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Silverlight Fieldset Control

The VectorLight.Net Fieldset control for Microsoft's Silverlight is a collapsable container for other VectorLight.Net Controls and standard Silverlight elements such as TextBlocks, Rectanges etc. The Fieldset control allows related controls to be grouped together in an easy and nicely presentable manner.

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How to Use the Fieldset Control

In your XAML ensure you have a reference to the Liquid.dll in the UserControl tag at the top. To use it on your Silverlight page:

You will need to include the following using statement in order to reference the Vectorlight controls:

using Liquid.Core.Controls;

The above example will place a fieldset control and a text label on to your xaml page. Controls (both Vectorlight and Silverlight) can then be added to the fieldset by calling the AddChild() method.

In our C# below we declare some calendar controls and Silverlight labels and add them to our fieldset. Any standard or Vectorlight control can be added, though caution needs to be taken when adding certain standard Microsoft controls such as the Calendar which need a Width and Height setting applied before they are added.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Animation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;

namespace FieldSet
{
     public partial class Page : UserControl
     {
          public Page()
          {
               InitializeComponent();
          }
     }
}

Example VectorLight.Net FieldSet Control:

Written in Client-Side C# .NET 3.5
Microsoft Silverlight Only
Easy to Add Child Elements
Customizable Visual Feel

The screenshot above demonstrates the Fieldset control containing other VectorLight.Net controls such as TextBox, DropDown and CheckBox controls.

Your Comments and Questions Answered

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dan Jan, 12 2008 - 14:11

Hi Tom,

We aim to get Version 2.2 out for the 16th, if not earlier. We will drop you an email at the address you provided below when it's ready.

Tom2Net Jan, 12 2008 - 05:27

Hi Dan,

Thanks for the infos.

Do you have a planned date for version 2.2 ? :)

Bye

Tom

dan Jan, 11 2008 - 23:55

Hi Tom,

You're right, it is a bug, the text does render but in White! Which is not much good on a White background, It's on the list for Version 2.2 to give some options to control the text color/font etc from the control but for now this property can be left empty and a seperate TextBlock used.

Sorry about this, most of this code came straight from our CMS demo which has Black backgrounds and for some reason never changed. A fix is on the way...

Tom2Net Jan, 11 2008 - 10:21

Hi Dan,

Thanks for the example. I've having a little issue with the control. If I try to set the property Text (this is the one used for the Header if I'm right), nothing appears (like on your screenshot). Is it normal ? Is it a known bug ?

Thanks !

dan Jan, 11 2008 - 15:59

I've just finished an example for this control, it should be easy to modify to embed your textboxes. As in the above example these should be added programically in the Page_Loaded event.

As ever, we are slowly in the process of getting examples of all these controls on to the site as soon as possible.

Tom2Net Jan, 11 2008 - 02:26

Hello Dan,

Can you provide an example on how to use this control ? I've version 2.1 of the library but I've not been able o used it: every time I try, nothing appears :(
I'm trying to use this control to "embed" a textbox and 2 buttons.

You can reply me here or by mail (if you can as I'm prefered this way): lebrun_thomas@hotmail.com@nospam (remove @nospam)

Thanks !

dan Jan, 03 2008 - 12:57

All the controls can be downloaded by clicking on the Downloads menu option at the top of the screen. You need to be logged in to download the controls, the Liquid.dll is included in the download zip file and should be copied to the ClientBin folder of your Silverlight application.

jf Jan, 01 2008 - 19:54

Free DownLoad,Where??????
this 'Liquid.dll' source file??