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    - Detecting which key has been pressed Hi all, I"m making a small WinForm application in VB.NET. It has 2 textboxes on the form which can only contain numbers > 0. On the right of each textbox there are 2 buttons which when pressed increment or decrement the values in the textboxes. To make the program more user-friendly I want them to be able to press a key on the keyboard which in turn will increment or decrement a value. For example, if they press "a" then TextBoxA will increment, if they press "A" then TextBoxA will decrement. Here's what I've got sofar: Private Sub frm40MMCounter_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles MyBase.KeyPress If e.KeyChar = Chr(65) Then txtA.Text = CInt(txtA.Text) + 1 ElseIf e.KeyChar = Chr(97) Then txtA.Text = CInt(txtA.Text) - 1 End If End Sub I hope someone can help me with this. Thanx in advance! -- Message posted via http://www.dotnetmonster.com Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85260
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    - Drag N Drop from managed -> unmanaged & vice versa Our product has implementation both in managed & unmanaged code. So also, user interface dialogs are both in managed & unmanaged. Currently, I'm working to support drag & drop across the interop boundaries & am running into some problems with custom data formats. So far, I've discovered that if I create a DataObject in managed code for my custom data format, then on the unmanaged side, I get the DataObject as a COM object. What is the way to extract the actual data from this COM object? I've tried various ways to decipher the COM object, including defining my own unmanaged COM DataObject & calling Marshal.GetObjectForIUnknown to wrap the unmanaged COM object, but so far I haven't been able to figure out the proper way to extract my data correctly on the unmanaged end. I suspect I will run into a similar situation when trying to drag & drop from an unmanaged dialog to a managed dialog. I will appreciate any pointers to resolving this problem. With Regards, Deepak Malkan Bentley Systems. Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85254
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    - app config limits - patterns&practice needed How does an app config file support roaming users? Isn't the registry still better suited to store app data? my favorite usage pattern are [TAPI based] CTI apps: - there is a country specific part (numbering scheme) - there is a location specific part (hardware device settings like dial tone, getting an outside line...) typically defined by the office's PBX - there is a hardware/PC specific part (the ports connecting the CTI hardware, headset connection), defined by the PC on the desk - there is a provider specific setting like billing data cost computation - there is something personal to the user (my favorite numbers, speed dials, histories) - employees share multiple desks (it's a n:m relation) how does a .NET app config file looks like that handles all those parts automatically as far as possible? so all I want is: I log in and tell the app where I am n(or my phone does this), the app then loads everything automatically. thanks herbert Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85253
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    - window border disappears Hi, Sometimes when my app goes from maximized to normal via the provided button in the upper right hand corner next to the close button, the window border disappears. By minimizing and restoring the window from the taskbar the border reappears. This isn't a show stopper, just an annoyance. Anyone else have this issue? Tyson Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85252
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    - menu event questions Hi, I have two questions concerning menu events: 1) I want to share the same handler between three menu items. Can I send menu event with a parameter so that the handler would know who sent it? 2) How can I raise a menu event in my C# code? It should duplicate already existing event that comes from the real menu. I can of cause call the handler directly, but I don't want to interrupt currently executing code. Gregory Khrapunovich Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85245
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    - Creating a long string This should be so easy it's embarassing, but I've looked & looked on the inet... What's the equivalent in VB .NET of the old Basic String$() function? To create string of 1000 zeros, you'd do a$=string$(1000,0) which you don't seem to be able to do in VB .NET. I thought Dim s As String = Microsoft.VisualBasic.string(1000,0) but it doesn't like it. Surely everyone must know but me! (By the way, has anyone the time to look at my other thread "Deleting from a table via a dataset positioning problem"? I'm still stuck on that, too.) Thanks to any assistor, *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it! Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85244
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    - Browse for file and or folder in property grid? Is there a built in type for this or do I need to make my own TypeConverter and UITypeEditor. I just what a button that allows the user to browse for a file. Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85241
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    - Feeling really dumb...divide by 0 I was just playing around with error handling and put this code on a button Dim sng1 As Single Try sng1 = 1/0 MessageBox.Show(sng1.ToString) Catch ex As Exception MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, ex.TargetSite.Name End Try To my dismay, the divide by zero doe not throw an exception and the message box displays the word Infinity...why is this? I feel really dumb right about now...but what can I say... TIA John Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85240
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    - Intercept Shift+Tab in Datagrid By overriding the InputKeys and KeyDown methods on the datagrid, I can intercept the Tab. However, this is not the case with the Shift+Tab. What I need to do for this particular datagrid/app is to disable the ability of the user to tab through each cell in the datagrid. Basically, when the datagrid or a cell gets focus and the Tab key is pressed, the focus should go to the next control on the form, instead of to each individual cell. I've got that part working, but when a cell gets focus and Shift+Tab is pressed, I haven't been able to intercept it. I've tried the InputKeys/KeyDown as I mentioned above and have also tried overriding the ProcessCmdKey method but no luck. I was thinking about overriding WndProc but was told that the Shift+Tab happens even before that so haven't tried it as of yet. Anyone done this before? Thanks! -- -------------------------------------------------- Christopher C. Bernholt I.T. Research & Development .NET Re-Engineering Team R & L Carriers, Inc. http://www.gorlc.com -------------------------------------------------- Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85239
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    - app.config Updates With No-Touch I'm deploying a windows form application using no-touch deployment and Rockford Lhotka's NetRun app. The first time I run the app everything is fine, the config file downloads to the client. But, if I edit the .config file on the IIS server (running MS Server 2003, .Net Fw 2.0), the client doesn't download the new version the next time I run the app. I checked the output of fuslogvw and it says the config file is from the user's temp internet file directory. Its almost like if IE finds the file in the temp dir, it doesn't even bother to check the server for updates. Any Ideas? Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85235
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    - Problem: The underlying connection was closed: Unable to connect Hello, I'm developing a C# - windows forms application. To get some information for my application, I'm connecting to an URL, wich gives me XML generated using php. With 90% of the users, this code just works fine: [code] WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(URL); try { request.Timeout = 50000; WebResponse response = request.GetResponse(); } catch(Exception ex) { WriteToLog(LogType.Info,ex.Message.ToString()); response = null; } [/code] But with some users, I get an exception saying: The underlying connection was closed: Unable to connect to the remote server I'm sure that there is no firewall on, and I've asked the user to disable any proxy settings... Is there something that I'm overseeing or that can be improved to this code? thanks in advance, Kristof Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85233
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    - wrap text in datagrid Hi All, I'am a newbie in .net programming.My requirement is in vb.net on formload i'am filling my datagrid with the columns from table.but i wan't the values to be wrapped on loading so that i need not drag the columns in the grid to see the value.please help. *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it! Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85232
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    - Refresh on form startup My form startup implements some logic that takes a little while, but my form isn't showing fully until it has all finished. I write progress messages to a label and also update a progressbar, and even with Refresh() calls only a "skeleton" of the form is displayed until all logic is complete. How can I do this properly ? Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85226
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    - Starting out Hi, I've just started using Windows Forms, .NET and C#. I have Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition and I am looking to develop an application to consume the Amazon SOAP web service (fetching product information based on ISBN etc). Visual Studio creates form and program C# files and everything appears quite straightforward in creating a user interface (drag and drop etc). However I'm unsure how to structure my application. Does the form C# (Form.cs) represent a single form or should it represent the entire UI? I would like to use multiple forms and pop-up dialog boxes. Also, I guess the program C# (Program.cs) class should be used to implement the business logic (e.g. web service access etc) and reference the UI class (Form.cs)? I would appreciate any feedback and advice on how to get started. Thanks, MB Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85217
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    - how do i minimize window... Hi, i am developing a windows form application. Basically i want to the form to appear as an icon at the taskbar near the volume control (i mean in that taskbar) when i minimize. And on click of it it has to show some menutions like other applications on that taskbar do. How can i achieve that in c#? Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85216
