I have a C# WinForm that makes a remote ADO.NET call which "freezes" the form. I know I want to get the data access off the UI thread, but can't find a very simple example. Can anyone post a small/simple C# example that shows how to do async data acces? In my form, the form has an object w...more >>

Hi, I've encountered a weird TrackBar issue, it seems to hang completely when the TrackBar.Maximum is set to certain large values.. what's going on? Have tried this on a few different 2000/XP environments and it seems the behaviour is universal. Btw, before attempting the test below it's a ...more >>

I am not sure what to call what i want and so here i go :) I execute a function that gets data on this webservice....this data is not critical to the execution of the program but the program hangs until it does get the information. Is there anyway to execute this function without my program to a...more >>

Hello I wan't to place a number of dynamic controls into a tabpage (based on number of records in a table) if the number of controls that are place under each other are displayed outside the tabpage, I want to display a vetical scrollbar in the tabpage. Is this possible and is so can you ...more >>

Hi All, I want to use the DateTimePicker in my application but there does not seem to be any way of setting the date to null or the edit portion of the display to be blank. The checkbox does look crap, Does anybody have any idea about achieving this? I also tried having a text control and a...more >>

I'm using the method described in George Shepard's Windows Forms FAQ to programatically alter row heights in a DataGrid: http://www.syncfusion.com/FAQ/WinForms/FAQ_c44c.asp#q1076q The row heights are altered correctly but the vertical scrollbar on the DataGrid seems to be unaware of the chan...more >>

The Setup: ================ I have a cardswiper attached to my keyboard, so that when I swipe a card I get "keyboard input" that looks something like: %748a45a1246fbac9d8fdeaf3572f221b? I would like forms in my application to handle these card swipes. To this end, I've made a base Form that ...more >>

Hi all, I'm getting in trouble with the Auto Update feature in my project, we need to use HttpWebRequest/HttpWebResponse to get a file from the web server and copy it to the local. Below is the sample code I'm using, actually it works quite good on my other 2 Windows 2000 servers, but when I mig...more >>

hi Why i can't have "hello" in my other sub ..??? the _load is "public " !! Public sub menu_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Dim myString as string = "hello" end Sub Private Sub PictureBox4_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, B...more >>

Hi all I've got a custom control in which I catch the DoubleClick event .. no probs. I've just used the control on a form and implemented drag and drop functionality, i.e. on the MouseDown event (handled in the form) I check to make sure the left mouse button is pressed, the initiate the dr...more >>

I've a datagrid asociated to a datatable. I must avoid the user to add new rows to the grid, but the user can edit the values that already exists, so the grid can't be readonly. I didn't found any property in the datagrid or the datatable to avoid new records, also any events. I'm confused :s...more >>

I want the ability to fill in the public properties of a given class in a webform pump that class into a session variable and then recreate a new instance of that class in order to grab those same properties. The only thing that has me stumped is how to grab the appropriate session object in ord...more >>

I want to reload my form when there is a click in a button (for random gif) and i use this : Dim menu As New menu menu.Show() Me.Hide() I think there is a more better way to reload a form... can you help me -- Ceci est une signature automatique de MesNews. Site : http://mesnews...more >>

hi, I have 2 forms, one is MDI, one is child of the before mentioned one; when the user tries to close the child, the form is checked whether the data within changed; if data changed, the user is prompted to: Save/Not Save/Cancel if Save is clicked - the data is saved and the form closes if ...more >>

Hi I am creating a Windows Forms VB7 project. The Main Form is particularly complicated and I am currently using a form-level integer variable called 'FormMode' to control certain aspects of execution. What I would like to do is somehow make this variable into a class and then assign an event to ...more >>

I have a library method that exists in a project assembly (eg. WebLib or WinLib). Within this method I want to scan the other assemblies in the solution generically for embedded resource files. I have a way of scanning an assembly for embedded resource files, but as yet I have not discovered a w...more >>

Hi, evereybody I am loading a nearly 22 MB text file into a richtextbox control. It has ~ 410K lines. First question, is there any faster way of loading this file instead of doing it with LoadFile function? The second, using Find function for text search again slower according to other windows...more >>

hi friends how can i use the zmodem concepts and the dial up scripting. help me....more >>

I want to create an application that runs as a banner across the top of the desktop. To achieve this in Win32 etc I would use the SHAppBar class. Is there an equivalent class or property I should be using in C# ...more >>

H could some one please confirm this as a bug in the .net framework 1.0 place a datagrid on a winform, do databinding to you favorite database(northwind:) press shift key down while pressing the arrow down. keep doing this until you reach the end, then keep doing this again a couple of times, th...more >>