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    - Problem between different Lang. VS.net2003? I have create a winform app, but when I open it in Traditional Chinese, the size of the buttons, panel all changed become bigger.....why is this? anyone have clue? Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67308
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    - Having trouble with ShowInTaskBar property and child windows, any idea? Hi All, (I have posted similiar question ealier. Hope the other smart ones can also catch this mesage instead.) I have an windows form application that dynamically creates a lot of child windows. I want such that when the user clicks on one of the child windows, the window should goes to the front, but NOT the other windows. If I set the ShowInTaskBar property to true for all the child windows, then I get the effect (as mentioned above) that I want. But if the property is set to false. Any time I click on one of the child windows, the window goes to the top, but so DOES the other child windows! Can anyone may tell me why and give me a hint or two to resolve this issue? - JB P.S. Thanks for Iulian and other posters who gave me some sugestions in the past. Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67307
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    - Auto-hide panels Do you know a control (free or cheap) that can do what we have into VS.Net IDE that has the auto-hide feature and that you can pin ? -- TIA Éric Moreau, MCSD Conseiller Principal / Senior Consultant Concept S2i inc.(www.s2i.com) Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67300
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    - ToolTipText length The length of the ToolTipText in my TabPage ToolTipText does not seem to display all the text I included in the ToolTipText property. Is there a maximum length? Can this value be changed (Repeat the above quickly for yuks, but please still answer the post! Michael Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67299
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    - UserControl as Items in ListBox Folks Does anyone know how to successfully use a collection (ArrayList) of UserControl as the items for a System.Windows.Forms.ListBox I am trying to make the rows in a listbox contain multiple columns, some of whic are text, some of which are images and some of which are checkboxes. The use simply needs to select the desired row I tried using a DataGrid, but am unable to get the desired look It appears to be necessary to set DrawMode to OwnerDrawFixed and the implement the DrawItem event handler. Sadly, though, the user contro never seems to display Any ideas Daniel Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67296
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    - background color of columns I would like to set the background color of my datagrid to a certain color. Except for one column, that should be white. How can I do this? I have a datagridtablestyle and each column is a datagridtextboxcolumn. thanks! Eric. Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67293
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    - combobox and listview I would like to do a search from a combobox and display the data on a listview Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67289
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    - Unable to Debug Forms and most subroutines After months (really) of fiddling, I found out how to get debugging to work - under Debug > Exceptions, make sure Unhandled Exceptions break the code into the debugger and allow Visual Basic in the Options dialog to edit files while debugging Anyway, on to my problem...I'm creating our own manufacturing software, IC, MRP, AP, AR, you get the idea. I'm on such a tight schedule I didn't have time to learn ADO.NET, so I created an active-x control in VB 6 that exposes the DAO functions and properties. It works like this Dim msDAO as eDAO10182004.eDA msDAO = Me.DAO_ICMAIN.GetOc msDAO.DatabasePath = Unified.Settings.DataPath & "\Inventory Control.mdb msDAO.RecordsetSQL = "SELECT * FROM [tblItemsMaster] WHERE [Item Number] = '" & Me.cboItemNumber.Text & "' msDAO.OpenConnectio You would then access the data through the msDAO.Recordset property. However, when it comes to debugging...hehehehe I cannot use breakpoints or debug any form that has an Active-X control on it, whether it is mine, or one of Microsoft's (The Windows Forms Controls are okay though). Instead, I sometimes get a error message, but most of the time the program just quits without warning. It makes it hell for me because I keep having to write message boxes to figure out where in my code I am. Try...Catch statements don't even work on any subroutine that references an Active-X control. I'm at my wit's end. It takes hours a day to track down one bug. Just one I'm using VB .NET 2003 Can someone, perhaps someone from Microsoft help me? Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67283
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    - Scalability of Smart Cients Hi! We want to develop a Smart Client using .NET Remoting and No Touch Deployment (loading the Assemblys directly from the Webserver except that there is no younger version). However, wie are wondering, how scalable the Smart Client is, for example, if thousand people want to download the new release on monday morning. Does anyone know, if there are limits, where you should use a web client instead? Are there any possibilities to solve this problem? Thank you, Christoph Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67282
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    - Why is windows forms controls bolding so hard? Why are fonts so hard to use in .NET? All I want to do is bold the font in runtime - yet, xxx.xxx.Font.Bold is readonly. The only way I can see to bold a font for anything at run time is to change the font to a whole NEW font; i.e., for my listview subitem I have to say: lst.SubItems(6).Font = New System.Drawing.Font(lst.SubItems(6).Font, Drawing.FontStyle.Bold) Again, I don't want to change the font itself, just make it bold (or italic). Is this the only way to do it? Or am I missing an easier way? Thanks. Tom Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67280
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    - Rich Text Box I'm using VB.net and SQL server 2000. I have a Windows form that has a Rich Text Box on it. I also have a Font Dialog Box that changes the font and size in the Rich Text box. When I do a normal update to the database the font info is not included. How do I save font information to a database. Thank you, E Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67278
