C# RadioButton Control

A radio button or option button enables the user to select a single option
from a group of choices when paired with other RadioButton controls. When
a user clicks on a radio button, it becomes checked, and all other radio
buttons with same group become unchecked

The RadioButton control can display text, an Image, or both. Use the
Checked property to get or set the state of a RadioButton.

radioButton1.Checked = true;

The radio button and the check box are used for different functions. Use a
radio button when you want the user to choose only one option. When you
want the user to choose all appropriate options, use a check box. Like check
boxes, radio buttons support a Checked property that indicates whether the
radio button is selected.

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
 {
InitializeComponent();
}

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
radioButton1.Checked = true;
}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
if (radioButton1.Checked == true)
{
MessageBox.Show ("You are selected Red !! ");
return;
}
else if (radioButton2.Checked == true)
{
MessageBox.Show("You are selected Blue !! ");
return;
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("You are selected Green !! ");
return;
}
}
}
}

C# CheckBox Control
CheckBoxes allow the user to make multiple selections from a number of
options. CheckBox to give the user an option, such as true/false or yes/no.
You can click a check box to select it and click it again to deselect it.
The CheckBox control can display an image or text or both. Usually
CheckBox comes with a caption, which you can set in the Text property.

checkBox1.Text = "Net-informations.com";

You can use the CheckBox control ThreeState property to direct the control
to return the Checked, Unchecked, and Indeterminate values. You need to
set the check boxs ThreeState property to True to indicate that you want it
to support three states.

checkBox1.ThreeState = true;

The radio button and the check box are used for different functions. Use a
radio button when you want the user to choose only one option.When you
want the user to choose all appropriate options, use a check box. The
following C# program shows how to find a checkbox is selected or not.

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
 }

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
string msg = "";

if (checkBox1.Checked == true)
{
msg = "net-informations.com";
}

if (checkBox2.Checked == true)
{
msg = msg + " vb.net-informations.com";
}

if (checkBox3.Checked == true)
{
msg = msg + " csharp.net-informations.com";
}

if (msg.Length > 0)
{
MessageBox.Show (msg + " selected ");
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show ("No checkbox selected");
}

checkBox1.ThreeState = true;
}
}
}

C# TextBox Control
A TextBox control is used to display, or accept as input, a single line of text.
This control has additional functionality that is not found in the standard
Windows text box control, including multiline editing and password character
masking.
A text box object is used to display text on a form or to get user input while
a C# program is running. In a text box, a user can type data or paste it into
the control from the clipboard.

For displaying a text in a TextBox control , you can code like this

textBox1.Text = "http://csharp.net-informations.com";

You can also collect the input value from a TextBox control to a variable like
this way

string var;
var = textBox1.Text;

C# TextBox Properties

You can set TextBox properties through Property window or through

program. You can open Properties window by pressing F4 or right click on a
control and select Properties menu item
The below code set a textbox width as 250 and height as 50 through source
code.

textBox1.Width = 250;
textBox1.Height = 50;

Background Color and Foreground Color

You can set background color and foreground color through property window
and programmatically.

textBox1.BackColor = Color.Blue;
textBox1.ForeColor = Color.White;

Textbox BorderStyle

You can set 3 different types of border style for textbox, they are None,
FixedSingle and fixed3d.

textBox1.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.Fixed3D;

TextBox Events
Keydown event

You can capture which key is pressed by the user using KeyDown event

e.g.

TextChanged Event

When user input or setting the Text property to a new value raises the
TextChanged event

e.g.

Textbox Maximum Length

Sets the maximum number of characters or words the user can input into
the text box control.

textBox1.MaxLength = 40;

Textbox ReadOnly

When a program wants to prevent a user from changing the text that
appears in a text box, the program can set the controls Read-only property
is to True.
 textBox1.ReadOnly = true;

Multiline TextBox

You can use the Multiline and ScrollBars properties to enable multiple lines of
text to be displayed or entered.

textBox1.Multiline = true;

Textbox passowrd character

TextBox controls can also be used to accept passwords and other sensitive
information. You can use the PasswordChar property to mask characters
entered in a single line version of the control

textBox1.PasswordChar = '*';

The above code set the PasswordChar to * , so when the user enter
password then it display only * instead of typed characters.

How to Newline in a TextBox

You can add new line in a textbox using many ways.

textBox1.Text += "your text" + "\r\n";

or

textBox1.Text += "your text" + Environment.NewLine;

How to retrieve integer values from textbox ?

int i;
i = int.Parse (textBox1.Text);
Parse method Converts the string representation of a number to its integer
equivalent.

String to Float conversion

float i;
i = float.Parse (textBox1.Text);

String to Double conversion

double i;
i = float.Parse (textBox1.Text);

How to allow only numbers in a textbox

Many of us have faced a situation where we want the user to enter a number
in a TextBox. Click the following link that are going to make a Numeric
Textbox which will accept only numeric values; if there are any values
except numeric. More about.... How do I make a textbox that only accepts
numbers

Autocomplete TextBox

From the version Visual Studio 2005, some of the

controls support Autocomplete feature including the
TextBox controls. The properties like
AutoCompleteCustomSource, AutoCompleteMode and
AutoCompleteSource to perform a TextBox that
automatically completes user input strings by comparing
the prefix letters being entered to the prefixes of all
strings in a data source. More about.... C# Autocomplete TextBox

From the following C# source code you can see some important property
settings to a TextBox control.

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
 {
InitializeComponent();
}

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
textBox1.Width = 250;
textBox1.Height = 50;
textBox1.Multiline = true;
textBox1.BackColor = Color.Blue;
textBox1.ForeColor = Color.White;
textBox1.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.Fixed3D;
}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
string var;
var = textBox1.Text;
MessageBox.Show(var);
}
}
}

C# TextBox Control
A TextBox control is used to display, or accept as input, a single line of text.
This control has additional functionality that is not found in the standard
Windows text box control, including multiline editing and password character
masking.
A text box object is used to display text on a form or to get user input while
a C# program is running. In a text box, a user can type data or paste it into
the control from the clipboard.

For displaying a text in a TextBox control , you can code like this

textBox1.Text = "http://csharp.net-informations.com";

You can also collect the input value from a TextBox control to a variable like
this way

string var;
var = textBox1.Text;

C# TextBox Properties

You can set TextBox properties through Property window or through

program. You can open Properties window by pressing F4 or right click on a
control and select Properties menu item

The below code set a textbox width as 250 and height as 50 through source
code.

textBox1.Width = 250;
textBox1.Height = 50;

Background Color and Foreground Color

You can set background color and foreground color through property window
and programmatically.

textBox1.BackColor = Color.Blue;
textBox1.ForeColor = Color.White;

Textbox BorderStyle

You can set 3 different types of border style for textbox, they are None,
FixedSingle and fixed3d.

textBox1.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.Fixed3D;

TextBox Events

Keydown event

You can capture which key is pressed by the user using KeyDown event

e.g.

TextChanged Event

When user input or setting the Text property to a new value raises the
TextChanged event

e.g.
Textbox Maximum Length

Sets the maximum number of characters or words the user can input into
the text box control.

textBox1.MaxLength = 40;

Textbox ReadOnly

When a program wants to prevent a user from changing the text that
appears in a text box, the program can set the controls Read-only property
is to True.

textBox1.ReadOnly = true;

Multiline TextBox

You can use the Multiline and ScrollBars properties to enable multiple lines of
text to be displayed or entered.

textBox1.Multiline = true;

Textbox passowrd character

TextBox controls can also be used to accept passwords and other sensitive
information. You can use the PasswordChar property to mask characters
entered in a single line version of the control

textBox1.PasswordChar = '*';

The above code set the PasswordChar to * , so when the user enter
password then it display only * instead of typed characters.
How to Newline in a TextBox

You can add new line in a textbox using many ways.

textBox1.Text += "your text" + "\r\n";

or

textBox1.Text += "your text" + Environment.NewLine;

How to retrieve integer values from textbox ?

int i;
i = int.Parse (textBox1.Text);

Parse method Converts the string representation of a number to its integer

equivalent.

