The ProjectList class marries the underlying ProjectItem data with its XAML presentation. Public partial class ProjectList : UserControl If the class it contains is still named UserControl1, rename it to ProjectList, ensuring that its constructor is updated, as well: Rename the UserControl1.xaml file to ProjectList.xaml. Now it's time to configure that user control. This.PercentComplete = Math.Max(0, Math.Min(100, value)) Listing 1 documents these members, including a few that gently massage the data for stability and ease of use later. Its members expose the data elements needed for the display: project name, description, status and so on. Add a new class file to the project named ProjectItem.cs. Click OK to add it to the project.Īs with most projects, the new Start Page begins with data, specifically the collection of assigned projects. It will have a version number of 15.0.0.0. On the Reference Manager Assemblies panel, search for and select the assembly. In the Solution Explorer panel, right-click on the References branch and select Add Reference from the menu. Save the project, selecting the Create Directory for Solution field in the Save Project window, and naming the containing solution TrackerStartPage.īecause the running user control will interact with Visual Studio itself, you need to add a reference to the Visual Studio interaction library. For the new project, select the C# WPF User Control Library project template, and name the project TrackerStartPageControl. Start Visual Studio 2017, and create a new project that will build the data, and present it in a XAML user control. Customizing the Visual Studio Start Pageīefore delving into the code, a quick word of caution: This sample was written using Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate therefore, it might be subject to last-minute platform changes by Microsoft. The presentation developed in this article consists of a replacement XAML Start Page, plus a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)-based helper assembly that retrieves and displays the assigned projects. Instead, it's a XAML file that optionally references code hosted in associated assemblies. The Start Page isn’t actually an application. Figure 1 shows the goal - a panel that lists assigned projects with names, descriptions, date and progress indicators, and a convenient button that will have you working on delegated projects in no time. In this article, we'll replace the Microsoft-supplied Visual Studio 2017 Start Page with one crafted to meet your corporate needs. And for those who don't want to venture that far, you can create code libraries that run right inside of Visual Studio itself. Azure- and self-hosted Web services are another option. Naturally, you can create desktop applications for Windows systems. Visual Studio lets you craft tools that run in a variety of contexts.
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