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    - unwanted default-style form at end of execution Hi there When I run the following code (excerpts shown) the form frmSync shows, controls on the form update well while the procedures run, and the code executes perfectly ... except at the very end, when another unwanted form pops up (unlike my richly formatted form, the unwanted form is of the default kind that you would get simply from "frmSync = New Form()" followed by "frmSync.Show()"). Any ideas why this might be so? (I don't remember getting this result when I worked with MyBase and Me.) Best regards Loane Imports System Imports System.Drawing Imports System.Windows.Forms Imports System.IO Imports System.Net Public Class synchronize Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form [some declarations here] Shared Sub Main() Application.Run(New synchronize()) End Sub Public Sub New() frmSync = New Form() [some code and form formatting here] frmSync.Show() Application.DoEvents() End Sub End Class Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85215
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    - Sending mail through SMTP Hi all, I'm trying to send mail via SMTP. My application is written in C# and I can't seem to include the System.Web.Mail namespace at the top in my code. I only get the System.Web.Services namespace. I do however get the System.Web.Mail namespace if I'm using VB.NET. So why wouldn't I get it for C# ?? Thanx E -- Message posted via http://www.dotnetmonster.com Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85201
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    - Application Level Events Hi Everyone, In asp.net you have the Global.asax file that allows you to handle and exceptions that have slipped through the net in your code. It also allows you to handle application level events in a central place. Is there a similar mechanism for dealing with global events and exceptions in Windows Forms applications? If not, what would be the best approach to make sure that any erstwhile unhandled exceptions are caught and dealt with graciously? Thanks to anyone who can help Kind regards tce Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85193
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    - graphics object from handle How do i create the graphics object from the window handle? thanks Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85191
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    - Control.Add Hi, I have created my own specific panel, and now I need to know when something is added to it. Does anyone know if it's possible to either get an event, or override the Control.Add function ? With regards -- Jens SÃ¸e Christiansen Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85186
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    - RichTextBox printing problem Hi I have post this question all over the net but no one seems to be able to help me with this issue. Please help me, it urgent that I finish this printout but this problem is just driving me crazy? Im currently using the FormatRange function to print out RichTextBox contents. My problem is when I have finished printing out the text of the control I want to get the Y-pos on the printing area where the last char was printed out. I need that pos to put more text on the printing area, not by adding more text to the richtextbox that Im printing out. I just want to write more text on the printing canvas. Is there any way to get this position, height of the text or anything that will help me continue writing on the printing are? regards Palli Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85182
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    - Serializing System.Windows.Forms I am working on a form designer. I have defined my own controls to list into a IToolBoxService, and the PropertyGrid, but I am having a difficult time Serializing a Windows Form to XML. Bascially, I want to take the form & Properties, and Controls within the form & Properties and place them into an XML file for later use. The ResXResourceWriter is fairly straight forward to use, but as a resx files, it doesn't store all of the property information about the form. System.Windows.Forms.Form is not serializable, so what options do I have to serialize this stuff to xml? Any examples, or help is greatly appreciated. Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85171
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    - Unbelievably Bizzare Combobox Problem I have a small winforms app with a combobox. When I am logged in as a domain administrator, the combobox behaves as expected. When I am logged in as a domain user, clicking the box brings down the options, then it immeiately goes back up. After that the form locks up. I am also continuously reading data from a serial port, if that makes any difference. I am pulling my hair out over this, what do I do? Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85169
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    - Disable fade/scroll animation of individual controls on XP Hi! Can I disable the ... (in code) ... expand/collapse animation of TreeView? ... the minimize/normalize animation of a Form? ... rollout animation of a ListBox? Or can this only be controlled from the OS for each app-instance? /Andreas Zita Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85168
