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    - How to show fields from related tables in same datagrid I run VS .Net 2003. I have a distributed application with sql server 2000 and windows front end, written in c#. I have a number of tables in a dataset with relations between them. In one single read-only datagrid I would like to display child rows from a child table as well as one column from the parent table. How can I fix this in an easy way? I thought I could handle this via dataviews and dataviewmanager as source for the datagrid, but I have not found any good article. I need a detailed explanation as I am a novice on this. I realize I could produce a new table on the windows client from the two related tables, but as I consider the data structure to be well designed this is not what I would like to do. Regards Tore Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95208
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    - How to draw a 1 pixel long line using Graphics.DrawLine? I am writing a Windows Forms application graphing routine using VS.NET 2003, Visual C# and .NET Framework 1.1. The Graphics.DrawLine(Pen,int,int,int,int) method seems to work okay unless the desired line being drawn is only one pixel long (horizontally). I have not found a way to get a horizontal line of only one pixel to be drawn. I either get no line or a two pixel line. Example method calls: Graphics.DrawLine( Pen, 20, 50, 21, 50 ); // Results in two pixel long line. Graphics.DrawLine( Pen, 20, 50, 20, 50 ); // Results in no pixels being drawn. So how do I get a one pixel long line? Thanks, Dave Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95205
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    - Playing File Progress AVI Is there a way in VB.NET 2005 to play the file progress avi file on a Winform? I know there use to be a control in VB6 but there does not seem to be one for .NET. I would rather not use external DLL's that I have to send along with my EXE. Thanks, David ====================================== David McCarter www.vsdntips.com VSDN Tips & Tricks .NET Coding Standards available at: www.cafepress.com/vsdntips.20412485 Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95202
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    - ClickOnce I have today gone to production with my first .net 2.0 Windows forms app. I distributed it using click once. I was impressed with the .net framework 1.1, 2.0 looked even better from a developer point of view (generics are brilliant). But I have to say click once is the best thing microsoft has ever done. I published the app to my webserver, sent everyone a link, sat back and grinned. It felt so good I even built a quick enhancement just so i could do an update in the afternoon. The last software distribution i did was a vb6 app and involved sending ~20Mb of install set around to 100+ people, so you can imagine how good this felt. Well done microsoft! If you havent played with this technology then i would definitely suggest you have a go. Desktop Apps are back! Cheers -- David Steele Recent VB6 - Dot net convert Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95200
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    - Painting Problem Hello, I am currently using VB 2005 and having a problem I hope that some one can help me with. Currently in my project, I create and add a panel at run time and on this panel, I draw a gradient along with several text strings. This panel is docked at the top of the form and I also create another that is docked at the bottom of the form. The problem I am experiencing is that whenever I hover over the min/max button or bring up any shortcut menus like clicking on the control box, where ever the tooltip or pop up menu was will leave nothing but the background color of the panel instead of refreshing the the gradient and any strings drawn in that section as well. However, this only happens when the first one pops up, if any more pop up after that, the panel seems to paint correctly in that area when the popup/tooltip disappears (although the previous area will remain blank). If I minimize the form and then bring it back up, the entire form is correctly drawn, but the problem happens exactly as it did before where the first popup causes a problem and the rest do not. The second part of the problem is when tabbing over to another control... all of a sudden both panels drawn will go completely blank to whatever the default background color is and will only come back if minimizing the form and bringing it back up again. Below is the code I am using in my form (the panels uxHeader/uxFooter are simply added during the form_load event with all their defaults aside of dock and height), hopefully someone can see my problem or suggest a resolution to it, thanks in advance: Public Class form_main Private Sub form_main_Paint( _ ByVal sender As Object, _ ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) Handles Me.Paint DrawGradient( _ 0, 0, uxHeader.Width, uxHeader.Height, _ Color.Black, Color.LightSlateGray, uxHeader, Drawing.Drawing2D.LinearGradientMode.Vertical) DrawGradient( _ 0, 0, uxFooter.Width, uxFooter.Height, _ Color.LightSlateGray, Color.Black, uxFooter, Drawing.Drawing2D.LinearGradientMode.Vertical) DrawString( _ uxHeader, "Data Copy Setup", Brushes.SteelBlue, 11, 48, _ New Font("Trebuchet MS", 14, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Pixel)) DrawString( _ uxHeader, "Data Copy Setup", Brushes.White, 10, 47, _ New Font("Trebuchet MS", 14, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Pixel)) DrawString( _ uxHeader, "Citizens Bank", Brushes.SteelBlue, 306, 10, _ New Font("Trebuchet MS", 12, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Pixel)) DrawString( _ uxHeader, "Citizens Bank", Brushes.White, 305, 9, _ New Font("Trebuchet MS", 12, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Pixel)) DrawString( _ uxHeader, "Wintel Services", Brushes.SteelBlue, 306, 23, _ New Font("Trebuchet MS", 24, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Pixel)) DrawString( _ uxHeader, "Wintel Services", Brushes.White, 305, 22, _ New Font("Trebuchet MS", 24, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Pixel)) DrawString( _ uxHeader, "Migration Data Copy Tool", Brushes.SteelBlue, 338, 48, _ New Font("Trebuchet MS", 12, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Pixel)) DrawString( _ uxHeader, "Migration Data Copy Tool", Brushes.White, 337, 47, _ New Font("Trebuchet MS", 12, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Pixel)) DrawString( _ uxFooter, "version 1.0.0", Brushes.SteelBlue, 416, 21, _ New Font("Trebuchet MS", 10, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Pixel)) DrawString( _ uxFooter, "version 1.0.0", Brushes.White, 415, 20, _ New Font("Trebuchet MS", 10, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Pixel)) End Sub '--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ' Sample Call: ' ' DrawGradient( _ ' 0, 0, uxHeader.Width, uxHeader.Height, _ ' Color.Black, Color.Gainsboro, uxHeader, Drawing.Drawing2D.LinearGradientMode.Vertical) '--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Private Sub DrawGradient( _ ByVal x As Integer, _ ByVal y As Integer, _ ByVal w As Integer, _ ByVal h As Integer, _ ByVal color1 As Color, _ ByVal color2 As Color, _ ByVal ctrl As Control, _ ByVal mode As System.Drawing.Drawing2D.LinearGradientMode) Dim a As New System.Drawing.Drawing2D.LinearGradientBrush(New RectangleF(0, 0, ctrl.Width, ctrl.Height), color1, color2, mode) Dim g As Graphics = ctrl.CreateGraphics g.FillRectangle(a, New RectangleF(x, y, w, h)) g.Dispose() End Sub '--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ' Sample Call: ' ' DrawGradientString( _ ' "Sample", Color.Blue, Color.Firebrick, _ ' Drawing.Drawing2D.LinearGradientMode.Vertical) '--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Private Sub DrawGradientString( _ ByVal text As String, _ ByVal color1 As Color, _ ByVal color2 As Color, _ ByVal mode As System.Drawing.Drawing2D.LinearGradientMode) Dim a As New System.Drawing.Drawing2D.LinearGradientBrush(New RectangleF(0, 0, 100, 19), color1, color2, mode) Dim g As Graphics = Me.CreateGraphics Dim f As Font f = New Font("verdana", 16, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Pixel) g.DrawString(text, f, a, 10, 100) g.Dispose() End Sub '--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ' Sample Call: ' ' DrawString( _ ' Me, "Wintel Operations", Brushes.Black, 12, 102, _ ' New Font("Trebuchet MS", 24, FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Pixel)) '--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Private Sub DrawString( _ ByVal ctrl As Control, _ ByVal text As String, _ ByVal b As Brush, _ ByVal x As Integer, _ ByVal y As Integer, _ ByVal f As Font) Dim g As Graphics = ctrl.CreateGraphics g.DrawString(text, f, b, x, y) g.Dispose() End Sub End Class Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95199
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    - Multi-page configuration with TreeView. How is it done? Hi there, I need to do something like the Visual Studio "settings" window, i.e., having a TreeView on the left side and some kind of multi-panel (or multi-page) control on the right side. What should I use on the right side? I thought it was a TabControl, but I can't find a way to make the TabPage headers invisible. Thanks in advance for any ideas, -Benton Using VS 2005. Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95195
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    - Derived DataGrid not displeyed correctly Hi! I derived a new class from a DataGrid control and added some functionality to it. Among other things a method that autosizes the columns displayed. When I change the data source and data member of the datagrid after having updated some data in it, it sometimes does not display correctly. What happens is that some cells from the old view is visible in the new view. I do not know what is the problem, but my guess is that it has something to do with the repainting of the derived datagrid. Do I need to do something in the derived data grid to get the painting to work correctly? -- / ScubaD Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95194
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    - Screen Savers: How do I spawn a process... I have a machine that will be used to demo some Excel spreadsheets at a convention. Because I did not author the spreadsheets and attendees will be allowed to play with the spreadsheets, I needed a way to periodically restore the original versions. In addition to the "always-on-top click this button to reset demo" application I wrote, I chose to use screen saver code to reset the demo after a period of inactivity in the event an attendee just walked away. I chose the screen saver method because I was unsure how to capture the system traps since my reset-app will not always have focus and so using the screen saver method seemed to be the quickest/easiest solution. So... I can spawn a new process from an application and that process remains running after the application is closed. This is good. Using the same code in a screen saver and running it while its an .EXE (prior to renaming it .SCR & relocating it to the system directory), the new process remains running after the screen saver application is closed. This is good. I rename the screen saver to .SCR, relocate it in the system directory, right-click the Desktop background, select Properties / Screen Saver / etc., click the Preview button to execute the screen saver and the new process remains running after I select Ok or Cancel to cancel the screen saver. This is good. Now I allow the system to kick off the screen saver at whatever inactivity timeout. The screen saver executes, the new process executes but it closes when the screen saver closes. This is bad. Here is the code being used: private void ScreenSaverForm_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { string InstallPath = (string)Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(@"SOFTWARE\MyApp").GetValue(@"Path"); ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(InstallPath + @"\MyFile.xls"); startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Maximized; Process.Start(startInfo); Close(); } I have also tried including "startInfo.UseShellExecute = true;" but results were the same. Unless I am totally off then obviously the operating system is handling/executing screen saver code differently at the final stage. Other than basic skeleton code required for a screen saver, I am unable to find any 'real' documentation on screen saver programming. For example, through trial & error I discovered that the screen saver filename must follow the 8.3 naming convention - unless I'm doing something wrong there as well? Anyway... 1. Most importantly, what is the code for spawning a new process from within a system activated screen saver such that the new process remains running after the screen saver closes? 2. Is a screen saver filename in fact limited to the 8.3 naming convention? 3. Where is the screen saver application name set or read from? For example; if your filename is 'ssMyDemo.scr' then the system will drop the prefix of 'ss' and display 'MyDemo' in the screen saver list. If there is no 'ss' then the filename, excluding extension, will display in the screen saver list. But if you examine a default OS provided screen saver you will see that the filename 'ss3dfo.scr' displays as '3D Flying Objects' in the screen saver list. How is this accomplished? 4. Is there a "Everything you ever wanted to know" type source on screen saver programming; net, book or otherwise? TIA, -Jeff Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95193
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    - Event question I have a component (Say Component1 )which has two public functions and one event(Say Func1 and Func2 and event is MyEvent) This component is being used by a second component(Say Component2) Here is the flow of events 1) Component2 intantiates Component1 2) Component2 registers for the event MyEvent 3) Component2 calls function Func1 4) In Func1 of Component1 the event MyEvent is raised. Func1 has to do more work but event is raised in the middle of Func1. 5) Component2 receives event and calls Func2. In this test case I just want to know is there a way to detect/prevent Component2 from calling Func2 until the call to Func1 ends. It is kind of reentry problem of the Component1. Because the Component1 is not thread safe. The Func2 changes the state of the Component2. In this case after executing Func2 the code will fall back to Func1 which will see a changed state. Is there a way to stop it or making Component2 not to be re-entrant. Thanks in advance Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95192
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    - ProfessionalColors class cheat sheet I'm looking for a visual cheat sheet for using the ProfessionalColors class with the 2.0 framework controls. Sean Lively Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95191
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    - Sample from MSDN on <ApplicationSettingsBase Class> has a Resize Hello, I have a problem with the sample from the following article: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.configuration.applicationsettingsbase.aspx When the form is resized from the left side, or top, it will change the location to the point where it was resized to and keep the original size. I am assuming that this is not the default behavior in this case. Is there a workaround? Thanks. Regards, Genadij. Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95188
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    - Disable Sorting in VB.NET I thought the only thing I had to do to disable column sorting in VB.NET was to set datagrid.AllowSorting = False. Unfortunately this has never worked for me. I discovered another set of code that seems to work for 99% of the cases where I need to disable datagrid column sorting: Private Sub datagrid_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles datagrid.MouseDown Dim pt As New Point(e.X, e.Y) Dim hti As DataGrid.HitTestInfo = dgACE.HitTest(pt) If hti.Type <> DataGrid.HitTestType.ColumnHeader Then MyBase.OnMouseDown(e) End If End Sub However, this code does not work when my datagrid resides on a user control. The datagrid_MouseDown event is triggered but sorting still occurs for the column. It's critical that I disable sorting in the datagrid due to the other things I am trying to do with the datagrid. I'm about ready to pull my hair out trying to figure this one out so any suggestions on how to resolve this issue would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! Joy Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95186
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    - FlowLayoutPanel - Move Control (.NET 2.0) Is there a way of changing the position of a control in a FlowLayoutPanel? The only ways I can see is by systematically calling BringToFront on each control in the right order or by pulling all the control out and ading them back again in the correct order. Both these ways seem to me to be kludges. TIA Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95185
