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    - Disposed forms problem I have a simple problem: In calling form: Private _theForm As MyFormClass() ' in a button click event... If theForm Is Nothing Then theForm = New MyFormClass() End If theForm.Show() The problem is if I close theFrom, then click the button of the calling form again, theForm Is Nothing will evaluate to False (meaning it's a valid reference), yet when theForm.Show() executes, I get an exception "Cannot access disposed object named 'theForm'" Even if I call Dispose on the called form when it's closed, the problem doesn't go away. I thought it was just some garbage collection issue but calling GC.Collect/WaitForPendingFinalizers before theForm.Show() does not make any difference. As a workaround, I could trap the exception in a try block but I was hoping for a more elegant solution, like simply inspecting a property. In the first place, why does theForm Is Nothing evalute to False when the form is already closed/disposed? Many thanks =) Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73610
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    - All forms in a process Hi, Is there an easy way of finding out how many forms a process has created? Something like .AllForms property? Thank you, Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73609
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    - Enumerate forms in a process Hi, Is there an easy way of finding all forms created by an application? One can do bookkeeping or using Win32 API, but is not there an easier way in WinForms? Thank you Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73608
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    - Data Conversion in a grid I have a custom grid control and I'm stuck on an issue in the data binding. Using a method similar to the DataGridColumnStyles class, I have a column style class that allows you to map the bound datasource fields to the grid columns. I've added a Format property which will take a format string such as "{0:C}" which will then convert the underlying data to a currency string. This works very nicely. The problem is when the user goes in and edits data. Let's say that a column has the above currency format string and the data in the cell is $4.45 If the user changes the value, I need to then update the data source. I need to handle the situation where the user puts in either $4.50 or 4.50 and be able to properly convert it back to the underlying type. Is there an easy way to do this without doing a huge case statement for all the different data types? The underlying data can, of course, be of any type. In the grid it's represented as a string. All I have is the format string to know about formatting. I'd rather not have to parse the format string to figure out how to parse the underlying data. Is there some way I can use it to do the parsing? Thanks. Pete Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73607
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    - Comunication Between Threads C# Sorry I forgot to specify the language I am using the language I'm using is C# . Hello, could anyone give me a help on the best way to transmit the results of a function in a thread to where she has started from ? Problem is if i'm not in error that the function launched by the thread has to be void... So, I can't return anything. What's the best way to do this ? I have heard of IPC but don't have mutch knowledge of this but looks like "you" write the data to a file and then read the file, from the main process. Thank You in advance for any help. Fernando Ribeiro Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73604
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    - Comunication Between Threads Hello, could anyone give me a help on the best way to transmit the results of a function in a thread to where she has started from ? Problem is if i'm not in error that the function launched by the thread has to be void... So, I can't return anything. What's the best way to do this ? I have heard of IPC but don't have mutch knowledge of this but looks like "you" write the data to a file and then read the file, from the main process. Thank You in advance for any help. Fernando Ribeiro Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73603
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    - Convert Access application to .NET? I have a small-medium sized Access application that is poorly written. My choices are to either rewrite large parts of the Access app so that it functions reasonably well, or to convert the whole thing to .NET. Not being an Access developer, the .NET approach seems most natural, but I want to do the right thing for the client (even if I end up giving away the contract). I posted on the Access forum and got the impression that my fears about Access being an unstable piece of junk were unfounded, and that most of the things that need to be done in this type of application could be done quickly and easily in Access and the rest could be coded as one would do in any other environment (just have to give up the "free" things that Access provides). Does anyone have any experience with this type of conversion? I would be interested in your thoughts. Alfredo Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73602
