Comments on: No cigar http://www.componentfactory.com/blog/2009/02/no-cigar/ Windows Forms Controls for .NET Smart Client Applications Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:44:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris http://www.componentfactory.com/blog/2009/02/no-cigar/comment-page-1/#comment-2300 Chris Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:52:54 +0000 http://www.componentfactory.com/blog/?p=421#comment-2300 Phil, I posted my findings in the forum, but I'm curious what you mean by : "But it still stubbornly does not draw the text background using the WM_ERASEBKGND code". Do you mean that what you paint in WM_ERASEBKGND is not applied to the control or that it is overdrawn by something else in the downstream process? Feel free to respond by email if you'd rather have the convo there. Phil, I posted my findings in the forum, but I’m curious what you mean by : “But it still stubbornly does not draw the text background using the WM_ERASEBKGND code”. Do you mean that what you paint in WM_ERASEBKGND is not applied to the control or that it is overdrawn by something else in the downstream process?

Feel free to respond by email if you’d rather have the convo there.

]]> By: jkr http://www.componentfactory.com/blog/2009/02/no-cigar/comment-page-1/#comment-2297 jkr Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:24:25 +0000 http://www.componentfactory.com/blog/?p=421#comment-2297 I think Phil already thought about using a KryptonDropDownButton/KryptonCombobox, but then you'll have a problem users will notice. You can't select the day, month or year and type in a new value and in the case of a combo you'll have to replace the whole string. The "styling the button to make it look like a datetimepicker" isn't a problem because you can style it to look like a combo and use a custom icon (glyph) for the drop down button. I think Phil already thought about using a KryptonDropDownButton/KryptonCombobox, but then you’ll have a problem users will notice. You can’t select the day, month or year and type in a new value and in the case of a combo you’ll have to replace the whole string.
The “styling the button to make it look like a datetimepicker” isn’t a problem because you can style it to look like a combo and use a custom icon (glyph) for the drop down button.

]]> By: Loris http://www.componentfactory.com/blog/2009/02/no-cigar/comment-page-1/#comment-2296 Loris Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:18:09 +0000 http://www.componentfactory.com/blog/?p=421#comment-2296 Maybe I'm a bit naive, but IMO a DateTimePicker could just be a drop down button that shows a calendar control, with a "Value" property that exposes the selected date. The text displayed on the button is the selected date formatted according to the developer's preference. The only "tricky" parts would be styling the button to make it look like a datetimepicker and eventually replacing the button with a special text box for the time input. Maybe I’m a bit naive, but IMO a DateTimePicker could just be a drop down button that shows a calendar control, with a “Value” property that exposes the selected date.
The text displayed on the button is the selected date formatted according to the developer’s preference.
The only “tricky” parts would be styling the button to make it look like a datetimepicker and eventually replacing the button with a special text box for the time input.

]]> By: DavidS http://www.componentfactory.com/blog/2009/02/no-cigar/comment-page-1/#comment-2295 DavidS Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:37:44 +0000 http://www.componentfactory.com/blog/?p=421#comment-2295 I have a good idea, at least I can tell you what I did to create my datetimepicker, I used the mono control, it works nicely, but I have not checked the licensing information, at least you can pick up the basic idea from there, from memory its a pretty simple design and if the license does not suit you, you can always rewrite it yourself. I have a good idea, at least I can tell you what I did to create my datetimepicker, I used the mono control, it works nicely, but I have not checked the licensing information, at least you can pick up the basic idea from there, from memory its a pretty simple design and if the license does not suit you, you can always rewrite it yourself.

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