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    - How to combine AutoScroll and virtual content scroll I am a .NET newbie and started working on al user control, where one scroll dimension -- say horizontal -- moves the contained controls (like AutoScroll) and the other dimension leaves the controls sticky and updates the virtual content of the contained controls -- lets say some text boxes -- with .NET 2.0. I tried to use AutoScroll by setting ScrollableControl.AutoScrollMinSize.Height to the virtual content size and updating the content of my text boxes by using a Scroll event handler. But this also moved my text boxes vertically and I was not able to reset their location without introducing flickering. Question: Is there a way to make some contained controls remain sticky or is there a way to make to movement of the controls invisible? My second approach was to use manual scrolling. Besides that this approach introduces a lot more code and I had to do the layout manually, it introduced flickering of the scroll bars when resizing. I assume that this is introduced by the timig of layouting and control-repainting. With my first approach by using AutoScroll there was no flickering when resizing the control. Question: Is there a flicker save way to do layouting and painting of contained controls. Thanks in advance for any hints. But I want to do it purely using platform independent .NET code, so overriding WndProc or using P-Invoke is not an option for me. Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95183
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    - Fonts and Labels in a Windows Form Messed Up? I'm converting a .NET 2.0 Beta project to the final version using Visual Studio. In doing so, I've come across a strange problem with the fonts in my labels. To see the problem, I have an empty form with 2 labels, one "Timing Details:" and one "Package Details:" - each one Bolded. When viewing the form in design mode within Visual Studio, everything looks good - as expected. But when I run the form, the word "Details" in each of the two labels looks different. The second one looks scrunched up. Here's the guts of my form code - nothing out of the ordinary as far as I can tell: partial class Form1 { private void InitializeComponent() { this.packageDetailsGroupLabel = new System.Windows.Forms.Label(); this.timeDetailsGroupLabel = new System.Windows.Forms.Label(); this.SuspendLayout(); // // packageDetailsGroupLabel // this.packageDetailsGroupLabel.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 8.25F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(0))); this.packageDetailsGroupLabel.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 47); this.packageDetailsGroupLabel.Name = "packageDetailsGroupLabel"; this.packageDetailsGroupLabel.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(163, 13); this.packageDetailsGroupLabel.TabIndex = 22; this.packageDetailsGroupLabel.Text = "Package Details:"; // // timeDetailsGroupLabel // this.timeDetailsGroupLabel.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 8.25F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(0))); this.timeDetailsGroupLabel.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 9); this.timeDetailsGroupLabel.Name = "timeDetailsGroupLabel"; this.timeDetailsGroupLabel.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(163, 13); this.timeDetailsGroupLabel.TabIndex = 21; this.timeDetailsGroupLabel.Text = "Timing Details:"; // // Form1 // this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F); this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font; this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(220, 79); this.Controls.Add(this.packageDetailsGroupLabel); this.Controls.Add(this.timeDetailsGroupLabel); this.Name = "Form1"; this.Text = "Form1"; this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Form1_Load); this.ResumeLayout(false); } private System.Windows.Forms.Label packageDetailsGroupLabel; private System.Windows.Forms.Label timeDetailsGroupLabel; } If you have any ideas, or would like to see a screenshot of what I'm talking about, please let me know. Thanks, Chris Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95181
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    - Listen event on different thread and update data on UI thread Hi, I have a class in which I am receiving a event continuously at a great speed. I need to listen to that event and show it on the grid in the GUI. The problem is that the event is very very fast. How can I listen to this event in a separate thread. Then take the data and put it in the DataTable. I can send this DataTable back to the GUI thread where I have a windows form on which I have applied the grid control. Please let me know if I am not clear. Please help. Regards, Rajat. Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95179
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    - Form and a MCppCodeDomParser error: Hello. Every time I try and change the design or layout of the form I receive this error. MCppCodeDomParser error: However, the code will compile and run fine. Any ideas? -- www.integrated-dev-sol.co.uk Remove 123 from email address to reply. Anti spam and virus measure. Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95177
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    - Visual Studio macro running as a STA thread Dear All, We have written a small set of dlls that contain some WinForms...we lauch these forms in Visual Studio using a macro. By default the macro thread is a MTA thread. Are there any issues if we make this thread an STA thread? I need this as an STA thread as the user wants to copy some elements from the grid in the clipboard. I don't want to create a separate STA thread for the copy functionality. Why is the macro thread an MTA thread? Is MS planning to change it back to STA thread? Please help Thanks in advance... Many regards Jack Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95171
