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    - Getting the Window Handle of Horz Scrollbar in a ListView Hello, I am using C# with VS .NET and I was wondering how to get the horizontal scroll bar window handle in a ListView. I wanted to get this value to use the WinAPI message to get the current scroll position of the horz scroll bar. Thanks, Gary Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56372
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    - MDI Question Hi, I am creating a MDI app that will be different from the typical mdi app (MS Word...) The parent form will be the container for 5 different child forms that can be only created once (intialized). I have noticed that you can create many instances of each child form. I do not want this functionality. I was wondering what is the best way to not allow multiple instances of each child form. I understand I could create a collection that could keep track and code it to look for that form in the collection. However, I thought maybe I could use a singleton approach to each child form. Is this possible? Any better ideas? Thanks in advance Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56368
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    - UpDownBase.Dispose does not disconnect I'm using .NET version 1.0. In my C# project I have a NumericUpDown control with the ValueChanged event handled. Calling the Dispose method does not disconnect this event (as it appears to do for other control events). The result is that the garbage collector won't get rid of my form nor its contents, which my users see as a memory leak. Disconnecting the event manually (in my form's Dispose method) seems to be a suitable workaround. I've read on other sites that this problem exists with both NumericUpDown and DomainUpDown controls, which derive from UpDownBase. Does anyone know if this is fixed in .NET 1.1? Has this problem been documented by Microsoft? Can you tell me where? thanks Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56364
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    - Pausing the application I am trying to develop an application which needs to execute particular every 30 seconds. How can I achieve that. Please help. Thank you Kotayya Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56357
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    - How to: Determine if you have a Network Connection??? Hi I need a code snippet to determine if my computer is connected to a network or not. There's probably a System.Net function for it, but I cannot find it. Thanks, Steve Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56349
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    - What is the proper way to terminate your MDI app and allow user abort of close Hi, I am wondering what is the proper way to terminate an MDI app that has "dirty" forms. In my case, the child form is editing some data. If the user presses the "X" button on the main form, the code I have is parent_Closing (...) handles MyBase.Closing Application.Exit() End Sub When the Application.Exit()ethod runs it causes the the closing event to run in the child form. The chid's Closing event brings up a dialog that display a message about lossing your changes and gives the user the options to Save changes and close, abandon changes, or cancel the close. If they select the cancel close method, e.cancel is set to True. I assumed that this would cause the Application.Exit to cancel, but it apparently does not. So the question is what is the proper way to give the user a chance to abort the close? Thanks, Jerry Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56348
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    - Refreshing a ComboBox I have combobox bound to a sorted dataview of a strongly typed datatable. After adding a new record to the datatable, I would like to have that new record be displayed in the textbox portion of the combobox. I have tried the following to no avail: myCombo.SelectedValue = newPrimaryKeyID myCombo.Refresh Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks. JT Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56347
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    - Application PlugIn with Interface Hi, I'm creating an application that has a Tab control. I would like to create a series of plug-in DLL's which will make up each tab. The class for each tab inherits the Tab control, and implements an interface so I can recognize it...I've gotten that far... My problem, is that I need to be able to get the controls that are defined in the DLL, to the application. So, If someone codes a button in the DLL, it will show up in the tab control on my app once I add the tab that is defined by the class...my problem is how can I get the onClick even to get passed from my application, to the DLL? Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56341
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    - Catching DragDrop when out of the Control Hi DragDrop event is fired by the control accepting the drop If the drop is performed outside the controls I'm watching with events (like on another control/panel/window or outside my app) is there a way for me to know about it? (In MFC, for example, mouse movements are captured) Or do I just have to follow DragEnter/DragLeave and deduce from that? Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56339
