ToolboxItemCreatorCallback Delegate

Definition

Namespace:

System.Drawing.Design

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.Design.dll

Source:

ToolboxItemCreatorCallback.cs

Provides a callback mechanism that can create a ToolboxItem.

C#

public delegate System.Drawing.Design.ToolboxItem ToolboxItemCreatorCallback(object serializedObject, string format);

Parameters

serializedObject

Object

The object which contains the data to create a ToolboxItem for.

format

String

The name of the clipboard data format to create a ToolboxItem for.

Return Value

ToolboxItem

The deserialized ToolboxItem object specified by serializedObject.

Examples

The following example provides a component that uses the IToolboxService to add a "Text" data format handler, or ToolboxItemCreatorCallback, to the toolbox. The data creator callback delegate passes any text data pasted to the toolbox and dragged onto a form to a custom ToolboxItem that creates a TextBox containing the text.

C#

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.ComponentModel.Design;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Design;
using System.Security.Permissions;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace TextDataTextBoxComponent
{
    // Component that adds a "Text" data format ToolboxItemCreatorCallback 
    // to the Toolbox. This component uses a custom ToolboxItem that 
    // creates a TextBox containing the text data.
    public class TextDataTextBoxComponent : Component
    {
        private bool creatorAdded = false;
        private IToolboxService ts;

        public TextDataTextBoxComponent()
        {                     
        }

        // ISite override to register TextBox creator
        public override System.ComponentModel.ISite Site
        {
            get
            {
                return base.Site;
            }
            set
            {
                if( value != null )
                {                    
                    base.Site = value;

                    if (!creatorAdded)
                    {
                        AddTextTextBoxCreator();
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    if (creatorAdded)
                    {
                        RemoveTextTextBoxCreator();
                    }

                    base.Site = value;             
                }
            }
        }

        // Adds a "Text" data format creator to the toolbox that creates 
        // a textbox from a text fragment pasted to the toolbox.
        private void AddTextTextBoxCreator()
        {
            ts = (IToolboxService)GetService(typeof(IToolboxService));

            if (ts != null) 
            {
                ToolboxItemCreatorCallback textCreator = 
                    new ToolboxItemCreatorCallback(this.CreateTextBoxForText);

                try
                {
                    ts.AddCreator(
                        textCreator, 
                        "Text", 
                        (IDesignerHost)GetService(typeof(IDesignerHost)));

                    creatorAdded = true;
                }
                catch(Exception ex)
                {
                    MessageBox.Show(
                        ex.ToString(), 
                        "Exception Information");
                }                
            }
        }

        // Removes any "Text" data format creator from the toolbox.
        private void RemoveTextTextBoxCreator()
        {
            if (ts != null)             
            {
                ts.RemoveCreator(
                    "Text", 
                    (IDesignerHost)GetService(typeof(IDesignerHost)));            

                creatorAdded = false;
            }
        }

        // ToolboxItemCreatorCallback delegate format method to create 
        // the toolbox item.
        private ToolboxItem CreateTextBoxForText(
            object serializedObject, 
            string format)
        {
            DataObject o = new DataObject((IDataObject)serializedObject);

            string[] formats = o.GetFormats();

            if (o.GetDataPresent("System.String", true))
            {
                string toolboxText = (string)(o.GetData("System.String", true));
                return (new TextToolboxItem(toolboxText));
            }

            return null;
        }

        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
        {
            if (creatorAdded)
            {
                RemoveTextTextBoxCreator();
            }
        }        
    }

    // Custom toolbox item creates a TextBox and sets its Text property
    // to the constructor-specified text.
    public class TextToolboxItem : ToolboxItem
    {
        private string text;
        private delegate void SetTextMethodHandler(Control c, string text);

        public TextToolboxItem(string text) : base()
        {
            this.text = text;
        }

        // ToolboxItem.CreateComponentsCore override to create the TextBox 
        // and link a method to set its Text property.
        protected override IComponent[] CreateComponentsCore(IDesignerHost host)
        {
            System.Windows.Forms.TextBox textbox = 
                (TextBox)host.CreateComponent(typeof(TextBox));
                
            // Because the designer resets the text of the textbox, use 
            // a SetTextMethodHandler to set the text to the value of 
            // the text data.
            Control c = host.RootComponent as Control;
            c.BeginInvoke(
                new SetTextMethodHandler(OnSetText), 
                new object[] {textbox, text});
           
            return new System.ComponentModel.IComponent[] { textbox };
        }        

        // Method to set the text property of a TextBox after it is initialized.
        private void OnSetText(Control c, string text) 
        {
            c.Text = text;
        }
    }
}

Remarks

You can implement a toolbox item creator method with a method signature matching the method signature of this delegate type that creates a toolbox item from any object of a particular clipboard data format placed on the toolbox. For example, you can design a toolbox item creator that creates a TextBox to store text pasted to the toolbox from the clipboard. You can use the AddCreator method of the IToolboxService to add a ToolboxItemCreatorCallback event handler for a particular data type to the toolbox. The serializedObject parameter contains the data object.

When you create a ToolboxItemCreatorCallback delegate, you identify the method that will handle the event. To associate the event with your event handler, add an instance of the delegate to the event. The event handler is called whenever the event occurs, unless you remove the delegate. For more information about event handler delegates, see Handling and Raising Events.

Extension Methods

Applies to