Visual C# Examples - Body Tag Formatter

	Body Tag Formatter

Introduction

In this application, we will create a dialog box equipped with various controls. The subject is to create a format for the HTML's body tag.

Prerequisites:

Radio Buttons

Text Boxes

Panel

Vertical Scroll Bars

Buttons

Practical Learning: Starting the Exercise

Start a new Visual C# project as a Windows Application named BodyTag

Design the form as follows:

Control	Name	Text	Other Properties
GroupBox	grpBodyAttributes	Body Attributes
RadioButton	rdoBackground	Background	Checked: True
RadioButton	rdoText	Text
RadioButton	rdoLink	Link
RadioButton	rdoActiveLink	Active Link
RadioButton	rdoVisitedLink	Visited Link
TextBox	txtBackground	#000000
TextBox	txtText	#0000FF
TextBox	txtLink	#FF0000
TextBox	txtActiveLink	#008000
TextBox	txtVisitedLink	#800000
Panel	pnlPreview		BackColor: White BorderStyle: Fixed3D
VScrollBar	scrRed		LargeChange: 1 Maximum: 255 Value: 255
VScrollBar	scrGreen		LargeChange: 1 Maximum: 255 Value: 255
VScrollBar	scrBlue		LargeChange: 1 Maximum: 255 Value: 255
Panel	pnlBody		BackColor: White BorderStyle: Fixed3D
TextBox	txtTextPreview	Body tag formatter and colorizer	BorderStyle: None ForeColor: Blue TextAlign: Center
TextBox	txtLinkPreview	Sample text as link	BorderStyle: None ForeColor: Red TextAlign: Center
TextBox	txtALinkPreview	Current active link	BorderStyle: None ForeColor: Green TextAlign: Center
TextBox	txtVLinkPreview	This link has been visited	BorderStyle: None ForeColor: Maroon TextAlign: Center
GroupBox		Color Values
Label		Red:
TextBox	txtRed	0
Label		Green:
TextBox	txtGreen	0
Label		Blue:
TextBox	txtBlue	0
Button	btnClose	Close
Button	btnCopy	Copy
TextBox	txtResult	<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#0000FF" link="#FF0000" alink="#008000" vlink="#800000">

In the class, declare the following private variables:

private String HexBG, HexText, HexLink, HexALink, HexVLink;

In Class View, right-click Form1 -> Add -> Add Method...
Set the method options as follows:
Method Access: private
Return Type: void
Method Name: ApplyColor

Click Finish and implement the method as follows:

private void ApplyColor()
		{
			// Retrieve the current hexadecimal colors from their Edit controls
			HexBG    = this.txtBackground.Text;
			HexText  = this.txtText.Text;
			HexLink  = this.txtLink.Text;
			HexALink = this.txtActiveLink.Text;
			HexVLink = this.txtVisitedLink.Text;

			// Get the integral position of each ScrollBar control
			String strRed   = Convert.ToString(255 - this.scrRed.Value);
			String strGreen = Convert.ToString(255 - this.scrGreen.Value);
			String strBlue  = Convert.ToString(255 - this.scrBlue.Value);

			// Display the position of each ScrollBar
			// in its corresponding Edit control
			this.txtRed.Text   = strRed;
			this.txtGreen.Text = strGreen;
			this.txtBlue.Text  = strBlue;

			// Change the color of the Preview panel
			// according to the values of the ScrollBar positions
			pnlPreview.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(scrRed.Value, scrGreen.Value, scrBlue.Value);

			String FmtRed = (255 - scrRed.Value).ToString("X");
			if( FmtRed.Length == 1 )
				FmtRed = String.Concat("0", FmtRed);

			String FmtGreen = (255 - scrGreen.Value).ToString("X");
			if( FmtGreen.Length == 1 )
				FmtGreen = String.Concat("0", FmtGreen);

