DIALOG CONTROLS

These controls are used to perform

opening a file saving afile,applying font,
color attributes,perform page settings
and printer settings etc
Different Types of Dialog Controls
OpenFileDialog Control
SaveFileDialog Control
Font Dialog Control
Color Dialog Control
PageSetupDialog Control
Print Dialog Control

OpenFileDialog Control
This control is used to display
open file dialog box to the user
so that user can select any file
to Open.
This control is available in using
System.Windows.Forms.OpenFil
edialogBox

Properties of Open File

Dialog
S.No

PROPERTI DESCRIPTION
ES

1.

DefaultEx
t

This is the DefaultExt for opening Files.

it is used wild card technique for
filtering file names .if the value of
DefaultExt is *.doc here files with
extension doc will open
Open File Dialog.

2.

FileName

This property is used to store Name of

the file i.e. selected by the user.

3.

Filter

This property is used to filter the files

like text files, word files ,excel files all
files etc

4.

Dialog
Result

It shows whet ether user has selected

the OK or cancel button to the close
Dialog box

SaveFileDialog Control
This control is used to display Save
file dialog box to the user so that
user can save any filename.
This control is available in using
System.Windows.Forms.SaveFileDialo
gBox

Properties of Save File

Dialog
S.No

PROPERTI DESCRIPTION
ES

1.

FileName

This property is used to store Name of

the file i.e. selected by the user.

2.

Filter

This property is used to filter the files

like text files, word files ,excel files all
files etc

Font Dialog BoxControl

This control is used to display font dialog box
to the user so that user can select required
font
Properties:
Font: this property is used to store the Font
attributes selected by the user within the
dialog control
Max Size:which is used to set the max font
size.
Min Size:which is used to set the min font size.
Show Affects: user can access the Show affects
option within the Font dialog control

Color Dialog Control

This control is used to display Color
Dialog Box to the user so that user can
select required Color.
Properties:
Color:this property stores the color
value whenever any color selected by
the user
FullOpen :when set true color dialog
will open in full mode other wise it will
open in partial mode.

PAGE SETUP DIALOG

CONTROLS
This control is used to display
Pagesetup Dialog Box to the user so
that user can perform page settings
to the required user.
Properties :this property is used to
set the print document for the user
which would like to perform page
settings.

PRINT DIALOG CONTROLS

This control is used to display
pagesetup dialog box to the user so
that user can perform page settings to
the document.
Properties:
Document: this property is used to set
the print document name for which
user will select printer settings to the
printout.

Method with all Dialog

Controls
Show Dialog():this method is used to
display the dialog control to the user.

Working with Menus

Menu control will display on the top
of the application
Main menu is represented in .net by
System. Windows .Forms.MainMenu
Class
Drag and drop menu control in the
toolbox

Code for Private SaveFile

Method
#region Private SaveFile Method
private bool SaveFile()
{
string fname;
DialogResult res = saveFileDialog1.ShowDialog();
fname = saveFileDialog1.FileName;
StreamWriter fsave = new StreamWriter(fname);
fsave.WriteLine(textBox1.Text);
fsave.Flush();
fsave.Close();
this.Text = fname;
// saveChek = false;
textBox1.Clear();
return true;
}
#endregion

#region mnunew_Click
private void mnunew_Click(object sender,
EventArgs e)
{
textBox1.Text = "";
}
#endregion

Code for mnuopen_Click

#region mnuopen_Click
private void mnuopen_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// textBox1.Text = "";
// openFileDialog1.ShowDialog();
//MessageBox.Show(openFileDialog1.FileName);
// StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(openFileDialog1.FileName);
// string s = sr.ReadToEnd();
// textBox1.Text = s;
openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory =
Environment.SpecialFolder.Programs.ToString();
openFileDialog1.Filter = "textfiles *.txt|*.txt";
if (openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
using (StreamReader t = new
StreamReader(openFileDialog1.FileName))
{
textBox1.Text = t.ReadToEnd();
}
}
#endregion

Private SaveFile Method

#region Private SaveFile Method
private bool SaveFile()
{
string fname;
DialogResult res = saveFileDialog1.ShowDialog();
fname = saveFileDialog1.FileName;
StreamWriter fsave = new StreamWriter(fname);
fsave.WriteLine(textBox1.Text);
fsave.Flush();
fsave.Close();
this.Text = fname;
// saveChek = false;
textBox1.Clear();
return true;
}
#endregion

Code for mnusave_Click

#region mnusave_Click
private void
mnusave_Click(object sender,
EventArgs e)
{
SaveFile();
}

Code for mnuquit_Click

#region mnuquit_Click
private void
mnuquit_Click(object sender,
EventArgs e)
{
Application.Exit();
}

mnupagesetup_Click
#region mnupagesetup_Click
private void
mnupagesetup_Click(object sender,
EventArgs e)
{
PageSettings pg =new
PageSettings();
pageSetupDialog1.PageSettings=
pg;
pageSetupDialog1.ShowDialog();
}

mnuprintdialog_Click
#region mnuprintdialog_Click
private void
mnuprintdialog_Click(object sender,
EventArgs e)
{
printDialog1.ShowDialog();
}
#endregion

Code for mnucut_Click

#region mnucut_Click
private void
mnucut_Click(object sender,
EventArgs e)
{
textBox1.Cut();
}

Code for mnucopy_Click

#region mnucopy_Click
private void
mnucopy_Click(object sender,
EventArgs e)
{
textBox1.Copy();
}
#endregion

Code for mnupaste_Click

#region mnupaste_Click
private void
mnupaste_Click(object sender,
EventArgs e)
{
textBox1.Paste();
}
#endregion

Code for
mnuselectall_Click
#region mnuselectall_Click
private void
mnuselectall_Click(object sender,
EventArgs e)
{
textBox1.SelectAll();
}

Code for mnuundo_Click

#region mnuundo_Click
private void
mnuundo_Click(object sender,
EventArgs e)
{
textBox1.Undo();
}

mnuaboutus_Click
Take a new form about.cs
#region mnuaboutus_Click
private void
mnuaboutus_Click(object sender,
EventArgs e)
{
About abt = new About();
abt.Show();
this.Hide();
}
#endregion

mnuclose_Click
#region mnuclose_Click
private void
mnuclose_Click(object sender,
EventArgs e)
{
this.Close();
}
#endregion

code for mnufont_Click

#region mnufont_Click
private void mnufont_Click(object
sender, EventArgs e)
{
fontDialog1.ShowDialog();
textBox1.Font =
fontDialog1.Font;
}
#endregion

mnucolordialog_Click
#region mnucolordialog_Click
private void mnucolordialog_Click(object
sender, EventArgs e)
{
colorDialog1.ShowDialog();
//textBox1.ForeColor =
colorDialog1.Color;
}

Drag and Drop Tool Strip

Form1_Closing
private void Form1_Closing(object sender,
System.ComponentModel.CancelEventAr
gs e)
{
if (textBox1.Text != strMyOriginalText)
{
if(MessageBox.Show("Do you want to
save changes to your text?", "My
Application", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo)
== DialogResult.Yes)
{e.Cancel = true; } } }

MDI APPLICATION
The applications that we allow the
user to work with more than one files
or documents at once are known as
MDI applications
Ex :MsEcel,Msword,MsPowerPoint
etc