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    - FolderBrowserDialog- No Disk error Greetings lately, whenever I call the FolderBRowserDialog (Visual Basic.net 2003) and there is no media in my internal zip drive D:, I get the following eror No Dis There is no disk in the dirve. Please insert a disk into drive \Device\Harddisk1\DR1 I see this is a common error, but I do not know how to solve it in this context Thank Randy Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67277
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    - Form Inheritance vs. Anchor/Dock I'm still using VS.NET 2002. I just learned what disease I'm suffering from: Form Properties Aren't Virtual Syndrome. The example that's been killing me is having controls in a base form anchor and/or dock. Then, if the derived form is a different size, one finds that these inherited controls anchor and/or dock to the size of the base form, not the size of the derived form. One notices this problem when the designers update after doing a build... I read something in this newsgroup that suggests this problem is fixed in VS.NET 2003. Is that the case? Also, is there a workaround for this in VS.NET 2002, other than not using anchor or dock in base forms? I'm about to try using anchor and/or dock in the most-derived form, which it seems might work. Is there a better way in VS.NET 2002? Thanks for any help. I'm reaching the limits of what I can do with Windows Forms without actually reading a good book on it. It's really amazing that it's possible to go so far without actually knowing what I'm doing! -- John Saunders John.Saunders at SurfControl.com Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67276
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    - Showing all tooltips at once... Hi, How can I show all tooltips at the same time? I have 12 tabs, and 500 controls in a form. When the user presses 'Control' button, I want to show all the shortcuts available... How can I achieve this? Thank you, HyperX. Microsoft .NET 1.1, VS.NET 2003, WindowsForms. Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67274
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    - WM_Message enumeration If anyone is interested I wrote a Quick and Dirty to extract WM_Messages from the WinUser.h file and put it into an enumertion which I use while checking messages so I an get the WM_XXXXXXX when I debug. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// using System /// <summary /// Summary description for WM_Messages /// </summary public enum WM_Message WM_NULL = 0x0000, // WM_CREATE = 0x0001, // WM_DESTROY = 0x0002, // WM_MOVE = 0x0003, // WM_SIZE = 0x0005, // WM_ACTIVATE = 0x0006, // WM_SETFOCUS = 0x0007, // WM_KILLFOCUS = 0x0008, // WM_ENABLE = 0x000A, //1 WM_SETREDRAW = 0x000B, //1 WM_SETTEXT = 0x000C, //1 WM_GETTEXT = 0x000D, //1 WM_GETTEXTLENGTH = 0x000E, //1 WM_PAINT = 0x000F, //1 WM_CLOSE = 0x0010, //1 WM_QUERYENDSESSION = 0x0011, //1 WM_QUERYOPEN = 0x0013, //1 WM_ENDSESSION = 0x0016, //2 WM_QUIT = 0x0012, //1 WM_ERASEBKGND = 0x0014, //2 WM_SYSCOLORCHANGE = 0x0015, //2 WM_SHOWWINDOW = 0x0018, //2 WM_WININICHANGE = 0x001A, //2 WM_DEVMODECHANGE = 0x001B, //2 WM_ACTIVATEAPP = 0x001C, //2 WM_FONTCHANGE = 0x001D, //2 WM_TIMECHANGE = 0x001E, //3 WM_CANCELMODE = 0x001F, //3 WM_SETCURSOR = 0x0020, //3 WM_MOUSEACTIVATE = 0x0021, //3 WM_CHILDACTIVATE = 0x0022, //3 WM_QUEUESYNC = 0x0023, //3 WM_GETMINMAXINFO = 0x0024, //3 WM_PAINTICON = 0x0026, //3 WM_ICONERASEBKGND = 0x0027, //3 WM_NEXTDLGCTL = 0x0028, //4 WM_SPOOLERSTATUS = 0x002A, //4 WM_DRAWITEM = 0x002B, //4 WM_MEASUREITEM = 0x002C, //4 WM_DELETEITEM = 0x002D, //4 WM_VKEYTOITEM = 0x002E, //4 WM_CHARTOITEM = 0x002F, //4 WM_SETFONT = 0x0030, //4 WM_GETFONT = 0x0031, //4 WM_SETHOTKEY = 0x0032, //5 WM_GETHOTKEY = 0x0033, //5 WM_QUERYDRAGICON = 0x0037, //5 WM_COMPAREITEM = 0x0039, //5 WM_GETOBJECT = 0x003D, //6 WM_COMPACTING = 0x0041, //6 WM_COMMNOTIFY = 0x0044, //68 /* no longer suported */ WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGING = 0x0046, //7 WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED = 0x0047, //7 WM_POWER = 0x0048, //7 WM_COPYDATA = 0x004A, //7 WM_CANCELJOURNAL = 0x004B, //7 WM_NOTIFY = 0x004E, //7 WM_INPUTLANGCHANGEREQUEST = 0x0050, //8 WM_INPUTLANGCHANGE = 0x0051, //8 WM_TCARD = 0x0052, //8 WM_HELP = 0x0053, //8 WM_USERCHANGED = 0x0054, //8 WM_NOTIFYFORMAT = 0x0055, //8 WM_CONTEXTMENU = 0x007B, //12 WM_STYLECHANGING = 0x007C, //12 WM_STYLECHANGED = 0x007D, //12 WM_DISPLAYCHANGE = 0x007E, //12 WM_GETICON = 0x007F, //12 WM_SETICON = 0x0080, //12 WM_NCCREATE = 0x0081, //12 WM_NCDESTROY = 0x0082, //13 WM_NCCALCSIZE = 0x0083, //13 WM_NCHITTEST = 0x0084, //13 WM_NCPAINT = 0x0085, //13 WM_NCACTIVATE = 0x0086, //13 WM_GETDLGCODE = 0x0087, //13 WM_SYNCPAINT = 0x0088, //13 WM_NCMOUSEMOVE = 0x00A0, //16 WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN = 0x00A1, //16 WM_NCLBUTTONUP = 0x00A2, //16 WM_NCLBUTTONDBLCLK = 0x00A3, //16 WM_NCRBUTTONDOWN = 0x00A4, //16 WM_NCRBUTTONUP = 0x00A5, //16 WM_NCRBUTTONDBLCLK = 0x00A6, //16 WM_NCMBUTTONDOWN = 0x00A7, //16 WM_NCMBUTTONUP = 0x00A8, //16 WM_NCMBUTTONDBLCLK = 0x00A9, //16 WM_NCXBUTTONDOWN = 0x00AB, //17 WM_NCXBUTTONUP = 0x00AC, //17 WM_NCXBUTTONDBLCLK = 0x00AD, //17 WM_INPUT = 0x00FF, //25 WM_KEYFIRST = 0x0100, //25 WM_KEYDOWN = 0x0100, //25 WM_KEYUP = 0x0101, //25 WM_CHAR = 0x0102, //25 WM_DEADCHAR = 0x0103, //25 WM_SYSKEYDOWN = 0x0104, //26 WM_SYSKEYUP = 0x0105, //26 WM_SYSCHAR = 0x0106, //26 WM_SYSDEADCHAR = 0x0107, //26 WM_UNICHAR = 0x0109, //26 WM_KEYLAST = 0x0109, //26 WM_KEYLASTBefore0x0501 = 0x0108, //264 WM_IME_STARTCOMPOSITION = 0x010D, //269 WM_IME_ENDCOMPOSITION = 0x010E, //270 WM_IME_COMPOSITION = 0x010F, //271 WM_IME_KEYLAST = 0x010F, //271 WM_INITDIALOG = 0x0110, //272 WM_COMMAND = 0x0111, //273 WM_SYSCOMMAND = 0x0112, //274 WM_TIMER = 0x0113, //275 WM_HSCROLL = 0x0114, //276 WM_VSCROLL = 0x0115, //277 WM_INITMENU = 0x0116, //278 WM_INITMENUPOPUP = 0x0117, //279 WM_MENUSELECT = 0x011F, //287 WM_MENUCHAR = 0x0120, //288 WM_ENTERIDLE = 0x0121, //289 WM_MENURBUTTONUP = 0x0122, //290 WM_MENUDRAG = 0x0123, //291 WM_MENUGETOBJECT = 0x0124, //292 WM_UNINITMENUPOPUP = 0x0125, //293 WM_MENUCOMMAND = 0x0126, //294 WM_CHANGEUISTATE = 0x0127, //295 WM_UPDATEUISTATE = 0x0128, //296 WM_QUERYUISTATE = 0x0129, //297 WM_CTLCOLORMSGBOX = 0x0132, //306 WM_CTLCOLOREDIT = 0x0133, //307 WM_CTLCOLORLISTBOX = 0x0134, //308 WM_CTLCOLORBTN = 0x0135, //309 WM_CTLCOLORDLG = 0x0136, //310 WM_CTLCOLORSCROLLBAR = 0x0137, //311 WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC = 0x0138, //312 WM_MOUSEFIRST = 0x0200, //512 WM_MOUSEMOVE = 0x0200, //512 WM_LBUTTONDOWN = 0x0201, //513 WM_LBUTTONUP = 0x0202, //514 WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK = 0x0203, //515 WM_RBUTTONDOWN = 0x0204, //516 WM_RBUTTONUP = 0x0205, //517 WM_RBUTTONDBLCLK = 0x0206, //518 WM_MBUTTONDOWN = 0x0207, //519 WM_MBUTTONUP = 0x0208, //520 WM_MBUTTONDBLCLK = 0x0209, //521 WM_MOUSEWHEEL = 0x020A, //522 WM_XBUTTONDOWN = 0x020B, //523 WM_XBUTTONUP = 0x020C, //524 WM_XBUTTONDBLCLK = 0x020D, //525 WM_MOUSELAST = 0x020D, //525 WM_MOUSELASTBefore0x0500 = 0x020A, //522 WM_MOUSELASTBefore0x0400 = 0x0209, //521 WM_PARENTNOTIFY = 0x0210, //528 WM_ENTERMENULOOP = 0x0211, //529 WM_EXITMENULOOP = 0x0212, //530 WM_NEXTMENU = 0x0213, //531 WM_SIZING = 0x0214, //532 WM_CAPTURECHANGED = 0x0215, //533 WM_MOVING = 0x0216, //534 WM_POWERBROADCAST = 0x0218, //536 WM_DEVICECHANGE = 0x0219, //537 WM_MDICREATE = 0x0220, //544 WM_MDIDESTROY = 0x0221, //545 WM_MDIACTIVATE = 0x0222, //546 WM_MDIRESTORE = 0x0223, //547 WM_MDINEXT = 0x0224, //548 WM_MDIMAXIMIZE = 0x0225, //549 WM_MDITILE = 0x0226, //550 WM_MDICASCADE = 0x0227, //551 WM_MDIICONARRANGE = 0x0228, //552 WM_MDIGETACTIVE = 0x0229, //553 WM_MDISETMENU = 0x0230, //560 WM_ENTERSIZEMOVE = 0x0231, //561 WM_EXITSIZEMOVE = 0x0232, //562 WM_DROPFILES = 0x0233, //563 WM_MDIREFRESHMENU = 0x0234, //564 WM_IME_SETCONTEXT = 0x0281, //641 WM_IME_NOTIFY = 0x0282, //642 WM_IME_CONTROL = 0x0283, //643 WM_IME_COMPOSITIONFULL = 0x0284, //644 WM_IME_SELECT = 0x0285, //645 WM_IME_CHAR = 0x0286, //646 WM_IME_REQUEST = 0x0288, //648 WM_IME_KEYDOWN = 0x0290, //656 WM_IME_KEYUP = 0x0291, //657 WM_MOUSEHOVER = 0x02A1, //673 WM_MOUSELEAVE = 0x02A3, //675 WM_NCMOUSEHOVER = 0x02A0, //672 WM_NCMOUSELEAVE = 0x02A2, //674 WM_WTSSESSION_CHANGE = 0x02B1, //689 WM_TABLET_FIRST = 0x02c0, //704 WM_TABLET_LAST = 0x02df, //735 WM_CUT = 0x0300, //768 WM_COPY = 0x0301, //769 WM_PASTE = 0x0302, //770 WM_CLEAR = 0x0303, //771 WM_UNDO = 0x0304, //772 WM_RENDERFORMAT = 0x0305, //773 WM_RENDERALLFORMATS = 0x0306, //774 WM_DESTROYCLIPBOARD = 0x0307, //775 WM_DRAWCLIPBOARD = 0x0308, //776 WM_PAINTCLIPBOARD = 0x0309, //777 WM_VSCROLLCLIPBOARD = 0x030A, //778 WM_SIZECLIPBOARD = 0x030B, //779 WM_ASKCBFORMATNAME = 0x030C, //780 WM_CHANGECBCHAIN = 0x030D, //781 WM_HSCROLLCLIPBOARD = 0x030E, //782 WM_QUERYNEWPALETTE = 0x030F, //783 WM_PALETTEISCHANGING = 0x0310, //784 WM_PALETTECHANGED = 0x0311, //785 WM_HOTKEY = 0x0312, //786 WM_PRINT = 0x0317, //791 WM_PRINTCLIENT = 0x0318, //792 WM_APPCOMMAND = 0x0319, //793 WM_THEMECHANGED = 0x031A, //794 WM_HANDHELDFIRST = 0x0358, //856 WM_HANDHELDLAST = 0x035F, //863 WM_AFXFIRST = 0x0360, //864 WM_AFXLAST = 0x037F, //895 WM_PENWINFIRST = 0x0380, //896 WM_PENWINLAST = 0x038F, //911 WM_APP = 0x8000, //32768 WM_USER = 0x0400, //1024 WM_HELP_Before0x0400 = 0x000c, //12 } Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67273
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    - Adding a Button Control to a ListView/DataGrid Column Hi All, Is it possible to add other controls to the ListView control in C# windows forms. i.e. I want to add a button column so to speak to the list view. You can do this sort of thing with the datagrid in asp.net, however I think the datagrid in c# is overly complex for what I'm wanting to do, and I'm not even sure it is possible to do it in that. Answers to both Controls would be appreciated. Thanks Alan Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67270
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    - No Touch deployment Are there any good articles out there on no touch deployment and how easy is this to setup? Also a friend of mine told me about Microsoft Update block I believe which is a more low level version of No Touch what are the differences? Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67262
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    - PropertyGrid -- controlling the Category Text Color Is there a way to control the color of the text that appears in the Category headings area of the property grid. I assume that it is tied to a system color -- the text is hard to read with the "dark-gray" color that ends up being the default under standard XP settings. The "LineColor" property provides control of the background color of the category heading -- but I don't see an obvious way to control the text color. Thanks, Rob. Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67260
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    - Form Properites Hello, Is there a possibility to write a properties (or method) to class derived from Form to make a some changes in InitializeComponent() for ALL child: for example add MYFUNCTION to retrieve item Name? this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(120, 91); this.button1.Name = MYFUNCTION("button1"); .... this.ctlTab.Name = MYFUNCTION("MyControlTab"); (something like globalization) Manually changes are not acceptable by designer. Thanx for help P. Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67256
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    - Q:) Need sample code for a best practices Windows Form app Is there anything like Petshop or Duwamish but more of a regular client/server windows forms based app that demonstrates good Window Forms coding practices? Or something that just demonstrates the right way to bind controls to data for a c/s app? My .Net experience is mostly web app based so I'm used to opening datasets and going back to refetch records on subsequent server roundtrips, etc. I'm not sure about the best way to work with data sets and bound controls on a client/server type of app where I can be fully coupled to the database. I used to work with Delphi which had components for persistent database connections and table objects that you opened once, wired your grids and edit boxes up to, and did all of your updates through. I know .net can do that but everything seems oriented towards disconnected apps. Then again, maybe thats the better way, either way - some pointers would be helpful... Thanks bill wiw at nyc . rr com Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67254
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    - Office 2003 Style Menu/VS.Net 2003 Style Menus Hello, Is there anyway to get the menu's to appear like Office 2003 or VS.Net 2003 in .Net? I was using Application.EnableVisualStyles() but this works for textbox and buttons if the FlatStyle is System but the menus are still in the old plain format. Thanks Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67252
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    - Set Hidden (Key) Fields on RowChange I am using C# WinForms with a DataGrid bound to a strongly typed dataset I am not displaying key fields and logging fields (Create DT, Create By, etc.) in the datagrid When a New Row is modified, I want to set the key and hidden fields in code. Basically, when the user moves off of a row, I want to check if the RowState == Added, and all necessary values are entered, and if so, then set hidden fields I have tried the Row_Changing event and the Row_Changed event. The Row_Changed event is to late because I get an error stating the key field can not be null. The Row_Changing event stated that I could not change a proposed value in the rowChanging event What is the best way to set hidden columns on a row after the user has entered values in the visible columns Here is the code that does not work private static void Row_Changing( object sender, DataRowChangeEventArgs e dsLD.LineDtlRow r = (dsLD.LineDtlRow)e.Row MessageBox.Show("In Row_Changed: " + r.RowState.ToString()) if (r.RowState == DataRowState.Added && r.GroupCD != null r.ClaimID = 1 MessageBox.Show("Set Hidden Fields") Thanks Larry Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67251
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    - Disabling Forms Redrawing Hello. I have a problem. I have a control and I want to try if a specific value of one property can be setted, without catching exception. So I set the value and then I restore the previuos value. Anyone know how to prevent that the control redraw between this two operations, to prevent image flickering? Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67250
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    - DateTime truncation I want to compare two DateTime values but only down to seconds, so how do I truncate DateTime values to second granularity ? Similarly, I may want to truncate to the minute granularity. I also may want to round to the nearest minute. How do I do these things ? I'm sure it must be really simple but I cant find anything in the DateTime class. I know I can convert to a numeric date and time format and do a string compare but I imagine this is a very inefficient way to do it. Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67249
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    - use MFC Controls in WinForms? Hi there, is there a possibility to host MFC controls in a SWF Control? I have a big MFC application and want to migrate to .NET. It is not possible for me to rewrite all the MFC controls and views so I want to create a new .NET based frame and use the old MFC controlbars and editors. Is there a way (e.g. with subclassing / superclassing) to create a managed wrapper around my old MFC CWnd and CVeiw derived classes? I know that I could create ActiveX controls around them and use a RCW but that would cause a lot of additional overhead. There are some atricles saying that Whidbey bring support for hosting SWF Controls in MFC. Is that also true for the oposite (MFC Controls in SWF)? Thanks in advance Thomas Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67248
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    - Custom StringArrayEditor Hi, I want to edit a property (type=string[]) in the propertygrid. Usually you use StringArrayEditor. But I'd like to change the instruction displayed in the StringCollectionForm and the text of the form. Unfortunaltely, StringArrayEditor is internal, so I can't inherit. I tried to inherit from CollectionEditor and then provide StringCollectionForm (see hereafter). So I can change the instruction and text (thanks to reflection). But if I change the collection (add a string, I get an 'object reference not set to...' outside of my code. Do you see a better way to do it? What's wrong? I know I can create my own MyStringCollectionForm, but I don't want to do that. Any idea? Sebastien public class TheObject{ [Editor(typeof(OutputArrayEditor), typeof(UITypeEditor))] public string[] TheProperty{ ... } } public class OutputArrayEditor : CollectionEditor //ideal would be StringArrayEditor { public OutputArrayEditor(Type type) : base (type){} protected override System.ComponentModel.Design.CollectionEditor.CollectionForm CreateCollectionForm() { Type editorType = Type.GetType("System.Windows.Forms.Design.StringArrayEditor, System.Design, Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"); object editor = editorType.InvokeMember(null, BindingFlags.CreateInstance, null, null, new object[]{typeof(string[])}); Form form = (Form)editorType.InvokeMember("CreateCollectionForm", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.InvokeMethod | BindingFlags.Instance, null, editor, null); form.Text = "My Custom collection text"; //add code to chg instruction here (reflection) return (CollectionEditor.CollectionForm)form;//base.CreateCollectionForm (); } protected override object SetItems(object editValue, object[] value) { return base.SetItems (editValue, value); } protected override object[] GetItems(object editValue) { return base.GetItems (editValue); } } Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67239
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    - Datagrid with Custom Columns - design time support? Hello, I have created a custom column for a datagrid and if I manually modify the code it all works fine. However, when I click on properties, etc., from the design time environment the custom column is never displayed. Nor can I add a column of the custom type... I have found several references/examples in C# which demonstrate what to do, but my conversions don't seem to work. Does someone have an example of creating a custom datagrid which will support custom columns in the design time environment in a windows.forms VB.NET 2003 application? Thanks! Jim Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67238
