Questions on UI for WinForms Forum

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Hello,

I am using a masked edit control on my form, and would like to tie in some keyboard handling code to allow my userbase to operate the software without using a mouse. However if I connect an event handler to the KeyDown/Up events my code is never executed.

My masked text box has a very simple mask of "######" and is in standard mode. Just to make sure it was not me missing something, I placed a standard Winforms masked text box onto my form by the side of the Telerik control and this behaved as expected and fired the KeyUp/Down events.

I am using VS2008 SP1 and my project is set to use .Net V3.5.

Anyone got any ideas, I can not see any properties that need to be set in order to enable these events. Its causing me a lot of trouble, as I will need to use quite a few of these controls to get my application completed.

Best Regards,

Karl Hunsley

MaskedEditBox

answered on 10 Jun 2009

3 answers

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[Solved] raddatetimepicker hosted in a toolstrip

Hi there,

I can't seem to get a datepicker in a radhostitem (added to a toolstrip programmatically) to sit in line with the other controls on the toolstrip.

rtsi_Context is a RadToolStripItem

My code looks like this:-

RadDateTimePicker dtPicker = new RadDateTimePicker();

dtPicker.Name = "dtPicker";

dtPicker.ThemeName = "Office2007Blue";

RadHostItem hostItem = new RadHostItem(dtPicker);

hostItem.MinSize = new Size(150, 10);

hostItem.MaxSize = new Size(150, 10);

//Add the item to the context menu

this.rtsi_Context.Items.Add(hostItem);

//Save a reference for later use.

rdtp_Rundate = dtPicker;

rdtp_Rundate.ValueChanged += new EventHandler(rdtp_Rundate_ValueChanged);

I tried setting various MinSize attributes for the Toolstrip and its various components- other controls aligned themselves appropriately but the radhostitem / datetimepicker appeared "stuck" to the bottom of the RadToolStrip container.

I put the above code into a button click handler just to make sure that I wasn't attempting to add the control before the toolstrip was initialized correctly, but with the same results.

Many thanks,

Mike Renwick

Toolstrip (obsolete as of Q3 2010)

answered on 10 Jun 2009

5 answers

324 views

Outlook Style Alert

Hi All,

I am looking for a control that will enable me to create an Outlook Style alert (such as when I recieve a new message, a Screen Pop appears in the bottom right of the screen). Does Telerik have something like this?

General Discussions

answered on 10 Jun 2009

1 answer

124 views

Localize RadMenu

Hi, does RadMenu support localization?

Menu

answered on 10 Jun 2009

0 answers

228 views

API differences, Known Issues and ToDo List for RadDock Q2 2009 Beta

To help avoid repetitive bug/issue reports, we are providing you with a list of common API differences between the old and the new versions, as well as a list of known issues and ToDos. Feel free to share your comments. More information on RadDock Q2 Beta you can find here.

Common DockingManager API vs RadDock Q2 2009 API

DockingManager	RadDock Q2 Beta
using Telerik.WinControls.Docking;	using Telerik.WinControls.Dock;
class DockableWindowCollection	class DockWindowCollection
class DockPanel	class DockWindow (or ToolWindow or DocumentWindow)
interface IDockable	interface IDockWindow (generally DockWindow class can be used)
DdockingManager.SetDock(window, position)	radDock.DockWindow(window, position)
DdockingManager.Float(window)	RadDock .FloatWindow(window);
dockPane.DockTo(anotherWindow, state)	dockingManager1.DockWindow(window, DockPosition.Bottom); dockWindow.DockState = DockState.Floating; or dockWindow.DockState = DockState.AutoHide; etc
dockPane.DockTo(anotherWindow, state)	radDock1.DockWindow(dockPane, anotherWindow , state)
dockingManager.DockingStateChanged	radDock.DockStateChanged
dockingManager.DockingStateChanging	radDock.DockStateChanging
dockingManager.Hide(dockWindow, true);	dockWindow.DockState = DockState.AutoHide;
dockingManager.LoadXML(fileName)	LoadFromXml(fileName) + overloads available
dockingManager.SaveXML(fileName)	SaveToXml(fileName) + overloads available
dockingManager1.Reset()	radDock.Clear()
dockingManager.GetManagedDockables	radDock.DockWindows
dockPane.TabStripVisible = false;	dockWindow.TabStrip.TabStripElement.Visibility = ElementVisibility.Collapsed;
DockWindow.Activated event	RadDock.ActiveWindowChanged/Changing

Known Issues

Issues with Events

Closing a Document by clicking the Close button will result in DockWindowRemoved to fire two times. The same can be observed when closing document windows by clicking a button;
DockStateChanging and DockStateChanged do not fire when double-clicking on a Floating window (to return it in the dock);
No events will fire when changing a dock window's state by drag and drop (for example when docking a floating window);
DockWindowRemoved will fire two times if removed the following way:
radDock1.RemoveWindow(radDock1.DockWindows[0]);
DockWindowClosed and Closing will not fire when closing a Floating window.

