Tutorials

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Basic Tutorials

Basic Setup

1. Declare the Neoforce Control Manager at the top of your game class.

   private Manager _manager;

2. In the game class constructor, instantiate the manager object.

 `_manager = new Manager(this, graphics, "Default");`   
  _Point the manager to the skins directory to use._   
 `_manager.SkinDirectory = @"<PathTo>\Skins";`

3. Initialize the Neoforce Control Manager in the "Initialize" method of the game class.

   base.Initialize();
_manager.Initialize();

4. In the game class "Update" method, update the Neoforce Control Manager

   _manager.Update(gameTime);

5. In the game class "Draw" method, make the call to draw all the controls in the Neoforce Control Manager

   _manager.BeginDraw(gameTime);
// draw other stuff
_manager.EndDraw();

First Window

_Note: Following the basic setup above to use the manager object.

1. Declare a Window object in the game class.

   Window _window;

2. Instantiate the Window object.

   _window = new Window(_manager);

3. Initialize the window object.

   _window.Init()

4. Give the window some dimensions.

   _window.Height = 200;
_window.Width = 300;

5. Add some text to the title bar.

   _window.Text = "Hello World";

6. Set the position of the window.

   _window.Top = 10;
_window.Left = 10;

7. Add the window to the Neoforce Control Manager object.

   _manager.Add(_window);

8. Launch game and see your window!

• Buttons
• Textbox
• Listbox
• Console

Advanced Tutorials

• Custom Control