String to Float conversion

float i;
i = float.Parse (textBox1.Text);

String to Double conversion

double i;
i = float.Parse (textBox1.Text);

How to allow only numbers in a textbox

Many of us have faced a situation where we want the user to enter a number
in a TextBox. Click the following link that are going to make a Numeric
Textbox which will accept only numeric values; if there are any values
except numeric. More about.... How do I make a textbox that only accepts
numbers
Autocomplete TextBox

From the version Visual Studio 2005, some of the

controls support Autocomplete feature including the
TextBox controls. The properties like
AutoCompleteCustomSource, AutoCompleteMode and
AutoCompleteSource to perform a TextBox that
automatically completes user input strings by comparing
the prefix letters being entered to the prefixes of all
strings in a data source. More about.... C# Autocomplete TextBox

From the following C# source code you can see some important property
settings to a TextBox control.

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
textBox1.Width = 250;
textBox1.Height = 50;
textBox1.Multiline = true;
textBox1.BackColor = Color.Blue;
textBox1.ForeColor = Color.White;
textBox1.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.Fixed3D;
}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
string var;
var = textBox1.Text;
MessageBox.Show(var);
}
}
}

C# ListBox Control
The ListBox control enables you to display a list of items to the user that the
user can select by clicking.
In addition to display and selection functionality, the ListBox also provides
features that enable you to efficiently add items to the ListBox and to find
text within the items of the list. You can use the Add or Insert method to
add items to a list box. The Add method adds new items at the end of an
unsorted list box.

listBox1.Items.Add("Sunday");

If you want to retrieve a single selected item to a variable , you can code
like this

string var;
var = listBox1.Text;

The SelectionMode property determines how many items in the list can be
selected at a time. A ListBox control can provide single or multiple selections
using the SelectionMode property . If you change the selection mode
property to multiple select , then you will retrieve a collection of items from
ListBox1.SelectedItems property.

listBox1.SelectionMode = SelectionMode.MultiSimple;

The following C# program initially fill seven days in a week while in the form
load event and set the selection mode property to MultiSimple. At the Button
click event it will display the selected items.
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
listBox1.Items.Add("Sunday");
listBox1.Items.Add("Monday");
listBox1.Items.Add("Tuesday");
listBox1.Items.Add("Wednesday");
listBox1.Items.Add("Thursday");
listBox1.Items.Add("Friday");
listBox1.Items.Add("Saturday");
listBox1.SelectionMode = SelectionMode.MultiSimple;
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
foreach (Object obj in listBox1.SelectedItems )
{
MessageBox.Show(obj.ToString ());
}
}
}
}

How to bind a ListBox to a List ?

First you should create a fresh List Object and add items to the List.

List<string> nList = new List<string>();

nList.Add("January");
nList.Add("February");
nList.Add("March");
nList.Add("April");

The next step is to bind this List to the Listbox. In order to do that you
should set datasource of the Listbox.

listBox1.DataSource = nList;
Full Source code

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
List<string> nList = new List<string>();
nList.Add("January");
nList.Add("February");
nList.Add("March");
nList.Add("April");
listBox1.DataSource = nList;
}

How to bind a listbox to database values ?

First you should create a connection string and fetch data from database to a
Dataset.

connetionString = "Data Source=ServerName;Initial Catalog=databasename;User

ID=userid;Password=yourpassword";
sql = "select au_id,au_lname from authors";

After that you should set Listbox datasoure as Dataset.

listBox1.DataSource = ds.Tables[0];
listBox1.ValueMember = "au_id";
listBox1.DisplayMember = "au_lname";
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string connetionString = null;
SqlConnection connection;
SqlCommand command;
SqlDataAdapter adapter = new SqlDataAdapter();
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
int i = 0;
string sql = null;
//connetionString = "Data Source=ServerName;Initial
Catalog=databasename;User ID=userid;Password=yourpassword";
//sql = "select au_id,au_lname from authors";
connection = new SqlConnection(connetionString);
try
{
connection.Open();
command = new SqlCommand(sql, connection);
adapter.SelectCommand = command;
adapter.Fill(ds);
adapter.Dispose();
command.Dispose();
connection.Close();
listBox1.DataSource = ds.Tables[0];
listBox1.ValueMember = "au_id";
listBox1.DisplayMember = "au_lname";
}
 catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Cannot open connection ! ");
}
}
}
}

How to refresh DataSource of a ListBox ?

