Wizard Package

The Wizard Package provides controls that use the Wizard interface (a series of tabs laid out with next, back and other buttons) popularized by many Windows based applications. The Wizard control lets users create such applications quickly.

The WizardControl enables users to easily create wizard forms within the Visual Studio .NET designer. Wizard helps control everything in the form, including the button states and the form title. Key features of wizard Control are:

• Creation of Interior pages with pre-generated headers and exterior pages with custom layouts.

• Navigation through pages during design-time by the Next and Previous verbs.

• Add or Remove pages using the designer verbs.

• Automatically handle page step flow and overriding when necessary.

• Customize button visibility states.

• Perform validation on pages before switching.

• Cancel page switching.

• Manage button and banner layouts automatically as the parent form, font and/or localization settings change.

• Expose global events at the WizardControl and WizardPage levels.

• Expose all controls used for customization and owner draw.

The XPTaskPane provides an alternative view to our Wizard model similar to the task pane in Office XP applications. The XPTaskPane offers the following functionalities:

• Creating and associating different pages within the XPTaskPane during design-time.

• Browse between different pages via a header at the top of the control which provides the next and previous buttons and shows the page title.

• Customize or hide buttons as needed.

The appearance of the XPTaskPane can be enhanced by applying visual styles to it. XPTaskPane with VS 2005 and Office 2007 Visual Styles have been illustrated below: