Form Class

public class Form : Form

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using Firefly.Box.Data.Advanced;
using Firefly.Box.UI;

using Firefly.Box;
using Firefly.Box.Testing;
using Button = System.Windows.Forms.Button;

namespace TestFirefly.Box.Documentation
{
    public class UITools
    {
        public void SimpleGrid()
        {
            var jobs = new Pubs.Jobs();
            jobs.InitializeWithTestData();

            var uic = new UIController()
            {
                From = jobs,
                View = UITools.GenerateFormWithGridFor("Display Jobs",
                                                       "A simple grid showing all the rows in the jobs entity",
                                                       jobs.Id,
                                                       jobs.Description,
                                                       jobs.MinLevel,
                                                       jobs.MaxLevel)
            };

            var button = new Button { Text = "Click Me" };
            button.Click += (a, b) => System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("I Was Clicked");

            UITools.AddControlsToForm(uic.View, button);

            uic.Run();
        }


        public static Grid GenerateGridFor(params ColumnBase[] columns)
        {
            var result = new Grid();
            foreach (var column in columns)
            {
                var gc = new GridColumn
                             {
                                 Text = column.Caption
                             };
                var tb = new TextBox
                             {
                                 Data = column,
                                 Location = new Point(2, 2),
                                 Style = ControlStyle.Flat
                             };
                tb.ResizeToFit(Math.Min(30, column.FormatInfo.MaxLength));
                gc.Controls.Add(tb);
                gc.ResizeToFitContent();
                result.Controls.Add(gc);
            }
            result.ResizeToFitContent(10);
            return result;
        }
        public static Form GenerateFormWithGridFor(string title, string explanation, params ColumnBase[] columns)
        {
            var result = new Form()
                             {
                                 Text = title,
                                 AutoScroll = true
                             };
            var explanationLabel = new Label
                                       {
                                           Location = new Point(5, 5),
                                           Text = explanation,
                                           Multiline = true,
                                           Font = new Font("Arial", 8),
                                           BackColor = SystemColors.Info,
                                           Style = ControlStyle.Standard


                                       };
            explanationLabel.ResizeToFitContent();
            if (explanationLabel.Height > 200)
            {
                var panel = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel
                                {
                                    AutoScroll = true,
                                    Top = 5,
                                    Width = explanationLabel.Width + 20,
                                    Height = 200
                                };
                explanationLabel.Location = new Point(0, 0);
                panel.Controls.Add(explanationLabel);
                AddControlsToForm(result, panel);
            }
            else
            {
                AddControlsToForm(result, explanationLabel);
            }
            if (columns.Length > 0)
                AddControlsToForm(result, GenerateGridFor(columns));
            return result;
        }

        public static void AddControlsToForm(Form form, params System.Windows.Forms.Control[] controls)
        {
            if (form.Controls.Count == 0)
                form.ClientSize = new Size(0, 5);
            int totalWidth = 0;
            foreach (var control in controls)
            {
                totalWidth += control.Width + 5;
            }
            int left = Math.Max(5, form.ClientSize.Width - totalWidth);
            int bottom = 0;

            foreach (var control in controls)
            {
                control.Left = left;
                control.Top = form.ClientSize.Height;
                left = control.Right + 5;
                bottom = Math.Max(bottom, control.Bottom);
                form.Controls.Add(control);
            }
            form.ClientSize = new Size(left, bottom + 5);

        }
    }
}