General Information
Introduction
Key Features
Order Links (switches to order page)

Screenshots
Screenshot 1 - DesignPack.Toolbox
Screenshot 2 - DesignPack.ObjectFieldList
Screenshot 3 - Designer Form
Screenshot 4 - High-level diagram of the package

Component Overview
Components of LMD DesignPack.NET 1.0


Component Overview

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LMD DesignPack.NET contains the following components:

• LMDDesignSurface;
• LMDPropertyGrid;
• Toolbox;
• ObjectFieldList.

LMDDesignSurface is the central component of the LMD DesignPack .NET package which:

• creates and shows visual designers for designed forms/controls;
• coordinates work of the other LMD DesignPack .NET components (Toolbox, LMDPropertyGrid);
• contains a number of services and provides them to other components and elements of the design infrastructure (including third-party component designers and property editors);
• manages the user-written script which contains event handlers for events of the controls being designed;
• provides XML serialization functionality;
• applies changes made in design mode to the designed control (or to a new instance of a control of the given type) when switched back to run-time mode.

LMDPropertyGrid control is an enhanced version of the standard Windows Forms PropertyGrid and provides the following functionality to the user:

• the PropertyTab (always visible and available) allows to view and modify properties of the currently selected control(s) in the visual designer of the LMDDesignSurface
• the EventsTab (visible and available when ShowEventsTab property is set to true) allows to assign event handlers to the events of the currently selected control(s) in the visual designer of the LMDDesignSurface
• the EventsTab (visible and available when ShowEventsTab property is set to true) allows to create new method declarations in the user-written event handling script by double-clicking the corresponding grid cell

additional property editors can be used with LMD.DesignPack.Toolbox, including those which use the drop-down list or display the modal editor window and therefore require the PropertyValueUIService and/or WindowsFormsEditorSerivice services; however, some property editors may require services not provided by the LMDDesignPack.NET, see the Package Architecture topic for the list of available services.

LMD.DesignPack.Toolbox control represents a toolbox which allows a user to select the type of component to be added to the visual designer in the LMDDesignSurface. This control has no additional properties, methods or events to be used by the user. This control also implements the IToolbox service of the MS designing infrastructure.
Currently the Toolbox control contains the pre-defined list of the available control types. Screenshot 1...

LMD.DesignPack.ObjectFieldList list box control is a helper component which displays a list of fields and properties of a given component (assigned to its SourceComponent property). It can be useful when creating a user interface of the designer which would allow user to conveniently select shared variables (ScriptPassedVariables property of the LMDDesignSurface component) to be available in the event handlers script. Screenshot 2...