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    - Caret on left side of selected text in textbox Hi all, how can select some text in the textbox, but have the caret on the LEFT side of the selection? You can do that with the mouse by drawing the mouse cursor from right to left over some text. But how can it be done programmatically? I played around with textbox.SelectionStart and .SelectionLength, and .Select(pos, len), but negative values for SelectionLength throw an exception. Do I have to send a WM_ or EM_ message to the window handle? Thanks in advance, ulrich Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56330
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    - Email Hey, I don't know if this is the right group to post or where else I have to post it, but I want to do the following: I want to make a programm that receive e_mail. Then I want to perform some actions depending on the content of the email. Does anyone has an idea where I have to start to make this? Thanks a lot!!! Leen Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56328
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    - Adding handlers to events of a static variable in a class The below code does not fire the event when I add a row to the table on the form. Is there an issue with static variable's events ? If I attach and handler on the form, it works, but i dont want to do it on every form, i want to do it in my class with the static dataset in it.. Any suggestions? --------- Public Class Test Private Shared WithEvents _data As New dsCaptain Public Shared ReadOnly Property Data() As dsCaptain Get Return _data End Get End Property Private Shared Function loadCategory() As Integer Return DataManager.adpCategory.Fill (_data.Category) End Function Public Shared Function LoadCategories() As Integer loadCategory() AddHandler _data.Category.RowChanged, New DataRowChangeEventHandler(AddressOf CategoriesChanged) Return _data.cat_subCat.Count End Function Public Shared Sub CategoriesChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Data.DataRowChangeEventArgs) If e.Action = DataRowAction.Add Then 'MessageBox.Show("Category Added") 'make some calc, add a row to other tbl 'update database e.t.c. End If End Sub End Class ------- this class is called, int the form like: --- Friend WithEvents SuperData As dsCaptain Public Sub New() MyBase.New() InitializeComponent() '------ SuperData = Business.Data End Sub Private Sub addRow_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles deleteRow.Click mRow = SuperData.Category.NewRow With mRow .Name = "New Account" .DateAdded = DateTime.Today End With SuperData.Category.AddCategoryRow(mRow) End Sub --- Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56326
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    - Acceptbutton does not work in usercontrols. If you have buttons on a form and you tab around when a button gets focus it automatically gets highlighted. That is the forms AcceptButton changes to the currently focused button. However when you have a usercontrol with a few buttons in it and you tab around in there when the button gets focus it does not automatically get highligthed. You can press Spacebar to activate but that is not desired behaviour. Dont want to handle leave and enter events on all buttons just because they are in a usercontrol to get them highlighted. How can this be achieved? Best Regards //P Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56317
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    - DataGrid Event Problem with WinForm + DataGrid How do I Catch the event if the text have changed in a specific cell ? Please Help!!! Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56310
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    - odd Bindings Hello: I first put the code and then I'll comment it: ... somewhere in Form_Load ... Binding binding = new Binding("Value", myTableDataView, "StartupDate"); binding.Format = new ConvertEventHandler(StartupDateBinding_Format); StartupDateDateTimePicker.DataBindings.Add(binding); ... private void StartupDateBinding_Format(object sender, ConvertEventArgs e) { if (e.Value == null || e.Value == DBNull.Value) e.Value = new DateTime(2003, 1, 1); } ... The problem comes when I do: ((CurrencyManager)BindingContext[myTableDataView]).AddNew(); The StartupDateBinding_Format method is not called, and an exception is thrown which says "DataBinding could not find a row in the list that is suitable for all bindings". It couldn't find a row suitable for all bindings, because my StartupDateBinding_Format method has not been called, and it cannot set the DateTime Value property of a DateTimePicker object to null or DBNull. And also I'm having trouble creating my own editor control: public class DateTimeEditBox : System.Windows.Forms.TextBox { private DateTime _value; public DateTimeEditBox() { DataBindings.CollectionChanged += new CollectionChangeEventHandler(DataBindings_CollectionChanged); } public DateTime Value { get { return _value; } set { if (value == _value) return; _value = value; ... if (ValueChanged != null) ValueChanged(this, EventArgs.Empty); } } public event EventHandler ValueChanged; private void DataBindings_CollectionChanged(object sender, CollectionChangeEventArgs e) { if (e.Action == CollectionChangeAction.Add) ((Binding)e.Element).Format += new ConvertEventHandler(Binding_Format); } private void Binding_Format(object sender, ConvertEventArgs e) { if (e.Value == null || e.Value == DBNull.Value) e.Value = new DateTime(2003, 1, 1); } } Well this control has the Format event handler embedded so I don't need to do a "binding.Format = new ConvertEventHandler(StartupDateBinding_Format);", but it's the same. But surprisingly this time the Binding_Format method is called and it works fine. But... when I change the Value property, the value in the bounded row doesn't change, even when I'm raising ValueChanged. And I checked that when I raise ValueChanged there is one method listening (ValueChanged is not null), which is the handler method generated by the Binding. No exception is thrown, nothing. And it should work because the column which I bound is a DateTime DataColumn. Why all this strange behavior? Maybe the bindings have problems with value/reference types? Or am I doing something wrong (I don't think so, but...)? By the way, I'm using Visual Studio .NET 2003 / .NET Framework 1.1. Thank you in advance. Samuel, from Spain Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56309
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    - Custom Title Bar in VB.NET Hi, I'm building a custom layout Form (with FormBorderStyle none...) that completely repaint itself (title,borders, etc ...) How i must override the base properties and methods to correctly anchor a Main menu o a ToolBar below the title Label ?? Moreover, can anybody plz tell, how should I get the System Menu in the Taskbar even if FormBorderStyle is set to NONE. Thanks a tonne in advance ! Rahul Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56306
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    - Building a combo box - can't get listbox to draw outside the form Hi all, I'm struggling with something I thought would be simple. I need to build a combo box from scratch as I need to do more alterations than an owner draw combo box will allow. I was always told a combo box was just a textbox and a listbox. Well, that's fine but the listbox is bound by the clipping region of the form. Thus if the combo is positioned near the bottom of the form, the listbox gets chopped off. I've tried creating a form for the listbox to sit on, and then move both to the relevant location. This is still buggy though as when you click in the listbox, the host form loses focus - and I also suspect creating a whole form just for this feature is not very efficient. There must be a way surely to do this in .NET through GDI+ or something. Essentially all I want is to fool .NET into drawing the listbox where I specify on the screen, without being bound by a forms drawing area. Any ideas? Thanks, Andrew Cuthbert Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56303
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    - Owned forms in MDI Apllications I am developing a mdi application, and I would lke to make one MdiChild form owned by another MdiChild form. Is it possible ? I make something like this in the first form (owner form) to open the other (owned form) I woluld like they behave like owned and continue being mdi children forms. OwnedForm owned = new OwnedForm (); owned .Owner = this; owned .MdiParent = this.MdiParent; owned .Show(); The problem is the form is not owned anymore after setting the MdiParent property Can anybody help me with this? Thank you in advance Juan M. Cervera Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56302
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    - Showing a dialog Hi How can I show a dialog from within the main form? frmdialog.show? Thanks Regards Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56301
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    - Feature request: a better RichTextBox In the past two days, I've run up against several major limitations with the Framework RichTextBox (I'm sure there are others): 1. There's no Framework way to assign custom borders, and the FlatStyle border doesn't work properly (it draws a flat border around a 3D border -- go figure.) Your only option is the 3D border, which looks very dated and clashes with the Win XP styles. You can't even draw a custom border by handling the OnPaint event, because doing so prevents the text from displaying. The only alternatives are various API hacks and complex Framework workarounds. 2. The RichTextBox doesn't allow for embedding "helper" URL's, in which a friendly name or phrase is underlined instead of a URL. (Something that both the LinkLabel control and the underlying CRichEditCtrl20 control can do.) 3. There's no Framework method to prevent the RichTextBox from receiving the focus and displaying a caret. There are only clunky workarounds, none of which really works. (Disabling the RTF box, which changes its background color and (AFAIK) prevents the user from interacting with the scrollbars, using the NoCaret API, which must be resent frequently because it won't "stick", or programmatically changing the focus whenever the RTF box receives the focus.) This inflexibility makes using the RichTextBox a bit like buying a Model T Ford -- "you can have any color, as long as it's black." It seems very unlike the other Framework controls, which tend to be much more flexible and robust. Does Microsoft have any plans to improve the RichTextBox with Whidbey? If not, could the Whidbey team please consider this? Many thanks, Robert Jacobson Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56285
