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    - Assigning datasource to combo box Hi I am using below code to fill the drop down list of a combo box from a table in the dataset; Dim dv As New DataView(ds.Companies) Me.txtParent.DataSource = dv Me.txtParent.DataMember = "Company" dv.Dispose() dv = Nothing Unfortunately no data turns up in combo box. What am I doing wrong? Thanks Regards Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115918
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    - Wpf Browser Application and resources Hi ... i develop now Wpf Browser Application ... now i have very ease web app ... i have only 1 page wit h 2 buttons .... in resources added file languages.xml resources acces modifier set to public and now my problem .... how to load this resource ? i try a few function .. but everytime functions return null System.IO.Stream stream = this.GetType().Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("MyApp.Languages.xml"); System.IO.Stream stream1 = this.GetType().Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("../Languages.xml"); System.IO.Stream stream2 = Application.ResourceAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream("Languages.xml"); + everytime return null ... without exception ... any idea whats wrong ? Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115917
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    - .sdf? I just tried something in VS.Net 2008 that gave me a little surprise (using SQL Server 2005) I've had previous 2005 projects, in which I've added a new database to the project, and it gave me a .mdf file, However, my surprise came when I got MyDatabaseName.sdf I'm assuming it can be used, just like the .mdf files before - - I'm just curious as to what new features this gives me, etc What's up with this? Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115915
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    - DataGridViewRadioButtonColumn Using DataGridViewRadioButtonColumn/Cell (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/ en-us/library/aa730882(VS.80).aspx) I want to select in all rows, 1 of 3 radiobuttons in a column of my datagridview programmatically. I am trying: string selectedRadioButton=1; foreach(DataGridViewRow row in Grid.Rows) { //get the cell in the 11th column DataGridViewRadioButtonCell radioButton = (DataGridViewRadioButtonCell)(row.Cells[11]); // Update the value of the cell (with a string) This string should exist as a value of // your bound datasource's DisplayMember field. radioButton.Value = selectedRadioButton; // Update the cell. Grid.UpdateCellValue(11, row.Index); } So I expect this to select the second radio button in each cell. But radioButton.Value=selectedRadioButton always is null after the assignment. I have the column bound to an object with 2 fields (ValueMember=Id and DisplayMember=Description). and the grid in virtual mode. What do I have to do to set this radio button? Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115913
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    - Changing string Format Hi All, How to convert the 1st format of string to 2nd one in vb.net 1st(datetype string) : "2/12/2008 6:00:00 PM" 2nd(datatype string): "2008-2-12T17:00:00" note: in 2nd string ,the T is just a alpahbet Thanks, Deepak Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115912
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    - Microsoft XP Pro 64 Bit..Title Bar is gone.. How to fix without re Microsoft XP Pro 64 Bit Title Bar is missing. I have no Minimize, Maximize and close option. On a Maximized page for Internet Explorer, the Title Bar is black above the: website, locked site, refresh icon. On a Maximized page for a Microsoft Word Document, the Title Bar is black above the: File, Edit, View... and I can not minimize or maximize on any window I open including my Microsoft Outlook e-mail. On a Minimized page I see the Title Bar just fine but have to use "Alt, Space-bar" in order to get the minimize, maximize, close option. I am trying to figure out if there is a way to fix this without having to do a system restore to a date prior to February 10, 2008 when my son somehow messed up the Title Bar on all applications I run. This problem is through out my system on anybody's page, we all have our own log in pages with our own desktop and such. The problem occurred on my sonsâ?? page and when I opened mine, my page was messed up as well. The Start Menu Tool Bar was missing I had to bring it up from way down on the bottom of the page. It took a while but I got it back. Then I went to use a Word Doc. and that's when I noticed the "Title Bar" Missing and no options to: Minimize, Maximize or close my Word Pages. My Internet Explorer has the same problem as well as any other application I try to run. Your quick reply is greatly appreciated!! God Bless you all and your families. eaemnc Mom of 5 Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115908