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    - Missing the 'Expandable' TreeNode property The MSDN has an article titled: "HOW TO: Dynamically Add Nodes to a TreeView WebBrowser Control by Using Visual C# .NET". The article exploits a property of the TreeNode control called 'Expandable'. However, the property is available only for the Web Controls, and to my surprise I couldn't find it among the TreeNode Windows Forms properties. This Expandable property is crucial if you want to develop a smart, dynamic tree view which doesn't load all the data at once, but does it automatically as the user requests to expand the node. This is especially important if you want to bind the tree view to a database which can contain thousands of rows and you don't want to load all the nodes if the user doesn't even request it. Without the Expandable property the node doesn't have the ability to expand if you don't feed the sub-nodes during the tree creation. In other words the node doesn't have the 'plus' box to trigger the 'Expand' request. If the subnodes are supposed to be provided only on the expand request, then you are stuck. Is there any workaround for this problem? Thanks Cezar Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85166
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    - DrawImage I don't know whether this item should go here but I can't find out where it should go. I have a custom control that draws icons at various locations on the form. When I use an 8 bit icon then I'm ok but when I use a 32bit Icon with Alpha blending then it seems ok until I do something else then when GDI tries to draw the image it throws a NullReferenceException. The code is a bit complicated to put here but the painting part seems relativly straight forward. If anyone has had something similar then I'm willing to try anything to get it working correctly, only it looks rubbish with the 8 bit Icons a great with the 32-bit ones. Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85165
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    - Formatting DataGrid How can I both filter rows and hide columns in a DataGrid? I've tried several combinations of DataSets, DataViews, DataTables, and DataGrids and I can do one of the two but never both. Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85164
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    - pointers on creating app like Computer Management Hi, I would like to create an app that has the same layout as Windows Computer Management where clicking on a treeview item (in left pane) loads a different panel/control in the right pane. What I don't understand is how to show and hide (or load and unload) the different controls/panels in the right pane at runtime. If anyone has any pointers or examples on best practices (minimal memory usage) for doing this sort of thing, or even keywords to search on this topic, that would be great. Thanks! -Elsa Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85162
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    - DataGrid : Manipulating Columns Without TableStyles I bind a DataGrid to a DataView - everything looks nice, except for the column widths. How can I programatically modify the bound columns without going to the effort of creating TableStyles and ColumnStyles ? I just want to bind it then modify the default layout a little. Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85158
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    - Get caret pos in TextBox The documentation states that you can use the SelectionStart property of the TextBox to get the position of the caret in the TextBox. Well, what if the selection is BEFORE the caret? Say you have the word â??TEXTâ?? and you want to select â??EXâ??. There are 2 ways you can do this. You can click before the E and drag to the X so the caret is now sitting after the X. You can click after the X and drag to the E so the caret is now sitting before the E. In both cases the SelectionStart property has the value of 1 and the SelectionLength has a value of 2, yet the caret is in two different places. Using the SelectionStart property alone canâ??t always give you the correct caret position. How can one get the true caret position and be absolutely sure itâ??s correct? Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85157
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    - Problem using a UserControl in a DataGrid Hi In my Windows Form application I created a File Browser control that was derived from System.Windows.Forms.UserControl. It contains a single line text box and a button. The user can enter a filename in the text box or hit the browse button which pops up the File Open Dialog box and lets the user select a file. The subsequent selection is placed in the text box. This control is placed in a DataGrid using a column derived from DataGridColumnStyle. Everything works great except when Iâ??m entering text in the text box of my File Browser control, hitting Left, Right, Home, or End moves the current cell in the DataGrid instead of moving the caret in the text box. Iâ??ve found that if I derive a class from TextBox and use that in my UserControl instead of using the stock TextBox, override the ProcessCmdKey() method, and move the caret myself, I can get this to work correctly. This seems really sloppy though. I donâ??t know why the TextBox is not using and keeping the keys instead of ignoring them and letting the messages bubble up to the grid control. Anyone have any ideas? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85149