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    - Performance concern... Hi, I am deciding whether I should use MFC or C# to write a Management Station which has lots of GUI components I would perfer C# for shorter development time...but I am a bit concerning the performance when there are large number of UI components so my questions is is the application still very responsive if i run a C# program under a P4 1.8 G, 256MRam platform running win2k? how about comparing MFC to C#? thank you Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56284
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    - Disallow New Row Addition in Datagrid (Visual Basic.Net Data Grid) Hello Everybody, I am using Datagrid in VB.net. I don't want the auto generation of rows in the datagrid (last row shouldnt be the new row with empty values)..in addition to this the datagrid should not be readonly..that is I should be allowed to edit the values in datagrid. You help will be appreciated. Thanks. Best, Shivang. Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56282
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    - Overlapping panels Hi, I have a form. On the form's client area I place a panel control.The form is panel's parent. I create buttons and place them on the panel. The panel is parent of the buttons. I create second panel and place it on the first panel. The problem is that the buttons of the first panel are visible and operative, popping through the second panel. I can hide the buttons programatically but shouldn't they disappear by themselves after a new control is placed on them (or their parent)? Thanks, joe Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56278
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    - Msgbox Appearing BEHIND application Form We have a weird problem, where we are popping up a msgbox, and intermittently it is displaying BEHIND the main app form. Basically, our form is up, we call a simple msgbox, and 97 times out of 100 it pops up exactly right. 3 times out of 100 it pops up behind the app. It panics the user, as they can no longer click on the app. They must minimize the app, click on the dialog, then restore the app. We have tried "MsgBoxStyle.MsgBoxSetForeground" and "MsgBoxStyle.ApplicationModal" to no avail... VS2002, WinXP Any ideas for workarounds or troubleshooting this one? Thanks! Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56275
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    - Troubleshoot Possible Memory/Slowdown Problems We have rolled out an app, and are experiencing complete application and system slowdown as users open and close windows forms in our app throughout the day. It usually happens about 50 or so form opening/closing cycles. If the user notices the app is slowing down, and they exit the app then go back in, it works fine for another 50 or so open/closes. If they keep pushing it, and go another 20-30 times, it will eventually be so slow the form takes 2-3 minutes to redraw, and will eventually lock their PC, forcing a reboot. The forms do have quite a few controls on them. They do talk to a database, but not using bound forms, and the data access is pretty small. We have tried setting all objects to nothing at the end of all procedures, doing GC.Collect, other things, but can't quite nail it down... The client machines are all WinXP SP1, P4 2.XGhz, 512MB RAM or better. Version 1.0 of the framework, VS2002. Any ideas on troubleshooting this? Is there a specific memory counter somewhere I can monitor or display on the form, so I can see if it goes down? The task manager memory for the app grows and grows, but I understand that may not be a real accurate gauge of memory usage. Thanks! Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56274
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    - Moving a control on form with mouse event? I am new to VB.Net and have done a little VB3 &4. Whith the advent of the Net aspect oto OOP I would like to use a standard winform that a user can do several things. 1. Place predetermined line shapes on the form and save their location with the closing of the form. 2. I would like to add a saveable text/label control that is movable around the form with the mouse. In other words I wlll want to drag the control from one spot on the form to another location. Preferable the locations will dock to the line image drawing on the form back ground. Is this a simple matter or is it very complex? Thanks for any thoughts or ideas to try. Dazed and confused but loving the challange just the same. Mark Gaeth Decatur,IN Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56273
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    - Book Help Can someone recommend a good VB.Net Windows Forms book? Most of the books I have found are too general on Windows Forms. They include too much on ASP.Net or other topics I don't need. Does anybody know why the Visual Basic Windows Forms books, references, guides, online help etc... is not really a major topic or a not quite as popular as Visual Basic 6. I know that it is still new but there isn't much out there. Erik Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56272