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    - do you drink/use your own pee/urine for health/peace/memory ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Erach <erach27@gmail.com> Date: Feb 11, 2008 2:38 PM Subject: Re: ghee-water-sugar therapy butter-water-sugar therapy To: Dr Rakshak Mal Lodha <rakshakmal@gmail.com> Cc: lodhas-urine-therapy@googlegroups.com Dear Dr Lodha, I had significant pain when starting urine therapy. Now, please consider this logically ---------------- the body needs "free fat" or "loose fat" to build up the brain cells that are damaged. Normally, the internal organs are damaged. So Dr Bhavasar's treatment is good. What is amazing about Dr Bhavasar is that I know him for 6 years and he has NEVER NEVER asked me for money. His treatment is consistent and based on Rig Vedic and Atharva Vedic and Ayurvedic knowledge. If you consult him, u can understand enough to let everybody go thru recharging the body with urine therapy WITHOUT PAIN. He has told me once to do the butter-sugar-water or ghee-sugar-water treatment BEFORE the urine-drinking in the morning. When I was in pain, he told me to STOP the urine drinking (he is against it) and eat butter-sugar-water in the morning on an empty stomach (first thing) and then do ghee-sugar-water treatment 6 times a day and then butter-sugar-water treatment in the night. It worked to remove the depression/pain. Now, I request u to consult him for your patients (he can give ACCURATE advice over the phone), learn some things from him and help your patients using his space-time-motion treatment too. His phone number is Pune, India 020-25899509 Erach Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115906
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    - Creating Smart Tag Designer I'm trying to create my first Smart Tag designer in VB 2005 but am unable to create a class derived from System.ComponentModel.Design.DesignerActionList. Public Class xx Inherits System.ComponentModel.Design.DesignerActionList gives on the Inherits line the error: Type 'System.ComponentModel.Design.DesignerActionList' is not defined. In the Object Browser I can see DesignerActionList, along with 17 more items that begin with DesignerAction. When I type: System.ComponentModel.Design. Intellisense doesn't show any items that start with DesignerAction. I do see the other items in System.ComponentModel.Design. This must be something stupid I am doing wrong, but I can't see it. Any ideas? Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115904
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    - Bound controls do not copy across data to underlying data row Hi I have a small app with bound controls that do not seem to be copying across the data entered into them to the underlying row for the update. This one really has me stump even though these are very simple steps and I can't see where I am going wrong. Any help would be appreciated. The relevant code goes as follows; Binding controls Dim db As System.Windows.Forms.Binding ds = MyDataset db = New System.Windows.Forms.Binding("Text", ds.Clients, "ID") txtID.DataBindings.Add(db) db = New System.Windows.Forms.Binding("Text", ds.Clients, "Company") txtCompany.DataBindings.Add(db) db = New System.Windows.Forms.Binding("Text", ds.Clients, "Address") txtAddress.DataBindings.Add(db) bmCompanyDetails = CType(BindingContext(ds, "Clients"), CurrencyManager) Adding a new record; ds.Clients.Clear() bmCompanyDetails.AddNew() Some data is entered in the Company and Address bound fields by user and Save button is pressed to save as below; Focus() bmCompanyDetails.EndCurrentEdit() Row = DirectCast(bmCompanyDetails.Current, DataRowView).Row If (Row.RowState = DataRowState.Added) Then ' Row.Item(5) = "Test column 5" ' if this line is un-remmed this data is stored in datatable so update is working daCompanies.Update(ds.Clients) End If The Clients table is an MS Access table with ID set to Random Auto number. Thanks Regards Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115902
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    - DataGridView Column Headers from First Row of Excel DataTable I'm sure this is something ridiculously simple or just not possible without custom coding: How do I tell a DataGridView NOT to create column headers from the first row of a data table using an Excel datasource? All I want to do is have the first row of data from the Excel worksheet be the first row of data in the DataGridView and NOT be the column headers. It would seem to be something simple to ask, but for the life of me, I cannot find out how to do it. Even in Excel itself, it has a "first row contains column headers" when importing data. Surely the DataGridView should let me turn off that kind of feature? Thanks in advance. Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115898
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    - How SQL Express works with an application Let's say I build an app which includes a new sql Express database. I build the database and it's a totally independent .mdf file When it's distributed with the database file, does the end-user need to have SQL Express installed on his computer, or will the application work with the database, just like it would, if the database was MS Access? Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115895
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    - NetMassDownloader Download .Net Framework Source Code At Once, .NET Mass Downloader Welcome to the .NET Mass Downloader project. While it's great that Microsoft has released the .NET Reference Source Code, you can only get it one file at a time while you're debugging. If you'd like to batch download it for reading or to populate the cache, you'd have to write a program that instantiated and called each method in the Framework Class Library. Fortunately, .NET Mass Downloader comes to the rescue! The tool which enables offline debugging in VS2008 , VS2005 And Codegear Rad Studio. The tools is open source under Apache Licence 2.0 You can download the latest version from: http://www.codeplex.com/NetMassDownloader Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115893
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    - Concurrency error deleting record with vs 2008 generated code Hi I have a very simple db app that was created by dragging a couple of fields onto a windows form. No additional code was added. The problem is that app gives a concurrency error while deleting a record even though no other user has access to the app. Steps to create problem 1. Create an access table Clients with only two fields; ID Auto number and Company: Text(50). 2. Make a connection to the access db in vs2008 and add the data source to the connection. 3. From data source, drag the fields ID and Company onto a windows form. This will create the binding source, binding navigator etc. 4. Click on new (+) icon on toolbar to create a new record. 5. Type XYZ in Company text field and click on Save (disk) icon on toolbar to save the record. 6. Click on Delete (x) icon to delete the record and then Save icon on toolbar to save the record deletion. At this point the error is generated with the stack trace given at the end below. What is the problem and how can I fix it? Thanks Regards System.Data.DBConcurrencyException was unhandled Message="Concurrency violation: the DeleteCommand affected 0 of the expected 1 records." RowCount=1 Source="Test" StackTrace: at Test.DataDataSetTableAdapters.TableAdapterManager.UpdateAll(DataDataSet dataSet) in C:\Test\DataDataSet.Designer.vb:line 1171 at Test.Form1.ClientsBindingNavigatorSaveItem_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\Test\Form1.vb:line 6 at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.RaiseEvent(Object key, EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripButton.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEventInteractive(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEvent(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.DebuggableCallback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam) at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessageW(MSG& msg) at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(Int32 dwComponentID, Int32 reason, Int32 pvLoopData) at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context) at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context) at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(ApplicationContext context) at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.OnRun() at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.DoApplicationModel() at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.Run(String[] commandLine) at Test.My.MyApplication.Main(String[] Args) in 17d14f5c-a337-4978-8281-53493378c1071.vb:line 81 at System.AppDomain._nExecuteAssembly(Assembly assembly, String[] args) at System.AppDomain.ExecuteAssembly(String assemblyFile, Evidence assemblySecurity, String[] args) at Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.HostProc.RunUsersAssembly() at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state) at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart() InnerException: Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115887
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    - ClickOnce "skip" update is not reprompted If ClickONce detects a potential update and the user selects to skip the update, it appears that they are not reprompted after that. Is there some why to not allow a "skip" option? Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115878
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    - How do I resolve a "401" error on a ClickOnce deployed application I have a ClickOnce applicaton that has been published to a remote server. It requires logging in. However, when running the install it fails with a "401" error... I am not sure why since we are able to log onto the install page. Anyone have an idea on how to diagnose this? Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115876
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    - Selecting active query for data adapter Hi In vs 2008 dataset designer allows multiple sqls for a table's data adapter. How does one tell the data adapter which sql to use? Thanks Regards Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115874
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    - Create/Send Office Outlook Email I've got some forms that our internal application has generated, and our departments want the ability to email these reports to others. Whenever I create HTML pages, I can display them quickly using: Process.Start("IExplore.exe", m_strPhoneFile); // C# How would I go about sending an Office Outlook Email? Can my file still have the HTML extension, or should I rename it to ".EML" or something? Where is the executable for Office Outlook stored? Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115872
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    - windows form in service hi all, i am creating a windows service. i have created a windows form on the same. when i logout the windows form get closed. Is it possible to only hide the form at the time of logoff. i want that my form remains till the windows service is not stopped regards, raan Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115861
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    - Progressbar with PNG Hi , Environment - .NET 2.0 / VS2005 , C# I am developing a progressbar control , which should show a png file as the progressmeter . Any idea how to acheive this . Thanks in advance . Sujay -- Sujay Ghosh Bangalore, INDIA Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115860
