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    - How to get the left-top point of context menu. Hi everybody, My task is so simply but I can't. 1. click a menu in context menu 2. create new object such as button 3. set locaction of the object as left-top of contex menu public System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu ctxMenu; private System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem mnuAdd; . . private void mnuAdd_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { System.Windows.Forms.Button button1 = new Button(); // I want use the left-top point of context menu button1.Location = new Point(120, 345); button1.Name = "button1"; button1.TabIndex = 0; button1.Text = "button1"; this.Controls.Add(button1); } Thanks, Jongmin Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 62049
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    - listbox w/ a row number as one column How do I setup a listbox to have the first column displaying the row number and the second column displaying the actual data? example: in the "Image Collection Editor" of the Visual Studio Thanks Sam Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 62044
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    - How to know if application is running Hi gurus, Does anyone know how to test if an instance of the application is alredy running? Thanks in advance. Boris Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 62036
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    - Help With An Event Needed In a VB.NET Windows Forms application I have a Module called AppConfiguration.vb. this holds values from the Options window. What I want to do is if the user has the report form open and then the user opens the options window and changes the spell checker option to autocheck = true. How can I pass this to the open reports form so I can respond to the event notification and take action? AppModule.vb ============ Module AppConfiguration Private useSpellCheckerAutoCorrect As Boolean Public Property UseSpellCheckerAutoCorrect() As Boolean Get Return useSpellCheckerAutoCorrect End Get Set(ByVal Value As Boolean) useSpellCheckerAutoCorrect = Value RaiseEvent SpellCheckerAutoCorrectOptionChanged(Value) End Set End Property End Module Reports.vb ========== Public Class Reports 'How Do I handle The Event in Here? End Class *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it! Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 62027
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    - Printing content of a RichTextBox The RichTextBox produces multiple lines if the text from its Text property is too long. Now I would like to be able to print that text so that it is multilined like that shown in the RichTextBox. I tried using a non- visible RichTextBox in my printing application: taskdescription.Text = "dkfj dfjoeij eoijfeoifjdjdifdjdoifjdfoij eoirerijofj eiojfefijf kdfjdfjoiejrijr jdfd.eoijeroj djfkdoeririoeroe"; for (int j=0;j<taskdescription.Lines.Length;j++){ e.Graphics.DrawString (taskdescription.Lines[j], new Font ("Arial",9),Brushes.Black,LEFT_MARGIN+DESCRIPTION_LEFT_MAR GIN,TOP_MARGIN + TOP_BAND + TOP_DESCRIPTION_HEIGHT + j*TASK_HEIGHT + i*CELL_HEIGHT);} It would be appreciated if an alternate way can be pointed out that works. Thanks, Brad Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 62026
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    - BUG : MouseDown causes MouseLeave NOT to be fired. Hi, I noticed that when I have a mousedown event i never ever get a mouse leave event even when i DO leave the control. Is this a bug? Shouldnt i get a mouseleave event when i leave that control? Even if mouse is down. I think i should Thanks Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 62023
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    - Child to Parent Databindig I am trying to create a child to parent form with databinding is this possible? I have 2 tables one "Users" and another "UserStatus" The "Users" table consists of : int UserID string Username string Password int UserStatusID And the "UserStatus" table consists of : int UserStatusID string Description The form I am trying to create consists of : Label UserID Textbox Username Textbox Password ComboBox Description I am new to .NET and any help will appreciated. Thanks Adam Stirk Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 62021
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    - BUG Compiler Hi, Repro: Make a call to the Cursor ctor like this.Cursor = new Cursor(GetType(), "SomeCur.cur"); DO NOT have the following line in the program... using System.Reflection; Watch the Cursor ctro FAIL yet no compiler warning. Add the using System.Reflection; reference Build, again no compiler errror or warning (this time correctly) and call the Cursor ctor, it succeeds. Why no compiler warning or error? Thanks. Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 62018
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    - HTMLHelp (CHM) embedded in a form Hello, i would like to embedd HTML-Help-Page (Chm-File) in a form (i would not like to open an extra window for the help). Is this possible? Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 62009
