tree node. Each context menu can be individually styled.

You can mix check boxes and radio buttons to form "option trees".Both can be

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configured to display a third "indeterminate" state that provides enhancedfeedback to the user.

23.3 Getting Started

In this tutorial you will add nodes at design time and programmatically, hook up a RadBreadCrumb to help navigate the tree and add context menus to all the "Reports" nodes.

Preparing the Project

You can find the complete source for this project at: \TreeVIew\<VB|CS>\GettingStarted 1. Create a new Windows Forms application. 2. In the Solution Explorer, delete the default form. 3. Also in the Solution Explorer, right-click the project and select Add | New Item... from the context menu. 4. Select the "Telerik RadForm" template and click the Add button to close the dialog.

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5. Change the new RadForm1 to be the startup form. 6. Add a RadContextMenu to the form. Using the Smart Tag "Edit Items" link, open the RadItem Collection Editor and add three RadMenuItems with Text "Open", "Print" and "Archive". Optionally you can add images for each item. 7. Drop a RadPanel on the form and set the Dock property to "Fill", set the Margin to (0, 0, 0, 0) and Padding to (3,3,3,3). Feel free to open the Edit UI Elements link from the panel Smart Tag and change the back color and gradient properties. 8. Add the Office2007SilverTheme from the ToolBox to the form. 9. Either set to each control individually its ThemeName property to "Office2007Silver" or add the following line of code in the form constructor C# Setting the theme for theentire application ThemeResolutionService.ApplicationThemeName = "Office2007Silver"; VB.NET Setting the theme for theentire application ThemeResolutionService.ApplicationThemeName = "Office2007Silver"

RadTreeView and Breadcrumb Setup

1. Add a RadBreadCrumb to the panel and set the Dock property to"Top". 2. Add a RadTreeView to the form below the RadBreadCrumb and set the Dock property to "Fill". 3. Set the RadBreadCrumb DefaultTreeView property to point atthe RadTreeView. 4. Configure the root level nodes.

Right click the RadTreeView and select Open Property Builder from the context menu. You will see a set of buttons on the left side of the RadTreeView Property Builder and a preview of the treeview below the buttons. Click the far left button (a green "Plus" button that adds nodes) three times to add three root level nodes. Click the first node and enter "Email Contacts" in the Text entry. In the Advanced tab set its Name property to the same value. Click the second node and enter "Lists" in the Text entry. In the Advanced tab set its Name property to the same value. Click the third node and enter "Reports" in the Text entry. In the Advanced tab set its Name property to the same value. Click OK to close the Property Builder.

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The form layout should look something like the example below.

5. Add code to the form load event handler. The code here will add new nodes to the existing root nodes. Also notice that the "Reports" nodes ContextMenu properties are assigned the RadContextMenu DropDown property. [VB] Handling the Load Event Handler Private Sub RadForm1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) ThemeResolutionService.ApplicationThemeName = "Office2007Silver" Dim node As RadTreeNode = radTreeView1.Nodes("Email Contacts").Nodes.Add("Bob Tony") node.Selected = True radTreeView1.Nodes("Email Contacts").Nodes.Add("Sue Winchell") radTreeView1.Nodes("Email Contacts").Nodes.Add("Lui Sang") radTreeView1.Nodes("Lists").Nodes.Add("Priorities") radTreeView1.Nodes("Lists").Nodes.Add("Opportunities") radTreeView1.Nodes("Lists").Nodes.Add("Issues") node = radTreeView1.Nodes("Reports").Nodes.Add("June Sales") node.ContextMenu = radContextMenu1 node = radTreeView1.Nodes("Reports").Nodes.Add("July Sales") node.ContextMenu = radContextMenu1 node = radTreeView1.Nodes("Reports").Nodes.Add("First Quarter Summary") node.ContextMenu = radContextMenu1 node = radTreeView1.Nodes("Reports").Nodes.Add("Second Quarter Summary") node.ContextMenu = radContextMenu1 End Sub [C#] Handling the Load Event Handler private void RadForm1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { ThemeResolutionService.ApplicationThemeName = "Office2007Silver";

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RadTreeNode node = radTreeView1.Nodes["Email Contacts"].Nodes.Add("Bob Tony"); node.Selected = true; radTreeView1.Nodes["Email Contacts"].Nodes.Add("Sue Winchell"); radTreeView1.Nodes["Email Contacts"].Nodes.Add("Lui Sang"); radTreeView1.Nodes["Lists"].Nodes.Add("Priorities"); radTreeView1.Nodes["Lists"].Nodes.Add("Opportunities"); radTreeView1.Nodes["Lists"].Nodes.Add("Issues"); node = radTreeView1.Nodes["Reports"].Nodes.Add("June Sales"); node.ContextMenu = radContextMenu1; node = radTreeView1.Nodes["Reports"].Nodes.Add("July Sales"); node.ContextMenu = radContextMenu1; node = radTreeView1.Nodes["Reports"].Nodes.Add("First Quarter Summary"); node.ContextMenu = radContextMenu1; node = radTreeView1.Nodes["Reports"].Nodes.Add("Second Quarter Summary"); node.ContextMenu = radContextMenu1; }

23.4 Using the Design Time Interface

The Property Builder is the main design tool for building tree views interactively. Invoke the dialog from the right-click context menu or from the Smart Tag. Use the left panel to build the tree structure. The set of buttons at the top handle adding, deleting and moving nodes.

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Below thestrip buttons pane is a representation of the nodes as they will appear on the form. Click individual nodes to set node-level properties or use button to delete or move them.

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Above the strip of buttons you'll see the "RadTreeView properties" tab. Select thistab to view tree view level properties in the right hand pane of the dialog.

Use the button found on the far right side of the dialog to toggle between "Settings" and "Advanced". Use Advanced to get a full list of properties for the RadTreeView or selected RadTreeNode.

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23.5 Programming the Tree View

Working with Nodes
Add Nodes Instead of an Items collection, RadTreeView has a Nodes collection. There are several options to adding new nodes. You can create a new RadTreeNode using one of several constructorsand add it to the collection: [VB] Addinga Root Node Dim rootNode As New RadTreeNode("Root") radTreeView1.Nodes.Add(rootNode) [C#] Adding a Root Node RadTreeNode rootNode = new RadTreeNode("Root"); radTreeView1.Nodes.Add(rootNode); Each RadTreeNode in the collection has its own Nodes collection.You can use the Nodes.Add() method and pass the method a Text property string. [VB] Adding Child Nodes Dim rootNode As New RadTreeNode("Root") radTreeView1.Nodes.Add(rootNode) rootNode.Nodes.Add("Child Node 1") rootNode.Nodes.Add("Child Node 2") rootNode.Nodes.Add("Child Node 3") [C#] Adding Child Nodes RadTreeNode rootNode = new RadTreeNode("Root"); radTreeView1.Nodes.Add(rootNode); rootNode.Nodes.Add("Child Node 1");

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rootNode.Nodes.Add("Child Node 2"); rootNode.Nodes.Add("Child Node 3");

Here's a slightly more complicated example with three levels of nodes. Notice that the Nodes.Add() method returns the RadTreeNode that was added to the collection. [VB] Adding Multiple Levels of Nodes Dim rootNode As New RadTreeNode("Root") radTreeView1.Nodes.Add(rootNode) rootNode.Nodes.Add("Child Node 1") rootNode.Nodes.Add("Child Node 2") rootNode.Nodes.Add("Child Node 3") Dim childNode4 As RadTreeNode = rootNode.Nodes.Add("Child Node 4") rootNode.Nodes.Add("Child Node 5") childNode4.Nodes.Add("Child Node 4 A") childNode4.Nodes.Add("Child Node 4 B") childNode4.Nodes.Add("Child Node 4 C") radTreeView1.ExpandAll() [C#] Adding Multiple Levels of Nodes RadTreeNode rootNode = new RadTreeNode("Root"); radTreeView1.Nodes.Add(rootNode); rootNode.Nodes.Add("Child Node 1"); rootNode.Nodes.Add("Child Node 2"); rootNode.Nodes.Add("Child Node 3"); RadTreeNode childNode4 = rootNode.Nodes.Add("Child Node 4"); rootNode.Nodes.Add("Child Node 5"); childNode4.Nodes.Add("Child Node 4 A"); childNode4.Nodes.Add("Child Node 4 B"); childNode4.Nodes.Add("Child Node 4 C"); radTreeView1.ExpandAll();

If you have a string that describes a hierarchy (a file path, or an organization chart for example)and is delimited with a specific character, the RadTreeView AddNodeByPath() method will automatically place nodes to the correct level of the hierarchy. Before calling the method, set the PathSeparator property to the

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delimeter character. [VB] Adding Nodes by Path Dim places As String() = {"universe", "universe/planet", "universe/planet/continent", "universe/planet/continent/region"} Me.radTreeView1.PathSeparator = "/" For Each place As String In places radTreeView1.AddNodeByPath(place) Next [C#] Adding Nodes by Path string[] places = { "universe", "universe/planet", "universe/planet/continent", "universe/planet/continent/region"}; this.radTreeView1.PathSeparator = "/"; foreach (string place in places) { radTreeView1.AddNodeByPath(place); }

Selecting Nodes By default the Multiselect property is False and you can use the SelectedNode property to retrieve the single node. If you set Multiselect to True, use the SelectedNodes collection. This example iterates the selected nodes and changes the background colors for each node. [VB] Iterating Selected Nodes Private Sub btnSelectedNodes_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) For Each node As RadTreeNode In radTreeView1.SelectedNodes node.BackColor = Color.AliceBlue node.BackColor2 = Color.LightBlue Next End Sub [C#] Iterating Selected nodes private void btnSelectedNodes_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { foreach (RadTreeNode node in radTreeView1.SelectedNodes) { node.BackColor = Color.AliceBlue; node.BackColor2 = Color.LightBlue; } }

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Move Nodes Someoperations require nodes to be reordered within the collection using the Nodes collection Move() method. The method takes the index of the node to be moved and the index of its new location.Here's an example that moves the selected node to last place among its siblings. [VB] Relocating Nodes Private Sub btnReorder_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) ' move selected node to the end of the list ' Note: Parent and Index properties are deprecated only for "getters" If (radTreeView1.SelectedNode <> Nothing) AndAlso (radTreeView1.SelectedNode.Parent <> Nothing) Then Dim nodes As RadTreeNodeCollection = radTreeView1.SelectedNode.Parent.Nodes nodes.Move(radTreeView1.SelectedNode.Index, nodes.Count - 1) End If End Sub [C#] Relocating Nodes private void btnReorder_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { // move selected node to the end of the list // Note: Parent and Index properties are deprecated only for "getters" if ((radTreeView1.SelectedNode != null) && (radTreeView1.SelectedNode.Parent != null)) { RadTreeNodeCollection nodes = radTreeView1.SelectedNode.Parent.Nodes; nodes.Move(radTreeView1.SelectedNode.Index, nodes.Count - 1); } }

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You can find the complete source for this project at: \Treeview\<VB|CS>\WorkingWithNodes Locating Nodes RadTreeView hasa filtering functionality, which will return all nodes that contain the specified text and all the parent nodes results. Example Title Private Sub CommandBarButton1_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles CommandBarButton1.Click radTreeView1.Filter = commandBarTextBox1.Text Dim filteredResults As RadTreeNode() = radTreeView1.Nodes.ToArray() End Sub The filteredResults array contains one node ("Telerik corp") which has one node in its node collection ("Company Directors") which has the searched node in its nodes collection ("Bil").

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The FindNodes() method compares the value of the Text property of nodes with the given search string (like the standard WinForms TreeView control). The function iteration through all the nodes of the nodes collection recursively. [VB] Finding a Node by Name Dim foundNodes As RadTreeNode() = radTreeView1.FindNodes("NodeText") RadMessageBox.Show(foundNodes(0).Text) [C#] Finding a Node by Name RadTreeNode[] foundNodes = radTreeView1.Nodes.FindNodes("NodeText"); RadMessageBox.Show(foundNodes[0].Text); You can also use the Nodes collection using nodeName as the index to access a node. [VB] Getting the Node by Text Value radTreeView1.Nodes("Email Contacts") [C#] Getting the Node by Text Value radTreeView1.Nodes["Email Contacts"]; You can set the Selected property for each node. If the collection of Nodes scrolls completely off the viewable area, you can call the RadTreeView BringIntoView() method to scroll a particular node into view. [VB] Selecting a node and bringing it into view radTreeView1.Nodes("MyNodeName").Selected = True radTreeView1.BringIntoView(radTreeView1.Nodes("MyNodeName")) [C#] Selecting a node and bringing it into view radTreeView1.Nodes["MyNodeName"].Selected = true; radTreeView1.BringIntoView(radTreeView1.Nodes["MyNodeName"]);

Node Images
RadTreeView can react visually as nodes are selected, opened and closed using image properties. Each node has image properties with three ways to access:

Image: An Image class that can be assigned directly without using an ImageList. ImageIndex: The position of an image within an ImageList. ImageKey: The identifier for an image within an ImageList.

[VB] Setting Image and "Far" Image Index Dim rootNode As New RadTreeNode("Telerik corp") rootNode.Image = Image.FromFile("C:\image.png") rootNode.ImageKey = "imageName.png" rootNode.ImageIndex = 0 radTreeView1.Nodes.Add(rootNode) [C#] Setting Image and "Far" Image Index RadTreeNode rootNode = new RadTreeNode("Telerik corp); rootNode.Image = Image.FromFile(@"C:\image.png"); rootNode.ImageKey = "imageName.png"; rootNode.ImageIndex = 0; radTreeView1.Nodes.Add(rootNode);

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Node Formatting
Similar to RadGridView, RadTreeView is virtualized. Its visual nodes (TreeNodeElement) are reused by the data nodes (RadTreeNode) which bring increased performance and optimized memory footprint. You can easily format node element by handling the NodeFormatting event. The arguments of this event return the visual Node (and the data Node that is currently assigned to it) that is currently formatted and which you can additionally style.

