// Button 1
private void buttonNewPerson_Click( object sender, EventArgs e )
{
// This example creates a new Person object and opens a DynForm to edit it
Person newPerson = new Person();
var f = new DynForm( "New Person", newPerson );
f.ShowDialog();
// bSaveData indicates what button the user pressed (Save or Cancel)
if( newPerson.bSaveData )
{
// Print the result to the console
string pets = "";
foreach( var pet in newPerson.Pets ) pets += pet.Text + " / ";
Console.WriteLine(
String.Format( "SSN: {0}\r\nName: {1}\r\nBirthday: {2}\r\nLucky Number: {3}\r\nFavorite Color: {4}\r\nLikes Pizza: {5}\r\nPets: {6}",
newPerson.SSN,
newPerson.Name,
newPerson.Birthday.ToLongDateString(),
newPerson.LuckyNumber,
newPerson.FavoriteColor,
newPerson.LikesPizza ? "Yes" : "No",
pets
));
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("User clicked cancel...");
}
}
// Button 2
private void buttonEditPerson_Click( object sender, EventArgs e )
{
// This example shows hows to edit an already existing object. This it is slightly
// more complicated due to the fact that the object sent to DynForm is always modified,
// even if the user pressed cancel. Thus we need to work with a copy of the data to
// make sure to preserve the original data.
// This is the source object being edited
Person originalPerson = new Person() { SSN = "123-45-6789", Name = "Lois Lane", Birthday = new DateTime(1938,06,01), LuckyNumber = 7, LikesPizza = true, FavoriteColor = "Blue" };
// Create a copy of the source object
Person copyPerson = new Person() { SSN = originalPerson.SSN, Name = originalPerson.Name, Birthday = originalPerson.Birthday, LuckyNumber = originalPerson.LuckyNumber, LikesPizza = originalPerson.LikesPizza, FavoriteColor = originalPerson.FavoriteColor };
// Open DynForm to edit the copy
var f = new DynForm( "New Person", copyPerson );
f.ShowDialog();
// Only update the source object if the user pressed Save
string output = "";
if( copyPerson.bSaveData )
{
originalPerson = copyPerson;
output += "Updating the original object!\r\n\r\n";
}
else
{
output += "User clicked cancel, keeping original object...\r\n\r\n";
}
// Print the result to the console
string pets = "";
foreach( var pet in originalPerson.Pets ) pets += pet.Text + " / ";
output += String.Format( "SSN: {0}\r\nName: {1}\r\nBirthday: {2}\r\nLucky Number: {3}\r\nFavorite Color: {4}\r\nLikes Pizza: {5}\r\nPets: {6}",
originalPerson.SSN,
originalPerson.Name,
originalPerson.Birthday.ToLongDateString(),
originalPerson.LuckyNumber,
originalPerson.FavoriteColor,
originalPerson.LikesPizza ? "Yes" : "No",
pets
);
Console.WriteLine( output );
}