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    - Form as Popup Hi all, I have a vb6 form that function as a popup menu and autoclose when i click out of this form; for doing so I use subclassing and win32 api. How can I replicate this functionality entirely in .Net without use Win32 api ? Thank's Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 62008
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    - lbhappy@263.net I need to embed my windows form application into Word documents.I know Word can be embed with Viso or Excel. I think there must be someway to work with my applications. How can I get it? Any comments appreciated! Robin.Liu Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 62004
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    - BUG and FEATURE REQUEST in designer properties Hi, I have an enum (a bitfield with Flags attribute) that is in a user control and at design time the form does NOT permit setting of multiple bits. Will this be possible in future designers? Thanks. Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 62001
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    - WindowsFormsParkingWindow Can someone tell me some more details about the WindowsFormsParkingWindow?In my application (C#) in full screen mode I must deal with the WindowsFormsParkingWindow.After I switched to full screen mode and click on a child form (after some time) then the WindowsFormsParkingWindow appears.See the code: /// <summary> /// Switch the client to full screen or normal display mode /// </summary> public bool FullScreen { get { return m_infullscreenmode; } set { if(m_infullscreenmode != value) // only commence if the current mode is different from the desired mode. { m_infullscreenmode = value; if(m_infullscreenmode) { this.Menu = null; if(this.WindowState == FormWindowState.Maximized) //gu (new) srs 211 this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal; this.FormBorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.None; panel1.Visible = false; mFullScreen.Checked = true; Displays.FullScreenSize(this); } else { this.mHide.Visible = false; mFullScreen.Checked = false; this.Menu = MainMenu; panel1.Visible = true; this.FormBorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.Sizable; } if(mFullScreen.Checked) MLog.Info(3, "client.fullscreen"); else MLog.Info(3, "client.normalscreen"); } } } Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 61999
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    - Opening HTML files Hallo, I would like to make Help files in HTML. The only way I found how to display these files is: Dim pHelp As New ProcessStartInfo pHelp.FileName = "explorer.exe" pHelp.Arguments = "Help.htm" pHelp.UseShellExecute = True pHelp.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Normal Dim proc As Process = Process.Start(pHelp) This works under Windows 2000, Windows ME but not under Windows NT. Does anyone have a better approach? Nigel... Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 61996
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    - reusing winforms in .NET CF Hi, I am working on a GUI intensive application on .NET Cf in C#. Most of my forms have very similar controls and appearance. I have around 5 screens and want to use one base form for all these screens and then customize this form dynamically for each screen. Please suggest me a suitable approach for the design. Any pointers for sample applications will be very helpful. Regards, Vishal. Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 61994
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    - Bringing a form to focus Hello, I have a launcher for a Windows Form application that will guard against starting an already started application like the following: private static Mutex singletonMutex; static void Main(string[] args) { bool first; singletonMutex = new Mutex(true, "MyApplication", out first); if (first) { // process application startup DoStartup(args); } else { MessageBox.Show("Application already running"); // YUCK! } } Now the question is: How do I avoid using a message box instead bringing the already started application to focus? Thanks for any help. /m Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 61993
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    - [ANN] Xamlon Beta 1 - XAML for Windows.Forms I am very proud to announce the pre-beta release of Xamlon! Xamlon (pronounced "Zamelon," which rhymes with "avalon"), is a XAML runtime library for the .NET Framework 1.1. Xamlon is not a 100% XAML/Avalon compatible library, it was not designed to be, but rather uses some of the same objects and syntax as XAML to provide the same power and capabilities as XAML but for building "Windows.Forms" applications instead. Simply put: "Xamlon is XAML for Windows.Forms" There are several key benefits of using Xamlon today: a.. Application development becomes much more simple and efficient. Xalmon provides a very clean separation between presentation and application logic. b.. Xamlon application run on all of today's .NET Framework 1.1 Windows operating systems: Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, and Server 2003. c.. Xamlon provides a much simpler migration path to Microsoft's next-generation presentation layer in Longhorn, XAML. This is an early release so we could get it into the hands of developers. There is little to no documentation, but we'll be updating the web site frequently. For pre-beta 1, Xamlon has basic support for the Application object, Window object, and several other controls including GridLayout, FlowLayout, etc. These are very early stage controls, but will allow you to get started. Of course all Windows.Forms controls can be used, third-party controls, etc. Read over the included examples and source code, and we'll be updating the bits frequently! Enjoy... http://www.xamlon.com/ -Paul Colton Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 61991
