Advice needed (about creating a TextBox like control)
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I have the following question: What do I need to know to create an own TextBox like control with special features. After researching TextBox control I think that a customized version of it won't do what I need. It shouldn't be very sophisticated but I don't really know where to start and if I can do it in a feasable time. How difficult might be implement such a control? Do you know about any such samples or tutorials? Thank you in advance.
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I have the following question: What do I need to know to create an own TextBox like control with special features. After researching TextBox control I think that a customized version of it won't do what I need. It shouldn't be very sophisticated but I don't really know where to start and if I can do it in a feasable time. How difficult might be implement such a control? Do you know about any such samples or tutorials? Thank you in advance.
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I have the following question: What do I need to know to create an own TextBox like control with special features. After researching TextBox control I think that a customized version of it won't do what I need. It shouldn't be very sophisticated but I don't really know where to start and if I can do it in a feasable time. How difficult might be implement such a control? Do you know about any such samples or tutorials? Thank you in advance.
You have to create a custom control. Derive your conrol from the standard System.Windows.Forms.Textbox and Override the methods you want. To start with try gooling "windows custom controls textbox" syncfusion
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I need to place a combobox next to each line. Different background color for each line, line numbers, well fonts, font colors etc. won't be bad but are extra features not really needed for now. I'll compare it to the code editor in Dreamweaver 8, something similar with a few more features but it is not a "code" editor so I don't need synatax highlighting for example.
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You have to create a custom control. Derive your conrol from the standard System.Windows.Forms.Textbox and Override the methods you want. To start with try gooling "windows custom controls textbox" syncfusion
Well, thank you! I know that already. What I don't really have any idea about is if font drawing, text handling etc. is difficult and if writting such a control will consume huge amount of time. I want to have an idea approximately how much time such a project would need: a week, a month, an year? -- modified at 7:13 Tuesday 16th May, 2006
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Well, thank you! I know that already. What I don't really have any idea about is if font drawing, text handling etc. is difficult and if writting such a control will consume huge amount of time. I want to have an idea approximately how much time such a project would need: a week, a month, an year? -- modified at 7:13 Tuesday 16th May, 2006
Cristoff wrote:
I want to have an idea approximately how much time such a project would need: a week, a month, an year?
This is like asking "How long is a piece of string?". Basically its going to depend on so many factors such as how proficient you are with coding. How well you know the control classes, and derived controls. How many extra features do you want. As a hint, it will take even an experienced programmer upward of a day to develop a reasonably complex control. 5 developers could work for a few months on a really really complex control. Current blacklist svmilky - Extremely rude | FeRtoll - Rude personal emails | ironstrike1 - Rude & Obnoxious behaviour
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Cristoff wrote:
I want to have an idea approximately how much time such a project would need: a week, a month, an year?
This is like asking "How long is a piece of string?". Basically its going to depend on so many factors such as how proficient you are with coding. How well you know the control classes, and derived controls. How many extra features do you want. As a hint, it will take even an experienced programmer upward of a day to develop a reasonably complex control. 5 developers could work for a few months on a really really complex control. Current blacklist svmilky - Extremely rude | FeRtoll - Rude personal emails | ironstrike1 - Rude & Obnoxious behaviour
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Yeah, I know my question is stupid but probably someone has done something similar and knows how much time he has needed to accomplish it.
No, no. Your question is not stupid at all! However, asking how much time it will take depends entirely on you. Current blacklist svmilky - Extremely rude | FeRtoll - Rude personal emails | ironstrike1 - Rude & Obnoxious behaviour