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GetWorkstsationControl(string,Control,bool,object[]) Method

Summary

Creates a UI medical workstation control by a given name.

Syntax

C++

public Control GetWorkstsationControl( 
   string name, 
   Control defaultControl, 
   bool checkBaseType, 
   object[] args 
)

  
Public Overloads Function GetWorkstsationControl( _ 
   ByVal name As String, _ 
   ByVal defaultControl As Control, _ 
   ByVal checkBaseType As Boolean, _ 
   ByVal ParamArray args() As Object _ 
) As Control

public: 
Control^ GetWorkstsationControl(  
   String^ name, 
   Control^ defaultControl, 
   bool checkBaseType, 
   ... array<Object^>^ args 
)

Parameters

name
The name of the control to look at its actual type to create.

defaultControl
The default System.Windows.Forms.Control to return if the specified name was not mapped to a control.

checkBaseType
True to check that the new control must be derived from the base defaultControl. This is usefull when the framework expects some functionalities in the newly created control.

args
An array of System.Object used to initalize the created control.

Return Value

The requested medical workstation control.

Remarks

All UI controls in the Medical Workstation are created using this function. This allows developers to override the default controls with their own custom controls. The name parameter is actually the class name of the control.

To provide your own type of a control. All you need to do is to update the WorkstationUISettings section in the application configuration file with the original controls name and the new type you want to use for that control.

Requirements

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