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    - Restoring files from the Recycle Bin Does someone know how can i restore a file from the Recycle Bin using the Shell API?. The thing is that i know how to send files to the Recycle Bin using the SHFileOpertion, but i do not know how to restores the files. Thanks for any help. Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 61989
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    - Triger an event in the code hi, everybody, Can I triger an event in the code? For example, can I triger a keydown event of textbox? thanks Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 61987
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    - Decent image control Hi there, I need to show an image centered on a form. That's easy, use a Picturebox... problem is the images may be different sizes, and I need to resize to show the image with the correct aspect ratio (ie: height vs width)... sometimes the image will be too big to fit on the form so then I'd like scrollbars... I need like a "shrink/stretch to fit" method which understands the aspect ratio bit.... Is it me or is the picturebox control pretty useless...? Can anybody suggest a way of achieving what I want with standard .Net controls... or am I going to have to subclass the picturebox (or make my own version)...? Any help appreciated... Cheers Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 61986
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    - MessageBox does not show up Hi, there, I have a MDI app written in C#. I have a form, then a panel. The objects are drawn on the panel. When I closing the window, I would like to save any changes that was made. The code followed is in Form class: public void ClosingHandler(Object sender, CancelEventArgs e) { if(panel.Document.IsDirty ){ DialogResult save = MessageBox.Show("Do you want to save changes ?","Name", MessageBoxButtons.YesNoCancel); ... } } But the message box would not show up unless I activate another window then come back to my own. Any idea what I am missing here? Thanks in advance for your help. Michael Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 61983
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    - Control.Update method Hello: I have an application that performs a long process, it shows a progress bar to help users dont get into panic, but, if I move another window over my application's main form, the applications starts looking like if it was "not responding". I try using the Update method, because the documentation says it "Executes any pending requests for painting." But it is not working at all. I tried Refresh(), but it invalidates all the area, and the whole application blinks. Another way i tried is callind Application.DoEvents (), It works, but it also allows users to clik on menus, close windows and I don't want that. Is there any simple way to get the main window repainted? Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 61981
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    - Moving form with no border I've got a form that has no border (FormBorderStyle.None), and I'd like to move it with the mouse. My solution is below. Is there a better one? Private Sub Form1_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles MyBase.MouseDown MouseDownLoc.X = e.X MouseDownLoc.Y = e.Y End Sub Private Sub Form1_MouseMove(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles MyBase.MouseMove If e.Button = MouseButtons.Left Then Me.Left += e.X - MouseDownLoc.X Me.Top += e.Y - MouseDownLoc.Y End If End Sub Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 61979
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    - datagrid tablestyles child data Hi, I'm trying to get the tablestyle to populate when I navigate ("drill down") to the child data in a datagrid. I have the tablestyle mappingname set to the child table, but it still uses the "default" (all the cols in the table with their col name) setting. I've tried defining programmatically (clearing all the cols and colstyles and adding one at a time), and setting a couple cols for the tablestyle using the designer, but no luck. On the datagrid navigate event, I see the datagrid.datamember has been switched to the child table, but no luck. Help! thanks, pchak Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 61975
