Create Line UI - Part 1

I want to

Create a UI for “Create Line UI” article.

Since I want to make the UI in modular way, hence I will create the UI in parts.

This is part 1 of Create Line UI.

Demo Video

Below 🎬 video shows how to Create Line UI - Part 1 in Visual Studio 2022.

Create Line UI - Part 1

Setting Project

We need to add some required UI changes as part of Project Setup.

Please follow below sections for this.

Add [Prism Project]

First, we add Prism Project for our requirement.
We already have an article where we add Prism Project.
Please see 🚀 Create Project section of 🚀 Open Syncfusion Chromeless Window article for creating New Prism project.
Name of our Project: SolidworksTest

Add [Syncfusion Chromeless Window]

Now, we need to add “Syncfusion Chromeless Window” into our View.
We already have an article where we add “Syncfusion Chromeless Window” into our View.
Please see 🚀 Add Syncfusion Chromeless Window section of 🚀 Open Syncfusion Chromeless Window article for creating New Prism project.

Add [Design Time DataContext]

In previous 🚀 Add Design Time DataContext section of 🚀 Insert Solidworks Sketch UI article, this section is already explained.
Please visit 🚀 Add Design Time DataContext section of 🚀 Insert Solidworks Sketch UI article for more detail on this section.

Add [Syncfusion Busy Indicator]

Now, we need to add “Syncfusion Busy Indicator” into our View.
We already have an article where we add “Syncfusion Busy Indicator” into our View.
Please see 🚀 Add Syncfusion Busy Indicator article for adding “Syncfusion Busy Indicator”.

Add Message Services

Now, we need to “Add Message Services” into our application.
We already have an article where we “Add Message Services” into our application.
Please see 🚀 Add Service for Messaging in application section of 🚀 Add Message Service article for adding Message Services.

Register Message Services

Now, we need to “Register Message Services” into our application.
We already have an article where we “Register Message Services” into our application.
Please see 🚀 Register Services section of 🚀 Add Message Service article for adding Message Services.

Understand Message Services

If you want to “understand Message Services”, then please visit below article.
Reference Article: 🚀 Add Message Service

Add [Solidworks References]

Now, we need to “Add [Solidworks References]” into our application.
We already have an article where we “Add [Solidworks References]” into our application.
Please see 🚀 Add Solidworks References section of 🚀 SOLIDWORKS C# API - Edit Solidworks Sketch article for Adding Solidworks References.

Add Constructor

Now, we need to Add Constructor into our application.
We already have an article where we Add Constructor into our application.
Please see 🚀 Add Constructor section of 🚀 SOLIDWORKS C# API - Change Sketch Name article for Adding Constructor.

Add Private Fields

Now, we need to Add Private Fields into our application.
We already have an article where we Add Private Fields into our application.
Please see 🚀 Add Private Fields section of 🚀 SOLIDWORKS C# API - Change Sketch Name article for Adding Constructor.

Add View [PointViewModel]

Now we need to add a [ViewModel] for [PointView] control.

ViewModel Name - PointViewModel

Please see below 👇🏻 image for reference.

Add Properties

Now in [PointViewModel], we need to add properties.

We need below properties.

private string _header;
public string Header
{
    get { return _header; }
    set { SetProperty(ref _header, value); }
}

private double _xpoint;
public double XPoint
{
    get { return _xpoint; }
    set { SetProperty(ref _xpoint, value); }
}

private double _ypoint;
public double YPoint
{
    get { return _ypoint; }
    set { SetProperty(ref _ypoint, value); }
}

private double _zpoint;
public double ZPoint
{
    get { return _zpoint; }
    set { SetProperty(ref _zpoint, value); }
}

Below property we use for showing header of group box which we create in GroupBox.

private string _header;
public string Header
{
    get { return _header; }
    set { SetProperty(ref _header, value); }
}

Below properties we use for point co-ordinates.

private double _xpoint;
public double XPoint
{
    get { return _xpoint; }
    set { SetProperty(ref _xpoint, value); }
}

private double _ypoint;
public double YPoint
{
    get { return _ypoint; }
    set { SetProperty(ref _ypoint, value); }
}

private double _zpoint;
public double ZPoint
{
    get { return _zpoint; }
    set { SetProperty(ref _zpoint, value); }
}

Add Constructor

Now in [PointViewModel], we need to add constructor.

