Property CategoryNames

Namespace

Alternet.FormDesigner.WinForms

Assembly

Alternet.FormDesigner.v9.dll

CategoryNames

Gets collection of Categories (Tabs) displayed by the toolbox.

public CategoryNameCollection CategoryNames { get; }

Property Value

CategoryNameCollection

Examples

Here is how to use a CategoryNames in the C# code:

using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

using Alternet.FormDesigner.WinForms;

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        var formDesigner = new FormDesignerControl();
        formDesigner.AutoSaveToSource = false;
        formDesigner.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Left;
        formDesigner.Parent = this;

        var toolboxControl = new ToolboxControl();
        toolboxControl.Parent = this;
        toolboxControl.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill;
        toolboxControl.FormDesignerControl = formDesigner;
        MessageBox.Show(GetList(toolboxControl.CategoryNames));
    }

    private string GetList(CategoryNameCollection list)
    {
        var sb = new StringBuilder();
        int i = 0;
        foreach (var elem in list)
        {
            sb.Append(elem.ToString());
            i++;
            if (i < list.Count)
                sb.Append(", ");
        }

        return sb.ToString();
    }
}

Here is how to use a CategoryNames in the Visual Basic code:

Imports System
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Imports Alternet.FormDesigner.WinForms

Partial Public Class Form1
    Inherits Form
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
        Dim formDesigner = New FormDesignerControl()
        formDesigner.AutoSaveToSource = False
        formDesigner.Dock = Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Left
        formDesigner.Parent = Me

        Dim toolboxControl = New ToolboxControl()
        toolboxControl.Parent = Me
        toolboxControl.Dock = Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill
        toolboxControl.FormDesignerControl = formDesigner
        MessageBox.Show(GetList(toolboxControl.CategoryNames))
    End Sub

    Private Function GetList(ByVal list As CategoryNameCollection) As String
        Dim sb = New StringBuilder()
        Dim i = 0
        For Each elem In list
            sb.Append(elem.ToString())
            i += 1
            If i < list.Count Then
                sb.Append(", ")
            End If
        Next

        Return sb.ToString()
    End Function
End Class

Remarks

This property is used to store a list of toolbox category names.