I am following this exactly:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms185301.aspx
but can't get it to work. The form appears when I try and add my new item, but when I input text and click the button, nothing happens.
For posterity's sake here is my code:
The non-empty methods in the Wizard class which extends IWizard
public void RunStarted(object automationObject,
Dictionary<string, string> replacementsDictionary,
WizardRunKind runKind, object[] customParams)
{
try
{
// Display a form to the user. The form collects
// input for the custom message.
inputForm = new UserInputForm();
inputForm.ShowDialog();
customMessage = inputForm.get_CustomMessage();
// Add custom parameters.
replacementsDictionary.Add("$custommessage$",
customMessage);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
}
}
// This method is only called for item templates,
// not for project templates.
public bool ShouldAddProjectItem(string filePath)
{
return true;
}
The user input form code:
public partial class UserInputForm : Form
{
private string customMessage;
public UserInputForm()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
public string get_CustomMessage()
{
return customMessage;
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
customMessage = textBox1.Text;
this.Dispose();
}
}
And the button is indeed named button 1:
this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(200, 180);
this.button1.Name = "button1";
this.button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(100, 40);
this.button1.TabIndex = 0;
this.button1.Text = "Click Me";
this.button1.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
So I don't have much experience with Windows Forms (do web apps), but I am following the directions on MSDN and it's pretty clear cut. Any suggestions? Can anyone else get this to work?
Okay I figured it out. I had to add the event handler in the form's constructor manually:
public UserInputForm()
{
InitializeComponent();
button1.Click += button1_Click;
}
Why this isn't in the documentation on MSDN boggles my mind.
If you use the WinForms designer mode to drag your button from the Toolbox, and then double-clicked the button in the designer view, it would have added the event handler and stubbed that Click method for you. Just FYI.
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I am trying to implement a simple web browser control in one of my apps. This is to help integrate a web app into a toolset i am creating.
The problem is, this web app absolutly loves popup windows....
When a popup is opened, it opens in an IE window which is not a child of the MDI Container form that my main window is part of.
How can i get any and all popups created by clicking links in my WebBrowser to be a child of my MDI container (similar to setting the MDIParent property of a form)?
Thanks in advance.
The web browser control supports the NewWindow event to get notified about a popup window. The Winforms wrapper however does not let you do much with it, you can only cancel the popup. The native COM wrapper permits passing back a new instance of the web browser, that instance will then be used to display the popup.
Taking advantage of this requires some work. For starters, use Project + Add Reference, Browse tab and select c:\windows\system32\shdocvw.dll. That adds a reference to the native COM interface.
Create a form that acts as the popup form. Drop a WebBrowser on it and make its code look similar to this:
public partial class Form2 : Form {
public Form2() {
InitializeComponent();
}
public WebBrowser Browser {
get { return webBrowser1; }
}
}
The Browser property gives access to the browser that will be used to display the web page in the popup window.
Now back to the main form. Drop a WebBrowser on it and make its code look like this:
public partial class Form1 : Form {
public Form1() {
InitializeComponent();
webBrowser1.Url = new Uri("http://google.com");
}
SHDocVw.WebBrowser nativeBrowser;
protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e) {
base.OnLoad(e);
nativeBrowser = (SHDocVw.WebBrowser)webBrowser1.ActiveXInstance;
nativeBrowser.NewWindow2 += nativeBrowser_NewWindow2;
}
protected override void OnFormClosing(FormClosingEventArgs e) {
nativeBrowser.NewWindow2 -= nativeBrowser_NewWindow2;
base.OnFormClosing(e);
}
void nativeBrowser_NewWindow2(ref object ppDisp, ref bool Cancel) {
var popup = new Form2();
popup.Show(this);
ppDisp = popup.Browser.ActiveXInstance;
}
}
The OnLoad method obtains a reference to the native COM interface, then subscribes an event handler to the NewWindow2 event. I made sure to unsubscribe that event in the FormClosing event handler, not 100% sure if that's necessary. Better safe then sorry.
The NewWindow2 event handler is the crux, note that the first argument allows passing back an untyped reference. That should be the native browser in the popup window. So I create an instance of Form2 and Show() it. Note the argument to Show(), that ensures that the popup is an owned window. Substitute this as necessary for your app, I assume you'd want to create an MDI child window in your case.
Do beware that this event doesn't fire for the window displayed when Javascript uses alert(). The browser doesn't treat that window as an HTML popup and doesn't use a browser window to display it so you cannot intercept or replace it.
I found that the best way to do this was to implement/sink the NewWindow3 event
Add the reference to c:\windows\system32\shdocvw.dll as mentioned in the other answers here.
Add event handler
SHDocVw.WebBrowser wbCOMmain = (SHDocVw.WebBrowser)webbrowser.ActiveXInstance;
wbCOMmain.NewWindow3 += wbCOMmain_NewWindow3;
Event method
void wbCOMmain_NewWindow3(ref object ppDisp,
ref bool Cancel,
uint dwFlags,
string bstrUrlContext,
string bstrUrl)
{
// bstrUrl is the url being navigated to
Cancel = true; // stop the navigation
// Do whatever else you want to do with that URL
// open in the same browser or new browser, etc.
}
Set "Embed Interop Types" for the "Interop.SHDocVw" assembly to false
Set the "local copy" to true.
Source for that help MSDN Post
Refining Hans answer, you can derive the WebBrowser for accessing the COM without adding the reference. It is by using the unpublished Winforms WebBrowser.AttachInterface and DetachInterface methods.
More elaborated here.
Here is the code:
Usage (change your WebBrowser instance to WebBrowserNewWindow2)
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
this.webBrowser1.NewWindow2 += webBrowser_NewWindow2;
}
protected override void OnFormClosing(FormClosingEventArgs e)
{
webBrowser1.NewWindow2 -= webBrowser_NewWindow2;
base.OnFormClosing(e);
}
void webBrowser_NewWindow2(object sender, WebBrowserNewWindow2EventArgs e)
{
var popup = new Form1();
popup.Show(this);
e.PpDisp = popup.Browser.ActiveXInstance;
}
public WebBrowserNewWindow2 Browser
{
get { return webBrowser1; }
}
}
Code:
using System;
using System.Security.Permissions;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace SHDocVw
{
public delegate void WebBrowserNewWindow2EventHandler(object sender, WebBrowserNewWindow2EventArgs e);
public class WebBrowserNewWindow2EventArgs : EventArgs
{
public WebBrowserNewWindow2EventArgs(object ppDisp, bool cancel)
{
PpDisp = ppDisp;
Cancel = cancel;
}
public object PpDisp { get; set; }
public bool Cancel { get; set; }
}
public class WebBrowserNewWindow2 : WebBrowser
{
private AxHost.ConnectionPointCookie _cookie;
private WebBrowser2EventHelper _helper;
[PermissionSet(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, Name = "FullTrust")]
protected override void CreateSink()
{
base.CreateSink();
_helper = new WebBrowser2EventHelper(this);
_cookie = new AxHost.ConnectionPointCookie(
this.ActiveXInstance, _helper, typeof(DWebBrowserEvents2));
}
[PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, Name = "FullTrust")]
protected override void DetachSink()
{
if (_cookie != null)
{
_cookie.Disconnect();
_cookie = null;
}
base.DetachSink();
}
public event WebBrowserNewWindow2EventHandler NewWindow2;
private class WebBrowser2EventHelper : StandardOleMarshalObject, DWebBrowserEvents2
{
private readonly WebBrowserNewWindow2 _parent;
public WebBrowser2EventHelper(WebBrowserNewWindow2 parent)
{
_parent = parent;
}
public void NewWindow2(ref object pDisp, ref bool cancel)
{
WebBrowserNewWindow2EventArgs arg = new WebBrowserNewWindow2EventArgs(pDisp, cancel);
_parent.NewWindow2(this, arg);
if (pDisp != arg.PpDisp)
pDisp = arg.PpDisp;
if (cancel != arg.Cancel)
cancel = arg.Cancel;
}
}
[ComImport, Guid("34A715A0-6587-11D0-924A-0020AFC7AC4D"),
InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIDispatch),
TypeLibType(TypeLibTypeFlags.FHidden)]
public interface DWebBrowserEvents2
{
[DispId(0xfb)]
void NewWindow2(
[In, Out, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.IDispatch)] ref object ppDisp,
[In, Out] ref bool cancel);
}
}
}
I know the question is very old but I solved it this way: add new reference, in COM choose Microsoft Internet Controls and in the code, before the click that opens a new window add the following:
SHDocVw.WebBrowser_V1 axBrowser = (SHDocVw.WebBrowser_V1)webBrowser1.ActiveXInstance;
axBrowser.NewWindow += axBrowser_NewWindow;
and then add the following method:
void axBrowser_NewWindow(string URL, int Flags, string TargetFrameName, ref object PostData, string Headers, ref bool Processed)
{
Processed = true;
webBrowser1.Navigate(URL);
}
I'm afraid the answer is probably no...but some background. To draw a custom border on a window where the sizing logic works beyond the visible border (as it does on windows 10) I added layered windows around the edges to capture the messages and then forward them to the central window. This worked great until the form was shown modaly, at which point all the edge windows were automatically disabled. Obviously this is by design...but I'm not sure if there is some way around it. I tried making the edge windows owned by the central window, but that didn't work.