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    - Bug in UpDownBase.UpDownEdit class ValueChanged event of NumericUpDown isn't fired when type in it by keyboard even it lost focus. The error in class System.Windows.Forms.UpDownBase.UpDownEdit : protected override void OnLostFocus(EventArgs e) { this.parent.OnLostFocus(e); } To fix that bug the method must be changed: protected override void OnLostFocus(EventArgs e) { this.parent.OnLostFocus(e); base.OnLostFocus(e); } Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85145
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    - How to create an "Desktop Taskbar Application" Hi, I would like to know if it's still possible on Windows 2000 or XP to create a "Desktop Taskbar Application" (An application who attach it-self to the edges of the Desktop screen) in VB.NET or C# I know how to do it with the WIN32 API. the following link show how to do it: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;134206 According to this article (Q134206), it's the Windows Explorer shell of 95, 98 and NT4.0 who allowed this possibility. Is it still possible ? If so, I want to go to the next level, I mean with .NET. Is there a Class in the .NET Framework that will allow me to do that??? Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85142
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    - MouseDown, MouseUp Hi, I have trouble understanding why this fails but here is what I'm trying to do: I have 1 form with 2 controls in it. I created a MouseDown handler for both controls (setting up different internal things each) and 1 MouseUp handler for the form since both controls can use the same code. Now, what I was excepting was: - The 2 controls would catch and call their MouseDown handlers: that works. - And as none of the controls have no MouseUp handler the message would be propagated to the parent form where the form MouseUp handler would be called: that doesn't work. Capturing the mouse doesn't help. Any ideas? Thanks Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85140
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    - Undo/Redo mechanism Hi, I have a small graphics app and am trying to improve on the undo/redo mecahism for the users. Currently jusy kee a track of the last 5 items added or deleted and allow thos to be removed/re-added. Any ideas on an undo/redo mechism or part of a class-design that will help this process and make it more funcitional against all user actions? Thanks, Lini Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85136
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    - how to change printer settings Hi All, Does someone knows how to manage printer settings programmatically? System.Drawing.Printing.PrinterSettings class allows to change them for a custom document but I need to do it not for one document but for an installed printer in general, the same way I can do it manually by opening Printers folder on my local computer, selecting printer and changing it's settings. When I do it manually there is no difference if a printer is local or network one. Is there a convenient way to do it via .NET? At least, I'd like to find a way to manage settings of network printers. Thanks, Artem Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85135
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    - Should I store Graphics object ? hi, We are currently porting our project from VB6 to VB .NET. Earlier we used to make scale transformations on objects like pictureBox , forms etc.Now Such transformations are made on the graphics object of the form/pictureBox. Should It be better if make a graphics object from my pictureBox in load event handler of the form and store it as member variable of the form , make transformations as and when required(we really require such transformations from mils to pixels.). And finally I can dispose it when the form is disposed. But I have read somewhere that Graphics object should never be stored as member varibale of a class.And so I am really confused as to what should I do ? Plz help me regarding this.. sanjay Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85131
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    - MDI child problem (switching between MDI children) Hi, I have an MDI container with several MDIchildren. When more than 1 childform is opened i get a problem when clicking another form to get to it (take it to foreground). It only works when a control is clicked in the other form, otherwise, the first form just stays in the forground and the other form doesn't get selected. I hope this is kind of clear. I thought the problem was with one childform having the topmost-property set to true, but this isn't the case. Anyone seen this behaviour and knows what might cause it. Thanks, Bjorn. Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85130
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    - Drawline on Form at runtime with mouse? Greetings, I would like to draw lines on the form at runtime. Most important are to have the ability to control the line drawn to be Straight horzaontally, vertically and at a 45 degree angle. I have looked at the Scribble program and nknow I will need to capture the moust current position for the Pen tool. I also need to save and these images and recall as needed. I am learning VB Net 03 with FW1.1. Thanks for any assistance Mark Gaeth Decatur, IN Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85129