The purpose of the example that follows is to demonstrate how you can show different images for the RadTreeView nodes depending on their logical state. We are going to simulate a tree of files and folders displaying an image of a closed folder when a node that contains other nodes is collapsed and displaying an image of an opended folder when a node that contains other nodes is expanded. 1. Let's fill RadTreeView with some sample nodes which represent files and folders:

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2. Then, add three images as project resources. These images will indicate if a node is a file, an opened folder or a closed folder 3. Handle the NodeFormatting event implementing, setting the image to the Image property of the ImageElement. This element is responsible for containing the image of the visual NodeElement: [VB.NET] Formatting nodes Private folderOpen As Bitmap = My.Resources.folder_open Private folderClose As Bitmap = My.Resources.folder_close Private file As Bitmap = My.Resources.file Private Sub radTreeView1_NodeFormatting(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As TreeNodeFormattingEventArgs) If e.Node.Nodes.Count > 0 Then If e.Node.Expanded Then e.NodeElement.ImageElement.Image = folderOpen Else e.NodeElement.ImageElement.Image = folderClose End If Else e.NodeElement.ImageElement.Image = file End If End Sub [C#] Formatting nodes Bitmap folderOpen = SamplesCS.Properties.Resources.folder_open; Bitmap folderClose = SamplesCS.Properties.Resources.folder_close; Bitmap file = SamplesCS.Properties.Resources.file; void radTreeView1_NodeFormatting(object sender, TreeNodeFormattingEventArgs e) { if (e.Node.Nodes.Count > 0) {

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if (e.Node.Expanded) { e.NodeElement.ImageElement.Image = folderOpen; } else { e.NodeElement.ImageElement.Image = folderClose; } } else { e.NodeElement.ImageElement.Image = file; } } Please note that you should always provide an 'else' clause for each 'if' clause that you have in the implementation of the NodeFormatting event. Skipping this operation will lead to incorrect images applied to the inappropriate nodes. It is also imporant that we are accessing the project resources outside the NodeFormatting event handler. Accessing project resources is a time consuming operation and since NodeFormatting is fired for every visible node, you may experience performance issues if you try to access such resources in the event handler.

Working with NodesWalk-Through

This project walks you through building a multi-level tree using assembly reflection as the content data. The structure of the tree will be: library class constructors methods properties types The application will only show a limited amount of reflection information and may not work with all possible assemblies due to security and other restrictions. In this example we will write our own simple assemblay to reflect against.

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You can find the complete source for this project at: \Treeview\<VB|CS>\WorkingWithNodesWalkThrough Preparing the Project 1. Create a new Windows Forms application. 2. In the Solution Explorer, delete the default form. 3. Also in the Solution Explorer, right-click the project and select Add | New Item... from the context menu. 4. Select the "Telerik RadForm" template and click the Add button to close the dialog. 5. Add a standard ImageList component to the form and name it "ilIcons". Use the ImageList Smart Tag to set the Image Bit Depth to "Depth32Bit". In the Properties window, set the ImageList TransparentColor to "Fuchsia". Click the ImageList Smart Tag "Choose Images" option and add images to represent the ideas below.

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Library Class Property Method You can typically find images in the Visual Studio Common7\VS2008ImageLibrary\1033 directory in "VS2008ImageLibrary.zip". There are copies of the images used in this project at \Treeview\<VB|CS>\WorkingWithNodesWalkThrough\Images. You can add these to the ImageList and rename them to "library", "class", "property" and "method" for easier referencing in code.

6. Change the new RadForm1 to be the startup form. Form Setup 1. From the Toolbox, add a RadMenu to the form. In the designer, enter "File" to the "Type here" space on the menu. From the Smart tag click the"Add new" link of the "File" item, add three more menu Items and set properties:

Name = "miOpen", Text = "Open" Name = "miClose", Text = "Close" Name = "miExit", Text = "Exit"

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2. Add a RadStatusStrip to the form. Add a RadLabelElement to the status strip, Name it "lblStatus" and set the Text = "". 3. Add two RadPanels, Dock the first one to "Top" and the second one to "Bottom". Change the top panel size to take approximately three quaters of the available space and the bottom panel sizeto take the rest of the space. Set both panels Text = "" and set the second panel BackColor to "Info". The form should look like the screenshot:

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4. Add a RadLabel to the lowerpanel and set properties: Name = "lblDetail", AutoSize = False, Dock = "Fill", Padding = "10, 0, 0, 0". 5. Add a RadTreeView to the upper windowand set properties: Name = "tvReflection", Dock = "Fill". Adding Code 1. Make sure you are referencing the following assemblies in the "Imports" (VB) or "uses" (C#) section of code. [VB] Adding References Imports Imports Imports Imports Imports Imports Imports using using using using using using using System System.IO System.Reflection System.Text System.Windows.Forms Telerik.WinControls Telerik.WinControls.UI

[C#] Adding References System; System.IO; System.Reflection; System.Text; System.Windows.Forms; Telerik.WinControls; Telerik.WinControls.UI;

2. Add a private helper method to return a comma-delimited list of parameter types, e.g. "(String, int, int, object)". It takes an array ofParameterInfo from the System.Reflection namespace. We will use this later to get information about constructors and methods. [VB] Getting a Formatted List of Parameters ' return a string surrounded with parenthesis and containing ' a comma-delimited list of parameter types, e.g. ' "(String, String, Int32)" Private Function GetParameterList(parameters As ParameterInfo()) As String Dim builder As New StringBuilder("(") Dim i As Integer = 0 For Each parameter As ParameterInfo In parameters builder.Append(parameter.ParameterType.Name) If System.Threading.Interlocked.Increment(i) < parameters.Length Then builder.Append(", ") End If Next builder.Append(")") Return builder.ToString() End Function [C#] Getting a Formatted List of Parameters // return a string surrounded with parenthesis and containing // a comma-delimited list of parameter types, e.g. // "(String, String, Int32)" private string GetParameterList(ParameterInfo[] parameters) { StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder("("); int i = 0; foreach (ParameterInfo parameter in parameters)

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{ builder.Append(parameter.ParameterType.Name); if (++i < parameters.Length) builder.Append(", "); } builder.Append(")"); return builder.ToString(); } 3. Abit of house-keeping code: in the designer, double-click the "Close" and "Exit" menu items and add code to both event handlers. [VB] Handling Close and Exit Menu Item Click Events Private Sub miClose_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) tvReflection.Nodes.Clear() lblStatus.Text = [String].Empty lblDetail.Text = [String].Empty End Sub Private Sub miExit_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Me.Close() End Sub [C#] Handling Close and Exit Menu Item Click Events private void miClose_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { tvReflection.Nodes.Clear(); lblStatus.Text = String.Empty; lblDetail.Text = String.Empty; } private void miExit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.Close(); } 4. In the designer, double-click the "Open" menu item and add code to the click event. The event handler uses an OpenFileDialog to get the path of an assembly and then loads the assembly. Finally the method calls private method LoadNodes() that will traverse the reflection information of the assembly.Notice that we're using the static Assembly ReflectionOnlyLoadFrom() method to load the file. [VB] Handling the Menu Item Click Event ' Get a path and load an Assembly. ' Call private method LoadNodes() to begin reflecting ' on the assembly contents Private Sub miOpen_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Dim dialog As New OpenFileDialog() dialog.Filter = "Dynamic Link Libraries|*.dll|Executable|*.exe" If dialog.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then Dim assembly As Assembly = Assembly.ReflectionOnlyLoadFrom(dialog.FileName) LoadNodes(tvReflection.Nodes, assembly) End If lblStatus.Text = "Loaded " + Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(dialog.FileName) tvReflection.ExpandAll() End Sub [C#] Handling the Menu Item Click Event // Get a path and load an Assembly. // Call private method LoadNodes() to begin reflecting

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// on the assembly contents private void miOpen_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { OpenFileDialog dialog = new OpenFileDialog(); dialog.Filter = "Dynamic Link Libraries|*.dll|Executable|*.exe"; if (dialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { Assembly assembly = Assembly.ReflectionOnlyLoadFrom(dialog.FileName); LoadNodes(tvReflection.Nodes, assembly); } lblStatus.Text = "Loaded " + Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(dialog.FileName); tvReflection.ExpandAll(); } 5. Add a private method LoadNodes() to traverse the Assembly reflection information and create nodes to structure this information in the tree. The method adds a root node for the assembly itself, then iterates all the types in the assembly and calls the LoadTypeNode() method. [VB] Traversing Assembly Reflection Private Sub LoadNodes(ByVal nodes As RadTreeNodeCollection, ByVal [assembly] As System.Reflection.Assembly) nodes.Clear() ' get the name, e.g. "MyDll" from the Assembly Dim assemblyName As String = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension([assembly].Location) ' add a root node with the assembly name and a "library" icon ' store the assembly reference itself in the tag for later retrieval Dim rootNode As RadTreeNode = nodes.Add(assemblyName) rootNode.Image = ilIcons.Images("library") rootNode.Tag = [assembly] ' reflect all the types in the assembly For Each type As Type In [assembly].GetTypes() ' only look at top level types If (Not type.IsNested) Then ' load a node for each top level type Dim typeNode As RadTreeNode = rootNode.Nodes.Add(type.Name) typeNode.Tag = type If type.IsClass Then typeNode.Image = ilIcons.Images("class") End If ' drill down for further reflection on the type LoadTypeNode(type, typeNode) End If Next type End Sub [C#] Traversing Assembly Reflection private void LoadNodes(RadTreeNodeCollection nodes, Assembly assembly) { nodes.Clear(); // get the name, e.g. "MyDll" from the Assembly string assemblyName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(assembly.Location); // add a root node with the assembly name and a "library" icon // store the assembly reference itself in the tag for later retrieval RadTreeNode rootNode = nodes.Add(assemblyName); rootNode.Image = ilIcons.Images["library"]; rootNode.Tag = assembly;

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// reflect all the types in the assembly foreach (Type type in assembly.GetTypes()) { // only look at top level types if (!type.IsNested) { // load a node for each top level type RadTreeNode typeNode = rootNode.Nodes.Add(type.Name); typeNode.Tag = type; if (type.IsClass) typeNode.Image = ilIcons.Images["class"]; // drill down for further reflection on the type LoadTypeNode(type, typeNode); } } } 6. Add a private method LoadTypeNode() that creates nodes for the constructors, methods, properties and sub-types of a given type. [VB] Adding Reflection Information for a Type Private Sub LoadTypeNode(type As Type, typeNode As RadTreeNode) ' add nodes for different categories of reflection Dim constructorNode As RadTreeNode = typeNode.Nodes.Add("Constructors") constructorNode.Image = ilIcons.Images("method") Dim methodNode As RadTreeNode = typeNode.Nodes.Add("Methods") methodNode.Image = ilIcons.Images("method") Dim propertyNode As RadTreeNode = typeNode.Nodes.Add("Properties") propertyNode.Image = ilIcons.Images("property") Dim nestedTypeNode As RadTreeNode = typeNode.Nodes.Add("Types") ' add nodes for each type... For Each constructor As ConstructorInfo In type.GetConstructors() Dim tempNode As RadTreeNode = constructorNode.Nodes.Add(constructor.Name + GetParameterList(constructor.GetParameters())) tempNode.Tag = constructor Next For Each method As MethodInfo In type.GetMethods() Dim methodText As String = method.Name + GetParameterList(method.GetParameters()) + ": " method.ReturnParameter.ParameterType.Name Dim tempNode As RadTreeNode = methodNode.Nodes.Add(methodText) tempNode.Tag = method Next For Each [property] As PropertyInfo In type.GetProperties() Dim tempNode As RadTreeNode = propertyNode.Nodes.Add([property].Name + ": " + [property].PropertyType.Name) tempNode.Tag = [property] Next For Each nestedType As Type In type.GetNestedTypes() Dim tempNode As RadTreeNode = nestedTypeNode.Nodes.Add(nestedType.Name) tempNode.Tag = nestedType Next End Sub [C#] Adding Reflection Information for a Type private void LoadTypeNode(Type type, RadTreeNode typeNode) {

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// add nodes for different categories of reflection RadTreeNode constructorNode = typeNode.Nodes.Add("Constructors"); constructorNode.Image = ilIcons.Images["method"]; RadTreeNode methodNode = typeNode.Nodes.Add("Methods"); methodNode.Image = ilIcons.Images["method"]; RadTreeNode propertyNode = typeNode.Nodes.Add("Properties"); propertyNode.Image = ilIcons.Images["property"]; RadTreeNode nestedTypeNode = typeNode.Nodes.Add("Types"); // add nodes for each type... foreach (ConstructorInfo constructor in type.GetConstructors()) { RadTreeNode tempNode = constructorNode.Nodes.Add(constructor.Name + GetParameterList(constructor.GetParameters())); tempNode.Tag = constructor; } foreach (MethodInfo method in type.GetMethods()) { string methodText = method.Name + GetParameterList(method.GetParameters()) + ": " + method.ReturnParameter.ParameterType.Name; RadTreeNode tempNode = methodNode.Nodes.Add(methodText); tempNode.Tag = method; } foreach (PropertyInfo property in type.GetProperties()) { RadTreeNode tempNode = propertyNode.Nodes.Add(property.Name + ": " + property.PropertyType.Name); tempNode.Tag = property; } foreach (Type nestedType in type.GetNestedTypes()) { RadTreeNode tempNode = nestedTypeNode.Nodes.Add(nestedType.Name); tempNode.Tag = nestedType; } } 7. Now we need an assembly to test against. In the Solution Explorer, right-click the solution and select Add | New Project.... Select "Class Library" and name it MyLib. Open the Class1.cs file that gets generated automatically and replace the code. This will give us some simple assembly reflection to work with. [VB] Declaring a Class to Test Reflection Namespace MyDll Public Class [MyClass] Public Enum MyEnum Up Down Sideways End Enum Public Sub New() End Sub Public Sub New(myStringProperty As String) Me.MyStringProperty = myStringProperty End Sub Private _myStringProperty As String Public Property MyStringProperty() As String

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Get Return _myStringProperty End Get Set _myStringProperty = value End Set End Property Public Function Foo(message As String, count As Integer) As String Dim result As String = "" Dim i As Integer = 0 While i < count result += message System.Math.Max(System.Threading.Interlocked.Increment(i),i - 1) End While Return result End Function Private Sub Bar() End Sub End Class End Namespace [C#] Declaring a Class to Test Reflection namespace MyDll { public class MyClass { public enum MyEnum { Up, Down, Sideways }; public MyClass() { } public MyClass(string myStringProperty) { this.MyStringProperty = myStringProperty; } private string _myStringProperty; public string MyStringProperty { get { return _myStringProperty; } set { _myStringProperty = value; } } public string Foo(string message, int count) { string result = ""; for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) { result += message; } return result; }

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private void Bar() { } } } 8. In the Solution Explorer locate the References node of the forms project, right-click and select Add Reference from the context menu. Select "MyLib" from the list in the Projects tab and click OK to add the reference. 9. Press Ctrl-F5 to run the application. Click the "Open" file menu. Locate the "MyLib.dll" file and open it. "MyClass", its constructors, methods, properties and types should display in the treeview next to the appropriate icons.

