hi I want to make a wpf c# application which shows every form(Ex:- user registration, reports , etc..)in one window in other words I want to make an application which have one window and every user control appears and closed there when I want just like games in some games like middle of honor warfighter they have one window and if we chose option option buttons appear in the same window and if we chose graphics that graphic page content appear in that same window.
and I want to know is there any frame work or special method is there which I should fallow other than putting wpf controls one over another and changing there visibility and isopen status.If there is any examples please give me a link
You can use ContentControl for holding any element. also PRISM is best approach.
You can use WPF Popup forms below are some links for more info:-
http://www.dzone.com/articles/understanding-wpf-popups
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Blogs/11700/
Take a look at this MDI Control. It helps you to show any kind of usercontrol in one container as window.
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I am doing my first steps programming a little toolbox in C#.
I want to choose the program to run via a menustrip.
How can I switch all visible textboxes, buttons etc. on the same form? I don't want to open a new form. Do I have to show/hide every element "by hand" or is there a better solution?
I hope you get my problem.
Thanks in advance.
Yes totally understood.
You need a way to navigate between different fragments within your application.
Since these are your first steps and not a legacy app, why aren't you starting with WPF which is the successor of Winforms ? (newer better)
See how can you achieve such functionally in WPF
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/desktop/wpf/app-development/navigation-overview?view=netframeworkdesktop-4.8
Although the terms are similar and also apply in winforms.
What you want to do is to create all the buttons etc as part of a UserControl. You can then add your custom UserControl to the form. This should allow you to switch the user control for some other control, or change the visibility for the whole user control.
This can also allow you to place multiple user controls side by side or in some other layout.
I have a WPF application running on Windows 8. It is the one-window application that has three different views in the whole client area of the main window: live video from a webcam, help screen, and resource usage status. As you can see they are not related or interact each other, but I want to show them in one window rather than poping up a new window. The views will be switched by clicking a button in each view or by typing a keyboard shortcut.
I'm currently implementing each view using UserControl, and then adding/removing those UserControls in the grid of MainWindow on user events. I'm not sure if using the UserControl is the right direction because UserControl brings up the image of small widgets like buttons rather than a whole window content to me.
Am I doing correctly? I just looked at the Page control, but I'm not sure if it is a good idea. Thanks in advance!
I'm currently implementing each view using UserControl, and then adding/removing those UserControls in the grid of MainWindow on user events. I'm not sure if using the UserControl is the right direction because UserControl brings up the image of small widgets like buttons rather than a whole window content to me.
There is nothing wrong with a UserControl providing the bulk (or all) of the content for a Window. In fact, this is fairly common when using frameworks, as the Window is created for you in some frameworks.
I would not worry about using a UserControl for this.
Another popular way to implement multiple views on a single WPF window is to use a Tab Control and have each tab set to different user controls.
User Controls are definitely useful, and you have done something perfectly valid.
I am using Windows form in C# and i am trying to create one single form dialog that will be responsible displaying other dialogs within the boundary of it's dialog. To do that i tried Tab Control and it worked well and i can create different types of form in tab control easily without opening any separate forms.
but the problem is i don't want to use Tab control , I have some buttons on the main form at left side and clicking those buttons i want to display separate forms beside those buttons. I searched google but did not find any example like that nor i am able to find any control as this. My application is very simple one dialoge with left side buttons and on right side i want to show different forms based on those buttons... C# is not my native language but now i have to work on it and require help.
Kindly check the attached image for more information
Each page could be an instance of Panel, then show/hide the Panel instances according to which button is clicked....make them all the same size, shape, and position ;)
We have an application developed in WPF. i wanted to implement one functionality here. From main page, Main page has quick links to all child windows. if i open 20 windows, i wanted to see all the opened windows listed on mainpage. My main page is blank now so i can show in any way possible. Does WPF has this functionality??? please help
Look at Application.Current.Windows. You can enumerate and show them in your main-window.
Keep them all in an ObservableCollection<Window>, then use a ListView or such to display them. Style your ItemTemplate at wish.
For instance, I have an application that has a main window and then child windows inside of it.
http://screenshots.rd.to/sn/e3hek/sapienfullwindow.png
http://screenshots.rd.to/sn/e3hek/appscreen8.png
What i need is to grab each individual child window of that application, and display them as tabs in my application, or on a panel's handle.
I already have code to kidnap the application and put it into mine, and it works great.
MDI support is already present in the C#. So the first screenshot is using the MDI option.
The second screenshot is using tabbed windows. Now you have two options:
Use this opensource library DockPanelSuite which will let you have tabs in your application. something similar to visual studio interface. You can create forms and then tab it based on your needs. You can even dock them anywhere in the parent form by drag and drop. Just like in visual studio.
The second option is to create a form with tab control covering the whole windows. There you create tabs using the resource editor and hide/show based on the forms you want to display to the end user.
In my opinion, use the first option which gives you lot more customization. Also if you use the dockpanel, you can switch between the views shown in your first screenshot and second one. So user has better control as to how he wants to view. Dockpanel is free to use even in commerical apps and comes with source code. So you can either use the dll or directly incorporate the code in your application.