NET User Interfaces in Csharp Windows Forms and Custom Controls [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

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main menus, 111

attaching, 118

MainMenu class, 114

for synchronizing with ToolBar, 247-249

manifest file for Windows XP styles of forms, 163-164

Manual StartPosition value, 148

marquee label, 509-512

Mask property of controls, 297

masked TextBox control, 294-297

master-detail forms, 377-378

DataGrid control for, 381-382

MaxDate property

of DateTimePicker control, 108

of MonthCalendar control, 110

MaxDropDownItems property for ComboBox control, 100

MaximizeBox property of Form class, 144

maximized MDI child forms, 402

Maximum property of NumericUpDown control, 104

maximum size of form, 172-173

MaxLength property

of ComboBox control, 100

of TextBox control, 96

MaxSelectionCount property of MonthCalendar control, 110

MDI (Multiple Document Interface) applications

dockable windows, 429-434

with owner-drawn controls, 429

with timers, 430-434

document-view architecture, 410-424

child form class, 421-422

document class, 412-416

OrderGridView class, 416-418

OrderPrintPreview class, 418-420

parent form class, 422-424

essentials, 400-410

interface state, 408-410

layout, 405-406

merging menus, 407

relatives, 402

synchronizing children, 403-404

floating toolbars, 425-428

and resizable windows, 172

story of, 399-400

types, 400

MdiChildren property of form, 403

MDIMainController, 409

MdiParent property of form, 403

Me keyword, 35

122

measurement units, 485

MeasureString() method of Graphics object, 481

Menu class, 112-113

menu-driven user interface, 7-8

menu items, drawing glyph on, 499

Menu property of Control object, 72

MenuItem class, 300

inheritance from, 127

MenuItems collection of Menu class, 113

menus, 111-122

attaching, 118-119

copying and cloning, 121

hiding or disabling controls based on permissions, 457

merging, 121-122

in MDI applications, 407

of open MDI document windows, 405-406

owner-drawn, 122-130

StatusBar synchronization to, 252-254

structure differences, 454

toolbar synchronization with, 246-249

vs. toolbars, 242

Visual Studio .NET designer, 118

MenuTextProvider, 298-302

MergableProperty control property attribute, 313

MergeMenu() method of MenuItem class, 121-122

MergeOrder property of MenuItem class, 407

MergeStyle property of MenuItem class, 407

MergeType property of MenuItem class, 116

merging menus, 121-122

in MDI applications, 407

merging toolbars, 408

message filters, attaching global, 82

MessageBox class, 165-166

metacharacters for regular expressions, 142

metaphors, 15

in GUI, 8

question-answer user interface and, 5

when segmenting information, 16

MFC framework, 57-58

Microsoft

administrative utilities, 12-13

on custom layout development, 463

standards from, 11

Microsoft Agent Control, 554-559

Microsoft Management Console (MMC), 13

Microsoft Office, Clippy, 553

MinDate property

of DateTimePicker control, 108

of MonthCalendar control, 110

MinimizeBox property of Form class, 144

minimized MDI child forms, 402

Minimum property of NumericUpDown control, 104

minimum size of form, 172-173

MinSize property of SplitterBar control, 181

MinWidth property of StatusBarPanel object, 251

mistakes by user, restrictions to prevent, 17-18

MMC (Microsoft Management Console), 13

modeless windows, 154

modeling user interface, 1

monitor program, 14

monitor resolution

and form size, 171-172

and window location decisions, 149

MonthCalendar control, 108-110

MonthlyBoldedDates property of MonthCalendar control, 109

mouse, 8

control response to, 75-79

move code for automatic docking, 427

mouse-related methods, overriding, 515-516

MouseDown event

of Control object, 77

of NotifyIcon, 257

MouseEnter event of Control object, 76

MouseHover event of Control object, 76

MouseLeave event of Control object, 76

MouseMove event

of Control object, 77

of NotifyIcon, 257

MouseUp event

of Control object, 77

of NotifyIcon, 257

MouseWheel event of Control object, 76

429

moving shaped forms, 190-192

MS Help 535-536

MSDN web site, 463

MSFlexGrid ActiveX control, 458

MultiColumn property for list controls, 99

Multiline property

of TabControl, 256

of TextBox control, 95

Multiple Document Interface (MDI) applications. See MDI (Multiple Document Interface) applications

MultiSelect property of ListView control, 211

multithreading, modal windows and, 155

MustInherit keyword, 201