Responding to Events Lets improve the example by showing detail in the lower panel for selected nodes. We will be responding to the treeview SelectedNodeChanged event and retrieving the Tag value if there is one. The Tag may hold an Assembly, ConstructorInfo, MethodInfo, PropertyInfo or TypeInfo object.The information in these classes will

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be displayed in the lower "detail" panel. 1. Add the following helper methods that dump object details from the node Tag into strings. [VB] Extracting Reflection Information Private Function GetAssemblyDescription(ByVal [assembly] As System.Reflection.Assembly) As String Dim builder As New StringBuilder([assembly].GetName().Name) Dim version As Version = [assembly].GetName().Version builder.AppendFormat("{0}.{1}.{2}.{3}", version.Major, version.MajorRevision, version.Minor, version.MinorRevision) Return builder.ToString() End Function Private Function GetTypeDescription(ByVal type As Type) As String Dim builder As New StringBuilder() If type.IsPublic Then builder.Append("public ") End If If type.IsClass Then builder.Append("class ") ElseIf type.IsEnum Then builder.Append("enum ") End If builder.Append(type.Name) builder.Append(Environment.NewLine) builder.Append("Name: ") builder.Append(type.FullName) builder.Append(Environment.NewLine) builder.Append("Assembly: ") builder.Append(GetAssemblyDescription(type.Assembly)) Return builder.ToString() End Function Private Function GetMethodDescription(ByVal method As MethodBase) As String Dim builder As New StringBuilder() If method.IsPublic Then builder.Append("public ") End If If TypeOf method Is MethodInfo Then builder.Append(method.Name) Else builder.Append(method.DeclaringType.Name) End If builder.Append(GetParameterList(method.GetParameters())) If TypeOf method Is MethodInfo Then builder.Append(": ") builder.Append((TryCast(method, MethodInfo)).ReturnType.Name) End If builder.Append(Environment.NewLine) builder.Append("Declaring Type: ") builder.Append(method.DeclaringType.FullName) builder.Append(Environment.NewLine) builder.Append("Assembly: ") builder.Append(GetAssemblyDescription(method.DeclaringType.Assembly)) Return builder.ToString() End Function Private Function GetPropertyDescription(ByVal [property] As PropertyInfo) As String

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Dim builder As New StringBuilder() If [property].PropertyType.IsPublic Then builder.Append("public ") End If builder.Append([property].PropertyType.Name) builder.Append(" { ") For Each method As MethodInfo In [property].GetAccessors() builder.AppendFormat("{0}; ", method.Name) Next method builder.Append(" } ") builder.Append(Environment.NewLine) builder.Append("Declaring Type: ") builder.Append([property].DeclaringType.FullName) builder.Append(Environment.NewLine) builder.Append("Assembly: ") builder.Append(GetAssemblyDescription([property].DeclaringType.Assembly)) Return builder.ToString() End Function [C#] Extracting Reflection Information private string GetAssemblyDescription(Assembly assembly) { StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(assembly.GetName().Name); Version version = assembly.GetName().Version; builder.AppendFormat("{0}.{1}.{2}.{3}", version.Major, version.MajorRevision, version.Minor, version.MinorRevision); return builder.ToString(); } private string GetTypeDescription(Type type) { StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(); if (type.IsPublic) builder.Append("public "); if (type.IsClass) builder.Append("class "); else if (type.IsEnum) builder.Append("enum "); builder.Append(type.Name); builder.Append(Environment.NewLine); builder.Append("Name: "); builder.Append(type.FullName); builder.Append(Environment.NewLine); builder.Append("Assembly: "); builder.Append(GetAssemblyDescription(type.Assembly)); return builder.ToString(); } private string GetMethodDescription(MethodBase method) { StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(); if (method.IsPublic) builder.Append("public "); if (method is MethodInfo) builder.Append(method.Name); else builder.Append(method.DeclaringType.Name);

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builder.Append(GetParameterList(method.GetParameters())); if (method is MethodInfo) { builder.Append(": "); builder.Append((method as MethodInfo).ReturnType.Name); } builder.Append(Environment.NewLine); builder.Append("Declaring Type: "); builder.Append(method.DeclaringType.FullName); builder.Append(Environment.NewLine); builder.Append("Assembly: "); builder.Append(GetAssemblyDescription(method.DeclaringType.Assembly)); return builder.ToString(); } private string GetPropertyDescription(PropertyInfo property) { StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(); if (property.PropertyType.IsPublic) builder.Append("public "); builder.Append(property.PropertyType.Name); builder.Append(" { "); foreach (MethodInfo method in property.GetAccessors()) { builder.AppendFormat("{0}; ", method.Name); } builder.Append(" } "); builder.Append(Environment.NewLine); builder.Append("Declaring Type: "); builder.Append(property.DeclaringType.FullName); builder.Append(Environment.NewLine); builder.Append("Assembly: "); builder.Append(GetAssemblyDescription(property.DeclaringType.Assembly)); return builder.ToString(); } 2. Create a SelectedNoteChanged event handler that assigns description strings to the "lblDetail" label in the lower panel. [VB] Handling the SelectedNoteChanged Event Private Sub tvReflection_SelectedNodeChanged(sender As Object, e As RadTreeViewEventArgs) Dim node As RadTreeNode = TryCast(sender, RadTreeNode) lblDetail.Text = [String].Empty If node.Tag <> Nothing Then If TypeOf node.Tag Is Assembly Then lblDetail.Text = GetAssemblyDescription(TryCast(node.Tag, Assembly)) ElseIf TypeOf node.Tag Is Type Then lblDetail.Text = GetTypeDescription(TryCast(node.Tag, Type)) ElseIf TypeOf node.Tag Is ConstructorInfo Then lblDetail.Text = GetMethodDescription(TryCast(node.Tag, ConstructorInfo)) ElseIf TypeOf node.Tag Is MethodInfo Then lblDetail.Text = GetMethodDescription(TryCast(node.Tag, MethodInfo)) ElseIf TypeOf node.Tag Is PropertyInfo Then lblDetail.Text = GetPropertyDescription(TryCast(node.Tag, PropertyInfo)) End If End If End Sub

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[C#] Handling the SelectedNoteChanged Event private void tvReflection_SelectedNodeChanged(object sender, RadTreeViewEventArgs e) { RadTreeNode node = sender as RadTreeNode; lblDetail.Text = String.Empty; if (node.Tag != null) { if (node.Tag is Assembly) lblDetail.Text = GetAssemblyDescription(node.Tag as Assembly); else if (node.Tag is Type) lblDetail.Text = GetTypeDescription(node.Tag as Type); else if (node.Tag is ConstructorInfo) lblDetail.Text = GetMethodDescription(node.Tag as ConstructorInfo); else if (node.Tag is MethodInfo) lblDetail.Text = GetMethodDescription(node.Tag as MethodInfo); else if (node.Tag is PropertyInfo) lblDetail.Text = GetPropertyDescription(node.Tag as PropertyInfo); } } 3. Press Ctrl-F5 to run the application. Click the assembly, constructors, methods, types and properties and notice the results in the lower details panel.

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Data Binding
Simple Data Binding Before we bind to hierarchical data, lets use the treeview as a simple list to see the most minimal databinding possible. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Treeview\<VB|CS>\DatabindingTreeView Set Program.cs to start with the form SimpleData. Start with a RadTreeView on a form or RadForm. Using the RadTreeView DataSource property, add a project data source that points at the NWind.mdb file found in the RadControls for Winforms installation directory under \Examples\QuickStart\DataSources (see the Data Binding chapter for more information on how to do this). We only need three lines of code and the first line is generated automatically when you configure the DataSource.

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[VB] Minimal Binding Example Private Sub SimpleData_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Me.employeesTableAdapter.Fill(Me.nwindDataSet.Employees) radTreeView1.DataSource = this.nwindDataSet.Employees radTreeView1.DisplayMember = "LastName" End Sub [C#] Minimal Binding Example private void SimpleData_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.employeesTableAdapter.Fill(this.nwindDataSet.Employees); radTreeView1.DataSource = this.nwindDataSet.Employees; radTreeView1.DisplayMember = "LastName"; } This produces a flat list. The DisplayName property is set in order to specify which column records from theEmployees table to be listed in RadTreeView.

Binding Hierarchical Data Overview To get best use of the treeview, databinding has to take data hierarchy into account. There are a couple of ways to approach this:

Bind a single table that references to itself. For example the data might include an "ID" and a "ParentID" column. Or as in the case of the NWind.mdb Employees table there is a "EmployeeID" that uniquely identifies each record and a "ReportsTo" column that points to a parent record's EmployeeID. Theroot level node will have no parent record as is the case for the "Vice President, Sales" that has a null "ReportsTo" value.

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Bind the treeview to multiple tables and add RelationBindings that describe how one table relates to another. For example, use the MusicCollection.mdb database that has three tables Artists, Albums forthe artists and Songs that belong to the Albums.

Binding Self Referencing Data You can find the complete source for this project at: \Treeview\<VB|CS>\Databinding Set Program.cs to start with the form "SelfReferencing". Using the previous simple binding example we only need to specify a couple of properties to implement self referencing that will produce a true hierarchy display of the data. You can see in the code below that we only need to define:

DisplayMember - the name of the field that populates the Text property of each child node. ChildMember - the name of the child data filend which takes part in the relation. ParentMember - the name of the parent data field which takes part in the relation.

[VB] Binding Self Referencing Data Private Sub RadForm1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Me.employeesTableAdapter.Fill(Me.nwindDataSet.Employees) radTreeView1.DataSource = Me.nwindDataSet.Employees radTreeView1.DisplayMember = "Title" radTreeView1.ChildMember = "EmployeeID" radTreeView1.ParentMember = "ReportsTo" End Sub [C#] Binding Self Referencing Data private void RadForm1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.employeesTableAdapter.Fill(this.nwindDataSet.Employees); radTreeView1.DataSource = this.nwindDataSet.Employees; radTreeView1.DisplayMember = "Title"; radTreeView1.ChildMember = "EmployeeID"; radTreeView1.ParentMember = "ReportsTo"; }

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Binding Related Data You can find the complete source for this project at: \Treeview\<VB|CS>\Databinding Set Program.cs to start with the form "RelatedData". Related data can take the form of:

DataTables in a DataSet participating in relations represented by a DataRelation. Business Objects that have nested collections. In this case items in nested collections are considered to be child records of the business object that contains the collections.

The configuration of relational data is described by adding to the RelationBindings collection of RadTreeView. Minimally you need to set the data source and thedisplay member for the control and datasource,display member,parent member and child member (or the parentChildMember when their value isequal)for the relation. For example: [VB] Adding a RelationBinding Me.radTreeView1.DataSource = this.artistsBindingSource Me.radTreeView1.DisplayMember = "ArtistName" radTreeView1.RelationBindings.Add(albumsBindingSource, "AlbumName", "ArtistID"); [C#] Adding a RelationBinding this.radTreeView1.DataSource = this.artistsBindingSource; this.radTreeView1.DisplayMember = "ArtistName"; radTreeView1.RelationBindings.Add(albumsBindingSource, "AlbumName", "ArtistID"); Lets walk through binding the treeview to the Artists/Albums/Songs trilogy of tables. 1. Start with a RadTreeView on a Form or RadForm. 2. Find the treeview DataSource property in the Properties Window, drop down the list and select Add Project Data Source. This will display the Data Source Configuration Wizard. 3. In the "Choose a Data Source Type" page of the wizard select the Database icon, then click the Next

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button. 4. In the "Choose Your Data Connection" page of the wizard add a new connection:

Click the New Connection button. In the "Add Connection" dialog click the Change button, select "Microsoft Access Database File" and click the OK button. Next to the Database file name entry, click the Browse button and locate the MusicCollection.mdb file in the installation directory under \Examples\QuickStart\DataSources. Click the OK button to close the "Add Connection" dialog.

5. When prompted if you would like to copy the local data file to your project click the No button. 6. In the "Save the Connection String to the Application Configuration File" page of the wizard click the Next button. 7. In the "Choose Your Database Objects" page of the wizard click the Tables checkbox (this will automatically check the Albums, Artists and Songs tables). 8. Click the Finish button to complete and close the wizard dialog. 9. Select each table to create components

Back in the treeview DataSource property, drop down the list and locate the "Albums" table from under the "MusicCollectionDataSet" dataset.

Select the "Artists" table. Select the "Songs" table. You should now have the DataSet for the music collection and pairs of BindingSource and TableAdapter components for each table in the component tray.

10. Add the following statements to the form Load event handler

Add a "Imports" (VB) or "uses" (C#) statement referencing Telerik.WinControls.UI to support the RelationBinding object.

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Include RelationBinding.Add() methods for both "ArtistsAlbums" and "AlbumSongs". Define the RadTreeView RootRelationDisplayname property. Set the DataSource to use the "artistsBindingSource" component. [VB] Loading Data and Defining Relation Bindings Private Sub RelatedData_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) ' generated automatically by configuration Me.songsTableAdapter.Fill(Me.musicCollectionDataSet.Songs) Me.artistsTableAdapter.Fill(Me.musicCollectionDataSet.Artists) Me.albumsTableAdapter.Fill(Me.musicCollectionDataSet.Albums) ' added by hand to define the relation bindings Me.radTreeView1.DataSource = this.artistsBindingSource Me.radTreeView1.DisplayMember = "ArtistName" radTreeView1.RelationBindings.Add(albumsBindingSource, "AlbumName", "ArtistID") radTreeView1.RelationBindings.Add(songsBindingSource, "SongName", "AlbumID") End Sub [C#] Loading Data and Defining Relation Bindings private void RelatedData_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { // generated automatically by configuration this.songsTableAdapter.Fill(this.musicCollectionDataSet.Songs); this.artistsTableAdapter.Fill(this.musicCollectionDataSet.Artists); this.albumsTableAdapter.Fill(this.musicCollectionDataSet.Albums); // added by hand to define the relation bindings this.radTreeView1.DataSource = this.artistsBindingSource; this.radTreeView1.DisplayMember = "ArtistName"; radTreeView1.RelationBindings.Add(albumsBindingSource, "AlbumName", "ArtistID"); radTreeView1.RelationBindings.Add(songsBindingSource, "SongName", "AlbumID"); }

11. Press Ctrl-F5 to run the application.

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Using XML Data There are two approaches to consuming XML data:

Bind to a DataSet and reading the XML into the DataSet. Use special methods of RadTreeView to save and load the XML directly, i.e.serialize/deserialize the XML.