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    - Controlling DataGridView ErrorText timeout Options Sorry for the crosspost -- really fishing for an answer to this: Does anyone know of a way to control how long the "ErrorText" on, say, a DataGridViewRow will display when the mouse hovers over it? It seems to be about 5 seconds or so. I am looking for a built-in way to bump that timeout value up. TIA Best Regards, roy Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115854
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    - loading the data Hi, I've a requirement to load the data froma csv file to sql server table programaticlly.. I'm working with .net 1.1..so i can't use sqlbulkcopy concept.. which is the best approach to load the daat wrt performance... as of now, i'm planning to populate into a dataset and loop through the dataset record by record and update into the db..is there any other alternative? Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115850
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    - Build custom save dialog under VB.net 2005 I'm trying to build a custom Save Dialog, using VB.net 2005. The reason I cannot use the regular save dialog, is the "path" that it needs to save to isn't actually in the file system, but rather is a system accessible by calls to an already-existing assembly and web server. Getting the data from the assembly and web server I can handle. However, I'm having difficulty with creating the custom Save Dialog. Part of the thing (and maybe part of the problem) is that I decided to start by creating a "Browser Form" type of form, and I figured I'd modify it from there. I especially like having a left pane for the "treeview" of the folder structure, and the right pane for the "listview" of the files/folders in the selected item on the tree. I also like the built-in functionality (that comes with that "browser form" object) that allows me to resize the treeview or hide it altogether. Here's the problem: in order to be a "save" dialog, I also need a text box at the bottom for the destination filename. I also need a drop-down for the file-type (for the browser, to filter the contents in the listview). It'd be nice to also have a "description" textbox too. Here's the problem: with the "browser form", it has a status bar at the bottom (which I really don't even need), but even if I remove it, I cannot resize the space to accommodate two text boxes and a combo box. Any ideas? Part of the idea is I was hoping to avoid coding it from scratch if possible (and if I do that, I'd probably lose the ability to resize the treeview side) Thanks! Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115848
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    - RAD apps for db development Hi Are there any RAD apps to speed up one-many db application development that are worth considering? Thanks Regards Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115842
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    - Selecting a row and the values in the cells Hello, I would like to take the values contained in columns of a selected row and display them in textboxes for editing. When I dbl click the datagridview control it creates an event handler for the selected cell. Isn't there a specific event handler for a selected row? Wnz Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115840
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    - Reformed access user needs advise for future Hi Many a times I have been told off here for asking question on a backend other than sql sever. So I have finally seen the light and have decided to take up my next project with sql server backend (vb.net front). So here is my question; What are the recommended db development guidelines to achieve both a) a good user experience of being able to scroll to any record using record navigation buttons and b) the db efficiency requirement of not loading too many records in dataset at one time. If there is such a strategy to which many agree then there should be a sample code app somewhere. It would help me enormously to see the guts of an actual well written db app - no matter how trivial as long as it covers the necessary detail - instead of advise like don't do this or that without the coding specifics. So here is a chance for the worthy to lead a recent convert (albeit reluctant due to self deficiency on sql server side). Thanks Regards Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115839
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    - Disabling EnableVisualStyles in C# Hi , Environment : .NET 2.0 / VS2005 I am creating a usercontrol ( progressbar ) and every time I add my control to the project it gives a XP progress bar because of the EnableVisualStyles function . I want to suppress the EnableVisualStyles from within my component . I want the normal Windows 2000 look . Please let me know how can I acheive this . Thanks in advance . Sujay -- Sujay Ghosh Bangalore, INDIA Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115834
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    - Datagridview How can I get rid of the record selector on the left side of the grid. -- Arne Garvander Certified Geek Professional Data Dude Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115832
