/// <summary>
/// Creates the visualizer form filled with either a ObjectListView or a ObjectListView<>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="data">The data.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Form CreateVisualizerForm(object data)
{
Form visualizerForm = null;
if (data is ObjectListView)
{
visualizerForm = new VisualizerForm {
View = (ObjectListView)data
}
}
;
else
{
// If ObjectListView<T>
var dataType = data.GetType();
if (dataType.IsGenericType && dataType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(ObjectListView <>))
{
// Construct a VisualizerForm<T>
var visType = typeof(VisualizerTForm <>);
var visConstructed = visType.MakeGenericType(data.GetType().GetGenericArguments());
var v = Activator.CreateInstance(visConstructed);
var view = visConstructed.GetProperty("View");
view.SetValue(v, data, null);
visualizerForm = (Form)v;
}
}
return(visualizerForm);
}
/// <summary>
/// Display the visualizer user interface.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>This method is used by Visual Studio, and is not intended to be called from your code.</remarks>
/// <param name="windowService">An object of type <see cref="T:Microsoft.VisualStudio.DebuggerVisualizers.IDialogVisualizerService"></see>, which provides methods your visualizer can use to display Windows forms, controls, and dialogs.</param>
/// <param name="objectProvider">An object of type <see cref="T:Microsoft.VisualStudio.DebuggerVisualizers.IVisualizerObjectProvider"></see>. This object provides communication from the debugger side of the visualizer to the object source (<see cref="T:Microsoft.VisualStudio.DebuggerVisualizers.VisualizerObjectSource"></see>) on the debuggee side.</param>
protected override void Show(IDialogVisualizerService windowService, IVisualizerObjectProvider objectProvider)
{
try
{
object data = objectProvider.GetObject();
if (data is ObjectListView)
{
using (VisualizerForm displayForm = new VisualizerForm())
{
displayForm.View = (ObjectListView)data;
windowService.ShowDialog(displayForm);
}
}
else
{
// If ObjectListView<T>
Type dataType = data.GetType();
if (dataType.IsGenericType && dataType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(ObjectListView <>))
{
// Construct a VisualizerForm<T>
Type visType = typeof(VisualizerTForm <>);
Type visConstructed = visType.MakeGenericType(data.GetType().GetGenericArguments());
object v = Activator.CreateInstance(visConstructed);
PropertyInfo view = visConstructed.GetProperty("View");
view.SetValue(v, data, null);
Form visualizerForm = (Form)v;
using (visualizerForm)
{
windowService.ShowDialog(visualizerForm);
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
if (ex.GetType().Name == "RemoteObjectSourceException") // it's an internal type that derives directly from System.Exception
{
MessageBox.Show("The visualizer cannot be displayed because your list item type is not marked Serializable.", "Visualizer Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
}
else
{
throw;
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Display the visualizer user interface.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>This method is used by Visual Studio, and is not intended to be called from your code.</remarks>
/// <param name="windowService">An object of type <see cref="T:Microsoft.VisualStudio.DebuggerVisualizers.IDialogVisualizerService"></see>, which provides methods your visualizer can use to display Windows forms, controls, and dialogs.</param>
/// <param name="objectProvider">An object of type <see cref="T:Microsoft.VisualStudio.DebuggerVisualizers.IVisualizerObjectProvider"></see>. This object provides communication from the debugger side of the visualizer to the object source (<see cref="T:Microsoft.VisualStudio.DebuggerVisualizers.VisualizerObjectSource"></see>) on the debuggee side.</param>
protected override void Show(IDialogVisualizerService windowService, IVisualizerObjectProvider objectProvider)
{
try
{
object data = objectProvider.GetObject();
if (data is ObjectListView)
{
using (VisualizerForm displayForm = new VisualizerForm())
{
displayForm.View = (ObjectListView)data;
windowService.ShowDialog(displayForm);
}
}
else
{
// If ObjectListView<T>
Type dataType = data.GetType();
if (dataType.IsGenericType && dataType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(ObjectListView<>))
{
// Construct a VisualizerForm<T>
Type visType = typeof(VisualizerTForm<>);
Type visConstructed = visType.MakeGenericType(data.GetType().GetGenericArguments());
object v = Activator.CreateInstance(visConstructed);
PropertyInfo view = visConstructed.GetProperty("View");
view.SetValue(v, data, null);
Form visualizerForm = (Form)v;
using (visualizerForm)
{
windowService.ShowDialog(visualizerForm);
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
if (ex.GetType().Name == "RemoteObjectSourceException") // it's an internal type that derives directly from System.Exception
MessageBox.Show("The visualizer cannot be displayed because your list item type is not marked Serializable.", "Visualizer Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
else
throw;
}
}