Binding to XML Data You can find the complete source for this project at: \Treeview\<VB|CS>\Databinding Set Program.cs to start with the form "XMLBinding".

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The XML should be structured so that it can be read by the standard DataSet ReadXml() method, something like the example below. The naming for each XML element is arbitrary, although the names are case sensitive. Notice that the "parentId" for the "Main title" node is null. Parent ID nodes with invalid data or that don't point at another valid ID node are ignored. [XML] Sample Data to be Consumed <toc> <item> <title>Main title</title> <id>1</id> <parentId></parentId> </item> <item> <title>Child title</title> <id>2</id> <parentId>1</parentId> </item> </toc> Assuming that "toc.xml" is in the same directory with the executable, the code below can be run from the form Load event handler. If the XML file is in your project you should set its "Copy to Output Directory" property to "Copy Always" or "Copy if Newer" so that thefileends up in the \bin directory with the executable. After the DataSet ReadXml() method consumes the XML, the DataMember is set to the top level XML element for each item, in this case "<item>". The Text property for each tree node is supplied by the DisplayMember.The ParentMember property is used to make a node the child of a node with a matching ChildMember. [VB] Reading XML into the DataSet Private Sub XMLBinding_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Dim dataSet As New DataSet() dataSet.ReadXml("toc.xml") Me.radTreeView1.DataMember = "item" Me.radTreeView1.DisplayMember = "title" Me.radTreeView1.ChildMember = "id" Me.radTreeView1.ParentMember = "parentId" Me.radTreeView1.DataSource = dataSet End Sub [C#] Reading XML into the DataSet private void XMLBinding_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { DataSet dataSet = new DataSet(); dataSet.ReadXml("toc.xml"); this.radTreeView1.DataMember = "item"; this.radTreeView1.DisplayMember = "title"; this.radTreeView1.ChildMember = "id"; this.radTreeView1.ParentMember = "parentId"; this.radTreeView1.DataSource = dataSet; }

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Saving and Loading XML You can find the complete source for this project at: \Treeview\<VB|CS>\Databinding Set Program.cs to start with the form "XMLSerialize". The contents of a RadTreeView can be serialized as XML directly to a file. In the sample project, nodes can be added to create an arbitrary tree. The Save button calls the RadTreeView SaveXML() method. SaveXML() takes either a file path to save your XML directly to disk or a stream that you could use to save the XML in a database.

The saved XML looks something like the example below. Notice that it even retains the current node selection.

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The code to perform the save is using OpenSaveDialog and OpenLoadDialog, but is otherwise a one-liner. [VB] Load and Save TreeView Structure as XML Private Sub btnSave_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Dim dialog As New SaveFileDialog() dialog.Filter = "XML Files|*.xml" If dialog.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then radTreeView1.SaveXML(dialog.FileName) End If End Sub Private Sub btnLoad_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Dim dialog As New OpenFileDialog() dialog.Filter = "XML Files|*.xml" If dialog.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then radTreeView1.LoadXML(dialog.FileName) End If End Sub [C#] Load and Save TreeView Structure as XML private void btnSave_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { SaveFileDialog dialog = new SaveFileDialog(); dialog.Filter = "XML Files|*.xml"; if (dialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { radTreeView1.SaveXML(dialog.FileName); } } private void btnLoad_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { OpenFileDialog dialog = new OpenFileDialog(); dialog.Filter = "XML Files|*.xml"; if (dialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { radTreeView1.LoadXML(dialog.FileName); } } Saving to a stream requires a stream descendant instance such as MemoryStream. From there you can use the array of bytes from GetBuffer() and send the bytes to a database or other persistence medium. [VB] Using SaveXML() with a Stream Dim stream As New MemoryStream() radTreeView1.SaveXML(stream) RadMessageBox.Show(stream.GetBuffer().Length.ToString()) [C#] Using SaveXML() with a Stream

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MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); radTreeView1.SaveXML(stream); RadMessageBox.Show(stream.GetBuffer().Length.ToString()); You can achieve rapid loading timeusing two RadTreeView features:

"Load-on-demand" where large or potentially unknown amountsof data are loaded only when needed. Surround batch changes to the tree with BeginUpdate() and EndUpdate()calls to avoid constant repainting.

The Load On Demand feature helps reduce performance and memory costs incurred when all nodes are loaded at one time. To benefit from this feature, you just need to handle the NodesNeeded event. This event is fired when you try to expand a node. The event arguments of this event return contain the Parent node that you are trying to expand and the Nodes collection that you should fill with subnodes. The code snippet below demonstrates how you can handle the NodesNeeded event and load 500 nodes to any expanded node: [VB] Load on Demand Private Sub radTreeView1_NodesNeeded(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.NodesNeededEventArgs) Handles radTreeView1.NodesNeeded ' measure how long this takes Dim stopwatch As New Stopwatch() stopwatch.Start() Dim count As Integer = 0 ' get the data for all child nodes Dim weatherStations As String() = My.Resources.WeatherStations.Split(New String() {Constants.vbCrLf}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries) For Each station As String In weatherStations e.Nodes.Add(New RadTreeNode(station)) count += 1 Next ' show performance results stopwatch.[Stop]() Dim ts As TimeSpan = stopwatch.Elapsed lblStatus.Text = [String].Format("{0:00}:{1:00}:{2:00}.{3:00} loading {4} nodes", ts.Hours, ts.Minutes, ts.Seconds, ts.Milliseconds / 10, count) Me.radTreeView1.EndUpdate() End Sub [C#] Load on Demand void radTreeView1_NodesNeeded(object sender, NodesNeededEventArgs e) { // measure how long this takes Stopwatch stopwatch = new Stopwatch(); stopwatch.Start(); int count = 0; // get the data for all child nodes string[] weatherStations = Properties.Resources.WeatherStations.Split( new string[] { "\r\n" }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries); foreach (string station in weatherStations) { e.Nodes.Add(new RadTreeNode(station)); count++; } // show performance results stopwatch.Stop(); TimeSpan ts = stopwatch.Elapsed;

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lblStatus.Text = String.Format("{0:00}:{1:00}:{2:00}.{3:00} loading {4} nodes", ts.Hours, ts.Minutes, ts.Seconds, ts.Milliseconds / 10, count); } You can find the complete source for this project at: \Treeview\<VB|CS>\Databinding Set Program.cs to start with the form "LoadOnDemand". The basic structure of the NodesNeeded event handler is the same as the previous example except:

We are only loading children to the root level nodes and no further. We're using a System.Diagnostics StopWatch component to measure the amount of time it takes to build the tree.

[VB] Load On Demand Private Sub radTreeView1_NodeExpandedChanged(sender As Object, e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadTreeViewEventArgs) ' measure how long this takes Dim stopwatch As New Stopwatch() stopwatch.Start() Dim count As Integer = 0 ' the node is expanded, hasn't been loaded yet, and only load the first level If e.Node.Expanded AndAlso Not e.Node.LoadedOnDemand AndAlso e.Node.Level = 0 Then ' don't repaint till we're done ' get the data for all child nodes Dim weatherStations As String() = Properties.Resources.WeatherStations.Split(New String() {vbCr & vbLf}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries) For Each station As String In weatherStations e.Node.Nodes.Add(station) System.Math.Max(System.Threading.Interlocked.Increment(count),count - 1) Next ' flag the node as having been loaded e.Node.LoadedOnDemand = True End If End If ' show performance results stopwatch.[Stop]() Dim ts As TimeSpan = stopwatch.Elapsed lblStatus.Text = [String].Format("{0:00}:{1:00}:{2:00}.{3:00} loading {4} nodes", ts.Hours, ts.Minutes, ts.Seconds, ts.Milliseconds / 10, count) End Sub [C#] Load On Demand private void radTreeView1_NodeExpandedChanged(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadTreeViewEventArgs e) { // measure how long this takes Stopwatch stopwatch = new Stopwatch(); stopwatch.Start(); int count = 0; // the node is expanded, hasn't been loaded yet, and only load the first level if (e.Node.Expanded && !e.Node.LoadedOnDemand && e.Node.Level == 0)

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{ // don't repaint till we're done if (cbUseBeginEndUpdate.ToggleState == ToggleState.On) radTreeView1.BeginUpdate(); // get the data for all child nodes string[] weatherStations = Properties.Resources.WeatherStations.Split( new string[] { "\r\n" }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries); foreach (string station in weatherStations) { e.Node.Nodes.Add(station); count++; } // flag the node as having been loaded e.Node.LoadedOnDemand = true; // ok, repaint now if (cbUseBeginEndUpdate.ToggleState == ToggleState.On) radTreeView1.EndUpdate(); } // show performance results stopwatch.Stop(); TimeSpan ts = stopwatch.Elapsed; lblStatus.Text = String.Format("{0:00}:{1:00}:{2:00}.{3:00} loading {4} nodes", ts.Hours, ts.Minutes, ts.Seconds, ts.Milliseconds / 10, count); } When you run the project, also notice that expanding a previously loaded node has no appreciable loading cost.

RadTreeView has the ability to bind to related data of custom objects which have member collections of related objects (ORM generated classes for example). Consider the following class diagram:

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There are three classes named Customer, Order and Order_Detail. The data relations in the case of custom objects are represented by properties which provide references to collections of related objects. In this case the Customer class has a property named Orders which is a collection of Order objects. This is the first relation. The second relation is the Order_Details property in the Order class, it offers a reference to a collection of Order_Details. Once you have such class composition, it is trivial for RadTreeView to represent it visually in your application. The two steps that must be done are these: 1. Set the DataSource of RadTreeView to a collection of your root objects (a collection of Customer object in this case): [VB] Set RadTreeView data source Dim customers As IEnumerable(Of Customer) = context.GetTable(Of Customer)().ToList() Me.RadTreeView1.DataSource = customers [C#] Set RadTreeView data source IEnumerable<Customer> customers = context.GetTable<Customer>().ToList(); this.radTreeView1.DataSource = customers; 2. Set DisplayMember corresponding to the DisplayMembers of the different types of objects and set the ChildMember corresponding to the names of the properties that represent the collections of subobjects. [VB.NET] Set he Display and Child members

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Me.RadTreeView1.DisplayMember = "ContactName\ShipName\UnitPrice" Me.RadTreeView1.ChildMember = "Customers\Orders\Order_Details" [C#] Set he Display and Child members this.radTreeView1.DisplayMember = "ContactName\\ShipName\\UnitPrice"; this.radTreeView1.ChildMember = "Customers\\Orders\\Order_Details"; 3. As a result, we get the following hierarchy in RadTreeView:

Binding RadTreeView to self referencing data differs form binding to related data in that RadTreeView is bound to a single list instead of multiple related lists. In order to set the parent-child relation between the records of the data source, we should set the ParentMember and ChildMember properties to the respective fields this data source. If the parent ID for a record does not have a respective value in the child ID field of the records, then that record is considered to have no parents. The following example demonstrates how to bind RadTreeView to a self referencing DataTable. [VB.NET] Bind RadTreeView to self referencing data Public Sub New() InitializeComponent() Me.RadTreeView1.DisplayMember = "name" Me.RadTreeView1.ValueMember = "id" Me.RadTreeView1.ParentMember = "pid" Me.RadTreeView1.DataSource = Me.GetSampleData() Me.RadTreeView1.DataMember = "Nodes" End Sub Private Function GetSampleData() As DataTable Dim dt As New DataTable() Dim dc As New DataColumn() dc.ColumnName = "id"

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dc.DataType = GetType(Integer) dt.Columns.Add(dc) Dim dc1 As New DataColumn() dc1.ColumnName = "name" dc1.DataType = GetType(String) dt.Columns.Add(dc1) Dim dc2 As New DataColumn() dc2.ColumnName = "pid" dc2.DataType = GetType(Integer) dt.Columns.Add(dc2) Dim dr As DataRow = dt.NewRow() dr(0) = 0 dr(1) = "My Computer" dr(2) = DBNull.Value dt.Rows.Add(dr) dr = dt.NewRow() dr(0) = 1 dr(1) = "C:\" dr(2) = 0 dt.Rows.Add(dr) dr = dt.NewRow() dr(0) = 2 dr(1) = "D:\" dr(2) = 0 dt.Rows.Add(dr) dr = dt.NewRow() dr(0) = 3 dr(1) = "Program Files" dr(2) = 1 dt.Rows.Add(dr) dr = dt.NewRow() dr(0) = 4 dr(1) = "Microsoft" dr(2) = 3 dt.Rows.Add(dr) dr = dt.NewRow() dr(0) = 5 dr(1) = "Telerik" dr(2) = 3 dt.Rows.Add(dr) dr = dt.NewRow() dr(0) = 6 dr(1) = "WINDOWS" dr(2) = 1 dt.Rows.Add(dr)

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Return dt End Function [C#] Bind RadTreeView to self referencing data public BindingToSelfRefData() { InitializeComponent(); this.radTreeView1.DisplayMember = "name"; this.radTreeView1.ParentMember = "pid"; this.radTreeView1.ChildMember = "id"; this.radTreeView1.DataSource = this.GetSampleData(); } private DataTable GetSampleData() { DataTable dt = new DataTable(); DataColumn dc = new DataColumn(); dc.ColumnName = "id"; dc.DataType = typeof(int); dt.Columns.Add(dc); DataColumn dc1 = new DataColumn(); dc1.ColumnName = "name"; dc1.DataType = typeof(string); dt.Columns.Add(dc1); DataColumn dc2 = new DataColumn(); dc2.ColumnName = "pid"; dc2.DataType = typeof(int); dt.Columns.Add(dc2); DataRow dr = dt.NewRow(); dr[0] = 0; dr[1] = "My Computer"; dr[2] = DBNull.Value; dt.Rows.Add(dr); dr = dt.NewRow(); dr[0] = 1; dr[1] = @"C:\"; dr[2] = 0; dt.Rows.Add(dr); dr = dt.NewRow(); dr[0] = 2; dr[1] = @"D:\"; dr[2] = 0; dt.Rows.Add(dr); dr = dt.NewRow(); dr[0] = 3; dr[1] = "Program Files"; dr[2] = 1;

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dt.Rows.Add(dr); dr = dt.NewRow(); dr[0] = 4; dr[1] = "Microsoft"; dr[2] = 3; dt.Rows.Add(dr); dr = dt.NewRow(); dr[0] = 5; dr[1] = "Telerik"; dr[2] = 3; dt.Rows.Add(dr); dr = dt.NewRow(); dr[0] = 6; dr[1] = "WINDOWS"; dr[2] = 1; dt.Rows.Add(dr); return dt; } As a result we get the hierarchy of nodes shown below:

Editing Nodes
By default RadTreeView does not allow node editing. If the AllowEditing property is set to true, the user may select a node and either press F2 to initiate editing or simply double click the node. By default a text editor is invoked and allows the editing of the node label. When the edit process ends the entered value is assigned to the node Text property. If the user cancels editing by pressing Escape the value is not persisted. To edit progrmatically, call BeginEdit() to initiate editing the selected node and EndEdit() to conclude editing. EndEdit() takes a single "cancelEdit" parameter; when cancelEdit is true, changes are abandoned. You can find the complete source for this project at:

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\Treeview\<VB|CS>\Editing

The Editing Lifecycle Here is an overview of the stages that occur during editing a single node. A node enters edit +mode

A node that is being displayed by the RadTreeView control is selected and the user presses the F2 key to bring the node into edit mode. The RadTreeView control calls the BeginEdit() method and a new editor instance is initialized. It is available publicly through the ActiveEditor property in RadTreeView and is associated with the node that is about to be edited. The editor fires EditorInitialized event which you can handle according to your requirements. This event also provides you with the ability to change the input editor. A text box based editor appears for input.

