public static object GetValue(string Name, string settings)
{
string value = null;
object retVal = null;
XmlDocument xDoc = new XmlDocument();
xDoc.LoadXml(settings);
XmlNode ctrl = xDoc.SelectSingleNode("/options/settings/panel/controls/control[@name='" + Name + "']");
if (ctrl != null)
{
string[] ctrlItems = ctrl.InnerText.Split(':');
if (ctrlItems != null)
{
string type = ctrl.Attributes["type"].Value;
if (type != null)
{
string property = ctrlItems.Length > 0 ? ctrlItems[0].Trim() : null;
if (ctrlItems.Length > 1)
{
for (int ii = 1; ii < ctrlItems.Length; ii++)
{
bool addColon = ii < ctrlItems.Length - 1;
value += ctrlItems[ii].Trim() + (addColon ? ":" : "");
}
}
Type t = OptionValues.GetTypeFromAppDomain(type, "System.Windows.Forms");
if (t != null)
{
TypeConverter tc = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(t.GetProperty(property).PropertyType);
if (tc != null && tc.CanConvertFrom(typeof(string)))
{
retVal = tc.ConvertFrom(value);
}
}
}
}
}
return(retVal == null ? value : retVal);
}
private void CreateDynamicControls()
{
string xmlControls = ResourceReader.ReadFromResource("Lewis.SST.Forms.Options.optionsControls.xml");
if (!xmlControls.Equals(string.Empty))
{
XmlDocument xControls = new XmlDocument();
xControls.LoadXml(xmlControls);
string name = xControls.SelectSingleNode("/options/settings").Attributes["name"].Value;
topLevel.Text = name;
treeView1.Nodes.Add(topLevel);
XmlNodeList xnl = xControls.SelectNodes("/options/settings/panel");
if (xnl != null)
{
foreach (XmlNode node in xnl)
{
// add new panel for each new tree node
ColumnStyle cstyle = new ColumnStyle(SizeType.Percent);
cstyle.Width = 50; // 50%
TreeNode tn = new TreeNode(node.Attributes["name"].Value);
TableLayoutPanel p = new TableLayoutPanel();
p.AutoSize = true;
p.AutoScroll = true;
p.CellBorderStyle = TableLayoutPanelCellBorderStyle.Inset;
p.Padding = new Padding(1, 1, 4, 5);
p.Name = tn.Text;
p.Anchor = AnchorStyles.None;
p.ColumnStyles.Add(cstyle);
p.ColumnCount = 2;
p.Visible = false;
XmlNodeList xnlControls = node.SelectNodes("./controls/control");
for (int ii = 0; ii < xnlControls.Count; ii++)
{
XmlNode xnCtrl = (XmlNode)xnlControls[ii];
string type = xnCtrl.Attributes["type"].Value;
string label = xnCtrl.Attributes["label"].Value;
string ctrlName = xnCtrl.Attributes["name"].Value;
string tooTip = xnCtrl.Attributes["tooltip"].Value;
Type t = OptionValues.GetTypeFromAppDomain(type, "System.Windows.Forms");
Object obj = Activator.CreateInstance(t);
((Control)obj).Name = ctrlName;
if (type.ToLower().Equals("textbox"))
{
((TextBox)obj).MaxLength = 255;
((TextBox)obj).ScrollBars = ScrollBars.Horizontal;
}
toolTip.SetToolTip((Control)obj, tooTip);
Label lbl = new Label();
lbl.Padding = new Padding(2, 6, 0, 0);
lbl.AutoSize = true;
lbl.Text = label;
p.Controls.Add((Control)lbl, 0, ii);
p.Controls.Add((Control)obj, 1, ii);
}
tn.Tag = p;
topLevel.Nodes.Add(tn);
}
}
treeView1.ExpandAll();
}
}