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    - Control Size? Cache Maybe? Greetings all. I'm having a very strange (not to mention frustrating) problem. I'm developing a Windows Forms C# application in VS 2008. On the bottom of the form, I have four controls. Originally they were all set to one size - 206, 74. I'm trying to change them all to be 180, 60. I've used the various toolbar buttons (make all same width, make all same size, etc.) to no avail. Although the controls will appear to be the same size in the designer, when I debug the program, three of the four controls will be the new size, but the last one reverts to the old size. I've saved the project with all the controls appearing to be the same size in the designer, closed VS 2008, reboot my machine...and when I reload the solution, the fourth control is stuck at the old size. I've even gone so far as to modify the Form1.designer.cs file outside of the development environment with the solution closed to set the new size manually, however, upon reloading the solution, again, it's the old size. Is form information cached anywhere? Is there something obvious that I'm missing? This seems like such a simple problem to overcome, yet I'm about to go postal. Thanks in advance for any and all information you can provide! Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115829
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    - ClickOnce and user agent string Does anyone know why a user agent string is not returned to the server during any of the requests to download the ClickOnce files? Is there any way to enable this? Thanks, AJL Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115823
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    - Prompt characters in a MaskedTextBox The MaskedTextBox only allows a single prompt character to be displayed upon user input. I need the ability to display different prompt characters for certain character positions. How can I do this? Also, due to the nature of the text being inputted, I suspect that I will need to use a regex to validate this properly. So I'm assuming because of these two limitations, that the MaskedTextBox isn't the way to go. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can go about this? Use a regular text box and validate against a reg expression? But how do I handle displaying the custom prompt characters? Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115819
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    - windows service loop consumes more CPU time. Hello, Im creating windows service program for the following purpose : 1. to save a file to the shared resource every 5 minutes. the file contents come from the database. 2. i need to put the above task in the queue and execute the save task one by one what kind of threading model i need to use and the program design? I will have a main thread, a worker thread (attached to a delegate). the delegate function will have the following structure. while (workerThreadStarted) { callSaveFile() } Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115818
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    - How to set/find/compute the perfect size of a form? Hi group, I have a problem with setting the size of a form. Setting some (hard coded) size in pixels (width/height) works of course. The question I always had is: How can I determine the perfect size for my form? With "perfect size" I mean the width and height a form needs to have to perfectly fit all the components (buttons, labels, text fields etc) with respect to the margins, paddings and layout constraints WITHOUT being too big or too small. Even if start counting the pixels for each component it is a waste of time because if a different system font a system theme or screen resolution is used, the size (in pixels) changes. In Java/AWT, there is function pack() which does exactly this. Is there an equivalent in C#/.NET/Winforms? It is also important that this function can be called during runtime. Some of my forms have a dynamic content based on user selections. Thus, the "perfect size" needs to be recomputed now and than... Thanks for any ideas! Regards, Paul Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115817
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    - .Net Framework Source Code Downloader Grab your copy from http://www.codeplex.com/NetMassDownloader/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Home It allows batch download, offline debugging and debug under 2005 for MS Permissive Licence Code. NET Mass Downloader Welcome to the .NET Mass Downloader project. While it's great that Microsoft has released the .NET Reference Source Code, you can only get it one file at a time while you're debugging. If you'd like to batch download it for reading or to populate the cache, you'd have to write a program that instantiated and called each method in the Framework Class Library. Fortunately, .NET Mass Downloader comes to the rescue! Using .NET Mass Downloader Open a command or PowerShell prompt and navigate to where you extracted the current release. The tool itself is NetMassDownloader.exe and when run without parameters shows the following help screen: .Net Mass Downloader 1.0.0.0 - (c) 2008 by Kerem Kusmezer, John Robbins Batch download the Microsoft .NET Reference Source code. Usage: NetMassDownloader [-file <file>] [-directory <directory] [-output <directory>] [-vsver <version>] [-force] [-nologo] [-verbose] [-?] -file - Download an individual file's PDB and source code. You can specify multiple file parameters. (Short -f). -directory - Download all the found PDB and source