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    - Maximise or show a window without giving it focus Hi, Is there a way of maximising a form without having it grab the window focus? Thanks Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53244
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    - Embedding icons I want to embed some icons into my application and then use these icons for specific file extension. How can i do this?! Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53236
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    - DataGrid Q: How to force a column to go muti line if necessary to handle the text I want to have all my columns visible in the window. I've found out how to disable the column resizing, and even to force the horizontal scroll bar to hide itself. What I dont know (if it can be done in the WinForms control) is how to force a cell to go multi line if necessary to show text. I've seen it done in the Web DataGrid. For the edification of everyone, here's how to disable column sizing, and hide the horizontal scroll bar. This, when combined with proper sizing of the columns, puts everthing on the screen for you: Do do any of this you must derive your own DataGrid and override stuff. To make the columns fixed (to prevent the user from increasing their size and necessitating a scroll bar) you must override OnMouseMove and OnMouseDown and stop it from calling the base class when a column resize is being done. To force the scroll bar to hide, hook into the VisibleChanged event and force it to hide there. public class MyDataGrid : System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid { public MyDataGrid() { this.HorizScrollBar.Visible = false; this.HorizScrollBar.VisibleChanged += new EventHandler(HorizScrollBar_VisibleChanged); } protected override void OnMouseMove(System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs e) { DataGrid.HitTestInfo hti = this.HitTest(new Point(e.X, e.Y)); if (hti.Type == DataGrid.HitTestType.ColumnResize) { return; //omit base class call } base.OnMouseMove (e); } protected override void OnMouseDown(System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs e) { DataGrid.HitTestInfo hti = this.HitTest(new Point(e.X, e.Y)); if (hti.Type == DataGrid.HitTestType.ColumnResize) { return; //omit base class call } base.OnMouseDown (e); } private void HorizScrollBar_VisibleChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { if(this.HorizScrollBar.Visible == true) { this.HorizScrollBar.Hide(); } } } Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53223
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    - Windows Forms Dynamic Properties - Running on a Web Server???? I got in to a situation where we are planning to deploy our WinForms app in to a web server. We have dynamic properties already in it, and an XML file to read certain configurations. I know that this will give me an exception indicating that it could not find the the files locally. Is there a way to run a WinForms app that runs on the web with an app.config, and an XML file? If so, where would I be able to put it on the local machine. Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53221
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    - Events - publish/subscribe and GC'ing In my application the main thread my create several worker threads that will create additional objects. These additional objects become "publishers" and the main thread object (amongst others) then can "register" to receive the events. My question is, what happens when the "publisher" object completes it's work and disappears? Do I need to first broadcast a "please unregister" message to the subscribers? When the publisher goes away, if the subscribers haven't unregistered, will this create a leak and/or prevent the GC from collecting the now demised publisher object? Thanks! Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53218
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    - rotate label Hi, How do I rotate a label in a windows form? Is it possible to do so? Please help, thx! Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53212
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    - Vertical label Hi, Is that possible to rotate a label in a windows form? I want to have it written from top to bottom. Please help. Thanks. Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53211
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    - How to associate icons with menu items Does anyone know a quick and easy way to place icon images in menu items of a MainMenu control? This is usually an effortless task for other controls using their ImageList properties, which is not available for MainMenu. The only way I can find is to set the menu item's OwnerDraw property to true and write code to handle the MeasureItem and DrawItem events. TIA for any input. Joyce Liu Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53205
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    - C# Get username (htaccess) when the winform application starts Hi, My winform application is accessible via an intranet. To access to this intranet, I need to enter my login and password. I would like to get the login in my application to identify the user. The intranet login type is htaccess and the password type is htpassword. Here is my code : public Form1(string htaccess,string htpassword) { // Requis pour la prise en charge du Concepteur Windows Forms InitializeComponent(); this.user=htaccess; this.pass=htpassword; } static void Main(string[] args) { if (args.Length<2) { Application.Run(new Form1("","")); } else { Application.Run(new Form1(args[0],args[1])); } } Actually, I don't know how to obtain this username from the intranet with this code. Thanks for your help! Mathieu Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53201
