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all groups > dotnet windows forms > june 2006 > threads for june 29 - 30, 2006

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How do I do this
Posted by Larry Smith at 6/30/2006 9:13:01 PM
Looking at the ".resx" files produced by the Windows forms designer, I see nodes like this: <data name="MyRadioBtn.Size" type="System.Drawing.Size, System.Drawing"> <value>94, 21</value> If you then read the "94, 21" back into your code as a string (exactly as seen), how do you then...more >>


EditValue problem
Posted by pyda001 NO[at]SPAM ec.auckland.ac.nz at 6/30/2006 4:41:31 PM
Hi yall! I have created an image selection dropdown editor for use in a PropertyGrid. My selector form is called dropdown by a IWindowsFormsEditorService and so far it's all sweet. On my selector form I have placed a lot of pictures the user can select from. I have also placed a button with...more >>

accessing to windows register
Posted by Bruno Alexandre at 6/30/2006 3:31:38 PM
Hi guys, I'm an asp.net 2.0 developer with a almost nothing in window forms. Because of the retriction of ASP.NET security I can't access the windows register by it (unless I build an active x to do that, but I dn't even know how to start if I choose that road) so I'm building a window...more >>

Forms Event model
Posted by jsh02_nova NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com at 6/30/2006 4:12:01 AM
Can someone point me to a document showing the sequence of form events upon showing? thx...more >>

Newbie needs advice
Posted by David++ at 6/30/2006 3:43:01 AM
Hi folks, Quite new to Windows Forms development. So far I've just developed some single formed apps which have the main form as the solo interface. I would now like to develop an app which has multiple levels (or screens?) i.e. perhaps the first entry screen to the app will be a 'Login Pa...more >>

Disable a context menu in sys tray??
Posted by Amil Hanish at 6/29/2006 7:46:55 PM
I have a sys tray icon with a context menu set. I only want to allow a right-click on the icon if the control key is pressed with the right-click is done. I can't figure out how to do this? I've tried overriding a lot of the events and attempted at things like Visible and Enabled, but I c...more >>

How to tell VS not to treat a class as a form
Posted by MuZZy at 6/29/2006 6:20:41 PM
Hi, I just wonder if someone came across this small problem: i add a class file to the C# project and i implement a class derived from Form. Even though i don't have a resx file assosiated with it VS still treats it as a form file and on double click it tries to open a form instead of ope...more >>

Supress MDI child titlebar flashing?
Posted by Byron at 6/29/2006 4:43:01 PM
I've got an MDI app that contains one child form at a time that takes up all the display real-estate of the parent form. I've turned off everything that would normally be visible using the code below so that the child will appear to be just the body of the main form. This works as expected...more >>



ClickOnce Deployment Location
Posted by Chuck P at 6/29/2006 11:40:34 AM
I was trying to setup the deployment location/method for a ClickOnce application. In the Application Properties : Properties Tab set Publish Location When I use a Http://location I get an error due to FrontPage Extensions not installed. Which I really don't want to install because of the...more >>

Displaying large amount of data in a Treeview
Posted by Danny Liberty at 6/29/2006 9:53:01 AM
Hi, I would like to display a large amount of data stored in a file (100Mb or higher) in a treeview control. It would be very inefficient to preload all the data into the treeview since it would take an extremely long time to load the form and it would also consume a large amount of memory. ...more >>

TextBox validation.
Posted by Kevin Burton at 6/29/2006 7:47:01 AM
I have a text box (several actually) that I need to validate. Some of the conditions is that it can't be empty, it can only contain numeric characters and optionally dashes, etc. One of the problems is that once a user has started entering text in this text box, unless it is valid input focus ...more >>

How to force SplitContainer's contents to change 'on-the-fly' during resizing
Posted by nvx at 6/29/2006 6:07:28 AM
Hi, how could I force a SplitContainer to redraw it's contents during resizing of the panels? Any help would be appreciated... Regards nvx ...more >>

I need a gap between two tabs in a TabControl. Could anyone help?
Posted by nvx at 6/29/2006 5:43:08 AM
Hello there, I have a TabControl on a form and I would very much like to have a (let's say) 30 pixels gap between two specific tabs. Is there any way how to achieve this? Thanks for any help... Regards nvx ...more >>

Button image
Posted by Ben at 6/29/2006 4:29:02 AM
Hi, I have a round image and have set it to be the button's image. I also set the backcolor as Transparent. When I run the form, the image looks good but it has a square box aound that is not transparent. How can I get the square box to be transparent? Thanks for your help Ben...more >>

Everything closes down :'9
Posted by Bored Pills at 6/29/2006 3:12:01 AM
When ever i am browsing the web and shuting down a same meeage appears regaring the memory i am using win xp HE...more >>

Threading Advice Quick Question
Posted by Mark at 6/29/2006 1:42:38 AM
Hi I have a non UI set of classes which do bits and pieces like getting file lists, generating xml etc. I figured on doing some of these processes on seperate threads. These wouldnt be called by the UI they would be controlled by the objects themselves. My question is simply whats the correct wa...more >>

What is the correct way to slow down a Winform app?
Posted by sune42 NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com at 6/29/2006 1:40:41 AM
For my ASP.NET website , I have a winform application that runs once a day doing various household tasks. As these tasks are quite DB/CPU intensive I use Thread.Sleep(XX); System.Windows.Forms.Application.DoEvents(); To slow it down. Why? I don't want this application to affect the perfo...more >>

Correct way to exit an Winform application?
Posted by sune42 NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com at 6/29/2006 1:35:56 AM
What is the "Correct" way to exit an Winform application? I have used Application.Exit(); But I find that the application is still running in TaskManager after closing it, so I asume that I am doing something wrong here.. Any ideas? ...more >>


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