Set of controls allowing for addition of context menus base on existing screen methods, or on custom behaviors, as well as pre-built behaviors such as cut/copy/paste.
Spursoft has come through again with another fantastic addition to LightSwitch. Very nice implementation - it's hard to imagine how it could be any easier to add either standard cut/copy/paste right-click functionality to your LightSwitch apps or custom context menus. And it makes it simple to control the level of granularity as well, enabling context menu items that are specific to a cell or global to the screen.
Dereck comes through again! From the first LightSwitch application I wrote I have been frustrated by the underlying Silverlight inability to cut/copy/paste out of the box. This extension is exactly what I needed to add this functionality to all my applications. The description says you can add cut/copy/paste in 45 seconds. This is not an exaggeration! It took me about 30 seconds to add this needed functionality to a form. The context menu was just "icing on the cake". Simple and easy to implement and program this is becoming one of the extensions I add to most new forms. The image button is a nice twist on the regular control. When I had a question the response was almost immediate. This control suite is priced very attractively for the functionality it provides.
Since I didn't receive a response via email to derek.spurlock@spursoft.com, I'm posting here in the hopes of getting some help.
I’m using version 8.5.8 of the control in VS 2012. The behavior is as follows: Choosing Copy on the context menu does copy selected text to clipboard, but that is immediately followed by all the remaining text in the text box being automatically selected. It appears as though the control loses and then regains focus suddenly, thereby reselecting all the text in the control. Suppose I could live with that but it is a bit of an irritant because it’s not what is commonly expected by users.
The bigger problem, however, is that unless text in the paste-target text box is selected, clicking Paste results in all existing text being replaced by what’s on the clipboard. It happens every time. In a scenario where the target textbox is empty, that presents no problem. But if the user wants to insert text at the current caret location when there is no text selected, then that’s a crippling problem, obviously. What is a user to do when they want to insert text into the middle or end of existing text in textbox?
Ctrl-V and Ctrl-C are the better options at the moment. User expectation is that chosing Copy and Pase from context menu will perform the same. That is not the case with the Spursoft contect menu control right out of the box.
Hoping you can point me toward a solution. Thanks for your time.
I am very sorry for the lateness in responding to your email on the 12th. I did get it am looking at the issue but have been swamped. A short answer is that part of the problem I can control part is a problem with silverlight. The focus is lost by definintion when you select the menu. Silverlight does not actually reselect the problem is actually in the drawing mechanism. The selected text is still selected but the focus background is not shown. The answer to the second issue can be resolved in changing the behavior. I will have a fix for that in the next release problably within a week.
Again I apologize for the slowness in the response.
Derek
Hi, I am not sure what I am doing wrong, I can't make it to show up the icons, is there any specifications or restrictions?, I tried png (24x24) and it did not showed up.
Second issue is trying to use it within a C1.FlexGrid row, is this supported?
Regards and thanks for your help!
Eduardo
I would say that I have never tried it against a flex grid. So you may be on your own.
The version you have is not for 2012. I will send you a link to download the 2012 version.
Derek
It could probably be released now but I have not had the chance to set up the sales end of it yet. That is why I am offering the free download if you purchase the current version.
@Ely & @Michael5319
Please contact me at derek.spurlock@spursoft.com if you have purchased the VS 2010 version. I will be glad to send you a link for the VS 2012 versions.
I have bought this set , but struggling with getting it to work "out of the box" . Is there ANY documentation or samples or examples for this? Specifically the SSRS Viewer (i.e. the properties are definitely not very clear and i am stuck doing trial and error'ing to get a report to display and failing).
Fritz,
Thank you for your interest. The answer two your question is yes with some coding. Because of the nature of Data Grids the pasting of data values would be fairly complex to do "out of the box". Some of the problems would be determining what data came from what column, whether or not the data is read only (view), is this an edit or new row. Do you see where I am going.
So the way you would do this is to create a Command Menu Item (not cut copy paste) you can then write code to do your paste as custom as you need.
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