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    - Resource DLL Reader? I'm looking for a tool that will allow me to open up a localized resource .dll to verify the strings sitting within it. While I found tools that allow looking at .resource files, I can't find any .dll readers. Can anyone point me to one? Thanks much, Ed Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73596
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    - Preventing forms from showing up before their layout is completed Hi, When my forms show up (i.e. visible set to true), they show up immediatly while their components (labels etc...) are still being displayed. This gives the application a very unprofessional feeling. I would like to know if there's a command to fix that. I would like my components (forms, panels) to not show up until everything in them is processed and ready to be displayed. Thanks in advance for any help! Ana L. Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73588
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    - Complex properties in custom controls I have a control, let's call it MyControl. One of the properties of MyControl is MyControlStyle. MyControlStyle is a class with a number of properties. MyControl always has a valid instance of MyControlStyle (it is instantiated in the field declaration). In the property grid, I want to lay out the items in MyControlStyle when someone selects a MyControl on the form. They are all simple data types and don't require any sort of custom designers or anything in themselves. How do I get the properties of MyControlStyle to show up in the property grid without duplicating the properties in MyControl. I mean, if I have to pass the properties through like that then it's kind of pointless to have the MyControlStyle class separate. Thanks. Pete Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73585
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    - WinForms, Events, and Subscribers Background -------------------------- I am in the process of creating a WinForms app with many forms. I have a set of forms that all subscribe to events on a custom object. When the forms are created I manually create a subscription in the form to one or more events in the custom object. (BTW, this is the same design pattern used by IssueVision discussed at DevDays). I have a controller form (MDI parent) that determines which child form is currently being viewed. When a new child form is selected, the current child form is manually closed [using Form.Close()] and disposed [using Form.Dispose()] and then the new form is shown. This keeps only one child form open at a time. Question -------------------------- Even after child forms are closed and disposed, when events are raised from the custom object, the events are still triggered in the disposed child forms. Could someone explain why this is happenning? I must be misunderstanding something. Do the child forms need to manually unsubscribe from the events in the Closing event? Is there a better place to do this? TIA, Doug Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73583
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    - Need advice on making a MessageBox replacement I'm looking to make an enhanced MessageBox. I want to make it work very much like the regular MessageBox as far as developers are concerned, so I'd like to use the Show() method to display it. However, I want it displayed modally, which we normally achieve with ShowDialog(). Is there a way that the called form can force itself to display modally, or can you think of another way I can do this? Another question I have is about icons. I want to pass a standard MessageBoxIcon enum to the Show() method and then display the OS-specific icon that was requested. In other words, it'll look different on XP than on 2000. To this end I can't simply stick a graphic in my assembly. I can probably figure out how to DRAW the icon myself, it's RETRIEVING it from the system that's beyond me right now. Suggestions? Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73579
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    - ImageList Errors - What a crap! Hi, Whenever I add images to imagelist and running my application I encounter this error: ------- An unhandled exception of type 'System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException' occurred in mscorlib.dll Additional information: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. Then it highlights the following line in my application code: Me.ImageList1.ImageStream = CType(resources.GetObject("ImageList1.ImageStream"), System.Windows.Forms.ImageListStreamer) -------- Also, the value of "Me.ImageList1.ImageStream" is "Nothing". I have looked up some Microsoft site for this, but couldn't really solve this problem since it happens for images of every size . Thanks in advance --- OS = WinXP Pro VS.Net 2003 Framework 1.1 PS: Where is all those.....Net Microsoft talked about? If they know that DI cracks with so many exceptions, then why did they release their product ? Doesn't any MS guy take responsibility for all these mistakes?I have paid money for their product, you know? Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73577
