Hi, I am using a RichTextBox and I would like to have the standard context menu (RightClick menu) that the standard TextBox control has (i.e. if you use TextBox instead of RichTextBox, there is a standard context menu with Cut, Copy, Paste and few other selections right out of the box, you do...more >>

I have a situation where there is stuff in the database that I want to display but make sure the user know's it's been disabled. Ideally I'd like to draw a line through the item. Is there a way to do this? TIA - Jeff. ...more >>

I am writing a Windows Forms application using VS.NET 2003 and C#. The application uses the Multi-Document Interface (MDI) style. Our customer education team requires that the application display context-sensitive help using the common CHM file format. We are currently using P/Invoke as fol...more >>

Hi all, I'm having troubles with a Symbol 9000 device (Compact Framework v 1.1) when activating the barcode scanner from a window. The problem is related to the Activated event of the form which carries the task of the initializing the scanner. It looks like this event is not called after t...more >>

Hi Here is my problem: I have a control that does one thing when it is clicked and something else when it is double clicked. However the click event is always fired before the double click event. Is there any way I can look at the message queue for this control and determine if the next ...more >>

I have a simple question, is there an easy way in .NET to unescape HTML characters? for example I have a string "Siebel Analytics Sr Consultant-"Partner w/ Deloitte & have the oppty to become a Partner"" and I want to have "Siebel Analytics Sr Consultant- Partne...more >>

Each time I log on to windows, the language Toolbar is on the taskbar; and every time I log on, I remove it. How can I get it to stay off?...more >>

Is it possible to make the DataGrid shows a row with RowState == DataRowState.Deleted? (e.g. display a deleted row using another color and allow user to undo the deletion) thanks...more >>

I am embeding the WebBrowser in my application to show reports. I would like to embed the graphics and the CSS files in a resource. To do this I need to "hook" the WebBrowser control so that when it goes looking for these files, I can give it the files from the resource. Any thoughts on how to...more >>

Suppose I have a form that loads with TopMost = True. If I change the form to TopMost = False will it immediately affect the form -- in other words is TopMost dynamic? The reason I ask is that I want to disable TopMost when I'm displaying a Msgbox (otherwise the message box appears behind my...more >>

I have a DataGridView that is bound to a list of objects through it's datasource property. If a cell in the grid is changed by editing directly in the cell I get a CellValueChanged event. If the value is changed in the underlying object that causes the cell in the grid to get changed then the C...more >>

Using C# string xmlfile = "appsettings.xml"; DataSet ds_login = new DataSet(); ds_login.ReadXml(xmlfile); dgConnection.DataSource = ds_login; dgConnection.DataMember = "Connection"; SizeDataGridColumnsToContent(dgConnection, 1); The function works the way it is suppose to for every othe...more >>

Hello, I have a textbox with data in it that extends beyond the size of the text box. I am looking for a way to display the data in the textbox with the data scrolled all the way to the right: Before: ------------------- | Peter Piper| ------------------- After What I Want: -------...more >>

Hi all, I'm writing a program where I have to draw custom tooltips onto a control through OnPaint. I've figured out how to get the text color and the box color (KnownColor.InfoText and KnownColor.Info), but I can't find anywhere how to figure out what the font is. I've looked through the ...more >>

I am trying to prevent the combobox from dropping down; how do I override this effect? Thank you. - ed ...more >>

When handling the Lost_Focus event, is there a way to determine which control will get the focus before leaving the Lost Focus handler ? and then prevent the current control to not loose the focus ?...more >>

I would like to cancel the selection of the ListViewItem in the ListView on MouseClick? Any help would be appreciated. Etienne Lebeau, ing. jr. Software Designer Matrox Graphics etienne.lebeau@matrox.com ...more >>

I have a windows forms .net 1.1 question: I tried adding an image (a picturebox) to a column in my grid, but haven't been able to do it adequately. The pictures are there, but they don't seem to be visible until I click on a cell and then the picture is visible. Not sure what's going on. C...more >>

Hi! I am new to SmartClient. Can anyone provide some links for SmartClient sample or tutorials Thanks, Baren...more >>