A node is brought out of edit mode

The Enter key is pressed while the node is in edit mode. The editor determines if it wants to handle the keystroke. The editor instance performs the action it has defined for the Enter key. Typically this indicates that edit mode should be exited and any changes made during the edit session should be applied to the node Text property. In response to the action described in the previous step the EndEdit() method is called and the ValueChanged event is fired. The RadTreeView control sets the node Text property to the string representation of the editor Value property. The RadTreeView Edited event fires.

The code below shows these properties and events in play. Also notice the MouseDoubleClick event handler that also initiates editing without the user having to press the F2 key. In some cases you may want to compare new and old values for validation or display purposes.Save off the old value in the Editing event handler and get the new value during ValueValidating. [VB] Handling Editing Events Private Sub EditNodes_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load radTreeView1.AllowEdit = True End Sub Private _oldNodeText As String Private Sub radTreeView1_Editing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As TreeNodeEditingEventArgs) Handles radTreeView1.Editing _oldNodeText = e.Node.Text ' disallow editing root nodes. If e.Node.Level = 0 Then e.Cancel = True lblStatus.Text = "You cannot edit a root node" End If End Sub

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Private Sub radTreeView1_ValueValidating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As TreeNodeValidatingEventArgs) Handles radTreeView1.ValueValidating Dim newNodeText As String = TryCast(radTreeView1.ActiveEditor.Value, String) ' disallow blank entries If newNodeText.Equals(String.Empty) Then e.Cancel = True lblStatus.Text = "Cannot be blank - Enter a new value" End If End Sub Private Sub radTreeView1_Edited(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As TreeNodeEditedEventArgs) Handles radTreeView1.Edited ' display text before and after editing Dim newNodeText As String = e.Node.Text If (Not _oldNodeText.Equals(newNodeText)) Then lblStatus.Text = String.Format("Node text has changed from {0} to {1}", _oldNodeText, newNodeText) End If End Sub Private Sub radTreeView1_MouseDoubleClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As MouseEventArgs) Handles radTreeView1.MouseDoubleClick ' edit double-clicked node Dim node As RadTreeNode = radTreeView1.GetNodeAt(e.X, e.Y) If Not node Is Nothing Then node.BeginEdit() End If End Sub [C#] Handling Editing Events private void EditNodes_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { radTreeView1.AllowEdit = true; } private string _oldNodeText; private void radTreeView1_Editing(object sender, TreeNodeEditingEventArgs e) { _oldNodeText = e.Node.Text; // disallow editing root nodes. if (e.Node.Level == 0) { e.Cancel = true; lblStatus.Text = "You cannot edit a root node"; } } private void radTreeView1_ValueValidating(object sender, TreeNodeValidatingEventArgs e) { string newNodeText = radTreeView1.ActiveEditor.Value as string; // disallow blank entries if (newNodeText.Equals(String.Empty)) { e.Cancel = true; lblStatus.Text = "Cannot be blank - Enter a new value"; } } private void radTreeView1_Edited(object sender, TreeNodeEditedEventArgs e) {

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// display text before and after editing string newNodeText = e.Node.Text; if (!_oldNodeText.Equals(newNodeText)) { lblStatus.Text = String.Format("Node text has changed from {0} to {1}", _oldNodeText, newNodeText); } } private void radTreeView1_MouseDoubleClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) { // edit double-clicked node RadTreeNode node = radTreeView1.GetNodeAt(e.X, e.Y); if (node != null) { node.BeginEdit(); } } When you run this application and attempt to press F2 with the root node selected, the Editing event handler prevents the edit and displays an error message.

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...but blank values are disallowed in the ValueValidating event. The Cancel argument is set to true, the old value is restored and an error message is displayed in the status strip.

On completion, the ValueValidating event fires and displays both new and old text values.

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Drag and Drop

RadTreeView has rich drag-and-drop functionality where you can drag nodes:

Within the treeview From the treeview to another treeview From the treeview to another control From another control to the treeview

Dragging within the treeview or between treeviews is handled by the RadTreeView control. Dragging to or from other non-telerik controls is handled by standard Windows form control drag methods.Dragging betweenRadControls for WinFormscanbe handled by the RadDragDropService. Three key RadTreeView properties enable Drag and Drop functionality:

AllowDragDrop enables the drag and drop functionality for a tree view control. Drag and drop functionality can also be used to reorder nodes within the tree. AllowDrop when true accepts data that the user drags onto it. This event is used to interact with drag and drop for standard Windows controls.

The AllowDragDropis completely automatic. Turn it on and you get enhanced dragging capabilities within the treeview and between treeviews. The selected node and child nodes are all moved to the target location with user interaction only. No code is required.

The "Janet Leverling" node is dropped onto the "Margaret Peacock" node, sothe "Janet Leverling" node becomes a child node of the "Margaret Peacock". This behavior is indicated by the fact that the dotted line which usually demonstrates where a node will be placed is gone.

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The dragged node "Robert King" will be located as a sibling just above the "Steve Buchanan" node. The new position is indicated by a dotted line.

The dragged node"Janet Leverling" is dropped as a sibling just below the "Margaret Peacock" node. Again this behavior is indicated by a dotted line.

The same visual cues apply when dragging between tree views.

When dragging from the tree view to other controls you can use the standard Windows drag and drop events, or you can use the RadDragDropService when dragging between RadControls for WinForms.

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The integrated Drag and drop functionalitybetween controls or in the same RadTreeView control is only possible in unboundmode. You can drag tree nodes to a RadGridView for example. In this example project, There is a RadTreeView on the left of the form, RadTreeView in the upper right of the form and an RadGridView in the lower right of the form. A RadCommandBar at the top of the form lets you toggle drag-and-drop related properties to see their effect on behavior. Nodes can be dragged between the two tree views and from the left tree view to the grid.

You can find the complete source for this project at: \TreeView\<VB|CS>\DragAndDrop Form Appearance and Layout For the Drag and Drop Example First afew notes on how the form is setup. Add RadCommandBarto the form with two CommandBarToggleButtons. Set each buttonDrawText property totrue, remove the Image setting and set the Text properties to

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Feedback

A RadDock control is placed underneath the command bar and its Dock property is set to "Fill". The Dock control has a document window on the left and two tool windows in the upper and lower right side.Both toolwindows in RadDock has its CaptionVisible and TabStripVisible set to False and the TabStripVisible property of thedocument tab strip isset tofalse. The two RadTreeViews and one RadGridView are placed inside the windows. Your form should look like something similar to the following screen shot:

The Form Load Event Handler For the Drag and Drop Example The form Load event handler fills the tree view on the left named "tvLeft" with some data.The treeview and grid view drag drop service PreviewDragDrop and PreviewDragOver event handlers are hooked up to implement drag-and-drop from the treeview to the grid and vice versa. Remember that the drag-and-drop in the treeview and between treeviews is already enabled by the AllowDragDrop property. The RadGridView works in unbound mode simply by adding new GridViewTextBoxColumn to the Columns collection. [VB] Handling the Form Load Event For i As Integer = 0 To 19 tvLeft.Nodes.Add("Node " & i) Next ' configure treeview and hook up events

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tvLeft.ExpandAll() AddHandler tvLeft.TreeViewElement.DragDropService.PreviewDragDrop, AddressOf DragDropService_PreviewDragDrop AddHandler tvLeft.TreeViewElement.DragDropService.PreviewDragOver, AddressOf DragDropService_PreviewDragOver ' create columns and configure grid Dim nameColumn As New GridViewTextBoxColumn("Name") grdLowerRight.Columns.Add(nameColumn) grdLowerRight.AllowRowReorder = True grdLowerRight.MasterTemplate.AutoSizeColumnsMode = GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill Dim gridDragDropService As RadDragDropService = grdLowerRight.GridViewElement.GetService(Of RadDragDropService)() AddHandler gridDragDropService.PreviewDragDrop, AddressOf gridDragDropService_PreviewDragDrop AddHandler gridDragDropService.PreviewDragOver, AddressOf gridDragDropService_PreviewDragOver [C#] Handling the Form Load Event private void DragAndDropForm_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) { tvLeft.Nodes.Add("Node " + i); } // configure treeview and hook up events tvLeft.ExpandAll(); tvLeft.TreeViewElement.DragDropService.PreviewDragDrop += new EventHandler<RadDropEventArgs> (DragDropService_PreviewDragDrop); tvLeft.TreeViewElement.DragDropService.PreviewDragOver += new EventHandler<RadDragOverEventArgs>(DragDropService_PreviewDragOver); // create columns and configure grid GridViewTextBoxColumn nameColumn = new GridViewTextBoxColumn("Name"); grdLowerRight.Columns.Add(nameColumn); grdLowerRight.AllowRowReorder = true; grdLowerRight.MasterTemplate.AutoSizeColumnsMode = GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill; RadDragDropService gridDragDropService = grdLowerRight.GridViewElement.GetService<RadDragDropService>(); gridDragDropService.PreviewDragDrop += new EventHandler<RadDropEventArgs> (gridDragDropService_PreviewDragDrop); gridDragDropService.PreviewDragOver += new EventHandler<RadDragOverEventArgs> (gridDragDropService_PreviewDragOver); } Handling the events For the Drag and Drop Example In the PreviewDragOver event handler for both RadTreeView and RadGridViewget the HitTarget from the event arguments and check if it isthe correct destination (GridTableElement or GridDataRowElement for RadGridView and TreeNodeElement for RadTreeView). Once that correct destination is reached, allow it to accept a drop operation through the CanDrop property. The PreviewDradDrop event handler is responsible for the transition operation. Here get the dragged row/nodeelement and the target element, insert the dragged object as new row/node at the same index position of the hovered node/row and remove the draggedobjectfrom the drag instance. Set the Handled property to true in order to notify the service that the dragging process is finished.

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[VB] Handling Dragging Events Private Sub gridDragDropService_PreviewDragOver(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RadDragOverEventArgs) 'if the drop target is TreeNodeElement enable dropping Dim nodeElement As TreeNodeElement = TryCast(e.HitTarget, TreeNodeElement) If nodeElement IsNot Nothing Then e.CanDrop = True End If End Sub Private Sub gridDragDropService_PreviewDragDrop(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RadDropEventArgs) Dim rowElement As GridDataRowElement = TryCast(e.DragInstance, GridDataRowElement) Dim nodeElement As TreeNodeElement = TryCast(e.HitTarget, TreeNodeElement) If nodeElement IsNot Nothing Then 'insert the node at the place under the currently hovered node tvLeft.Nodes.Insert(nodeElement.Data.Index, New RadTreeNode(grdLowerRight.CurrentCell.Text)) 'remove the dragged row from RadGridView grdLowerRight.Rows.Remove(rowElement.Data) e.Handled = True End If End Sub Private Sub DragDropService_PreviewDragOver(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RadDragOverEventArgs) Dim tableElement As GridTableElement = TryCast(e.HitTarget, GridTableElement) Dim dataRow As GridDataRowElement = TryCast(e.HitTarget, GridDataRowElement) Trace.WriteLine(e.HitTarget) 'if dragged in RadGridView or over a data row in RadGridView, enable dropping If tableElement IsNot Nothing OrElse dataRow IsNot Nothing Then e.CanDrop = True End If End Sub Private Sub DragDropService_PreviewDragDrop(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RadDropEventArgs) Dim tableElement As GridTableElement = TryCast(e.HitTarget, GridTableElement) Dim dataRow As GridDataRowElement = TryCast(e.HitTarget, GridDataRowElement) Dim nodeElement As TreeNodeElement = TryCast(e.DragInstance, TreeNodeElement) 'if dragged over RadGridView add new row to the Rows collection with the node data If tableElement IsNot Nothing Then tableElement.ViewTemplate.Rows.Add(nodeElement.Data.Text) tvLeft.Nodes.Remove(nodeElement.Data) e.Handled = True 'if dragged over a row, insert new row with the node data at the hovered row place ElseIf dataRow IsNot Nothing Then Dim rowInfo As GridViewRowInfo = dataRow.ViewTemplate.Rows.NewRow() rowInfo.Cells(0).Value = nodeElement.Data.Text dataRow.ViewTemplate.Rows.Insert(dataRow.RowInfo.Index, rowInfo) tvLeft.Nodes.Remove(nodeElement.Data) e.Handled = True End If End Sub [C#] Handling Dragging Events void gridDragDropService_PreviewDragOver(object sender, RadDragOverEventArgs e) { //if the drop target is TreeNodeElement enable dropping

