I've created Windows Form Application for Visual Studio 2010 with C# so that I can make the form execute SQL statements from my Database. I've looked through several tutorials and examples and many of them include a toolbox for adding options to the form. I do not have this form about creating or resetting Visual Studio, and I have no Idea where it can be found. At this point my only options are coding each "thing" i want on the form one by one but for time constraints I can't really do this. Can anyone tell me how I can get or find this toolbox of controls?
To open the toolbox, go to View -> Toolbox. Or you can use the Ctrl-W, X shortcut.
You must have a Form to place your controls on. Make sure you add a new Form to your project, then double click on it to view the blank form. Using the toolbox, you can drag and drop new controls onto your form.
Try Ctrl+Alt+X to bring up the Toolbox.
Or go to View menu and select "Toolbox".
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I'm new in C#, and I'm trying to use a design I made in a form and put it inside the other one. In Java this is possible with Scene builder. You just press include and choose your FXML file. Is there any way to do that in Visual Studio??
You can do this.
The word is User Control. Drag and drop everything to your newly created User Control , then after you made it, you can choose it later from the Tool box in Visual Studio, and also can use Drag and drop your User Control like any other tool to existing forms.
You are probably looking for UserControl.
Is there any way to do that in Visual Studio??
Yes there is, you can use a UserControl if you are targeting Winform. Similar exists for WPF as well.
I am making a Multiple Choice test application using Windows Forms on Visual Studios. When a user answer one question, they will click next to proceed to the next question. Would I be able to use a single windows frame to display all my questions? When I do it on more then one windows form I had to do this.Hide() and then .Show() the other form. I don't have a problem with doing this but when it hide and shows the other windows form it isn't open on exact same position, it keeps moving.
You can create a UserControl that displays the question and the multiple choice answers. When the user clicks the Next button, you remove the UserControl from your form's Controls collection, create a new instance of your custom UserControl with the next question's details on it, and then add the new instance to your form's Controls collections. This structure will let you do the app on a single Form.
I would better suggest you to use Panel form the tool box for multiple forms. It would be better for the multiple choice questions.
Then for every panel use property visible set to either True or false depending on which panel you want to navigate.
See this to understand more in detail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDOXzz_0gYE&feature=related
You can use wizard.
Here you have two links:
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/18674/A-Simple-Wizard-Control-for-Net-2-0-with-Full-Desi
Add this library to Toolbox:
Right click on the Toolbox and select "Add Tab" from the context menu.
Specify name for the newly created tab, such as "Wizard".
Activate the tab, right click on it and select "Choose Items..." for the context menu.
Now browse to the folder where is assembly "WizardBase.dll" and select it.
http://winformswizard.codeplex.com/
The simpler the better.
The simplest way is to make a panel, (in one window), and then add labels with your question and all options of the answer in that panel. Then on the click on the NEXT button, change the texts of all the labels at once.
As far as your problem of opening different windows on the same position on the screen, change the DefaultPosition property of all the forms to CenterScreen or CenterParent.
I am having trouble drag-dropping user controls into the design view on a winform. I am able to go through the toolbox, create a new tab, and choose items drag drop my control.
I am unable to go in through the design view and drag the control onto the design view. Is design view from solution explorer drag-drop supported? Going through the toolbox is a lot of steps which makes it hard to test. Is the toolbox the only option?
The ToolBox is the only option to drag-drop (custom) controls onto a winform. When you create a seperate assembly for custom controls and reference it in the project where you need the controls VS2010 should automatically add your custom controls (from the referenced project) to the ToolBox. Although the ToolBox behaves "weird" sometimes for unknown reasons.
I don't believe that it is supported.
The control needs to be compiled before it can be used in the form. So dragging from the solution explorer would not be possible.
i am building a C# application, i have explored its all controls but i cant find the left menu style which i usually see in software applications for example visual studio, i am attaching the image of what i need.
Please let me know how can i use it in my forms. I have used a tab menu control in visual studio, but it is not what i required, its tabs are vertical, but i want the exact like i shown in attachment. I think it requires some reference to add.
I don't think that control is available, which means you would have to make one yourself. Here is a link from someone that made one. I haven't tried it: Visual Studios "My Project" Tab Control
There is no such a control in the ToolBox by default. But you could create one for you.
Creat a user controller.
Added a SplitContainer and set Dock.Fill.
Add a FlowLayoutPanel to the Left panel. Add buttons or labels as you wish and implement the click event.
I built a little console application in C# and need to add a windows form interface to it. I added a form item, and now have a blank form. I don't know how to go from here and start adding buttons and menus to the form.
Is there a form design toolbar or do I have to add buttons and menus using code?
Choose Toolbox from the View menu..
Click View>Other Toolbars>Toolbox to show the toolbox containing common controls for Windows forms.