Class Utils

Provides various windows functionality

Inheritance

System.Object

Utils

Inherited Members

System.Object.ToString()

System.Object.Equals(System.Object)

System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.GetHashCode()

System.Object.GetType()

System.Object.MemberwiseClone()

Namespace: NFX.WinForms

Assembly: NFX.WinForms.dll

Syntax

public static class Utils

Methods

AllChildControls(Control)

Walks the whole child control tree and returns all controls as a flat enumeration

Declaration

public static IEnumerable<Control> AllChildControls(Control ctl)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Windows.Forms.Control	ctl

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<System.Windows.Forms.Control>

CreateGrayscaleBitmap(Bitmap)

Converts a bitmap into grayscale mode

Declaration

public static Bitmap CreateGrayscaleBitmap(Bitmap fromBitmap)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Drawing.Bitmap	fromBitmap

Returns

Type	Description
System.Drawing.Bitmap

DrawStringWithBackground(Graphics, String, Font, Brush, Brush, Int32, Int32)

Draws string on the background rectangle

Declaration

public static void DrawStringWithBackground(Graphics gr, string text, Font font, Brush textBrush, Brush backBrush, int x, int y)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Drawing.Graphics	gr
System.String	text
System.Drawing.Font	font
System.Drawing.Brush	textBrush
System.Drawing.Brush	backBrush
System.Int32	x
System.Int32	y

DrawTextHighlight(Graphics, Rectangle, Font, String, StringAlignment, Color)

Draws hand-drawn-looking highlighter color stick lines on top of text. The text itself is not drawn. Text may span multiple lines

Declaration

public static void DrawTextHighlight(Graphics gr, Rectangle rect, Font font, string text, StringAlignment align, Color color)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Drawing.Graphics	gr	Graphical context
System.Drawing.Rectangle	rect	Bounding rectangle
System.Drawing.Font	font	Font to measure text in
System.String	text	Text to measure, the text is not drawn rather charecters position is determined
System.Drawing.StringAlignment	align	Text alignment
System.Drawing.Color	color	Color of highlighter including opacity

DrawUnderline(Graphics, Point, Int32, Color)

Draws an underline. Similar concept to VS or MS Word

Declaration

public static void DrawUnderline(Graphics gr, Point start, int length, Color color)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Drawing.Graphics	gr
System.Drawing.Point	start
System.Int32	length
System.Drawing.Color	color

DrawUnderlineRectangle(Graphics, Rectangle, Color)

Draws a rectangle that looks like underline which looks similar to VS or MS Word

Declaration

public static void DrawUnderlineRectangle(Graphics gr, Rectangle rect, Color color)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Drawing.Graphics	gr
System.Drawing.Rectangle	rect
System.Drawing.Color	color

FocusWindowByText(String)

Declaration

public static void FocusWindowByText(string text)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	text

GetFocusedControl()

Returns focused .NET control or null

Declaration

public static Control GetFocusedControl()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Windows.Forms.Control

IsControlDesignerHosted(Control)

Determines if control is being used within designer

Declaration

public static bool IsControlDesignerHosted(Control ctrl)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Windows.Forms.Control	ctrl

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean

SetUSCulture()

Initializes culture to US/English

Declaration

public static void SetUSCulture()