hello is there any chance to get proper char width for class derived from user control - im working over text editing control, so i need proper width of every character for currently selected font, in my example i bind parent font and i use Api function GetCharWidth to get characters width, t...more >>

When the user is typing into a TextBox, I'd like to be able to pass the KeyUp event to a ListView control on the same form. This is so they can press the up or down arrow keys and these will get sent to the ListView, but all other keys will get handled by the TextBox. I've looked into calling ...more >>

Hi all, I have a program that when minimize, it should go to the Tray instead of the task bar. I tried looking it up but couldn't find anything on it. Can anyone help me out..... Thanks, Matt ...more >>

Hello, I was wondering what's the best way to return data from a worker-thread back to the main "calling" thread? 1) Specifying a callback delegate that the thread calls upon completion. 2) Rasiing an event upon thread compeltion. Which is the best method? What are the pros/cons? I c...more >>

Hi group! Does anybody know how to call a Package from a VB.Net Win App? TIA -- Ing. Sebastián Gómez Correa ---------------------------------------------- sgomez@poderjudicial.gub.uy Poder Judicial - División Tecnología Montevideo - URUGUAY -------------------------------------------...more >>

Hi: I have a problem: I am developing a application that use web service from a web server in = Internet. When user's internet port has firewall/proxy authentication = things, my app cannot pass it and go to Internet. How can I make it = work? Many Thanks, Dennis...more >>

I have become lost and need some help. Here is the problem: I have created a service that will run under a system account when installed. I am trying to build a client win form that will call the functions inside the service. I have been able to get the windows identity of the user that is ...more >>

I would like to write a desktop program which look like a office help wizard but not the same function. That is I only need a character with animation show in the desktop and may be a very simple knowledge base to dialogue with user. thx ...more >>

Is there anyway possible to get the current keys being pressed. For this particular case, I can't do it in a key down event. Like some sort of getCurrent for the keys type? What I'm trying to do, is stall processing while the user has the shift key pressed. So I want to do. .... Do som...more >>

Hi All, I have an application where I have 4-5 tabpages on the tab control. I want the selected tab page to stand out. By stand out I mean easily noticeable which tab is selected. I want the text of the selected tabpage to be bold so that it can be easily be noticed by the user. Thanks for y...more >>

Does anyone know how a C#/Forms application might handle a user defined windows message. I need to do it for migratin reasons....more >>

I have a form with 2 DataGrids. The first is bound with a parent table and the second is bound with a child table. The update and delete rules of the relation are Cascade. When I change a parent's key column value and after I click on the child DataGrid, the child DataGrid becomes empty. N...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to change the background color of buttons in the tabcontrol? I have set a custom background color for all the tab pages in the tab control and I want the same color for tab buttons also. Thanks, Girish ...more >>

I have a winform with a datagrid bound to a dataview with the allowDelete property set to false. The datagrid is readonly. When the user enters the datagrid and presses the delete key the row is not deleted, but the currentrowindex is changed to -1. When the grid looses focus I get an error "...more >>

Hi In my app, when trying to expand some nodes I keep getting the message "Could not find any parsable digits" There doesnt appear to be any reason for it, the tree expands still, but it keeps popping up a dialog which is frustrating. Does anybody know what might actually cause this? ...more >>

Hello All, I created a lookup table with a combobox and dataset which works great, and then I tied the dataset to a DataGrid. The problem is when I change the combobox the DataGrid doesn't update. What events should I wire to get the DataGrid to redraw after the combobox selection is ch...more >>

Hi, I would like to embedd a picture into a Datagrid cell. Does anyone know of any good articles or tutorials on this. Most of the stuff online is for the web (ASP.NET) and I have done that already. I am looking for an idiomatic solution for a Windows form....more >>

Hi, I am using DotNetMagic 1.7.4 with docking windows and everything is working fine. The moment I try to host the internet explorer in one of the forms I add to the DockManager with AddContentWithState, IE does not seem to display any pages at all. The same form works and IE naviagates to th...more >>

Hi I have a main form that contains a panel which contains a child form. The problem is that when the main form is closed by the user, the 'closing' event for the child form is not triggered, which I need to do some cleanup in the child form. What is the problem and is there a workaround? T...more >>

I have a class called cComboItem which I use to add two bits of data, ID and Description which I then add to my combobox using the following code: Do While rd.Read() Dim oItem As New cComboItem(rd("ID"), rd("Description")) cboProviderType.Items.Add(oItem) Loop I th...more >>

I have a class for a simple dialog. I added two methods to open and close a FileStream. The FileStream handle is kept as a member of the dialog class. The method work when called back to back. If I all ShoWDialog between these calls the member variable goes to null. Any idea what's goi...more >>

Hi All, I'm receving this error can, does anyone know where I can find out more detailed info? Thanks in advance. Wayne Taylor ...more >>