Re: Custom Control Design Tutorial

2010-03-28 Thread BNig
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Custom Control Design Tutorial

2010-03-27 Thread Len Morgan
Has anyone created a tutorial for creating and using a custom control? What I'd like to end up with is a custom control that I could copy onto a stack similar to Trevor's Data Grid. As an example, I've been tasked with redesigning the GUI for a pipeline control system that comprises various

Re: Custom Control Design Tutorial

2010-03-27 Thread Björnke von Gierke
I'm not sure what would make your object not be portable? the main things to look out for are: Changing the rectangle or location will of course change some movement dependant scripts. you need to look out for that if you do graphical stuff (like resizing a water level graphic for your tank).

Re: Custom Control Design Tutorial

2010-03-27 Thread Len Morgan
Maybe *I'm* the one that's misinterpreted the question! :-) I think what you're telling me is that I'm over engineering the problem and that all I'm really after is a self-contained group that has all of the functions I'd need to manipulate the tank which I would then copy (or clone?) as many

Re: Custom Control Design Tutorial

2010-03-27 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Len Morgan wrote: This actually brings up another question though: There are some cases of tanks in the current system that display the feet of water in the tank next to the tank, and some where the number is shown IN the tank. If we temporarily ignore how I'd let the user move

Re: Custom Control Design Tutorial

2010-03-27 Thread Len Morgan
That's what I was afraid of, but then, I should only have to figure it out once. len On 3/27/2010 12:42 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, Len Morgan wrote: This actually brings up another question though: There are some cases of tanks in the current system that display the feet of water