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TaskDialog built-in Question icon is missing! : SuperMario wrote:On a side...

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:43:39 +0000

Author: gibra
Subject: 17275
Posted: 22 September 2010 at 7:43am

SuperMario wrote:

On a side note, we added this for 13.4.1

Great!!!

You understand my point-of-view.

Now, I don't know it's possible, but should be also good if the 'custom icon' can be loaded icon from ImageManager, not only from file (as currently).

In this way:

1. I'm not forced to deploy additional icons files to use as custom icon.

2. the custom icon appear in correct position, on the left of Main text.

Actually, the icon loaded with Image Source of XAML tag or HTML tag :

appear always on the left of Content text, not to the left of Main text when use built-in icons.

Thank again.

TaskDialog built-in Question icon is missing! : On a side note, we added this...

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:15:29 +0000

Author: SuperMario
Subject: 17275
Posted: 20 September 2010 at 2:15pm

On a side note, we added this for 13.4.1

TaskDialog built-in Question icon is missing! : Aaron wrote: Both Icon and...

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:14:54 +0000

Author: gibra
Subject: 17275
Posted: 20 September 2010 at 12:14pm

Aaron wrote:

Both Icon and Text will be aligned at the top.

Thank for reply.

Another tricks to add into my code.

TaskDialog built-in Question icon is missing! : Hi, Use StackPanel to position...

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 04:40:03 +0000

Author: Aaron
Subject: 17275
Posted: 19 September 2010 at 4:40am

Hi,

Use StackPanel to position Text & Icon seperately, something like this:

.ContentText = "A TaskDialog presents...."

Both Icon and Text will be aligned at the top.

TaskDialog built-in Question icon is missing! : jpbro wrote:When using Markup,...

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 04:12:14 +0000

Author: gibra
Subject: 17275
Posted: 19 September 2010 at 4:12am

jpbro wrote:

When using Markup, you need to use the XAML tag instead of the HTML tag.

This work good.

To apply your suggestion in VistaTaskDialog sample here the code

  ' replace tag wiht tag in editContent.text control:
  Dim newContentText As String
  newContentText = Replace(editContent.text, "  newContentText = Replace(newContentText, "", "")
  taskDialog.ContentText = "" & newContentText & ""

The result isn't perfect (icon position is different from built-in icons of TaskDialog control), however it's a good way to use a custom icon from ImageManager, not from disk.

As you say, will hope that Codejock add support for NavigateUri attribute to allows us fo manage URL parameter of HyperlinkClicked event.

So i'm not foced to use a MarkupContext object.

Thank!

TaskDialog built-in Question icon is missing! : When using Markup, you need to...

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 21:19:43 +0000

Author: jpbro
Subject: 17275
Posted: 18 September 2010 at 9:19pm

When using Markup, you need to use the XAML tag instead of the HTML tag.

There are some issues though. When a user clicks a XAML Hyperlink, the TaskDialog HyperlinkClicked event will be raised, but the URL property will be empty. This means that you can apparently have only 1 hyperlink per TaskDialog message, because there is no way to differentiate between them (or at least, I haven't figured out how to).

Only CodeJock can solve this (by supporting the NavigateUri attribute of the Hyperlink tag, which they don't at this point, and passing that to the URL property of the HyperlinkClicked event), or by adding a MarkupContext object with AddHandler methods to the TaskDialog control (like the MarkupLabel and ReportControl have - this would allow us to perform our own link click handling).

However, if you only need 1 hyperlink per message, then just wrap it in tags and perform whatever action you require in the HyperlinkClicked event.

TaskDialog built-in Question icon is missing! : jpbro wrote:Microsoft changed...

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:53:55 +0000

Author: gibra
Subject: 17275
Posted: 18 September 2010 at 5:53pm

jpbro wrote:

Microsoft changed their UI guidelines, and no longer recommend the use of the question mark icon (that's why it is missing). See:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511277.aspx#questiongl

Then, my problem isn't a problem.

Thank for this information.

TaskDialog built-in Question icon is missing! : Thank for your help, Aaron. I...

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:47:11 +0000

Author: gibra
Subject: 17275
Posted: 18 September 2010 at 5:47pm

Thank for your help, Aaron.

I have try your suggestion, unfortunately doesn't work correctly if I use EnableHyperlinks.

Example:

1. Open the Vista TaskDialog sample VB6.0 project of Codejock SuitePro (13.4.0)

2. Open frmMain, on General tab note that the Content textbox (editContent) contains this value:

"A TaskDialog presents Hyperlink Text information in a clear and consistent way."

The dialog display as below:

Now, in this project :

3. add the component CommandBars to the project

4. add ImageManager1 control to frmMain

5. add a question icon (32x32) to ImageManager1, with ID=100

If I use a simple plain text, as this:

taskDialog.ContentText = "This is a sample text"

the result is good:

Now, I try to set the ContentText property to add custom icon to existing ContentText value:

taskDialog.ContentText = "" & editContent.text

the wrong result is show below:

Then, I have try to insert the editContent value into TextBlock:

taskDialog.ContentText = "" & editContent.text & ""

again, the wrong result is:

What's wrong?

How I can to solve this problem?

Thank.

TaskDialog built-in Question icon is missing! : Microsoft changed their UI guidelines,...

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:02:17 +0000

Author: jpbro
Subject: 17275
Posted: 18 September 2010 at 5:02pm

Microsoft changed their UI guidelines, and no longer recommend the use of the question mark icon (that's why it is missing). See:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511277.aspx#questiongl

Excerpt:

Question mark icons

Use the question mark icon only for Help entry points. For more information, see the Help entry point guidelines.
Don't use the question mark icon to ask questions. Again, use the question mark icon only for Help entry points. There is no need to ask questions using the question mark icon anyway—it's sufficient to present a main instruction as a question.
Don't routinely replace question mark icons with warning icons. Replace a question mark icon with a warning icon only if the question has significant consequences. Otherwise, use no icon.

TaskDialog built-in Question icon is missing! : Hi, You could use Markup to...

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:35:15 +0000

Author: Aaron
Subject: 17275
Posted: 18 September 2010 at 3:35pm

Hi,

You could use Markup to accomplish this

The images in TaskDialog are images of an ImageManager.

The necessary code is also an image from ImageManager (just copy / paste code into textbox and saved it as image, just in case you are wondering the many different colors of the characters )

Just add your HELP icon (with same ID as Source=' ') to an ImageManager and

add following code:

XtremeSuiteControls.Icons.AddIcons Me.ImageManager1.Icons

    With TaskDialog1
        .EnableMarkup = True
        .ContentText = ""
        .ShowDialog
    End With