divider on windows form?

[Tarren]

Hi:

How would I place a divider on the form where it looks chiseled and thin
line - they are everywhere in Windows Apps, but cannot find the control to
put on the form.

Thanks

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Re: divider on windows form?

Hi,

Take a look at the Splitterbar

Ken
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"Tarren" <noemailplease@ thankyou> wrote in message
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> Hi:
>
> How would I place a divider on the form where it looks chiseled and thin
> line - they are everywhere in Windows Apps, but cannot find the control to
> put on the form.
>
> Thanks
>
>[/color]

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: divider on windows form?

* "Tarren" <noemailplease@ thankyou> scripsit:[color=blue]
> How would I place a divider on the form where it looks chiseled and thin
> line - they are everywhere in Windows Apps, but cannot find the control to
> put on the form.[/color]

Have a look at the toolbox, there is a Splitter control available. You
will have to dock the other containers to this control.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Re: divider on windows form?

Tarren,
Do you want a visible divider, like the VB6 line control?

Or do you want a movable divider like the divider between the Folder Tree &
File List on Windows Explorer?

For the later see the Splitter control the others suggested.

For the former see the following articles:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/06/AdvancedBasics/default.aspx

I remember an article on using the Windows "STATIC" control to draw the
line, however I am not finding a link right now.

Hope this helps
Jay

"Tarren" <noemailplease@ thankyou> wrote in message
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> Hi:
>
> How would I place a divider on the form where it looks chiseled and thin
> line - they are everywhere in Windows Apps, but cannot find the control to
> put on the form.
>
> Thanks
>
>[/color]

[Éric Moreau]

Re: divider on windows form?

Have a look at

http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/collapsiblesplitter.asp

--

HTH

Éric Moreau, MCSD
Conseiller Principal / Senior Consultant
Concept S2i inc.(www.s2i.com)



"Tarren" <noemailplease@ thankyou> wrote in message
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> Hi:
>
> How would I place a divider on the form where it looks chiseled and thin
> line - they are everywhere in Windows Apps, but cannot find the control to
> put on the form.
>
> Thanks
>
>[/color]

[Cor Ligthert]

Re: divider on windows form?

Hi Tarren,

Because you say that you see that you see them everywhere in windows, I have
an other answer than the others.

Do you mean the groupbox?

You can drag it on a form and than just drag your other controls in it.
Keep in mind that the groupbox is than the parent of the controls you have
dragged in it.

Cor
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> How would I place a divider on the form where it looks chiseled and thin
> line - they are everywhere in Windows Apps, but cannot find the control to
> put on the form.[/color]

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: divider on windows form?

* "Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]" <Jay_Harlow_MVP @msn.com> scripsit:[color=blue]
> I remember an article on using the Windows "STATIC" control to draw the
> line, however I am not finding a link right now.[/color]

You can use a label control with width or height set to 2, and
'BorderStyle' set to 'Fixed3D' to create an inset line.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Re: divider on windows form?

Herfried,
The article I'm thinking of actually created a Win32 Line (it did not rely
on the width & height trick).

Basically they applied with Win32 style of SS_ETCHEDHORZ to the Win32 Window
Handle to get a horizontal etched line.

Basically using one of the following:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/commctls/staticcontrols/staticcontrolreference/staticcontrolstyles.asp

I thought it was an MSDN Magazine article, however I'm not finding it right
now. I'll see if I can find the link...

Thanks
Jay

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
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> * "Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]" <Jay_Harlow_MVP @msn.com> scripsit:[color=green]
> > I remember an article on using the Windows "STATIC" control to draw the
> > line, however I am not finding a link right now.[/color]
>
> You can use a label control with width or height set to 2, and
> 'BorderStyle' set to 'Fixed3D' to create an inset line.
>
> --
> Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
> <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>[/color]

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Re: divider on windows form?

Herfried,
Found it, check out the following article:

http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/hvrules1.asp

Hope this helps
Jay

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
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> * "Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]" <Jay_Harlow_MVP @msn.com> scripsit:[color=green]
> > I remember an article on using the Windows "STATIC" control to draw the
> > line, however I am not finding a link right now.[/color]
>
> You can use a label control with width or height set to 2, and
> 'BorderStyle' set to 'Fixed3D' to create an inset line.
>
> --
> Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
> <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>[/color]

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: divider on windows form?

Jay,

* "Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]" <Jay_Harlow_MVP @msn.com> scripsit:[color=blue]
> Found it, check out the following article:
>
> http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/hvrules1.asp[/color]

Interesting, but a lot of work for a little line ;-).

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: divider on windows form?

* "Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]" <Jay_Harlow_MVP @msn.com> scripsit:[color=blue]
> The article I'm thinking of actually created a Win32 Line (it did not rely
> on the width & height trick).[/color]

I believe, but I wanted to post an alternative solution :-). Thanks for
the links!

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

[Tarren]

Re: divider on windows form?

Thanks all - that article looked quite a bit of work - I think I will use
the label box solution for this app I am working on and will bookmark the
article for the next one. :)


"Tarren" <noemailplease@ thankyou> wrote in message
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> Hi:
>
> How would I place a divider on the form where it looks chiseled and thin
> line - they are everywhere in Windows Apps, but cannot find the control to
> put on the form.
>
> Thanks
>
>[/color]