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    - How to Display 2 lines in 1 row? Hi, I need to display in the datagrid 2 lines for each row, but I can't find the way to do it. I need to do something that look like this: ID/Name | State\Country |---> Header 12 | FL |--->Row1 Charles | USA|--->Row1 23 | IL |--->Row2 Viktoria | USA|--->Row2 Any Idea?? Thanks Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53200
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    - Splash Screen Problem Hi, I'm having a problem with a windows application in VB.NET. It is an MDI application, and I have just added a splash screen that is displayed in the beginning of the constructor of the mainform, and then is hidden at the end of the constructor (after all the init is done for the mainform). The splash screen has a background image that fills all the form. There is also 4 labels on top the the background image. The problem is that for some reason, when the splash screen is displayed, the labels are not displayed. In fact, instead they act as if they were transparent, so I see whatever is behind the form on my desktop. Any idea what can I do for this? thanks, Ross Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53199
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    - DataGrid row HasErrors I am creating my own DataGridTextBoxColumn class and I want to display an "Error" icon when the dataset row has errors. How would I check to see if a datarow has errors (.HasErrors) from the paint event of a DataGridTextBoxColumn class. I tried using Dim strErrorMessage As String = CType(source.Current, DataRowView).Row.RowError.ToString but this just looks at the currently selected row. Any help? Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53198
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    - OpenFileDialog Hello, How use OpenfileDialog in page ASPX? OpenFileDialog is good in Windows application but isn't good in project "Application Web ASP.NET" Thanks Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53197
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    - MDI Problems HI! I've got following problem: I got an app which mainly consists of one main window. There serveral other windows (which I use for settings), but there's also one important data-form. The main windows must not be closed, the other windows must not be modal, they also must not be AlwaysTop and they also are not allowed to become "invisible" (main window covers it, cause of operation in main window (to get information for child window)). So I've choosen to convert my sdi to mdi. My main window is child of another window and should always be maximized. Thats my first problem, cause it doesn't help to cut off the min and max button (resizing through dblclick on title bar) and I can't make my main windows the parent window cause it holds several controls and when I'm showing the child (property/data window), I can't see anything from the child. Most of my property windows are created dynamicly through a database, the size of the window is handled and the Style is set to fixed 3d, but it got maximized. How can I prevent this? I'd be very grateful for your answers Bernhard Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53194
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    - MDI Form How can I make sure that only one instance of a child form can be opened at a time ? Thankyou Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53188
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    - RowSelect Disabled Datagrid Hi Everybody, I have been trying to create a Datagrid wherein 1) the first row is selected by default when the Form Loads. (Easily done with dg.Select(0)) 2) user cannot tab into any column. ie. unlike the default behaviour which is when the current cell gets focus, the existing text inside it is selected and cursor is at the end of the textbox. I can state it alternatively as "the column should not get focus" 3) When user clicks any other row with mouse or moves in the datagrid using keyboard, the new row shall get selected. For this, i have hooked into CurrentCellChanged event to get the new row and select it. My problem is 1) When user presses Tab in the DG, the focus moves along the columns and which ever column gets focus, the text in it gets selected and text within it gets selected. I have the row selected, but this columns display is not consistent with rest of the columns. 2) As soon as the DG looses focus, the row gets de-selected. For eg. a Messagebox popup and the row gets de-selected. 3) If user presses tab on the last column of the last row, there is no row selected. My dg.select(rownum) has been coded in CurrentCellChanged so, a row shall be always selected. But its not so!!! As an example of what i want to achive is exactly as implemented in TASKVISION sample application provided at http://www.windowsforms.net/Default.aspx?tabindex=7&tabid=44 . I have gone through the source code of this sample and have set the properties of my DG exactly as in the sample, created my TableStyle and GridColumnStyles dynamically. Cant Figure out what to do more. Anybody got ideas/solutions?? Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53185
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    - Forms Question Hi, How to create a sizable form with only a title and a close (x) button? So no icon, no minimize button, etc. All help appreciated, Bert Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53182