Or maybe there is a better approach entirely.
Here's a sample of the issue:
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
}
protected override void OnClick(EventArgs e)
{
base.OnClick(e);
Form f2 = new Form();
f2.Text = "Non Modal";
f2.Show();
Form f3 = new Form();
f3.Text = "Modal";
f3.ShowDialog(this);
}
}
I think you can fake the modal window, so that it is not modal but disable the caller. I used this in a own project. I did it this way:
//Setup small Interface
public interface IDialog
{
//Our own Event which tell the caller if the Dialog is active/inactive
public event DialogChangedEventArgs DialogChanged;
}
//Setup EventArgs for our own Event
public class DialogChangedEventArgs : EventArgs
{
public bool DialogActive{get;}
public DialogChangedEventArgs(bool dialogActive)
{
DialogActive = dialogActive;
}
}
//Setup the Form which act as Dialog in any other form
public class Form2 : Form, IDialog
{
public event EventHandler<DialogChangedEventArgs> DialogChanged;
//If this Form is shown we fire the Event and tell subscriber we are active
private void Form2_Shown(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
DialogChanged?.Invoke(this, true);
}
//If the user close the Form we telling subscriber we go inactive
private void Form2_Closing(object sender, CancelEventArgs e)
{
DialogChanged?.Invoke(this, false);
}
}
public class Form1 : Form
{
//Setup our Form2 and show it (not modal here!!!)
private void Initialize()
{
Form2 newForm = new Form2();
newForm.DialogChanged += DialogChanged;
newForm.Show();
}
private void Form2_DialogChanged(object sender, DialogChangedEventArgs e)
{
//Now check if Form2 is active or inactive and enable/disable Form1
//So just Form1 will be disabled.
Enable = !e.DialogActive;
}
}
It's really simple. Just use an event to tell your first Form: Hey iam second Form and active. Then you can disable the first Form with while second is active. You have the full control which forms are active or not. Hope this helps.
I have an array of pictureboxes named from B11 (co-ords 1,1) to B55 (co-ords 5,5). I would like to hide these all on startup (and in the middle of running). I was thinking of making an array of the names manually but would it be the best solution?
If they all have a common parent control, such as a panel or groupbox (or even the form):
Parent.SuspendLayout()
For Each pbox As PictureBox in Parent.Controls.OfType(Of PictureBox)()
pbox.Visible = False
Next pbox
Parent.ResumeLayout()
The Suspend/Resume-Layout() is to avoid flickering as you modify a bunch of controls at once.
You could extend the PictureBox class and use event handling to accomplish this by:
Adding a public property to the form to tell if the picture boxes should be shown or hidden.
Adding an event to the form that is raised when the show/hide picture box property is changed.
Extending the PictureBox class so that it subscribes to the event of the parent form.
Setting the visible property of the extended PictureBox class to the show/hide property of the parent form.
When the show/hide flag is changed on the parent form all of the picture boxes will change their visibility property accordingly.