When doing a Drag & Drop SWF.Timer don't seem to work anymore. What can I do in such case? For now, as the OnDragOver event seems to be fire repetitively I use it. But I cannot control the time interval. Any better idea? ...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to have tab control buttons on bottom? With out going to to much trouble, thoug I have seen everywhere. Jared. ...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to make a skinned application, so i'm overriding the paint methods of the controls. Concerning the painting of the form itself, it seems that there are 2 options: - Making the form borderless (FormBorderStyle to None), and building our own custom window title bar, but jus...more >>

I can't seem to make my form not visible. During the Load event I specifically set Me.Visible = False but the form still displays? Any suggestions ? ...more >>

Hi all Using VS2005 and .Net 2.0. I have a MDI parent form, and MDI children. What I would like to do is similar to merging menu's. I found you can define the menus on the child, specify a merge index and have the menu merge nicely with the MDI parents menu. Ideas? Thanks Andy ...more >>

I have a ListView with a custom ListViewItemSorter assigned. After I add all the items I assign the sorter and everything is sorted fine. This works the way I want. Now I want the user to be able to move items within the ListView but they're always resorted. If I try and set ListView.ListVi...more >>

Folks, I am developing a Visual Basic Windows application using Visual Studio 2005. For some reason I do not see any of the code that is normally generated by VB. Is there some setting/option I need to check somewhere in the IDE? Thanks, Vint ...more >>

I have an MDI application with the MDI parent container has a tabcontrol on it. When I bring up any child MDI forms, it won't show up over the tabcontrol. I have tried the form.bringtofront() and that doesnt work. Short setting the controls visible property to false, I can not figure this one...more >>

Hi, I have a question regarding databinding via the Visual Studio 2005 form designer. What I wanted to do is not a very good practice, it was just "quick and dirty" in really small application. I had a WinForms form with a typed dataset and a lot of controls bound to it via BindingSources. B...more >>

Hi All, I would like to start a VB.Net 2.0 app minimised to the tray area. I use the NotifyIcon component, set the form to start minimised by adding this to the form.load event Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized Me.Hide() and set the notifyicon component propert...more >>

I am trying to emulate with ComboBox, what I do with a Web DropDownList. dropdownList.Items.Add(new ListItem("30", "30 days")); dropdownList.Items.Add(new ListItem("60", "60 days")); As you can see, 30 and 60 are values and "30 days" and "60 days" for = displaying. Not populating from the d...more >>

Because the backgroud color of the form is white, when I use SmoothingMode.AntiAlias, the color of shadow seems gradient to white color. But if I don't use SmoothingMode.AntiAlias, there are white gap between four arc. Here is the source code: using System; using System.Drawing; using Syste...more >>

How to make all controls disable foreColor and BackColor same as ReadOnly = true? As the disable textbox or another controls color is so hard to read, I want a good method to set all control same as ReadOnly TextBox control's Colors. There are many program code to modify if I modify from "...more >>

Hello, Is there a way to send a string of text to a generic tekst printer under ..NET. Somethings as in the good old days File f = Open("LPT1"); f.Writeline("Blablabla"); The goal is to use an old lineprinter as a log printer printing out each line (incomming allert) at a time without h...more >>

Hi everyone. I'm trying to write text to a Windows Form with TextRenderer.Drawtext, and it works fine - until I select an item from the Menu (System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip) above it - at which point any text in the Form area underneath where the menu drops down gets erased. Here's the c...more >>

I'm trying to create a html/hta document on the fly without using the gray form UI. I'll be activating the html/hta document from a parameter on the context menu....more >>

Click event getting lost during ColumnChanging event if modal dialog displayed I am using VS2005 I have a situation as follows: I have a handler for DataColumnChangeEvent ColumnChanging. Inside this event it is some times necessary to pop up a modal dialog to get missing information. If t...more >>

Hello Group, i want to color the tabpages of a tabcontrol-tabpages area. Overwriting the DrawItem event and works well coloring the tabs itself. But the tabcontrol itself has an grey frame where the tabpages are meant to be. How can i color this area of the control? tabControl.DisplayRect...more >>