Class WinFormsUtils

Inheritance

System.Object

WinFormsUtils

Inherited Members

System.Object.Equals(System.Object)

System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.GetHashCode()

System.Object.GetType()

System.Object.MemberwiseClone()

System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.ToString()

Namespace: Syncfusion.Windows.Forms

Assembly: Syncfusion.Shared.Base.dll

Syntax

public class WinFormsUtils

Constructors

WinFormsUtils()

Declaration

public WinFormsUtils()

Properties

MeasureEmptyCellString

Gets / sets the string used when doing a resize to fit for cells with empty text.

Declaration

public static string MeasureEmptyCellString { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.String

Methods

ActivateAllParents(ContainerControl)

Makes the specified control and all its parent controls the ActiveControl of its parent container.

Declaration

public static bool ActivateAllParents(ContainerControl control)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl	control	The control that needs to be made the ActiveControl of its parent.

Returns

Type
System.Boolean

ChangeStyle(Control, ControlStyles, Boolean)

Sets / resets the specified styles on the control.

Declaration

public static void ChangeStyle(Control control, ControlStyles styles, bool setOrReset)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Windows.Forms.Control	control	The control on which to set / reset the styles.
System.Windows.Forms.ControlStyles	styles	The style to set / reset.
System.Boolean	setOrReset	Indicates whether to set / reset the style. True to set, False to reset.

Remarks

This method uses reflection to call the protected SetStyle method on the specified control.

FindFile(String, String)

Finds a file of the given name in the current directory or sibling "Data" directory. If file is not found, the parent folder is checked until the file is found. This method is used by our samples when they load data from a separate "Data" folder.

Declaration

public static string FindFile(string dataDirName, string fileName)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	dataDirName	The name of the "Data" folder.
System.String	fileName	The filename to be searched.

Returns

Type	Description
System.String	The full path of the file that was found; an empty string is returned if file is not found.

FocusedContainerControl()

Declaration

public static Control FocusedContainerControl()

Returns

Type
System.Windows.Forms.Control

FocusedControl()

Declaration

public static Control FocusedControl()

Returns

Type
System.Windows.Forms.Control

GetPropertyGridInControl(Control)

Returns the first PropertyGrid encountered in the container control's controls collection. Will recur.

Declaration

public static PropertyGrid GetPropertyGridInControl(Control control)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Windows.Forms.Control	control	The instance to a ContainerControl.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Windows.Forms.PropertyGrid	A PropertyGrid instance, if found; NULL otherwise.

IsActiveControlInParent(Control)

Declaration

public static bool IsActiveControlInParent(Control control)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Windows.Forms.Control	control

Returns

Type
System.Boolean

IsParent(Control, Control)

Declaration

public static bool IsParent(Control parent, Control child)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Windows.Forms.Control	parent
System.Windows.Forms.Control	child

Returns

Type
System.Boolean

MeasureSampleWString(Graphics, Font)

Returns the preferred size to be used for an empty cell.

Declaration

public static Size MeasureSampleWString(Graphics g, Font font)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Drawing.Graphics	g	The System.Drawing.Graphics context of the canvas.
System.Drawing.Font	font	The System.Drawing.Font to be used.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Drawing.Size	The System.Drawing.Size of the string "Wg;".

UpdateDirectoryPath(OleDbConnection, String, String)

Updates the designer generated datasource full path to a different one based on the provided info.

Declaration

public static void UpdateDirectoryPath(OleDbConnection connection, string dataDirName, string fileName)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection	connection	The Connection object whose ConnectionString will be updated.
System.String	dataDirName	The directory name that will be sought after up in the exe's hierarchy (typically the "Data" dir).
System.String	fileName	A file in the above directory (typically an .mdb file).

Remarks

The designer generated path to the "Data" directory could have been changed if the user installed the product to a non-default directory. This routine will parse up the dir hierarchy from the exe file and try to find the "Data" dir and use it instead.