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GUILib/WPFHelper.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
+using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
+using System.Windows.Media;
+using System.Windows;
+
+namespace Foo.GUILib
+{
+    static public class WPFHelper
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Useful to create a simple wrapping tooltip for a wpf control
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="strToolTipContent"></param>
+        /// <param name="height">Set to 0 to leave default, else set to 0> to define max height</param>
+        /// <param name="width">Set to 0 to leave default, else set to 0> to define max width</param>
+        /// <returns>a ToolTip Object to assign to a control</returns>
+        public static ToolTip CreateNewStringToolTip(string strToolTipContent, int height, int width)
+        {
+            // Create the TextBlock
+            TextBlock tx = new TextBlock();            
+            if(height > 0)
+               tx.Height = height;            
+            if(width > 0)
+               tx.Width = width;
+            tx.TextWrapping = TextWrapping.Wrap;
+            tx.Text = strToolTipContent;
+
+            // Create the ToolTip with the TextBlock inside
+            ToolTip tt = new ToolTip();
+            tt.Content = strToolTipContent;
+            return tt;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Useful if you want to know if the Mouse cursor is over the specified Wpf Window
+        /// (Uses windowsforms to do the calculations)
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>true if the mouse cursor is over the specified form window, false otherwise</returns>
+        public static bool IsMouseCursorOverWPFormWindow(Window wpfWindow)
+        {
+            if (wpfWindow != null)
+            {
+                // Get the Point location of the mouse cursor
+                System.Drawing.Point point = System.Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position;
+
+                // Get the rect for the Navigation Form
+                Point wpfFormLeftTopPoint = new Point(wpfWindow.Left, wpfWindow.Top);
+                Size wpfFormSize = new Size(wpfWindow.Width, wpfWindow.Height);
+                Rect rect = new Rect(wpfFormLeftTopPoint, wpfFormSize);
+
+                // Return if the Mouse is over the Navigation Form
+                return (rect.Contains((double)point.X, (double)point.Y));
+            }
+            return false;
+        }      
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// For Dynamically Creating Text ComboBox Items
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="strContent">Text Content to Display</param>
+        /// <param name="tag">object to tag to the menu item</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static ComboBoxItem CreateAComboBoxItem(string strContent, object tag)
+        {
+            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(strContent) && (tag != null))
+            {
+                ComboBoxItem item = new ComboBoxItem();
+                item.Content = strContent;
+                item.Tag = tag;
+                return item;
+            }
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// For dynamically creating Image sources, this function helps you to create an image out of
+        /// a Resource Uri. You can then assign this image to a 'Source' property on an image wpf object
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="strRelativeResourceUri">a valid relative Resource Uri String to an image</param>
+        /// <param name="ImageHeight">the output image's desired height</param>
+        /// <param name="ImageWidth">the output image's desired width</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static Image CreateWPFImageFromRelativeResourceUri(string strRelativeResourceUri, int ImageHeight, int ImageWidth)
+        {
+            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(strRelativeResourceUri))
+            {
+                Image myImage = new Image();
+                BitmapImage image = new BitmapImage();
+                image.BeginInit();
+                image.UriSource = new Uri(strRelativeResourceUri, UriKind.Relative);
+                image.EndInit();
+                myImage.Stretch = Stretch.Fill;
+                myImage.Height = ImageHeight;
+                myImage.Width = ImageWidth;
+                myImage.Source = image;
+                return myImage;                
+            }
+            return null;
+        }
+
+    }
+}