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using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Globalization;


namespace IPadLibrary.FormsInterfaces {


	/// <summary>
	/// Collect all general porpouse routines used by forms.
	/// </summary>
	class GeneralLibrary {

		/// <summary>
		/// Used to drawing the Form borders only.
		/// </summary>
		public static void  DrawFormBorder(object sender, PaintEventArgs e) {

			Graphics g = e.Graphics;
			Form f = (Form) sender;
			Size  drawArea = new Size(f.ClientSize.Width, f.ClientSize.Height);
			// Drawing the cornice
			g.DrawRectangle(Pens.Black, 0, 0, drawArea.Width-1, drawArea.Height-1);
			g.DrawRectangle(Pens.White, 1, 1, drawArea.Width-3, drawArea.Height-3);
			g.DrawRectangle(Pens.LightGray, 2, 2, drawArea.Width-5, drawArea.Height-5);
		}


		
		public static string  float2string(float num) {
		
			return String.Format("{0:0.00}", num).Replace(',','.');
		}



		public static float  string2float(string text) {

			return float.Parse( text, new NumberFormatInfo() );
		}



		public static PointF  convertStr2Point(string xstr, string ystr) {
		
			NumberFormatInfo nfi = new NumberFormatInfo();   //  Number Format Info used for '.'
			float x, y;
			x = float.Parse( xstr, nfi );
			y = float.Parse( ystr, nfi );
			return ( new PointF(x, y) );
		}



		public static bool  isNegative(float num) {
			
			return ( num < 0.0f );
		}


	} // end class
	
} // end namespace