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TreeNodeElement nodeElement = e.HitTarget as TreeNodeElement; if (nodeElement != null) { e.CanDrop = true; } } void gridDragDropService_PreviewDragDrop(object sender, RadDropEventArgs e) { GridDataRowElement rowElement = e.DragInstance as GridDataRowElement; TreeNodeElement nodeElement = e.HitTarget as TreeNodeElement; if (nodeElement != null) { //insert the node at the place under the currently hovered node tvLeft.Nodes.Insert(nodeElement.Data.Index, new RadTreeNode (grdLowerRight.CurrentCell.Text)); //remove the dragged row from RadGridView grdLowerRight.Rows.Remove(rowElement.Data); e.Handled = true; } } private void DragDropService_PreviewDragOver(object sender, RadDragOverEventArgs e) { GridTableElement tableElement = e.HitTarget as GridTableElement; GridDataRowElement dataRow = e.HitTarget as GridDataRowElement; Trace.WriteLine(e.HitTarget); //if dragged in RadGridView or over a data row in RadGridView, enable dropping if (tableElement != null || dataRow != null) { e.CanDrop = true; } } private void DragDropService_PreviewDragDrop(object sender, RadDropEventArgs e) { GridTableElement tableElement = e.HitTarget as GridTableElement; GridDataRowElement dataRow = e.HitTarget as GridDataRowElement; TreeNodeElement nodeElement = e.DragInstance as TreeNodeElement; ///if dragged over RadGridView add new row to the Rows collection with the node data if (tableElement != null) { tableElement.ViewTemplate.Rows.Add(nodeElement.Data.Text); tvLeft.Nodes.Remove(nodeElement.Data); e.Handled = true; } //if dragged over a row, insert new row with the node data at the hovered row place else if (dataRow != null) { GridViewRowInfo rowInfo = dataRow.ViewTemplate.Rows.NewRow(); rowInfo.Cells[0].Value = nodeElement.Data.Text; dataRow.ViewTemplate.Rows.Insert(dataRow.RowInfo.Index, rowInfo); tvLeft.Nodes.Remove(nodeElement.Data); e.Handled = true; } } CommandBarToggleButtons Event Handlers For the Drag and Drop Example

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[VB] Handling ToggleButtons ToggleStateChanged Events Private Sub btnAllowDragDrop_ToggleStateChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal args As Telerik.WinControls.UI.StateChangedEventArgs) Handles btnAllowDragDrop.ToggleStateChanged tvLeft.AllowDragDrop = Convert.ToBoolean(args.ToggleState) tvTopRight.AllowDragDrop = Convert.ToBoolean(args.ToggleState) End Sub Private Sub btnFeedback_ToggleStateChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal args As Telerik.WinControls.UI.StateChangedEventArgs) Handles btnFeedback.ToggleStateChanged tvLeft.ShowDragHint = Convert.ToBoolean(args.ToggleState) tvLeft.ShowDropHint = Convert.ToBoolean(args.ToggleState) End Sub [C#] Handling ToggleButtons ToggleStateChanged Events private void commandBarToggleButton1_ToggleStateChanged(object sender, StateChangedEventArgs args) { tvLeft.AllowDragDrop = Convert.ToBoolean(args.ToggleState); tvTopRight.AllowDragDrop = Convert.ToBoolean(args.ToggleState); } private void commandBarToggleButton3_ToggleStateChanged(object sender, StateChangedEventArgs args) { tvLeft.ShowDragHint = Convert.ToBoolean(args.ToggleState); tvLeft.ShowDropHint = Convert.ToBoolean(args.ToggleState); }

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Dragging From Another Control to the RadTreeView For this purpose we are going to use the standard Windows Forms drag and drop functionality. AllowDrop enablesControl descendants to accept data dropped onto it to set the tvTopRight AllowDrop to true. This event can be used to allow interaction between standard Windows controls and RadTreeView. For example, to drag from a TextBox to the tree view. For the purpose of this example we are going to extend a bit the previous code. Add CommandBarTextBox to RadCommandBar and set its Text to "" and its MinSize property to 120,0. [VB] Dragging to RadTreeView Private Sub TextBox1_MouseDown(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles TextBox1.MouseDown TextBox1.DoDragDrop(TextBox1.Text, DragDropEffects.Copy Or DragDropEffects.Move) End Sub Private Sub tvTopRight_DragEnter(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DragEventArgs) Handles tvTopRight.DragEnter If e.Data.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.Text) Then e.Effect = DragDropEffects.Copy Else e.Effect = DragDropEffects.None End If

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End Sub Private Sub tvTopRight_DragDrop(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DragEventArgs) Handles tvTopRight.DragDrop Dim p As Point = tvTopRight.PointToClient(New Point(e.X, e.Y)) Dim hoverNode As RadTreeNode = tvTopRight.GetNodeAt(p.X, p.Y) If hoverNode Is Nothing Then tvTopRight.Nodes.Add(e.Data.GetData(DataFormats.Text).ToString()) Return End If hoverNode.Nodes.Add(e.Data.GetData(DataFormats.Text).ToString()) End Sub [C#] Dragging to RadTreeView private void textBox1_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) { textBox1.DoDragDrop(textBox1.Text, DragDropEffects.Copy | DragDropEffects.Move); } private void tvTopRight_DragEnter(object sender, DragEventArgs e) { if (e.Data.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.Text)) { e.Effect = DragDropEffects.Copy; } else { e.Effect = DragDropEffects.None; } } private void tvTopRight_DragDrop(object sender, DragEventArgs e) { Point p = tvTopRight.PointToClient(new Point(e.X, e.Y)); RadTreeNode hoverNode = tvTopRight.GetNodeAt(p.X, p.Y); if (hoverNode == null) { tvTopRight.Nodes.Add(e.Data.GetData(DataFormats.Text).ToString()); return; } hoverNode.Nodes.Add(e.Data.GetData(DataFormats.Text).ToString()); }

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Checkboxes
Set CheckBoxes to True to display checkboxes or radio buttons next to each node in the tree. To check a node programmatically, use the CheckState property of RadTreeNode. The NodeCheckChanged event will fire whenever the user clicks a checkbox. Like RadCheckBox, "tri-state" checkboxes have checked/un-checked/indeterminate states. To get this behavior, set the tree view TriStateMode property to True. The "Install All" checkbox in the screenshot is displayed in an indeterminate state because the child "Help" node is unchecked.

Check boxes and radio buttons can be mixed in a single RadTreeNodeCollection. The RadTreeNode property that control the type of option element to be shown (check box or radio button) is CheckType.

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[VB] Setting the CheckType ' display checkboxes next to nodes radTreeView1.CheckBoxes = True ' create a root node and set its CheckType to None Dim root As New RadTreeNode("Options") root.Expanded = True root.CheckType = CheckType.None ' create three nodes with radio buttons and select the second node Dim node1 As New RadTreeNode("Minimal") node1.CheckType = CheckType.RadioButton Dim node2 As New RadTreeNode("Install All") node2.CheckType = CheckType.RadioButton node2.CheckState = Telerik.WinControls.Enumerations.ToggleState.[On] Dim node3 As New RadTreeNode("Custom") node3.CheckType = CheckType.RadioButton ' add a checkbox node and select it Dim node4 As New RadTreeNode("Include Extras") node4.CheckType = CheckType.CheckBox node4.CheckState = Telerik.WinControls.Enumerations.ToggleState.[On] ' add nodes to the root node root.Nodes.Add(node1) root.Nodes.Add(node2) root.Nodes.Add(node3) root.Nodes.Add(node4) ' add root to the treeview nodes radTreeView1.Nodes.Add(root) [C#] Setting the ChecktType // display checkboxes next to nodes radTreeView1.CheckBoxes = true; // create a root node and set its CheckType to None RadTreeNode root = new RadTreeNode("Options"); root.Expanded = true; root.CheckType = CheckType.None; // create three nodes with radio buttons and select the second node RadTreeNode node1 = new RadTreeNode("Minimal"); node1.CheckType = CheckType.RadioButton; RadTreeNode node2 = new RadTreeNode("Install All"); node2.CheckType = CheckType.RadioButton; node2.CheckState = Telerik.WinControls.Enumerations.ToggleState.On; RadTreeNode node3 = new RadTreeNode("Custom"); node3.CheckType = CheckType.RadioButton; // add a checkbox node and select it RadTreeNode node4 = new RadTreeNode("Include Extras"); node4.CheckType = CheckType.CheckBox; node4.CheckState = Telerik.WinControls.Enumerations.ToggleState.On;

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// add nodes to the root node root.Nodes.Add(node1); root.Nodes.Add(node2); root.Nodes.Add(node3); root.Nodes.Add(node4); // add root to the treeview nodes radTreeView1.Nodes.Add(root);

23.6 Summary
In this chapter you learned how to display, navigate and manage hierarchical data using the RadTreeView and RadBreadCrumb controls. You learned how to add, removeand move nodes programmatically, how to iterate nodes and how to locate nodes. You learned how to handle node editing. You saw how to implement drag and drop within the RadTreeView, how to drag and drop to other tree views and how to drag from the treeview to other controls. You learned how to attach context menus to particular nodes. You also learned about RadTreeView specific databinding issues including binding to self referencing data, binding to related data, writing to and from XML and load-on-demand.

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24 Wizard

24.1 Objectives

Learn how to createapplications with RazWizard. Learn the basicfunctionalityes of the control. Explore theways ofcustomization. Create s sample installation form.

24.2 Introduction
The RadWizard control will help you differentiate a complex process into separate steps and provide your users with the ability to govern the process upon their decisions. It is useful for creating installation, registration and other types of wizards. Each WizardPage contains panel where you can host the desired controls needed to create the required functionality. RadWizard supports both Wizard 97 and Wizard Aero specifications. The control provides the developers with predesigned Welcome, Completion and Internal pages. Follows is an example of a RadWizard Welcome page:

RadWizardElement encapsulates the UI representation and functionality of RadWizard. This element initializes the view of the control:

Wizard97View for the Wizard 97 mode. WizardAeroView for Wizard Aero mode.

The view contains the following elements:

Pages collection collection which contains Internal, Welcome and Completion RadWizard pages.

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Page header element which is located above each page and contains elements for title text, header text and page icon. Command area element which is located below each page and contains command button Back (Wizard 97), Next, Cancel, Finish, and Help. Welcome image element which contains the image of the Welcome page. Completion image - element which contains the image of the Completion page. Top element element which contains the Back button of Wizard Aero view.

On the screenshots below, you can see the Welcome pages for both wizard mode with the described elements in them: Wizard97

Wizzard Aero

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24.3 Using the Design Time Interface

RadWizard provides handful Smart Tag menu and Pages Collection Editor in design time. The Smart Tag contains options for defining the following RadWizard properties:

Mode Page header icon Welcome image Completion image

The Smart tag also allows you to add and remove Internal pages.

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Pages Collection Editor allows you to:

Add Internal, Welcome and Completion pages Remove pages Rearrange pages Customize page properties

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24.4 Getting Started
In this article, we will create s simple application with RadWizard in order to demonstrate the customization and functionality abilities of the control. You can find the complete source for this project at: \Wizard\<VB|CS>\GettingStarted Create a new Windows Forms application. 2. Drag RadWizard control from the toolbox to the form. 3. Click the Smart Tag of RadWizard and select Edit Pages option to open the Pages Collection Editor.

4. Set the following properties to the Welcome page:

Title = "RadControls for WinForms installation wizard" WelcomeImage = some appropriate image Icon = some appropriate image CustomizePageHeader = true Header = ""

5. One Wizard page is added by default. Click the Add drop down button and use the "Add Page" option to add two more pages.

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6. On the first WizardPage set the title to "Choose installation type", on the second one to "Choose components to install" and the third to "Installation progress" . Remove the header settings for these pages. 7. Set the Title property for the WizardCompletionPage to "Installation Successful" and click OK to close the collection editor. 8. At this point your application should like like this.

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9. Double click the form to create Load event handler. Center the image of the wellcome page by setting the WelcomeImageLayout of RadWizard control. [VB] Set the image alignment RadWizard1.WelcomeImageLayout = ImageLayout.Center [C#] Set the image alignment radWizard1.WelcomeImageLayout = ImageLayout.Center; 10. Go back to design time andadd RadLabel with Text "<html>Wellcome, Thank you for choosing Telerik RadControls for WinForms.</html>" tothe welcome page. Set the MinSize to 0,50 and the font size to 12 pt. 11. Click next button to open the first WizardPage. Add two RadRadioButtons to the panel and RadLabel above them. 12. Set the following properties of RadLabel:

Text = "<html>Please choose installation type.Full - to install all components of RadControls for WinForms.Customize - lets you choose which components to install.</html>" MinSize = 0,100

13. Set the buttons Text to "Full" and "Customize" and the font size to 12pt.

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14. Click next to navigate to the second WizardPage. Add RadLabel and eight RadCheckBoxes. Set the label font to 14 pt and the Text for the controls as follows:

radLabel1 = "Select features to install" radCheckBox1 = "RadControls for WinForms" radCheckBox2 = "Components" radCheckBox3 = "Demos" radCheckBox4 = "Visual Studio Extensions" radCheckBox5 = "Visual Studio 2005" radCheckBox6 = "Visual Studio 2008" radCheckBox7 = "Visual Studio 2010" radCheckBox8 = "Documentation"

15. Click next to navigate to the next page. Add RadLabel with Text "Installation progress" and font size 14 pt, and RadWaitingBar. 16. On the last page add label with text "<html>Congratulations, RadControls for WinForms is successfully installed on your computer.</html>". 17. The wizard layout is ready now all that is left is to add the desired functionality to it. Lets handle the Help event of RadWizzard where we are going to open a webpage and the SelectedPageChanged event of the control where we will start the waiting bar, when needed. Additionally, we can handle the Cancel event of RadWizard to stop the application when the user wants and the Finish event to stop the application when

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the process if finished. [VB] Add functionality Private Sub radWizard1_Help(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Process.Start("http://www.telerik.com") End Sub Private Sub radWizard1_SelectedPageChanged(sender As Object, e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.SelectedPageChangedEventArgs) If e.SelectedPage = wizardPage3 Then radWaitingBar1.StartWaiting() Else radWaitingBar1.StopWaiting() End If End Sub

Private Sub radWizard1_Cancel(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)If RadMessageBox.Show("Are you sure that you want to stop the installation?", "", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) = DialogResult.Yes ThenApplication.[Exit]()End IfEnd Sub Private Sub radWizard1_Finish(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)Application.[Exit]()End Sub [C#] Add functionality void radWizard1_Help(object sender, EventArgs e) { Process.Start(http://www.telerik.com); } void radWizard1_SelectedPageChanged(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.SelectedPageChangedEventArgs e) { if (e.SelectedPage == wizardPage3) { radWaitingBar1.StartWaiting(); } else { radWaitingBar1.StopWaiting(); } } void radWizard1_Cancel(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (RadMessageBox.Show("Are you sure that you want to stop the installation?", "", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) == DialogResult.Yes) { Application.Exit(); } } void radWizard1_Finish(object sender, EventArgs e)

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{ Application.Exit(); } Here is how the application looks like.

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24.5 Summary
In this chapteryou learnt how to create applications with RadWizard controland how to place controls on wizard pages and embedfunctionality. Also, few ways of customization were explored.

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25 Appearance and Styling

25.1 Objectives

Understand the basic tools and concepts used to style RadControls. Learn how to use themes and apply application level themes. Learn how to use the color blending feature.

