Re: Swing versus Windows.Forms

From	Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Swing versus Windows.Forms
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Date	2011-06-12 17:11 -0300

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On 11-06-10 01:28 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> writes:
>> OT for CLJP: writing desktop apps in C# 4.0 and WPF (XAML heavy) is yet
>> another eye-opener for me. I'm mostly a Java SE/Java EE guy and so every
>> time I get a chance to do some pro work in C# it's refreshing.
>> Particularly GUI work.
> 
>   Last time I looked, the library did not even offered me
>   lay-out managers, and wanted me to specify the component
>   geometry in some screen unit.
> 
>   I tried to code my way around this and build GUIs without a
>   hard-coded geometry.
> 
>   For example, when I tried to create a form with a button,
>   an input field and an output field, I had to set its size
>   /manually/ (what a disgust, just look at the »5«!):
> 
> form.Size = new System.Drawing.Size( button.Size.Width, 5 * input.Size.Height )
> 
>   , and there was no default layout mangager which would do
>   this for me. But maybe I just did not known the most elegant
>   way to do this in C#?
> 
You would typically use Grid, DockPanel and/or StackPanel to position
controls. These _are_ your layout managers. :-)

If you weren't too turned off that time, a good starting point to see
what is currently available is

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms746927.aspx

Particularly the sections on Resources, Styles & Templates, and the
Layout System.

AHS

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