[Hawk HF]

I feel like this thread, along with other GDI threads, isn't getting the attention it deserves.
Maybe it's just me, but I think things like this are really cool.

[Oliver Sykes]

Odus, trvp did this with numbers as well. Maybe add that?

[+Haze]

Odus is my son, I think I deserve a shoutout too!

[SubGenius]

Filthy GDI peasants still using timers and .FillRectangle
WPF master race

Lelelelelelele

[Hawk HF]

Filthy GDI peasants still using timers and .FillRectangle
WPF master race

Lelelelelelele

There was a time a while ago where I made a thread to take requests for GDI controls.

https://hackforums.net/showthread.php?ti...id36989738



Let's not get cocky. ;)

[SubGenius]

There was a time a while ago where I made a thread to take requests for GDI controls.

https://hackforums.net/showthread.php?ti...id36989738



Let's not get cocky. ;)

🤫
Hey, that was like 1.5 years ago...

[iLogic™]

Great release man 🙂 Nice looking 😉

[AustinPape10101]

Stupid question but with your example. How would we go about using a combobox to change the color and also change the size of the objects?

[Odus]

Odus, trvp did this with numbers as well. Maybe add that?

I was actually going to 1up him and allow a custom array of characters, will update OP shortly.

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Stupid question but with your example. How would we go about using a combobox to change the color and also change the size of the objects?

Not at all. The Colors property is of type color array, so you can change the colors using that.

In the demonstration, I used a Dictionary of String & Color() to hold my colors and set the ComboBox's data source to the dictionary. So the keys (string) front the ComboBox items but the value is really your colors (color()). Like so:

Code

Dim cd As New Dictionary(Of String, Color()) From {
    {Color.Red, Color.IndianRed, Color.DarkRed},
    {Color.Green, Color.GreenYellow, Color.LawnGreen}
}

ComboBox1.DataSource = New BindingSource(cd, Nothing)

ComboBox1.DisplayMember = "Key"
ComboBox1.ValueMember = "Value"

When using, I just cast the selected item to a KeyValuePair and set the Colors property to its value:

Code

MatrixFall1.Colors = DirectCast(ComboBox1.SelectedItem, KeyValuePair(Of String, Color())).Value

For the objects' size, use the BlockSize property which is of type Size. So in your NumericUpDown ValueChanged event, set the BlockSize to their values:

Code

MatrixFall1.BlockSize = New Size(Convert.ToInt32(NumericUpDown1.Value), Convert.ToInt32(NumericUpDown2.Value))

This was for a demo so I didn't bother changing the control names. I'm glad so many people like it though!