			String FmtBlue = (255 - scrBlue.Value).ToString("X");
			if( FmtBlue.Length == 1 )
				FmtBlue = String.Concat("0", FmtBlue);

			// Get the position of each ScrollBar control
			// Create a hexadecimal color starting with #
			// And display the color in the appropriate Edit control
			if( rdoBackground.Checked == true )
			{
				

				String BG = "#";
    			 	   BG = String.Concat(BG, FmtRed);
	    		       BG = String.Concat(BG, FmtGreen);
		        	   BG = String.Concat(BG, FmtBlue);
        
				txtBackground.Text        = BG;
				pnlBody.BackColor		  = pnlPreview.BackColor;
				txtTextPreview.BackColor  = pnlPreview.BackColor;
				txtLinkPreview.BackColor  = pnlPreview.BackColor;
				txtALinkPreview.BackColor = pnlPreview.BackColor;
				txtVLinkPreview.BackColor = pnlPreview.BackColor;
     
				HexBG = txtBackground.Text;
			}
			else if( rdoText.Checked == true )
			{
				String Txt = "#";
    				   Txt = String.Concat(Txt, FmtRed);
	    		       Txt = String.Concat(Txt, FmtGreen);
		        	   Txt = String.Concat(Txt, FmtBlue);
		
				txtText.Text = Txt;
				txtTextPreview.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(scrRed.Value, scrGreen.Value, scrBlue.Value);
				HexText = txtText.Text;
			}
			else if( rdoLink.Checked == true )
			{
				String TL = "#";
     				   TL = String.Concat(TL, FmtRed);
	    		       TL = String.Concat(TL, FmtGreen);
		        	   TL = String.Concat(TL, FmtBlue);
		
				txtLink.Text = TL;
				txtLinkPreview.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(scrRed.Value, scrGreen.Value, scrBlue.Value);
				
				HexLink = txtLink.Text;
			}
			else if( rdoActiveLink.Checked == true )
			{
				String AL = "#";
    				   AL = String.Concat(AL, FmtRed);
	    		       AL = String.Concat(AL, FmtGreen);
		        	   AL = String.Concat(AL, FmtBlue);
		
				txtActiveLink.Text = AL;
				txtALinkPreview.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(scrRed.Value, scrGreen.Value, scrBlue.Value);
       
				HexALink = txtActiveLink.Text;
			}
			else if( rdoVisitedLink.Checked == true )
			{
				String VL = "#";
     		  	  	   VL = String.Concat(VL, FmtRed);
	    	           VL = String.Concat(VL, FmtGreen);
		    	  	   VL = String.Concat(VL, FmtBlue);
		
				txtVisitedLink.Text = VL;
				txtVLinkPreview.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(scrRed.Value, scrGreen.Value, scrBlue.Value);
       
				HexVLink = txtVisitedLink.Text;
			}

			// Update the contents of the bottom Edit control
			String BD = "<body bgcolor=\"";
			       BD = String.Concat(BD, HexBG);
			       BD = String.Concat(BD, "\" text=\"");
			       BD = String.Concat(BD, HexText);
                   BD = String.Concat(BD, "\" link=\"");
                   BD = String.Concat(BD, HexLink);
                   BD = String.Concat(BD, "\" alink=\"");
                   BD = String.Concat(BD, HexALink);
                   BD = String.Concat(BD, "\" vlink=\"");
                   BD = String.Concat(BD, HexVLink);
                   BD = String.Concat(BD, "\">");
			
			txtResult.Text = BD;
		}

Double-click each scroll bar and implement them as follows:

private void scrRed_Scroll(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.ScrollEventArgs e)
{
	this.ApplyColor();
}

private void scrGreen_Scroll(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.ScrollEventArgs e)
{
	this.ApplyColor();
}

private void scrBlue_Scroll(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.ScrollEventArgs e)
{
	this.ApplyColor();
}