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    - Closing messagebox? 2nd posting ... How do I force messagebox to close after OK button click? I don't explicity 'close' the dialog. Maybe I should somehow? See code below, where I do some database work after OK click ...in this case, msgbox is displayed for several minutes. Is there a DoEvents or something which can be applied? Thanks for your help! Graeme myResult = MessageBox.Show("Are you sure you want to update ODRC lives and costs? This process updates the assets database table and can take several minutes.", "Update ODRC?", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Question, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1) If myResult = DialogResult.No Then gbxODRCRequirements.Visible = False : Exit Sub If myAssetType = "Equipment" Then RecalcODRC() ElseIf myAssetType = "Structures" Then RecalcPoleODRC() End If ...and so on. Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67237
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    - Cursor and splitter. How can I supress cursor "MoveTo" on splitter? This cursor appears when I move mouse over splitter. I would like to show different cursors by myself. How can I do it? Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67231
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    - DateTimePicker i am using a custom format in the datetime picker The cursor does not move to the next position automatically ie.day or year after the Month is keyed in.The user has to click the right arrow to move to the day or year.i want the datetimePicker to be a free form for eg: my format is 'MMddyyyy HH:mm tt'. I want the cursor to automove to 'dd' after the user keys in 'MM'.This is not happening in Datetime picket in .net Can anybody help me out?Any ideas how to do this. Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67230
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    - IE 6.0 Exception 0xc0000005 in mshtml.dll In a ASP.NET enterprise application under development. Consistantly, when navigating using the browser Back navigation button between two web forms, receive Internet Explorer crash. AppName: iexplorer.exe AppVer: 6.0.2800.1106 ModName:mshtml.dll ModVer: 6.0.2800.1276 Offset: 000c698e Exception Information Code: 0xc0000005 Scenario: Webform A is 'no-cache' and does a Server-Transfer to Webform B. Use IE Back button (back to Webform A)causes exception. Repeat with Webform A now being cached (i.e 'no-cache' removed) and the IE Back button works fine. I'm using Visual Studio 1.1, C#, in Debug mode. Q. Any ideas how to trouble shoot something like this? Thanks... Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67228
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    - component Hi I'm a new one on .NET development, I used VB6. In VB6, we can create component(COM) to expose some features to other applications. Is there a way to do same thing in .NET? Is the widows service or web service same as COM Thanks Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67225
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    - Instantiate a form I am loading a form in this method. I have an accessor that is called Loginstatus within the frmMainForm. When I Instantiate the frmMainForm I want to disable the File Menu if the Loginstatus is false. In VB6 I would do something like this frmMainForm auth = new frmMainForm() auth.Loginstatus = fals However, in C# when I execute frmMainForm auth = new frmMainForm(); the InitializeComponent routine is triggered. I understand that you are not suppose to edit this code? If thats the case then where is the best place to check for the Loginstatus value to see whether the File menu should be enabled or not. Currently I have this checking the Load event of the form Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67215
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    - textboxes in user control: change event fired twice if only 1 char Hello Strange behaviour: I have several textboxes in a user control that fire change events. This event is fired for every character I enter and the control's "Text" property is updated correctly. But if I enter only 1 character and set the focus to a control outside the user control that contains the textbox, another change event is being fired. Additionaly, the "Text" property is set to the original value (without the entered character). If I enter 2 characters or set the focus to a control within the containing user control, everything is fine. Thanks for your advice Philipp Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67213
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    - winform in asp.net I am trying to do rich-client code hosted in Internet Explorer, formally referred to as ActiveX. I have a couple of examples for embedding a .net winform on an asp.net page. However, I seem unable to make any of these examples to work. The control just does not render, and I donâ??t get any errors Does anyone know of a â??Hello Worldâ?? example of embedding a Winform in aspx Thanks Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67211
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    - RichTextBox Speed I am building an IRC client in C#. I am having trouble displaying the messages in a quick and efficient manner. I need to format the messages (font size, font color, etc) as they arrive from the server Everything I have read says to use the RichTextBox. The problem is that the RichTextBox is too slow. It flickers and the text scrolls much too slow. I have tried various "hacks" to get rid of the flicker and speed up the update, but nothing seems to work. The various methods I have tried include preventing the control from redrawing itself by calling the WM_SETREDRAW method Is there any way to "speed up" the RichTextBox? Can I create a control that inherits from the RichTextBox class and somehow make it update faster? For that matter, can I create a control that inherits from the TextBox class and make it support text formatting Here is the code I am using right now to add formatted text to the RichTextBox control (the slow code) textMessage.SuspendLayout() textMessage.Select(vAdvRichTextBox.Text.Length, 0) textMessage.SelectedText = vText textMessage.Select(vAdvRichTextBox.Text.Length - vText.Length + 1, vText.Length) textMessage.SelectionColor = vForeColor textMessage.SelectionFont = vFont textMessage.ResumeLayout(true) textMessage.SelectionStart = vAdvRichTextBox.Text.Length textMessage.SelectionLength = 0 textMessage.ScrollToCaret() Any ideas Phil Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67210
