Hi, I have to place command buttons in datagrid control in vb.net .Is it posible to place buttons in datagrid control if possible plz tell me how to place . If my datagrid contains 10 rows it has to display 10 comand buttons so when i click on that button some action should be performed on that ...more >>

I have a datagrid that is bound to a dataview. I am looking to create a form that will perform wildcard searches on the dataview and move the datagrid to the found row. I can get the find to work in that it returns a valid row, but it is not the first row with that value. I suspect that i...more >>

I suspect that it is possible to use a DataGrid without using a database. But everything I've been able to find about the DataGrid control involves a database. I'd like to be able to experiment with the DataGrid control without having to deal with the complexity of database stuff. Are there a...more >>

Is it possible to display a progress bar control within a row/column of a FlexGrid? I am working on a file copy procedure that lists all of the files in a grid, and I want to display the file copy progress with a progress bar. Any help or insight someone can provide would be greatly appreciat...more >>

I have the following code: ============================ 01 public class A 02 inherits System.Windows.Forms.TextBox 03 04 private mtimer 05 06 public sub new() 07 mtimer = new System.Timers.timer(1000) 08 AddHandler mtimer.Elapsed, AddressOf Me.OnTimerElapsed 09 end sub 10 11 ... 1...more >>

I have a grid that is the list portion of a list & detail set. I am catching the SelectedIndexChanged event and using dslistdata.Tables(0).Rows(grdListDisplay.CurrentRowIndex) to get the data that fills the grid's row from the underlying dataset. This works fine if the grid hasn't been sor...more >>

In VB .NET I load the contents of an Excel or comma seperated values file into a dataGrid (via a datatable). One of the columns has a comma in the name of the column. So for the comma separated values files I put double quotes are the column name. What I see is that the name ends up getting...more >>

I have a function that is currently wrapped up in a Class so I can pass a variable to it. This function is going to be threaded out and I would like the class function to be able to update a control on my form. (Treeview). Is this possible and how do I do it? Here is a simplisitc overv...more >>

I'm trying to make an interface where the main form is an ellipse shape. When the user clicks a particular area, another non-rectangular "panel" slides out from behind the main ellipse (similar to how some of WinAmp's skinned modes do for control panels). I'm using a Form as a "canvas" for ...more >>

Been using the FlexGrid from ComponentOne from the VB Resource Kit. I also use the Infragistics grid for another project. Basically I 'd like some feedback on what others use and find decent. Like to find something that has some basic built in support for editors, such as a numeric input con...more >>

Okay, I haven't hit it problem before. I'm writing a program, and as part of the solution, I've created an user control. I dragged some labels, progress bars and a button onto the control's form. No code yet. If the control hasn't be placed on the program's form, I'm able to compile the proj...more >>

Can any one please suggest some control for PDF File to view in VB.net We have pdf files and we need to view it in the viewer but i dont want to use adobe acrobat viewer as we dont want to diplay the default toolbar and menu and also it seemed little slower too. Thanks, Brij ...more >>

Hi, I am having a nightmare with a list box, when I load my form the text in the list box does not display but i can select the blank line and they work fine. After a couple of operations the text magically returns but i cannot get it to display to begin with. I am using VS.Net 2002 and i...more >>

Hi all I am using combobox. I want to disable scrollable event of combobox( same as address bar of windows explorer). Does any one know how to disable scrollable event of combo. Please help me. Thanks in advance....more >>

Does anyone know of a good replacement for the standard VB.NET tab control? Looking for something with a better look to it, something similar to the tab in OneNote. Free is possible but if no free options then something at a decent price that works well. ...more >>

How to add checkbox in Listview as a subitem in vb.net. The CheckBoxes property of ListView add the checkbox as item but I need the checkboes as a subitem. -- Mukund Patel Sr. Software Engineer IntraAction Software Ahmedabad, India PH: 9426501727 ...more >>

Hi I am using the code below to execute a file in the program corresponding to its filetype. Is there a way that I can control the termination of a file and it's corresponding program. E.g. if I open the file "c:\data\test.txt" it will open in the notepad. On my command from VB.NET I want to clos...more >>

Hi ! I try to create a batch file to automate the compilation of my project. I have some problems with the "/resource: <resources_list>" option of the vb compiler. It seems that it does not accept more than two resources. Specifying more than two resources as <resources_list> I get the follo...more >>

Hi All, I am trying to create a User Control with no BackgroundImage property, so that I override the property with Browsable is false as the followings: <Browsable(False)> _ Public Overrides Property BackgroundImage() As Image Get End Get Set(ByVal Value As Image) End Set End P...more >>

Hello. I am trying to check if the control's (textbox) background is red. two lines -- first works, second does NOT. 1) txtFirstName.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red 2) If txtFirstName.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red Then ' blah blah blah it is possible to make it work ...more >>

Hi, is there any way to add menu items to a context menu with icons next to them. When I declare a menuitem, it does not seem like there is a .icon property or anything similar or intuitive like that. An example that illustrates this is right clicking on your desktop, choosing "New", and for ...more >>