code for all files in the specified directory. You can specify multiple directory parameters (Short -d). -output - The output directory for PDB and source files. The default directory is the cache directory set in Visual Studio 2008. By using the cache directory, you'll have the PDB and source files available to Visual Studio 2008. However, to use the .NET Reference Source Code with VS 2005, use the - output switch and in the Options dialog, Debugging, Symbols property page, add the specified output directory to the "Symbol file (.pdb) locations." Also, add the directory to the Solution Properties, Common Properties, Debug Source Files, Directories containing source code location. The Visual Studio 2005 debugger will automatically load the source code. (Short -o) -vsver - The Visual Studio version number to use for finding the cache directory. The default is Visual Studio 2008, but if you want to use the cache directory for Visual Studio 2005, you would pass '-vsver 8.0' (without quotes) (Short -vs) -force - If specified, forces the downloading the PDB files into the symbol server. When downloading to a symbol server if the PDB exists, it's not downloaded. Using the -output switch will always download and process the PDB. (Short -fo) -nologo - Don't show the logo information. (Short -n) -verbose - Do verbose output. May be worth turning on as the downloading source code can take a long time. (Short -v) -? - This help message. The only required arguments are -file or -directory, both of which can be specified as many times as you'd like. When you specify a directory, only the .DLL and .EXE files from that directory will be processed. If you wanted to download all the source code from binaries in the .NET 2.0 32-bit and 64-bit directories, the command line you'd pass is: -d C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727 -d C:\Windows \Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727. The main purpose of Net Mass Downloader is to populate the source code download cache for debugging, the default download location is the cache you specified to Visual Studio 2008. The -vsver switch to account for future Visual Studio versions so Mass Downloader could work with future CTPs and versions. While it's great to see the .NET Reference Source Code in Visual Studio 2008, there are a lot of developers out there who can't upgrade yet, but would love to be able to debug into the .NET Reference Source Code. If you specify the -output parameter, the PDB and .NET Reference Source Code will be written to the specified directory. In Visual Studio 2005, place that directory in the Options dialog, Debugging, Symbols property page. In the "Symbol file (.pdb) locations" list box as the first item. Also in the Options dialog, Debugging, General property page, uncheck "Require source files to exactly match the original version." Finally, in each Visual Studio 2005 project go into the solution property pages, Common Properties, Debugging Source Files, and in the "Directories containing source code" add the output directory to the top of the list. That's enough for Visual Studio 2005 to debug into the .NET Reference Source Code. When you first run Net Mass Downloader, you will be prompted with the current EULA for accessing the source code. If you don't agree with the Microsoft EULA, clicking the Decline button will not download the source code. Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115813
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    - EventBroker in Composite Application Block - Generic way to Raise / Hi This must be quite a common question with CAB's Event Broker - is there any way to Raise Events dynamically at runtime ? We would like to remove the hard coding from our "Event Dispatching" pump along the lines of the following pseudo code: foreach (message in queue) { // e.g. Message.Topic might be "topic://SomeTopic" EventBroker.FireEvent(message.Topic, new [Data]EventArgs<MessageClass>(message)); } The message is a standard format for all "Events" (We might need to determine whether there are any subscribers to the "SomeTopic" event - EventBroker again might be able to assist here. And then in the respective modules, the EventSubscriptions remain "as they are" (i.e. Design Time) [EventSubscription("topic://SomeTopic")] public void ActionSomeTopic(object sender, [Data]EventArgs<MessageClass> e) What we want to avoid is having to manually add new publications to the dispatcher, i.e. NOT the current : [EventPublication(EventTopicNames.SomeTopic1)] public event EventHandler<EventArgs<MessageClass>> SomeTopic1Event; [EventPublication(EventTopicNames.SomeTopic2)] public event EventHandler<EventArgs<MessageClass>> SomeTopic2Event; ... [EventPublication(EventTopicNames.SomeTopicN)] public event EventHandler<EventArgs<MessageClass>> SomeTopic3Event; void Dispatcher() { foreach (message in queue) { switch (message.Topic) { case "SomeTopic1": if (SomeTopic1Event != null) { SomeTopic1Event(this, new EventArgs<MessageClass>(message)) } break; case "SomeTopic2": if (SomeTopic2Event != null) { SomeTopic2Event(this, new EventArgs<MessageClass>(message)) } break; etc } } A dynamic event raising mechanism would be far more elegant Thanks in Advance! Stuart Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115809