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    - .net ExecuteReader I have a loop that calls a function. The function contains a sql connection and a reader. This code works perfectly in windows xp/2000. But on windows 98/ME machines, it runs the first iteration of the loop, then hangs the thread on the second iteration. Any Ideas? The connection is closed on each loop, etc Dim rcmd As New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand(mySQL, rconn Dim rs As System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReade 'PreHan rs = rcmd.ExecuteReader( 'post Hang Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67209
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    - MonthCalendar DateChanged event firing every 2 minutes. The MonthCalendar DateChanged event is firing every 2 minutes in my application. I cannot find anything that would cause this and the date is not changing. I put breakpoints on anything else that might affect the date in my code, but the code does not stop there Anybody know why this might happen? Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67205
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    - Reflection Interface Hi, I'm trying to instantiate a class from a precompiled assembly .dll and cast it into a known Interface typ // Load the assembl Assembly externalAssembly = Assembly.LoadFrom("some.dll") // Create The typ Type externalType = externalAssembly.GetType("My.Created.UserClass") //Create the objec IView exView = (IView) Activator.CreateInstance(externalType) My.Created.UserClass is the fully qualified name for the class, and it extends UserControl and implements IView interface in which I created. I was able to compile this fine but when I get "Specified Cast Not Valid" error in runtime I need to do this because I have to run a Configure() method which is a member of the IView interface. I know I can make a MethodInfo and assign Configure to it, but I really dont want to because of design requirements. A weird thing I noticed is that the code runs if I instead cast the Activator.CreateInstance(..) into a UserControl Object Thank you Rizka Armadhan Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67204
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    - Datagrid cell loses digits I have a bound datagrid and all works fine but on a numeric column but I found that when the formatting for the column is set to C or N and I click on a cell and replace the entire number it works fine, but if I change one of the digits to the right of the decimal point and then I click on another row the edit gets lost, the value returns to what it was. When I use no formatting this problem does not happen. Is this a known problem? Luis C. Uribe Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67202
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    - quick data binding question... My edit form has an UltraToolbarsManager control which contains a toolbar with a "Save" button on it. The data object that is bound to the form has an "IsSavable" property that returns a boolean indicating whether or not the object is savable. Is there a way to bind the IsSavable property to the Save button? Thanks! Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67201
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    - Problems with HTMLDocumentEvents2_Event on Windows 2000 H The following (shrinkwrapped) code works ok on XP but not on Windows 2000 SP4 where ALL events are blocked (e.g. context menu does not appear, impossible to write in search TextBox etc. Framework: v1.1.432 Dependencies on W2000 mscoree.dll 1.1.4322.57 advapi32.dll 5.0.2195.671 urlmon.dll 6.0.2800.140 shlwapi.dll 6.0.2800.140 Which one is the culprit and what can I do during deployment to ensure that my program works on windows 2000 Code Public Class Form Inherits System.Windows.Forms.For #Region " Windows Form Designer generated code Public Sub New( MyBase.New( 'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer InitializeComponent( 'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() cal End Su 'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean If disposing The If Not (components Is Nothing) The components.Dispose( End I End I MyBase.Dispose(disposing End Su 'Required by the Windows Form Designe Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContaine 'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designe 'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer. 'Do not modify it using the code editor Friend WithEvents AxWebBrowser1 As AxSHDocVw.AxWebBrowse <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent( Dim resources As System.Resources.ResourceManager = New System.Resources.ResourceManager(GetType(Form1) Me.AxWebBrowser1 = New AxSHDocVw.AxWebBrowse CType(Me.AxWebBrowser1, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize).BeginInit( Me.SuspendLayout( 'AxWebBrowser Me.AxWebBrowser1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fil Me.AxWebBrowser1.Enabled = Tru Me.AxWebBrowser1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(0, 0 Me.AxWebBrowser1.OcxState = CType(resources.GetObject("AxWebBrowser1.OcxState"), System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.State Me.AxWebBrowser1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 273 Me.AxWebBrowser1.TabIndex = 'Form Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13 Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 273 Me.Controls.Add(Me.AxWebBrowser1 Me.Name = "Form1 Me.Text = "Form1 CType(Me.AxWebBrowser1, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize).EndInit( Me.ResumeLayout(False End Su #End Regio Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Loa AxWebBrowser1.Navigate("http://www.microsoft.com" End Su Private Sub AxWebBrowser1_DocumentComplete(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As AxSHDocVw.DWebBrowserEvents2_DocumentCompleteEvent) Handles AxWebBrowser1.DocumentComplet Dim Document2 As mshtml.IHTMLDocument2 = CType(AxWebBrowser1.Document, mshtml.IHTMLDocument2 Dim Document2Events As mshtml.HTMLDocumentEvents2_Event = CType(Document2, mshtml.HTMLDocumentEvents2_Event Tr RemoveHandler Document2Events.onclick, AddressOf event2 Catch 'ex As Exception : Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message End Tr Tr AddHandler Document2Events.onclick, AddressOf event2 Catch ex As Exception : Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message End Tr End Su Private Function event2b(ByVal e As mshtml.IHTMLEventObj) As Boolea e.returnValue = Tru Return Tru End Functio End Clas Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67193
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    - mousehover Is there any way to specify how much time to pass before the mousehover event occurs? For instance I'd like 1 second to pass before a mousehover event occurs. How would I go about doing this? Lance Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67190