#region Constructor

public PointViewModel()
{

}

#endregion

In above code, first we create a region.

#region Constructor

#endregion

Then we add constuctor as shown below.

#region Constructor

public PointViewModel()
{

}

#endregion

Add View [PointView]

Now we need to add a [WPF UserControl].

UserControl Name - PointView

Please see below 👇🏻 image for reference.

Add [Design Time DataContext]

In previous 🚀 Add Design Time DataContext section of 🚀 Insert Solidworks Sketch UI article, this section is already explained.
Please visit 🚀 Add Design Time DataContext section of 🚀 Insert Solidworks Sketch UI article for more detail on this section.
Design time Data context = PointViewModel
Please see below 👇🏻 image for reference.

Add [GroupBox]

Now we add <GroupBox> tag inside <UserControl> tag.
This GroupBox will hold controls for Points Co-ordinates.
Please see below 👇🏻 image for reference.

Please see below 👇🏻 code sample for reference.

<UserControl
    x:Class="SolidworksTest.Views.PointView"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:SolidworksTest.Views"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    xmlns:viewModel="clr-namespace:SolidworksTest.ViewModels"
    d:DataContext="{d:DesignInstance Type=viewModel:PointViewModel}"
    d:DesignHeight="450"
    d:DesignWidth="800"
    Background="White"
    mc:Ignorable="d">

    <GroupBox
        Margin="10"
        Padding="10"
        BorderBrush="Black"
        FontSize="18"
        Foreground="Black"
        Header="{Binding Header}" />

</UserControl>

In above code, we set values of following properties.
- Margin=”10”
- Padding=”10”
- BorderBrush=”Black”
- FontSize=”18”
- Foreground=”Black”
- Header property of <GroupBox>, we bind it with Header property in our PointViewModel class.

Add [Grid]

Now we add <Grid> tag inside <GroupBox> tag.
Below are the definition for Grid Columns.

<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="125" />
    <ColumnDefinition Width="25" />
    <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

Below are the definition for Grid Rows.

<Grid.RowDefinitions>
    <RowDefinition Height="25" />
    <RowDefinition Height="15" />
    <RowDefinition Height="25" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>

Please see below 👇🏻 image for reference.

Please see below 👇🏻 code sample for reference.

<UserControl
    x:Class="SolidworksTest.Views.PointView"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:SolidworksTest.Views"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    xmlns:viewModel="clr-namespace:SolidworksTest.ViewModels"
    d:DataContext="{d:DesignInstance Type=viewModel:PointViewModel}"
    d:DesignHeight="450"
    d:DesignWidth="800"
    Background="White"
    mc:Ignorable="d">

    <GroupBox
        Margin="10"
        Padding="10"
        BorderBrush="Black"
        FontSize="18"
        Foreground="Black"
        Header="{Binding Header}">

        <Grid>
            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <ColumnDefinition Width="125" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="25" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <RowDefinition Height="25" />
                <RowDefinition Height="15" />
                <RowDefinition Height="25" />
            </Grid.RowDefinitions>
        </Grid>

    </GroupBox>
</UserControl>

Add [XPoint] Label

Now we add <TextBlock> tag inside <Grid> tag.
<TextBlock> tag shows label for XPoint.
Below 👇🏻 is code for <TextBlock> tag.

<TextBlock
    Grid.Row="0"
    Grid.Column="0"
    HorizontalAlignment="Right"
    VerticalAlignment="Center"
    Text="X Co-ordinate:" />

In above code, we set values of following properties.
- Grid.Row=”0”
- Grid.Column=”0”
- HorizontalAlignment=”Right”
- VerticalAlignment=”Center”
- Text=”X Co-ordinate:”
In above code, Grid.Row and Grid.Column are attached properties and they define the position of <TextBlock> inside <Grid> control.
In above code, HorizontalAlignment and VerticalAlignment define [Alignment] of control.
In above code, Text property define label of <TextBlock> control.
Lable of <TextBlock> control: [X Co-ordinate:]
Please see below 👇🏻 image for reference.

Please see below 👇🏻 code sample for reference.

