Creating A Simple DotNet MonthCalendar And Changing Its Colors
The following example creates a simple dialog with a MonthCalendar dotNet control and assigns a mousedown event handler that prints the properties, methods, and events:
EXAMPLE
rollout test "test" height:200 width:220 ( dotNetControl f1 "MonthCalendar" align:#left height:180 width:200 on f1 mousedown val do ( format "in mousedown handler: arg: %\n" val format "showproperties:\n" showproperties val format "showmethods:\n" showmethods val format "showevents:\n" showevents val format "getpropnames : %\n" (getpropnames val) format "prop values:\n" ) ) createdialog test escapeEnable:true
After evaluation, a dialog showing a Month Calendar DotNet Control is displayed with default settings. You can see the constructor of the control using the dotnet.showconstructors() method:
EXAMPLE
--see the constructor of the control dotnet.showConstructors test.f1 System.Windows.Forms.MonthCalendar() true
You can also change the calendar's appearance by modifying its colors.
EXAMPLE
--First we list all properties of the control --and look to find those controlling some of its colors: showproperties test.f1 .AccessibilityObject : <System.Windows.Forms.AccessibleObject>, read-only .AccessibleDefaultActionDescription : <System.String> .AccessibleDescription : <System.String> .AccessibleName : <System.String> .AccessibleRole : <System.Windows.Forms.AccessibleRole> .AllowDrop : <System.Boolean> .Anchor : <System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles> .AnnuallyBoldedDates : <System.DateTime[]> .AutoScrollOffset : <System.Drawing.Point> .AutoSize : <System.Boolean> .BackgroundImage : <System.Drawing.Image> .BackgroundImageLayout : <System.Windows.Forms.ImageLayout> .BindingContext : <System.Windows.Forms.BindingContext> .BoldedDates : <System.DateTime[]> .Bottom : <System.Int32>, read-only .Bounds : <System.Drawing.Rectangle> .CalendarDimensions : <System.Drawing.Size> .CanFocus : <System.Boolean>, read-only .CanSelect : <System.Boolean>, read-only .Capture : <System.Boolean> .CausesValidation : <System.Boolean> .CheckForIllegalCrossThreadCalls : <System.Boolean>, static .ClientRectangle : <System.Drawing.Rectangle>, read-only .ClientSize : <System.Drawing.Size> .CompanyName : <System.String>, read-only .Container : <System.ComponentModel.IContainer>, read-only .ContainsFocus : <System.Boolean>, read-only .ContextMenu : <System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu> .ContextMenuStrip : <System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenuStrip> .Controls : <System.Windows.Forms.Control+ControlCollection>, read-only .Created : <System.Boolean>, read-only .Cursor : <System.Windows.Forms.Cursor> .DataBindings : <System.Windows.Forms.ControlBindingsCollection>, read-only .DefaultBackColor : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .DefaultFont : <System.Drawing.Font>, read-only, static .DefaultForeColor : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .DisplayRectangle : <System.Drawing.Rectangle>, read-only .Disposing : <System.Boolean>, read-only .Dock : <System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle> .Enabled : <System.Boolean> .FirstDayOfWeek : <System.Windows.Forms.Day> .Focused : <System.Boolean>, read-only .Font : <System.Drawing.Font> .Handle : <System.IntPtr>, read-only .HasChildren : <System.Boolean>, read-only .Height : <System.Int32> .ImeMode : <System.Windows.Forms.ImeMode> .InvokeRequired : <System.Boolean>, read-only .IsAccessible : <System.Boolean> .IsDisposed : <System.Boolean>, read-only .IsHandleCreated : <System.Boolean>, read-only .IsMirrored : <System.Boolean>, read-only .LayoutEngine : <System.Windows.Forms.Layout.LayoutEngine>, read-only .Left : <System.Int32> .Location : <System.Drawing.Point> .Margin : <System.Windows.Forms.Padding> .MaxDate : <System.DateTime> .MaximumSize : <System.Drawing.Size> .MaxSelectionCount : <System.Int32> .MinDate : <System.DateTime> .MinimumSize : <System.Drawing.Size> .ModifierKeys : <System.Windows.Forms.Keys>, read-only, static .MonthlyBoldedDates : <System.DateTime[]> .MouseButtons : <System.Windows.Forms.MouseButtons>, read-only, static .MousePosition : <System.Drawing.Point>, read-only, static .Name : <System.String> .Padding : <System.Windows.Forms.Padding> .Parent : <System.Windows.Forms.Control> .PreferredSize : <System.Drawing.Size>, read-only .ProductName : <System.String>, read-only .ProductVersion : <System.String>, read-only .RecreatingHandle : <System.Boolean>, read-only .Region : <System.Drawing.Region> .Right : <System.Int32>, read-only .RightToLeft : <System.Windows.Forms.RightToLeft> .RightToLeftLayout : <System.Boolean> .ScrollChange : <System.Int32> .SelectionEnd : <System.DateTime> .SelectionRange : <System.Windows.Forms.SelectionRange> .SelectionStart : <System.DateTime> .ShowToday : <System.Boolean> .ShowTodayCircle : <System.Boolean> .ShowWeekNumbers : <System.Boolean> .SingleMonthSize : <System.Drawing.Size>, read-only .Site : <System.ComponentModel.ISite> .Size : <System.Drawing.Size> .TabIndex : <System.Int32> .TabStop : <System.Boolean> .Tag : <System.Object> .Text : <System.String> .TitleForeColor : <System.Drawing.Color> .TodayDate : <System.DateTime> .TodayDateSet : <System.Boolean>, read-only .Top : <System.Int32> .TopLevelControl : <System.Windows.Forms.Control>, read-only .TrailingForeColor : <System.Drawing.Color> .UseWaitCursor : <System.Boolean> .Visible : <System.Boolean> .Width : <System.Int32> .WindowTarget : <System.Windows.Forms.IWindowTarget> true .BackColor : <System.Drawing.Color> .ForeColor : <System.Drawing.Color> .TitleBackColor : <System.Drawing.Color>
Using DotNet Color Presets
You can change the color properties of the control. First, take a look at their own properties:
showproperties test.f1.ForeColor --see all properties of the color .A : <System.Byte>, read-only .AliceBlue : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .AntiqueWhite : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Aqua : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Aquamarine : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Azure : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .B : <System.Byte>, read-only .Beige : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Bisque : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Black : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .BlanchedAlmond : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Blue : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .BlueViolet : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Brown : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .BurlyWood : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .CadetBlue : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Chartreuse : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Chocolate : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Coral : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .CornflowerBlue : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Cornsilk : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Crimson : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Cyan : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .DarkBlue : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .DarkCyan : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .DarkGoldenrod : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .DarkGray : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .DarkGreen : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .DarkKhaki : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .DarkMagenta : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .DarkOliveGreen : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .DarkOrange : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .DarkOrchid : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .DarkRed : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .DarkSalmon : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .DarkSeaGreen : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .DarkSlateBlue : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .DarkSlateGray : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .DarkTurquoise : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .DarkViolet : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .DeepPink : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .DeepSkyBlue : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .DimGray : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .DodgerBlue : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Firebrick : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .FloralWhite : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .ForestGreen : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Fuchsia : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .G : <System.Byte>, read-only .Gainsboro : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .GhostWhite : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Gold : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Goldenrod : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Gray : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Green : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .GreenYellow : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Honeydew : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .HotPink : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .IndianRed : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Indigo : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .IsEmpty : <System.Boolean>, read-only .IsKnownColor : <System.Boolean>, read-only .IsNamedColor : <System.Boolean>, read-only .IsSystemColor : <System.Boolean>, read-only .Ivory : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Khaki : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Lavender : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .LavenderBlush : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .LawnGreen : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .LemonChiffon : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .LightBlue : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .LightCoral : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .LightCyan : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .LightGoldenrodYellow : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .LightGray : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .LightGreen : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .LightPink : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .LightSalmon : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .LightSeaGreen : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .LightSkyBlue : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .LightSlateGray : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .LightSteelBlue : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .LightYellow : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Lime : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .LimeGreen : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Linen : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Magenta : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Maroon : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .MediumAquamarine : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .MediumBlue : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .MediumOrchid : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .MediumPurple : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .MediumSeaGreen : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .MediumSlateBlue : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .MediumSpringGreen : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .MediumTurquoise : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .MediumVioletRed : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .MidnightBlue : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .MintCream : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .MistyRose : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Moccasin : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Name : <System.String>, read-only .NavajoWhite : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Navy : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .OldLace : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Olive : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .OliveDrab : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Orange : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .OrangeRed : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Orchid : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .PaleGoldenrod : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .PaleGreen : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .PaleTurquoise : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .PaleVioletRed : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .PapayaWhip : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .PeachPuff : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Peru : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Pink : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Plum : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .PowderBlue : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Purple : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .R : <System.Byte>, read-only .Red : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .RosyBrown : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .RoyalBlue : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .SaddleBrown : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Salmon : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .SandyBrown : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .SeaGreen : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .SeaShell : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Sienna : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Silver : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .SkyBlue : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .SlateBlue : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .SlateGray : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Snow : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .SpringGreen : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .SteelBlue : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Tan : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Teal : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Thistle : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Tomato : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Transparent : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Turquoise : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Violet : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Wheat : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .White : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .WhiteSmoke : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Yellow : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .YellowGreen : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static .Empty : <System.Drawing.Color>, read-only, static true
The color property itself has properties, some of them read-only definitions of typical colors. This means that you can set the .ForeColor and .BackColor properties to the static read-only values that are already defined:
test.f1.ForeColor = test.f1.ForeColor.Blue --> dotNetObject:System.Drawing.Color test.f1.BackColor = test.f1.BackColor.Yellow --> dotNetObject:System.Drawing.Color test.f1.TitleBackColor = test.f1.TitleBackColor.Tomato --> dotNetObject:System.Drawing.Color
Using User-Defined Colors
You can create your own DotNet colors instead of using the presets.
Take a look at the methods that a System.Drawing.Color object exposes:
showMethods test.f1.backcolor .<System.Boolean>Equals <System.Object>obj .[static]<System.Boolean>Equals <System.Object>objA <System.Object>objB .[static]<System.Drawing.Color>FromArgb <System.Int32>argb .[static]<System.Drawing.Color>FromArgb <System.Int32>alpha <System.Drawing.Color>baseColor .[static]<System.Drawing.Color>FromArgb <System.Int32>alpha <System.Int32>red <System.Int32>green <System.Int32>blue .[static]<System.Drawing.Color>FromKnownColor <System.Drawing.KnownColor>color .[static]<System.Drawing.Color>FromName <System.String>name .<System.Single>GetBrightness() .<System.Int32>GetHashCode() .<System.Single>GetHue() .<System.Single>GetSaturation() .<System.Type>GetType() .[static]<System.Boolean>ReferenceEquals <System.Object>objA <System.Object>objB .<System.Int32>ToArgb() .<System.Drawing.KnownColor>ToKnownColor() .<System.String>ToString() true .[static]<System.Drawing.Color>FromArgb <System.Int32>red <System.Int32>green <System.Int32>blue
As you can see, the .FromARGB() method allows to provide Red, Green, and Blue values, and it constructs a DotNet color value:
test.f1.forecolor = test.f1.backcolor.FromArgb 255 255 100 test.f1.backcolor = test.f1.backcolor.FromArgb 100 200 234 dotNetObject:System.Drawing.Color
