Hi All, I urgently need to export an xls into PDF using a .NET control (freeware if possible) . can anybody have a suggestion / help me finding one?? -- Best regards Luc -- Best regards Luc...more >>

I'm writing a vb.net 2.0 app and am wondering what's the difference between the Enter and GotFocus events. I know that one fires before the other, but other than that, what's the difference that would make me choose one over the other? Thanks. -- moondaddy@newsgroup.nospam ...more >>

Hi! i'm processing the NewWindow2-Event to create my own customized Browser-Forms when the Website wants to show Popups and display them within my own Form. It actually works fine but i have the following problem: How can i detect the size of the newly created HTML-Popup-Window and ajus...more >>

I need way to detect when the mouse enters/leaves a form. MouseEnter/MouseLeave events will not work because I receive a MouseEnter event when the mouse moves into the form but once the mouse moves over a control contained in the form a MouseLeave event is fired. Is there an easy way to do...more >>

I have created a C# form with several controls on it each of which have the protected modifier set. When I inherit a form from this base clas then none of the inherited controls are visible at design time though they are visible and operational in the inherited form at run time. i can no...more >>

Hi all, I have a strange problem: When my application print something with System.Drawing.Printing.PrintDocument(), my application thread (MessageLoop) is going down. I know that because I putted an event on Application.ThreadExit and this event is launched when printing. What is also str...more >>

Does anyone have a way to import icons as bmps as "Linked" in Resource files in the IDE? I need the ability to add icons to a resource file but have them show up under the Images section with a file type of Windows Bitmap so that they can be selected at Design Time through the IDE. I have re...more >>

Hi, I have an image round in shape, now i want to create a button with the image in the background, but the image is coming in rectangular shape. How to make it round. I can do it by picturebox but the push pull style for the button misses in picturebox, any way to do the same . Thanks ...more >>

I added a button to my tool bar. I noticed the "Image" property. When I click that it brings me to an open file dialog to choose the image file. My question is, is the chosen image file loaded as a resource embedded in the EXE or does it just reference the file? If it is not loaded as a reso...more >>

I dragged a tool strip control onto a custom control I am working on. The custom control in turn lives on a form and is set to fill dock. The problem is when the form is resized, my control is resized accordingly, but the tool strip is not resized to be longer (to cover the entire top width of t...more >>

Hi all, I'm working on a WPF applicaation. How to get the current active (focused) element in the window? ...more >>

Hi, Sometimes while handling an event in the UI thread I need to call some action but I don't want it to be invoked in the context of the event (some reentrant function calls may fail for example) but right after (in the same UI thread) , something like PostMessage to the UI thread. Is ...more >>

i have written a c# .net app that runs in the notification area of the taskbar. it should stay alive as long as the windows session is alive (like the volume control or clock in the taskbar). the problem is that my app closes on Log Off even if the Log Off is aborted. for example, suppose the ...more >>

Hi I need to start a new win form project and I am wondering if I should choose 2008 at this stage. My questions are following; 1. Is 2008 much different from vs 2005 in terms of skill set to prohibit smooth development of application ie is there a steep learning curve for common app dev...more >>

Does anyone know what tool was used to develop the help documents in Office 2007? Bill ...more >>

Hello, I have DLL library, this DLL im invoking from Client application, I need to pass some paramter to the DLL library (user id). something like static Main method declared in the assembly (DLL library). how can i achieve this? thanks. ...more >>

I know that Microsoft was working on DLL based SQL min-Engine, eg. you install the DLL with the app. Was this product released and, if so, what is the name? Thanks ...more >>

I can print a Report, with Grapics etc, directly from vs2005. I would like to know haw I may Print to File OR save a File, to be printed later. Hope there's help. Thank you -- Don...more >>

Does anyone have a recommendation for a PDF viewer component or control? Preferrably low or no cost. Thanks. GS ...more >>

Seeking Code Editor component http://www.alvas.net - Audio tools for C# and VB.Net developers ...more >>

Hi, My scrollbars never hit their maximum value. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a work around other than setting the maximum to a higher number? The scrollbar increments a value that is used as an angle of rotation from 0 to 180, it cannot have a value greater than 180. Thanks f...more >>

Hi all, I'm creating a MDI program, so far when it runs, it shows a dialog box for logging in (modal dialog form with acceptbutton/cancelbutton set, accept button validates username and password). After receiving the DialogResult if all is OK I make a treeview visible (that is docked to lef...more >>

I would like to be able to clear aPost so I may rephrase it. Thanks for reply. -- Don...more >>

How do I clear a posting, that has not been answered, so I may rephrase it. Thanks -- Don...more >>

hey all, i'd like to place one of two images in a column of my DataGridView based on a value that's coming in for that row from the database. can someone please show me how to do this? thanks, rodchar...more >>

Hello, friends, In VB6, we have SetFocus() to keep cursor in a masked box if the format is not right. In c#.net 2005, what is the corresponding function/method? I tried BringToFront(), it did not work. Focus still left from wrong-formatted-date masked box and went to another control. Tha...more >>

