Hi, I've hit a bit of a brick wall in my use of the PropertyGrid control. I am writing a Windows Forms application that does the following: - dynamically create a class using Reflection.Emit - the class simply holds a number of properties ("Name", "Description", etc). - pass the class to a ...more >>

The smart client offered by MS is more like a concept and the features is more separately. I think the client application vender need a clien side framework like Eclipse RCP. Does MS or any others provide one for .NET? -- Niciyou Beijing, China...more >>

When user right click the tree node, a context menu popup. But I can not get the node clicked calling TreeView.SelectedNode property correctly because the default selection behavor of TreeView is left click. How can I get the correct tree node when context menu popup? Thanks....more >>

I have a richTextBox that is receiving lots of data over a serial port. The problem is that the display of the text gets slower and slower as more and more text is added (using .AppendText). Is there a way to limit the text box to some fixed number of lines (or characters) of text such that ...more >>

I'm primarily a class library developer, but I've written a few small tools in my day using forms (VB6/Java/Winforms) and my libraries have been used in larger forms apps. The thing is, I've never seen a well architected forms app in my 12-year career and I'm wondering if there is a book or some...more >>

Hi, In the form's Load event handler I'm trying to hide the form, but still the form is visible although the Visible property is set to false. Only if the ShowInTaskBar property is set to false too, it is not visible. Why? Isn't there a way to hide a form from its Load event handler but to d...more >>

I'd like to add buttons dyn to a form, i can create new buttons, new .name & ..text properties, but i can't figure out the eventhandler example I want to create a grid of buttons based on the itemno from a database, then clik on the button & have it add that itemno to a list box, or database.....more >>

i want to help for how to code this if i entering the datas in first form then that display in second form for what ever i entered in first form(confirmation ) i know about first form insert datas but i dont know how to display in second form can i help you please consider this thank u ...more >>

Hi, I am writing a program that handles authentication, and based on the user's permission level, can do certain things in the program. However, I want to have a global 10 minute time out in case a user is idle for that amount of time. To do this, I am using a timer from System.Timers. A...more >>

If I have a WinForms project - what's the best strategy for opening different forms from different shortcut icons? Basically I want to lump a few different (but related) apps into the one assembly, and have a number of icons in the start menu. Is there a way to go about this (like passing ...more >>

I have a control that derives from UserControl. In addition, I have overriden the Text property and put the attributes on it so it shows up int the designer. However, it will not save the value no matter what I do. I've applied every attribute I can think of. Any help in this matter is ap...more >>

Hello, I've taken a button component and extended it's functionality by adding a couple small methods and properties. This control is contained within my project tree and has been used on various locations of my form. Now, I want to add another property to the control. In doing so I had hop...more >>

Hello, I have a winform that looks beautiful. All the panels have bacground images. I even have rollover buttons for the main navigation. My problem is that it loads slower than a "plain" winform app. Also when minimizing the form and switching back to my application it has "blank sections" th...more >>

Does anyone know how to switch trays(paper source) when printing a multi-page document? Here is some code I have tried, but I can never get the printer to grab from another tray during the print of a document. If I seperate the two calls into Page 1 and Pages 2-4, then the printer will grab fro...more >>

I found out this problem very long time ago. I set FolderBrowserDialog to false but the New Folder button still shows on Windows 2000. At that time, I thought it may be related to Windows 2000 itself and SP3/SP4 would eventually fix it. But at the beta 2 release of .NET FX 2.0, the problem ...more >>

Hi all, I've created a splash screen for an MDI application and moved the main application's entry function in the splash screen's class. Inside the Main(), I run the following: [STAThread] static void Main () { Application.Run (new FormSplash ()); } In the Load event of FormSplas...more >>