I would like to do Localization in a sepearate way. I need to keep all the localized strings in XML files.For each culture there will be a seperate xml resource file. This files will be kept serialized. There will be a seperate Class file (Eg. LocalizationMAnager) to manage these xml files.We ...more >>

Hi i must start this year a very big application. i think 2 possibilty : 1) Visual Studio (2008) with WindowsForms 2) Delphi 2007 VCL i have read some news on the web on windowsforms.... Is a dead tecnology ? without future ( long termine ) Are there other tecnology in substitutio...more >>

Hi, We need to decide if we our going for smartclients or webapps. I'm looking for a smartclient application that is distributed to 10000 users. I want to share some information like if there were problems with installing the smartclient app, ... Greetings, Dieter ...more >>

Hello, I am having problems loading the visio application silently. When I load word in the background in VB.NET, it remains hidden and the user doesn't know its loaded. However, when I load Visio in the background, the window pops up and then disappears. Is this a fault with the visio inte...more >>

Hi, I'm looking for advice or samples regarding the implementation of what is essentially a bound grid, most columns are bound, however there are a couple of unbound columns which are basically calculated totals (read-only) of data in the bound columns (which are read/write). I've implem...more >>

Hi, I have a form with DataGridView on it. Also I have hooked for Shown event of Form. Now when I click DataGridView header to sort column, Shown event of Form also gets called. I just want not to call Shown event of Form when header is clicked on DataGridView. Any idea how to do this? ...more >>

I created a setup package, through the wizard, and realized I didn't like the form of the ProductName. Where can I find the place to change the ProductName property? ...more >>

Hi, I want to programmatically access property of a control placed on a windows form which is not a part of my application. Other application might have already launched and a form is opened. I just want to access properties of a control based on name of the control. Is this possible us...more >>

Hi, When I set DataGridView's DataSource property to Binding Source, DataGridView becomes invisible. If I comment that line, DataGridView is visible again. I am using another thread to get data from server and then using control.invoke on ui thread to set DataGridView's DataSource proper...more >>

I have a user control with a public property, when I try to set the attirbutes of the property as so: <Localizable(True)> _ Public Property DisplayText() As String Get Return Me.DisplayTextLbl.Text End Get Set(ByVal value As String) M...more >>

Hi, Has anyone succesfully built and app with 'Orcas' and deployed on machine with only NET 2.0 installed. I would think that if it doesn't reference any of the 'new' assemblies all should work OK. TIA Jared ...more >>

Hi there, Does anyone know how to (generically) determine the currently active = form for an application using a "static" function (so I can call it from = anywhere). There is no offiical way I've been able to find so I've = written the following for starters: public static Form GetActiveFo...more >>

Hi everybody. I've been searching but I can't find if is it possible and, if so, how to set the space between characters (I have to fill in a already printed form and every single character must fall in its own little square). I thought it was possible to set something with System.Drawing....more >>

With a .Net 2's WinForms which contain 1) a DataGrid which is assigned to a DataSet's DataTable (some columns are "hidden" on screen) 2) a few TextBox which are aligned to different fields within the same DataTable What event do I code for the .Net DataGrid such that the TextBoxes's value ...more >>

With .net2, how do I get the path of where the .EXE is located for a WinForms app? e.g. for "h:\myapps\testapp\test.exe" , "h:\myapps\testapp\" should bee returned ...more >>

All, I have a form that currently displays an integer value in a label to a user but want it to now display the text equivalent. For example, if I have 54, it should say fifty four. Any class examples on doing this or should I just do it with a case function? Not to be picky, but....Idea...more >>

Is the introduction of these new technologies going to change the way that CAB works or will CAB still use basically the same architecture? Bill ...more >>

Hi, is it possible to sent an Crystal report as pdf file via outlook in code?? does someone have a code snippet to get me started?? Thx!! -- Best regards Luc N...more >>

Is it possible to set the root folder of FolderBrowsserDialog to any folder I want. ie c:\temp or something? Haven't yet found a way to do this. Thanks for any responses. ...more >>

Hey guys, I've been trying to figure this out for a while now. I have a form with some labels. The labels' click events are handled fine if I click inside the label but if I position the mouse directly on the border of the label (a fixed single border) the click isn't registered. Is i...more >>

I want to store state of the form such as X and Y position, size, height of GridView on this form when form is closed. Then on load I want to reload this state. The question is how do I know if form was in maximized state while closing and would appreciate if you could point me to example o...more >>

Is there a simple way to get my logon credentials to make my web request work through our proxy server? I tried CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials, but I get nothing back. I can get it to work if I just create a new NetworkCredential object specifying user, password and domain. But, I would rath...more >>

I want to create a toolstrip and I would like to make that toolstrip reusable by other windows in my application. This would be the same concept as a UserControl, only it would be a Toolstrip. Any suggestions on the best way to do that? ...more >>

Hello, I am currently opening Word in an AxWebBrowser Control on a form. When the user saves the saves the document using a save + close button on the form, it saves the document, navigates the AxWebBrowser Control to about:blank and exits word and then closes the form. The exiting of word ...more >>

Hi all, I'm trying to publish my .net application with some side-by-side com components but no success so far. My manifest is: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <asmv1:assembly xsi:schemaLocation="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1 assembly.adaptive.xsd" manifestVersion="1.0" xmlns:ds...more >>