25.2 Introduction
You have multiple routes to completelystyle all visual aspects of your application:

RadElement properties are loaded with eye-candy propertiesfor tweaking color gradient, multiple aspects of backgroundand border colors, gradient styles, angle and scale transforms. These can be reached through individual elements of RadControls in code or using the Element Hierarchy Editor (seethe Telerik Presentation Foundation chapter in "Accessing Elements" for more information). Predefined themes available in the ToolBox style your entire application with a unified look-and-feel in one shot. In addition, the ThemeResolutionService object queries for existing themes and lets you apply themes application wide. Use the Visual Style Builder to build your own theme codelessly. The Color Blending feature takes themes a step further by allowing you to apply new colors to existing themes.

25.3 Using RadElements for Styling

As we've seen in previous chapters, you can change every visual element at a low level through the RadControls elements. At design-time, use the Element Hierarchy Editor (through the Smart Tag "Edit UI Elements" link) to access the layout panels and primitives that make up each control.

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At run-time, drill down through the tree of RadControl child elements when you need to access specific style related properties. [VB] Accessing RadElement Properties (TryCast(btnIncrease.ButtonElement.Children(0), FillPrimitive)).BackColor = Color.Crimson [C#] Accessing RadElement Properties (btnIncrease.ButtonElement.Children[0] as FillPrimitive).BackColor = Color.Crimson; Class selectors are used to apply the same customization to all elements that belong to the same class. This behavior is very similarto CSS class selectors. The "Class" referred to here is the ClassName property used to identify a RadElement. In the example below we're looking for elements with the ClassName "CalendarVisualCellElement". This chunk of code colors the text of every cell element in a RadCalendar. [VB] Using the ClassSelector Dim selector As New ClassSelector("CalendarVisualCellElement") For Each cellElement As CalendarCellElement In selector.GetSelectedElements (radCalendar1.CalendarElement) cellElement.ForeColor = Color.Purple Next [C#] Using the ClassSelector ClassSelector selector = new ClassSelector("CalendarVisualCellElement"); foreach (CalendarCellElement cellElement in selector.GetSelectedElements (radCalendar1.CalendarElement)) {

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cellElement.ForeColor = Color.Purple; } One major advantage to the ClassSelector is that you can get at elements that are buried many levels deep. The element in the calendar example above is at least 5 levels below the base RadCalendarElement. You can also reset properties to their original values (much like selecting "Reset" from the context menu for a property) using the RadObject ResetValue() method and passing it the RadProperty that should be reset. [VB] Resetting Property Values Dim fillSelector As New TypeSelector(GetType(RadPageViewStripItem)) For Each page As RadPageViewPage In RadPageView1.Pages For Each stripItem As RadPageViewStripItem In fillSelector.GetSelectedElements(page.Item) stripItem.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColorProperty) stripItem.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColor2Property) stripItem.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColor3Property) stripItem.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColor4Property) Next Next [C#] Resetting Property Values TypeSelector fillSelector = new TypeSelector(typeof(RadPageViewStripItem)); foreach (RadPageViewPage page in radPageView1.Pages) { foreach (RadPageViewStripItem stripItem in fillSelector.GetSelectedElements(page.Item)) { stripItem.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColorProperty); stripItem.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColor2Property); stripItem.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColor3Property); stripItem.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColor4Property); } } To enable themes again after setting property locally in code you should call element.ResetValue (RadProperty) and then element.ForceReApplyStyle() method. Practical Notes on Color Schemes To get a consistent look across your entire application UI, make the color scheme pervasive. But how do you get colors to match, particularly if you are "color blind"? One way is to access the BackColor, ForeColor and border color properties and let the built-in tools do most of the work for you. Lets say you havethe elements shown in the screenshot below,a shaped form with a RadTitleBar, a RadPanel, a standard Picture box with an image and a RadLabel.

The unique set of color on this form comes from the image, so the best approach here is to extract bits of color from this image. Starting with the RadTitleBar, you can locate the underlying Fill primitive, click the BackColor..BackColor4 properties and use the eye dropper tool from the Color dialog.

Continue to "steal" colors for all the elements of the form until all the form colors work together. This method can be adapted to work with RadElements or used within the Visual Style Builder. This approach us relatively quick and lets you manually blend your control colors nicely with colors already in the application without needing to consult a creative designer.

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You can find the complete source for this project at: \Appearance and Styling\<VB|CS>\ElementsAndHTMLStyling

Visual Property Value Precedence Properties that are set using the Element UI Editor at design time or modified at runtime take precedence andwill not be affected by settings in the theme.

25.4 HTML-Like Text Formatting

The rich text formatting mechanism uses plain HTML tags to display formatted text such as font style, font color, font size options and simple layouts. To turn on Html-like formatting the text must start with an <html> tag. Use <size=[+|-]value> to set font size, and to create a new line feed. To bold, underline and italic text, use the corresponding opening and closing tags. Font family is set through <font=Family>. Gotcha! The <html> tag is not optional. It must exist for the text to be interpreted as HTML. Also, the table below indicates which tags don't have an end tag. This is also not optional. If you try to add these end tags they will be shown as literal text. Tag <color> <size> End Tag n/a n/a n/a n/a Description Font family Text color Font size Bold text Italic text Underlined text Line break

If we add HTML tagged text to the title RadLabel in the earlier "Blue Sky Travel Planning" example you'll see a large "Papyrus" font using one of the image colors, a line break, then a slightly smaller font in another image color. [VB] Setting HTML Text lblTitle.Text = "<html>" + "<size=11><color=1,78,194><font=Papyrus>Blue Sky Travel Planning" + " " + "<size=10><color=72,173,229><font=Narkisim>Get where you're going" [C#] Setting HTML Text lblTitle.Text = "<html>" + "<size=11><color=1,78,194><font=Papyrus>Blue Sky Travel Planning" + " " + "<size=10><color=72,173,229><font=Narkisim>Get where you're going";

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You can find the complete source for this project at: \Appearance and Styling\<VB|CS>\ElementsAndHTMLStyling

25.5 Themes
Themes supplied with RadControls for WinForms are available as standalone components, apart from the controls' assemblies. This simplifies the way themes are added to the application and improve application loading time.

To use Theme components, drag and drop from the VS Toolbox to the form. This adds a reference to the corresponding theme assembly in the project and displays the theme in the ThemeName drop-down of all Telerik controls on the form. As we've seen in earlier chapters, you can avoid the work of setting themes individually for each control by using the ThemeResolutionService to set the ApplicationThemeName: [VB] Setting ApplicationThemeName Private Sub ShapedForm1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) ThemeResolutionService.ApplicationThemeName = "Office2010Blue" End Sub [C#] Setting ApplicationThemeName private void ShapedForm1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { ThemeResolutionService.ApplicationThemeName = "Office2010Blue";

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} The ThemeResolutionService also has useful methods for getting all the available themes or themes just for a specific kind of control. With this method you can build a list of themes that can be changed on the fly. [VB] Getting the Available Themes Dim list As ThemeList = ThemeResolutionService.GetAvailableThemes(radTitleBar1) [C#] Getting the Available Themes ThemeList list = ThemeResolutionService.GetAvailableThemes(radTitleBar1);

25.6 Visual Style Builder

VisualStyleBuilder provides key flexibility behind RadControls for WinForms visual presentation. Visual Style Builder runs as a stand alone application.

With Visual Style Builder you can:

Set properties Using Visual Style Builder you can alter any property of any control. Because all Telerik controls are composed of primitives, this customization can be applied at a very fine level of detail. For example, if you are working with a RadMenu control you can easily change the background color used for submenu items without changing the color used for main menu items.

Inherit properties When working with complex controls in Visual Style Builder, you can inherit property values (such as colors, or fonts) from parent elements to child elements, or override them at the child element level.

Animate changes Visual Style Builder lets you animate changes in response to events, so that a property moves smoothly

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through a range of values in response to a mouse movement, state of the control or other event. This makes it easy to create complex, dynamic user interfaces where elements are emphasized in response to user actions such as selections and movements. You can fine-tune these animations by specifying their speed and granularity. See the Photo Album Viewer, Business Card, Magnifier or BubbleBar applications in the RadControls for Winforms example program to see some of the possibilities

Save themes Themes provide a way to reuse your work. Visual Style Builder can save themes to be applied consistently across controls, forms, or applications. This is similar to the way that cascading style sheets (CSS) works in Web applications. Suppose you have developed a custom theme for RadCommandBar that has particular colors, fonts, mouseover behavior, and so on. By saving these themes into an XML theme file (or a compressed .tssp file), you can apply it to every command bar control in your application. Using themes frees you from the repetitive work of setting properties on multiple controls.

25.7 Color Blending

The new Telerik Presentation Foundation color blending feature works similar to many professional graphics design tools that take a basic set of themes colors and recalculates colors based on a substitution color. The result is an elegant new approach to customizing applications appearance automatically on-the-fly. The "Desert" theme for example has a smooth orange color all over. But if we take away all the orange and replace it with other colors we can get new themes. The code used to achieve this calls the Themes AddColorBlend() method, passes a "ThemeParameterName" value of "BaseColor" and a color that will be the base color to be replaced. Then by accessing the same "BaseColor" property in the ThemeProperties collection, set the new color. To apply the color blend, TPF will search through the theme's color RGB settings, convert them to HSL color space and calculate the new RGB color values, based on the newly selected color Hue. [VB] Adding a Color Blend Dim currentTheme As Theme = Telerik.WinControls.ThemeResolutionService.GetTheme("Desert") currentTheme.AddColorBlend("BaseColor", HslColor.FromColor(Color.Orange)) currentTheme.ThemeProperties("BaseColor") = HslColor.FromColor(Color.PaleGreen) [C#] Adding a Color Blend Theme currentTheme = Telerik.WinControls.ThemeResolutionService.GetTheme("Desert"); currentTheme.AddColorBlend("BaseColor", HslColor.FromColor(Color.Orange)); currentTheme.ThemeProperties["BaseColor"] = HslColor.FromColor(Color.PaleGreen); You can apply multiple blends using differentbase colors. The ColorBlending demo example loads all the KnownColor enumerations intoRadListDataItemsadded to the Items collection ofCommandBarDropDownList. When the user selects a color, two color blends are added: one for Orange and the other for the teal color used in RadCommandBar. Both blend to the selected KnownColor. Here is the example form with the "Desert" theme using a number of RadControls...

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After blending the orange and teal colorsthe entire form still has the "Desert" theme but the base color is Silver.

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[VB] Applying Mulitple Color Blends Private Sub CommandBarDropDownList1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs) Dim item As RadListDataItem = TryCast((TryCast(sender, RadDropDownListElement)).SelectedItem, RadListDataItem) Dim color As Color = CType(item.Value, Color) Dim currentTheme As Theme = ThemeResolutionService.GetTheme (ThemeResolutionService.ApplicationThemeName) currentTheme.AddColorBlend("BaseColor", Telerik.WinControls.HslColor.FromColor (color.Orange)) currentTheme.ThemeProperties("BaseColor") = Telerik.WinControls.HslColor.FromColor(color) currentTheme.AddColorBlend("CommandBarColor", Telerik.WinControls.HslColor.FromColor (color.FromArgb(170, 215, 218))) currentTheme.ThemeProperties("CommandBarColor") = Telerik.WinControls.HslColor.FromColor (color) End Sub [C#] Applying Mulitple Color Blends void commandBarDropDownList1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangedEventArgs e) { RadListDataItem item = (sender as RadDropDownListElement).SelectedItem as RadListDataItem; Color color = (Color)item.Value;

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Theme currentTheme = ThemeResolutionService.GetTheme (ThemeResolutionService.ApplicationThemeName); currentTheme.AddColorBlend("BaseColor", HslColor.FromColor(Color.Orange)); currentTheme.ThemeProperties["BaseColor"] = HslColor.FromColor(color); currentTheme.AddColorBlend("CommandBarColor", HslColor.FromColor(Color.FromArgb(149, 201, 204))); currentTheme.ThemeProperties["CommandBarColor"] = HslColor.FromColor(color); } You can find the complete source for this project at: \Appearance and Styling\<VB|CS>\ElementsAndHTMLStyling

25.8 Summary
This chapter briefly described the concepts used to style RadControls, provided a short description of the Visual Style Builder tool, discussed themes and the use of the ThemeResolutionService. You also learned how to use the Color Blending feature.

