Move controls at runtime

[johnb]

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

 

[Onur Güzel]

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 completedon
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/micr...1e2456c8230?hl=en&q=dragging#f2f7c1e2456c8230

HTH,

Onur Güzel

 

[johnb]

Hi Onur

Thanks for the info, I'll try it out today.

regards
johnb

 

[johnb]

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

 

[Onur Güzel]

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

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&...b.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

 

[johnb]

Thanks Onur
since my last post I've been reading up on this and concluded that MySetting
was an option. I read up on the methods you've outlined.

Thanks once more
johnb

 

[johnb]

Hi Onur,
I'm having trouble getting My.Setting to update. I've added a Setting in the
Project Properties Settings and added New name and call it Test, a Type and
set to string with Scope set to user and Value to "TestOnly"

Then on a Form added a button with the click event set it to
My.Settings.Test = "XXXX" and
My.Settings.Save()

I then closed the project; re-opened it and the Test setting was still
"TestOnly" Any ideas where I'm going wrong?

TIA
johnb

 

[Onur Güzel]

Hi Onur,
I'm having trouble getting My.Setting to update. I've added a Setting in the
Project Properties Settings and added New name and call it Test, a Type and
set to string with Scope set to user and Value to "TestOnly"

Then on a Form added a button with the click event set it to
My.Settings.Test = "XXXX" and
My.Settings.Save()

I then closed the project; re-opened it and the Test setting was still
"TestOnly" Any ideas where I'm going wrong?

TIA
johnb

Hi,

Couldn't reproduce it. Are you trying to get settings in Form_Load?
After assigning a new value and after you save, it should run with the
last value you've set. You can easily get the assigned string value
just by calling "My.Settings.Test".

Onur Güzel

 

[johnb]

Onur,
The code is in the Form_Closing event. You've got it to work so I'm going
wrong somewhere but where?? I shall leave it for an hour or 2 and have
another go

I'm after the Location property settings of a control so what should be in
the Type cell in Settings, I selected System.Drawing.Point (and used others
including String)with scope set to user without any success. I've used both
VB.net 05 and 08.

regards
johnb

 

[Onur Güzel]

Onur,
 The code is in the Form_Closing event. You've got it to work so I'm going
wrong somewhere but where?? I shall leave it for an hour or 2 and have
another go

I'm after the Location property settings of a control so what should be in
the Type cell in Settings, I selected System.Drawing.Point (and used others
including String)with scope set to user without any success. I've used both
VB.net 05 and 08.

regards
johnb






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Ok, here is my full shot for saving location of controls and re-
gaining the location on form_load as follows:

Imagine you're dealing with a button and want to remember its last
position, first off, on project settings page->settings tab, enter
"Button1_X" and "Button1_Y" on "Name" column, set the both's type to
"Integer", leave "Scope" as "User" and "Value" field(s) blank.

Add the following code to your application:

'-----------------------------------------
Private Sub Form1_FormClosing _
(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) _
Handles MyBase.FormClosing

With My.Settings
' Assign values of current location's
' just before closing the form
..Button1_X = Button1.Location.X
..Button1_Y = Button1.Location.Y

' Save settings, so they'll
'be rememnbered on next launch
My.Settings.Save()
End With

End Sub

Private Sub Form1_Load _
(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
Handles MyBase.Load

With My.Settings
' Apply saved location settings
' by creating a new instance of Point
Button1.Location = New Point(.Button1_X, .Button1_Y)
End With


End Sub
'-----------------------------------------


Hope this gives some idea,

Onur Güzel

 

[johnb]

Hi Onur
Thanks for the code it worked fine. Where I was going wrong, in the Settings
Value I was expecting to see the saved setting values. Antway over one
problem and on to the next.

Cheers Onur.