Windows Forms

Standard Controls

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• Demonstration
• Two forms:
  • The main form with all tools
    • Menu:
      • File / Exit - closes the application
      • Add control - 4 menu items to add a button, listbox, combobox or textbox, respectively
    • 3 tool strips:
      • Containing a trackbar changing the opacity of the main form in a range: 20% - 100%
      • Containing 4 buttons for moving the control selected on the listbox
        • values of properties visible in the property grid must be automatically refreshed
      • Containing a listbox with a list of all added controls
        • after adding a new control, it is automatically selected on the listbox
    • The property grid
      • It presents properties of the selected control
      • It fills the main form's client area not covered by tool strips
  • The sample form containing controls added using tools of the main form
• Additional requirements:
  • The user should be able to rearrange tool strips and to dock them to other side of the main form
  • The initial layout must be the same as presented on the screenshot (sizes of forms do not matter)
  • Add one button automatically at the beginning of the application
• Hints:
  • MenuStrip
  • ToolStrip, ToolStripControlHost
  • PropertyGrid - if not visible on the toolbox, add it using the 'Choose Items...' option available on the toolbox's context menu

• Approximate points:
  • Menu: 0.5
  • Tool strips: 2.5
  • Changing opacity using a trackbar: 1.0
  • Moving the selected control using buttons: 1.0
  • A listbox of added controls (with reaction for changing selection): 1.5
  • Property grid: 1.0
  • The sample form: 1.5
  • The initial layout of the main form: 1.0

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