working with forms

Question

hi,
i am currently working with forms.i hav created a login page ,administrator page form and one more form.i want a text to be flying(scrolling) in the 3rd form and it must be updated from the administrator page form.how shall i do??????????
kindly suggest me!!!!!!!!!!

theLizard · Answer

Whatever happened to programming! this is a start for you, you do the rest. using System.Drawing; using System.Text; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace WindowsFormsApplication1 { public partial class Form1 : Form { string marqueeText = "private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)"; float posX = 0.0f; int pos = 0; string marquee = ""; System.Drawing.Graphics formGraphics = null; System.Drawing.Font drawFont = new System.Drawing.Font("Tahoma", 16); System.Drawing.SolidBrush drawBrush = new System.Drawing.SolidBrush(System.Drawing.Color.Black); public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { posX = this.Width; formGraphics = this.CreateGraphics(); } private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { timer1.Enabled = true; } private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (pos != marqueeText.Length) { marquee += marqueeText[pos]; DrawString(marquee, posX ); posX--; pos++; } else { if (marquee.Length > this.Width + 1) marquee = marquee.Substring(1); marquee += " ------ "; pos = 0; } if (posX == 0.0f) { pos = 0; } } private void DrawString(string s, float pos) { float x = pos; float y = 50.0f; formGraphics.Clear(this.BackColor); formGraphics.DrawString(s, drawFont, drawBrush, x, y); //drawFont.Dispose(); //drawBrush.Dispose(); //formGraphics.Dispose(); } } }

theLizard · Answer

I Just had to write one, no source code but you can download a dll lizardMarquee from my web site. Features: Get and Set for; MarqueeText ScrollEnabled ScrollTextColor Shadow ShadowColor ShadowOffsetX ShadowOffsetY plus Font size and font family changed Auto re size of user control on font size change :)

Sam Hobbs · Answer

Also see Scrolling Text Marquee Control . I wrote that for you but then I decided to make it an article. The code is quite simple but I think that makes it better.

dhilipan nair · Answer

thanx a lot

Sam Hobbs · Answer

The project in the attached zip shows one way. It has a UserControl that has a WebBrowser in it. It is very simple. There are many ways you can improve it but I don't know the details about what you need to do. I also don't know if you are familiar with UserControls. You even don't have to put the WebBrowser control in the UserControl but the UserControl makes the marquee more flexible.

Sam Hobbs · Answer

As for the big font. I would not say anything if it was just you but many people do things such as use big fonts when they don't need to. Th reason I ask if it is a desktop application is because there is a marquee control for HTML that probably does what you need to do. If you search for marquee then you will find articles and such.

dhilipan nair · Answer

it's a desktop form. i am currently using 3 forms. 1)login form2)administator page3)a form to register attendance. i want important news to be scrolling in the 3rd form,whenever it is loaded.and that text must be updatable by the 2nd form.

dhilipan nair · Answer

sorry ,if those fonts bothered a lot.it's a desktop form. i am currently using 3 forms. 1)login form2)administator page3)a form to register attendance. i want important news to be scrolling in the 3rd form,whenever it is loaded.and that text must be updatable by the 2nd form.

Sam Hobbs · Answer

Please don't use big fonts and other unnecessary formatting. Please do make your questions bigger with more details. You need to provide details such as the type of project; is this a web form or a desktop form?