Isn't there some simple way to tell the TabControl to make itself the same size as its container, e.g.: the form it's in, so that it fills the form's client area even if the form is resized? ...more >>

When a component implements ICustomTypeDescriptor, its component designer is ignored by the IDE. Just remove the ICustomTypeDescriptor implementation in the above sample makes the component designer works again. I tried several implementation of ICustomTypeDescriptor without success. Is it in...more >>

Where can I find complete information about the DTE object? regards, Mario Vázquez ...more >>

Can anyone think how I could get a user control to host a Windows form? In fact, what I actually want to do is have a docked toolwindow within a user control, along with another user control. The reason I want to do this is because I am creating an add-in for the VS IDE, and when creating a...more >>

I am find some free and UI which look pretty for win form application. are there any resource from microsoft or other places? Thanks. ...more >>

I have a form I set to a minimum size of 800,600 I have the size of the form set to 800,600 I do this in design mode. When I execute the app, and the form loads, it's height is 619. I am not setting the height in code. Is this another bug? Thanks, Larry ...more >>

Hi, I've been getting the " The variable 'MSDataType' is either undeclared or was never assigned." error. Searching usnet it seems I'm not the only one. The only difficulty is that no one ever replies. ;-) A bit of background. 1) My solution has three projects in it. One contains user c...more >>

Hi, I have the following situation. I've create a baseclass, derived it from Component and created a custom designer for it. The desinger is more or less a grid in wich you can add/edit some properties and attributes for them. My goal is that when the designer is saved, all properties a...more >>

Hi All, Anyone know how to draw nice 3D buttons like this one by Code in .NET: http://www.econtechvn.com/en/aquabutton_detail.htm Please help me out. Thanks in advance. ...more >>

In VS 2003 using the standard DataGrid, I was able to get Deisgn Time support for custom columns by creating a custom ColumnStylesCollectionEditor and defining my own list like so: public class MyDataGrid : DataGrid { [Editor(typeof(MyTableStylesCollectionEditor), typeof(UITypeEditor))] ...more >>

Hi, I'm having a mysterious problem in the designer. I have created a simple usercontrol, which apparantly works fine except when placed on a inherited form in the designer. I drop the control on the form. Change one of the properties in the designer (a color-setting in this case) and hi...more >>

It has been some time since I have used a regular datagrid on a winform (have been using Infragistics grids instead). However, today I tried working with a datagrid but ran into a problem. I need to make a couple of the columns on the grid not visible. That is, the grid is mapped to a datasou...more >>

Hi, I have been attempting to serialize a form to Xml using .NET 2.0. I have successfully created my custom forms designer and I have implemented a DesignerLoader (derived from BasicDesignerLoader). However, when it came to serializing a form that contained a TableLayouyPanel I found that I...more >>

I've got a strange problem with a custom control of mine. The control got several properties, all of which a simple values (i.e. int or string). When I put the control on a form the code in the form InitializeCompoment() is : this.gridLayout21 = new BacSoft.Controls.GridLayout2(); ((Sy...more >>

Hello. I am desinging a Windows forms application with C#. I have added an imagelist control to the form and added a bitmap. Now, whenever I run the application I get the following error. "An unhandled exception of type 'System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException' occurred in mscorlib.d...more >>