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    - linked scrolling 2 text boxes I have 2 TextBoxes with content of the same height. How do you link the scrolling so that scrolling one also scrolls the other? Best example use of this would the diff comparison feature of SourceSafe I saw this answered at http://www.codeprof.com/dev-archive/24/2-8-246139.shtm but the links in the answers did not go anywhere... Can anyone help?. Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115805
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    - Synchronize settings button isn't working The MSDN documentation for Synchronize (Framework 3.5 - http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a65txexh.aspx) states: ------------------------ The values of any user-scoped settings that the user changes at run time (for example, the position of a form) are stored in a user.config file. Notice that the default values are still saved in app.config. If you have changed any user-scoped settings during run time, for example in testing the application, and want to reset these settings to their default values, click the Synchronize button. ------------------------ * Create a new windows application 'WindowsApplication1' * Open My Project and go to the settings tab * Change the default Setting name to MyString * Change its type to String * Add the traditional Hello World string in the Value column (The Scope remains set to User) * Open Form1 in design view and drag a label 'Label1' onto it from the toolbox * Double-click on the design surface to automatically insert Form1_Load handler in the code view * Inside Form1_Load handler add these lines: My.Settings.myString = "GoodBye Cruel World" Label1.Text = My.Settings.myString * Run this and it works, displaying "GoodBye Cruel World" in Label1.Text. * Exit from the application and Click the Synchronize button Result: The error ... No user.config files were found in any of the following locations: [OK] ... is displayed. The Value column continues to hold Hello World. To confirm that a local User.config file HAS been created and will be used, follow these steps: * Comment out the first line of code above: My.Settings.myString = "GoodBye Cruel World" * Run the application again. Result: "GoodBye Cruel World" continues to be displayed in Label1.Text There is some sort of configuration error on my machine or else a bug in the IDE. This behavior has been observed on my computer in Visual Studio 2005 Standard and VB.NET 2008 Express Edition. In fact, if the User.Config is created in one, it will be used in the other. (Running Vista Business OS) Reference Also: "Synchronize settings button isn't working" PostID=511678 user "David Paterson" had the same problem user "madangelo" had the same problem The question was never answered in that post. Numerous non-Microsoft forum references of the same problem can be found. Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115804
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    - How to access remote connections I'm trying to run Cisco VPN to access a remote machine through c# code. By googling, I came to know that I have to use RASAPI.DLL in order to perform this. Anybody has any information on how to achieve this. All I'm looking for is a way to connect to VPN via code. Thanks in advance. Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115803
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    - Locating record on form by key Hi I have a winform db app that I have created by dragging fields on the form i.e. code has been generated by vs2008. How can I locate a record on the form by the record id? Many Thanks Regards Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115802
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    - textbox lost focus after popup.show I'm trying to create a textbox with a dropdown form: Dim TextBox1 as New TextBox Dim popup as New ToolStripControlHost Dim list1 As New ListBox Dim listhost As ToolStripControlHost listhost = New ToolStripControlHost(list1) ... Private Sub TextBox1_TextChanged popup.Show() TextBox1.Focus() Why TextBox1 doesnt recieve focus? -- Igor -- Igor Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115800
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    - Wizard control advise Hi I am looking for a versatile wizard control to make some of the tasks easy for my app's users. I need advise on which is a good one. I am currently looking at Actipro Wizard - Windows Forms .NET Control http://www.actiprosoftware.com/Products/DotNet/WindowsForms/Wizard/Default.aspx. Are there any other good ones too? Many Thanks Regards Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115799
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    - WinForms and Word Application Hi all, Iâ??m a C++ developer and a very beginner in both C# (.Net) and Word Programming. What my company wants next is something like this: from different texts to build a Word 2007 document and then open this in the real Word 2007 application to give the user the possibility to change the document as usual with all possibilities (MenÃ¼s, Panels, etc.). Well my problem is that the Word 2007 must be embedded in our C# - Application (WinForms). Knows somebody a solution to do this: embed the Word 2007 application in WinForms or if better maybe in WPF? For any idea thank you in advance. Best Regards, Emil Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115797
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    - Browse Device files from desktop application Hi All, I have a desktop application developed in .NET and I need to browse Mobile Device Folders from my desktop application. I tried using FolderBrowserDialog, but it doesn't go beyond mobile device. Any Help!!!! Thanks in advance, Haroon Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115796