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    - How To: Create an Internet Explorer button in .NET Using .NET/C# I need to place a button on the IE toolbar that, when pressed, will invoke my application and pass it the currect URL.Any examples of this out there? Thanks, Steve Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53171
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    - Bug in Framework 1.1? I have an application that worked properly in .NET 2002 but doesn't in 2003. It is an MDI application that can have several open forms with some forms being (virtual) parents of others. When a user clicks on a parent form, it attempts to shift the focus back to the child, but this appears to no longer work in the Framework v1.1. As it is an MDI application, I can't use the owner variable to make the parent inaccessible as a form can not be an MDI child and an owner as well. Disabling the parent also does not appear to make it inaccessible. So I have no choice but to call the child forms Show method from the parent's activate event. It runs the code, but it refuses to cause the OnActivate delegate or Activated event in the child form (which it needs to in order to show the children's children). Is this the way it is supposed to work now? Does anyone else have a valid workaround? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Dan. Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53167
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    - How to intially set a bound combo box value to null I have a number of combo boxes that are bound to lookup tables. Whenever the user enters the form the initial value will always be set to the first value that is in the bound table, so it looks as though a value has already been selected. Even when setting the selectedindex property to -1. Does anyone know how to intially set a bound combo box so that the first value is not automatically selected? Thanks, Daniel Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53164
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    - What is the best method for creating a "no-touch" client application I have a WinForms application with a config file that I would like to deploy internally by making it available on a central server, where it will be maintained and versioned. I was thinking that accessing it via IE would be helful, but it is not clear how to handle the config file, which does thinks such as activate the client remoting capabibility. I would like changes to this config file to be automatically downloaded with the application. There is also the problem of default permissions. Although this can be handled with isolated storage, it is not clear how I can automatically download any changes to the config file in the central server to this location. Is this approach an acceptable one or is there a better method for accomplishing what I am attempting to accomplish. Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53159
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    - SQLAdapter - Insert problem I using a SQLAdapter and Dataset to retrieve and update rows in a single table ... but I do not know how to Insert a new row. The table's key column is a auto generated field so it is read only (and therefore I cannot make changes to it). How do I specify to the SQLAdapter that I want an Insert vs. an update? I haven't tried to delete rows ... but I expect I will have the same problem. Any help on this is appreciated. Thanks! Dave Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53154
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    - WebCient Download Method I'm trying to download a file using the a Webclient downloadfile method. I dial up my Internet connection, and once connected, I run my windows app. I'm getting the following error: "The underlying connection was closed: The proxy name could not be resolved, verify correct proxy configuration." If I navigate to the site, I can access it in my browser, so I ask: Is there a setting I can configure or do I have to contact my ISP? TIA. Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53151
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    - DataGrid and Highlight row I have a datagrid populated from a dataview and while running a loop, I am able to set the Selected item and change the background colour of the selected item to say Green there by giving the grid a scrolling effect as the loop is processing data rows. Now depending on ceratin conditions I would like permenantly set the background color of currently processed row to say Red etc to indicate an error. I am not able to do this as a Row cannot be specified directly in a datagrid. How can I accomplish this. Thanks, Rajesh Abraham Chacko Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53149
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    - Set ComboBox to be Read Only I am populating a Combobox from a DataReader and the specified colums are listed fine. Now by default, one can type in a value when the form is displayed, which I would like to disable. How can i accomplish this. Thanks, Rajesh Abraham Chacko Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53147
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    - Changing row background color of individual rows in Datagrid Is it possible to change the background color of individual rows in the datagrid control? I want rows to be red when two fields differ. I.e. a dataset retrieves rows from a database, and then I want to iterate through rows, and change their color if the columns "Current product" and "Usual product" appear, so the user can see if a product out of the ordinary it at that location. Regards, Johnsen. Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53144
