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InitializeComponent() method in Visual Studio.NET C# or VB.NET is method that is automatically created and managed by Windows Forms designer and it defines everything you see on the form. Everything done on the form in VS.NET using designers generates code. Every single control added and property set will generate code and that code goes into […]

To programatically change the widths of the AdvPropertyGrid columns in DotNetBar for WinForms use SetPropertyColumnWidth method. For example to set width of the property name column to 100 pixels you can use following code: advPropertyGrid1.SetPropertyColumnWidth(0, 100)

Follow these steps to create Ribbon Tab Groups: Add RibbonControl to the form. Select the RibbonTabItem2 that is created by default. In VS.NET Property window find Group property and select it Click the drop-down button for Group property and choose Create New Group Select RibbonControl and in Property VS.NET window ensure that TabGroupsVisible property is […]

DotNetBar for Windows Forms ItemPanel control starting with 10.1.0.6 release includes support for data-binding. To bind ItemPanel to your data source follow these steps: Set DataSource property to the source of your data. This can be array of custom objects or data set. Set ItemTemplate property to the item which will act as template for […]

You can render row numbers for DataGridView and DataGridViewX by handling RowPostPaint event. Then you use following code: C#: void DataGridViewRowPostPaint(object sender, DataGridViewRowPostPaintEventArgs e) { DataGridView dg = (DataGridView)sender; // Current row record string rowNumber = (e.RowIndex + 1).ToString();   // Format row based on number of records displayed by using leading zeros while (rowNumber.Length […]

DotNetBar for Windows Forms includes set of Metro controls to help you develop great looking Metro look and feel user interface for your apps. Usually Metro applications will use at least: 1. MetroAppForm – which is chrome-less Metro style form: 2. MetroShell – which provides basic window chrome, backstage and top-level application tabs: 3. MetroStatusBar […]

DotNetBar for Windows Forms Advanced PropertyGrid control provides complete support for ICustomTypeDescriptor interface that you can use to provide completely virtual properties that are shown and edited in property grid. This involves implementing ICustomTypeDescriptor interface on your object and the at least providing list of custom properties returned from GetProperties(Attribute[] attributes) method that you implement […]

If you need to show custom tooltip for Appointments in WinForms (Windows Forms) CalendarView control you can do so by handling CalendarView.MouseEnter event to show tooltip and CalendarView.MouseLeave to hide tooltip. Following code illustrates how to show custom Balloon style tooltip: C#: private Balloon _AppointmentBalloon = null;   private void SetupAppointmentBalloon() { _AppointmentBalloon = new […]

paddingTable of Contents Overview Frame Scales TickMarks Labels GaugePins Sections Ranges Pointers GaugeItems Templatized ToolTips Control Events Programmatic Use Collection Referencing Support Functions Overview (Note: Many of the options and abilities of the GaugeControl, as presented in this document, are demonstrated in the GaugeControl Sample Application included in the DotNetBar Samples folder. Please refer to […]

Table of Contents Architecture Overview Component Overview SuperGridControl GridContainer GridPanel GridRow GridColumn GridCell Cell Editors and Renderers Creating Your Own Cell Editor / Renderer   Architecture Overview (Note: Many of the options and abilities of the SuperGrid, as presented in this document, are demonstrated in the SuperGrid Demo Application included in the DotNetBar Samples folder. […]