I want to make own UI control in c# and save it as dll. After that I want to import this library to the Enterprise Architect. It is possible? Maybe I can make other way?
I know about MDG technology, but there are some problems when I'm modifying the appearance of stereotype.
I also want to make the field "name" be more flexible - how to move it inside control?
So it is possible to import dll with custom controls to the EA or maybe some tips how to increase MDG?.
Yes you can use your own UI controls in EA. You can either launch them as popup from our add-in code, or you can use Repository.Window or Repository.AddTab to add your control in a docked window, or the main diagram tab.
You can find a simple working example using a docked window on my github repository
A more elaborate example is the EA Navigator for which you can find the code on github as well.
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I'm trying to do something that I'm not sure is possible.
I want to use a .net 3rd party library that gives nice winform chart controls, to replace some (very complex and ugly) VBA generated charts in an Excel worksheet.
I'm using Excel-DNA (which is great BTW), and I managed to do all sorts of things with it, like displaying Winform forms in both sync and async way (thanks to https://github.com/Ron-Ldn/DotNetRefEdit)
So far, I managed to make my non modal form with the charts appear when I activate a particular worksheet, and by setting it's parent and topMost properties, it kinda have the expected behavior. But placing it is a real pain (different screen sizes) and I was wondering if there is a way to properly do it
So here's the question : Can I attach in some way a .Net form or a custom control to a worksheet, maybe even have it positionned relatively to a particular cell ? It must be non modal and it will display only if we are on a particular sheet.
I know with VSTO you could add a control to a worksheet, but I don't want to use VSTO. I also know that I could probably create my own ActiveX control and have it registered, and then place it in Excel like I would with another button control for example, but that seems hazardous according to what I read about it
Thank you for all ideas or suggestions
Consider creating a custom task pane (CTP) pinned to the right hand side of the Excel workbook (worksheets).
For more information on how to do this in ExcelDNA, see ExcelDNA GitHub Sample on CTP.
I am currently working with a 3rd party ActiveX Control (an editor for topographical data distributed by Cadcorp SIS). I have to do some fairly complex stuff with it in a VB.NET (framework 4) program and am finding that the API that comes with the control is quite limited.
As of now I have made a custom control which houses the control and acts as a wrapper for it to allow me to extend the API, which works fine, but What I would really like to do it give the control more events so that I can monitor what is going on with the data more closely.
I'm not sure how to go about doing this though...
I tried inheriting from the control and I can extend it just fine, but I can't figure out how to reuse it after that. Is there some way I can inherit the control and get it to appear in the toolbox so I can just drop it onto a form? Or do I have to load it programatically? If so, how can I do it?
Any pointers, examples, tutorials or alternative ideas as to how to do this kind of thing would be welcome.
If you are not seeing your control class in toolbox it doesn’t mean that you can’t use it just modify code from your form's designer to use your inherited class
Or
You can drag-and-drop your assembly (dll) from Windows Explorer to the
toolbox in VS.NET. Or you can right click on the toolbox in VS.NET and
choose Add/Remove items. Is this what you are looking for?
Also
<ToolBoxItem(True), ToolboxBitmap("MyNamespace.MyClass.bmp")> _
Public Class MyClass
I want to create a Database application in MFC by using VS 2010 and i want to know is there any [.NET Winforms] DataGridView Like control in MFC.
You can check this link to see how you can create MFC control from WinForms Control. Also here is the discussion about the issue.
As far as I know there is no built in solution from Microsoft. You will need to roll your own. There are some pre-built solutions but I have never tried them.
https://www.google.com/search?q=MFC+datagrid&aq=f&oq=MFC+datagrid
Is someone know any .NET Winform control which look like this button control?
QPushButton:
http://zetcode.com/gui/csharpqyoto/layoutmanagement/
You have several options here. You aren't specific about exactly which part of the platform you are using, but if using Winforms, you can certainly customize the buttons to some extent.
If you are using WPF, you can pretty much make it look exactly like you want in XAML. Check out Expression Blend.
As #Dimitri put it, the sky is the limit, but you may need to do the leg work.
You can create custom controls according your need and have its reference added to your project. you will have it added to your toolbox that you can use.
If you are refering to a button that is located on this example form:
We currently finishing our own application that has rather similar looking buttons. We did this by using a third party component. Steps are:
We purchased DevExpress.com's WinForms library.
We developed our own DevExpress Skin (with the help of an external screen design guy)
This was a bit of a work and some amount of money but the results look pretty neat.
Using .NET 2.0 with WinForms, I'd like to create a custom, multi-columned menu (similiar to the word 2007 look&feel, but without the ribbon).
My approach was creating a control, and using a left/right docked toolstrip, I have constructed a similar look&feel of a menu. However, there are a few shortcomings of this solution, such as
the control can only be placed, and displayed within the form;
if the form is too small, some area of the control won't be displayed;
the control also have to be manually shown/hidden.
Thus, I'm looking for a way to display this control outside of the boundaries of the application. Creating a new form would result in title-bar deactivating on display, so that's also out. Alternatively, any other approach to create a customized menu would be very welcomed.
Edit: I don't want to use any commercial products for this; and since it's about a simple menu customization, it's not related to Microsoft's ribbon "research" in any way.
unless you are in the business of providing .net components, you should be looking to buy it off the shelf. Its a lot of work getting such a control right - There are already vendors providing this kind of UI. e.g. ComponentOne
if you are trying to build this component as a product, you should look at the link below. Apparently Microsoft has a 'royalty-free' license around the Office UI to protect their R&D investments. As of now you need to tell them that you are using something similar to the Office UI. More of that here
The MenuStrip class has a Renderer property. You can assign your own ToolStripRenderer derived class to customize the painting. It's a fair amount of work.