<UserControl
    x:Class="SolidworksTest.Views.PointView"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:SolidworksTest.Views"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    xmlns:viewModel="clr-namespace:SolidworksTest.ViewModels"
    d:DataContext="{d:DesignInstance Type=viewModel:PointViewModel}"
    d:DesignHeight="450"
    d:DesignWidth="800"
    Background="White"
    mc:Ignorable="d">

    <GroupBox
        Margin="10"
        Padding="10"
        BorderBrush="Black"
        FontSize="18"
        Foreground="Black"
        Header="{Binding Header}">

        <Grid>
            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <ColumnDefinition Width="125" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="25" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <RowDefinition Height="25" />
                <RowDefinition Height="15" />
                <RowDefinition Height="25" />
            </Grid.RowDefinitions>

            <TextBlock
                Grid.Row="0"
                Grid.Column="0"
                HorizontalAlignment="Right"
                VerticalAlignment="Center"
                Text="X Co-ordinate:" />

        </Grid>
    </GroupBox>
</UserControl>

Add [XPoint] TextBox

Now we add <TextBox> tag inside <Grid> tag.
<TextBox> tag shows label for XPoint.
Below 👇🏻 is code for <TextBox> tag.

<TextBox
    Grid.Row="0"
    Grid.Column="2"
    HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
    VerticalAlignment="Center"
    PreviewTextInput="InputTextBox_PreviewTextInput"
    Text="{Binding XPoint}" />

In above code, we set values of following properties.
- Grid.Row=”0”
- Grid.Column=”2”
- HorizontalAlignment=”Stretch”
- VerticalAlignment=”Center”
- Text=”X Co-ordinate:”
- Text property of <TextBox>, we bind it with XPoint property in our PointViewModel class.
Event method we define.
- In above code we define a method for PreviewTextInput event.
- Name of method: InputTextBox_PreviewTextInput
- This InputTextBox_PreviewTextInput method will enforce the user to input only Numbers. So that we avoid errors.
- Implementation of InputTextBox_PreviewTextInput method will discuss later.
Please see below 👇🏻 image for reference.

Please see below 👇🏻 code sample for reference.

<UserControl
    x:Class="SolidworksTest.Views.PointView"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:SolidworksTest.Views"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    xmlns:viewModel="clr-namespace:SolidworksTest.ViewModels"
    d:DataContext="{d:DesignInstance Type=viewModel:PointViewModel}"
    d:DesignHeight="450"
    d:DesignWidth="800"
    Background="White"
    mc:Ignorable="d">

    <GroupBox
        Margin="10"
        Padding="10"
        BorderBrush="Black"
        FontSize="18"
        Foreground="Black"
        Header="{Binding Header}">

        <Grid>
            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <ColumnDefinition Width="125" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="25" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <RowDefinition Height="25" />
                <RowDefinition Height="15" />
                <RowDefinition Height="25" />
            </Grid.RowDefinitions>

            <TextBlock
                Grid.Row="0"
                Grid.Column="0"
                HorizontalAlignment="Right"
                VerticalAlignment="Center"
                Text="X Co-ordinate:" />

            <TextBox
                Grid.Row="0"
                Grid.Column="2"
                HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
                VerticalAlignment="Center"
                PreviewTextInput="InputTextBox_PreviewTextInput"
                Text="{Binding XPoint}" />

        </Grid>
    </GroupBox>
</UserControl>

Add [YPoint] Label

Now we add <TextBlock> tag inside <Grid> tag.
<TextBlock> tag shows label for YPoint.
Below 👇🏻 is code for <TextBlock> tag.

<TextBlock
    Grid.Row="2"
    Grid.Column="0"
    HorizontalAlignment="Right"
    VerticalAlignment="Center"
    Text="Y Co-ordinate:" />

To understand above code, please visit 🚀 Add XPoint Label section of this article.

Please see below 👇🏻 image for reference.

Please see below 👇🏻 code sample for reference.

<UserControl
    x:Class="SolidworksTest.Views.PointView"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:SolidworksTest.Views"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    xmlns:viewModel="clr-namespace:SolidworksTest.ViewModels"
    d:DataContext="{d:DesignInstance Type=viewModel:PointViewModel}"
    d:DesignHeight="450"
    d:DesignWidth="800"
    Background="White"
    mc:Ignorable="d">

    <GroupBox
        Margin="10"
        Padding="10"
        BorderBrush="Black"
        FontSize="18"
        Foreground="Black"
        Header="{Binding Header}">

        <Grid>
            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <ColumnDefinition Width="125" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="25" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <RowDefinition Height="25" />
                <RowDefinition Height="15" />
                <RowDefinition Height="25" />
            </Grid.RowDefinitions>

