Tutorial: Visual C# For Beginners - Part 3 (With Pretty Pictures!!!)

[KynloStephen66515]

Welcome To Part 3:

I'm sure that if you have completed Parts 1 & 2 then you are keen to continue with your project, so lets get cracking with that File Menu!

For this, you are going to need to add the following items:

• openFileDialog
  
• saveFileDialog
  
• printDialog
• printDocument

To add these to your project, click and drag them onto the bottom menu bar

Now you have added them all you will have something that looks like this:

Brilliant!

Now...Remembering what you learned in Part 2 you need to go ahead and click the "File" button and then double click the "Open" button

Add:

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1. string OFile = "";
2.  
3.             openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "C:";
4.             openFileDialog1.Title = "Open a Text File";
5.             openFileDialog1.FileName = "";
6.             openFileDialog1.Filter = "Text Files|*.txt|Word Documents|*.doc";
7.             if (openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() != DialogResult.Cancel)
8.             {
9.                 OFile = openFileDialog1.FileName;
10.                 richTextBox1.LoadFile(OFile, RichTextBoxStreamType.PlainText);
11.             }

Which should give you:

 

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1. private void openToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
2.         {
3.             string OFile = "";
4.  
5.             openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "C:";
6.             openFileDialog1.Title = "Open a Text File";
7.             openFileDialog1.FileName = "";
8.             openFileDialog1.Filter = "Text Files|*.txt|Word Documents|*.doc";
9.             if (openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() != DialogResult.Cancel)
10.             {
11.                 OFile = openFileDialog1.FileName;
12.                 richTextBox1.LoadFile(OFile, RichTextBoxStreamType.PlainText);
13.             }
14.         }

Now you want to go back and double click "Save"

Add:

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1. string SFile = "";
2.  
3.             openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "C:";
4.             openFileDialog1.Title = "Save Your Notes!";
5.             openFileDialog1.FileName = "";
6.             openFileDialog1.Filter = "Text Files|*.txt|Word Documents|*.doc";
7.             if (openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() != DialogResult.Cancel)
8.             {
9.                 SFile = saveFileDialog1.FileName;
10.                 richTextBox1.SaveFile(SFile, RichTextBoxStreamType.PlainText);
11.             }

Which gives you:

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1. private void saveToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
2.         {
3.             string SFile = "";
4.  
5.             openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "C:";
6.             openFileDialog1.Title = "Save Your Notes!";
7.             openFileDialog1.FileName = "";
8.             openFileDialog1.Filter = "Text Files|*.txt|Word Documents|*.doc";
9.             if (openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() != DialogResult.Cancel)
10.             {
11.                 SFile = saveFileDialog1.FileName;
12.                 richTextBox1.SaveFile(SFile, RichTextBoxStreamType.PlainText);
13.             }
14.         }

Now for the "Print" option:

Add:

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1. printDialog1.Document = printDocument1;
2.             if (printDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
3.             {
4.                 printDocument1.Print();
5.             }

Which gives you:

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1. private void printToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
2.         {
3.             printDialog1.Document = printDocument1;
4.             if (printDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
5.             {
6.                 printDocument1.Print();
7.             }
8.         }

Now we are going to extend our "Exit" button.  Go to the designer, click "File", double click "Exit" and delete 'Application.Exit();'

Add the following code in its place:

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1. if (MessageBox.Show("Are you sure you want to quit?", "Exit", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel) == DialogResult.OK)
2.             {
3.                 Application.Exit();
4.             }

Which gives you the following:

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1. private void exitToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
2.         {
3.             if (MessageBox.Show("Are you sure you want to quit?", "Exit", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel) == DialogResult.OK)
4.             {
5.                 Application.Exit();
6.             }
7.         }

Awesome!!!!!

Save your project and go play with it!  You can even run a print from it if you own a printer!!!


Thats all for this tutorial.

In the next we will add code for "Save As" and "Print Preview".

We will also make a start with our Tools Menu!  Even adding things like Fonts and Colours!!!

[Fuppiz]

Hello,

i was looking around to find some tutorials about c# and i saw your post. i read some of your tutorials. i understood mainly what what some stuff but i think you sould make  explication. like what eatch part of the code mean and what is mainly hapening in the program. well its a good job you are doing here you gave me some ideas so tnx

[KynloStephen66515]

Hello,

i was looking around to find some tutorials about c# and i saw your post. i read some of your tutorials. i understood mainly what what some stuff but i think you sould make  explication. like what eatch part of the code mean and what is mainly hapening in the program. well its a good job you are doing here you gave me some ideas so tnx

-Fuppiz (June 05, 2012, 01:43 PM)

If you need any specific peices of code explaining, feel free to ask...

To be perfectly honest...I completely forgot about these lol, I have moved on to Delphi programming lately but am more than willing to continue helping people with this

Thanks for the good feedback

-Stephen