SimpleConsoleControls

Simple Console Controls for .NET languages

SimpleConsoleControls (SCC) makes creating Command Line Interfaces simple and easy with any .NET language. Current functions and subroutines include:

invoked by SimpleConsoleControls.Controls

• Subroutine: Label( X [int], Y [int], LabelText [string], Optional FColor [ConsoleColor], Optional BColor [ConsoleColor])

  Creates a label within the window at the designated X and Y starting points.

• Function: TextField( X [int], Y [int], Width [int])

  Creates a Fixed-Length Input Field starting at the designated X and Y points.

  Returns string value from user input.

• Subroutine: Title( Y [int], Text [string])

  Creates a title label centered in the middle of the window.

• Function: PasswordField( X [int], Y [int], Width [int], Optional Mask [string])

  Draws fixed-length masked input field in the main window at the designated starting X and Y points.

  Returns string from user password input.

• Subroutine: DrawRectangle(X [int], Y[int], Width [int], Height [int])

  Draws a rectangle to the screen at the specified X and Y positions. The origin point of the rectangle is the upper right hand corner. The rectangle design is displayed in “double pipe” characters.

• Subroutine: SetWinSize(Columns [int], Rows [int])

  Sets the main operating window size by Columns x Rows (also updates buffer size as the same).