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Displaying a help- string in the status bar
Posted by Hinnerk Feldwisch at 9/17/2003 7:29:21 PM
Hello, I'm writing a program with VB.NET at the moment, and want to have an easy possibility to display a help string in the status bar when the user places the mouse over a control. I know that there was an easy way some years ago, when I used Delphi 3 or VB 4; but I didn't find it anymore -...more >>


ComboBox SelectedIndex is set to 0
Posted by Albert at 9/17/2003 6:57:54 PM
Hello guys, I have a TabControl in a Windows Form. In one of the tabs I have a DataGrid with Items, and in another one some controls that let the user add a new item. In this second tab there's a ComboBox for selecting the type of the item. When the user select one item in the ComboBox some othe...more >>

DataGrid
Posted by Nathan Wiegman at 9/17/2003 6:04:13 PM
Hello, Does anyone know how to disallow the user from adding rows in the DataGrid? I don't want to allow the user to add rows to the grid, but at the same time want the user to be able to edit values in the table. If I set the DataGrid to ReadOnly, none of the table entries can be modified. ...more >>

"Form Designer" app for end user?
Posted by BH at 9/17/2003 5:49:31 PM
Hi All Anybody know of a tool/framework/widget/product/technique that empowers the end-user of a .NET winforms app to design/customize what appears on the forms the app uses? In other words...if a user thinks "I'd like this Form that displays my Invoice List to have a combo box that lets me...more >>

Smart Client Deployment Issue
Posted by InvestecLondonDevelopers at 9/17/2003 3:53:40 PM
We have a smart client application comprising of 1 exe and 6 dlls. All of them have been signed with the same key pair. We have trusted the exe using the .NET Trust Assembly Wizard but still we get a security exception when trying to run the exe using the url location. Is there any way to avoid ...more >>

Associate custom data with MenuItem
Posted by Aliaksandr Radzivanovich at 9/17/2003 2:33:23 PM
Is there any way to associate some variable with a MenuItem object? Most of the controls in Windows Forms have Tag property that holds anything that you assing to it. It is very useful, but unfortunately MenuItem doesn't have this property. The only customizable item is Text property, which is n...more >>

vb.net windows forms
Posted by bill at 9/17/2003 1:52:50 PM
vb.net windows form app I have 2 forms, the first form opens up and there is a button to open the second form which works fine. I want the second form to have a button to close the first form. I tried everything nothing seems to work.. Does anyone know some could I could use to do this. T...more >>

Making console window visible
Posted by Marc Scheuner [MVP ADSI] at 9/17/2003 11:12:55 AM
Folks, When I have a WinForms app, and I need to output some debug messages, I use the Debug.WriteLine calls. I understand the concept of creating my own custom trace listeners - I was just wondering, since the app already sends those messages to a default trace listeners, is there any way ...more >>



Return of the Rich Client
Posted by Nishith Prabhakar at 9/17/2003 10:58:50 AM
Hi, Had seen this article on MSDN titled "the return of the rich client" ... which dicusses CAS with rich clients in perspective ... Does anyone know anything else on this topic ... http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/06/rich/default.aspx I have a rich client - a windows form app...more >>

[STAThread]???
Posted by SSP at 9/17/2003 10:42:15 AM
I don't get it?? Until few minutes I debugged my forms and it worked like a breeze...no problems. Then suddenly I started getting a totally unrelated error message like: "DragDrop registration failed" After a fuming for a few minutes I discovered that it needed "[STAThread]" stuff ahea...more >>

over 4297000000 of GDI objects in a Windows.Forms application! ListView's leak.
Posted by Wiktor Zychla at 9/17/2003 10:16:25 AM
today we've found a critical issue regarding the ListView from Windows.Forms. it was confirmed on several machines with Win2K and XP. here's the problem: create a ListView with about 50000 rows. now use task manager to see the GDI usage of the process. everything seems normal. now catch the ...more >>

ANN: DotNetMagic now available
Posted by Phil Wright at 9/17/2003 9:49:57 AM
DotNetMagic goes commerical! NOTE: The last free version was Magic 1.7.4 and is still available from source forge and will continue to be so. This free version will NOT be removed from source forge and so you can continue to use it indefinitely in your projects. So there is no need to panic ab...more >>

Close Child Forms
Posted by Rudolf Ball at 9/17/2003 9:31:41 AM
Hi NG, i have a question: imagine I have a Main-Form that opens on click other forms (modal, not modal, messagebox, ). These other forms can open forms, too. So a Form-tree arises. My question is: how can I close ALL Forms out of my Main-Form? What possibilities are there to access a Child-For...more >>

The administrative limit for this request was exceeded
Posted by tguillor NO[at]SPAM ems.jsc.nasa.gov at 9/17/2003 9:07:33 AM
I'm using the System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher. Findall method to attempt to retrieve user id's from an Exchange LDAP server. I get the error message "The administrative limit for this request was exceeded". Can someone please tell me if you've seen this and what the cause is? Than...more >>

Client application slows down
Posted by Richard Sypriano at 9/17/2003 8:57:23 AM
I have a WinForms client that accesses data through a .Net service. If I run my regression test multiple times, every time it runs about 40 seconds slower. I thought it might be GC; so I inserted a GC.Collect() statement with not change. If I close the application and run it again the t...more >>

DataGrid Error when typing F2 followed by ESC
Posted by cnathaide NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com at 9/17/2003 8:09:20 AM
I am having a problem with a datagrid. Basically I have created a new class derived from DataGridTextBoxColumn which only accepts numeric values. When I enter a cell, type the F2 key followed by ESC, I get the following error: An unhandled exception of type 'System.NullReferenceException' occ...more >>

prevent listview resizing columns
Posted by John at 9/17/2003 7:42:46 AM
Hi Does anyone know how to prevent resizing listview columns John...more >>

How to Restart a pc using .NET
Posted by Gopinath at 9/17/2003 2:23:28 AM
Hi, Is there any way to restart a system using .NET class library. If possible can u post C# code for doing the same. Thanx ...more >>

How to Restart a pc using .NET
Posted by Gopinath at 9/17/2003 2:23:27 AM
Hi, Is there any way to restart a system using .NET class library. If possible can u post C# code for doing the same. Thanx ...more >>

Grid Scroll Bar
Posted by John at 9/17/2003 2:05:49 AM
Hi Is there a way to force a vertical scroll bar on the data grid, even if the data grid has no rows? Thanks Regards ...more >>

Style Sheet in Windows Forms
Posted by Burhan GUNES at 9/17/2003 1:29:40 AM
How Can I use Style Sheets in Windows Forms Programs. Then user can change interface. Is there anyone help me? Thanks....more >>

how to set the button as a default button for a dialog?
Posted by younker at 9/17/2003 12:47:24 AM
I want to make a button in a dialog as default one, but I can't find the default property for it. how can I do? ...more >>


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