How to clear the Listbox if its already binded with datasource ?

When you want to clear the Listbox, if the ListBox already binded with
Datasource, you have to set the Datasource of Listbox as null.

listBox1.DataSource = null;

How to SelectedIndexChanged event in ListBox ?

This event is fired when the item selection is changed in a ListBox. You can
use this event in a situation that you want select an item from your listbox
and accodring to this selection you can perform other programming needs.

You can add the event handler using the Properties Window and selecting
the Event icon and double-clicking on SelectedIndexChanged as you can see
in following image.

The event will fire again when you select a new item. You can write your
code within SelectedIndexChanged event . When you double click on ListBox
the code will automatically come in you code editor like the following image.
From the following example you can understand how to fire the
SelectedIndexChanged event

First you should drag two listboxes on your Form. First listbox you should set
the List as Datasource, the List contents follows:

List<string> nList = new List<string>();

nList.Add("First Quarter");
nList.Add("Second Quarter");

When you load this form you can see the listbox is populated with List and
displayed first quarter and second quarter. When you click the "Fist Quarter"
the next listbox is populated with first quarter months and when you click
"Second Quarter" you can see the second listbox is changed to second
quarter months. From the following program you can understand how this
happened.

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

List < string > fQ = new List < string > ();
 List < string > sQ = new List < string > ();

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
fQ.Add("January");
fQ.Add("February");
fQ.Add("March");

sQ.Add("April");
sQ.Add("May");
sQ.Add("June");

List < string > nList = new List < string > ();

nList.Add("First Quarter");
nList.Add("Second Quarter");

listBox1.DataSource = nList;
}

private void listBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs

e)
{
if (listBox1.SelectedIndex == 0)
{
listBox2.DataSource = null;
listBox2.DataSource = fQ;
}
else if (listBox1.SelectedIndex == 1)
{
listBox2.DataSource = null;
listBox2.DataSource = sQ;
}
}

}
}

C# Checked ListBox Control

The CheckedListBox control gives you all the capability of a list box and also
allows you to display a check mark next to the items in the list box.
The user can place a check mark by one or more items and the checked
items can be navigated with the CheckedListBox.CheckedItemCollection and
CheckedListBox.CheckedIndexCollection. To add objects to the list at run
time, assign an array of object references with the AddRange method. The
list then displays the default string value for each object.

Dim days As String() = {"Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday"};

checkedListBox1.Items.AddRange(days);

You can add individual items to the list with the Add method. The
CheckedListBox object supports three states through the CheckState
enumeration: Checked, Indeterminate, and Unchecked.

checkedListBox1.Items.Add("Sunday", CheckState.Checked);
checkedListBox1.Items.Add("Monday", CheckState.Unchecked);
checkedListBox1.Items.Add("Tuesday", CheckState.Indeterminate);

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
checkedListBox1.Items.Add("Sunday", CheckState.Checked);
checkedListBox1.Items.Add("Monday", CheckState.Unchecked);
checkedListBox1.Items.Add("Tuesday", CheckState.Indeterminate);
 checkedListBox1.Items.Add("Wednesday", CheckState.Checked);
checkedListBox1.Items.Add("Thursday", CheckState.Unchecked);
checkedListBox1.Items.Add("Friday", CheckState.Indeterminate);
checkedListBox1.Items.Add("Saturday", CheckState.Indeterminate);
}
}
}

C# PictureBox Control
The Windows Forms PictureBox control is used to display images in bitmap,
GIF , icon , or JPEG formats.