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Index
AccessibleInterval, 480-481 Activated, 386-390 ActiveViewType, 480-481 Add, 314-315 Add New Chunk..., 129-139 Add Service Reference..., 320-322 Add Tabbed Document, 418-422 AddingNewEventArgs, 315-320 AddNew, 314-315,315-320 Advanced Formatting and Binding dialog, 312-314 Alignment, 335-340 AllowAppointmentMove, 480-481 AllowAppointmentResize, 480-481 AllowColumnHeaderSelectors, 446-447,447-451 AllowFastNavigation, 447-451 AllowFishEye, 446-447 AllowMultipleSelect, 446-447,447-451 AllowMultipleView, 447-451 AllowNavigation, 447-451 AllowRowHeaderSelectors, 446-447,447-451 AllowViewSelector, 446-447,447-451 Anchor, 13-22,39-45 AppointmentTitleFormat, 480-481 AquaTheme, 13-22,335-340,446-447,558-560,560-563 ArrowButtonMinWidth, 659-662 ArrowPrimitive, 149-154 AutoFilter, 659-662 AutoGenerateHierarchy, 592-625 AutoSizeColumnsMode, 558-560,592-625 AxisMode, 550-556 BackColor, 13-22,39-45 BackgroundImage, 340-344 BasePrimitive, 148-149,149-154 Basic, 38-39 Before You Begin..., 11-12 BestFitColumns(), 560-563 Binding Image Data, 325-328

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Binding RadGridView, 328-333 Binding to Business Objects, 315-320 Binding to LINQ Data Sources, 322-325 Binding to Services, 320-322 Binding to Simple Controls Using DataBindings, 312-314 BindingNavigator, 314-315 BindingSource, 304-312,314-315,315-320,322-325 BorderPrimitive, 144-145,145-148,149-154 BorderStyle, 13-22 BorderVisible, 144-145 BreezeTheme, 211-215,655-659 Button Groups, 129-139 ButtonItems, 129-139 Buttons Programming, 24-37 CancelEdit, 314-315 CarouselBezierPath, 418-422 CarouselEllipsePath, 418-422 CarouselPath, 418-422 CausesValidation, 39-45 Cell and Row Formatting, 569-573 CellValueNeeded, 625-630 CheckOnClick, 105-110 CheckPrimitive, 149-154 ChildColumnNames, 592-625 ChildGridViewTemplate, 592-625 ChildTemplate, 592-625 Chunks, 129-139 Class Hierarchy, 148-149 ClearButton, 447-451 Collapsed, 139-143 Color Blending, 752-755 Column Chooser, 563-564 Column Manipulation, 560-563 CommandTab, 129-139 CommandTabs, 129-139 Conditional Formatting, 564-569 ContextMenu, 665-669 Contextual Tabs, 129-139 ContextualTabGroups, 129-139

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CreateChildElements(), 154 Creating Shortcuts, 464-466 CurrencyManager, 314-315 CurrentItemChanged, 314-315,315-320 CurrentItemChanging, 315-320 CurrentViewColumn, 447-451 CurrentViewRow, 447-451 Custom Cells and Elements, 573-581 Dash, 340-344 Data Source Configuration Wizard, 304-312 DataBindings, 294-304,312-314 DataBoundItem, 659-662 DataMember, 294-304 DataSet, 294-304,304-312,314-315 DataSet Designer, 592-625 DataSource, 294-304,304-312,312-314,314-315,315-320,322-325,474-480,474-480,655-659 DataTable, 314-315 DateTime, 446-447 DefaultTreeView, 665-669 DesertTheme, 13-22 DisplayMember, 294-304,304-312,659-662 DisplayStyle, 129-139,139-143,414-418 Dock, 13-22 Dock New Window, 418-422 DockingManager, 414-418 DockState, 414-418 DriveInfo, 211-215 DropDown, 665-669 DropDownSizingMode, 655-659 Dynamic LINQ Query Library, 630-635 Dynamic.cs, 630-635 Edit in DataSet Designer, 592-625 EditorControl, 655,659-662 Element Hierarchy Editor, 145-148 Elements, 129-139 Empty Values, 547-550 EnableAutoLoop, 414-418 EndEdit, 314-315,315-320 EndWaiting(), 340-344

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EventProvider, 474-480 Excel, 641-653 ExcelML, 641-653 ExitButton, 139-143 Exporting RadGridView Data, 641-653 Expression Editor, 635-641 F.A.Q, 81-83 FileSystemInfo, 211-215 Fill, 558-560 FillPrimitive, 144-145,145-148,149-154 Filter, 13-22 FilterExpression, 659-662 FocusedDate, 447-451,480-481 FocusPrimitive, 145-148,149-154 FormatString, 558-560 Formatting API, 93 Galleries, 129-139 GetDrives(), 211-215 GetFileSystemInfos, 211-215 Getting Started, 13-22,39-45,83-85,105-110,145-148,172-180,211-215,280-284,304-312,335340,369-375,386-390,414-418,446-447,474-480,502-520,558-560,655-659,665-669,735-745 GettingStarted, 248-256 Global Shortcuts, 466-469 GradientStyle, 145-148 Grid Settings, 592-625 GridElement, 625-630 GridFilterCellElement, 659-662 GridViewCellValueEventArgs, 625-630 GridViewDataRowInfo, 659-662 GridViewDecimalColumn, 560-563 GridViewTemplate, 560-563,592-625 GripPrimitive, 149-154 GroupBox, 13-22,39-45 Grouping, Sorting and Filtering, 581-592 Hatch, 340-344 HideSelection, 105-110 Hierarchy Support, 592-625 History, 92-93 How This Courseware Is Organized, 2-5

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How To, 550-556 HTML Support, 97-98 HTML-Like Text Formatting, 749-750 IBindingList, 314-315,315-320,663-665 IComponent, 148-149 IList, 294-304,663-665 IListSource, 294-304,663-665 ImageAlignment, 340-344,414-418 ImageKey, 105-110,139-143 ImageList, 105-110 ImagePrimitive, 149-154 Import/Export, 93-97 Interval, 625-630 Introducing RadControls, 5-11 Introduction, 13,38-39,104-105,144-145,165-172,210-211,247-248,279-280,294-304,334-335,367369,385-386,411-414,445-446,463-464,470-474,502,557-558,655,663-665,732-734,746 IsLogarithmic, 547-550,547-550 IsVisible, 655-659 Items, 13-22 Language-Integrated Query, 322-325 LargeChange, 340-344 Layout Modes, 86-87 LayoutPanel, 144-145,148-149 LinePrimitive, 149-154 LINQ, 322-325,630-635 LogarithmBase, 547-550 Logarithmic Y-Axis, 547-550,547-550 Mask, 39-45 MaskType, 39-45 MasterGridViewTemplate, 592-625,630-635 Maximum, 335-340,340-344 MDI, 129-139 Minimum, 340-344 MinimumSize, 39-45 MiscellaneousTheme, 13-22,592-625 MS SQL, 335-340 MultiColumnComboBoxElement, 655,659-662 Multi-Line Labels, 547-550 Multiple Document Interface, 129-139

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MultiViewColumns, 447-451 MultiViewRows, 447-451 Navigation Management, 447-451 New Theme Manager, 45-46 NullText, 38-39,39-45 Objectives, 13,38,104,144,165,210,247,279,294,334,367,385,411,445,463,470,502,557,655,663,732,746 Office2007BlackTheme, 474-480 Office2007Silver, 335-340,335-340,386-390,414-418 Office2007SilverTheme, 13-22,39-45,105-110,335-340,665-669 Open Theme Builder, 45-46 OpenFileDialog, 13-22,105-110 OptionsButton, 139-143 Orientation, 129-139,340-344 OverflowPrimitive, 149-154 Overview, 80-81 Padding, 335-340 PaintPrimitive(), 148-149,149-154 ParentColumnNames, 592-625 ParentTemplate, 592-625 PIA, 641-653 PictureBox, 13-22 PictureBoxSizeMode, 13-22 PlotArea, 547-550 Positioning, 91-92 Primary Interop Assemblies, 641-653 Primitives, 149-154 Professional, 38-39 Programming, 286-293,379-384 Programming ListControl and DropDownList, 216-246 Programming ListView , 264-277 Programming Rad Form and Message Box , 390-410 Programming RadPageView, 194-208 Programming the "Real Estate" Controls, 422-444 Programming the Calendar, 451-462 Programming the Chart, 527-547 Programming the Multi Column Combo Box, 659-662 Programming the Scheduler, 481-501 Programming the Telerik Presentation Foundation, 154-164

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Programming the Tree View, 672-731 Programming the User Feedback Controls, 344-365 ProgressBarPrimitive, 149-154 ProgressOrientation, 340-344 Properties.Resources, 335-340 PropertyMetadata, 148-149 Quick Access Tool Bar, 129-139 QuickAccessToolbarBelowRibbon, 129-139 QuickAccessToolBarHeight, 129-139 QuickAccessToolBarItems, 129-139,139-143 RadAboutBox, 386-390,390 RadApplicationMenu, 129-139 RadBreadCrumb, 665-669 RadButton, 13-22,22-24,39-45,211-215,315-320,334-335 RadButtonElement, 145-148,386-390,414-418,474-480 RadCalendar, 446-447 RadCarousel, 294-304,414-418 RadChart, 294-304 RadCheckBox, 13-22 RadColorDialog, 38-39 RadComboBox, 210-211,211-215,215-216,294-304,314-315,655-659,659-662 RadComboBoxItem, 211-215,215-216 RadComponentElement, 148-149 RadContextMenu, 665-669 RadControl, 148-149,149-154 RadDateTimePicker, 38-39 RadDropDownButton, 13-22,22-24,129-139 RadElement, 144-145,148-149 RadForm, 13-22,105-110,334-335,390 RadGalleryElement, 129-139 RadGridView, 294-304,314-315,655,659-662 RadioPrimitive, 149-154 RadItem, 13-22,22-24,148-149 RadItem Collection Editor, 110-112 RadItem Editor, 215-216 RadLabel, 13-22,144-145,211-215,312-314,334-335,340-344,365-366 RadLabelElement, 144-145,386-390 RadListBox, 210-211,211-215,215-216,294-304,304-312,320-322 RadListBoxItems, 215-216

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RadMaskedEdit, 38-39 RadMenu, 13-22,105-110,110-112,139-143 RadMenuButtonItem, 22-24 RadMenuComboItem, 22-24 RadMenuHeaderItem, 22-24 RadMenuItem, 13-22,22-24,110-112 RadMenuSeparatorItem, 22-24,105-110 RadMessageBox, 39-45,39-45,446-447 RadMultiColumnComboBox, 655,655-659,659-662 RadObject, 148-149 RadPanel, 13-22,665-669 RadProgress, 340-344 RadProgressBar, 334-335,340-344,365-366 RadProperty, 148-149 RadPropertyMetaData, 148-149 RadRadioButtonElement, 154 RadRadioButtons, 13-22 RadRepeatButton, 13-22 RadRibbonBar, 129-139,139-143,144-145 RadRibbonBar and RadApplicationMenu, 129-139 RadRibbonBar Walk Through, 139-143 RadRibbonBarChunk, 129-139 RadRibbonBarForm, 386-390 RadRibbonForm, 390 RadRotator, 414-418 RadScheduler, 474-480 RadSpinEditor, 38-39 RadSplitButton, 13-22,22-24 RadStatusStrip, 334-335,335-340,340-344,365-366,386-390 RadTabStrip, 144-145 RadTabStripElement, 144-145 RadTextBox, 38-39,294-304,312-314,312-314 RadToggleButton, 13-22 RadToolStrip, 386-390 RadTrackBar, 334-335,335-340,340-344,365-366 RadTrackBarElement, 154 RadTreeView, 294-304,663-665,665-669 RadWaitingBar, 334-335,340-344,365-366 ReadOnly, 93

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RadControls for Winforms

RectanglePrimitive, 149-154 Relations, 592-625 Relations Collection Editor, 592-625 RemoveCurrent, 314-315 ResetBindings, 315-320 RibbonBar UI, 101-103 RichTextBox, 105-110 RightColumnItems, 129-139 RightColumnWidth, 129-139 RootRadElement, 144-145,145-148 Running, 414-418 SaveFileDialog, 105-110 Scale Breaks, 547-550 ScaleBreaks, 547-550 ScaleTransform, 414-418 SchedulerBindingDataSource, 474-480 Search, 88-91 SelectedDates, 446-447 SelectedIndex, 211-215 SelectedIndexChanged, 211-215 SelectedItem, 659-662 SelectedValue, 659-662 Selection, 87-88 SelectionChanged, 105-110 Separator1, 340-344 Separator2, 340-344 SeparatorWidth, 340-344,340-344 SetThemeName(), 39-45 ShapedForm, 386-390,390 Show Advanced Layout Designer, 418-422 Show Advanced Layout Designer..., 414-418 ShowAllDayAppointmentStatus, 480-481 ShowAppointmentStatus, 480-481 ShowColumnHeaders, 447-451 ShowFastnavigationButtons, 447-451,447-451 ShowFooter, 447-451 ShowNavigationElements, 480-481 ShowOtherMonthDays, 447-451 ShowPopup(), 659-662

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RadControls for Winforms

ShowProgressIndicators, 340-344 ShowRowHeader, 446-447 ShowRowheaders, 447-451 ShowSelectionMargin, 105-110 ShowSlideArea, 340-344 ShowTicks, 335-340,340-344 ShowViewSelector, 446-447,447-451 SlideAreaColor1, 340-344 SlideAreaColor2, 340-344 SlideAreaGradientAngle, 340-344 SlideAreaWidth, 340-344 SliderAreaColor1, 335-340 SliderAreaColor2, 335-340 SortType, 630-635 Spellcheck, 98-101 Spring, 335-340 SqlDataRead, 314-315 StackLayoutPanel, 144-145 StartWaiting(), 340-344 StepWidth, 340-344 StretchVertically, 335-340 Strict Mode, 547-550 StripLayoutPanel, 144-145 Summary, 37,79,143,164,208-209,246,277,293,333,365-366,384,410,444,462,501,556,653654,662,731,745,755 SweepAngle, 340-344 System, 38-39 System.IO, 211-215 System.Linq.Dynamic, 630-635 TabIndex, 39-45 TableAdapter, 304-312 Tag, 39-45 Telerik Presentation Framework, 144-145,210-211 Telerik Reports, 641-653 Telerik.WinControls.UI, 211-215,335-340 TelerikTheme, 335-340 TextAlignment, 144-145 TextBlock, 547-550 TextBox, 38-39

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RadControls for Winforms

TextImageRelation, 105-110,145-148,340-344,386-390 TextImageRelationship, 335-340 TextPrimitive, 144-145,149-154 Theme Manager, 22-24,45-46 ThemeName, 13-22,39-45,105-110,211-215,335-340,340-344,340-344,446-447,474-480 Themes, 750-751 ThumbWidth, 340-344 Tick, 625-630 TickFrequency, 340-344 TicksColor, 335-340,340-344 Timer, 625-630 TitleAlign, 447-451 TitleFormat, 447-451 TodayButton, 447-451 ToggleStateChanged, 39-45,105-110,139-143 TPF, 144-145 TrackBarPrimitive, 149-154 Unique RadChart Features, 547-550 UniqueName, 560-563 UpDownAndRightBottom, 655-659 Using BindingSource, 314-315 Using RadElements for Styling, 746-749 Using RadGridView with Dynamic LINQ Query Library, 630-635 Using the Design Time Interface, 22-24,45-46,110-112,180-182,215-216,256-264,284-286,340344,375-379,390,418-422,447-451,480-481,520-527,669-672,734-735 Value, 340-344 Value1, 340-344 Value2, 340-344 ValueChanged, 340-344 ValueMember, 294-304,304-312,659-662 Virtual Mode, 625-630 Visibility, 139-143 Visual Style Builder, 751-752 VisualElement, 148-149,149-154 WaitingIndicatorWidth, 340-344 WaitingSpeed, 340-344 WaitingStep, 340-344 WCF, 320-322 WCF Service Library, 320-322

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RadControls for Winforms

Web, 38-39 What Do You Need To Have Before You Read This Courseware?, 2 What Do You Need To Know Before Reading This Courseware?, 2 Who Should Read This Courseware, 2 Windows Communication Foundation, 320-322 Windows Presentation Frameowrk, 144-145 Working with RadPageView, 182-190 Working with RadPageViewPages, 190-194 Working with RichTextBox , 85-86 Working With the Editor Controls, 46-79 Working with the Menu Controls, 112-129 WPF, 144-145 YAxis, 547-550 YAxis2, 547-550

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