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How to handle System menu messages?
Posted by Hemanshu Shah at 7/10/2003 7:51:48 PM
I have a MDI Parent in which I display a dialog box. When user minimize the dialog I want the whole MDI window to be minimized. Your help greatly apreciated. Thanks, Hemanshu ...more >>

Having Property Grid Display Properties from the Most Derived Class
Posted by Howard Swope at 7/10/2003 4:40:37 PM
I would like to use the PropertyGrid control to allow users to edit the properties of a control, however, I would like only the properties of the most derived several classes to be visible. How is this possible? -- Howard Swope Software Engineer Spitz, Inc [http://www.spitzinc.com] ...more >>

Odd problem with InputBox
Posted by news.microsoft.com at 7/10/2003 2:17:38 PM
hey all, I am having an odd problem with the InputBox in VB.NET, and it ONLY happens on one of my computers. When I try "Dim x as String = InputBox("TESTPROMPT"), I get the following error: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- [Exception Details] ...more >>

Click event prevent DoubleClick from firing
Posted by erez shalom at 7/10/2003 11:32:51 AM
Hi, When using a form ,Click event is preventing DoubleClick from firing. Anyone familiar with this behaviour? how can i capture both event seperatly? thanks erez ...more >>

Windows forms datagrid - Totals row
Posted by Giri at 7/10/2003 11:11:10 AM
Any ideas for a best approach on how best to achieve this? (the footer is what i'd use in the ASP.NET Datagrid... (which is many ways is much better than the windows forms datagrid, which is strange if you think about it ! )) Thanks ...more >>

User control shows error
Posted by Ross at 7/10/2003 11:10:05 AM
hi, I have a Windows Form (in VB.NET) with a panel that includes a User Control that I have made. It used to work fine, but now, I have the following problem: The programs compiles and works fine. But when I look at the form in DESIGN VIEW, it does not display the UserControl, but the...more >>

Inherited Forms Lose Tab Order
Posted by Andrew Sharpe at 7/10/2003 11:06:30 AM
1.) Create a form with a tabcontrol. 2.) Change the modifier of the tab control to "protected" 3.) Add 1 tab to the tab control. 4.) Create a second form that inherits from the first. 5.) On the new form, add a 2nd tab to the inherited tab control. 6.) Swap the order of the tabs so the new ta...more >>

CustomEditor on collection for a component
Posted by Bill Foust at 7/10/2003 11:01:39 AM
I'm trying to use a custom editor for a property in a component. The custom editor shows a dialog. It appears the custom editor is not calling the SET property when its done. I've tested this with other samples and it does there. Could this have anything to do with the fact that the type o...more >>



HelpProvider bug? Close the .CHM window and application closes too!
Posted by Nate at 7/10/2003 8:46:09 AM
Has anybody else seen this? I have a Windows Forms application that simply uses the HelpProvider control to open a .CHM. I use the helpprovider.show method and it works fine. However, when the Help window (*.chm) opens, if I quit (i.e. close) the Help window, then it closes as expected, and so...more >>

Setting Application directory as path for database.
Posted by M K at 7/10/2003 8:04:20 AM
I want to set my application's database path to the directory that the application resides in so that any location I install this application will look to the installation directory, instead of where I have the file located on my system. (ie C:\Documents and Folders\Users\Current User...) ...more >>

DataGrid font
Posted by Tom at 7/10/2003 6:50:40 AM
How do I change the font for a single cell of a data grid? Want to make the current font BOLD when the value in the underlying dataset exceeds a threshold value....datagrid is readonly, non-sortable columns, so the one-to-one relationship is well-defined. At minimum, would want to make a...more >>

Using a JAVA / JSCRIPT APPLET
Posted by Dave_Burkett NO[at]SPAM SBCGlobal.Net at 7/10/2003 6:12:56 AM
I have a JAVA APPLET (below) that I'd like to us in a WindowsForm, But I'm not quite sure where to begin with this one. Any help to get me in the right direction would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. <APPLET name="cvcs" CODEBASE="http://192.168.1.199:80/" CODE="xplug.class" WIDTH=320 HE...more >>

Root node in Treeview without sign (+/-)
Posted by Thorgeir at 7/10/2003 4:29:31 AM
Hi Does anyone know how to show the root node in a treeview control without the signs in front? Thorgeir ...more >>

ListBox Performance - SetSelected
Posted by Wayne Hartell at 7/10/2003 3:42:14 AM
Hi there, I have the case where I am trying to optimize some slow code that selects listBox items. For approximately 6,500 items, the IndexOf method takes about 3 seconds on a 2.4GHz machine, and SetSelected takes about 9 seconds. The label lookup from the lable map takes about 0.004 seco...more >>

Close Form
Posted by Stephan Moeller at 7/10/2003 2:25:03 AM
Hi, I want to stop my Forms-Application from the constructor=20 of the form-class. I try to make some connections in the constructor. If=20 there are some erros I want to stop the application. Now I tried a few thinks: this.Close(); which has no effect, because the Form is not open in th...more >>

LinkLabel Column in Datagrid
Posted by Vijay Shankar at 7/10/2003 2:04:41 AM
Is it possible to have a link label column in a datagrid if so kindly help me out with explanations or sample codes Thankx in advance...more >>

Program the function key of Datagrid
Posted by Chrysan at 7/10/2003 12:50:07 AM
How to program the function keys(right arrow, left arrow, Up arrow, down arrow, tab, PgUp, PgDn) of datagrid? ...more >>


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