            <TextBlock
                Grid.Row="0"
                Grid.Column="0"
                HorizontalAlignment="Right"
                VerticalAlignment="Center"
                Text="X Co-ordinate:" />

            <TextBox
                Grid.Row="0"
                Grid.Column="2"
                HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
                VerticalAlignment="Center"
                PreviewTextInput="InputTextBox_PreviewTextInput"
                Text="{Binding XPoint}" />

            <TextBlock
                Grid.Row="2"
                Grid.Column="0"
                HorizontalAlignment="Right"
                VerticalAlignment="Center"
                Text="Y Co-ordinate:" />

        </Grid>
    </GroupBox>
</UserControl>

Add [YPoint] TextBox

Now we add another <TextBox> tag inside <Grid> tag.
<TextBox> tag shows label for YPoint.
Below 👇🏻 is code for <TextBox> tag.

<TextBox
    Grid.Row="2"
    Grid.Column="2"
    HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
    VerticalAlignment="Center"
    PreviewTextInput="InputTextBox_PreviewTextInput"
    Text="{Binding YPoint}" />

To understand above code, please visit 🚀 Add XPoint TextBox section of this article.

Please see below 👇🏻 image for reference.

Please see below 👇🏻 code sample for reference.

<UserControl
    x:Class="SolidworksTest.Views.PointView"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:SolidworksTest.Views"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    xmlns:viewModel="clr-namespace:SolidworksTest.ViewModels"
    d:DataContext="{d:DesignInstance Type=viewModel:PointViewModel}"
    d:DesignHeight="450"
    d:DesignWidth="800"
    Background="White"
    mc:Ignorable="d">

    <GroupBox
        Margin="10"
        Padding="10"
        BorderBrush="Black"
        FontSize="18"
        Foreground="Black"
        Header="{Binding Header}">

        <Grid>
            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <ColumnDefinition Width="125" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="25" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <RowDefinition Height="25" />
                <RowDefinition Height="15" />
                <RowDefinition Height="25" />
            </Grid.RowDefinitions>

            <TextBlock
                Grid.Row="0"
                Grid.Column="0"
                HorizontalAlignment="Right"
                VerticalAlignment="Center"
                Text="X Co-ordinate:" />

            <TextBox
                Grid.Row="0"
                Grid.Column="2"
                HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
                VerticalAlignment="Center"
                PreviewTextInput="InputTextBox_PreviewTextInput"
                Text="{Binding XPoint}" />

            <TextBlock
                Grid.Row="2"
                Grid.Column="0"
                HorizontalAlignment="Right"
                VerticalAlignment="Center"
                Text="Y Co-ordinate:" />

            <TextBox
                Grid.Row="2"
                Grid.Column="2"
                HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
                VerticalAlignment="Center"
                PreviewTextInput="InputTextBox_PreviewTextInput"
                Text="{Binding YPoint}" />

        </Grid>
    </GroupBox>
</UserControl>

Add [InputTextBox_PreviewTextInput] Method

Now we need to add InputTextBox_PreviewTextInput method.

This method will allow only Numbers to add into <TextBox>.

For adding this method, first open [PointView.cs] file.

Add below code into [PointView.cs] file.

Please see below 👇🏻 image for reference.

Figure: Add InputTextBox PreviewTextInput Method

Please see below 👇🏻 code sample for reference.

private void InputTextBox_PreviewTextInput(object sender, TextCompositionEventArgs e)
{
    Regex _regex = new Regex("[^0-9.-]+");
    e.Handled = _regex.IsMatch(e.Text);
}

In above code we create a Regex type variable.

Name of variable: _regex.

Sequence we want to match: [^0-9.-]+

e.Handled allow to enter the value.

_regex.IsMatch(e.Text) means, if input text match the sequence then only it will allow otherwise it won’t.

If sequence match in _regex.IsMatch(e.Text) , then return true, otherwise return false.

Register [PointViewModel]

Now we need to register our [PointViewModel] class into our DI container.

Open [App.xaml.cs] class.
In this class there is a function [RegisterTypes].
We will register our class in this function.
Please see below 👇🏻 image for reference.

Please see below 👇🏻 code sample for reference.

protected override void RegisterTypes(IContainerRegistry containerRegistry)
{
    containerRegistry.Register<PointViewModel>();
}

In above code, we register [PointViewModel] class in containerRegistry through Register() method.

This is it for now!!!

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