Chat Box control
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 2:22 am
I needed a chat window for our client and I wasn't very satisfied with any of the current control as a solution. The colored listbox control was nice but it was missing some critical features like text wrap around for large message. Also, it still allowed you to select list items etc. So I created my own chat control :
Features:
-Message based: You add the chat text message by message, like irc.
-Wrap around : If the text is too large to fit on one line, it will wrap around on the other line.
-Message color: You can assign one color per message.
-Auto scroll : The text will scroll as new messages are added.
Here, you can see the text wrap around and the color coding per line:
Just some random user chat. Notice that the window will scroll to follow the chat as new messages are added like any good irc client:
I've talked to my boss and they're fine with me releasing the source for all the irrlitch stuff I add as long as it's not client specific code. So I'll create a website for it on our server and I'll release the code for this control along with the tab control.
Features:
-Message based: You add the chat text message by message, like irc.
-Wrap around : If the text is too large to fit on one line, it will wrap around on the other line.
-Message color: You can assign one color per message.
-Auto scroll : The text will scroll as new messages are added.
Here, you can see the text wrap around and the color coding per line:
Just some random user chat. Notice that the window will scroll to follow the chat as new messages are added like any good irc client:
I've talked to my boss and they're fine with me releasing the source for all the irrlitch stuff I add as long as it's not client specific code. So I'll create a website for it on our server and I'll release the code for this control along with the tab control.