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    - MDI child forms Hi, Ive created a MDI app.. I've used one of the mdi child forms as the backgroud scrren on the parent.. and set it's WindowState to 'Normal' and StartPosition to 'CenterScreen'.. to get the look n feel of a background iamge. but the problem i'm facing is with the Maximize event.. whenever i open another MDI child form in maximized mode.. even the background MDI child form is getting maximized.. How can I control the resize of a child MDI forms.. I dont the resize event to fire if another MDI child form gets activated or loaded Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115792
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    - Refilling dataset without changing context Hi I have a winform db app that is "bound" to a dataset...via data adpater, binding source and all that. As this is a multi-user app I need to refill dataset from time to time so the newest data is available for user to view. My problem is that I a) do not wish the app to become unresponsive while re-fill is being performed so need to do it as background task if possible. b) do not want the record context to change for user so user does not notice any disruption. My question is, are the above possible? If so, how? If not what is an alternate strategy? Thanks Regards Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115788
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    - How can I get a list of fields/columns Given a connectionstring, database, and table, how can I, programmatically, get a list of tables for SQL Server (mainly) and Access? Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115786
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    - Access to vb.net converter Hi Has any one checked this access to vb.net converter? http://www.microtools.us/anetvb7.aspx Any good? Thanks Regards Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115782
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    - XML as Dataset - Update question I'm just trying to figure out opening an xml file, adding a row and saving it, but for some reason it's not working, so I hope you can help me out here - The code I've got is: Dim Myds As New DataSet Myds.ReadXml(GetSPath()) Myds.AcceptChanges() Dim NewBook As DataRow NewBook = Myds.Tables("books").NewRow() '<-------- here's the problem - - error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. NewBook ("Title") = sTitle NewBook ("Author") = sAuthor NewBook ("ISBN") = sISBN Myds.Tables("books").Rows.Add(NewBook ) Myds.WriteXml(GetSPath(), XmlWriteMode.IgnoreSchema) I'm calling the table 'books' because of the xml file root node: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <books> </books> What am I doing wrong Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115781
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    - Where are Data connections stored Where is the connection and connection info stored, when it is added to the Server Explorer (vs.net 2005/2008)? Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115780
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    - Notification of working area changing Hi there, I have an application that among other things will pop up little alert notification windows, not unlike what MSN does when a contact signs on. Depending on the user configuration, the user could get quite a lot of these. I want to be notified when the Working Area (i.e. the area of the screen not covered by the task bar or other such toolbars) changes, so that I can update the positions of my alert windows. Currently, if I resize my taskbar to take up half the screen, the alerts on the bottom half will simply move upwards, and at least partially cover each other. If I resize the taskbar back down, the windows will not move at all. Is there a way for me to pick up a change here? I would like to pick up on it immediately, as polling for it several times a second seems quite excessive - this will after all not happen very often. I have tried looking for WM_DISPLAYCHANGE in my WndProc, but it does not fire unless the actual screen resolution changes - in which case the working area also changes, but this is not the only situation in wich the working area can change. Does anyone know of a good way to handle this situation? My windows are regular "always on top" windows that the user can dismiss with a keystroke, no taskbar or anything involved. Thanks in advance for any help! Rune Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115779
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    - Application.Run() I use the following syntax to load a form. Application.Run(xxx.frm_wait); After loading the form, what should I do to change the properties of the controls inside that form? Say for example, I want to change the value of the progressbar inside that form. Thanks in advance. Tag: Prevent ContextMenu from closing and menu item size Tag: 115775

Hello,
I have a context menu (not ContextMenuStrip) with a couple of menu items.
For one of the items, when it's clicked, I want to do some work but not
close/hide the context menu after the click. Is there a way for me to keep
the menu open? I can't find a way to cancel the closing event.

Also, is there a way for me to find out the width/height of each menu item,
or of the entire context menu when it is shown?

Thanks for the help.

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