How to Display Static Label Text on Screen in Lightswitch 2012

This article shows how to display a Static Label Text on the screen using a LightSwitch Application (Visual C#) in Visual Studio 2012.

The following is the procedure for displaying a static label text on the screen.

Step 1

Open the Solution Explorer.



Step 2

In the Solution Explorer, right-click on the server and choose "Add Table".



Step 3

The table appears.

Emp Table



Step 4

In the Solution Explorer, right-click on the Screens and choose "Add Screen".



Step 5

The Add New Screen dialog box appears. Select the "New Data Screen" from the Screen Template, under screen information, choose "None" under screen data and provide a name for the Screen and click the "OK" button.



Step 6

The screen designer appears.

Step 7

Click on "Add Data Item" in the menu bar.



Step 8

The Add Data Item dialog box appears on the screen. Select the "Local Property" radio button and choose "String" as the type. Name this property "LabText".



Step 9

In the Screen Designer click on the "Add" dropdown list and choose "LabText".



Step 10

By default "LabText" consists of the "TextBox" control. We can use the drop down list to change the control to a "Label".



Step 11

Go to the property window of Labtext and set the Label Position to "None".



Step 12

Click on the Write Code drop down list in the menu bar and choose the "_Activated" method.



In the code editon we perform the following 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;

namespace LightSwitchApplication

{

    public partial class CreateNew

    {

        partial void CreateNew_Activated()

        {

            // Write your code here.

            Labtext = "Welcome to MCN Solutions, Noida";

        }

    }

}

Step 13

Press F5 to run the application.