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    - Data Grid Input Mask Can anyone point me to an example of how to use an input mask in a column of a datagrid I want a mask like ##/##/#### for datetime input. Thanks Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67189
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    - Drag and Drop I need to implement some kind of panel where the user can put rectangles on it, move them around and resize them. Is there an API for that or do I have to code the whole stuff by myself? I don't know anything about drag&drop yet. -- cody [Freeware, Games and Humor] www.deutronium.de.vu || www.deutronium.tk Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67184
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    - Using the MS IE HTML control to print a HTML document Folks, I'm facing a dilemma - my users would like to print a number of HTML forms that I generate from XML. They would like to do this in a batch-like manner, e.g. select a number of those forms to print, and then have my app print one after another, without prompting them, without interrupting their work. I can easily read the data and convert it to HTML (using an XSL transform), but here's the thorny part - how do I print this to the default printer, quietly, without showing any dialogs and prompts?? Basically, I was hoping to "recycle" all my code that I already have to display those forms on screen. In this case, I open a Windows form, which contains the Internet Explorer ActiveX control. Works nicely. But when I try to do this "secretly", without showing the form to the user, but just using it as a container to fill my HTML into and then print it from there, I keep getting errors such as: "An unhandled exception of typ System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException has occured in system.windows.forms.dll. Unable to get the window handle for the 'AxWebBrowser' control. Windowless ActiveX controls are not supported." This is plain greek to me ;-) What does it mean, and is there really no way to use some of the IE controls provided by MS to load and print a HTML document "silently" in the background? Any help would be most appreciated! Marc ================================================================ Marc Scheuner May The Source Be With You! Bern, Switzerland m.scheuner(at)inova.ch Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67170
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    - form scaling Hi, It seems vs.net does some automatic scaling in the ide. like if i take a project develloped under 96 dpi low res and load it under 120 dpi hi res it does all kinds of automatic resizing. this is undesirable, how do you turn it off? I have a function that scales forms on the fly (form param). but now i realize that changing the dpi messes up the scaling. i need to take the dpi into consideration but the formulas i've tried don't scale with good precision. so what would be the best scaling formula taking screen width, height and dpi? TIA Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67166
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    - WinForms, Citrix, Infragistics and a BIG red X We have developed a Windows Forms MDI application that runs over Citrix ICA. We use Infragistics for various UI controls. Every once in a while when a user loads data into a grid they will get a big red X in the area usually consumed by the grid and a JIT error box with no real meaningful information (of course no data is visible). This has happened 99.5% of the time over Citrix, although a few developers have seen it once or twice on their dev PCs. Any ideas/thoughts? Thanks. Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67165
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    - DataGrid refresh with IBindingList - MergeFileInfoList.cs (0/1) I am hoping someone can give me some help/pointers to a problem I'm having binding an ArrayList to a DataGrid. In an attempt to teach myself various aspects of .Net development I am trying to write a very simple C# Windows Forms application for merging files together. The user interface consists of: - A DataGrid with the ordered list of files to be merged along with their length and last access time. - Command Buttons to Add a File to be merged, Remove a File from the list, Remove All Files from the list, and Perform the merge. - Buttons to move the currently selected file up/down within the list. - Buttons to move the currently selected file to bottom/top of the list. My first pass at this was to use an ArrayList of FileInfo objects bound to the DataGrid and use a DataGridTableStyle and DataGridTextBoxColumn objects to only display the properties within FileInfo I wanted. This worked fine EXCEPT that the only way to have the DataGrid update when new entries were added/removed from the ArrayList was to set the DataSource property to null and then set it back to my ArrayList. I wanted to avoid this "reset" of the DataSource so in doing some searching I think I found that in order to automatically refresh I needed to implement an object that Implements the IBindingList interface. I found some sample code on www.codeproject.com and tailored it to my needs. Now, after setting the DataSource to my IBindingList object and performing a number of Add() calls nothing shows up in the DataGrid. Using the debugger I've confirmed that the entries are in the list. I'm obvioiusly missing something important but have no idea what it is. Any help is appreciated. Fred Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67161
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    - Mantain state in forms and avoid kill handlers Hi, I have a form with a lot of ComboBox (with a lot of items), and it is used very frequently. So, I want to reduce the latency to show the form. I test to assign the instance of the form after close in a static field, and show it again (with ShowDialog). This approach reduce the time to half (although, the handles are destroyed when the form is closed, and recreated when it is showed again). But I notice some problems (for example, the MouseEnter and MouseLeave events are not fired over controls the second time I show the form). Other requirements: - The form must be modal (so, I can't use a Show/Hide methods) - I need to persist the state in the form (I need to keep the selected options) Any advice? Thanks, Nicolás Tag: ShowWindow API Tag: 67160