You can set the Image property to the Image you want to display, either at
design time or at run time. You can programmatically change the image
displayed in a picture box, which is particularly useful when you use a single
form to display different pieces of information.

pictureBox1.Image = Image.FromFile("c:\\testImage.jpg");

The SizeMode property, which is set to values in the PictureBoxSizeMode

enumeration, controls the clipping and positioning of the image in the
display area.

pictureBox1.SizeMode = PictureBoxSizeMode.StretchImage;
There are five different PictureBoxSizeMode is available to PictureBox
control.

AutoSize - Sizes the picture box to the image.

CenterImage - Centers the image in the picture box.
Normal - Places the upper-left corner of the image at upper
left in the picture box
StretchImage - Allows you to stretch the image in code

The PictureBox is not a selectable control, which means that it cannot

receive input focus. The following C# program shows how to load a picture
from a file and display it in streach mode.

C# ProgressBar Control
A progress bar is a control that an application can use to indicate the
progress of a lengthy operation such as calculating a complex result,
downloading a large file from the Web etc.

ProgressBar controls are used whenever an operation takes more than a

short period of time. The Maximum and Minimum properties define the
range of values to represent the progress of a task.

Minimum : Sets the lower value for the range of valid values for progress.
Maximum : Sets the upper value for the range of valid values for progress.
Value : This property obtains or sets the current level of progress.
By default, Minimum and Maximum are set to 0 and 100. As the task
proceeds, the ProgressBar fills in from the left to the right. To delay the
program briefly so that you can view changes in the progress bar clearly.

The following C# program shows a simple operation in a progressbar .

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
int i;

progressBar1.Minimum = 0;
progressBar1.Maximum = 200;

for (i = 0; i <= 200; i++)

{
progressBar1.Value = i;
}

}
}

C# ScrollBars Control
A ScrollBar allows you to view content that is outside of the current viewing
area by sliding the Thumb to make the content visible.
The ScrollBar control contains a Track control. The Track control consists of
a Thumb control and two RepeatButton controls. You can increase and
decrease the Value property of the ScrollBar control by pressing the
RepeatButton controls or by moving the Thumb. You can set the Value
property yourself in code, which moves the scroll box to match. The
Minimum and Maximum properties determine the range of values that the
control can display. The default range of values for the Value property is
from 0 to 1.

The following C# program shows a TextBox control with scrollbars.

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
textBox1.Multiline = true;
textBox1.ScrollBars = ScrollBars.Both;
}
}
}
C# DateTimePicker Control
The DateTimePicker control allows you to display and collect date and time
from the user with a specified format.

The DateTimePicker control has two parts, a label that displays the selected
date and a popup calendar that allows users to select a new date. The most
important property of the DateTimePicker is the Value property, which holds
the selected date and time.

dateTimePicker1.Value = DateTime.Today;

The Value property contains the current date and time the control is set to.
You can use the Text property or the appropriate member of Value to get
the date and time value.

DateTime iDate;
iDate = dateTimePicker1.Value;

The control can display one of several styles, depending on its property
values. The values can be displayed in four formats, which are set by the
Format property: Long, Short, Time, or Custom.

dateTimePicker1.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Short;
Convert String to DateTime

You can use the methods like Convert.ToDateTime(String),

DateTime.Parse() and DateTime.ParseExact() methods for converting a
string-based date to a System.DateTime object. More about..... String to
DateTime

How to find date difference ?

The DateTime.Substract method may be used in order to find the date-time

difference between two instances of the DateTime method. More about.....
Find date difference

How to to set datetime object to null ?

By default DateTime is not nullable because it is a Value Type, using the

nullable operator introduced in C# 2, you can achieve this. More about.....
Datetime object to null

The following C# program shows how to set and get the value of a
DateTimePicker1 control.

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
dateTimePicker1.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Short;
dateTimePicker1.Value = DateTime.Today;
}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
DateTime iDate;
iDate = dateTimePicker1.Value;
MessageBox.Show("Selected date is " + iDate);
}
}
}
C# ListView Control
The ListView control is an ItemsControl that is derived from ListBox.

Add Columns in ListView

You can add columns in Listview by using Columns.Add() method. This

method takes two arguments, first one is the Column heading and second
one the column width.

listView1.Columns.Add("ProductName", 100);

In the above code, "ProductName" is column heading and 100 is column

width.

