Wizards and State Machines

[Tobin Harris]

Hi there,

I was just wondering if anyone out there has done any apps with lots of UI
Wizards? I'm currently finding myself doing loads of these, and am trying to
find a nice way of making things easier for myself.

I reckon that a wizard is basically a state machine, so it would be great if
anyone knows of any software for quickly wiring up state machines for
ASP.NET/c# for use as a GUI controller.

Has anyone tried this approach, or know of any tools that may help?

Tobin

I realise that the next .NET issue will include a wizard control. This is
great! However, I'm not on this version yet! Believe it or not, there isn't
a wizard control/helper out there for 1.1 either, from what I can find!...

 

[clintonG]

I've looked around myself and there are a couple of very light-weight wizard
builder implementations I won't waste time discussing. I've been struggling
with developing a 'process controller' wizard myself. I found what I
consider a decent implementation in Visual Studio Magazine, April 2003. The
code is VB I'm trying to convert to C# (not too successfully at the moment)
as I just posted "VB Class Conversion Assistance Needed" to
news://microsoft.public.languages.csharp if you care to read and comment
there.

You might want to check out the same article and the VB code yourself [1]
Article Locator Code: VS0304AN_T
Code Download: VS0304AN

Finally, the current implementation of the 2.0 Wizard control sucks. It
hides the state management that is useful but the rest of the control is
poorly developed, the templates are too funky to be taken seriously but it
does have promise by 3.0 ;-)

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[1] http://www.visualstudiomagazine.com/

 

[Tobin Harris]

You might want to check out the same article and the VB code yourself [1]
Article Locator Code: VS0304AN_T
Code Download: VS0304AN

Hi Clinton,

Thanks very much for that - a very interesting article - definately need to
read further. I may decide to take your route and convert to c#.

Thanks

Tobin

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<%= Clinton Gallagher, "Twice the Results -- Half the Cost"
Architectural & e-Business Consulting -- Software Development
NET (e-mail address removed)
URL http://www.metromilwaukee.com/clintongallagher/

[1] http://www.visualstudiomagazine.com/

Hi there,

I was just wondering if anyone out there has done any apps with lots of
UI
Wizards? I'm currently finding myself doing loads of these, and am trying to
find a nice way of making things easier for myself.

I reckon that a wizard is basically a state machine, so it would be great if
anyone knows of any software for quickly wiring up state machines for
ASP.NET/c# for use as a GUI controller.

Has anyone tried this approach, or know of any tools that may help?

Tobin

I realise that the next .NET issue will include a wizard control. This is
great! However, I'm not on this version yet! Believe it or not, there isn't
a wizard control/helper out there for 1.1 either, from what I can
find!...

 

[clintonG]

I hope you take a shot at it Tobin. Are you going to send me a copy when
your through?
I'm on my second attempt trying to convert to C# and keep getting hung up
with the correct IProcess interface constructs.

--
<%= Clinton Gallagher, "Twice the Results -- Half the Cost"
Architectural & e-Business Consulting -- Software Development
NET (e-mail address removed)
URL http://www.metromilwaukee.com/clintongallagher/

You might want to check out the same article and the VB code yourself [1]
Article Locator Code: VS0304AN_T
Code Download: VS0304AN

Hi Clinton,

Thanks very much for that - a very interesting article - definately need to
read further. I may decide to take your route and convert to c#.

Thanks

Tobin

--
<%= Clinton Gallagher, "Twice the Results -- Half the Cost"
Architectural & e-Business Consulting -- Software Development
NET (e-mail address removed)
URL http://www.metromilwaukee.com/clintongallagher/

[1] http://www.visualstudiomagazine.com/

Hi there,

I was just wondering if anyone out there has done any apps with lots of
UI
Wizards? I'm currently finding myself doing loads of these, and am

trying
to

find a nice way of making things easier for myself.

I reckon that a wizard is basically a state machine, so it would be

great
if

anyone knows of any software for quickly wiring up state machines for
ASP.NET/c# for use as a GUI controller.

Has anyone tried this approach, or know of any tools that may help?

Tobin

I realise that the next .NET issue will include a wizard control. This is
great! However, I'm not on this version yet! Believe it or not, there isn't
a wizard control/helper out there for 1.1 either, from what I can
find!...

 

[Tobin Harris]

Hi Clinton

Yup, if I take a shot I'll definatley let you know. Still working out what
to do!

Thanks

Tobin

I hope you take a shot at it Tobin. Are you going to send me a copy when
your through?
I'm on my second attempt trying to convert to C# and keep getting hung up
with the correct IProcess interface constructs.

--
<%= Clinton Gallagher, "Twice the Results -- Half the Cost"
Architectural & e-Business Consulting -- Software Development
NET (e-mail address removed)
URL http://www.metromilwaukee.com/clintongallagher/

message

You might want to check out the same article and the VB code yourself [1]
Article Locator Code: VS0304AN_T
Code Download: VS0304AN

Hi Clinton,

Thanks very much for that - a very interesting article - definately need to
read further. I may decide to take your route and convert to c#.

Thanks

Tobin

--
<%= Clinton Gallagher, "Twice the Results -- Half the Cost"
Architectural & e-Business Consulting -- Software Development
NET (e-mail address removed)
URL http://www.metromilwaukee.com/clintongallagher/

[1] http://www.visualstudiomagazine.com/



Hi there,

I was just wondering if anyone out there has done any apps with lots
of
UI
Wizards? I'm currently finding myself doing loads of these, and am trying
to
find a nice way of making things easier for myself.

I reckon that a wizard is basically a state machine, so it would be great
if
anyone knows of any software for quickly wiring up state machines for
ASP.NET/c# for use as a GUI controller.

Has anyone tried this approach, or know of any tools that may help?

Tobin

I realise that the next .NET issue will include a wizard control. This is
great! However, I'm not on this version yet! Believe it or not, there
isn't
a wizard control/helper out there for 1.1 either, from what I can
find!...