I have a vb.net form with several controls(textboxes, comboboxes, buttons) grouped in several groupboxes and panels. Once I tab into a panel or groupbox, the tabbing cycles in that groupbox or panel (container). Is there any way I can tab out of a textbox in a panel to another textbox in anothe...more >>

I am using Resize and having the typical beginners problems. Some research eliminated one problem (the Resize firing much earlier than an earthling would expect). But I haven't quite licked the Minimize/Maximize problem. I found some non-vb code (probably C#, but how would I know) which is su...more >>

I have a panel on my form which is used for a scatter plot. Any one of several user interactions, including enlarging the form, can invalidate the graph. When the graph becomes invalid I fill the entire panel with a gray box. What I'd like to do now is put a button on top of the gray box whic...more >>

I have a very ODD situation. I have a RichTextBox and a button. In the button click event I have the following: me.richtextbox1.SelectedText="test" Assuming I start with "aaaabbbbcccc" in the richtext box and I place the caret between the a and b and hit the button. I get "aaaatestbbbbc...more >>

Hi; I have a Datagrid in ReadOnly Mode, so i want to show from the selected row the first two cells by pushing a botton. Thanks on advance. -- David Fúnez Tegucigalpa, Honduras "La Piratería Mata Las Ideas" Desarrollador Cinco Estrellas Visual FoxPro ...more >>

Hi, I'm building an enormous application and would like to incorporate something to take appointments. I'd make it look like the calendar in Outlook, but I don't know how exactly. Is there a control to make it easier or will I have to make my own? Thanks ThunderMusic ...more >>

Hello; I have a form with the XP Theme activated, the buttons are with FlatStyle=System to show the XP Theme. "System.Windows.Forms.Application.EnableVisualStyles()" My problem is that i can't add a bmp image to a button if it is with the Flatstyle property set to System, if i change it t...more >>

How do I get a comboBox to return the text contents of the ValueMember property that I bound to it? ============== My form has a ComboBox bound to a table where one column (a friendly description) is set to the DisplayMember property and another column (a table name - text of course) is set to ...more >>

First: If ComboBox.ValueMember is Text then why is ComboBox.SelectedValue an Object? Why do I have to force this to a string with CStr() instead of having the option of using .ToString()? One common use of a comboBox is to bind data to it, but maybe there are ways to store other objects th...more >>

I am looking for a control that would basically be the combination of a dropdown combo box and a treeview control. That is, the default state on screen would look like a combo box, but when it was expanded (dropped down), the list items would appear hierarchically , such as they would in a tre...more >>

why does this work :- <HEAD> ...... <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript"> function test() { alert("test 1") } </SCRIPT> ..... </HEAD> <BODY> .... <A HREF="JavaScript:test">test</A> ...... </BODY> but this does not :- <HEAD> ...... <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="vbscript"> function test() ...more >>

I must make form of management images TIF's I would want to make to visualize the pages type "Microsoft Office Document Image" Some control exists ? Thank yoy ...more >>

I have a form with five rows of text boxes, displaying data. For certain reasons, I can't bind these directly to data records, so I'm using code to load the data into an object, then manually get each field value and assign it to each text box. The text boxes are named like this: txtSPctTree...more >>

Hello All, I am having an issue with clearing a datagrid in a windows form. I am loading data into the grid based on checkboxes that are checked. When a checkbox is checked the corresponding column is added to the datagrid. If a checkbox is unchecked that column is removed from the datagri...more >>

Forgive me if this seems trivial, but any and all help is greatly appreciated, and I will attempt to explain this as best I can. I have created a combo and added a certain number of properties to it. When I place that combo on a form, I set any number of those properties. What I would lik...more >>

I am trying this code to be able to change the color of the borders on a textbox and combobox but the text is not being displayed until I click on the control. Imports System.Drawing Imports System.Windows.Forms Public Class CustomTextbox Inherits TextBox Private m_BorderColor...more >>

How can I disable events for the controls on a form? I tried setting the form's enable property to false, but that doesn't stop events from firing on its controls. I need to temporarily disable a form and load values into controls without any events firing, then re-enable the form. -- ...more >>

I have an asp.net web application that I'm having problems with. Everytime I view certain pages in design mode, Sourcesafe asks me to check out the page because of requested changes. When I go to view the page in design mode, .Net is switching the user control registration tag with the page la...more >>

Hi I have created an item template for my project. The item template contains a HTML table. All fine so far, however, it is not possible to drag and drop either my custom controls or standard ASPX controls into this container. Is there a way to achieve this? Draging and dropping shows a no-en...more >>

I'm trying to figure out how to create a tabControl in a WebForm (I'm a newbie - sorry if this is a dumb question :) I've been able to set it up in a Windows Form, but would prefer to get it working directly in the WebForm. a) Is it possible to do? b) If it is, can an anybody point me to som...more >>

Hi, I have a problem using the Listview. I want it to display the horizontal scrollbar whenever the data in it goes beyond the right side. Is there a property to do it? Some code, etc. Must I subclass the control? thanks ThunderMusic ...more >>

Hi All I am having some problems with labels on my forms. If I want to centre the text across the label it does not actually centre it properly! It is always offset to the left by a chunk. Also if I want to have several labels below each other, with the text aligned to the right, the t...more >>