Add Item in Listview

You can add items in listbox using ListViewItem which represents an item in
a ListView control.

string[] arr = new string[4];

ListViewItem itm;
 //add items to ListView
arr[0] = "product_1";
arr[1] = "100";
arr[2] = "10";
itm = new ListViewItem(arr);
listView1.Items.Add(itm);

Get selected item from ListView

productName = listView1.SelectedItems[0].SubItems[0].Text;

Above code will return the itme from first column of first row.

Sorting Listview Items

If the Sorted property of Listview is set to true, then the ListView items are
sorted. The following code sorts the ListView items:

ListView1.Sorted = true;

Add Checkbox in Listview

You can add checkbox in Listview columns.

myListView.CheckBoxes = true;
myListView.Columns.Add(text, width, alignment);

ListView provides a large number of properties that

provide flexibility in appearance and behavior. The View
property allows you to change the way in which items
are displayed. The SelectionMode property for a ListView
determines how many items a user can select at one
time.

The following C# program first set its view property as

Details and GridLines property as true and FullRowSelect
as true.

listView1.View = View.Details;
listView1.GridLines = true;
listView1.FullRowSelect = true;

Finally at the button click event, it will display the selected row values in a
message box.

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
listView1.View = View.Details;
listView1.GridLines = true;
listView1.FullRowSelect = true;

//Add column header

listView1.Columns.Add("ProductName", 100);
listView1.Columns.Add("Price", 70);
listView1.Columns.Add("Quantity", 70);

//Add items in the listview

string[] arr = new string[4];
ListViewItem itm ;

//Add first item

arr[0] = "product_1";
arr[1] = "100";
arr[2] = "10";
itm = new ListViewItem(arr);
listView1.Items.Add(itm);

//Add second item

arr[0] = "product_2";
arr[1] = "200";
arr[2] = "20";
itm = new ListViewItem(arr);
listView1.Items.Add(itm);
}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
string productName = null;
string price = null;
string quantity = null;
 productName = listView1.SelectedItems[0].SubItems[0].Text;
price = listView1.SelectedItems[0].SubItems[1].Text;
quantity = listView1.SelectedItems[0].SubItems[2].Text;

MessageBox.Show (productName + " , " + price + " , " + quantity);

}
}
}

C# Menu Control
A Menu on a Windows Form is created with a MainMenu object, which is a
collection of MenuItem objects. MainMenu is the container for the Menu
structure of the form and menus are made of MenuItem objects that
represent individual parts of a menu.

You can add menus to Windows Forms at design time by adding the
MainMenu component and then appending menu items to it using the Menu
Designer.
After drag the Menustrip on your form you can directly create the menu
items by type a value into the "Type Here" box on the menubar part of your
form. From the following picture you can understand how to create each
menu items on mainmenu Object.

If you need a seperator bar , right click on your menu then go to insert-
>Seperator.
After creating the Menu on the form , you have to double click on each menu
item and write the programs there depends on your requirements. The
following C# program shows how to show a messagebox when clicking a
Menu item.

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

private void menu1ToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
MessageBox.Show("You are selected MenuItem_1");
}
}
}
C# MDI Form
A Multiple Document Interface (MDI) programs can display multiple child
windows inside them. This is in contrast to single document interface (SDI)
applications, which can manipulate only one document at a time. Visual
Studio Environment is an example of Multiple Document Interface (MDI) and
notepad is an example of an SDI application. MDI applications often have a
Window menu item with submenus for switching between windows or
documents.

Any windows can become an MDI parent, if you set the IsMdiContainer
property to True.