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    - Label controls inside rich textbox Hi all, i have a situation to place label controls inside rich textbox control and i have done that using richTextbox1.controls.add method. But the problem is the controls are not part of the text which i type it is overlapping my text.In simple words, Is it possible to make a label control work just like a text inside the rich textbox. I did find out that this is possible in java, to be exact it is achieveable using a TextPane java control. Any inputs or ideas to acheive the same in .Net (C#) would be a welcome. Thanks in advance. Regards Muthu muthuraman.m@polaris.co.in Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85123
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    - n-tier If i wrote a DALC class in a class library, and then referenced this class in a windows forms application, and deployed the EXE of the windows project in a client PC, would the DALC assembly also have to be in the same client PC or can it reside in the server ? Regards, Chak. Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85119
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    - Non-modal dialog Hi, I have a window, where for a certain event(button click), I am starting a new thread. This thread is retrieving data, creating a new window and displaying it. The window is being shown by "name.Show();". As the window is being opened, it is being closed immediately. I know that I can use the ShowDialog() method, but that would block the execution of the other thread till the other terminates. ****event**** Thread x = new Thread(new ThreadStart(myMethod)); x.Start(); myMethod() { .... Doing some execution messageWindow.Show(); .... I would like this to contine to live until window is closed, .... and the other window(main) to contine operate on its own. } Can someone help me out. Thanks in Advance Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85116
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    - Items in Combo Box list are not visible I am using Visual Basic .Net with Windows XP Professional. I have added a Combo Box to my form and changed the drop-down style to DropDownList. I have added items by typing them into the items property: "Item1" "Item2" "Item3" "Item4" "Item5" "Item6" When I run the code, the items are not visible in the drop-down list -- even though I have verified that the item count is correct when running the code. If I click on the empty space in the drop-down list where an item should be, it appears in the Combo Box. For instance, if I click where Item 1 should be then Item 1 appears in the Combo Box. Why are the items in the list not visible? Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85112
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    - How to hide a TabPage on a TabControl? Is there any way to hide a TabPage that is already inserted into a TabControl? The method Hide doesn't seem to work. Thank you Cezar Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85110
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    - Creating a custom container control Hello, I'd like to create a custom control that exposes several containers, much like the SplitContainer in VS 2005. However, when I create a custom control with several panels and I drag a control onto the custom control, it will become part of that custom control and not part of the Panel that's on the custom control. How do I change this behaviour? Thanks in advance for any info, Bram Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85109
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    - Combo box drop down I am sure this has been asked a million times, but I have Googled until I am blue in the face...so Iam asking again... How can I make a combox drop down automatically when it receives focus? TIA John Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85107
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    - Embedded form and Anchor property The following situation: Panel control with Dock=Fill, inside a panel an embedded form with controls in it. The code embedding the form into the panel is this: pnl.Controls.Add(form1); Everything is working perfect, except the Anchor property of controls on the embedded form is not working. The form has a grid that should be anchored to all four sides, however, because the form is embedded into the panel, this whole design is not working. Am I missing anything? Any workaround? Thank you in advance. Cezar Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85104
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    - Bug in DataGrid.CommitEdit (.Net v1.1) After many hours of debugging, I've finally come to the conclusion that there is a bug in DataGrid's CommitEdit. I have the following situation: I've a custom DataGridColumnStyle (for a ComboBox, who hasn't done one of these?). If no selection is made (e.g. SelectedIndex == -1), I want to abort the commit. Problem is, when my DataGridColumnStyle.Commit override is called and returns false, DataGrid.CommitEdit causes a NullReferenceException to be thrown. I'm using the following code: /// <code> bool retValue = false; try { int index = this._Combo.SelectedIndex; if ( index >= 0 ) { object value; if ( this._Combo.ValueMember == null ) value = this._Combo.SelectedItem; else value = this._Combo.SelectedValue; this.SetColumnValueAtRow( source, rowNum, value ); retValue = true; } } catch(Exception) {} this.EndEdit(); return retValue; /// </code> I googled some posts and saw people having the same problem, but I saw no explanations. Not satisified (and lacking a solution), I fired up WinDbg, SOS and Reflector. The disassembler DataGrid.CommitEdit is: /// <code> private bool CommitEdit() { if ((!this.gridState[0x8000] && !this.gridState[0x4000]) || this.gridState[0x10000]) { return true; } this.gridState[0x10000] = true; if (this.editColumn.ReadOnly || this.gridState[0x100000]) { if (base.ContainsFocus) { if (this.gridState[0x800]) { this.FocusInternal(); } this.editColumn.ConcedeFocus(); if ((this.gridState[0x800] && base.CanFocus) && !this.Focused) { this.FocusInternal(); } } this.gridState[0x10000] = false; return true; } bool flag1 = this.editColumn.Commit(this.ListManager, this.currentRow); this.gridState[0x10000] = false; if (flag1) { this.gridState[0x8000] = false; } return flag1; } /// </code> In WinDbg, I broke on the exception thrown and took a look at the object dump for the datagrid. Turns out that the first if statement evaluates to false. On the second if statement (if (this.editColumn.ReadOnly ...), DataGrid.editColumn is null, hence the exception. The full stack trace leading up to the exception is: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid.CommitEdit() at System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid.EndEdit() at System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid.Edit(String instantText) at System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid.Edit() at System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid.set_CurrentCell(DataGridCell value) at System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid.OnMouseDown(MouseEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseDown(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam) The exact context of the crash is, I'm editting my combo box column, then click another column (with a selected index == -1, causing my Commit to return false). Oddly enough, if I cancel editting by clicking a control outside of the data grid (e.g. not causing another cell to gain focus), no error occurs until the data grid once again has a cell gain focus. Can anyone confirm/reproduce this? If necessary, I'll throw together a toned-down application to reproduce the error. Thanks, Nathan Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85101
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    - Cannot set form background image I recently started using VisualStudio.Net for the first time. I started a project and created some forms to gain an understanding of how to use C#, Visual Studio, and the .Net framework. One of the first things I did was to create a non-standard window with rounded corners and set the background image of the form. I set the background image by simply opening the form properties and clicking the "..." button next to the BackgroundImage property and selected an image to use as the background, in this case it was a JPG, and all was fine. I could see the background image in Visual Studio and when I ran my application. Sometime later I created a new project and started developing a small and real application. I decided to add a splash screen. I wanted to use a bitmap I created as the backgroud of the splash screen. As before I opened the form properties and clicked the "..." button next the BackgroundImage property and selected the bitmap only to receive an error "Empty path name is not legal". I tried selecting several different images with the same result. I then copied images to c:\ and tried selecting from there with the same result. I thought I must have been doing something differently then I had done with the first project in which I sucessfully set the background image. I tried setting the background image in the first project, thining it would work, but it did not. I got the same error. So I closed everything down and rebooted, thinking this might help, but it did not help. What the heck is going on? Has anyone ever encountered this problem? Did I inadvertently change some critical environment setting that is causing this problem? I am baffled! Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85100
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    - TabControl/TabPage VisibleChanged event problem I am using the VisibleChanged event of the tabpage to add/remove main menu bar items. When I receive the visiblechanged event and the visible=true I add the main menu item and when I receive the event and visible=false I remove the main menu item. Everything works great, switching between the tabs works great. The problem comes in when I remove a tabpage from the tabcontrol. The tabpage receives one final visiblechanged event with visible set to true and I add the menu item back to the main menu. Is this a bug in the framework? The tab page is not in fact visible, but I don't receive any further visiblechanged events to indicate this. Any one have any work arounds for this? Any other suggestions on how to implement main menu items for each tab page? Or any other suggestion on how to hide a tab on the tab control without removing it. Thanks, Tom. Tag: Transparent labels Tag: 85096

Hi,

I have a control of type Panel which hosts other controls of type Label. The
user can click on a label and drag it around. It may happen that when a label
is dragged it overlaps another label. I want the label on the top to be
transparent so I can see the label underneath. Is there a easy way to do it
by setting some properties?

Thanks,
Z

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