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    - Animation control and Modal dialogs Hi all. I'm trying a pretty simple thing: show a modal dialog with an animation (AVI file) playing on it. - First problem, I couldn't find any native .net windows form control to do that (at least not part of the original framework) Question: Is there anything simialr in the .net toolbox? - Fine, then I decided to use the good old activeX control "Microsoft Animation Control". I put it in my toolbox then dragged to my form. I wrote the following code: Private Sub Form2_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load With AxAnimation1 .Open("C:\myfolder\myAnimation.avi") .Play() End With End Sub If I show the form modeless, it works perfectly. But if I show it modally, then the animation does not show up. Questions: * Do I have to do something extra? * Is this a known bug/limitation ? * Can I fix/hack it ? For now I made my form TopMost=True and disabled all the other forms but this is less than ideal for me because it shown in front of all the other applications windows as well. I need it to be the foremost form solely in my application. Thanks a lot. TJ! Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53139
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    - What is the name for this? Whilst coding away on a DataGrid and ComboBox I noticed the following behavior and want to know a) what it's called and b) what's going on internally within the framework. Basically, I did the normal SqlConnection, SqlDataAdapter and DataSet creation for a single table in the Northwind database. I set the DataSource properties of each control to the DataSet then filled it with the SqlDataAdapter during startup. When the form runs, the DataGrid displays the table and the ComboBox displays a corresponding list of product names (ProductName column). So far so good. Now, I haven't added any event handlers for anything. When I select a new product from the ComboBox, the DataGrid will move its selction arrow (that thingy on the left side, whatever its called). Furthermore, if I click on a cell within a row in the DataGrid, the ComboBox will automatically select the correct ProductName from its list of items. In other words, by using the DataSet for 2 different controls they somehow get linked and respond to each other's events. This is pretty cool and came for free. So, what is this behavior called so I can investigate a little further? Is it something to do with BindingContext's? How does the framework connect these 2 and how do they talk to each other (I'm assuming events but how does that connection get made?). Hope someone has an answer. Thanks, Mark Schmidt Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53138
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    - Exceptions not getting propagated across forms. Hi All, Our application is a Windows Forms application on .NET Framework 1.1. We are having the following scenario: 2 Windows forms - Form1 and Form2. On click of a button in the Form1, Form2 is loaded. Now, if an exception is raised in the Form2's load event, it is caught in the try-catch block of the Form2's Load method. When we throw the caught Exception, we expected it to propagate to the calling form (Form1) and get caught there. If we do an F5 (Step-in), the exception raised in Form2 is getting properly propagated to the Form1. But, when I do a CTRL-F5 (run without debug), the exception is not getting propagated to the Form1, The exception is not is getting propagated in the release mode too. Could not understand why this is happening. Is it any know bug in .NET 1.1. Any pointers to a solution for this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and regards, Raga Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53134
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    - "Word-wrap" or mulit-line column headers in a Datagrid Hi, This seemed like it would present no problem - until I tried to do it. I need column heading that wrap to more than one line, but I can't find a way to do this. Is it possible? Thanks Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53133
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    - How Do I Run External Executable Program From C#? I want to open and run an external program, such as Windows Explorer or MS Word, from my C# windows application. Is there a way I can do this? Tony Lin Fremont, CA Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53131
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    - Forms VB 6.0 vs. .Net OK, I am sure this has been answered a million time, bit I am new to VB.Net. I have an app, with 4 forms. In VB 6, I would "Simply" put a .Show command behind a command button to make the other form appear. All I see for new documentation is the reference similar to: Dim xForm as New Form xForm.ShowDialog() I do not want a new form created from scratch, I want to use my forms with the controls already placed onto them. Any help would be GREATLY" appreciated. Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53127
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    - Rename a property with Attributes? I'm using a PropertyGrid to edit certain objects within my application. I'd like to be able to change how the name of certain properties are displayed: MyObject.MyProperty displays in the PropertyGrid as "My Property", or "whee fun property" for that matter. Are there any class attributes that can do this, or do I have to implement ICustomTypeDescriptor? I know how I can implement the interface, but am looking for an easier way out. Thanks, Todd. Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53123