Run-time Issues

Floating Windows can be docked even when Enabled = false;
Setting RightToLeft to true does not rotate the Windows and Documents appropriately;
Docking a floating ToolWindow into another floating ToolWindow will result in all actions such as Dockable, AutoHide, etc to do nothing;
Setting a window to be in AutoHide mode in design time, and showing the Context Menu at run time will restrict the AutoHide window from opening;
Showing one of two AutoSize windows which are on the same side in the container, and resizing it will break the other one (mouse hover will not open it);
Changing a ToolWindow to be Tabbed Document, closing it, then closing all other Document Windows, and drag and dropping a new ToolWindow to become a Tabbed Document will show the first, closed ToolWindow;
When all ToolWindows are set to AutoHide, clicking on Hide will do nothing. Nothing will happen if Dock is clicked afterwards as well;
Tool Windows added at design time, and set to AutoHide at run time will always hide them to the Left;
The Document Window text shows behind the buttons;
Adding one ToolWindow in two different ways through the API, and opening the ToolWindow's pop up at run time will result in an error;
Moving to Next/Previous Tabbed Group is not available at the moment.

Design-time Issues

In design time select a ToolWindow and change its DockState to Floating. Adding a new toolWindow after that through the Smart Tag will reset the changed DockState;
The splitter is difficult to be selected to resize the panels in design time. Even when resized, the new sizes are not applied at run time.

Serialization Issues

Load one layout two times. Clicking anywhere in a window will throw a Object Reference error;
Adding AutoHide windows to Right, Top or Bottom and saving and loading the layout afterwards will not load the AutoHide windows at the correct positions.

ToDo List for the Official Q2 2009 Release

New API to:
- change the docking guide images;
- to change docking guides' appearance through theme;
- to enable theming.
XML serialization enhancements - floating containers will be serialized to allow for complete (and correct) deserialization;
Advanced layout designer (in VS designer);
Visual Style Builder support;
Splitter UI / theming support / API
Localization (through localization provider)
Better Right to Left support
Enhanced splitter drag behavior in VS designer
More demos
Help

Dock

asked on 10 Jun 2009

2 answers

343 views

[Solved] Gantt chart with multiple values per row

Good morning,

I'm new to the telerik radchart control. I'm looking to put multiple items per row in a gantt chart. For example, if I had the following data

Name            To                From
Person1        1/1/2009        1/10/2009
Person1        1/12/2009        1/14/2009
Person1        1/15/2009        1/18/2009
Person2        1/8/2009        1/10/2009
Person2        1/15/2009        1/18/2009

So you'd have dates along the X-axis, names along the Y-axis. There would be two rows on the Y-axis (Person1 and Person2) and the graph would contain 3 values for Person1 and 2 values for Person2.

I'm not sure how to structure the code and setup the databinding to accomplish this.

Thank you,
Scott Vercuski

Chart (obsolete as of Q1 2013)

answered on 10 Jun 2009

1 answer

160 views

Explorer Style with Panel bar

Hi, I am trying to create a look and feel of the Explorer Style as shown in the link.

How would I go about this? Am I using the wrong control? is the panel bar not capable of this?

Thank you!

Panelbar (obsolete as of Q2 2010)

answered on 10 Jun 2009

6 answers

746 views

Control Docking

Hi,

I have a RadPanel with two controls on it, one is a RadGrid, the other is a Panel with some other controls on, which is made visible or invisible by the user.

I would like the RadGrid to fill the available space in the RadPanel, i.e to fill the whole panel when the other control is hidden or fill up to the other control when it is visible. Currently when I set the GridView.Dock to Fill it fills the whole panel and other control is on top of it.

I am sure there is a simple way or property setting to sort this, could someone let me know asap as I am trying to finish this today.

Kind regards

GridView

answered on 10 Jun 2009

2 answers

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[Solved] Selection of few rows

Hello,

I am having a strange issue when selecting few rows in my gridview. To select rows each one have a checkbox.

If I select a row, its background color is changed. If I select another row the background of the actual row is changed but the background color of the previous row dissapears. Theorically the color of the previous selected row sholud remain because is still selected.

Is it necessary to set a property for this?or isn´t this possible to do? I have been checking on-line demos and I have noticed it happens the same as it happens to me, but I don´t know whether this occurs by chance or is impossible to configure.

My other question is the following: in the gridview of my web application I use GridClientSelectColumn to select and unselect all rows. Does exist an equivalent data bound column in desktop applications?

Thank you in advance.

GridView

answered on 10 Jun 2009

3 answers

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Weird issue in Property Builder

I uncheck a field to Hide it, but when I run my program the field still shows up.

This radGridView is using a bindingsource.

For most of my radgridviews, it works fine, no issues and the radgridview seems really polished but on a few radgridviews... i want to hide a field but it still keeps showing up anyway, even if I delete it.

Any ideas?

GridView

answered on 10 Jun 2009