Why not? What if one is more comfortable (as am I when doing C# demo projects), using an IDE? -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Homme, James Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 12:39 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Layout by code - a wonderful tool but.... Hi, This is probably going to be a very silly question. Why are using VisualStudio at all with LBC? Jim -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bue Vester-Andersen Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 11:40 AM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: SV: Layout by code - a wonderfull tool but.... Hi again, Further to my problem with Layout by code. This time I tried the original FruitBasketCS program without modifications. When I go into the project properties and set output type to console application everything runs nicely, except for the anoying fact that a console window is created for the program which is not used anyway. When I change the output type to Windows Application the previously mentioned "invalid cast exception" occurs. Still, I can step through the program by using f10 and f11. In the meantime I also found out that the so-called ParkingWindow apparently seems to be an invisible window, a kind of clip-board that is used when you move controls from one window to another. I must admit that I am getting more and more confused I hope someone can help me, please. I still think that using Layout by Code would be a great way for a blind person to make a user interface with a decent layout Best regards Bue -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] På vegne af Bue Vester-Andersen Sendt: 2. august 2011 21:09 Til: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Emne: Layout by code - a wonderfull tool but.... Hi, First of all a million thanks to Jamal for his great work. LBC is just about the most fantastic programming tool I have ever stumbled upon. I am congenitally blind and have always found it next to imposible to work out a layout that would work at all. Now for my problem: I am trying to make a template for use with Visual Studio 2008 building on the template for a Windows forms application. Everything compiles fine, but when I run the resulting program I get the following exception (translated from Danish): Invalid cast exception {"an object of the type 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.ParkingWindow' can not be converted to the type 'Homer.LbcForm'."} The exception occurs at the CompleteWindow() call. It looks to me as if I was referencing the form before it is actually created. The funny thing is that everything works fine when I step into the code using f10 and f11. I don't suppose there could be a race condition? Hope someone can help me. Below is the code I am using. As I said, it is built on the Windows form application template. I thought that the use of component initialization might be the cause of my trouble, so I tried to remove all the designer and component stuff, but it didn't solve anything. LbcForm1.cs using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Windows.Forms; using Homer; namespace LBCFormsApplication1 { public partial class LbcForm1 : LbcForm { public LbcForm1() { InitializeComponent(); this.Init("LbcForm1", null, null); this.AddMyControlls(); } Private void AddMyControlls() { // Add controlls here. // AddButton("ok"); } public void OnEvent(string sEvent, Control oSender, EventArgs oArgs) { // Add event code here. } } } LbcForm1.Designer.cs namespace LBCFormsApplication1 { partial class LbcForm1 { /// <summary> /// Required designer variable. /// </summary> private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null; /// <summary> /// Clean up any resources being used. /// </summary> /// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param> protected override void Dispose(bool disposing) { if (disposing && (components != null)) { components.Dispose(); } base.Dispose(disposing); } #region Windows Form Designer generated code /// <summary> /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify /// the contents of this method with the code editor. /// </summary> private void InitializeComponent() { this.components = new System.ComponentModel.Container(); this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font; } #endregion } } Program.cs using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace LBCFormsApplication1 { static class Program { /// <summary> /// The main entry point for the application. /// </summary> [STAThread] static void Main() { Application.EnableVisualStyles(); Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false); LbcForm1 oLbcForm = new LbcForm1(); // Add further initialization here. // Uncomment to run as window. oLbcForm.CompleteWindow(); // Uncomment to run as dialog. // oLbcForm.CompleteDialog(); } } } Best regards Bue __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind This e-mail and any attachments to it are confidential and are intended solely for use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. 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