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How to set a Tooltip on a RadPanelbarGroupElement?

Hi,

I have an app where some UI-Element Text strings must be set from a DB.
The first approach was to iterate through the forms controls and set "Text" or "Caption" on the elemnts depending on their Name (ID).

This should also be done for Tooltips.

First problem - RadPanelGroupElement is not a control.
I could solve this via setting the controls public and working with reflection.

But the next problem is - how to set a ToolTip to RadPanelGroupElement?
Since RadPanelGroupElement is no control tooltip1.SetToolTip(RadPanelGroupElement1,"my Text") does not work.

I can set the tooltip for the PanelBar - but this shows ONE tooltip on every panel (always the same).
What I was looking for - each panel it's own tooltip.
Next I found a property on the RadPanelGroupElement called ToolTipText.

Looked like what I what I was searching for.
But whatever value I set - nothing happens.

If I set the ToolTip for the PanelBar - I always get this one.
--regardless what I enter in ToolTipText for the panels.
If I do NOT set TT for the PanelBar - I get no ToolTip at all.

My Questions:
-What is the use of ToolTipText on the RadPanelGroupElement element?
-How can I build a panelbar where every Panel has it's own Tooltip?

Regards

Manfred

Panelbar (obsolete as of Q2 2010)

answered on 29 Jan 2008

4 answers

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[Solved] Dragging a RadTitleBar

Is there a way to know when a user is dragging a RadTitleBar around?

I tried to have a ShapedForm with a RadTitleBar, and catch the events in the MouseDown and MouseUp events for the titlebar with the following :

    
            private void radTitleBar1_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)  
        
            {  
        
                if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Left)  
        
                {  
        
                    txtTest.Text = "Down";  
        
                }  
        
            }  
        
            private void radTitleBar1_MouseUp(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)  
        
            {  
        
                if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Left)  
        
                {  
        
                    txtTest.Text = "Up";  
        
                }  
        
            }

The problem is that I don't always get the MouseUp event. I get the event about once every 20 times I tried it. Is there a problem with the mouseup event, or is there another way I can get the info about the start/stop of dragging a form around?

TitleBar

answered on 29 Jan 2008

2 answers

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How to select a tab programmatically?

Hi,

Is there a special trick to programatically select a tab? I've tried the PerformClick() method to no avail.

Thanks

Tabstrip (obsolete as of Q2 2010)

answered on 29 Jan 2008

3 answers

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Tooltip on row

Hi guys,

is it possible to show a tooltip for each row in a RadGridview?
I found some solution for a MS DatagridView, but that one uses HittestInfo which is not supported by the Radgridview...

Thanks,

Ben

GridView

answered on 28 Jan 2008

1 answer

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Dysfunctional IDE Control

Hi all,

In accordance with RadChart documentation, I am attempting to connect to an XML datasource, and cannot.

My process:

See Documentation --> Contents tab --> Getting Started --> Quick Start: Create A Data bound Chart, and scroll down the right window pane to "Configuring the Data Source". An image displays the user's mouse selecting <New Data Source...>, but that option does not exist in my configuration. Also, in the following documentation image (Data Source Configuration Wizard ), I only have options for database, web service and object, but not XML file.

Please recommend a fix.

Also, i am seeking a demo for a multi-line winForm line chart, and cannot find one. Can you kindly recommend one?

Thank you.

Jeff

General Discussions

answered on 28 Jan 2008

4 answers

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Assigning DateTime array to datasource

Hi,

I am having a small problem with the RadComboBox. I am assigning a DateTime array as datasource to a combobox, and when I get a SelectedIndexChanged event I'd like to get the selected object out again (pretty much so I can use the RadComboBox as a drop-in replacement for standard .net combobox). However, I am unable to get the object, as the SelectedValue is null, and since I use an array I can't set the ValueMember. Is there a way to accomplish this?

The workaround I am using at the moment is this:

    
                    private void drdDate_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)  
        
                    {  
        
                        if (drdDate.SelectedIndex >= 0)  
        
                        {  
        
                            DateTime tstTime;  
        
                            if (DateTime.TryParse(((RadComboBoxItem)drdDate.SelectedItem).Text, out tstTime))  
        
                            {  
        
                                // do the processing here   
        
                            }  
        
                        }  
        
                    }

But I am really hoping I don't have to do text parsing for all the different comboboxes in the application.

ComboBox and ListBox (obsolete as of Q2 2010)

answered on 28 Jan 2008

1 answer

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scroll bar on the right side or left side

Hi,
This may be a simple question but I couldn't find anything about it thus far. I am creating a forms application (.NET 2.0) and am using your GridView for winforms control. The grid has a large number of columns and so
I would like to make this grid from lefttoright or righttoleft and scroll bar on the right side or left side

and data colum also i need direct form righttoleft or lefttoright
Please help to me

Thanks.

GridView

answered on 28 Jan 2008

1 answer

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error when enabling "allowedit"

in order to change a nodes text property i'm trying to use the "edited" event and get the following error: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

can anybody help?

further i'm looking for events to integrate database operations after the treeview element was modified:

- after a node is beeing deleted
- before a node is beeing deleted
- after node's text property is beeing changed
- a node is beeing added

a working example with the different functions would be great!

thanks, andreas

Treeview

answered on 28 Jan 2008

1 answer

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Theme Not Being Applied to GridView

I cannot get a custom theme to apply to a gridview. I can get it to work on buttons, panels, tabstrips, trees. I follow the same steps but the visual styles are not reflected when my application runs.

I create a brand new grid.
I set both scrollbars to visible.
I create a new theme and change the fills so the are obviously red. The preview reflects this.
I save the theme to a file.
I use my thememanager to load the theme.
I open the smart tag on the new gridview and choose my new theme.
I run the application and none of the changes are visible.

I go back to the smart tag, check the theme and it is set properly. If i debug the form_load event, the style of my control is not empty. I go to the smart tag and Edit UI Elements and the colors of my scroll bars are visible. It almost feels like something is coming in at the last moment and resetting the theme although there is no code to do so.

Like i said, i have been able to get other radelements to use custom themes without problem but the grid doesn't seem to be functioning the same way.

Screenshots:
http://www.thinkconvergence.com/telerik_issue2.jpg

Thanks for your help

GridView

answered on 28 Jan 2008

4 answers

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Apply Theme to RadButtonElement

I posted earlier about issues with the CommandButton and your suggestion of "hiding" the existing button and creating a new one has worked well and cleared up a number of issues. Now, i would like to apply a theme to the button i have inserted, but am unable to do so to a RadButtonElement and i can't add a RadButton (which can have a theme applied) to the cell. How can i set the theme for this button or other buttons in the grid? If i cant, how can i set the appearance for the different states of the button (isPressed,isMouseOver, etc) like i can using the visual design tools? Can those be set through code? Thanks for your help!

Themes and Visual Style Builder

answered on 28 Jan 2008