Can someone help me with how to use RichEdit20W control in C# desktop application? I have a sample of how to use it in VC++ but I do not know how to implement in C#.
You create an empty WindowsForms project, open the Toolbox and type 'Rich' into its search box. It will find 'RichTextBox'. You double-click it, to put it onto the form. Then you set its properties, as appropriate.
When you run the application, and then use SpyXX on it, you will see, that the control is using the class 'WindowsForms10.RichEdit20W.app.0.141b42a_r13_ad1', which is a wrapper for the class you wanted.
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I have a GLFW3 OpenGL project written in C++. I was looking to create a modern GUI to go with it. I have limited experience with XAML and windows WPF but it is intuitive to work with so I really want this to work.
I found 'WpfUnmanagedOpenGL' template from Github https://github.com/kopaka1822/WpfUnmanagedOpenGL and it runs great with a C++ DLL communicating with the Csharp OpenGL host window that is already working within the form using GLAD, not GLFW.
I managed to create a GLFW window with my existing code and it displays as a second popup window when the WPF form is compiled and run. See:
How can I embed this correctly?
I found this question on StackOverflow: embed window(glfwCreateWindow) as child to C++ MFC parent form .
Essentially it says I can set the GLFW window to be a child window of the WPF form. However I cannot get the WPF parent window handle to set it all up.
PLEASE help.
Thanks,
You may want to try to do the opposite. Rather than embedding your Win32 app inside your WPF form, embed your WPF form within your Win32 app instead.
Official docs:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/desktop/wpf/advanced/walkthrough-hosting-wpf-content-in-win32?view=netframeworkdesktop-4.8
A really neat tutorial:
https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/5253279/Create-An-Awesome-WPF-UI-for-Your-Cplusplus-QT-App
This is for the legacy .NET Framework though. I have no clue if the same technique can be applied in the new .NET Core framework though.
I'm using c# for programming .net applications. I can use menus, tabs etc with ease.
Now, I need to create a library window that will contain various elements. The user will be able to drag-drop these elements to another window (scene). Moreover the user will be able to connect these elemet. A similar program window is shown below. I just cannot figure out how I can incorporate/create such a visual designer in my .net application. Which library or component can be used to create a visual designer like this?
Thanks a lot.
I am trying to create a new Control (Let us for now forget about UserControl or CustomControl).
I open a Windows phone Application project in vs2010 and then add a new item Windows phone Control Library and then I use it in my phone application.
Everything works fine. Now if I want to create a windows phone control to be used in another application how should I be going about it? New application means a separate new solution.
Phone Application1 -> Have my own control inside the solution and hence I am able to use it.
How can I use this same control in another new solution?
I am not sure if this has been answered before. Does any solution already exist?
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I tried creating a new Windows phone Class Library in a vs2010 instance but it didn't work because it didn't had a xaml form. When I tried to manually include it and write the logic it build successfully but now even if I include the dll of this project I don't get the control in the toolbox. This process does not make much sense to me as I am creating a class library and not a control but still wanted to give it a try.
To show controls from your assembly in the toolbox, you should do design-time assembly. You can look at these articles for the beginning:
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It's not easy and perhaps you can live without that if your control assembly is not a commercial product. To use any control from other assembly in application:
add project reference to your control assembly
include xmlns namespace attribute corresponding to your assembly to any page of your application. Just start typing 'xmlns=' near other xmlns definitions in the page header and VS intellisense will show you the list of available namespaces. Choose the needed one and then set namespace alias to use on the page. It should look something like xmlns:myNamespace="clr-namespace:MyAssembly.Namespace.;assembly=MyAssembly"
insert control from your assembly into page using xaml editor
now you should be able to see your control in xaml designer and edit its properties from the property grid
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I am not sure if the above mentioned method would solve the case, because as far as I have seen it is not possible to create a Windows Phone Control Library in VS2010. So this is what I did..
Created a Windows Phone Control Library and write my own custom control.
Build the project.
Back to Vs2010, added the reference to the control in the app in which I wish to use.
As simple as that. I don't know why it was initially a little bit confusing (perhaps I would have got confused with the binding and stuff). Anyways its quite simple though. Thank you for the reply.
I have Downloaded the RCM Library from http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/RCM.aspx but i don't know how to add the controls that it provides to c# toolbox or how to use the custom form it provides.Guys Plz Help me Out.
One of the solutions can be derive every control you need with your own class inside your project . After rebuild you SHOULD see them in toolbox.
How can one set GridLayout known from Java or Wpf in WinForms control? Is it available by default or does it require writing some code (custom LayoutEngine implementation)?
Yes, it is available by default. If you are using Visual Studio, just drag it from toolbox to your form and set properties.
As far as I know Windows Forms work totally different from Java and WPF forms. One of thier differences is that there's no layout for windows forms whatsoever, instead there's this ability that you can place a control whenever you would like using its location property.