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    - Raise Format event of Binding class Hello everybody, Iâ??m creating a Bindind class descendent, in this class I only add one property and one method, the property is an class that provides methods to format the data on the Format event of Binding class and to parse the data in the Parse event of Binding class. This works fine, but in some times in my application (when the way of how the data formatted is changed) I need that to force the Format event to be raised, but how can I do it? I didnâ??t find any method to do this, looking at stack trace I only have found private methods (maybe I'm wrong)â?¦ Iâ??ll be very grateful with any kind of helpâ?¦. Thanks Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73571
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    - datagrid Hi, I have a dataset with a number of tables and a number of relations between the tables. I display the the dataset using the datagrid. When I expand a main table row, I see the name of a realtion, which I can click, to get a list of child rows. What I would like to do is to get not the name of the relation, but a list of the child rows. I fugure there is somethign simple I am missing? Thanks kk Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73568
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    - Can't Get Scrll Bars on a Form I have a Form with Properties set to Autoscroll=true. When I resize the window no scroll bars. Can someone adivse how to get this to work. My from resized prevents access to controls on form since no scroll bars. Thanks, Neil ngottlie@bassocap.com Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73564
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    - Productivity: WebForms vs. WinForms Although an impossible question to answer, I fell urged to raise it anyhow. Given a fairly complex ERP application scenario, what's your estimation for the X-ratio dev. time for WebForms app ----------------------------------- = X dev. time for WinForms app ? My own experiences tell me that it should be about 2, but peers differ in opinion. Some agree, some says 1, and some says 3... Regards, // Martin Rosén-Lidholm PS Sorry for the cross post, but I really would like to hear both camps' views on this subject. Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73558
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    - Application .exe AND/OR Static DLL disappears Here is the issue a. We have an exe that is referring to our custom STATIC DLL that is present in the SYSTEM 32 folder. b. Whenever there is SHUT DOWN (ungracefully due to POWER DOWN) and especially when TCP LISTENER WAS WORKING in the windows application (SERVER) following things happen: - 1. Either the static DLL that the application is referring to disappears from SYSTEM32 folder . AND/OR 2. ALONG WITH THE static DLL , the main application .exe Disappears ... (i.e Start->Programs->app->app_server can not find my app_server.exe since that executable file has disappeared PHYSICALLY from the program files ->app folder location ??!! Is there any sane explaination to this? c. Moreover it does not happen everytime... but occasionally during the POWER SHUT DOWN and ugraceful shut down of the system. d. I am not 100% sure but VERY RARELY even without ungraceful shutdown/ but by shutdown process closing the application also has given this result.. Problem is... it occurs occasionally. I am searching but any immediete pointers if any would be helpful. Thanks, Harsh Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73557
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    - Application.exe and/OR static DLL DISAPPEARS (Visual Studio.net 20 We are occasionally are facing this issue... not much help available on the net... Here is the issue a. We have an exe that is referring to our custom STATIC DLL that is present in the SYSTEM 32 folder. This is windows application developed using VS.net 2003 with C#. b. Whenever there is SHUT DOWN of system (ungracefully) due to power failure and especially when TCP LISTENER in the application WAS RUNNING in the windows application (SERVER) following things happen: - 1. Either the static DLL that the application is referring to disappears from SYSTEM 32 folder. OR 2. ALONG WITH THE static DLL , the main application .exe Disappears ... The START->PROGRAMS->application->app_server.exe this keeps searching because the application.exe has DISAPPEARED... Is there any sane explaination to this? Moreover, this happens occasionally. c. The installer has been created with the combination of INSTALL SHILED EXPRESS and VS.NET 2003 set up files. c. Moreover it does not happen everytime... but occasionally during the POWER SHUT DOWN. I am searching but any immediete pointers if any would be helpful. Thanks, Harsh Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73555
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    - Tablet Pc Help required Hi All, I am new to tablet pc development. My working enviorment is Windows 2003 with Tablet PC SDK 1.5 installed and C#. I am designing a control for tablet pc. I am using a panel for pen Input. Now when user is writing (Using Pen) and is near the end of panel I want to increase panel's height so that user can have more area to write on.Please provide Suggestions. Thanx Munish Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73549
