Under Review
Last Updated: 17 Apr 2024 08:43 by ADMIN
Czeshirecat
Created on: 10 Apr 2024 09:15
Category: UI for WinForms
Type: Feature Request
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Conversion from old winforms controls

I’m converting 20+ year old c# .net winform software that a clever internal ex dev wrote a themed control suite for. I’ve been working with those controls for almost the same length of time but am recently tasked with updating the whole app as customers are experiencing fall overs on some modern versions of Windows. Ive had the pleasure of (almost quietly ?) converting/updating by using Telerik for many years as my choice of replacement themed control systems.

Conversion experience has been pretty good, except for combo boxes, probably listboxes too (sorry guys Im writing this in bed at 5am so can’t/won’t just go testing). I did try, i think, using your conversion wizards without success. I do wish that you’d let us add any type of object to a combobox.item array in the same way that microsoft winform control allows.
Ive also noticed that some events dont occur in telerik, eg index changed need to be switched to valuechanged and these are only spotted when testing, which means extra work.

anyway. Bless an thanks to you all for my good experience with Progress/Telerik. Im old, poorly and crumbly now and wont be around much longer. May i last long enough not to need a pension to survive and i hope each of you invests in enough private pension to give yourselves a decent holiday or three per year ;) 

 

1 comment
ADMIN
Dinko | Tech Support Engineer
Posted on: 17 Apr 2024 08:43

Hi Claire,

Thank you for your feedback, and I'm delighted to learn that your experience with our controls has been satisfactory. Your words are truly appreciated.

If I understand correctly your goal using the converter is to modernize your application. The Telerik WinForms converter can help with that task. It is built on top of the Roslyn compiler and it analyzes the controls in your projects to find Telerik alternatives. Sometimes the Microsoft and Telerik controls differ in some parts of the API so some errors would need to be fixed manually. You can check the following documentation article with a list of the supported controls: https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/winforms-converter/supported-controls/overview.

In your case, you mentioned that there is a problem with the combo box and listbox. Could it be possible to share some more details on what is not working? Also, can you specify which exact events are not called? For the events, it will be great to isolate this in a sample project so that I can take a close look and try to find a solution for you.

I am looking forward to your reply.

Regards,
Dinko | Tech Support Engineer
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