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    - Please help..... Hi, Could you please take a look and tell me what this means? Cor has tried to help me, but we haven't found it yet. Everytime I run this code, I get an exception error. Here is my code: Dim connStr As String = "Provider=Microsoft.JET.OLEDB.4.0;data source=" & Me.txtFile.Text Dim SQLstr As String = "SELECT * FROM sitelist" Dim cn As New OleDb.OleDbConnection(connStr) Dim da As New OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter(SQLstr, cn) Dim ds As New DataSet pgBar.Value = 0 pgBar.Refresh() da.Fill(ds, "sitelist") pgBar.Value += 1 pgBar.Refresh() dgMain.DataSource = ds dgMain.DataMember = "Sitelist" dgMain.Refresh() cn.Close() 'FileNaam = FileNaam.Replace("sitelijst.mdb", "sitelist.mdf") Dim con As New SqlConnection("Server=(local);database=;Integrated Security=SSPI") Dim cmd1 As New SqlCommand("DROP DATABASE sitelist", con) con.Open() Try cmd1.ExecuteNonQuery() Catch ex As Exception MsgBox(ex.ToString) End Try Dim strSQL As String = "CREATE DATABASE sitelist" Dim cmd2 As New SqlCommand(strSQL, con) Try cmd2.ExecuteNonQuery() Catch ex As Exception MsgBox(ex.ToString) End Try cmd2.CommandText = "USE sitelist " & vbCrLf & _ "CREATE TABLE sites (sitenummer NVARCHAR(10), " & _ "adres NVARCHAR(255), gemeente NVARCHAR(25), " & _ "[Type site] NVARCHAR(25), bsc NVARCHAR(35), " & _ "Safety NVARCHAR(25), [X pos] NVARCHAR(15), " & _ "[Y pos] NVARCHAR(15), verantwoordelijke NVARCHAR(25), " & _ "online NVARCHAR(15), CONSTRAINT [pk_indentFT] PRIMARY " & _ "KEY CLUSTERED(sitenummer))" Try cmd2.ExecuteNonQuery() Catch ex As Exception 'do nothing End Try con.Close() Dim sqlNewstr As String con = New SqlConnection("Server=(local);Database=sitelist;Integrated Security=SSPI;") Dim sqlDa = New SqlDataAdapter sqlDa.SelectCommand = New SqlCommand("SELECT * FROM sites", con) Dim cb As SqlCommandBuilder = New SqlCommandBuilder(sqlDa) cb.QuoteSuffix = "[" cb.QuotePrefix = "]" Dim dstoo As New DataSet sqlDa.Fill(dstoo, "Sites") 'connect the dataset to the empty table Dim ab As Integer Dim dr As DataRow For ab = 0 To ds.Tables(0).Rows.Count - 1 dr = dstoo.Tables(0).NewRow() dr(0) = ds.Tables(0).Rows(ab)(0) dr(1) = ds.Tables(0).Rows(ab)(1) dr(2) = ds.Tables(0).Rows(ab)(2) dr(3) = ds.Tables(0).Rows(ab)(3) dr(4) = ds.Tables(0).Rows(ab)(4) dr(5) = ds.Tables(0).Rows(ab)(5) dr(6) = ds.Tables(0).Rows(ab)(6) dr(7) = ds.Tables(0).Rows(ab)(7) dr(8) = ds.Tables(0).Rows(ab)(8) dr(9) = ds.Tables(0).Rows(ab)(9) dstoo.Tables(0).Rows.Add(dr) 'add the new rows to the table Next dgSec.DataSource = dstoo dgSec.DataMember = dstoo.Tables(0).TableName dgSec.Refresh() MsgBox("continue?") 'just to be able to look at the datagrid If dstoo.HasChanges Then Try sqlDa.Update(dstoo, dstoo.Tables(0).TableName) Catch ex As Exception MsgBox(ex.ToString) End Try End If dstoo.AcceptChanges() 'make all changes permanent dgMain.DataSource = dstoo dgMain.DataMember = dstoo.Tables(0).TableName sqlDa.Fill(ds, "Sites") 'connect the dataset to the table dgSec.DataSource = ds dgSec.DataMember = "Sites" 'check the table for new data con.Close() MsgBox("Ready") 'finished End Sub and this is the message I get on the line "sqlDa.Update(dstoo,dstoo.Tables(0).TableName)" System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Line 1: wrong syntaxis at ]. at Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.LateBinding.InternalLateCall(Object o, Type objType, String name, Object[] args, String[] paramnames, Boolean[] CopyBack, Boolean IgnoreReturn) at Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.LateBinding.LateCall(Object o, Type objType, String name, Object[] args, String[] paramnames, Boolean[] CopyBack) at MDBtoSDF.Form1.btConvert_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in D:\VB.NET projecten\PPC\MDBtoSDF\Form1.vb:line 264 I don't have a clue what it all means... rg, Eric Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 61966
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    - WindowsForms Data Binding Over Internet Hi Guys, I have been doing a lot of research on what is the best architecture to bind a WindowsForms Application to data across the Internet. Scenario: My company is hosting all data in SQLServer2000 and running IIS/ASPNET The Client applications will be deployed outside our network. Its a typical scenario, but seems like there is too many solutions:) Is Remoting a more efficient way to expose all data manipulation objects, does it need to be synchronized from scratch for all data updating and binding?? Should DataSets be serialized to the client and bound to the forms and will they handle the sync? I saw somewhere that in the SQLConnection string, you can put in something like "Server=http://111.111.222.222/" to connect the DataAdapter over internet..is that true? Can anyone please shed some more light?? Thanks a lot. Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 61965
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    - casting Error Hi I'm trying to put the database column's value in a variable, but when I do this I get this exception Specified cast is not valid. The column accept varchar values. My code is: string reg = odrCrear.GetString("Name").ToString().Trim(); What is wrong??? Regards Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 61962
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    - Borderless form? I would like to create a MFC project (preferable using the Wizard) that has a borderless, menuless window as the main form. Unchecking basically everything in the Wizard still gives me a border and a menu bar. How do I make it borderless & menuless? Thank you, Richard Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 61960
