In MSDN the topic "Add the Manifest to the Executable File" under "Using Windows XP Visual Styles With Controls on Windows Forms" explains how to add the manifest resource to the executable after it's been built. So after a subsequent rebuild the proccess (of adding the resource) must be repe...more >>

G'day Folks, One form in my app has a datagrid with multiple columns, 3 of which i want to merge. I have been unable to obtain any information on merging datagrid columns, is this possible ?... or do i have to merge prior to binding with the grid. Cheers Rocket....more >>

Dear all, I want to make a mp3 player by vb.net, could anyone give me some idea? Thank in advance...more >>

vs.net 2003, vc.net project, i want to add a ip address control on my form, but...where is it?...more >>

in vs.net 2003, a vc.net project, i want to add a ip address control on my form,but i can't find it.where is it?...more >>

I need to display a blank value as well as other values. I do not want to alter any current records but just be able to display this blank value amongst the list. I have not been able to figure out how to do this in a combo box. Any help will be greatly appreciated. carlt@gicw.org...more >>

In VB6 I'd access the event procedure of a button simply by typing cmd1_click. Suddenly I need to do that and can't find a way. How to I acess another button's procedure? I noticed btn.performclick for the click procedure of a button, but what if the control isn't a button and the event ...more >>

This is a very bizare problem. So, I have a C# COM Add-in for Excel which creates a toolbar, then pops-up meaningful windows when you click the toolbar buttons. Everything works fine the first time. After that, my event handlers do not get called when I click the toolbar handlers. I've isola...more >>

OK, my understanding of the simple use of the tooltip is to do the following: Drag the ToolTip from the toolbox on to your form. Once this is done all the controls have a new property added to them called "ToolTip on ToolTip1" (default name). For each control you can go and enter the speci...more >>

Hi If i create a Brush object I believe it is good practice to explicitly dispose it or use it within a using block. Is it correct to assume that this does not apply to brushes from the SystemBrushes collection? Adam...more >>

How can I remove the 3d border of a combobox on a windows form. even on a box using xp style it is painting with a 3d border. it does not seem to have a BorderStyle property. could I do this by overriding OnPaint at all? Adam...more >>

Hi, I have inherit a class from TextBox. In my class I do some stuff. But how can I get my class to a form? Placing a normal TextBox and changing TextBox to MyTextBox will not work. The box disappears from the form. What must I do? Thanks Werner ...more >>

Ok, I ran into this problem also ;-( http://weblogs.asp.net/klaus.aschenbrenner/archive/2004/08/25/220475.aspx Instead of un-installing / reinstalling or using mageui ... does anyone know what registry setting is used so I can just have clickonce pick the info up from there? ...more >>

Hello, Is it possible to put in the Clipboard, an object which implements the IDataObject interface but that knows only a format that is not defined in the DataFormats? What i want to do is to pull an object from the clipboard lke this: IDataObject pulledObject = Clipboard.GetDataObject();...more >>

Hi. How can I make something when user minimize Form (push standard toolbar minimize button on the top of the form). After it, I'd like to hide my form and show notifyicon (like many programs having) Thanks for wrote-nice day. ...more >>

Hello everyone, I was wondering if I can extend the Windows Forms Datagrid to add my own ButtonColumn (like in ASP.NET Datagrid). I also would like to add my own Formatted Text box column. Is it possible to extend the current Datagrid to do this. Please let me know Thanks -- Rajiv...more >>

Hi, When a user clicks a TextBox on a modal form, the caret immediately moves to the clicked location within the existing text. On a non-modal form, the user's TextBox click sets the focus appropriately, but fails to set the caret. How do I correct this behavior? When the user clicks in th...more >>

Hi, I have a very long Form whose AutoScroll property is set to true. The user can easily scroll vertically through the form. The problem is that as the user drags the scroll marker up and down, the form doesn't actually scroll. Instead, the user must release the mouse button before the fo...more >>

Hello! Availability of different Win.Forms controls libraries makes choice hard, so I decided to ask community. I do look for libraries which would provide at least following functionality: Office 2003 command bar VS.NET docking windows One limtiation I have is that they need to be LG...more >>

Hi. How can I raise button method with no pushing that button manualy. I would like to do something like that: button1->click(). Just want to execute button event function. Good Day, havy nice work (going fast). Thanks. ...more >>

I am attempting to convert an Excel spreadsheet into a different format using C#. I have been able to pull all the data from the UsedRange except for one set of cells. These cells contain hyperlinks to Word documents. I can access what is displayed in the cell, but the hyperlink to the docu...more >>

I have a Windows form application that creates a report and display data in Excel. When I open the Excel file with Explore I can only see the Excel Menu without the workbook. If I click on the View menu and Full Screen item menu, then the workbook is displayed. Why is this? The foll...more >>

After reinstallation of Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect to a new path on my harddrive, all reference in my projects to Compact Framework dll's are missing! OS: Windows XP + SP1a + alle updates I think the problem is that the Compact Framework dlls, are still registered i the...more >>

Hi Guys, I'm writing some addin modules for my C# app in managed C++.Net. I've noticed that managed C++ is slower than C#, or at least it seems to be. The startup for an empty form takes noticeably longer. Is this just a startup thing, or is there really a performance difference between C# and m...more >>