IsMdiContainer = true;

The following C# program shows a MDI form with two child forms. Create a
new C# project, then you will get a default form Form1 . Then add two
mnore forms in the project (Form2 , Form 3) . Create a Menu on your form
and call these two forms on menu click event. Click here to see how to
create a Menu on your form How to Menu Control C#.
NOTE: If you want the MDI parent to auto-size the child form you can code
like this.

form.MdiParent = this;
form.Dock=DockStyle.Fill;
form.Show();

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
IsMdiContainer = true;
}

private void menu1ToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
Form2 frm2 = new Form2();
frm2.Show();
frm2.MdiParent = this;
}

private void menu2ToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
Form3 frm3 = new Form3();
frm3.Show();
frm3.MdiParent = this;
}
}
}

C# Color Dialog Box

There are several classes that implement common dialog boxes, such as
color selection , print setup etc.
A ColorDialog object is a dialog box with a list of colors that are defined for
the display system. The user can select or create a particular color from the
list, which is then reported back to the application when the dialog box exits.
You can invite a color dialog box by calling ShowDialog() method.

ColorDialog dlg = new ColorDialog();

dlg.ShowDialog();

The following C# program invites a color dialog box and retrieve the selected
color to a string.

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
ColorDialog dlg = new ColorDialog();
dlg.ShowDialog();
 if (dlg.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
string str = null;
str = dlg.Color.Name;
MessageBox.Show (str);
}
}
}
}

C# Font Dialog Box

Font dialog box represents a common dialog box that displays a list of fonts
that are currently installed on the system. The Font dialog box lets the user
choose attributes for a logical font, such as font family and associated font
style, point size, effects , and a script .

The following C# program invites a Font Dialog Box and retrieve the selected
Font Name and Font Size.

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
 {
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
FontDialog dlg = new FontDialog();
dlg.ShowDialog();

if (dlg.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
string fontName;
float fontSize;
fontName = dlg.Font.Name;
fontSize = dlg.Font.Size;
MessageBox.Show(fontName + " " + fontSize );
}
}
}
}

C# OpenFile Dialog Box

The OpenFileDialog component allows users to browse the folders of their
computer or any computer on the network and select one or more files to
open. The dialog box returns the path and name of the file the user selected
in the dialog box.
The FileName property can be set prior to showing the dialog box. This
causes the dialog box to initially display the given filename. In most cases,
your applications should set the InitialDirectory, Filter, and FilterIndex
properties prior to calling ShowDialog.

The following C# program invites an OpenFile Dialog Box and retrieve the
selected filename to a string.

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
OpenFileDialog dlg = new OpenFileDialog();
dlg.ShowDialog();

if (dlg.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
 {
string fileName;
fileName = dlg.FileName;
MessageBox.Show(fileName);
}
}
}
}

C# Print Dialog Box

A user can use the Print dialog box to select a printer, configure it, and
perform a print job. Print dialog boxes provide an easy way to implement
Print and Print Setup dialog boxes in a manner consistent with Windows
standards.

The Print dialog box includes a Print Range group of radio buttons that
indicate whether the user wants to print all pages, a range of pages, or only
the selected text. The dialog box includes an edit control in which the user
can type the number of copies to print. By default, the Print dialog box
initially displays information about the current default printer.

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace Win
dowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
PrintDialog dlg = new PrintDialog();
dlg.ShowDialog();
}
}
}

keyPress event in C#
Handle Keyboard Input at the Form Level in C#

Windows Forms processes keyboard input by raising

keyboard events in response to Windows messages. Most
Windows Forms applications process keyboard input
exclusively by handling the keyboard events.

How do I detect keys pressed in C#

You can detect most physical key presses by handling the

KeyDown or KeyUp events. Key events occur in the following order:

KeyDown
KeyPress
KeyUp

How to detect when the Enter Key Pressed in C#

The following C# code behind creates the KeyDown event handler. If the key
that is pressed is the Enter key, a MessegeBox will displayed .

if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Enter)
{
MessageBox.Show("Enter Key Pressed ");
}

How to get TextBox1_KeyDown event in your C# source file ?

Select your TextBox control on your Form and go to Properties window.
Select Event icon on the properties window and scroll down and find the
KeyDown event from the list and double click the Keydown Event. The you
will get the KeyDown event in your source code editor.

private void textBox1_KeyDown(.....)

{
}

Difference between the KeyDown Event, KeyPress Event and KeyUp

Event

KeyDown Event : This event raised as soon as the user presses a key on
the keyboard, it repeats while the user keeps the key depressed.

