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A nice feature in the Visual.NET environment is the ability to create User Controls.

Below is the files for the Visual.NET Add/Remove project:

The AddRemoveControl.vb is the User Control code for the Add Remove control and the Form1.vb code shows you how to implement this control in a form.
To create a user control is fairly easy. In the Project menu, you choose User Control, and it will add a custom control to your existing project as a separate class. This example is a user control that has two list boxes that can transfer strings back and forth between them. In essence, you are 'adding' and 'removing' strings from one list into another.
The Source List (Inside Barn) is initially populated through the user controls populate method (In AddRemoveControl.vb):
Public Sub PopulateSource(ByVal list() As String) SourceListbox.Items.All = list ControlLogic() End Sub 'PopulateSource
The rest of the functionality of the Add/Remove Control is initiated by the Add, Remove buttons. If the Add button is pressed, items selected in the source list box are moved to the destination list box. The code for this is illustrated below:
Protected Sub AddButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) ' copy selected strings in the source list to the destination list Dim i As Integer For i = 0 To SourceListbox.SelectedItems.Count - 1 DestinationListbox.Items.Add(SourceListbox.SelectedItems(i)) Next i ' remove selected strings from the source listfor(int j = SourceListbox.SelectedIndices.Count - 1; j >= 0; j --) If (True) Then SourceListbox.Items.Remove(SourceListbox.SelectedIndices(j)) End If ControlLogic() End Sub 'AddButton_Click
Also noteworthy in the User Control is the use of the ArrayList type as a property for extracting data from the lists in the control:
Private m_DestList As New ArrayList Public ReadOnly Property DestinationList() As ArrayList Get m_DestList.Clear() Dim i As Integer For i = 0 To DestinationListbox.Items.Count - 1 m_DestList.Add(Me.DestinationListbox.Items(i)) Next i Return m_DestList End Get End Property
The ArrayList is a C# dynamic collection that works much the same as the old MFC CObArray collections, but is a bit easier to use. In the property shown above, the array list is cleared and repopulated from the destination list box. We can see the use of this property for retrieving data from our control in the form method below. This method is called in the form, when the result button is pushed.
Private Sub DrawResult() ' get a reference to the graphics object in the formGraphics g = Me.CreateGraphics() ' get the data from the user controls destination list boxArrayList myList = this.addRemoveUserControl1.DestinationList;// create font, pens, and brushes for displaying strings from user controlFont myFont = New Font("Arial", 8) Dim myPen As New Pen(Me.BackColor) Dim myBrush As New SolidBrush(Color.Blue) Dim backBrush As New SolidBrush(Me.BackColor) ' erase old resultRectangle rect = new Rectangle(ClientRectangle.Left, ClientRectangle.Bottom - 21, ClientRectangle.Right, ClientRectangle.Bottom); g.DrawRectangle(myPen, rect) g.FillRectangle(backBrush, rect) Dim sumLength As Integer = 0 ' display strings from the user control at the bottom of the formfor (int i = 0; i < myList.Count ; i++) If (True) Then g.DrawString(myList(i).ToString(), myFont, myBrush, sumLength * myFont.Height, Me.ClientRectangle.Bottom - 20) sumLength += myList(i).ToString().Length End If ' free resourcesmyPen.Dispose(); myFont.Dispose() myBrush.Dispose() g.Dispose() End Sub 'DrawResult
Although not done in this project, the Add/Remove control could be made more useful by adding persistence to the add/remove functionality such as writing the source and destination list to a text file and reading it back it when the program is restarted.
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Michael Gold is President of Microgold Software Inc., makers of the WithClass UML Tool. His company is a Microsoft VBA Partner and Borland Partner. Mike is a Microsoft MVP and founding member of C# Corner. He has a BSEE and MEng EE from Cornell University and has consulted for Chase Manhattan Bank, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, and Charles Schwab. Currently he is a senior developer at Finisar Corp. He has been involved in several .NET book projects, and is currently working on a book for using .NET with embedded systems. He can be reached at mike@c-sharpcorner.com
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