Hi, I have an application that gets the solution from VSS and then builds it using the command line tools. only thing i can't configure is how to remove the VSS bindings once the solution is taken onto the Hard Disk. Any help ?? TIA P.S.: Know that this is not the correct forum for th...more >>

I have been on newsgroup for week. I have seen anything that will help me. Basically, I have a form with a datagrid that can be sorted or unsorted (it is up to the user). Then, I display the data of the selected row in textboxes on dialog that execute by the user press a button. The following co...more >>

I have 2 ComboBoxes, the selectedIndexChanged event handler in ComboBox A change the SelectedIndex of ComboBox B the selectedIndexChanged event handler in ComboBox B change the SelectedIndex of ComboBox A so whenever I change anyone of them, they would trigger the SelectedIndexChanged event ...more >>

We have an Windows application that is date/time sensitive and we need to get the real time of day somewhere. We can't rely on the user's computer time (DateTime.Now) because they could change it. The network administrator suggested Network Time Protocol (NTP). Also he's going to look into creatin...more >>

If I have a textbox with readonly set to true The backcolor shown is "control" However if you read the property it says Window What controls setting of the backcolor property when it is ReadOnly Can the defalut ReadOnly backcolor be changed, read, or set Is there a way to determine the textbox...more >>

Hi, I have a 'UserControl1', which has comboboxes, texboxes and buttons. In the click event for the 'Ok' button on 'UserControl1', I have code to do some processing with the data collected from the textboxes etc. At the end of all the processing I want to be able to close the form hosting UserC...more >>

Hi I am having forms that are in Design Mode, throw an custom class error, when the form is closed in the Designer. The error comes from a custom class. This class and the form are clearly not instantiated when the form is in Design Mode. How can I detect what is causing this error. The error...more >>

I develop on a workstation running in 96 dpi. When i design my forms in VS.NET, layout is immaculate and everything looks great. When my client loads up the software and displays it on their large panel LCD running 120 dpi, the layout all goes to hell. Now, I previously thought I had a solutio...more >>

I have 1 window with several panels that fill the window depending on what view the user wants to see. Is there any way to speed development instead of changing ordering(z-order) for a particular panel and visually develop on it I would like to be able go back and forth between panels visually wit...more >>

hi all I want to fix column size of datagrid fixed. How to do that Please help....more >>

Is there an easy way to change a DataGrid specific column display to something else then the actual bind data value from the datase using something like the format or parse ? What I would like to append before the grid is show, is to make some transformation from one integer field from the dat...more >>

Hello Just to myself started I need some good advices. Im planning to develop a gui with some sort of a toolbox and from that toolbox the users should be able to drag and drop the toolbox items onto a workspace. It could be something like MDI it think... etc.. The workspace should be like a work...more >>

I am not technical, I need help to find a proper document page. I do not like notepad or wordpad. I used to use XP in my job and could work with tables etc. I find I cannot do anything at the moment. Am I lacking software?...more >>

Hi everyone, This is my first post to this group =2E =2E =2E Given an instance of System=2EWindows=2EForms=2EForm, is it possible= for me to take a "screen shot" of it as it would appear inside= the VS=2ENET designer? I want to do this without calling a= constructor or displaying the for...more >>

Hi I am having a custom Tab control. In the Control's designer class am adding the follwoing code but it is not working i am still able to drag and drop a button or other controls on tabControl. But it works if I drag and drop a control, say button on from, and hten cut and try to paste it on my T...more >>

Dear all can anyone provide sample code for transfer file by using FTP on VB.NET My user need to transfer file on client by an window application. Thanks Tabo...more >>

We are starting development on some .NET projects using C#. We are considering the purchase of some components to help with development. Our feeling is that a robust GRID control is crucial. There are LOTS of them around. Have played around with XCEED.NET GRID and it looks pretty good...more >>

Hi Could you tell me how to convert DateTime to UInt32 in C#. Thanks ...more >>

Hi, How do I clear the system clipboard ? Used to be Clipboard.Clear in VB6 but simply calling Clipboard.GetdataObject.GetData in VB.net doesn't seem to actually remove the data. Thanks Jon ...more >>

I've got a logging routine on my client that logs errors. I'm hoping to use this error information for debugging purposes during testing and then during production. I want to log these exceptions at the best place possible to help me in this goal. Where should I put these try / catch ...more >>

Let me run through the first problem I had with a master-detail setup on two Windows datagrids, as it may relate to the second problem I have two datagrids set up for master-detail as recommended by Microsoft. That is, something like this dataGridMaster.SetDataBinding( dataset, dataset.masterTabl...more >>

I have created a custom MessageBox in a seperate DLL that has two resource files containing string in two languages. When i call my show method i get (that's when i'm getting the string from the string table / resource) i get the following: =====================================================...more >>

Is there any simple way to change the color of a fisxed-single border on a Panel control? The border color is black; I want to change it to SystemColors.Highlight to match the borders on the other controls on the form. Thanks Dave Veeneman Foresight Systems, Inc. ...more >>

I've implemented PASTE essentially as: Private Sub mnuEditPaste_Click _ (ByVal sender As System.Object _ ,ByVal e As System.EventArgs _ ) Handles mnuEditPaste.Click If Clipboard.GetDataObject.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.FileDrop) Then Dim obj As Object = Clipboard.Ge...more >>

I remember in VB6 there was an option for calling a type of message/dialog box that takes a single value. How do I do this in .NET? ...more >>

