E-card generator using ASP.NET 3.5 using VB.NET

This article will generate a simple e-card generator using ASP.NET 3.5.
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Let us generate a simple e-card generator using ASP.NET 3.5

In this we are dividing the web page region into two half on the left there is an ordinary <div> tag containing a set of web controls for specifying card option and on right is a panel control which contains two other controls like iblgreeting and imgDefault that are used to display user configurable text and a picture.

Whenever the user clicks the update button, the page is posted back and the card is updated.The .aspx page code are as follows

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="GreetingCardMaker.aspx.vb"
    Inherits="GreetingCardMaker" %>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>Greeting Card Maker</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="Form1" runat="server">
        <div>
            <!-- Here are the controls: -->
            Choose a background color:<br />

            <asp:DropDownList ID="lstBackColor" runat="server"
Width="194px" Height="22px" /><br />
            <br />
            Choose a font:<br />
            <asp:DropDownList ID="lstFontName" runat="server"
Width="194px" Height="22px" /><br />
            <br />
            Specify a numeric font size:<br />
            <asp:TextBox ID="txtFontSize" runat="server" /><br />
            <br />
            Choose a border style:<br />
            <asp:RadioButtonList ID="lstBorder" runat="server"
Width="177px" Height="59px" /><br />
           <br />
            <asp:CheckBox ID="chkPicture" runat="server" Text="Add the
 Default Picture"
></asp:CheckBox><br />
            <br />
            Enter the greeting text below:<br />
            <asp:TextBox ID="txtGreeting" runat="server" Width="240px"
Height="85px" TextMode="MultiLine" /><br />
            <br />
            <asp:Button ID="cmdUpdate" OnClick="cmdUpdate_Click"
runat="server" Width="71px"
                Height="24px" Text="Update" />
        </div>
        <!-- Here is the card: -->
        <asp:Panel ID="pnlCard" runat="server" Width="339px"
Height="481px" HorizontalAlign="Center">
            <br />
            &nbsp;
            <asp:Label ID="lblGreeting" runat="server" Width="256px"
Height="150px" /><br />
            <br />
            <br />
            <asp:Image ID="imgDefault" runat="server" Width="212px"
Height="160px" />
        </asp:Panel>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

The Page.Load event, where initial values are set, and the button.Click event, where the card is generated.

 

Partial Public Class GreetingCardMaker
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
    protected void Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)

    {
        if (Not Me.IsPostBack)
        {
    ' Set color options.
            lstBackColor.Items.Add("White")
            lstBackColor.Items.Add("Red")
            lstBackColor.Items.Add("Green")
            lstBackColor.Items.Add("Blue")\
            lstBackColor.Items.Add("Yellow")
    ' Set font options.
            lstFontName.Items.Add("Times New Roman")
            lstFontName.Items.Add("Arial")
            lstFontName.Items.Add("Verdana")
            lstFontName.Items.Add("Tahoma")
    ' Set border style options by adding a series of
    ' ListItem objects.
    Dim item As ListItem = New ListItem()
    ' The item text indicates the name of the option.
            item.Text = BorderStyle.None.ToString()
    ' The item value records the corresponding integer
    ' from the enumeration. To obtain this value, you
    ' must cast the enumeration value to an integer,
    ' and then convert the number to a string so it
    ' can be placed in the HTML page.
            item.Value = (CType(BorderStyle.None, Integer)).ToString()
    ' Add the item.
            lstBorder.Items.Add(item)
    ' Now repeat the process for two other border styles.
            item = New ListItem()
            item.Text = BorderStyle.Double.ToString()
            item.Value = (CType(BorderStyle.Double, Integer)).ToString()
            lstBorder.Items.Add(item)
            item = New ListItem()
            item.Text = BorderStyle.Solid.ToString()
            item.Value = (CType(BorderStyle.Solid, Integer)).ToString()
            lstBorder.Items.Add(item)
    ' Select the first border option.
            lstBorder.SelectedIndex = 0
    ' Set the picture.
            imgDefault.ImageUrl = "defaultpic.png"
        }
    }
 
    protected void cmdUpdate_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
    ' Update the color.
        pnlCard.BackColor = Color.FromName(lstBackColor.SelectedItem.Text)
    ' Update the font.\
        lblGreeting.Font.Name = lstFontName.SelectedItem.Text
        if (Int32.Parse(txtFontSize.Text) > 0)
        {
            lblGreeting.Font.Size =
            FontUnit.Point(Int32.Parse(txtFontSize.Text))
        }
    ' Update the border style. This requires two conversion steps.
    ' First, the value of the list item is converted from a string
    ' into an integer. Next, the integer is converted to a value in
    ' the BorderStyle enumeration.
    Dim borderValue As Integer = Int32.Parse(lstBorder.SelectedItem.Value)
        pnlCard.BorderStyle = CType(borderValue, BorderStyle)
    ' Update the picture.
        if (chkPicture.Checked)
       {
            imgDefault.Visible = True
        }
        else
        {
            imgDefault.Visible = False
        }
    ' Set the text.
        lblGreeting.Text = txtGreeting.Text
    }

End Class

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