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    - Is there an enumeration for the WM_ messages???? If I overload WndProc(), I'll want a switch() in there to act on different windows WM_ messages like WM_MOUSEMOVE and stuff like that. Trouble is, how do I find the value of these constants? I know, I can hunt around in winuser.h for them, but if I'm a VB or C# guy, that's kind of a roundabout solution. The ".net" way of doing this would be to give me an enum that contained all the values. Is there such a thing? I can't find one. Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 61958
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    - System.Security.SecurityException: Request failed. I'm trying to get my Windows form exe to execute from a web server. Everything works fine on the server itself (my local machine), when I go to any other machine, I get this error. I have used the dotnet Trust An Assembly utility to trust the assembly, and I can browse to the server OK (my local machine). Unfortunately our systems administrators have locked down the security in IE so that it's impossible to add trusted sites, or change any of these settings. I can probably get them to change this, but I'd have to be clear in what I needed changing. Can anybody help. All the samples sem to assume you've got full access to the machine. David Noble Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 61957
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    - WM_ACTIVATE Hello, In VB6 the WM_ACTIVATE message was not sent to a window when it was activated from an other application (when the application switched). Did this change in VB.NET? Is it now always sent? Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 61953
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    - selected text highlight and fontdialog Hi, I have some selected text highlighted in a textbox and a right mouse click brings up a context menu which pops up a FontDialog box. Once the FontDialog box is up, I lose the selection highlight on the text. How do I keep the highlight? Thanks, dax Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 61949
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    - How to Activate() a window I have a Hwnd for a window that I want to bring to the front and give focus. This window is not part of my application, but is being controlled by my app. I get the Hwnd from the applications COM object model. Can I take this Hwnd and give the form focus? Thanks! -- Bobby C. Jones www.AcadX.com Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 61934
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    - Displaying version info onto a label Hello, I am trying to figure out how to display the applications version information onto a label. How would I do this? -T Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 61932
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    - Centering an application when starting? Does anyone know how to center an application on the desktop when starting rather than rely on the default location? Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 61927
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    - [ANN]unofficial Extensibility Application Block Hi Folks. Look here for the full details: http://weblogs.asp.net/rosherove/posts/39484.aspx and here for the download: http://workspaces.gotdotnet.com/eap in a few sentences: This block allows you to incorporate plugins into your application with ease. It also allows to easily create plugins for your application if it uses this framework. intro: Extensibility Application Block overview: One of the demands from a successful application is the abilityto easily adept to the needs of its users if and when they change (and they do). Many times, the required changed, or extra features that need to be added require not only pure development work, but also re-compilation of some or all of the application binaries (this discussion does not include web applications, only winform applications). To avoid having to go through this sometimes painful process just to add a simple feature, or fix a simple bug, a new need has grown - to allow extending an existing application without the need to recompile it or even without the help of the original developer. This is how what we know today as Add-ins and plugins were born. When we moved into the world of .Net, we still have the ability to write applications that can be extended by others. However, there is no clear path, a common way, to design and implement such abilities into .Net applications. If you were to go today and try to build an extensible application, you'll be faced with a myriad of articles and HOW-TOs, each explaining the story a little bit differently than it's predecessor. This Application block was created so that we can start and retain a common ground for how such abilities should be built. So that it can be both easy to understand and powerful enough as to be used by the most demanding applications. The solution I present here is based on my experience writing extensible applications in .Net and on all the things I learned while trying to figure out the best way to achieve specific abilities while trying to maintain a generic approach. How does it work? There are 3 basic principles that need to be implemented