Screen Size

bmains · June 24th, 2004, 08:56 AM

Hello,

I need to put a little notification form in the bottom right corner. What is the easiest way to do that in a windows forms app? I contemplated settings the Location object's x and y properties to put it in the bottom-right corner. Is there an easier way? If not, how do I get the screen's total width and height in VB.NET?

Thanks,

Brian

scorpion_king · June 24th, 2004, 09:24 AM

Add javascript: screen.Height and screen.Width

Gives resolution...

abdusalam · June 24th, 2004, 10:00 AM

:)

  Hi,

   use it ...
copy and paste Form1_Load event (dot net )

        Me.Left = Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Right - Me.Width
        Me.Top = Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Bottom - Me.Height

      Hope it will help you..

Stay Beautiful,

Abdul Salam

Imar · June 24th, 2004, 10:06 AM

Try this:

Code:

this.Width = 200;
this.Height = 100;
Rectangle screenSize = Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea;
this.Top = screenSize.Height - this.Height;
this.Left = screenSize.Width - this.Width;

I am sure there must be other ways as well, but this has worked for me in the past.

Cheers,

P.S. Did you write a few articles about TypeConverters?

Imar
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Imar · June 24th, 2004, 10:08 AM

Ooops, looks like abdusalam beat me to it.....

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abdusalam · June 24th, 2004, 10:16 AM

What ? ;) Hummm Enjoy !

Stay Beautiful,

Abdul Salam

bmains · June 24th, 2004, 10:45 AM

Hey,

Thanks, that solved it.

Imar Yes I wrote a few on http://www.dotnetjohn.com.

Brian

Imar · June 24th, 2004, 10:50 AM

I thought so.

I was working on an expandable property for a control, while writing an article about it, and came across one of your articles.

I forgot to add a TypeConverterAttribute on my expandable class (the Highlighter class in your example) which caused all kinds of problems with serialization and loading the properties in the class at run-time. Your article put me on the right track.

Thanks for writing it.

Imar
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bmains · June 26th, 2004, 03:41 PM

Imar,

Thank you for reading it. Glad I could help. I must also say to that I like your site also, and I check back now and then.

Brian

Imar · June 26th, 2004, 07:27 PM

It needs a little work, though. Especially design-wise... ;)

I just put up a short article about adding expandable properties. I realized it's very similar to yours when I was almost finished (and run into that TypeConverter issue which I solved with your article).

I also think I made a mistake in my article. I think I applied the TypeConverter attribute in the wrong location. In your example, you applied it to the entire class, like this:

Code:

<TypeConverter(GetType(HighlightingTypeConverter))> _
Public Class Highlighting

However, in my example, I have added it to the public property of the class that has the convertible object. I think in your example, that would turn out like this:

Code:

 <DefaultValue(ââ), Category(âAppearanceâ), _
  TypeConverter(GetType(HighlightingTypeConverter)), _  
  PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.InnerProperty), _
  DesignerSerializationVisibility (DesignerSerializationVisibility.Content)> _
  Public Property Highlighting As Highlighting

Obviously, by adding the attribute to the entire class, you get the behavior for free in all other locations with a HighLighting property, so it makes a lot more sense to apply it there.

But doesn't it "dirty up" the class? Are you aware of any side effects of applying this attribute? By applying it to the public property, you apply it right where it's needed: just so the designer knows how to deal with that specific property.

I am inclined to apply it to the entire class rather than to the public property, but I am not sure. Any ideas?

Cheers,

Imar
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