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Inherited forms are locked?
Posted by Amil at 10/8/2004 9:21:03 PM
Hi all, Are inherited forms locked? I have a baseform with a panel. When I create an inherited form based of it, I can't add controls to it. What is the reason for this? ...more >>


Get localized string from System.Windows.Forms.Shortcut
Posted by Guido Kraus at 10/8/2004 5:59:03 PM
The System.Windows.Forms.Shortcut enum has all values for MenuItem shortcuts. Is it possible to get the localized string of such a shortcut? I tried myShortCut.ToString() but this returns a value like "CtrlP". I would like to have "Strg+P" on a German Windows. Thanks for any ideas, Guido ...more >>

problem updating CurrencyManager.Position when binding to a custom object's ArrayList property
Posted by Bob DeRemer at 10/8/2004 5:00:01 PM
I have a WinForm app that contains a custom Treeview and a two Panel container controls. Selecting the tree root node displays Panel 1, selecting any child nodes of the root displays panel 2. Both panels contain text boxes. The custom treeview control has a DataSource property - so I can ...more >>

HTML in forms
Posted by Knut Vonheim at 10/8/2004 4:46:17 PM
Hi there, is there a control, 3rd party perhaps, that is light and can show HTML in Windows Forms? TYIA, Knut ...more >>

custom installer exception
Posted by Tamim at 10/8/2004 3:57:01 PM
Hi all, I've created a setup project for an application, including a custom action database installer, how ever the code was taken from a microsoft article on MSDN Each time i try to install the application on windows 9x or Millenuim, i got the following error: Unable to create an instanc...more >>

Tools to Write/read a window from as XML file
Posted by Massimo at 10/8/2004 2:49:03 PM
HI, there are tools to "design" a form and save it as xml file? Thanks in advance Best Regards Massimo...more >>

updating a dataset
Posted by RJ at 10/8/2004 1:25:04 PM
I have a dataset which needs to be updated with new data whenever the database has new rows written into it. the problem is, the new rows are written by other users so it's not that i'm trying to update the database from the dataset, it's the other way around. thanks...more >>

Custom Border Drawing
Posted by Chavez at 10/8/2004 11:57:01 AM
Hello, I'm looking into custom drawing for Windows.Forms controls. And I'm wondering if anybody has any suggestions. I'm using VB.NET and I'm guess I should either trap the OnPaint handler or catch the WM_PAINT in the WndProc procedure. Thanks! Ryan...more >>



Bug with Forms 2.0 Beta and Excel
Posted by Jens Thiel at 10/8/2004 11:34:37 AM
Hello, I've posted a bug report (repro case included) to the MS product feedback site, http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ProductFeedback/viewFeedback.aspx?feedbackId=FDBK15852 It demonstrates a problem with Excel and Windows.Forms in the .NET 2.0.40607 Framework. The problem has been reprodu...more >>

Save an Animated .gif?
Posted by S. Justin Gengo at 10/8/2004 11:18:33 AM
I'm creating an image scraping program. The program loads all images it finds on a web page and allows the user to save them to disk. The problem I'm having is getting the program to save animatged gifs. The gif, loaded into a picture box, displays correctly on my form. But when I save i...more >>

GetBkColor
Posted by Matt Smith at 10/8/2004 10:53:06 AM
I am having trouble getting the background color of a control in another app. I use FindWindow() to get the handle of a button on a form. This works fine because I can successfully send a mouse click to the button (via Sendmessage). When trying to get the background color I am using the .NE...more >>

Menu Items
Posted by Charles A. Lackman at 10/8/2004 10:34:06 AM
Hello, I have created a rectangle that is filled with a solid color (5 of them) and drew them along with the text into the Menu items using the MeasureItem and DrawItem Events and it worked great. The problem that I am experiencing is that when you move your mouse through the menu items ...more >>

webbrowser with tabcontrol.....
Posted by Supra at 10/8/2004 8:19:41 AM
How do i added new webbrowser in tabcontrol in each tabpages? Private Sub TabPage2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TabPage2.Click Dim wb As New AxSHDocVw.AxWebBrowser wb.Parent = Me Dim Xsz, Ysz As Integer Xsz = 10 ...more >>

Where to add string resources in a WinForms project.
Posted by Bilal at 10/8/2004 7:49:03 AM
I have added some strings as resources to the resx file of my main Form.cs file (these are strings that are not a part of the Forms design) . I have added the strings manually in the Data view of the resx file editor i Visual Studio. The problem is that when I modify the Form in the designer v...more >>

Where is the main entry point of a c# dll.
Posted by Bilal at 10/8/2004 6:23:08 AM
I am using a C# dll (WinForms component) from unmanaged C++. Th einteroperability is provided by a CCW(Com Callable Wrapper). To enable visual style(XP-like controls) in a C# application you normally type following code in the Main() function of the class. Application.EnableVisualStyles. I...more >>

Using different font in TreeView cuts text
Posted by TEK at 10/8/2004 2:35:01 AM
Hello I'm trying to modify some of the nodes in a treeview control to be drawed using bold text. However, the node text is beeing chopped at the end for the bold nodes. Anyone that knows the solution to this? Best regards, TEK ...more >>

use AxWebBrowser to get the HTML source of a page in frameset?
Posted by Simon at 10/8/2004 2:13:02 AM
Hello, A frameset contains 3 html pages: page A, page B and page C. I need to get the HTML source of page B. I tried to use AxWebBrowser to do that, but failed. Do you have any idea? Thanks, Simon...more >>


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