Test the application and return to Visual C#

When the user clicks a radio button from the Body Attributes group box, we need to display its color on the Preview panel. When a particular button is clicked, we will retrieve the color of its font from the Body text box, translate that color into red, green, and blue values, and then use those values to automatically update the scroll bars and the edit boxes. While we are at it, we also need to update the corresponding text box in the Body Attributes group box. Since this functionality will be used by all radio buttons in the group, we will use a global function to which we can pass two variables.
When the user clicks a particular radio button, that button is represented by a text box in the lower-left Body section. We need to get the color of that edit box and pass it to our function. Since the clicked radio button has a corresponding text box in the Body Attributes group box, we need to change/update that value with the hexadecimal value of the first argument. Therefore, we will pass a String argument to our function.
In the source code of the class, implement the following function:

private void ClickOption(System.Drawing.Color Clr, String Result)
		{
			// These variables will hold the red, green, and blue
			// values of the passed color
			int Red, Green, Blue;

			// Colorize the Preview panel with the passed color
			pnlPreview.BackColor = Clr;

			// Get the red value of the color of the Preview panel
			Red = pnlPreview.BackColor.R;
			// Get the green value of the color of the Preview panel
			Green = pnlPreview.BackColor.G;
			// Get the blue value of the color of the Preview panel
			Blue = pnlPreview.BackColor.B;

			// Now that we have the red, green, and blue values of the color,
			// Update the scroll bars with the new values
			scrRed.Value   = Red;
			scrGreen.Value = Green;
			scrBlue.Value  = Blue;

			// Update the red, green, and blue values
			// of the Numeric Values group box
			txtRed.Text   = Red.ToString();
			txtGreen.Text = Green.ToString();
			txtBlue.Text  = Blue.ToString();

			// Update the string that was passed using
			// the retrieved red, green, and blue values
			Result = String.Concat(Result, "#");
			Result = String.Concat(Result, Red.ToString("X"));
			Result = String.Concat(Result, Green.ToString("X"));
			Result = String.Concat(Result, Blue.ToString("X"));
		}

Double-click each radio button and implement it as follows:

private void rdoBackground_CheckedChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			// If the user clicks Background radio button
			// set color of the panel to that of the radio button
			System.Drawing.Color BGColor = pnlBody.BackColor;

			pnlBody.BackColor = BGColor;

			// Call the ClickOption() method to calculate
			// the hexadecimal value of the color
			ClickOption(pnlBody.BackColor, txtBackground.Text);
			HexBG = txtBackground.Text;
		}

		private void rdoText_CheckedChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			System.Drawing.Color BGColor = pnlBody.BackColor;
			txtTextPreview.BackColor  = BGColor;

			ClickOption(txtTextPreview.ForeColor, txtText.Text);
			HexText = txtText.Text;   
		}

		private void rdoLink_CheckedChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			System.Drawing.Color BGColor = pnlBody.BackColor;

			txtLinkPreview.BackColor  = BGColor;

			ClickOption(txtLinkPreview.ForeColor, txtLink.Text);
			HexLink = txtLink.Text; 
		}

		private void rdoActiveLink_CheckedChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			System.Drawing.Color BGColor = pnlBody.BackColor;

			txtALinkPreview.BackColor  = BGColor;

			ClickOption(txtALinkPreview.ForeColor, txtActiveLink.Text);
			HexALink = txtActiveLink.Text;
		}

		private void rdoVisitedLink_CheckedChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			System.Drawing.Color BGColor = pnlBody.BackColor;

			txtVLinkPreview.BackColor  = BGColor;

			ClickOption(txtVLinkPreview.ForeColor, txtVisitedLink.Text);
			HexVLink = txtVisitedLink.Text;  
		}

Save and test the application then return to Visual C#

Double-click the Close button and implement it as follows:

private void btnClose_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			Close();
		}

Double-click the Copy button and implement it as follows:

private void btnCopy_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			this.txtResult.SelectAll();
			this.txtResult.Copy();
		}

Test the application


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