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    - Problem showing records in Columnar view I've been using dotNet for some time now and understand the basic concepts of data binding using datasets and DataViews. However, I am experiencing an odd behaviour in my program which I would like to explain below in plain English first. I can post the code later on if required. Please be patient with me as I try to explain my problem. It's been haunting me for days. First the basics ... I am using VB.Net with an MS Access database in the backend. I am using OleDbDataAdapter to populate my dataset. Also, there are no 3rd party controls being used. My Access database contains 2 tables - qMaster and qVersion. For the sake of simplicity, let's say that each record in the qMaster table can have anywhere upto 9 records (I'll call them Versions from now on) in the qVersion table. The key field in "qMaster" is [QuoteNo] and the key fields in "qVersion" are [QuoteNo] and [QuoteVr]. "qMaster" and "qVersion" are linked to each other via [QuoteNo]. I am able to create the OleDbDataAdapter, populate it with data from my tables and fill the DataSet with no problems at all. The problems start thereafter ... Here comes the first problem ... I would like to display all 9 versions (records) side-by-side as columns just like you would see in a spreadsheet, instead of showing them down the rows (for which I could have easily used a DataGrid). To achieve this goal, I created 9 DataViews against the DataSet where the RowFilter for each DataView is set to "QuoteVr=1", "QuoteVr=2", ... and so on. I've created a User Control with assorted text boxes (let's say 10 in total) in it for each of the fields in the "qVersion" table plus some extra calculated ones. I copied the UserControl 9 times onto my form and DataBound each UserControl to a different DataView. I've already created properties for each of the fields/textBoxes in the User Control so I can assign values and perform DataBindings easily. These 9 UserControls are sitting on the first TabPage of a TabControl on my form. On the second TabPage of the TabControl, I then went ahead and created 10 textBoxes same as what I did in the UserControl. These 10 boxes on the second TabPage are bound directly to the DataSet, so that I can navigate through the DataSet using the DataBinding's Position property. I am then capturing the "Enter" event of the UserControl (which is data-bound to the DataView) to determine which Version it is bound to and automatically navigate to the desired record on the second TabPage by setting the DataBinding's Position to the desired record position. So far so good. (Just as an aside - is this the best way to achieve my goal or is there an easier way to do it, i.e. display records as columns! I do not consider myself an expert and any help would be greatly appreciated). The problem starts when I start updating my textboxes. If I do any direct input into any of the textBoxes either within the UserControl on the first tabPage (bound to DataViews) or to the textBoxes on the second tabPage (bound directly to the DataSet), the values change properly between the two tabPages. However, anywhere that I use textBoxes to display calculated values end up behaving oddly. The calculated values show up properly on the 2nd tabPage (bound to DataSet directly) but when I hit the Update button, here is what it does ... it will go ahead and save any changed data that was directly input in the textBoxes but will not update any of the calculated textBox values. I know common logic dictates that you do not need to save any calculated values back in the database as you can recalculate these on-the-fly. However, my application demands this for other reasons. Also if I were to switch between the 2 tabPages I would loose all my calculated values, but not the ones directly entered. That's funny - I don't know how to explain this. Say I had to work with 3 fields only, 2 input and 1 output - and initially the 2 input fields show the values 2 and 3 and the output box (which just adds the 2 numbers) shows 5. Now if I change 2 to 4, the output box correctly shows 7 on the 2nd tabPage but if I switch to the 1st tabPage it reverts back to 5, but the input boxes are still showing 4 and 3. If I save the value 4 is correctly updated but the calculated value is not. I'm at a total loss here. I've tried using EndCurrentEdit but to no avail. I am guessing it has something to do with the CurrencyManager but don't know what to do. Please help. Regards - Behram Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56267
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    - Buttons on grid Hi How can I place a push button on each row of a grid? Thanks Regards Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56261
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    - Book Help Can someone recommend a book on C# WinForms? Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56260