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    - Datagrid: Specified argument was out of the range of valid values Hi: I don't know if this is a .NET bug. The user enters certain values and obtains the results from an array list which is bound to a datagrid. The first time works fine. The second time, when the user changes a value and then re-executes the code, I get this exception "Specified argument was out of the range of valid values. Parameter name: rowIndex". I stepped through my code to see where the problem is. After refreshing the datagrid, if I type in the command window ?dg, and then execute the code, it does not give me that exception. the error occurs at this line of code: Dim strInterest as string = Ctype(datagrid.Item(datagrid.CurrentRowIndex,2), String) Any help is welcome. What seems to be the issue here. Thanks Eashwar Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53122
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    - 2 Different Types of Unhandled Exception Error Dialogs... Would anybody be able to explain why an unhandled exception error generates a different dialog under certain circumstances. Usually, the more friendly dialog that includes a stack trace will be displayed. However, there are occasions where all you get is a process ID and a thread ID and the application does not offer the standard "Continue" button. Thanks, Brian Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53120
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    - Inheriting Windows Control as Abstract Class Hi, we'd like to define an abstract library class for a windows control, where we specify a couple of abstract methods in order that they must be overridden and implemented differently in each derived class. We've tried creating the base abstract class and the derived class in the main project but this leads to the following error appearing in the designer view of the derived class: "The designer must create an instance of "IamsPack.ctlIamsPackBase" but it can't because the type is declared as abstract" The funny thing is that the designer view displays fine when we first open the solution, and then gives an error after we've run the application from within Visual Studio. I've read in another post that it's more stable to create the base class in a separate library DLL and then add a reference in the main project. But before I do that I'd like confirmation whether there is any problem with making the base class abstract. Any feedback/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mauro Ciaccio Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53117
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    - column values in a datagrid Can anyone point me to the syntax on how to fetch indiviual column values from the current row in a datagrid on a button click in C# or VB. Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53112
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    - column values in datagrid Can anyone point me to the syntax on how to fetch indiviual column values from the current row in a datagrid on a button click in C# or VB. Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53111
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    - Event Order I have yet to find a description of the order/description of Form events. The MSDN Docs only describe how to overload and delegate these events. What's the difference between Form.Activate/Form.Load? I need to execute a routine when the form has been completely drawn onscreen. -Peter Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53109
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    - DataGrid multiple selection I think there is a bug in DataGrid.IsSelected. This method apparently returns wrong selection states in most cases. Dies anyone know a possibility to manage multiple selection in datagrid correctly without programming the whole beheaviour in a derived control? Thanks for any help Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53108
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    - Dynamic Sockets Settings I need to be able to do the following and I'm not sure if it can be done, or how to do it. Socket A will send a request to Socket B which will be listening. Depending on the info received, Socket B will then forward the request to a Socket C or a Socket D. Socket B must then wait for a response from Socket C or D, and then respond to Socket A. Question: Can Socket B dynamically listen and redirect requests to a different IPs depending on the received message. If so, an example or reference will be greatly appreciated. TIA Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53100
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    - setfocus in vb.net? Hello friends. Vb6 had setfocus(). What is it in vb.net? Thanks Denis Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53099
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    - Docking Window on Screen background: I am using C# .NET Framework 1.1, trying to immitate the docking behaviour of Programs like ICQ. issue: I do not want to dock Controls within my Program, I want to give my user the ability, to dock my Program itself to any part of the screen (like ICQ or the Windows TaskBar). problem: I kept on searching the net for information regarding my issue, but didn't find anything of use. Every article I found talking about dotnet and docking, was talking about how to dock controls within my Container, but no article mentioned how to dock the windowsform itself to any part of the screen. question: Do you have any idea, what I could do? Any help is appreciated, thx, James Jeff Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53097
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    - one .EXE run as application AND as a Service? This is probably an advanced question. But does ANYBODY know if possible, and how, to have one EXE run as both (a) Windows Form Application, and (b) an NT Service. One thought I've had (but not tried yet) is to create a module that inherits from ServiceBase class and to have that instanciate and load the form (Front-end). But at the same time be able to add/remove the service from the CSM. The Plan: To have a GUI where a user can use the application in a normal fashion - the application is essentially a monitor/logging application. I then want the ability to be able to have the application run as a service, or not run as a service - based on the user setting an option in my options screen. If anybody has any source/documentation on how to do something like this, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks all, Nate. Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53096
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    - GDI programming question (from a newbie) I'm trying to paint rectangles using GDI (I'm implementing drag and drop and want to paint a dashed rectangle as I drag a control to a new position). I instantiate a Rectangle object ok and handle its painting in the form's Paint event. This works fine, but the rectangle always appears "underneath" other objects on the form - I want it to always appear over the top of them. How can I achieve this ? Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53094
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    - DataGrid and Button Shortcut Hi, i have a datagrid on a form and a commandbutton with a shortcut (t). my datagrid have the focus and the user can search inside the grid with the a-z keys. in keypressevent of the grid i collect the user pressed keys to search the right datarow. but if the user presses the button shortcut key the button click event will fired without pressing "alt-key". this key dont come to the datagrids keypress! Any ideas? Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53092
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    - Windows Form in an ActiveX Control Is there a possibility to wrap a windows form into an activex control? Or is there any other chance to get a windows form into a MMC snap-in? Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53090
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    - Validating and Closing form Sun. Jul. 27, 2003 9:10 PM PST I have a simple windows form with some textbox controls. I am validating these controls in their validating event. Now my problem is if the focus is on the textbox control and it has validating event, and if I want to close the form it always try to validate the control. Whereas I want to discard that particular record and as user wish to close the form so it should close it. but it seems validating event becomes sticky. as it calls enter, gotfocus, leave, validating, validated, lostfocus events in chain. Now even if you put a cancel button and try to set forms CausesValidation property to false, you will not reach to the click of cancel button. Has anyone found any workaround to this problem? User may close the form by clicking on close button, alt + F4, or from menu command. Isn't it a challenging ? Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53086
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    - Windows Forms Inheritance From DLL duplicates Controls There seems to be a problem inheriting a windows form from a dll. If you inherit the form from a dll, rather than from a form in the current project, all of the controls are duplicated in the InitializeComponent() the first time something is added or modified. Is this behavior by design or is it a bug? Thanks, Kurt Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53085
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    - Imagelist and PNGs with alpha transparency In my VB.Net application I am using ImageLists to hold images for use by toolbars/treeviews etc. The imagelist.colordepth properties are all set to Depth32Bit, and then the Images collection is loaded with the various PNG images, all at design time. The PNG files all have nice alpha blended edges, and drop shadows. When I run the application from within the VS.Net environment, everything displays as I would expect it to. However, this is not so when the .exe is run manually. If I don't use Application.EnableVisualStyles, then the alpha blended edges are replaced with solid blue pixels around the icons. If I do use Application.EnableVisualStyles, then I get no icons at all! What am I doing wrong? If I use a .manifest file, then it works correctly (irrespective of whether I use Application.EnableVisualStyles or not). I thought that Application.EnableVisualStyles was supposed to fix this sort of thing? Running on Windows XP Pro, and using VS.Net 2003. All graphics drivers are uptodate. -- </Slugsie> -=+Team ToolFox+=- [paul_at_slugsie_dot_co_dot_uk] Tag: Getting the active window Tag: 53083

Hi,

Is there any way to get a reference to the currently
active form in .NET (even if it is another application)?

Is there then any way to give that form focus? (even if
it is outside of the .net application?

Thanks,
Paul

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Getting the active window by Joe

Joe
Wed Jul 30 10:30:03 CDT 2003

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>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>Is there any way to get a reference to the currently
>active form in .NET (even if it is another application)?
>
>Is there then any way to give that form focus? (even if
>it is outside of the .net application?
>
>Thanks,
>Paul
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