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all groups > vb.net controls > august 2004 > threads for august 8 - 14, 2004

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2 newbie questions
Posted by Hari at 8/13/2004 2:55:24 PM
From: "Hari" <harixseshadri@yahoo.com> Subject: 2 extreme newbie ?s Date: Friday, August 13, 2004 2:43 PM I just started programming in Visual Basic.NET about a month ago, so I am completely oblivious as to which libraries to look in. However, I have good experience with Java and C. Below a...more >>


MenuItems and TAGs?
Posted by John Rugo at 8/13/2004 7:57:15 AM
Hi All, Does anyone know if there is some type of TAG property to assign values to a MenuItem? Thanks, John. ...more >>

Remove Multiple Sub Menu Items?
Posted by John Rugo at 8/12/2004 11:13:27 PM
Hi All, I am trying to figure out a simple way to remove all the sub menu items of a specifid menuitem. For example Menu1 Menu1-A Menu1-A-001 Menu1-A-002 Menu1-A-003 Menu1-A-004 Menu1-A-005 Menu1-B I want to remove all the Sub MenuIte...more >>

Textbox positioning
Posted by Robin at 8/12/2004 8:23:27 PM
With a page that is in gridlayout mode how do you dynamically position a text box to appear after a datagrid? ...more >>

PowerPack Notify Window
Posted by bmeents NO[at]SPAM argotech.com at 8/12/2004 4:58:50 PM
Hello, I realize that the PowerPack isn't officially supported or anything, but I thought I would post anyway and try to get some feedback on this. What I'm trying to do is show the notification window outside a form - as in the notification window is created and shown using code inside a cl...more >>

Context Menu / Pop-Up menu
Posted by Ray at 8/11/2004 11:12:05 PM
Hello, I want to right click on my form or control and have a context menu appear right next to the mouse instead of some silly relation to the 0,0 of the screen. Can somebody please tell me the normal way to do this. Ray. ...more >>

Remove Added Buttons?
Posted by John Rugo at 8/11/2004 4:59:05 PM
Hi All, I am getting errors when trying to remove buttons from a form that I added via code. I have a Panel called panBTN I have added buttons to it... Several buttons Private Sub AddButton() btnScrMgr = New Button With btnScrMgr .Parent = panBTN ...more >>

Making a Data Navigator User Control
Posted by Spence at 8/11/2004 12:49:06 PM
This is really a stupid question but I can't figure out how to make a user control that allows moving record by record thru a database. My application uses datasets filled from sp running against a table. I have several such datasets on a form that uses a tab control to display different pages...more >>



Tree view selection question
Posted by Sameh Ahmed at 8/11/2004 9:54:23 AM
Hello there Need to programmatically select a node in a treeview control. the IsSelected property is read only, any ideas? Regards Sameh ...more >>

key combination question
Posted by Sameh Ahmed at 8/11/2004 5:33:35 AM
Hello there I need to take a specific action when the user presses a combination of keys in a listview control the problem I am facing is that the code executes when I press only one of the keys. here's the code that I use and does not work thanks in advance Private Sub lv1_KeyDown(ByVal send...more >>

Make Combo Box ReadOnly?
Posted by Dianne Siebold at 8/10/2004 9:58:00 PM
I have a number of controls on a tab and they display data but I want to prevent the user from editing them. Right now, I set the ReadOnly property of the text boxes to true which displays the data in a dark font on a gray background and the user cannot edit them. However, right now for the opt...more >>

Add multiple buttons on the fly?
Posted by John Rugo at 8/10/2004 11:37:10 AM
Hi All, I am trying to figure out how to Add multiple buttons on the fly onto a form. Long story short... I want to dynamically provide buttons for a number of functions and associate them to an Event. For instance: I may want the following buttons created: Button 1 Button 2 Button 3 o...more >>

Associate an Event with a New Button?
Posted by John Rugo at 8/10/2004 10:24:31 AM
Hi All, Can someone tell me how to associate an existing event with a new button? Dim NewBtn as Button() I have a paint event called CPPaint(byVal Sender, ..........) Handles Button1, Button2, etc..... Now how can I associate my new button(s) with the existing event? Thanks, John. ...more >>

FlexGrid from Component One - Put an Image in a Cell using Styles
Posted by Ray at 8/10/2004 12:57:16 AM
Hi Guys. This is a question about the juicy little MS/Component1 freeby flexgrid = that was very nicely spotted by Ken Tucker. = http://www.componentone.com/products.aspx?ProductCode=3D1&ProductID=3D17 http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/vbrkit/default.aspx This code is to set a style to any ...more >>

Hotlight a Listbox Row
Posted by Al at 8/9/2004 4:44:53 PM
Hi All, I am trying to duplicate the hotlight feature of a combobox (with a DropDownStyle of DropDownList) in a listbox. I want whatever row the mouse is over in the listbox to appear selected. Unfortunately, I can find very little information on this. Thanks for the help. Al ...more >>

Internet Explorer
Posted by a NO[at]SPAM b.c at 8/9/2004 11:26:09 AM
When downloading a file a dialog box pops up... how does one deal with it using VB.Net? Details: I select a file to download.... a dialog box pops up for me to confirm the file download... I would like it to select "ok"... TIA ...more >>

Create Class to Create Button Objects?
Posted by John Rugo at 8/9/2004 10:58:40 AM
Hi all, I need some direction creating the following. I want to create, on the fly, Buttons within a Panel object on Form1. I want to learn more about class modules. I want the buttons created to supply a text Name and Click events. Any examples of how to do this would be Great! Thanks, ...more >>

How do i to set field focus in a tab control automatically
Posted by csgraham74 NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com at 8/9/2004 9:22:44 AM
Hi all, Basically ive built a vb .net app using a tab control for displaying and entering data. I originally hard coded this with the names of the various fields to have focus when i moved between tabpages. I feel i should be able to do this in code by obtaining the highest or lowest tabindex...more >>

IDE crashing, HELP!
Posted by Spence at 8/8/2004 10:35:16 PM
I've been working on a program that I developed a custom control for. Suddenly when I attempt to place the control on a form, the IDE crashes with a stack overflow. It's obvious(I think) that the problem is the custom control itself yet the build works without any problems. I've tried putting ...more >>

AutoRedraw alternative?
Posted by Ray at 8/8/2004 12:51:30 AM
The AutoRedraw property of the forms is no longer with us it seems. I can use the paint event but it's slow, if I drag a msgbox over my control/form I get flickering. If I drag the msgbox over a dotNET control (like a large datagrid) it doesn't flicker! Any suggestions? Ray. ...more >>

Update control on Main form from subroutine
Posted by bill at 8/8/2004 12:29:02 AM
I have a single VB.NET form, "Main", with several labels and a button. When I click the button, it calls a chain of nested subroutines one of which contains a line counter that increments with each pass through a loop. I haven't been able to get the label to show the value of the line counter...more >>


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