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all groups > dotnet windows forms > july 2005 > threads for july 29 - 31, 2005

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icons on ContextMenu for new NotifyIcon()
Posted by rasx at 7/31/2005 12:58:02 PM
I have read and tried the code that generates icons for ContextMenu items for objects on Windows Forms. But I have not been able to get the code to run properly for a ContextMenu over a NotifyIcon object. I have seen Win32 code generating icons for system tray icon context menus so i know t...more >>

Unusual copyright question
Posted by Vlad at 7/31/2005 2:00:52 AM
Hi all. If in my own application I use Windows common icons generated by \system32\SHELL32.dll and used, for instance, by Windows Explorer (regular folder icons, Favorites folder icon, My Music folder icon, and so on) will I have legal problems with MS? What's the deal here? Are they availa...more >>

ListView problems (2 actually!)
Posted by Campbell at 7/30/2005 11:07:02 PM
Hi, I have designed a drag & drop method of sorting a listview which also allows you to move the listbox items from one listview to another. This all works fine apart from two things. Take the example of the list: Apple Orange Pear Lemon 1) At the end of my drag I want to sele...more >>

Prevent user from closing form but allow form to close at logout
Posted by jquiet at 7/30/2005 7:47:02 PM
I have added this code in an attempt to prevent the user from closing my simple 1 form application, but the application now prevents logout and shutdown. What is the proper way to prevent a user from closing the app but still have it close gracefully at shutdown/logoff? Private Sub Form...more >>

OnClick from UserControl Button
Posted by DiamondDave at 7/30/2005 4:36:01 PM
Hi There Another dumb newbie question, sorry. I want to be able to create applications by dragging my own version of controls onto a Form. The reason for making say a button as a user control, is I want to button color to be a specific color and not the default color. When I drag the Userco...more >>

How to call base buttons onclick event
Posted by Adam at 7/30/2005 9:28:34 AM
Hello. I have a form which derives from a System.Windows.Forms.Form. On the derived form, I would like to override a button's onclick event, and perform some validation on the derived form, then finally call the base class' onclick event. I have tried the following with no success. The derive...more >>

Getting to the default "drag" cursor while dragging the TreeNode
Posted by Vlad at 7/29/2005 10:46:41 PM
Hi all. Is there a way to get to the default "drag" cursor ("arrow-and-some-rectangle") during drag-and-drop? I'm doing drag-and-drop in TreeView and need to show user that he/she cannot drop dragged item in particular nodes. So, this part actually works great, user sees Cursors.No while ...more >>

Scrolbars in ListBox, ComboBox, ListView...
Posted by ALexey Zalivin at 7/29/2005 10:29:05 PM
Hi, Anobody can help me to increase scrollbars in ListBox (wider for both scrollbars). I try to design applications specialy for touchscreen, but can't find any solutions in documentation. Thank you, Alexey. ...more >>



Paint DC of Hidden Control using Managed Code?
Posted by BYY at 7/29/2005 4:47:01 PM
How do I paint the DC of a hidden control using only managed code? There was a post under microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.windowsforms called "Capturing image of a hidden control" and the person responding suggested using an interop call to SendMessage in User32.dll to accomplish the task. ...more >>

Problem with UITypeEditor invoked from multiple objects (Bug?)
Posted by Michael Kairys at 7/29/2005 11:42:22 AM
I have a class, call it Outer, with a property of class Inner. Inner has a type editor, InnerEditor, which presents a dialog containing a property grid. Now, I put several instances of Outer in a property grid and let the grid merge them. When I click on the Inner property and get my InnerE...more >>

A Realtime Charting Control eg PerfMon
Posted by thechaosengine at 7/29/2005 11:35:01 AM
Hi Everyone, Can anyone tell me if they have come accross a control that is able to display a line graph in real time such as the one that is displayed by the performance monitor application included in windows. I know of quite a few charting components but I'm not sure if they would be ...more >>

Contents of listbox not shown
Posted by Martin at 7/29/2005 11:20:26 AM
Hi, I have a windows.net aplication with a couple of list boxes on the main window form. Each list box is databound and is filled in the constructor of the window form. When I run it on one machine it works fine. When I run on another machine the list boxes are initially empty. If I swit...more >>

SelectionChangeCommitted event not raised (combobox)
Posted by Mirzas at 7/29/2005 2:42:02 AM
hi, I have a comboBox with some items inside. I am implementing a sort-of auto-complete feature so the selectedIndex of the combobox is being changed while the user is typing text inside. The problem is: SelectionChangeCommitted event does not fire when user hits enter, and the selectedin...more >>


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