Windows Form in DLL

Hello Everyone,

I made a DLL project in VS2008, for Flexsim v6.
The DLL file is working fine, now i want to add some forms in this DLL.

when i am adding form through "Add New Item">"Windows Form" it is showing following error.

Warning: The designer could not be shown for this file because none of the classes within it can be designed.


so please help me in adding forms in dll !!

Regards
Ameen

Have you googled? Because if I google it looks like a visual studio problem.

The other thing is that I'm not sure if you can use windows forms because the Flexsim app is a native C++ app and the forms use CLR and I simply don't know if that fits together. I don't think so, but maybe somebody else can shed some light on that

I have recently heard rumblings that our distributors in Italy have been working on a .NET/CLR connection to FlexSim, but I don't know much about it or how much they are willing to share. We at the main office have not implemented any CLR-based dll connections to FlexSim. And yes, windows forms require the clr as far as I know.

Dear Steven Hamoen

Thanks for your response.

i saw in Flexsim WM (Warehouse Modeler Developed by Talumis) some forms are used, is this Flexsim GUI ?


what is the technique for adding GUIs in dll ???

Regards
Ameen

Hi Ameen,

What you are looking at is the wizard for the TALUMIS Warehouse Modeller and that is a Flexsim GUI. Actually in al the libraries that we have build we always use Flexsim GUI's. Of course windows form gives you even more functionality but with the Flexsim GUI's you can do amazing things already.

hi Steven,

Is this GUI stored in library ?

What is the right method to incorporate GUI in a flexsim dll project ?

Regards
Ameen

You can store a custom gui in your model, in a library or in flexsim (with modules).

The best solution depends on your needs. If you want to use this gui in every simulation, the last solution would be the best. The most flexible solution is the library.

Greetings

Carsten

Dear Carsten Seehafer

I am looking for a solution to hide all the codes and custom-GUI in a model.
I found the DLL is the best option to hide codes, and it is working fine for me.

but i don't know how to attache custom-GUI within DLL.

Regards
Ameen

Originally Posted by ameen shabeer

Hello Everyone,

I made a DLL project in VS2008, for Flexsim v6.
The DLL file is working fine, now i want to add some forms in this DLL.

when i am adding form through "Add New Item">"Windows Form" it is showing following error.

Warning: The designer could not be shown for this file because none of the classes within it can be designed.


so please help me in adding forms in dll !!

Regards
Ameen

Look at the createview command. this can be used from within your DLL. You create your GUI in Flexsim and call it with this command.
You could put your bases GUI's (or classes) for instance in a library just as Carsten told you.

I'm sorry but I never stored a GUI in a DLL. I'm using the GUI only to control the simulation or to show statistics etc. And I don't need to protect this kind of code because it's nothing special. The special code is in a DLL and can be used in Flexsim and as well in GUI.

Regards
Carsten