Call the calculator in LightSwitch

Visual Studio LightSwitch is a Microsoft tool, which is used to build business applications. If you want use of the system calculator in our LightSwitch application then just follow these steps.

Step by step solution

Step 1 : Open Visual Studio LightSwitch->Go to solution explorer and click the file view.

Step 2 : Right click on client->Add->Class.

Step 3 : Select class->Write name (Calculator.cs)->Add.

Code :

using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Ink;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Animation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices.Automation;
namespace LightSwitchApplication
{
public class Calculator
{
public static void ShowCalculator()
{
dynamic calc = AutomationFactory.CreateObject("WScript.Shell");
calc.Run(@"%SystemRoot%\system32\calc.exe");
}
}
}

Step 4 : Now go to solution explorer then click on logical view.

Step 5 : Right click on screens->Add screen.

Step 6 : Select new data screen->Ok.

Step 7 : Now add data item->Select method->Write name (ShowCalculator)->Ok.

Step 8 : Move showcalculator to screen commandbar.

Step 9 : Right click on showcalculator method->Edit canexecute code->Write the code.

Code :

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.IO;
using System.IO.IsolatedStorage;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Microsoft.LightSwitch;
using Microsoft.LightSwitch.Framework.Client;
using Microsoft.LightSwitch.Presentation;
using Microsoft.LightSwitch.Presentation.Extensions;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices.Automation;
namespace LightSwitchApplication
{
public partial class CreateNew
{
partial void ShowCalculator_CanExecute(ref bool result)
{
// Write your code here.
result = AutomationFactory.IsAvailable;
}
}
}

Step 10 : Again right click on showcalculator method->Edit execute code.

Code :

using System.Linq;
using System.IO;
using System.IO.IsolatedStorage;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Microsoft.LightSwitch;
using Microsoft.LightSwitch.Framework.Client;
using Microsoft.LightSwitch.Presentation;
using Microsoft.LightSwitch.Presentation.Extensions;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices.Automation;
namespace LightSwitchApplication
{
public partial class CreateNew
{
partial void ShowCalculator_CanExecute(ref bool result)
{
// Write your code here.
result = AutomationFactory.IsAvailable;
}
partial void ShowCalculator_Execute()
{
// Write your code here.
Calculator.ShowCalculator();
}

}
}

Step 11 : Run application (Press F5)->Click on show calculator.

Now you will see calculator window in your LightSwitch application.