in order for an application to have plugins: 1. The application needs a way to recognize and communicate with the plugins 2. The Plugins need a way to talk (or sometimes control) the application in which they are hosted 3. The plugins need to be recognized and loaded at runtime into the host application 1. The application needs a way to recognize and communicate with the plugins This application block solves this problem by providing a common interface that all plugins must implement:IPlugin. The principle is actually very simple: Let's say I have a text editing application to which I would like people to be able to add plugins. These plugins should be able to talk to the application in which they reside, AND the application should be able to talk to them. However, since the application does not know in advance what plugins may be available (some of them may only be created in the future!) the application cannot have a direct reference on any specific DLL or class. It needs to support ANY CLASS but it needs to be able to talk to it on pre-known terms. This paradox is solved by the using a COMMON INTERFACE that both the plug in and the application know. This interface is declared in a separate assembly and both the plug in and the application have a reference to that assembly. This interface is what our application will use to communicate with the plug in. Any plug in that will want to attach itself to the app will have to implement this interface or otherwise we won't even try to load it. This interface is called (in this application block) IPlugin. 2. The Plugins need a way to talk (or sometimes control) the application in which they are hosted This application block solves this problem by providing a base class called AppContext. To the Plugins, AppContext is their one and only link to the outside world. Anything they need to do, anything they need to know, they do it through this class. The host application will hold a class derived from AppContext which has specific methods and properties which should be shared with the plugins. the IPlugin interface contains an Init Method which passes an AppContext instance into the plug in, allowing it to hold a reference to it and using it for what it needs. For example, For an Editor application, We can have an EditorContext class which exposes events such as TextChanged and properties such as SelectedText and so on. The plugins can use these properties to manipulate their outside environment . It all depends on how much the developer decides to expose to the plugins using the AppContext class. The AppContext class is also the class that will load and unload the plugins when the application starts and finishes, but for that it uses yet another class from the application block - the PluginProvider classes which I'll now discuss in the next paragraph. 3. The plugins need to be recognized and loaded at runtime into the host application There are many ways in which one can organize and recognize the plugins that their application needs to load. Some prefer to dynamically search all the DLLs in the app directory and find classes that implement the IPlugin Interface. Some prefer to list the required plugins and their type inside the application config file. Some might have a whole different way of doing this which no one has ever thought of before. This application block is built to support whatever method you choose to load your plugins, and it also provides a couple of implementations right off the bat so you can get up and running in no time with your new application. In the extensibility block there are special objects for which the only purpose in life if to find and load plugins. These are called Plugin Providers. Each plug in provider must implement the IPluginProvider interface. There are several providers already build for you. These include the XmlFilePluginProvider, SectionHandlerPluginProvider and DynamicFindPluginProvider. Each of these implements searching for plugins in a totally different way, but because they all support the same interface, they all return a collection of IPlugin object when they are done allowing you to simply choose the method in which to search. Don't find anything you like in there? Feel like you need an extra feature? Simple implement the IPluginProvider interface in your own class and you're free to go. -- Roy Osherove weblog: http://www.iserializable.com Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 61925
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    - Unwanted Focus in TabControl Hi, When I'm using the SelectedIndex property to programmatically change the current TabPage of a TabControl (or controlling it by DataBinding), the corresponding TabPage "steals" Focus. Does anybody know a simple way to avoid this? Thank you in advance! Per Tag: System.Windows.Forms.ToolBarButton.ToolTipText truncates on display? Tag: 61923
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I can not find any documented limits.

I set the property to any length, and it returns the full string. But
it truncates on display. I don't see this behavior other places I am
using tool tips.

Is it a bug, or a known limitation, or more importantly, is there any
way to circumvent the truncation?

Best regards - Lee Gillie

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