WinForms Group Controls

WinForms Group Controls is an application that was designed for helping programmers display multiple sub-controls without resorting to additional HWNDs. It will allow users to avoid creating unique handles for each child of the tree structure and draw them instead by using default renderers.

The application will manage its space and status through the parent hierarchy and people will have access to two featured controls. Using the “CheckBoxList” and “RadioButtonList” (similar to ASP.NET) controls, one will be able to access the different class properties.

Users will benefit from an example code provided in the source code directory, which includes two generic classes. The first one, called “EventedList<T>” is a clone of the “List<T>” class and it adds events on all changes sustained by the list or subsequent items, using the same methods.

The second class is called “SparseArray<T>” and it was build on top of a “Dictionary<T>” class. It will behave in a similar fashion to “List<T>” class but it does not address items that haven’t been added to the list, which feature non-sequential indexes.

Providing a layout engine model, the properties available in the utility will change the events and users will be able to view transition themes for the controls. The designer module comes with an action list and item flow will be ensured without any operation issues.