One of my computers is is in a continual restart, it never loads. The windows logo appears with the animated bar under it, it will go one and a half times them shuts down and starts back up. Safe mode does the same thing. The recovery console gives me this error message: UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT...more >>

hi i m using .net 2003 and winform application, i m using below article to make my application winform outlook like xp style, but it does not shows controls on my winform as xp style , but it shows messagebox(using MessageBx.Show("dd")) like xp style, what i m missing , how to make my winfor...more >>

I've installed vs 2005 pro and sp1. When I try to add controls to a winform, they never appear on the canvas. The controls are listed at the bottom of the design area, so apparently they are being added to the form. But after adding buttons tabs whatever, the form is still blank looking. Per...more >>

Hi there, Recently i've installed Windows Vista Business. When i run Windows update i get the following error Code 80244019. I allready tried to set the LAN settings to automaticly dectected settings, but that won't work. Earlier i also removed a setting in my regedit but that didn't work a...more >>

hi Window Control Error start project [windows control] create project -> Window Form ->Form.Designer.mode Error Error Msg : Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.Win32Error(Int32 errorCode, String str) Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.GetValueNames() Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Design.W...more >>

I have a main form window (c#) that won't minimize or maximize. Clicking the control menu buttons will minimize or maximize the form, but the form immediately reverts back to normal size. This just started all of a sudden, I have rebuilt the app, and searched through the form code and properties. No...more >>

Will Net 2.0 Winform controls work in WPF apps or does a control have to be specifically designed for WPF? Bill ...more >>

Hey guys, I'm looking to improve my knowledge of design patterns and n-tiered application architecture. Do any of you have any suggestions on good reading material? I know the GoF book on design patterns is very popular but I was wondering if that is my best choice to learn these design...more >>

Is it possible to develop a windows app using WPF and net 3.0 that will run in a browser or on the desktop without any changes to it? Bill ...more >>

http://www.livetecs.com TimeLive Web Collaboration Suite is an integrated suite that allows you to manage project life cycle including tasks, issues, bugs, timesheet, expense, attendance. TimeLive is available in two different flavors. Hosted version and downloadable version. Downloadable...more >>

I have a form that has 3 different panels in it. I want to have a different context menu depending on which panel the mouse cursor is in at the time of the right click on the mouse. How do I achieve this? Bill ...more >>

I installed a .Net 2.0 SmartClient on an XP machine. The options for the SmartClient install was that the 'Application is only available online'. How do I remove it? How do I view a list of installed SmartClients and their versions? Thanks for your help! Terry ...more >>

Hello all, I have a winforms app running on framework v2.0.50727 which isn't not releasing memory back to the OS after closing forms. Simple forms (a list + button) or complex ones (tabs, lots of text boxes, third party masked edit control) behave the same way, Every time is instantiated ...more >>

Hello all, We have a bit of a problem. We have a form where we have to add controls dynamically during runtime. That part is quite simple. Now, we have to add a ButtonClick event for each of the controls. That's where it becoms tricky. Here is the bit of code we use: -------------------...more >>

I have a textbox that is multiline but I only want to show one line at the start until that line is filled in. I am going to use the textchanged event to check the length of the text in the field. If the length of the text is greater than the length of the field, I am going to change the hei...more >>

Every time I boot up my Vista machine I get the error message:- the instruction at 0x00366f9d referenced memory at 0x00000f18. the memory could not be read. Does anyone know what the problem is?...more >>

I am trying to use the DataGridView to accomplish a certain task. Here is my scenario: I have a datasource that has a Model/Make relationship. It can be likened to a user filling in what cars they own. So they add a new row and select the Mae of their car from a combobox. Then they can sele...more >>

Hi all, I've been struggling with this problem for quite a while, and have searched the internet many times, and tried many of the ideas which that turned up - but haven't managed to get this to work! Basically, my application receives serial messages from another system. If a certain fi...more >>

Hi folks, Frist I am not sure this is the place to post MPF question. If not , please advise th url. My question here is to assign foreground color to a TreeView conrol in MPF . Please advise. thanks. PeterK ...more >>

Actually the thing is i am devoloping a windows application, which will be displayed in multiple monitors. i have one single exe, which will be displayed in 2 monitors for example. In cloning mode (windows display setting) both the screen will display the same content. (eg. form1 will be d...more >>

In MS Outlook when entering an email address into the To box, when the textbox is full, it expands to a multiline textbox and pushes everything else down on the form. Are they using an ordinary textbox control and just changing it to multiline? Bill ...more >>

I need to have a control that I can place on a form that I can view an Image. But here's the catch, I need to view the entire image (no matter the size) in a 400x400 pixel object. Also, I need to be able to to enlarge and shrink the image in the same viewable area. Is there any .Net object ...more >>

What is the best book out there on the Windows Workflow Foundation? Bill ...more >>

I have an app running on a Citrix server. The user logs in on IE and get their Citrix neighborhood. They run the app and in the app I have a grid component from ComponentOne that has a property called SaveGrid that can save the results in the grid to a file. The user selects their local har...more >>

Hello all, I'd like to know is there a resource editor one could use to create another localised version of Resources.resx? Winres.exe does not work. It reports tons of errors when I try to open the resource file with it. Thanks for you help. BR, GAZ ...more >>