missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None

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    - user.config file In an ASP.NET web project, you can override web.config appSettings using a user.config file. Very handy with multiple developers working on the same project.. I tried doing a similar thing in a Windows form application but it didn't work. Here's what I tried: 1. Win Forms app.config file had this syntax: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <configuration> <appSettings file="user.config"> <add key="input" value="From the app.config file."/> </appSettings> </configuration> 2. I added user.config to base diretory of project, and excluded it from the project. It's syntax is below: <appSettings> <add key="input" value="From the user.config file."/> </appSettings> Suggestions? http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnbda/html/tdlg_ch4.asp implies that this is very possible. Thanks in advance. Mark Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91254
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    - MultiLine DataGridTextBox cell problem I have a standard Windows Forms DataGrid and wish to display 300 characters of text in a DataGridTextBox. I have made the data grid table style rows deep enough so that all the text has space to display. I have added the following code to the constructor for the form which contains the data grid:- ((DataGridTextBox)dgActPurpose.TextBox).WordWrap = true; ((DataGridTextBox)dgActPurpose.TextBox).Multiline = true; ((DataGridTextBox)dgActPurpose.TextBox).ScrollBars = ScrollBars.Vertical; but this only has an effect when the cell has focus. I would like to have all the text visible all of the time, not just when the cell has focus. The DataGrid is set with ReadOnly = true. Have I missed something, or what is the way to achieve this please? -- John Carrick Smith ============ -- John Carrick Smith ============ Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91251
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    - Form Instance Is it possible to check if an instance of a form exists? TIA. Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91250
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    - Admin framework - advice needed I am looking to build (or utilize) an administration framework, We have many admin (back office) tasks that manipulate data that affects live web sites, Currently we have web forms, windows forms, scripts, etc. I would like to rationalize these into a single high level way of applying administration, My first idea was to use a "snap-in" type approach. For all admin tasks the following "concepts" need to be applied Authentication and Authorization (roles and groups) Auditing All admin forms should be easily accessible, different functions on each form may be restricted to certain users / roles / groups I have had a quick look at using MMC but I can't seem to find out what type of security model this offers. Any advice would be greatly appreciated Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91247
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    - run the win app.exe when the windows start Dear all How to run the window app automatically when the windows is started Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91241
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    - Need Help This is the description of my problems. I used three ways to develop irregular-shaped WinForms : 1. Firstly I set the form's FormBorderStyle property to None. I set the form's BackColor property to Color.Black and the Transparent key property to the same color, then I drew the form's background using Graphics.DrawImage Method. 2. Like Method 1, I first set the form's FormBorderStyle property to None, then I changed the form's Region property. I built the region by building a GraphicsPath Object from a background Bitmap I used in the application and stored it in my assembly to use it in the future. 3. I used a different way to draw the window. I drew the background image by using Win32 Function UpdateLayeredWindow and set the form's style to LayeredWindow. I got different results on them but none of them satisfied our requirements. a. By using the first method, I could draw the form fast but there was black margin around the shape and when I change the background Bitmap in runtime the screen would flicker even though I had used DoubleBuffer. b. For the second method, the flickering shrinks a lot, but the process of dragging the window cost a lot of system resources and there was still a black margin around the Bitmap object. c. The last method maybe the best of all, and the margin disappeared , the problem of resource consumption did not exist, the window didn't flicker any more. But there was a big problem on it : the controls on the form just "disappeared" but still could be used when I click the controls' region(or area), the system just ignored the images of the controls. The last solution seems fit us well and I want to know if there is some way to eliminate the problem of the last solution and make my controls visible. Or if can not, how can I do to improve the performance of solution 1 and 2? That's it. Great thanks. Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91239
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    - TabControl and Form. Dispose() - Strange Behaviour Dear Group I wonder if you can help me with the following. I have a form (Form2) that contains a tabcontrol. If I click 'Tab2' Form3 should be displayed and 'Form2' closed. The instruction to close Form2 is in the Load event of Form3 but it actually doesn't matter where I put it. Every time I get this error: An unhandled exception of type 'System.ObjectDisposedException' occurred in system.windows.forms.dll Additional information: Cannot access a disposed object named "TabControl". Interestingly, If I have a button on Form3 to close the Form, Form2 closes just fine. However I want to close Form2 when Form3 has loaded. Also, if I place a button on Form to to open Form3 and don't use the SelectedIndexCHanged TabControlEvent, I also don't get this error. It's almost as it's looking for the TabControl when the error comes up. clsForms is just to keep track of my forms instances. Any ideas. Please let me know. THanks very much for your help and efforts and please accept my apologies for posting all the code but thought it might help to undertsand. Martin x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x- FORM1 START Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Dim frm2 As New Form2 frm2.MdiParent = Me frm2.Show() clsForms.Form2 = frm2 End Sub x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x- FORM1 END x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x- FORM2 START Private Sub TabControl1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TabControl1.SelectedIndexChanged Select Case TabControl1.SelectedTab.Name Case "TabPage2" Dim frm3 As New Form3 frm3.MdiParent = clsForms.Form1 frm3.Show() clsForms.Form3 = frm3 End Select x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x- FORM2 END x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x- FORM3 START Private Sub Form3_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load clsForms.Form2.Close() End Sub x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x- FORM3 END x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x- clsForms START Public Class clsForms Private Shared frm1 As Form1 Private Shared frm2 As Form2 Private Shared frm3 As Form3 Public Shared Property Form1() As Form1 Get Return frm1 End Get Set(ByVal Value As Form1) frm1 = Value End Set End Property Public Shared Property Form2() As Form2 Get Return frm2 End Get Set(ByVal Value As Form2) frm2 = Value End Set End Property Public Shared Property Form3() As Form3 Get Return frm3 End Get Set(ByVal Value As Form3) frm3 = Value End Set End Property End Class x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x- clsForms END Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91237
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    - report solution suggestion Hi It's a windows application and internet connection is not always available for users. The data is saved locally. I am thinking about using XML file because there is not much data involved. For report, we can use Crystal Report. For .net it should be 10.0 version and above, right? Other solution can be ActiveX report. The downside is it's not managed code. I have thought of use XSLT and XML to create html file and load report in browser. However I am not sure if there is any hidden problems for example, the format of the report is not rendered exactly for each user because he may set the font size differently. Is it a concern? Has anybody worked with the 3rd solution? Thanks Frank Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91234
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    - Need link to info about how to implement a DataGridComboBoxColumn Can anyone point me towards a link to a VB example of how to implement a ComboBox column style in a datagrid? I've already got a nice C# example that I found on the web, but that doesn't help. Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91232
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    - CRYSTAL REPORTS VIEWER - URL REMOTING HELLO THERE. I have a problem with a crystal report. I hope you can help me out. I have a windows forms application that is running on a server and is invoked from client computers by using url remoting (the application assembly has been given execution permissions by using the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Configuration tool). The application gets data from a database by mids of a web service. When it comes to generate a crystal report, if the application is launched locally (on the server machine) the crystal reports are loaded correctly, but if the application is launched from a client computer by the url (e.g. "http://192.168.10.11/MyApp.exe"), then one of the crystal reports(not all of them) shows a pop up dialog box to enter database login information such as "user name", "password", "server name" and "database name". I was debugging it, and it comes out that there is no connectivity with the crystal report object that feeds the crystal report viewer. This problem ONLY comes out when the application is launched remotely. I hope you can help me out pals. I think the problem is due to the report viewer..this object seems to love working locally... Any suggestions? Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91231
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    - Drag & Drop Folder Name from Windows Explorer to a Windows Form The title says it all. What I would like to be able to do is drag a folder from Windows explorer on to a form and just capture the full path and folder name. Failing the fully qualified path, I absolutely need the folder name (which I could find by iterating throught the folder structure) All the doc I can find refers to dropping the data associated with an object - and the Help topic "Performing Drag-and-Drop Operations in Windows Forms" Has not done much for me. Am I missing something here? Is what I want to do even possible? Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91227
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    - Embedding IE inside a windows form, is it any sample code? Hi all, I'd like to use html/xml/xsl for rendering views in a windows form client. I assume I should embed IE inside a windows form in order to show the form inside a MDI form. I should also capture events from the IE at the windows form level. Can you point me to any hints, sample code? Thanks in advance Sammy Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91222
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    - ListView "small icon" display badly formatted I use the ListView. Seems like when using the view sometimes the "small icon" display the formatting gets all screwed up...I mean when items are draw across the rows, they overlap one another. The other three views seem OK. I am using icons. Anyone know what causes this and how to fix? Thanks. Amil Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91220
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    - Permission Exception for Strong Name membership but not Zone I have a WinForm control hosted in IE. I've set up a JavaScript event handler to close the window if a button in the control is clicked. I have a permission set which grants my assembly execute permission for unmanaged assemblies and I have created a Machine Code Group which uses the permissions. The problem is that if I set the membership condition on the code group to Strong Name I get a PermissionException when executing the JavaScript event handler, but if I set the permission to Zone and then set the Zone to Local Intranet the code executes and does not throw the exception. Any ideas as to why that would be? Shane Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91215
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    - Date comparison in rowfilters for dataviews feeding datagrids I have a datagrid attached to a dataview attached to an SQL Server table that uses datetime columns among other types. The user gets to filter on various things in the table including the datetime columns. I'd like to be able to use the rowfilter capability of the dataview. However, I've run into t he well documented problem of the fact that datetime columns include a time and therefore can't exactly match a date. As near as I can tell there is no provision for a calling functions in rowfilters. Is that correct???? Thus as near as can tell, if you want to exactly match column dat for date 1/1/2005 regardless of the time you have to write dat>= '1/1/2005' and dat<'1/2/2005'. Is this correct???? Is there any better solution???? -- Regards, Al Christoph Senior Consultant and Proprietor Three Bears Software, LLC just right software @ just right prices @3bears.biz Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91214
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    - Offered functions of the run32.dll Hi guys I would like to play a little bit with the system menu of a window. I found already code that allows me to add items to the system menu. It uses a function from the run32.dll. I am sure that there are other interesting functions but I really do not know where to search for it. Do you know where I can find the definition of the run32.dll or how I can easily extract this information from the dll itself? Thanks in advance for your answer. Chris Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91210
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    - Trying to bind to Visible or Enabled property of form control Hi, just a quick one. i'm trying to bind the Visible property of a control to a public property of the parent form. i.e. private bool _okToDoSomething = false; public bool IsOkToDoSometing { get { return this._okToDoSomething; } } /// then in initialisation this.buttonDoSomething.DataBindings.Add("Enabled",this, "IsOkToDoSomething"); i've read that binding can only occur if bound object implement IList (which the form obviously doesn't) - so is something like this possible? and if so how do I do it? -- TIA Sam Martin Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91202
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    - Instanciate reflected form without constructor... I need to scan a directory full of .net assemblies and list all Form subclasses found in a grid. This part is easy using reflection. I then need to allow the user to double click and modally display the form. Obviously I wouldn't expect anything to actually work; I just want it to be visible. Just like what Visual Studio does when you design a form. Unfortunately I cannot guarantee that the forms have default parameter-less constructors and even if they did, I cannot guarantee that those constructors could be successfully invoked (could have some static dependencies, etc). So I can't simply instantiate them. Since the forms have been built using Visual Studio, they should all have an InitializeComponent method. What I really need to do is only invoke this. Is there an easy way to do this? If it was possible to create an AssemblyBuilder from an already compiled Assembly, then I could just add the parameter-less constructor (or remove the IL from an existing one) and disassociate all the event handlers. I'm thinking that I need to create a new in-memory form subclass and dynamically transfer the InitializeComponent IL from one to the other. How hard would this be? I know that the assemblies have not been obfuscated. Nathan Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91197
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    - Posting a file to a web server from a winform, just like a File Input HttpControl Hi, I am currently writing a WinForm administration application for a web application I have. I was wondering how it would be possible to upload a file to the web server using http, just like I would on a webform using a HtmlInputFile control. I have a hunch that it would be possible, but I cant really figure out how. Does anyone have a clue as to how I would accomplish this? -- Thomas Due Posted with XanaNews version 1.17.5.9 "There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness." -- Friedrich Nietzsche Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91196
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    - Desktop Hi, do you any way how i can run a Windowsform as desktop background? I wanna have an application as background similar to active desktop? thanks holle Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91195
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    - Hide Contextmenu in treeview I have a treeview with which I want to use a context menu for certain nodes to fill a memo property of the node. So when I add the nodes I set a property 'ItemNode' to either true or false. If the ItemNode is true I want the contextmenu to pop-up if not I want to prevent it from popping up. Here's my code which won't work... Private Sub ContextMenu1_Popup(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ContextMenu1.Popup Dim rClickedNode As InheritTreeNode Try rClickedNode = CType(treeMenu.SelectedNode, InheritTreeNode) If rClickedNode.ItemNode = False Then MsgBox("Memo's only available for items!") Me.Focus() Dim hWnd As IntPtr = GetFocus() SendMessage(hWnd, WM_LBUTTONDOWN, 0, 0) SendMessage(hWnd, WM_LBUTTONUP, 0, 0) End If Catch ex As Exception End Try End Sub Thanks in advance, Mike Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91194
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    - Custom Radio Button with Transparent Background Hi All, I have created a control that inherits from RadioButton and I have overridden it's OnPaint method. It looks great, draws the background with every color except with Color.Transparent. When I make the controls Background color transparent, it draws it black! Is there anyway to fix this? Inside the OnPaint method, my first line is: e.Graphics.Clear(Color.BackColor); I have also set the control style SupportsTransparentBackColor to true. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91190
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    - Looping through checkboxes in datagrid Hi all. Coming from ASP.NET, surprised to see that the WinForms DatGrid is a totally different animal :( Need to create some small form. Got DataGrid bound to some source. First column displays CheckBoxes. All boxes are unchecked by default. How do I iterate through all checkboxes and check if the box is clicked?? Can't figure it out........ Thanks for any help!! Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91188
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    - Help with multiple forms functionality We have a unique situation where we need to speed up the activation of our MAIN form. We have put a splash page before the main shows up and we pre-load most of our stuff (user profiles). Then we bring up the MAIN form, but we need to continue loading our other stuff (data sets, list). We want to do while inside the SPLASH, but minimize it and let the MAIN form come up as fast and quickly as possible. At this point, we'll HIDE the SPLASH page and just continue loading items in it. Does this involve multi-threading, and if so, where can I read up on this? Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91185
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    - MenuItems Merging and Resource files Hi, I have the following in the Parent form and in the Child form: this.fileMenuItem.Text = this.resMan.GetString("file"); It doesn't seem to work to merge these menu items. Is this because the text is gotten from the resource file or can it be something else ? Thanks. Robin. Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91184
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    - tabPage need the correct event I have an app with a tab control and on the second page of the tab control is a dataGridView control. I cannot find the correct even to sucessfully hide columns in this DGV. I've already tried the form load and activate events, and the tabPage Enter event but none are working. Strangely enough if I use the tabPage enter event, then enter the tab....then leave the tab....then enter it again, the columns are hidden. Driving me nuts....I must be missing something fundamental here. By the way, I'm using VS 2005 Beta2. -Long Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91183
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    - Copying Directories System.IO.Directory class Is there a way to copy directory contents using the System.IO.Directory class? I want to make a full copy of one folder (files and subfolders) to another folder. I'm able to move the folder using Directory.Move but that removes the files from the source folder. I see File.Copy but that only copies an individual file. I don't see Directory.Copy so I'm not sure if this is easily accomplished. Thanks Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91182
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    - Combobox SelectedIndexChanged How can I programatically change the index of a combobox to, say item 2? TIA. Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91178
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    - Help wanted for RichTextBox I noticed two problems with .NET System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox object: 1. While firing ContextMenu.Popup event from a RichTextBox object, the ContextMenu.SourceControl is always null. 2. If I want to set a menuItem Enabled or not (e.g.: Cut, Copy, Reverse, etc.) according to whether there is selected text in a RichTextBox object (I test SelectionLength > 0 or Selected{Text||Rtf}.Length > 0 during Application.Idle event and then update the command and menuItem state), I get a problem with DBCS input: the Chinese IME doesn't work anymore, the Korean IME works letter by letter instead of composing hangul characters, and the Japanese IME works randomly. As soon as I take off the test of those Selection related properties, I can do DBCS input perfectly within RichTextBox objects. Does anybody have a clue why there are those problems and how to work around? Thanks in advance! Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91175
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    - WebBrowser - event handling Hello, I have a WebBrowser form and I want to record the events which user makes on web. I handle the event onclick of WebBrowser (handler returns true). Then I can't write in <INPUT type = 'text'> or change the selection in <SELECT>. Is there some way to repair this? Ondrej Srubar Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91174
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    - DataGridTextBox not text wrapping when not focussed I have a standard Windows Forms DataGrid and wish to display a 300 characters of text in a DataGridTextBox. I have made the data grid table style rows deep enough so that all the text can display. I have added the following code to the constructor for the form which contains the data grid:- ((DataGridTextBox)dgActPurpose.TextBox).WordWrap = true; ((DataGridTextBox)dgActPurpose.TextBox).Multiline = true; ((DataGridTextBox)dgActPurpose.TextBox).ScrollBars = ScrollBars.Vertical; but this only has an effect when the cell has focus. I need all the text to be visible at all times when the data grid is displayed, not just when the cell has focus. Does anyone have a solution to this please? -- John Carrick Smith ============ Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91172
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    - Drag & Drop multiple from ListView I have a problem with the ListView control. I want to be able to drag and drop multiple items, much like in Windows Explorer. I can do the drag-drop fine, but the problem is the MultiSelect property. If I enable this, rather than just having Shift and Ctrl selections with the mouse, it gives me a multi-select where you drag over the list with the mouse. I don't want this. I want to disable the drag-over selection, because it interferes with my drag & drop operations. Anyone know how to do this? Thanks, Campbell Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91163
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    - How to get the selected co value? Hi Guys, I'm creating one or more dynamic datagrids in a form. I have attached a contextment to the datagrid. On selection of one menu item I want to get the first colum's value of the selected row. How to I do that? thx for ur help John Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91160
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    - RichTextBox issues for ContextMenu and DBCS input Hi There! I noticed two problems with .NET System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox object: 1. While firing ContextMenu.Popup event from a RichTextBox object, the ContextMenu.SourceControl is always null. 2. If I want to set a menuItem Enabled or not (e.g.: Cut, Copy, Reverse, etc.) according to whether there is selected text in a RichTextBox object (I test SelectionLength > 0 or Selected{Text||Rtf}.Length > 0 during Application.Idle event and then update the command and menuItem state), I get a problem with DBCS input: the Chinese IME doesn't work anymore, the Korean IME works letter by letter instead of composing hangul characters, and the Japanese IME works randomly. As soon as I take off the test of those Selection related properties, I can do DBCS input perfectly within RichTextBox objects. Does anybody have a clue why there are those problems and how to work around? Thanks in advance! Jian Yang Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91159
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    - MenuItem - Am I missing something obvious? I've got a pretty standard menu at the top of my main form, and the MenuItem's have event handlers for the "Select" event to update the statusbar text, but what I can't seem to find is a way to know when the user has cancelled the menu without clicking anything so I can clear the statusbar text. I feel like I'm missing something obvious. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks! Terry Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91158
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    - treeviw problem Hi, I'm using Windows.Forms.TreeView control (.NET Framework 1.1). When a user select a a node from the tree, the text of the selected TreeNode object is displayed in a Bold font. The problem is that when the text is displayed in Bold font some of it dissapears. It seems as if the space allocated for the text of the TreeNode is not wide enough. I added a splitter to change the width of the TreeView control but it didn't help, the space allocated for the text remains the same and still not wide enough . Any idea of how solve it will be appreciated. Thanks, Ohad Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91157
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    - Sub / Function Name & Error Handeling This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C5A04B.7CB0CC80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable All - How can I tell / extract the name of the sub or function that is = creating an error? I'd like to extract this so I can write an event and = include the sub name in the error text without having to go to every = error handling statement and adding the sub as a string. Thanks, Brian ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C5A04B.7CB0CC80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" 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=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>All - How can I tell / extract the name = of the sub=20 or function that is creating an error?  I'd like to extract this so = I can=20 write an event and include the sub name in the error text without having = to go=20 to every error handling statement and adding the sub as a = string.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Brian</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C5A04B.7CB0CC80-- Tag: missing taskbar icon in w2k (windows 2000) when FormBorderStyle of None Tag: 91154
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    - DataGrid - Editing row causes additional null row to be added After inserting a new data row to a DataTable that is bound to a datagrid, I am unable to change data in a row that is after the newly added row without getting bizarre results. I have added the full code for the test below. Create a project drop in the code and run. Any help would be appreciated. Cheers, Dave Test #1 ====================== 1) Click on the row where ID = 1 2) Click "Add Row" button 3) Click on the cell ID = 2 Number = 4 4) Change the number from 4 to 5 5) Move off the row (i.e. hit the down arrow key) 6) Notice there are 2 rows with ID = 2 now 2, 5, 6 2, 4, 6 Test #2 ====================== 1) Click on the row where ID = 1 2) Click "Add Row" button 3) Click "Remove Binding" 4) Click "Add Binding" 5) Click on the cell ID = 2 Number = 4 6) Change the number from 4 to 5 7) Move off the row (i.e. hit the down arrow key) 8) Notice there are 2 rows with ID = 2 now 2, 5, 6 2, 4, 6 ========================== using System; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Collections; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace Controls { /// <summary> /// Summary description for TestDataGrid. /// </summary> public class TestDataGrid : System.Windows.Forms.Form { private int idCounter = 100; #region Unimportant Window stuff private System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid theGrid; private System.Windows.Forms.Button addButton; private System.Data.DataSet myDataSet; private System.Data.DataTable rateTable; private System.Data.DataColumn dataColumn1; private System.Data.DataColumn dataColumn2; private System.Data.DataColumn dataColumn3; private System.Windows.Forms.Button removeBinding; private System.Windows.Forms.Button addBinding; /// <summary> /// Required designer variable. /// </summary> private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null; public TestDataGrid() { // // Required for Windows Form Designer support // InitializeComponent(); // // TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call // } /// <summary> /// Clean up any resources being used. /// </summary> protected override void Dispose( bool disposing ) { if( disposing ) { if(components != null) { components.Dispose(); } } base.Dispose( disposing ); } #region Windows Form Designer generated code /// <summary> /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify /// the contents of this method with the code editor. /// </summary> private void InitializeComponent() { this.theGrid = new System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid(); this.myDataSet = new System.Data.DataSet(); this.rateTable = new System.Data.DataTable(); this.dataColumn1 = new System.Data.DataColumn(); this.dataColumn2 = new System.Data.DataColumn(); this.dataColumn3 = new System.Data.DataColumn(); this.addButton = new System.Windows.Forms.Button(); this.removeBinding = new System.Windows.Forms.Button(); this.addBinding = new System.Windows.Forms.Button(); ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.theGrid)).BeginInit(); ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.myDataSet)).BeginInit(); ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.rateTable)).BeginInit(); this.SuspendLayout(); // // theGrid // this.theGrid.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom) | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left) | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right))); this.theGrid.DataMember = "RateTable"; this.theGrid.DataSource = this.myDataSet; this.theGrid.HeaderForeColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.ControlText; this.theGrid.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 40); this.theGrid.Name = "theGrid"; this.theGrid.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(368, 184); this.theGrid.TabIndex = 0; // // myDataSet // this.myDataSet.DataSetName = "NewDataSet"; this.myDataSet.Locale = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US"); this.myDataSet.Tables.AddRange(new System.Data.DataTable[] { this.rateTable}); // // rateTable // this.rateTable.Columns.AddRange(new System.Data.DataColumn[] { this.dataColumn1, this.dataColumn2, this.dataColumn3}); this.rateTable.TableName = "RateTable"; // // dataColumn1 // this.dataColumn1.ColumnName = "ID"; this.dataColumn1.DataType = typeof(int); // // dataColumn2 // this.dataColumn2.ColumnName = "Number"; this.dataColumn2.DataType = typeof(int); // // dataColumn3 // this.dataColumn3.ColumnName = "Price"; this.dataColumn3.DataType = typeof(int); // // addButton // this.addButton.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left))); this.addButton.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 256); this.addButton.Name = "addButton"; this.addButton.TabIndex = 1; this.addButton.Text = "Add Row"; this.addButton.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.addButton_Click); // // removeBinding // this.removeBinding.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left))); this.removeBinding.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(136, 256); this.removeBinding.Name = "removeBinding"; this.removeBinding.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(104, 23); this.removeBinding.TabIndex = 3; this.removeBinding.Text = "Remove Binding"; this.removeBinding.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.removeBinding_Click); // // addBinding // this.addBinding.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left))); this.addBinding.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(288, 256); this.addBinding.Name = "addBinding"; this.addBinding.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(104, 23); this.addBinding.TabIndex = 4; this.addBinding.Text = "Add Binding"; this.addBinding.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.addBinding_Click); // // TestDataGrid // this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13); this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(400, 293); this.Controls.Add(this.addBinding); this.Controls.Add(this.removeBinding); this.Controls.Add(this.addButton); this.Controls.Add(this.theGrid); this.Name = "TestDataGrid"; this.StartPosition = System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.CenterScreen; this.Text = "TestDataGrid"; this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.TestDataGrid_Load); ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.theGrid)).EndInit(); ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.myDataSet)).EndInit(); ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.rateTable)).EndInit(); this.ResumeLayout(false); } #endregion #endregion /// <summary> /// /// </summary> /// <param name="sender"></param> /// <param name="e"></param> private void addButton_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { Random random = new Random(idCounter); DataRow row = rateTable.NewRow(); int position = theGrid.CurrentRowIndex + 1; row[0] = idCounter++; row[1] = (int)( random.NextDouble() * 100 ); row[2] = (int)( random.NextDouble() * 10 ); rateTable.Rows.InsertAt( row, position ); rateTable.AcceptChanges(); } /// <summary> /// /// </summary> /// <param name="sender"></param> /// <param name="e"></param> private void removeBinding_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { this.theGrid.DataSource = null; } /// <summary> /// /// </summary> /// <param name="sender"></param> /// <param name="e"></param> private void addBinding_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { this.theGrid.DataMember = "RateTable"; this.theGrid.DataSource = this.myDataSet; } /// <summary> /// /// </summary> /// <param name="sender"></param> /// <param name="e"></param> private void TestDataGrid_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { int numRows = 5; DataRow row; for (int i = 0; i < numRows; i++) { row = rateTable.NewRow(); row[0] = i * 1; row[1] = i * 2; row[2] = i * 3; 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Have simple form with FormBorderStyle of None (ShowInTaskbar = True).
Taskbar icon shows fine in XP, but is missing in W2K.

I've tried override of WndProc() but do not get WM_GETICON on W2K.

Should I try override of CreateParams and manually put together the
style bits?

Ideas?

Thanks for any/all,
Chris

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