Multi-Page Form

[mvosoughi]

Dear all,

(VB.NET 2005 )I'm trying to develop a form consists of 700 fields. in order to make it easy on users eyes, I thought of using split-container which left panel includes a ListView(menu of pages) and right panel should include relevant page contents.

Can anyone please tell me if it is possible and if it is, how do I do it? And if not, any other ideas?

I thank you in advance.

Regards,

Mel

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

use the splitter control then use a panel for each page

when the user selects a page from the list view or listbox or whatever, simply set all the panel's visible to false then show only the needed page

 

[mvosoughi]

Thank you JuggaloBrotha. I totally undrestand it now. But how do you manage working on each panel without seeing the contents of others?

 

[JohnH]

Is all the "700 fields" different, meaning you have to design everything "by hand", or is there some other way to dynamically generate "pages"? What is the situation here?

 

[mvosoughi]

johnH,

All 700 fields are different and there is no way to generate it dynamically.

 

[JohnH]

Then you should design the pages as independed forms and use MDI. Possibly you could use a TabControl and each page a TabPage, but I think it will be too many controls for one form.

 

[mvosoughi]

JuhnH,
Can you please explain a bit?

 

[JohnH]

explain what? MDI? Multiple-Document Interface (MDI) Applications

 

[mvosoughi]

johnH
I have seen some examples of MDI and I know it is easy to create child forms. What I need to know is how to implement it inside the split container and call the child forms it in the panel 2(right panel) that coresponds with my left menu.

 

[JohnH]

Don't use SplitContainer for this. Set parent as IsMdiContainer, add the left navigation control and Dock it to left, add a Splitter control, this will make mdi childs only fill remaining part of form. There is a sample project where navigation control is a TreeView here: http://www.vbdotnetforums.com/showpost.php?p=50557&postcount=22

 

[mvosoughi]

johnH,

Thank you , that is perfect. Solved my problem.

 

[JohnH]

Btw, when I mentioned dynamically generate "pages" above I did not only mean typical tabular data, but also typical repeating sections of input controls that can be replicated with a UserControl and using several instances of this. If it could save you from designing a 700 controls input schema it would be better.

 

[mvosoughi]

Thanks John,
It is a complex form which has no repeating section and it consists of many groups. I wish it was that way. Thanks for you help. You are a hero.

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

see JohnH usually has better suggestions than i do