Hi all, I have got an application that is not really an MDI app, but that does have multiple forms that run at different times. For instance, it starts with a welcome screen asking the user what they want to do, prompts them with an "Official Use Only" dialog, and has a primary interview scr...more >>

We're developing an application using Visual Studio .NET 2003, which works fine on Windows XP and Windows 2003, but causes a GDI+ generic error when run on a Windows 98 box. The problem seems to be in using GroupBoxes. To test this, I started a new project, put two groupboxes on the form, with...more >>

Can anyone explain why getting the Help Button to show in a form Requires that the Minimize and Maximize both = false? Requesting help doesn't seem to exclude the ability to min/max, so why force this Thanks Ti ...more >>

Hi Friends I am working with treeview control and its working fine with except when I am trying to add child node in non - expandable node and i call the method newnode.ensurevisible. it does not add to the node. Also if i see the quick watch of child node, I can see the nullreferenceexception a...more >>

How do I create something like what Microsoft provides with Intellisense? Basically, I want to imbue my Rich Text Box with the ability to give a little popup that allows the user to choose from several choices after the KeyDown (or KeyPress or KeyUp - i'm not really sure which) event. How ...more >>

Hi, i made an app with only one menuitem (on a mainmenu of course) ahd the problem is that it is placed on the left, but i want to place it on the right (it's a Help menu). Any ideas of how to place it on the right? I am using .NET 1.1. Ioannis Vranos ...more >>

Hi all, Why is it that clicking on controls on child forms does not activate the form? E.g. I have a parent form with 2 children, both have frames containing controls. Only if I click on the form title itself then will it be activated. This is a problem when the tops of child forms are o...more >>

I would like to implement floating toolbar in my application This toolbar will be a normal C# form and will always be top only when any specific application is accessed like MS Word This toolbar generally formats Word document Can somebody highlight how to create a windows Form which will be al...more >>

I have written an app that spends most of its time in the System Tray. The main form opens on double clicking the icon and the context menu shows on right clicking the icon. I would also like the context menu to show on left clicking the icon. I have trapped the MouseDwon event and can show ...more >>

Hi All, I want to be able to put the ClassName and MethodName into my Exception Handler messages from code, but I don't want to 'hardcode' the names (so I can cut&paste my handler routines more easily). Anyone find some 'macros' or other .NET methods/properties that already do this? Stev...more >>

Hello all, I am looking to open multiple instances of the same form and be able to access the forms variables and check if the form is loaded. I need to sort of give each form an ID, although it is the same form i am loading so that i can access that forms controls etc. How do i achieve thi...more >>

Hello Is there a way with windows forms to get (1) A screen shot (equivalent to the CTRL + PRTSC button), and (2) a screen shot of an extended window (i.e. a single window that goes off the screen) Thanks Larry...more >>

Hi all, I know it is possible to show popup-help for a Control on a Form (using the SetHelpString method of a HelpProvider). For instance: this.helpProvider1.SetHelpString(this.textBox1, "This is popup help text."); But I don't want to use hard coded text. I want to use text that is l...more >>

I have an options window for an application, which has is pretty standard in its layout - treeview on the left side, a set of panels that are shown and hidden as each option is selected from the treeview. I was wondering if there's a more modular way of doing this, instead of having all the p...more >>

How can I create optional parameters that can be included in the command line of a windows forms application Michael...more >>

had better give a example please thanks...more >>

H I would like to select data from two (or more) source tables, and show the data in a grid where the data is in the same row of the grid. (Windows Forms So, if we have a database with a company and an address table, like this company: companyId, name, phone, fa address: addressId, companyId, a...more >>

Hi, Is there a simple way to dock a form to another? I have a media player and want a playlist form which docks at the right site of the player form. Is there a WindowsForm command which does the job with docking or must i build it myself? ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to overlay a form over another form. This form contains 3 textboxes. I want it placed over a listview, exactily over 1 row. That's all working, but the overlay form is to big, even though I make frm.height not bigger then the row. When i check the height properties, it is corre...more >>

I need a grid that displays hierachical related tables. The grid's DataSource is a dataset. Maybe there is a better way I don't know. There are 2 tables in the dataset. They have a Relations on "ID" column. I got the first table in grid displayed ok. But the problem is when I try to naviga...more >>

Hey I have created a collection that inherits from the= CollectionsBase that take a columnheader as it's input=2E I have= then created an intance of the collections class and provided a= property to it through my usercontrol=2E The property uses the= collections editor attribute to expose th...more >>

Hi, I want a Login-form that, once the username and password are validated, opens a new Form (of the 'main'-application), and closes itself. I tryed it like this: putting the following code in the click-event of the login-button of my Login-form: Dim frmAG As New frmAgent frmAG.Sho...more >>

Hi, my Window Form application uses several activex controls such as the flash activex, webbrowser control or the Windows Media player 9 activex. If one of these controls has not been properly installed, the constructor of my main form, which hosts all these control, throws a cryptic exception...more >>

Hi All, I browse through the msdn.microsoft.com and was able to fine one article related to Treeview ImageList. my coding is like the following Dim rootNode as New TreeNode rootNode = TreeView1.Nodes.Add("Parent Node") Dim nodeFirstChild = New TreeNode("FirstChildNode", 1, 2) node...more >>

Hi All, I am writing an Windows Application in VB.net. under this windows application, I would like to create one button, which can trigger a HTML file to open display the windows applicaion dataset data on Internet Explorer. I already create one button, and also already added a New Item wi...more >>