KeyPress Event : This event is raised for character keys while the key is
pressed and then released. This event is not raised by noncharacter keys,
unlike KeyDown and KeyUp, which are also raised for noncharacter keys

KeyUp Event : This event is raised after the user releases a key on the
keyboard.

KeyPress Event :

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
 {
InitializeComponent();
}
private void textBox1_KeyPress(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)
{
if (e.KeyChar == (char)Keys.Enter)
{
MessageBox.Show("Enter key pressed");
}
if (e.KeyChar == 13)
{
MessageBox.Show("Enter key pressed");
}
}
}
}

KeyDown Event :

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void textBox1_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Enter)
{
MessageBox.Show("Enter key pressed");
}
}
}
}

How to Detecting arrow keys in C#

In order to capture keystrokes in a Forms control, you

must derive a new class that is based on the class of
the control that you want, and you override the
ProcessCmdKey().

protected override bool ProcessCmdKey(ref Message msg, Keys keyData)

{
//handle your keys here
}

More about.... Detecting arrow keys from C#

KeyUp Event :

The following C# source code shows how to capture Enter KeyDown event
from a TextBox Control.

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

private void textBox1_KeyUp(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)

{
if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Enter)
{
MessageBox.Show("Enter key pressed");
}
}
}
}

How to create Dynamic Controls in C# ?

How to create Control Arrays in C# ?

Visual Studio .NET does not have control arrays like Visual Basic 6.0 does.
The good news is that you can still set things up to do similar things. The
advantages of C# dynamic controls is that they can be created in response
to how the user interacts with the application. Common controls that are
added during run-time are the Button and TextBox controls. But of course,
nearly every C# control can be created dynamically.
How to create Dynamic Controls in C# ?

The following program shows how to create a dynamic TextBox control in C#

and setting the properties dynamically for each TextBox control. Drag a
Button control in the form and copy and paste the following source code .
Here each Button click the program create a new TextBox control
dyanmically.

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
int cLeft = 1;

public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
AddNewTextBox();
}

public System.Windows.Forms.TextBox AddNewTextBox()

{
System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txt = new
System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
this.Controls.Add(txt);
txt.Top = cLeft * 25;
txt.Left = 100;
txt.Text = "TextBox " + this.cLeft.ToString();
cLeft = cLeft + 1;
return txt;
}
 }
}

C# Timer Control
What is Timer Control ?

The Timer Control plays an important role in the development of programs

both Client side and Server side development as well as in Windows
Services. With the Timer Control we can raise events at a specific interval
of time without the interaction of another thread.

Use of Timer Control

We require Timer Object in many situations on our development

environment. We have to use Timer Object when we want to set an interval
between events, periodic checking, to start a process at a fixed time
schedule, to increase or decrease the speed in an animation graphics with
time schedule etc.

A Timer control does not have a visual representation and works as a

component in the background.

How to Timer Control ?

We can control programs with Timer Control in millisecond, seconds,

minutes and even in hours. The Timer Control allows us to set Intervel
property in milliseconds. That is, one second is equal to 1000 milliseconds.
For example, if we want to set an interval of 1 minute we set the value at
Interval property as 60000, means 60x1000 .
By default the Enabled property of Timer Control is False. So before running
the program we have to set the Enabled property is True , then only the
Timer Control starts its function.

Timer example

In the following program we display the current time in a Label Control. In

order to develop this program, we need a Timer Control and a Label Control.
Here we set the timer interval as 1000 milliseconds, that means one second,
for displaying current system time in Label control for the interval of one
second.

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
label1.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString();
}
}
}

Start and Stop Timer Control

The Timer control have included the Start and Stop methods for start and
stop the Timer control functions.
Here we run this program only 10 seconds. In order to doing this ,in the
following program we set Timer interval as 1000 (1 second) and check each
seconds for stopping the Timer Control after 10 seconds.

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication2
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
int second = 0;

public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
timer1.Interval = 1000;
timer1.Start();
}

private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
label1.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString();
second = second + 1;
if (second >= 10)
{
timer1.Stop();
MessageBox.Show("Exiting from Timer....");
}
}
}
}