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    - inherited form i have a generic form with alot of controls on it, when i inherit a new form, i can not see the design of my new form on the visual studio and get an error on designtime. Error is: The designer could not be shown for this file because none of the classes within it can be designed. The designer inspected the following classes in the file: form2 --- The base class 'form1' could not be loaded. Ensure the assembly has been referenced or built if it is part of the project. Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73543
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    - Problem with menus Hello: I have a MainMenu and want to drag the MenuItems by pressing ALT + MouseDown on an Item. I can not find any event to do it because there is no way to stop the MenuItem to popup, even overriding and not calling the base methods.. and when the submenu is visible, the messages can not be captured, even using Capture = true or a Message Filter. Any suggestion?? Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73542
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    - DataGrid Refresh problem I have a data grid refresh problem. I have a few columns and the first column is data in the form of numbers. And in the form of the data grid if I specify for example something like a code(in a text box) the column of numbers should change colors depending on whether the number was in the specified code(if it belongs to the code, color the cell (first column) in Red and if not in some other color). It all works out fine until I scroll up/down and trigger the paint event. The changed colurs seem to be changed. I want the refreshing to be done for all records for that column, but it seems it only refreshes parts of the datagrid. How do I make the refreshing to be done to the whole datagrid rather than a part of it, so I can get the original colur change for each cell of the first column. Code //method to be passed into the coloumn style that determines the color public Color MyGetColorRowCol(int row, int col) { // just conditionally set colors based on row, col values... short number = 0; short retval = 0; Color c = Color.PaleGoldenrod; if (col == 0) { number = array[cIndex]; retval = GetIfInChannelOrNot(code, number); if(retval==0) { c = Color.LightGreen; } if(retval!=0) { c = Color.Red; } cIndex++; if(TotalNumbers == cIndex) { cIndex = 0; } } else { c = Color.LightGray; } return c; } //delegate required by custom column style public delegate Color delegateGetColorRowCol(int row, int col); public class DataGridColoredTextBoxColumn : DataGridTextBoxColumn { private delegateGetColorRowCol _getColorRowCol; private int _column; public DataGridColoredTextBoxColumn(delegateGetColorRowCol getcolorRowCol, int column) { _getColorRowCol = getcolorRowCol; _column = column; } protected override void Paint(System.Drawing.Graphics g, System.Drawing.Rectangle bounds, System.Windows.Forms.CurrencyManager source, int rowNum, System.Drawing.Brush backBrush, System.Drawing.Brush foreBrush, bool alignToRight) { // the idea is to conditionally set the foreBrush and/or backbrush // depending upon some crireria on the cell value // Here, we use a delegate to retrieve the color try { backBrush = new SolidBrush(_getColorRowCol(rowNum, this._column)); foreBrush = new SolidBrush(Color.Black); } catch(Exception ex){ /* empty catch */ } finally { // make sure the base class gets called to do the drawing with // the possibly changed brushes base.Paint(g, bounds, source, rowNum, backBrush, foreBrush, alignToRight); } } } Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73540
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    - Displaying different font size or font type on DatagridTextboxcolu Hi All, I'm developer in VB .NET family. I'm using DataGridTextboxColumn class so I need to display different font type, style and size on each cell. Is it posible, How? Thanks, KPH Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73539
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    - Tab control Hi all, How to customize the "Tab head" Appearebce of the Tab Control in .NET, ie i want to changed the buttoned/flat appearence of the tab control to "/--\" shape. Thanks in Advance. regards Suresh Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73537
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    - Tab Control Hi all, How to customize the "Tab head" Appearebce of the Tab Control in .NET, ie i want to changed the buttoned/flat appearence of the tab control to "/--\" shape. Thanks in Advance. regards Suresh Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73536
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    - Displaying cells in the DataGrid with their original formatting Hi, I've noticed an unexpected behavior with the DataGrid control. Cells that have special formatting only display their special formatting (such as diferrent bg color, text wrap etc.) when the user clicks on them. Is there a way to somehow make the datagrid display the all cells in their original formatting automatically, rather than only when clicking on them? I'm mostly interested in this behavior because i want the cells that span over more than one line to wrap text. I've already found a way to change the rows' height (using the help of the incredible SyncFusion site!), so i thought it would be nice to also have text wrapping in the cells when the height is right. I wonder if it can be done using reflection, because i didn't see any public or prortected properties for changing this behavior. Thanks for any suggestions :-) Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73534
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    - 1 Build Error Task shown (after upgrading to VS 2003) After upgrading to Visual Studio 2003 I have been getting the following Build error message when starting up a session. "At least one element in the source array could not be cast down to the destination array type." There is no file associated with it and refers to line 0. Seem s harmless, doesn't prevent me from doing a build or anything, so I am just ignoring it for now. But what is it? Should I take some action? Thanks Burton Roberts Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73529
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    - How to force MeasureItem in Owner Drawn Listbox? I have an owner drawn listbox which is derived from the ListBox class. How can I force it to re-measure all items? It doesn't use DataBinding (yet). Thanks, Stijn. Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73526
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    - Data from Web Browser control back to the windows form Hi, I would like to know what's the best way to capture data from a page inside a web browser control into the windows form. The data inside the web browser's page is in whichever way i want it to be since it's generated. Thanks in advance, Ana L. Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73523
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    - location of a control i have button at the left bottom corner of the form whenever i resize the form, i want to the button stay at the same place. does button have property for this doing this? Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73515
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    - How to find out text size How to find out text width for specific font and text string. I need to dynamically generate labels and set its size property. TIA Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73513
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    - Handling Empty Returns using the DataReader I am getting this error when the DataReader returns a Null Value. "Invalid attempt to read when no data is present." It works fine as long as there is a string. What is the NZ() function in VB.Net? or what would be the best way to handle this? -- Thank You, Leo Public Function GetNotes(ByVal NoteType As String) Dim conSql As New SqlClient.SqlConnection conSql.ConnectionString = "Integrated Security = True;" & _ "Data Source = TWSQL;Initial Catalog = HomeBASE;" Dim cmd As SqlCommand = New _ SqlCommand("Select Note FROM HomeBASE.dbo.Notes INNER JOIN " & _ "HomeBASE.dbo.NoteType_ID ON HomeBASE.dbo.Notes.NoteType_ID = HomeBASE.dbo.NoteType_ID.NoteType_ID " & _ "where HomeBASE.dbo.NoteType_ID.description =" & "'" & NoteType & "'" & "and HomeBASE.dbo.Notes.Job_ID = TWCUSTOM.dbo.fn_TW_GetCurrentJobID()", conSql) conSql.Open() Dim drSqlDataReader As SqlDataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader() drSqlDataReader.Read() Dim Notes = drSqlDataReader.Item(0).ToString() drSqlDataReader.Close() conSql.Close() Return Notes End Function Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73510
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    - Problem loading a windows form. Please help. I have created a .net windows form in vb.net and compiled it as a .dll. I then register the .dll with regasm. I then call the form in a vb 6 application using the following code. dim c as object set c = createobject("LaborOrg.form1") c.show It works great on my developer machine. I place the .dll and the .tlb on the client's server and regasm the dll. I check the registry and it shows LaborOrg.form1. When I click the button to display the form nothing happens. The app and the winform dll are both on the server and I am trying to run it from the server. I do have .net framework on the server. Any suggestions? Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73504
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    - Form's KeyDown delegate not called when in DropDownList ComboBox I have a form with a delegate set up for the KeyDown event. I have set KeyPreview=true and the delegate is called correctly whenever I press a key, except if the active control on that form is a DropDown ComboBox. If I change that ComboBox to be DropDownStyle=ComboBoxStyle.DropDowList the delegate fires when I press a key in that control, as I would expect. The problem is I don't want to restrict the ComboBox to a fixed list of options. The user needs to be able to select, or type their own option. I have reproduced this in an extremely trivial app - one form, two comboboxes, one delegate, and no databinding etc. Does anyone know whether I could be doing something else that has created this problem, or whether this is a known bug? I have searched but can't find a post that seems relevant. Thanks, Scott. Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73501
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    - UPDATE problems with a large treeview Is there a way to update a single node attribute without regenerating the whole tree from the server side? I'm supposing I should use javascript but feel not sure if I can exploit the more advance features of dot.net env Thanks, Daniele Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73500
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    - Empty value in binded combo box Hi all. I have to display a dialog adding a new DataRow into the DataTable (say, dtMain). One field (say, "Location") of dtMain is a reference to the "ID" field of the other table (say, dtLocations) and I want this field to be shown on the dialog form as a list of values of all "Name" fields of dtLocations, not as a list of "ID" numbers. I bind as follows: // Making referenced data displayable by their names dlgEditor.comboBoxLocation.DataSource = dtLocations; dlgEditor.comboBoxLocation.DisplayMember = "Name"; dlgEditor.comboBoxLocation.ValueMember = "ID"; The other requirement is that initially I have to display the empty Location field on the dialog form. dtLocations does not contain a row with empty "Name" value. Of course, I would be glad to do dlgEditor.comboBoxLocation.SelectedValue = "" or something like this but I get a natural exception. This is what I do. Before I show the adding dialog form, I add the temporary DataRow into dtLocations with empty "Name" field: DataRow rowWithEmpty = dtLocations.NewRow(); dtLocations.Rows.Add(rowWithEmpty); dlgEditor.comboBoxLocation.SelectedValue = DBNull.Value; // or "" Then I show the dialog, everything looks fine. After the dialog isclosed, I delete this temporary row from the dtLocations: dtLocations.Rows.Remove(rowWithEmpty); This works (the only thing I don't like is that this temporary empty value is available among combo box values) but I am not sure I did what I had to do in this situation (I am a newcommwr in .NET). Is there any smarter decision? Thanks, Dmytro Pavlov. Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73497
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    - Best Place To Store Personal Information Hi to All, I'm developing an application in VB .NET. I have a question: what is the best place to save personal settings of my users? I mean, when a user uses my application, it can create a personal profile (e.g. last files opened, custom settings, etc...). What is the best place to save them? At first, I thought to save them in the registry, in the CURRENT_USER section, but I'm not sure every user can have read/write access to it. What do you suggest? Where can I find more information? Thanks, Marco Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73496
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    - MainMenu Colour How can I change a main menu's colour ? It appears white in the design view but when i run the app it is grey. -- There are 10 types of people. Those who understand binary and those who dont. Vedant Lath Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73492
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    - click event on a nested control I have a form that has a bunch of nested controls in it. How do I detect a mouse click on any of those controls in that form? I don't actually care which control receives the click event in this case, just want to know if any part of this form is being clicked on. Obviously I could hookup the clicked event of every single child control, but is there an easier way? Thanks. - Harry Tag: Big picture question - Custom control concepts Tag: 73491
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Maybe it's just late but I'm having some trouble with custom control concepts.

Do I understand this correctly? If you define a custom control, you are responsible for defining all events and properties, even if it inherits from an existing control that has the events you want? (ie - none of the parent's basic events are exposed available automatically?)

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RE: Big picture question - Custom control concepts by BChernick

BChernick
Mon Jun 21 22:33:01 CDT 2004

Forget it. I must be tired. (I was trying to modify Bob Powell's transparent control. After I moved it to a separate control library and recompiled, I was able to access all the expected events in a normal fashion. Still fiddling with the graphics though.)

"B. Chernick" wrote:

> Maybe it's just late but I'm having some trouble with custom control concepts.
>
> Do I understand this correctly? If you define a custom control, you are responsible for defining all events and properties, even if it inherits from an existing control that has the events you want? (ie - none of the parent's basic events are exposed available automatically?)
>
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