Hi
Is there any API using which I can do exactly the reverse thing that an ShowWindow method os User32.dll does
I want to make a window disappear.....
Any 1 can help

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Re: ShowWindow API by Dmitriy

Dmitriy
Wed Feb 25 04:35:57 CST 2004

Hi,

You can use the Hide() method of the form or of the control.

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"Nilesh" <nilesh.rade@symphonysv.com> wrote in message
news:0919F62A-F2D3-4737-AD46-99A98B04F287@microsoft.com...
> Hi
> Is there any API using which I can do exactly the reverse thing that an
ShowWindow method os User32.dll does?
> I want to make a window disappear......
> Any 1 can help

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Re: ShowWindow API by Ed

Ed
Wed Feb 25 04:40:23 CST 2004

It is ShowWindow called with the SW_HIDE command:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/winui/windowsuserinterface/windowing/windows/windowreference/windowfunctions/showwindow.asp.

In the .NET Framework you can call the form's Hide().

"Nilesh" <nilesh.rade@symphonysv.com> wrote in message
news:0919F62A-F2D3-4737-AD46-99A98B04F287@microsoft.com...
> Hi
> Is there any API using which I can do exactly the reverse thing that an
ShowWindow method os User32.dll does?
> I want to make a window disappear......
> Any 1 can help

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Re: ShowWindow API by hirf-spam-me-here

hirf-spam-me-here
Wed Feb 25 06:39:10 CST 2004

* =?Utf-8?B?TmlsZXNo?= <nilesh.rade@symphonysv.com> scripsit:
> Is there any API using which I can do exactly the reverse thing that an ShowWindow method os User32.dll does?
> I want to make a window disappear......

Use 'ShowWindow' + 'Const SW_HIDE As Int32 = 0'.

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<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet/>

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DropDown PopUp by nilesh

nilesh
Wed Feb 25 07:06:06 CST 2004

Actually I am developing a custom cobobox. I want to create a DropDown for it
Can any 1 suggest how can i go about developing it. Offcourse I will be using my won listBox Control to DropDown.
But i am not getting the approach as to How can i develop and attach athe dropdown to the combo.
Please help

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