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.NET Forum / Languages / C# / March 2008Dynamic forms
Given a C# form (and its controls) that is created dynamically i.e. programatically rather than using the IDE, is there a way of writing that form's definition to a .CS file? > Given a C# form (and its controls) that is created dynamically i.e. > programatically rather than using the IDE, is there a way of writing that > form's definition to a .CS file? Do you mean generating a form's layout at runtime and saving the results as a form class in a .cs file ...or do you mean writing a program in notepad and being able to view it in the VC# designer (for instance)?  SignatureRoger Frost "Logic Is Syntax Independent" I mean "generating a form's layout at runtime and saving the results as a form class in a .cs file". I am hoping that, if this is possible, all the properties of controls (including ones that I may not have explicitly set) will be written to he CS file. > I mean "generating a form's layout at runtime and saving the results as > a form class in a .cs file". [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > CS > file. Saving the "state" of the form is easy compared to what you want to do... I think the most intuitive way to accomplish this is to write to a XML or some other file format immediately before or after every UI modification statement (new button, change label text, whatever). Basically it will keep a log of created controls and property changes. If you keep your XML tag (node) structure _highly_ standardized, you should be able to quickly parse the data back into a .cs file with some simple yet elaborate control, iteration, and selection statements. That's the best I have, but I would love to know how this goes, with whatever avenue you take. Actually it sounds fun, but I'm playing with databases today. SignatureRoger Frost "Logic Is Syntax Independent" On Mar 11, 11:24 am, AA2e72E <AA2e...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Given a C# form (and its controls) that is created dynamically i.e. > programatically rather than using the IDE, is there a way of writing that > form's definition to a .CS file? Have you looked at WPF? I know what the acronymn stands for; I believe it is only available in C# 3.0? I am using C# 2.0. Can you give me a more helpful clue, please? > I know what the acronymn stands for; I believe it is only available in C# > 3.0? I am using C# 2.0. Well, it's available from .NET 3.0. The version of C# is a somewhat different story. Perhaps you could tell us more about what you're actually trying to do and why? SignatureJon Skeet - <skeet@pobox.com> http://www.pobox.com/~skeet Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/jon.skeet World class .NET training in the UK: http://iterativetraining.co.uk
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