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    - DataGrid Location I'm using VB.Net with Forms. I want users to be able to click a button and have the DataGrid cursor move to the NEW record location that is shown by the * On click event or form load the record that is showing in the datagrid is blank. Thanks. Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56259
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    - databinding not working for lookup combobox, please help! I'm having the worst time trying to get a combobox to synchronize with a datagrid. I have two tables: Products and ProductLines. One of the fields in the Products table is ProductLineID. I want a form that displays a datagrid showing the Products, and a separate combobox down-down control that shows the available product lines from the table of that name. When the user selects a row in the grid, I want the combobox to update with the correct value, and when the combobox is changed, I want the data for the selected row in the datagrid to update. Sounds easy, and I can get textbox databinding to work like a charm. I followed instructions from a Microsoft article on doing this combobox lookup, but it didn't work. This code runs when the form loads: SqlDataAdapter1.Fill(DataSet11) SqlDataAdapter2.Fill(DataSet11) DataSet11.Relations.Add(New DataRelation("Relation1", _ DataSet11.ProductLines.ProductLineIDColumn, _ DataSet11.Products.ProductLineIDColumn)) For the combobox, I set these properties in the Properties window: DataSource = DataSet11.ProductLines DisplayMember = ProductLineName ValueMember = ProductLineID I set the value member to the ProductLineID because I want to store the ID in the Products table, not the name text. Under the (DataBindings) section, it now reads: SelectedValue = DataSet11 - Products.ProductLineID When I run this simple app, the datagrid works fine. The combobox populates with all of the product lines, but when I select a product in the datagrid that has a different product line, the combobox doesn't update; and when I change the selection in the combobox, the ProductLineID field in the datagrid doesn't change. What am I missing? Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56255
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    - DataGrid Slider Bar Is there a way to hide the horizontal slider bar that appears at the bottom of a datagrid? I have set navigation to false, but all this did was disable the slider, not hide it. Thanks. JT Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56253
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    - Addhandler/Removehandler Hi all, We have developed some forms that dynamically build the controls and then need to add event handlers to them. Does anyone know the cumulative effect of adding handlers and not removing them? I have done Removehandler calls when the handler doesn't exist so I assume that the handlers are not maintained as a collection. Jim Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56251
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    - Re: Hot Key problems in MDI child forms I had the same problem and was able to get the following work around from Microsoft. The problem is that Winforms bubbles ProcessDialogChar up to the top level window, which in this case, is the MdiContainer. To work around the bug, you need to override the ProcessDialogChar method of the MDI child forms like the following: Protected Overrides Function ProcessDialogChar(ByVal charCode As Char) As Boolean If charCode <> " "c And ProcessMnemonic(charCode) Then Return True End If Return False ' Nmemonic is unhandled, Do not call base to bubble up to MDI container End Function 'ProcessDialogChar HTH, Don Worthley The Main Thing is to keep the Main Thing the Main Thing Anybody else seen this weird (wrong) behavior: This is a simplified explanation of the behavior in my app... MDI child form (call it form A) has a hot key assigned (say, for example, a command button that says 'Message', hot key on the M (text = &Message) which just displays a message box, and another button which opens a second MDI child form (call it form B). That all seems normal - here's where the app is behaving badly: 1) Open form A. 2) from form A, open form B 3) when B has focus, press Alt-M You will see that the hot key will be processed by form A, which DOES NOT HAVE THE FOCUS!!!! Not sure if this behavior is specific to MDI children forms and some sequence of opening them, but it should not function like that. Is this behavior actually something that I need to write code to trap? anybody else seen this? can you reproduce it? Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56248
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    - Suggestion What suggestions for C# WinForm books? Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56247
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    - should bound textbox change for combobox selection I have a combobox that is bound to a column of a table. I have a textbox bound to a second column in the same table. When the user makes a combobox selection, what do I have to do to cause the bound textbox to update with the value from the new row? Thanks! LuAnn Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56243
