Move controls at runtime
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From: johnb on 7 May 2010 11:32 Hi Guys I'm trying to get started on allowing the user move a button control around a Form. For example I have say 30 jobs to do. Each button is a job and clicking on it will reveal that job's details. The user wants not started jobs on the left of a Form, those in progress in the middle and completed on the right. I don't think it's not a drag and drop job. It's more "Move a control at runtime" by dragging it TIA johnb
From: Onur Güzel on 7 May 2010 12:25 On May 7, 6:32 pm, johnb <jo...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Hi Guys > I'm trying to get started on allowing the user move a button control around > a Form. For example I have say 30 jobs to do. Each button is a job and > clicking on it will reveal that job's details. The user wants not started > jobs on the left of a Form, those in progress in the middle and completed on > the right. > > I don't think it's not a drag and drop job. It's more "Move a control at > runtime" by dragging it > > TIA > johnb Hi, Refer to my old post that contains code how to move control at runtime: http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb/browse_thread/thread/9752f427a4ca5061/f2f7c1e2456c8230?hl=en&q=dragging#f2f7c1e2456c8230 HTH, Onur Güzel
From: johnb on 8 May 2010 05:35 Hi Onur Thanks for the info, I'll try it out today. regards johnb "Onur Güzel" wrote: > On May 7, 6:32 pm, johnb <jo...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > Hi Guys > > I'm trying to get started on allowing the user move a button control around > > a Form. For example I have say 30 jobs to do. Each button is a job and > > clicking on it will reveal that job's details. The user wants not started > > jobs on the left of a Form, those in progress in the middle and completed on > > the right. > > > > I don't think it's not a drag and drop job. It's more "Move a control at > > runtime" by dragging it > > > > TIA > > johnb > > Hi, > > Refer to my old post that contains code how to move control at > runtime: > > http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb/browse_thread/thread/9752f427a4ca5061/f2f7c1e2456c8230?hl=en&q=dragging#f2f7c1e2456c8230 > > HTH, > > Onur Güzel > . >
From: johnb on 8 May 2010 06:09 Onur, That works a treat! But how do I persist(save) those new control postions, so that when the app is closed and opened the last positions are maintained. regards johnb "johnb" wrote: > Hi Guys > I'm trying to get started on allowing the user move a button control around > a Form. For example I have say 30 jobs to do. Each button is a job and > clicking on it will reveal that job's details. The user wants not started > jobs on the left of a Form, those in progress in the middle and completed on > the right. > > I don't think it's not a drag and drop job. It's more "Move a control at > runtime" by dragging it > > TIA > johnb
From: Onur Güzel on 8 May 2010 11:04
On May 8, 1:09 pm, johnb <jo...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Onur, > That works a treat! But how do I persist(save) those new control postions, > so that when the app is closed and opened the last positions are maintained. > > regards > johnb > > "johnb" wrote: > > Hi Guys > > I'm trying to get started on allowing the user move a button control around > > a Form. For example I have say 30 jobs to do. Each button is a job and > > clicking on it will reveal that job's details. The user wants not started > > jobs on the left of a Form, those in progress in the middle and completed on > > the right. > > > I don't think it's not a drag and drop job. It's more "Move a control at > > runtime" by dragging it > > > TIA > > johnb Hi John, You have a couple of choices. You can try to use My.Settings by defining control's Location property's X and Y coordinates. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/saa62613(VS.80).aspx Plus, just save location's X and Y coordinates in a text-based file using File.WriteAllText: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.file.writealltext.aspx Also, you can find an INI library to group each control's location in the same way you're storing locations in human-readable format: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=w9l&rls=org.mozilla%3Atr%3Aofficial&q=vb.net+ini+library&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= You need to apply the settings in Form_Load and save anytime you want, preferably in Form_Close events. HTH, Onur Güzel |