C1InputPanel Smart Tag

In Visual Studio, each control in InputPanel for WinForms includes a smart tag. A smart tag represents a short-cut tasks menu that provides the most commonly used properties in each control.

To access the C1InputPanel Tasks menu, click on the smart tag ( $Description: C:\MyFiles\D2H2008Projects\WinForms\WinForms_C1InputPanel\Documents\Graphics\anchortag.png$ ) in the upper right corner of the C1InputPanel control. This will open the C1InputPanel Tasks menu.

$Description: C:\MyFiles\D2H2008Projects\WinForms\WinForms_C1InputPanel\Documents\Graphics\C1InputPanel Tasks Menu.png$

The C1InputPanel Tasks menu operates as follows:

Add New Item

Selecting the Add New Item drop-down box provides a list of input components to choose from.

Edit Items

Clicking on Edit Items opens the C1InputPanel Items Collection Editor.

Check Accelerators

Clicking on Check Accelerators opens the Check Keyboard Accelerators designer.

Clear All Items

Clicking on Clear All Items removes the items from C1InputPanel.

Choose Data Source

Selecting the Choose Data Source drop-down box, opens a list of available data sources and allows you to add a new data source. To add a new data source to the project, click Add Project Data Source to open the Data Source Configuration Wizard.

Visual Style

Selecting the Visual Style drop-down box opens a list box of several built-in inputpanel schemes for you to choose from. The default visual style is System.

C1InputPanel provides a Custom visual style where you can create your own VisualStyle or you can choose from the following visual styles:

Visual Style Name	Image
Office2007Black	$Description: C:\MyFiles\D2H2008Projects\WinForms\WinForms_C1InputPanel\Documents\Graphics\Themes\VisualStyle_Office2007Black.png$
Office2007Blue	$Description: C:\MyFiles\D2H2008Projects\WinForms\WinForms_C1InputPanel\Documents\Graphics\Themes\VisualStyle_Office2007Blue.png$
Office2007Silver	$Description: C:\MyFiles\D2H2008Projects\WinForms\WinForms_C1InputPanel\Documents\Graphics\Themes\VisualStyle_Office2007Silver.png$
Office2010Black	$Description: C:\MyFiles\D2H2008Projects\WinForms\WinForms_C1InputPanel\Documents\Graphics\Themes\VisualStyle_Office2010Black.png$
Office2010Blue	$Description: C:\MyFiles\D2H2008Projects\WinForms\WinForms_C1InputPanel\Documents\Graphics\Themes\VisualStyles_Office2010Blue.png$
Office2010Silver	$Description: C:\MyFiles\D2H2008Projects\WinForms\WinForms_C1InputPanel\Documents\Graphics\Themes\VisualStyles_Office2010Silver.png$
Windows7	$Description: C:\MyFiles\D2H2008Projects\WinForms\WinForms_C1InputPanel\Documents\Graphics\Themes\VisualStyle_Windows7.png$
System (the default visual style for the C1InputPanel control)	$Description: C:\MyFiles\D2H2008Projects\WinForms\WinForms_C1InputPanel\Documents\Graphics\Themes\VisualStyles_System.png$

Load from XML file

Selecting Load from XML file option opens the Load from XML dialog box, which you can use to navigate to and select an XML file for the InputPanel layout.

Save as XML file

Selecting Save as XML file option opens the Save as XML dialog box, which you can use to navigate to and select an XML file for the InputPanel layout.

About C1InputPanel

Clicking on the About item displays the About C1InputPanel dialog box, which is helpful in finding the version number of C1InputPanel and online resources.