How do I clear a question I have entered?? I nkow dumb question for me. thanks -- Don...more >>

using vb.net 2.0: What's the difference between: frm.visible=true vs. frm.show ? dim frm as New Form1 frm.Visible=True or frm.Show Thanks. -- moondaddy@newsgroup.nospam ...more >>

Hi everyone, As I noticed, there's no such property in a toolstrip textbox. So, if I need to collect a password in a toolstrip, what would be the best approach ? Thanks !...more >>

The dot Net 2 based VB.NET app works fine when used on the server When used by any machine other than a machine loaded with VS on the newtork it fails with this error: ************** Exception Text ************** System.Security.SecurityException: System.Security.Permissions.SecurityPermissio...more >>

Hi Guys We are trying to develop a brand new version of a more than 10 yrs old 16-bit application by state of the art architecture. Due to many views on different business objects we decided to use the MVC pattern do decouple the logic from the views. Since we do it the first time there are...more >>

How can I programmatically determine when a MDI child form has been dragged from one location to another within its MDI parent form? Ideally I'd like to trap some event that occurs when the dragging has stopped. Thanks. ...more >>

I am creating a Wpf app that will have a Navigator bar (Group bar) on the left hand side of the main form that will display groups like Customers, Invoices, Deposits etc. When the user clicks on the Customer group bar for example the customer list will be displayed in a grid and the naviagato...more >>

Hi, I am deploying a ClickOnce application with an attached database. I set the BuildAction to Content and set Copy To Output Directory to Copy Always. When I make changes to the attached database in the deployed application they appear to be written, however when I open the application all m...more >>

Hi, where i found a free window control ? Thanks...more >>

I am trying to find the details of all the services that are running a machine I have used Dim services() As ServiceController Dim i As Integer services = System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.GetServices() For i = 0 To services.Length - 1 msgbox (services(i)....more >>

I'm working on an windows application, framework 2, language c#. I'm debugging on Windows Vista and XP. I need to have the [?] button in the caption bar, but also minimize box and maximize box. The only way to have the [?] button visible is to disable minimize and maximize box. Okay, this is ...more >>

I'm using a windows service, with a Filewatcher, to poll a particular folder. I can always get it to work correctly if I set the folder somewhere on the C drive (which is the boot drive also), however, it never works at all if I set it to look an any folder on the D Drive. The files are total...more >>

A couple weeks back I read an article about a new namespace available with the .Net 3.5 framework that allows easily doing things like moving the mouse, clicking buttons, and such. It was really a great way to do things that used to require API calls. This article also included a link to a wi...more >>

I'm trying to display values of an enumeration (below) in a combo box. As a proof of concept, I've attempted to do this via a TypeConverter; but it would appear that the associated TypeConverter is never instantiated, let alone called. Am I missing something silly, or is there some limita...more >>

..NET 3.5: I have placed two controls at the top of an Mdi parent form. The top-most control is a Panel that is docked to the Top. Immediately below the Panel is a user control that is Anchored to the Top, Left, and Right. At runtme I can drag Mdi child forms toward the top of the Mdi parent....more >>

I've been working on a Windows Forms application for some time now, but I'm having some trouble when I call Application.DoEvents(). When I do this after the program has been running for a few hours it causes a System.OutOfMemoryException to be thrown in System.Drawing.dll. Can anyone steer me in...more >>

Hi guys: I have been learning about design-time support and I have question about this. I have test how it works for my own controls and it did great; however I tried to attach a ControlDesigner to my custom form and it didnt work. My question is, how can I attach a ControlDesigner to my cust...more >>

I have a MDI Application. It has a simple menu. On clicking menu items, child forms open. Since, the loading of the form was taking quite sometime, I have separated the loading of data by using a background thread. Now, first the UI elements are loaded, the form is displayed and then the data is...more >>

Up on the top of my app, I have a normal menu strip (file/View/Windows, etc) I want to actually use one of those MenuStripItems as a context menu Is there any way to use one of these MenuStripItems (like View), as a ContextMenu? ...more >>

I have 3 combo boxes on a win form. I have set the DisplayMember, ValueMember and DataSource correctly for all 3. When I go to retrieve the SelectedValue of all 3, 2 of them show the value selected while the third shows the object that is being stored in the combo box. If I examine the va...more >>

Hi, I want to bind a proeprty of a child object to a DataGridView, but it doesn't work. For instance: Imagen that I have an object Company, and this object company has a child object Address. Address has a property Street. Now I want to bind a list oc Company objects to my DataGridVie...more >>

..NET 3.5, Windows Forms app: My objective is to display parent/child data in two ComboBox controls, such that when a parent item is selected in one combo box, associated child items appear in the other combo box. I already know one way to make this work using two DataTables and a DataView,...more >>

Hi, I'm developing an application in c# for a pocket pc with Windows Mobile 5.0. I have two forms, let's call them A and B. At a button click in form A I want to see form B. However, I want to keep form A "alive", to go back to it later, and collect the data received in form B. In form B I ha...more >>

I have a vb.net 2.0 winforms app. In the old days there was a close event that would fire when the form closes but I don't see any close or unload events. Can you please tell me what event fires when the form closes so I can run some cleanup code? Thanks. -- moondaddy@newsgroup.nospa...more >>