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Mapping Reference Entries : OpenEdge GUI events compared to OpenEdge GUI for .NET events
 

OpenEdge GUI events compared to OpenEdge GUI for .NET events

The following table lists high-level ABL widget events and their OpenEdge GUI for .NET counterparts (if any).
Table 6. OpenEdge GUI events compared to OpenEdge GUI for .NET events
OpenEdge GUI event
OpenEdge GUI for .NET event
CHOOSE
Click — Button control, UltraButton control, MenuItem control
ToolClick — UltraToolBarsManager control
DEFAULT-ACTION
No similar event in .NET
DROP-FILE-NOTIFY
DragDrop — Control base class for all controls
END
OffEnd — Progress.Data.BindingSource control
END-SEARCH
No similar event in .NET
ENTRY
AfterCellActivate — UltraGrid control
AfterRowActivate — UltraGrid control
Enter — Control base class for all controls
CellEnter — DataGridView control
GotFocus — Control base class for all controls
RowEnter — DataGridView control
HOME
No similar event in .NET
ITERATION-CHANGED
See VALUE-CHANGED in this table
LEAVE
BeforeRowDeactivate — UltraGrid control
BeforeCellDeactivate — UltraGrid control
CellLeave — DataGridView control
Leave — Control base class for all controls
RowLeave — DataGridView control
MENU-DROP
AfterApplicationMenuDropDown — UltraToolBarsManager control
MenuActivate — MenuStrip control
OFF-END
No similar event on the DataGridView control. Can invoke the GetNextRow( ) method on the DataGridRowCollection returned by the Rows property. If the return value of the method is -1, the method is attempting to read beyond the last row in the DataGridView control.
No similar event on the UltraGrid control. Can test the HasNextSibling property on the current UltraGridRow control to determine if there is a following (sibling) row in the UltraGrid.
OFF-HOME
No similar event on the DataGridView control. Can invoke the GetPreviousRow( ) method on the DataGridRowCollection returned by the Rows property. If the return value of the method is -1, the method is attempting to read before the first row in the DataGridView control.
No similar event on the UltraGrid control. Can test the HasPrevSibling property on the current UltraGridRow control to determine if there is a previous (sibling) row in the UltraGrid.
PARENT-WINDOW-CLOSE
No similar event in .NET
ROW-DISPLAY
AfterRowActivate — UltraGrid control
AfterRowExpanded — UltraGrid control
RowPostPaint — DataGridView control
ROW-ENTRY
AfterRowActivate — UltraGrid control
RowEnter — DataGridView control
ROW-LEAVE
BeforeRowDeactivate — UltraGrid control
RowLeave — DataGridView control
SCROLL-NOTIFY
AfterCardsScroll — UltraGrid control
AfterColRegionScroll — UltraGrid control
AfterRowRegionScroll — UltraGrid control
MouseWheel — Control base class for all controls
Scroll — DataGridView control
START-SEARCH
ColumnHeaderMouseClick — DataGridView control
DoubleClickHeader — UltraGrid control
VALUE-CHANGED
AfterCellUpdate — UltraGrid control
CellChange — UltraGrid control
CellValueChanged — DataGridView control
CheckedChanged — CheckBox control
ItemSelectionChanged — ListView control
RowEnter — DataGridView control
SelectionChangeCommitted — UltraComboEditor control
SelectionChanged — DataGridView control (and others)
SelectedValueChanged — ComboBox control
TextChanged — TextBox control (and others)
ToolValueChanged — UltraToolbarsManager control
WINDOW-CLOSE
FormClosed — System.Windows.Forms.Form control1
FormClosing — System.Windows.Forms.Form control2
WINDOW-MAXIMIZED
No similar event on a form control. Test the WindowState form property for a FormWindowState enumeration value of Maximized.
WINDOW-MINIMIZED
No similar event on a form control. Test the WindowState form property for a FormWindowState enumeration value of Minimized.
WINDOW-RESIZED
ResizeBegin — System.Windows.Forms.Form control3
ResizeEnd — System.Windows.Forms.Form control4
WINDOW-RESTORED
No similar event on a form control. Test the WindowState form property for a FormWindowState enumeration value of Normal.

1 Progress Software Corporation recommends that you use the OpenEdge-derived form class, Progress.Windows.Form, instead.

2 Progress Software Corporation recommends that you use the OpenEdge-derived form class, Progress.Windows.Form, instead.

3 Progress Software Corporation recommends that you use the OpenEdge-derived form class, Progress.Windows.Form, instead.

4 Progress Software Corporation recommends that you use the OpenEdge-derived form class, Progress.Windows.Form, instead.