Time Series Controls

Edit Properties Dialog

The properties dialog allows a user to graphically edit many of the properties of the time series controls. The default properties dialog is shown below:

Add a New Tab

At times, it may be necessary to add a new tab to the properties dialog. This section describes the process of adding a tab. Specific elements can then be added to the tab page.

First, we need to include the necessary namespaces for the controls. The code for adding a new tab is:

[Visual Basic]

' Create the properties dialog for an Xbar chart. The trailing zeros specify what tab should 
                  be

                  '   opened initially, what series selected, what limit range range selected, what limit selected,

                  ' 
                  and the current zone

                  Dim tspDialog As New TimeSeriesProperties("Properties", xbarChart, 0, 0, 0, 0, 
                  0) Dim tpNewPage As New TabPage("New Tab")

                  

                  ' Get the tabcontrol of the properties dialog

                  Dim tcControl As TabControl = tspDialog.Controls("tabBWProps")

                  tcControl.TabPages.Add(tpNewPage)

                  

                  ' Show the properties dialog

                  If tspDialog.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then

    ' Do something

                  End If

[Visual C#]

// Create the properties dialog for an Xbar chart. The trailing zeros specify what tab 
                  should be

                  //   opened initially, what series selected, what limit range range selected, what limit 
                  selected,

                  //   and the current zone

                  TimeSeriesProperties tspDialog = new TimeSeriesProperties("Properties", 
                  xbarChart, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);

                  

                  // Create a new tab to add to the dialog

                  TabPage tpNewPage = new TabPage("New Tab");

                  

                  // Get the tabcontrol of the properties dialog

                  ((TabControl)(tspDialog.Controls["tabBWProps"])).TabPages.Add(tpNewPage);

                  

                  // Show the properties dialog

                  if(tspDialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)

                  {

    // Do something

                  }

After the tab has been added, the properties dialog should look similar to the following: