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    - using console with a windows app I have a VB app with a form under FW 1.1, sp1. In sub main, I do some setup processing that may or may not result in some calls to: Console.Writeline(...) eventually, I do: Application.Run(New Form1) All this works. If the app is run by clicking the app's icon, the console writes are discarded. If I run from a command prompt window via app arg1 arg2 | more I will see the console writes in the command window. But if I run via app arg1 arg2 the console writes are discarded. I would like to avoid piping to 'more' if possible. I guess what I want to do is flush and close stdout before I do Application.Run(New Form1). But Console.Out.Flush() and/or Console.Out.Close() don't help. I'm looking for a .net solution - not api's. Also, I have read some info about making a console app and starting forms from it. I'd rather not go that way - this app is a windows gui app that has a couple of troubleshooting command line features. So, is there a .net way to close and flush stdout so the text is visible in the command prompt window while the windowed app continues to run? Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96185
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    - Can't Read App.config with No-Touch Deployment and .NET 2.0 My application uses the no-touch deployment model. In .NET 1.1, this works great. After I installed .NET 2.0 (and subsequently uninstalled it), the application can no longer read the app.config file. Example: ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings.Get(...) always returns Nothing. Again, this works with 1.1, but not with 2.0 (tested on mulitiple machines). Any insight? Thanks in advance, Rob Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96183
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    - Can we create our own MessageBox ? This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0068_01C612DA.628EE420 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Can we create our own customized MessageBox and Inputbox, in which icons = or images and custom message can be shown. Thanks in advance, Regards Swat ------=_NextPart_000_0068_01C612DA.628EE420 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dwindows-1252"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi,</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Can we create our own customized = MessageBox and=20 Inputbox, in which icons or images and custom message can be = shown.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks in advance,</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Regards<BR></FONT><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>Swat</FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0068_01C612DA.628EE420-- Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96179
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    - migrate project from .net 1.1 to 2.0 Hello, I'm developping a program for over a year now and this is based on the framework 1.1 Release date is scheduled by the end of this year and I wish use the framework 2.0 I figure the sooner the better. I have installed vs2005. This nicely converts my vs2003 projects and solutions to the new version. But I think it still uses the framework 1.1. What do I need to do to make it use framework 2.0. Without a lot of trouble (or work). I think I could always recreate every project and then import the files, but I think there should be an easier way. Maybe setting a property or so on the project or whatever. Best regards, Ike Castelyn Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96178
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    - How does Resource Manager work? Hi, I want to know how the Resource Manager works. In particular, how the resx file is created when we design a form. Wat goes into the resx file. And how does the ResourceManger use this resx file at runtime to show the form etc. Any good material on this topic? Sinex Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96175
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    - Forms Inheritance - BindingNavigator Good day all, On my base form I have amongst others, a BindingNavigator control. I have changed the modifier properties for all the controls to "Protected Friend", but for the BindingNavigator I cannot change any properties in the new inherited form. All other controls are fine. Has anybody got any suggestions? Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96174
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    - context menu Hi all, I have a context menu and I wish its contents to be displayed in a ToolStripMenuItem. I simply assign the context menu to toolstripmenuitem.dropdown. This works fine, but it seems if I right click to open the context menu, the first time it opens is under ToolStripMenuItem rather than the mouse pointer. After this everything works as intended. If the ToolStripMenuItem is opened first, then the contextmenu always appears where it should. I use this technique in another form and the context menu always displays correctly. Is this a bug? If so how do I correct it. It doesn't cause any harm. it's just an annoyance. Chris Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96171
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    - Sub Main() declared twice? I have a Windows Forms application I'm trying to starup with a startup class. Here's the signature of my main in the class: <STAThread()> Public Shared Sub Main() I have application framework disabled, but when I compile I get: 'Sub Main' is declared more than once in 'Foo': Foo.My.MyApplication.Main(Args() As String), Foo.Main.Main() The app was originally running with a Startup form, but I'm trying to move to starting from Main(). Before I had it declared as shared and the <STAThread()> designation (ie, before .Net could find my Main()), the project would build, but I would get a "NoStartupFormException". I have no Idea what's going on here. How do I get rid of the Main() in MyApplication? I would have assumed that disabling the app framework would do it, but apparently not. Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96168
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    - Windows forms and user controls Hello everyone, I have a windows form that has 2 child usercontrols i created and added inside, control1 has a label that displays some text based on activities i do in control2, my question is how do i update the label text inside control1 from control2? previously i got around this issue by using properties and static variables but this doesn't work with form controls such as the label i have. Any solution would be highly appreciated. Cheers, Maya. Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96165
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    - Ideas on Themes selection for the Form??? I have two to different sets of themes for my windows form. Selecting each form should change the Images, color sets and other appearance related properties for the controls on the form. What could be the best way to approach this problem. I was thinking of saving these setting in different XML files and read from them on fly when theme is changed by the user. But any other ideas or suggestions would be very much appreciated. I was thinking something like this........ <root> <ImagesFolderName> images1 </ImagesFolderName> <LabelBackColor>Red</LabelBackColor> </PanelBorderColor>Dark Gray</PanelBorderColor> </root> Thanks, VPMahank Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96164
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    - Smart Client takes Ages to Start Hi I have created a windows form in Visual Studio 2005. I have use the publish function to create an Executable to install on Client Machines. Now, i have installed this on both the development machine, and my personal machine. Once installed, the version on my personal machine takes ages to open. Where the Version on my Development machine opens almost immeadietly. Why the Delay? Any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks! Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96161
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    - Hiding and Showing a modal form Hi , all In non .NET world(WIN API) i could have a hidden modal dialox box. But ShowDialog in .NET is dependent to Visible property !!! Suppose i have a Modal form and i make it hide(via this.Hide()) from another thread , someone tell me why after that my form is closed. I'm so angry of that , because a lot googling( MSFT staff hate this :)) ) i find for a simplpe thing such as hinding and showing a modal form you have to use some tricks . i don't i have to Cry or laugh My real problem is : i want update something on form(From another thared via Invoke) while is hidden and whenever i like i make that Visible or Invisible again . is it a BIG thing i can't() Some one help me and others. Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96157
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    - "Error while trying to run project. Unable to start debugger.", help help I press F5 to run simple windows form program, the error show "Error while trying to run project. Unable to start debugger.", how should I do? Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96155
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    - Smart Client failures When trying to run a smart cleint app it terminates with no error messages, event log entries, etc. I have tried running custom built apps and also the report builder in sql server 2005 with no luck. Has anyone else had this problem? Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96154
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    - Me.Invoke - Incorrect behavior I have encountered an odd behavior when using Me.Invoke and any help would be great. I am using a standard Me.InvokeRequired followed be a Me.Invoke to make sure a method runs on the UI thread. This logic has worked for me countless times but for some reason I have a problem with it in one circumstance. The Me.Invoke is called but it does not create the delegate on the UI thread. Instead it creates the delegate on the same thread which then gets caught by the Me.InvokeRequired which call Me.Invoke and this continues until I get a stack overflow. So my question is what would cause Me.Invoke to not use the UI thread but instead the thread that it is currently on? Below is a code snippet.... Private Delegate Sub SetButtonDelegate(ByVal Value As Boolean) Private Sub SetButton(ByVal Value As Boolean) If Me.InvokeRequired Then Dim newDelegate As New SetButtonDelegate(AddressOf SetButton) Me.Invoke(newDelegate, New Object() {Value}) Else Mylabel.Enabled = Value Mybutton.Enabled = Value End If End Sub Thanks Madison -- Madison Decker - MCSD Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96153
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    - Skinnable UI with WinForms Hello Everyone, I have a requirement of writing a WinForm application that should support "SKINS" for the UI. On applying a skin, the look and feel of the application can change drastically. Even the size and shape of the Main window and its child controls can change. I have NO idea about, how to achieve this in .NET WinForms. Any Article, Link, Sample or Lecture will be greatly appriciated with Tons of Thanks :-) Thanks * (Vipul) () ; =================================== Vipul Pathak, Indore, MP, India. Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96151
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    - Child forms Hi, When running this code, it's not possible to select the text using the mouse in the textbox. What's wrong with it? (This is just a code snippet. I can't use a MDI frame). Regards, Perry using System; using System.Drawing; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace WindowsTestApplication { public class MainClass { public class FormChild : Form { public FormChild() { TextBox tb = new TextBox(); tb.Location = new Point(5,25); tb.Width = 240; tb.Text = "Try to select a part of this text using the mouse"; this.Controls.Add(tb); } } public class FormMain : Form { public FormMain() { FormChild f = new FormChild(); f.Location = new Point(10,10); f.Size = new Size(250,150); f.TopLevel = false; this.Controls.Add(f); f.Show(); } } [STAThread] static void Main() { Application.Run(new FormMain()); } } } Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96146
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    - DataGridView Cell border Hello, Is there any way to set a different border only to some cells. I need to group some rows and I want to set the thicker bottom border for every last row in a group. Thank you Ondrej Srubar Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96145
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    - Reading a word document into a string Hi All, I need to be able to read a word document into a string, can someone post some sample code or point me in the right direction please. I've googled on this for ages and can't turn up anything useful. Many thanks, Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96139
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    - How can I get Area of checkbox ? Hellow , all How can I acquire the area where it is drawn to checkBox that changes externals by CheckState such as CheckBox and RadioButton? SystemInformation.MenuCheckSize ??? Thank you, Ken Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96135
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    - Closing the dropdown using Esc key results in closing of dialog Hi, I have dialog form whose Accept and Cancel buttons are set. Closing the Drop Down which is in a grid using Escape key results in Closure of the dialog. How to avoid this? Also, since the combo box has the focus, why this key event is bubbled to the dialog form. Regards, Manjunath -- Message posted via http://www.dotnetmonster.com Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96132
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    - Inserting Vaules into Multiple columns in a ListBox? Hi, How can I make a ListBox multicolumn and insert values into multiple columns of the listbox? I want to select the whole row as one...... Thanx in advance.... Regards, Sandeep Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96129
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    - Solution Explorer kind of utility Hi, wanted to know wat are the files used in current project along with folder structure. Please let me know how do I go about this. any help on DTE /ENVDTE will do. Kishor Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96128
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    - Tab Control Behaviour SelectedIndexChanged Event for Tab Control is not fired in .Net Framework 2.0 but it gets fired in .Net Freamework 1.1 and this behaviour happens till the form is not shown to the user. After displaying the form this event starts working. Is this a known problem. Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96127
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    - Tab Control Problem SelectedIndexChanged Event for Tab Control is not fired in .Net Framework 2.0 but it gets fired in .Net Freamework 1.1 and this behaviour happens till the form is not shown to the user. After displaying the form this event starts working fine. Is this a known problem. Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96126
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    - inspector window problem I have a window with multiple inspector window. When the *Application* lose the focus I would like to hide all inspector windows. I cannot use the activate/deactivate event on the main window, because it deactivate if I click on any inspector windows. How could I do that? -- Regards, Lloyd Dupont NovaMind development team NovaMind Software Mind Mapping Software <www.nova-mind.com> Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96124
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    - control validation problem I have create a control which CauseValidation=true (let's call it ValidatingControl) I have created another control reacting to user action.(let's call it GuiControl) Now my problem is: If my ValidatingControl is not valid and I click on some other gui element, such as a CheckBox or the close button of my window, nothing happen: which is fine and expected. But if I click on my GuiControl it react on user input as usual, regardless of the fact my ValidatingControl is not valid. So the question is: how do I check in my GuiControl wether or not I'm allowed to react to user input (i.e. that there are no pending validation)? -- Regards, Lloyd Dupont NovaMind development team NovaMind Software Mind Mapping Software <www.nova-mind.com> Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96122
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    - Windows Forms framework Greetings, I was wondering if there is a framework in .NET world similar to what Eclipse is in a Java world. Could "Composite UI Application Block" be compared to Eclipse? Thanks. Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96121
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    - Round edge panel: edges not smooth I am creating a round edge panel by inheriting from the panel. What I do is create a graphics path with desired shape and in the Paint method I fill the graphics path and draw the graphics path border with desired color. This would look as if the panel has round edges. So far I have not set the region. Bounds of the panel is still the rectangle. But the problem come when I set the region of the panel to the Graphics path region. It would not draw the borders( especially left and bottom) properly, it would not draw the curves properly. Also if I set the background image , the image is not smooth along the borders even though I set smoothing mode to AntiAliasing . Any ideas on why it is behaving this way would be greately appreciated. Here is the code in Paint method protected override void OnPaint(System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs e) { Graphics gr = e.Graphics; gr.SmoothingMode = SmoothingMode.AntiAlias; if(_roundedCorners) { // clear background with the parent's backcolor before drawing the round edges gr.Clear(Parent.BackColor); gr.DrawPath(_borderPen, _roundedEdge); // now fill with actual color gr.FillPath( _graphicsPathBrush,_roundedEdge); // setting the region of the control this.Region = new Region( _roundedEdge); // this is where the problem comes } } Here is the method where I create the path protected void CreatePaths() { // Create _roundedEdge _roundedEdge = new GraphicsPath(); _roundedEdge.AddLine(_topLeftEdgeRadius, 0, Width - _topRightEdgeRadius - 1, 0); _roundedEdge.AddArc(Width - _topRightEdgeRadius - 1 - _topRightEdgeRadius, _topRightEdgeRadius - _topRightEdgeRadius, 2 *_topRightEdgeRadius, 2 *_topRightEdgeRadius, -90, 90); _roundedEdge.AddLine(Width - 1, _topRightEdgeRadius, Width - 1, Height - _bottomRightEdgeRadius - 1); _roundedEdge.AddArc(Width - _bottomRightEdgeRadius - 1 - _bottomRightEdgeRadius, Height - _bottomRightEdgeRadius - 1 - _bottomRightEdgeRadius, 2 *_bottomRightEdgeRadius, 2 *_bottomRightEdgeRadius, 0, 90); _roundedEdge.AddLine(Width - _bottomRightEdgeRadius - 1, Height - 1, _bottomLeftEdgeRadius,Height - 1); _roundedEdge.AddArc(0, Height - _bottomLeftEdgeRadius - 1 - _bottomLeftEdgeRadius, 2 *_bottomLeftEdgeRadius, 2 *_bottomLeftEdgeRadius, 90, 90); _roundedEdge.AddLine(0,Height - _bottomLeftEdgeRadius - 1, 0, _topLeftEdgeRadius); _roundedEdge.AddArc(0, 0, 2 *_topLeftEdgeRadius, 2 *_topLeftEdgeRadius, 180, 90); } Thanks, VPMahank. Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96118
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    - Strange behaviour of Form.WindowState.Maximized in Form.Activate event Hi, I am experiencing problem with changing the Form.WindowState property of the Child form in the MDI Winform Application. If I change the 'WindowState' property to 'Form.WindowState.Maximized ' in the Form Activate event of the MDI child form I will get double Control/System menu box for this form. By closing the form there is Control/System menu box left behind. If I repeat the process the number of Control/System menu boxes grows. I am expecting that each form can have only one Control/System menu box. Is this a defect or did I forget to take something into account? Is there known hot fix for this behaviour e.g. another way to maximise MDI child form in Activate Event? I am using VS 2003, .NET 1.1 with SP1, PC is W2K with SP4. Please see my demo below. Thanks Viliam Batka PS: Regardless of unexpected visual effect it can indicates possible memory leak. //=DEMO============================================== // Description: // *Demo for Strange behaviour of FormWindowState.Maximized // in Form.Activate event. // *This C# example is possible to compile as console application // with references to System.Windows.Forms. // Author: Viliam Batka using System; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace ViliamBatka.MdiTest { class MDI_Test { [STAThread] static void Main(string[] args) { // create MDI main form Form fMDI = new Form(); fMDI.Activated += new System.EventHandler(OpenMultipleChildren); fMDI.IsMdiContainer=true; Application.Run(fMDI); } // open multiple MDI childer static void OpenMultipleChildren(Object sender, System.EventArgs e) { for (int i=1;i<10;i++) { Form fChild = new Form(); // add event handler fChild.Activated += new System.EventHandler(Child_Activated); fChild.MdiParent = (Form)sender; fChild.Show(); fChild.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal; } Form f = (Form)sender; f.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized; } // maximize Child Form at Activate event static void Child_Activated(Object sender, System.EventArgs e) { Form f = (Form)sender; f.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized; } } } //=END DEMO========================================= Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96117
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    - Placing Custom User Control in a datagrid cell not the whole colum I have been successful in adding controls in a datagrid using the DataGridColumnStyle class but need to have different controls in the same column. Any suggestions on where to start? Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96116
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    - Transparent Layer? I would like to create a panel, completely through code (no designer!), that is the same size as the current winform, and has transparency set to 95%. I am using C# on Framework 1.1 and don't see how to do this. I am tryng to emulate some WebForm behavior where after a button is clicked a "please wait" div is drawn over the page to indicate that somethihg is happening and controls can't be touched, but can mostly be seen. Thanks. Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96106
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    - Rotate Focus How do I rotate focus among controls inside a groupbox/panel? I have 10 controls in my form. Once the focus reaches control5 (using my TAB key), I would like the focus to go to control1. Thanks in advance Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96105
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    - Using .ShowDialog with MDI Children ? Hi, We are trying to build a .NET MDI application with several child windows - some of which should be treated like dialogs and some as true child windows. We keep getting an error when we call Form.ShowDialog(Me) after having set the MDIParent property. Is it not possible in the .NET Framework 1.1 to use dialogs like that? thanks if anyone can help. Philip Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96103
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    - Tiling an image within a rectangle (GDI+) I'm trying to write a routine to tile a given image in a given rectangle: public static void DrawTiledImage(Graphics g, Image image, Rectangle r) { ImageAttributes ia = new ImageAttributes(); ia.SetWrapMode(WrapMode.Tile); g.DrawImage(image, r, 0, 0, image.Width, image.Height, GraphicsUnit.Pixel, ia); } Problem is this seems to be stretching the image not tiling it. What am I doing wrong ? Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96102
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    - Problem with CenterParent property Hi All, I have a windows application that has a form that gets sized based on the content of a rich text control. I've set the StartPosition of the form to CenterParent. In design mode the form is about 700 pixels wide. I've handled the SizeChanged event of the richtextbox to set the width of the form. Now the problem I'm facing is that when the form is displayed for the first time the left/top position is calculated on the basis of the original dimensions of the form and not the changed ones. Due to this it does not appear centered in the parent form, though .NET thinks that it positioned the form in the center as it is used the original dimensions to calculate the left/top position. After dismissing the form and opening it again will correctly center it within the parent form, because the width got changed the first time and now the CenterParent is calculated properly. But I want it centered the first time round and everytime. Thanks in advance. SK Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96100
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    - datagridview - Obtener valor =BFC=F3mo puedo obtener el valor de una celda determinada al hacer click sobre una l=EDnea del datagridview en visual basic 2005? Agradecer=EDa enormemente la ayuda, gracias. Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96099
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    - How to use MaskBlt operation in GDI+ Hi, I want to copy some portion of a bitmap(source bitmap) to another bitmap(destination bitmap) using a reference mask bitmap. This task can be acomplished in GDI using MaskBlt function. Is there any such function in GDI+ for doing the same? I saw Bob's "Extract a region from a bitmap" article. In that we are creating region based on the given color and setting it as the region for the form. But in my case, I have the reference mask bitmap. If a particular pixel in the mask bitmap is "WHITE", the corresponding pixel value available in the source bitmap should be copied to destination bitmap. Otherwise, it should be ignored. This process sould be repeated for the entire image. If anyone knows, kindly update. Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96098
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    - RichTextBox not displaying values when another class object is inv I am adding a comment to my file by selecting the file from file list. The AddComment is done through a diff form. i load that form and take values from that form in my Click event of the AddComment button. now, if i set the selected item in list box using SetSelected it is not getting highlighted. if i Append any text to Rtextbox its not displyed(all the previous text also not displayed) Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96096
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    - how to clone a menustrip? I have to implement a function that pop up a context menu which is the same as the main menustrip in the form. but when I create the context menu using the items of the main menustrip, I found that those items are snatched from the menustrip by context menu. For example: ContextMenuStrip.Items.AddRange(MenuStrip.Items); so I think I have to clone the items for context menu. How to do it? I remember there is a method CloneMenu() in MainMenu class, but what is the correspoding method in MenuStrip class? Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96092
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    - WebBrowser control and AddFontMemResourceEx Not exactly a Windows Forms question, but I failed to find a more suitable group. What I'm trying to accomplish is to enable custom fonts (likely embedded into my application as a resource) in the WebBrowser control (2.0). It works just great to add fonts using AddFontResourceEx, providing a path to the font file in question, but because of both legal and technical reasons I would prefer to be able to only just add the font in memory, from an (encrypted) embedded resource. Must the WebBrowser control (Internet Explorer) be able to enumerate the fonts or is there another reason AddFontResourceEx works when AddFontMemResourceEx doesn't? Perhaps there is another way of accomplishing this? WEFT fonts would be OK if there was a way to create them programatically, I guess. /Gunnar Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96091
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    - Opposite to TopMost? Would like to have windows form always as behind other windows (as the 'first' window on desktop) Is there anything like global 'z-index' for all the opened windows in the system? Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96088
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    - Re-initializing controls with new data removing old data Hi everybody, I am creating a program that generates controls like labels and buttons at runtime and the text and data coming from sql database. Now, I have problem of re-intialize controls after a button is clicked. The old data is still there and sometimes new data is added behind them. I used this code below. I am gonna try using Refresh. The caller [code] If contentType = 2 Then Me.disCtrl3.lblMessage.Text = title Me.disCtrl3.btnPTopic.Text = parentTopic Me.disCtrl3.ComputeTopicTextSize() If Me.CheckUserControlExist(disCtrl2) = True Then 'This is path when usercontrol already exist Me.disCtrl3.ReLoadContents(title) Else 'Usercontrol is added to panel of Main form Me.pnlMain.Controls.Add(Me.disCtrl3) End If Me.disCtrl3.Show() Else Me.disCtrl2.lblMessage.Text = title Me.disCtrl2.lblTitle01.Text = title + " Meeting Agenda" Me.disCtrl2.btnPTopic.Text = parentTopic Me.disCtrl2.ComputeTopicTextSize() If Me.CheckUserControlExist(disCtrl2) = True Then 'This is path when usercontrol already exist Me.disCtrl2.ReLoadContents(title) Else 'Usercontrol is added to panel of Main form Me.pnlMain.Controls.Add(Me.disCtrl2) End If 'Me.disCtrl2.Show() End If [\code] Being Called [code] Public Sub ReLoadContents(ByVal topic As String) 'Me.Controls.Clear() Me.pnlBalance.Controls.Clear() Me.pnlContent.Controls.Clear() Me.InitializeComponent() 'Only the controls that has not been removed is visble Me.ResetYAxis() Me.InitialBalanceDisplay(topic) Me.NextBalanceDisplay(topic) Me.LoadDistinctContent(topic) Me.btnPTopic.Visible = True Me.lblMessage.Visible = True 'Me.MakeLabelsVisible() End Sub [\code] Thanks den2005 -- MCP Year 2005, Philippines Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96086
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    - ListView, Removing items. I'm having an issue with ListView control. THe list view contains items that are dynamically added and removed at run time. The problem comes when I try to remove an item. Whenever an item is removed, the ListView seems to automagically 'select' the item which sits in the same spot the recently removed item did. This only causes a problem when removing the last element in the Items collection, because there is no element to select, so it throws an index out of bounds exception. Anyone know how to stop it autoselecting an item after a removal? Cheers, Tim Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96084
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    - Toolbar Image Distortion Hi I have an image that i want to use as a toolbar image. Its been created with a transparent background in Photoshop. I have tried saving it to both a png and a gif format and loading them into an image list and reference that for toolbar button images. In either case whenever i display it in the image is rendered with blue swiggles/distortions around it. I believe this is because of the transparancy as the image displays fine in a webpage. What is it about Windowsforms that renders my images so poorly? Any ideas? Thanks TM Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96081
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    - Deleting the last row of a DataGridView - focus? Hi, I have set a dataGridView to full row select. When deleting a row, the next one will be selected (whole row is highlighted). But when deleting the last row, I would expect the previous non deleted one be selected (whole row instead of just having the focus to one unique cell). Is this by design? If so, then I'll try to adapt to it. Otherwise, I'll try some code to select the whole row. Thanks Tag: Window with another window on top of it. Tag: 96080
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I have a situation where I have a window and I want to put another window on
top of it that opaque at 50%. That works fine. But I'd also like to have it
that when I move the main window, the opaque one moves with it.

How can I do this? Do I need to go to an MDI which I really don't want to.
Or do I have to move the opaque window in the main window's Move event?

TIA - Jeff.

Re: Window with another window on top of it. by Stoitcho

Stoitcho
Fri Jan 06 10:53:34 CST 2006

Jeff,

Yes you need to do something. If the covering window is not a child of the
main window it won't tag along. You need to write a code to adjust the
coordinates of the semitransparent window when the main window moves.

--

Stoitcho Goutsev (100)

"UJ" <fred@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:efw4dutEGHA.868@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>I have a situation where I have a window and I want to put another window
>on top of it that opaque at 50%. That works fine. But I'd also like to have
>it that when I move the main window, the opaque one moves with it.
>
> How can I do this? Do I need to go to an MDI which I really don't want to.
> Or do I have to move the opaque window in the main window's Move event?
>
> TIA - Jeff.
>
>

Re: Window with another window on top of it. by UJ

UJ
Fri Jan 06 11:04:13 CST 2006

Here's a dumb question - how do I make the covering window a child window?
Or is that only available in MDI?

"Stoitcho Goutsev (100) [C# MVP]" <100@100.com> wrote in message
news:euAWpFuEGHA.3524@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Jeff,
>
> Yes you need to do something. If the covering window is not a child of the
> main window it won't tag along. You need to write a code to adjust the
> coordinates of the semitransparent window when the main window moves.
>
>
> --
>
> Stoitcho Goutsev (100)
>
> "UJ" <fred@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:efw4dutEGHA.868@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>I have a situation where I have a window and I want to put another window
>>on top of it that opaque at 50%. That works fine. But I'd also like to
>>have it that when I move the main window, the opaque one moves with it.
>>
>> How can I do this? Do I need to go to an MDI which I really don't want
>> to. Or do I have to move the opaque window in the main window's Move
>> event?
>>
>> TIA - Jeff.
>>
>>
>
>