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WinButton Smart Tag

In Visual Studio 2005 (.NET Framework 2.0), each Ultimate UI for Windows Forms control/component is equipped with a Smart Tag. By simply selecting the control/component, a Smart Tag anchor appears. When you click this anchor, a pop-up panel appears, providing you with quick and easy access to the most common properties and settings of the control/component.

The WinButton™ Smart Tag contains the name of the control, as well as the following sections:

  • Appearance — Provides common tasks involving the appearance, look, and feel of the control.

  • Behavior — Provides easy access to properties that govern how the control behaves on the form.

See below for a description of the item (e.g., field, drop-down list, checkbox) in each section, as well as the item’s corresponding property in the properties grid.

ultrabutton's smart tag
Appearance Description Corresponding Property

Support Themes

Select this check box to support basic Microsoft OS themes; for example, Windows Classic theme versus Windows XP theme.

Button Style

The drop-down list includes several different looks for the WinButton. If Support Themes is checked; however, you will not notice any changes as the WinButton is using the current Windows theme.

Text

Enter the text that you want to appear on the button.
Behavior Description Corresponding Property

Dialog Result

From the drop-down list, you can select a value (e.g., OK, Cancel, or Abort) that will be returned to the corresponding DialogResult property of the parent form when the button is clicked.