Need C# sample for Add-On

Question

Can anyone share a simple add-on solution with me that is written in Visual Studio 2005 and C#?  Even if it's just a simple "Hello, World" one.  But it must have been installed and connected to by you and validated that it works.  I don't want a link to the samples because none of them work for me let alone compile. 
I would really appreciate this!
Regards,
David Moschkau

Answer 1

This was my first test app translated from the VB sample:
Important - remember to set the Project, Properties, Debug to pass the command line argument
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Program.cs
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace SB1TestApplication
    static class Program
        /// <summary>
        /// The main entry point for the application.
        /// </summary>
        [STAThread]
        static void Main()
            SimpleForm frm = new SimpleForm();
            System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run();
SimpleForm.cs
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
namespace SB1TestApplication
    public class SimpleForm
        private SAPbouiCOM.Application mSBOApplication;
        private SAPbouiCOM.Form oForm;
        private void SetApplication()
            SAPbouiCOM.SboGuiApi sboGuiApi;
            string connectionString;
            sboGuiApi = new SAPbouiCOM.SboGuiApi();
            // by following the steps specified above, the following
            // statment should be suficient for either development or run mode
            connectionString = (string)Environment.GetCommandLineArgs().GetValue(1);
            // connect to a running SBO Application
            sboGuiApi.Connect(connectionString);
            // get an initialized application object
            this.mSBOApplication = sboGuiApi.GetApplication(0);
        private void CreateMySimpleForm()
            SAPbouiCOM.Item item;
            // we will use the following objects to set
            // the specific values of every item
            // we add.
            // this is the best way to do so
            SAPbouiCOM.Button oButton;
            SAPbouiCOM.StaticText oStaticText;
            SAPbouiCOM.EditText oEditText;
            SAPbouiCOM.ComboBox oComboBox;
            // add a new form
            SAPbouiCOM.FormCreationParams oCreationParams;
            oCreationParams = (SAPbouiCOM.FormCreationParams)
                this.mSBOApplication.CreateObject(SAPbouiCOM.BoCreatableObjectType.cot_FormCreationParams);
            oCreationParams.BorderStyle = SAPbouiCOM.BoFormBorderStyle.fbs_Fixed;
            oCreationParams.UniqueID = "MySimpleForm";
            oForm = this.mSBOApplication.Forms.AddEx(oCreationParams);
            // add a User Data Source to the form
            oForm.DataSources.UserDataSources.Add("EditSource", SAPbouiCOM.BoDataType.dt_SHORT_TEXT, 20);
            oForm.DataSources.UserDataSources.Add("CombSource", SAPbouiCOM.BoDataType.dt_SHORT_TEXT, 20);
            // set the form properties
            oForm.Title = "Simple Form";
            oForm.Left = 400;
            oForm.Top = 100;
            oForm.ClientHeight = 80;
            oForm.ClientWidth = 350;
            // Adding Items to the form
            // and setting their properties
            // Adding an Ok button
            // We get automatic event handling for
            // the Ok and Cancel Buttons by setting
            // their UIDs to 1 and 2 respectively
            item = oForm.Items.Add("1", SAPbouiCOM.BoFormItemTypes.it_BUTTON);
            item.Left = 6;
            item.Width = 65;
            item.Top = 51;
            item.Height = 19;
            oButton = (SAPbouiCOM.Button)item.Specific;
            oButton.Caption = "Ok";
            // Adding a Cancel button
            item = oForm.Items.Add("2", SAPbouiCOM.BoFormItemTypes.it_BUTTON);
            item.Left = 75;
            item.Width = 65;
            item.Top = 51;
            item.Height = 19;
            oButton = (SAPbouiCOM.Button)item.Specific;
            oButton.Caption = "Cancel";
            // Adding a Rectangle
            item = oForm.Items.Add("Rect1", SAPbouiCOM.BoFormItemTypes.it_RECTANGLE);
            item.Left = 0;
            item.Width = 344;
            item.Top = 1;
            item.Height = 49;
            // Adding a Static Text item
            item = oForm.Items.Add("StaticTxt1", SAPbouiCOM.BoFormItemTypes.it_STATIC);
            item.Left = 7;
            item.Width = 148;
            item.Top = 8;
            item.Height = 14;
            item.LinkTo = "EditText1";
            oStaticText = (SAPbouiCOM.StaticText)item.Specific;
            oStaticText.Caption = "Static Text 1";
            // Adding another Static Text item
            item = oForm.Items.Add("StaticTxt2", SAPbouiCOM.BoFormItemTypes.it_STATIC);
            item.Left = 7;
            item.Width = 148;
            item.Top = 24;
            item.Height = 14;
            item.LinkTo = "ComboBox1";
            oStaticText = (SAPbouiCOM.StaticText)item.Specific;
            oStaticText.Caption = "Static Text 2";
            // Adding a Text Edit item
            item = oForm.Items.Add("EditText1", SAPbouiCOM.BoFormItemTypes.it_EDIT);
            item.Left = 157;
            item.Width = 163;
            item.Top = 8;
            item.Height = 14;
            oEditText = (SAPbouiCOM.EditText)item.Specific;
            // bind the text edit item to the defined used data source
            oEditText.DataBind.SetBound(true, "", "EditSource");
            oEditText.String = "Edit Text 1";
            // Adding a Combo Box item
            item = oForm.Items.Add("ComboBox1", SAPbouiCOM.BoFormItemTypes.it_COMBO_BOX);
            item.Left = 157;
            item.Width = 163;
            item.Top = 24;
            item.Height = 14;
            item.DisplayDesc = false;
            oComboBox = (SAPbouiCOM.ComboBox)item.Specific;
            // bind the Combo Box item to the defined used data source
            oComboBox.DataBind.SetBound(true, "", "CombSource");
            oComboBox.ValidValues.Add("1", "Combo Value 1");
            oComboBox.ValidValues.Add("2", "Combo Value 2");
            oComboBox.ValidValues.Add("3", "Combo Value 3");
            // set the form as visible
        private void SaveAsXML()
            // always use XML to work with user forms.
            // after creating your form save it as an XML file
            XmlDocument oXmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
            string sXmlString;
            // get the form as an XML string
            sXmlString = oForm.GetAsXML();
            // load the form's XML string to the
            // XML document object
            oXmlDoc.LoadXml(sXmlString);
            // save the XML Document
            oXmlDoc.Save("C:\MySimpleForm.xml");
        public SimpleForm()
            // set this.mSBOApplication with an initialized application object
            SetApplication();
            // Create the simple form
            CreateMySimpleForm();
            oForm.Visible = true;
            // Save the form to an Xml document
            SaveAsXML();