Form Code:
public partial class PictureBoxForm : Form {
public PictureBoxForm() {
InitializeComponent();
this.pictureBoxesAdd();
}
private void pictureBoxesAdd() {
MyPictureBox mp1 = new MyPictureBox();
mp1.Location = new Point(1, 1);
MyPictureBox mp2 = new MyPictureBox();
mp2.Location = new Point(200, 1);
this.Controls.Add(mp1);
this.Controls.Add(mp2);
}
public event EventHandler PictureBoxShowFlagChanged;
public bool PictureBoxShowFlag {
get { return this.pictureBoxShowFlag; }
set {
if (this.pictureBoxShowFlag != value) {
pictureBoxShowFlag = value;
if (this.PictureBoxShowFlagChanged != null) {
this.PictureBoxShowFlagChanged(this, new EventArgs());
}
}
}
}
private bool pictureBoxShowFlag = true;
private void cmdFlip_Click( object sender, EventArgs e ) {
this.PictureBoxShowFlag = !this.PictureBoxShowFlag;
}
}
Extended PictureBox Code:
public class MyPictureBox : PictureBox {
public MyPictureBox() : base() {
this.BorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.BorderStyle.FixedSingle;
this.ParentChanged += new EventHandler(MyPictureBox_ParentChanged);
}
private void MyPictureBox_ParentChanged( object sender, EventArgs e ) {
try {
PictureBoxForm pbf = (PictureBoxForm)this.Parent;
this.Visible = pbf.PictureBoxShowFlag;
pbf.PictureBoxShowFlagChanged += new
EventHandler(pbf_PictureBoxShowFlagChanged);
} catch { }
}
private void pbf_PictureBoxShowFlagChanged( object sender, EventArgs e ) {
PictureBoxForm pbf = (PictureBoxForm)sender;
this.Visible = pbf.PictureBoxShowFlag;
}
}
...or just put 'em all on a Panel, and change the panel's visibility.
Im'm using winform DevExpress library.
Now need to create a control, basing on PopupContainerEdit but this control must have some behaviors like when it's focused, the popup opens and when lost focus the popup closes.
This is the code I'm using but the popup dessapears after getting focus.
public class HelpEdit : PopupContainerEdit {
private PopupContainerControl _container;
private GridControl _gridControl;
private GridView _gridView;
[DefaultValue("")]
[DXCategory("Data")]
[AttributeProvider(typeof(IListSource))]
public object Datasource {
get { return _gridControl.DataSource; }
set { _gridControl.DataSource = value; }
}
public HelpEdit() : base() {
_container = new PopupContainerControl();
this.Properties.TextEditStyle = DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.TextEditStyles.Standard;
this._gridControl = new GridControl();
this._gridControl.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
this._gridView = new GridView(_gridControl);
_container.Controls.Add(_gridControl);
_container.Size = new Size(this.Width, 250);
this.Properties.PopupControl = _container;
this.Properties.PopupControl.Size = new Size(this.Width, 250);
}
protected override void OnGotFocus(EventArgs e) {
base.OnGotFocus(e);
this.ShowPopup();
}
protected override void OnLostFocus(EventArgs e) {
base.OnLostFocus(e);
this.ClosePopup();
}
}
Your popup disappears because it closes by your code as soon as the popup container control(_container) got focus itself. You should not close popup within the OnLostFocus() override because the base.OnLostFocus method of PopupContainerEdit is already contains correct code for closing popup. Or close popup conditionally, using the following code:
protected override void OnLostFocus(EventArgs e) {
if(IsPopupOpen && !EditorContainsFocus)
ClosePopup(PopupCloseMode.Immediate);
base.OnLostFocus(e);
}
I've figured out how to make everything red as soon as the page is finished loading:
private void webBrowser1_LoadCompleted(object sender, NavigationEventArgs e)
{
var doc = (IHTMLDocument2)webBrowser1.Document;
foreach (IHTMLElement elem in doc.all)
{
elem.style.backgroundColor = "#ff0000";
}
}
Now what if I want to make the element only change color when it's clicked? I see that elem has an onclick property, but it's type is dynamic so I don't know what to do with it. The documentation is pretty useless.
You could do it by using the HTMLDocumentClass instead of the IHTMLDocument2 interface:
public partial class Window1 : Window
{
public Window1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void webBrowser1_LoadCompleted(object sender, NavigationEventArgs e)
{
mshtml.HTMLDocumentClass doc = (mshtml.HTMLDocumentClass)webBrowser1.Document;
doc.HTMLDocumentEvents_Event_onclick += new mshtml.HTMLDocumentEvents_onclickEventHandler(OnClickHandler);
}
bool OnClickHandler()
{
mshtml.HTMLDocumentClass doc = (mshtml.HTMLDocumentClass)webBrowser1.Document;
mshtml.IHTMLWindow2 win = doc.parentWindow;
win.#event.srcElement.style.backgroundColor = "#ff0000";
return false;
}
}
The above solution, has one drawback: the onclick event does not bubble, even though false is returned (i.e. clicking at hyperlinks does not navigate to other pages).