/// <summary>
/// Displays a dialog to select strings from an array of strings
/// </summary>
/// <param name="title"></param>
/// <param name="prompt"></param>
/// <param name="items"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string[] SelectItems(string title, string prompt, string[] items)
{
var dlg = new GenericItemSelectionDialog();
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(title))
{
dlg.Text = title;
}
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(prompt))
{
dlg.lblPrompt.Text = prompt;
}
dlg.lstItems.SelectionMode = SelectionMode.MultiSimple;
dlg.lstItems.DataSource = items;
if (dlg.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
List <string> values = new List <string>();
foreach (var item in dlg.lstItems.SelectedItems)
{
values.Add(item.ToString());
}
return(values.ToArray());
}
return(new string[0]);
}
/// <summary>
/// Displays a dialog to select an item from an array of items
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <param name="title"></param>
/// <param name="prompt"></param>
/// <param name="items"></param>
/// <param name="displayMember"></param>
/// <param name="valueMember"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static T SelectItem <T>(string title, string prompt, T[] items, string displayMember, string valueMember) where T : class
{
var dlg = new GenericItemSelectionDialog();
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(title))
{
dlg.Text = title;
}
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(prompt))
{
dlg.lblPrompt.Text = prompt;
}
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(displayMember))
{
dlg.lstItems.DisplayMember = displayMember;
}
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(valueMember))
{
dlg.lstItems.ValueMember = valueMember;
}
dlg.lstItems.DataSource = items;
if (dlg.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
return((T)dlg.lstItems.SelectedItem);
}
return(null);
}
/// <summary>
/// Displays a dialog to select items from an array of items
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <param name="title"></param>
/// <param name="prompt"></param>
/// <param name="items"></param>
/// <param name="displayMember"></param>
/// <param name="valueMember"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static T[] SelectItems <T>(string title, string prompt, T[] items, string displayMember, string valueMember) where T : class
{
var dlg = new GenericItemSelectionDialog();
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(title))
{
dlg.Text = title;
}
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(prompt))
{
dlg.lblPrompt.Text = prompt;
}
dlg.lstItems.SelectionMode = SelectionMode.MultiSimple;
dlg.lstItems.DataSource = items;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(displayMember))
{
dlg.lstItems.DisplayMember = displayMember;
}
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(valueMember))
{
dlg.lstItems.ValueMember = valueMember;
}
if (dlg.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
List <T> values = new List <T>();
foreach (T item in dlg.lstItems.SelectedItems)
{
values.Add(item);
}
return(values.ToArray());
}
return(new T[0]);
}
