hi, i found 2 unanswered posts for this problem by William Oliver on 5 Aug 2002 and on 29 Aug 2002 by Fabio Maresca. here is our problem: i have a datagrid, with a datetime datacolumn. when i delete the value in the cell and then click outside the cell, it inserts 01/01/0001. i have Allo...more >>

Hi, I want to resize a button depending on its label. I do this: // In Form1 ctor Graphics gr=button1.CreateGraphics(); // button1.Size=gr.MeasureString(button1.Text, button1.Font).ToString(); but the buttin misses the last letter. It wont work even if I round up the SizeF value retur...more >>

I have the following VB.Net code which displays a 2-digit value from the database. How do I format this column display in a 5-digit format (00012)? oTextCol = New DataGridTextBoxColumn oGridStyle.MappingName = "MyMapping" oTextCol.MappingName = "MyData" oTextCol.HeaderText = "My Data" oT...more >>

Hi I want to create a Form that don't have an icon in title (as it is for ControlBox = false) but with close, minimize and maximize buttons. Even this seems trivial to me I coudn't do-it. (Setting form.Icon property to null was what I expected but don't woked. ) I'm using VStudio 2003 (...more >>

I've got a situation where I have a DataGrid with a complex databinding to an object. Something along the lines of: datagrid.SetDataBinding( obj, "SomeProperty.List" ); ....where obj has a property, "SomeProperty" that returns an instance of a class with a property "List" of type IList....more >>

Hi I have a smart client on my local machine. After I start the application from the url ("localhost://mypage/sc_app.exe") I would like to know where is it getting downloaded to? I searched the winnt/assembly but its not there. Thanks Ronen ...more >>

The code below for a simple .net c# windows app with a property grid and a very long string for a property value causes Dell GX270 PCs with Intel 82865G graphics card with the latest driver (6.14.10.4020) to hang and require a hard reboot, when the tooltip is shown. The computer appears to ...more >>

I created a form containing a RichTextBox and set the ScrollBars property to ForcedBoth and WordWrap is False; however, when I add a StatusBar to the form the horizontal scroll bar disappears and is not available. in Design mode i can see the StatusBar overlays the scroll bar, i would have ...more >>

I want to create form background themes similar to powerpoint. For example, the top 1/4 of the screen would be a slightly darker (of = the same color used for screen background) and the bottom 1/4 of the screen woud be slightly = darker (of the same color used for screen ba...more >>

The FAQ explaining how to prevent multiple-selection in a DataGrid does not seem to exist any longer. Can someone point us to the new location, or post an actual example please? ...more >>

Hi all, I have a Form that I have assigned as an MDI Parent, on this form is a menu, a panel(on the far left side of the form), and on the panel a couple of controls. Now when I create a new form and assign as a mdi child to my main form its does exactly what its meant to do and only exis...more >>

Hey All, I seem to be having a bit of trouble with assigning an ICON to a form..(Or App). I've got an ICON file (Created from within the IDE) that I modified, and saved. The File on disk displays the picture in Windows Explorer. However, when I attached it to my form via the ICON property, it...more >>

Hi I would like to have some kind of popup form that will display "search in progress" or something else. On the main form once a user clicks on search I would like to open another popup form and display message. Once I get results back I would like to close that form and go back to main search ...more >>

Hi, Is there any method to add some new buttons ont the property grid toolbar? I've try to add a button using the following code but doesn't work. I get an exception. ((ToolBar)this.propertyGrid1.Controls[0]).Buttons.Add(new ToolBarButton("sample")); The first element in the `Controls...more >>

Hello, I have an application which consists of 11 forms. At times I use the MessageBox.Show(owner, ...) to display messages or ask questions of the user. The application often gets into a state where these boxes appear behind the forms instead of in front of them. e.g. I click the cross ...more >>

I need to intercept the enter key and convert it to a tab character in C#. It was very simple to do in VB6, however, I have not found any references in ..NET. People I work with expect to use "Enter" rather than "Tab". -- Take Care, Dave...more >>

Hi People! Well, I'm trying to use a tree view by the first time, and I've alrealdy read a few articles from msdn about working with it. But, this is the big deal, my tree view will be populated dinamically, then I add a root knot and inside of it, I add the other knots. Until I get that, ...more >>

in the SelectedIndexChanged how can we know which is the previous tab or control that the user came from? I know we could put code in "on focus lost" to set it to the previous control, but is there any c# method that lets us do it ? Thanks HS ...more >>

Hello, does someone know how to add icons to context menus ? Is it possible ? Francesco...more >>

I urge every developer who has an MSDN subscription (Universal) to petition MS to change their proposed ideas on Visual Studio Team Suite (VSTS). Depending on what you read, they are proposing to not include it or raise the price to between $5,000 and $10,000. Every developer who has helped M...more >>