c# pallete create
Hi,
A good practice should be:
- Define the commands (PC, Method1, Method2, Method3, Method4 and TEST) decoring them with the CommandMethod attribute so that they work as expected when called from AutoCAD Command line.
- Add a UserControl to the project with the buttons and define the Click handler of each button to launch the corresponding command with SendStringToExecute() method.
- Define a class deriving from PaletteSet to host the UserControl.
- Define a command to show the palette.
Here's a short example
The Commands class
public class Commands
{
[CommandMethod("PC")]
public void Pc()
{
// here the code of the PC command
}
[CommandMethod("Method1")]
public void Method1()
{
// here the code of the Method1 command
}
[CommandMethod("Method2")]
public void Method2()
{
// here the code of the Method2 command
}
[CommandMethod("Method3")]
public void Method3()
{
// here the code of the Method3 command
}
[CommandMethod("Method4")]
public void Method4()
{
// here the code of the Method4 command
}
[CommandMethod("TEST")]
public void Test()
{
// here the code of the TEST command
}
static CustomPaletteSet palette;
[CommandMethod("CMDPALETTE")]
public void CmdPalette()
{
if (palette == null)
palette = new CustomPaletteSet();
palette.Visible = true;
}
}
The Palettetab class (UserControl) with the buttons event handlers
public partial class PaletteTab : UserControl
{
public PaletteTab()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void btnPc_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var doc = AcAp.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;
if (doc != null)
doc.SendStringToExecute("PC ", false, false, true);
}
private void btnMethod1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var doc = AcAp.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;
if (doc != null)
doc.SendStringToExecute("Method1 ", false, false, true);
}
private void btnMethod2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var doc = AcAp.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;
if (doc != null)
doc.SendStringToExecute("Method2 ", false, false, true);
}
private void btnMethod3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var doc = AcAp.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;
if (doc != null)
doc.SendStringToExecute("Method3 ", false, false, true);
}
private void btnMethod4_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var doc = AcAp.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;
if (doc != null)
doc.SendStringToExecute("Method4 ", false, false, true);
}
private void btnTest_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var doc = AcAp.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;
if (doc != null)
doc.SendStringToExecute("TEST ", false, false, true);
}
}
The CustomPaletteSet class
public class CustomPaletteSet : PaletteSet
{
public CustomPaletteSet()
: base("COMMANDS", "CMDPALETTE", new Guid("{CB44AAE8-B3C8-4F97-817B-D5F96FDB3C1C}"))
{
Style = PaletteSetStyles.ShowAutoHideButton |
PaletteSetStyles.ShowCloseButton |
PaletteSetStyles.ShowPropertiesMenu;
MinimumSize = new System.Drawing.Size(150, 220);
Add("Tab", new PaletteTab());
}
}
I can try to help you here, in the forum, but I won't communicate by mail.
If you clearly expose what you're trying to achieve, and show what you have done so far, you should get help from more people and every one could benefit of the discussion.
Accepted solution
Obviously you are missing the basics of .NET programming.
You should not start by wanting to make a palette for AutoCAD, it's like trying to run before you know how to walk.
You should start by learning the basics of object-oriented programming with .NET and C # outside AutoCAD and only when you are comfortable with the basics you can start learning the AutoCAD API (you'll get learning material here and the documentation here).
I attached the corrected 'palet' solution
@Anonymous
If you want a window floating(modeless) like PalatteSet, but no the frame of the PaletteSet, then why use PaletteSet? You can simply create a winForm/WPF window and show it as modeless dialog/window, whoch you can set the winform/wpf window as borderless (but you surely want provide a way for user to close/hide the form/window, don't you?).
@Anonymous
As @norman.yuan already said, you have to show the dialog box as modeless dialog using either:
Application.ShowModelessDialog with a WinForms dialog
or:
Application.ShowModelessWindow with a WPF dialog.