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    - Controls don't overlap on design form, but do at runtime I left a Microsft DevDays some months ago with the idea that if you anchored all of your controls to all four sides, then the screen would size up proportionally when the form was maximized or made larger. My current test form most emphatically does not do this - controls overlap on each other in a most ugly fashion. My scroll bar next to a multi line text box ends up half the width of the screen. The data grid on the top half and the edit box on the bottom half both expand to well over half the screen. Does anybody have any ideas on how to make a form size up gracefully? Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56241
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    - adding controls programmatically on winfform i try to add a group of linklabel to winform as following, but when running it, i can only see one linklabel added (the first one). Could anyone help me to solve it and tell me why? thanks jj --------------------------------------------------- LinkLabel[] lnkCase = new LinkLabel[caseCount]; for (int i = 0; i < caseCount; i++) { lnkCase[i] = new LinkLabel(); lnkCase[i].Text = dirs[i].Name; lnkCase[i].Name = dirs[i].Name; lnkCase[i].Location = new System.Drawing.Point(100 + i * 2, 80 + i * 2); lnkCase[i].Size = new System.Drawing.Size(272, 23); lnkCase[i].LinkClicked += new System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabelLinkClickedEventHandler (lnkCase_LinkClicked); this.Controls.Add(lnkCase[i]); } ----------------------------------------- Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56240
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    - ListView does not update internally ItemActivate or SelectedIndexChange events do not always update the SelectedIndices or SelectedItems properties. This has to be a bug. I'm using .NET Framework 1.1. Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56239
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    - Reactivation of a closed MDI Child In the parent of my MDI application I declare a child form private frmChild = null; which is to be activated on a menu click. In the click event I am using the following code: if (frmChild == null || !frmChild .IsHandleCreated) { frmChild = new frmChild (); frmChild .MdiParent = this; frmChild .Show (); } else frmChild .Activate(); This does not have the desired effect however; I am trying to avoid having to go through initialization each time the form is re-opened. I also need to make sure that only one instance of this form is opened at a time. Can anyone offer help? Thanks, Nate Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56235
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    - Newbie question/gripe I'm in my first couple hours with .NET 2003. I created a C++ project and started working on a Windows Form. Should .NET not be totally inappropriate to my purposes, I'll gradually start migrating a monolithic/Client Server app (currently using ADO) to it. On my first attempt to run my form I got a browser with a message that I should change the Web Services namespace for my project. My reaction was "What the h*ll are you doing in my face?". I intentionally chose Windows Forms over Web Forms because I don't want to run in a browser or over the web. I sure didn't get the form I had designed. What should I do to write applications that don't try to invoke HTTP without my permission and simply work on the machine they are running on? Thanks Randy Hersom Tag: Datagrid formatting Tag: 56232
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Hi

I am binding my datagrid like this;

MyDataGrid.SetDataBinding(ds, "MyTable") ' ds is the dataset

The problem is this bring all fields from the table. How can I restrict some
of the columns from appearing? Also how can I change the order and widths of
the grid columns?

Thanks

Regards

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Re: Datagrid formatting by Dmitriy

Dmitriy
Thu Sep 11 01:30:53 CDT 2003

Hi John,

This is achieved through usage of the DataGridTableStyle and
DataGridColumnStyle classes. You should create a DataGridTableStyle with
MappingName equal to "MyTable" and tune up table-wide properties like
background color if you need it. Then, add instances of
DataGridTextBoxColumn (or DataGridBoolColumn if you need such type of
column) for the data columns you want to display in order you want them to
display. MappingName property of each of the grid columns should correspond
to the name of the data column in the data table.

More information and examples on this can be found in MSDN Library.

--
Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]
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http://x-unity.miik.com.ua/teststudio.aspx
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"John" <john@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message
news:erf55r%23dDHA.2756@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> I am binding my datagrid like this;
>
> MyDataGrid.SetDataBinding(ds, "MyTable") ' ds is the dataset
>
> The problem is this bring all fields from the table. How can I restrict
some
> of the columns from appearing? Also how can I change the order and widths
of
> the grid columns?
>
> Thanks
>
> Regards
>
>

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