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    - Is IMessageFilter only for .net windows? Hi; (I am trying to figure out the best way to intercept Word's message pump in a .net app.) It looks like an IMessageFilter object can only be attached to the message pum of a .net Application so it could not be used with Word. Is this correct? -- thanks - dave Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95163
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    - NativeWindow.ReleaseHandle Hi; I want to use NativeWindow to wrap the hwnd of Word (which is already running and so the window exists). I need to release the handle and dispose my NativeWindow object when the window goes away. As Word is not a .net app, it does not have .net windows and therefore I can't have it call an event. Do I just watch for the WM_DESTROY message in the message pump? -- thanks - dave Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95162
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    - Where is MyNativeWindowListener and MyNativeWindow? Hi; The VS 2005 documentation (release) for the NativeWindow class discusses the samples MyNativeWindowListener & MyNativeWindow. But I cannot find the actual samples anywhere. Where are they? -- thanks - dave Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95161
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    - Take over screen. I need to write an app where I use the entire screen. This includes getting rid of the task bar. How do I do that? TIA - Jeff. Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95154
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    - Databound ListBox Won't Update on Clear? I have a ListBox control bound to an ArrayList: m_expressionFilters = New ArrayList m_expressionBindingManager = BindingContext(m_expressionFilters) lstboxFilters.DataSource = m_expressionFilters When I add an Item to the ArrayList, that change is immediately reflected in the ListBox: m_expressionBindingManager.SuspendBinding() m_expressionFilters.Add(CurrentFilter) m_expressionBindingManager.ResumeBinding() However, when I call the Clear method of the ArrayList, the changes are not reflected in the ListBox: m_expressionBindingManager.SuspendBinding() m_expressionFilters.Clear() m_expressionBindingManager.ResumeBinding() At this point, the m_expressionFilters ArrayList has a Count of zero, but the Items formerly held in the ArrayList are still listed on the form in the ListBox. I have tried calling the Refresh and Update methods on the ListBox, but that produced no visible changes at all. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Carl Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95151
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    - crystal integration Using v1.1 of the .Net Framework, I added a Crystal Report item to my solution as an embedded resource. My problem is that when I drop a ReportDocument component onto my form, the window that prompts me to select a typed reportDocument does not include in its drop-down the embedded report that I added, and so I can't integrate the report into the form thru the crystalReportViewer. Any idea why I wouldn't see the report show up in the drop-down? Thanks! Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95147
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    - Handling System Shutdown in a WindowsForms App Hi. I have an application that runs as a Tray Icon app with no visible window (most of the time) and right now, the system will not shut down while that app is running. I think I need to handle "SystemEvents.SessionEnded" or something to properly deal with that but I don't understand how, inside the code for my Main Form for the application, I set up a handler for the event and then what I actually DO with the event once it comes (though I assume I just do whatever I would normally do to exit my application grcefully). Can someone help me with a sample? Alex Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95141
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    - Detect any kind of activity in a window. I need to write a function so if the user doesn't do anything in 15 minutes, it will log them out. I've got the timer set up fine I'm just looking for an easy way to detect people doing anything. What's the easiest way to do it? It looks like it may be mousemove on the windows. Is this reasonable? TIA - Jeff. Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95140
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    - ListView.tag lost object Hi, I have a Form with two ListViews; The ListViews are diplayed on the Design surface, but I progmatically adding the items to each ListView. When adding the items to the list view I am iterating through and setting the following: ... With myListViewItem .Text = drArticles("Title").ToString .ToolTipText = drArticles("Summary").tostring .Tag = CType(drArticles("ID"),Guid) End With myListView.Items.Add ... This works fine and the items are displayed. The problem arises when I respond to a SelectedIndexChanged event I can retrieve the .ToolTipText and .Text values from then SelectedListViewItemCollection but the .tag property is always empty (it knows the object type is GUID but does not have the value. I know the value is being set as I can set the ToolTipText to same ID as the TAG and it is stored correctly. Any ideas? Many thanks in advance Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95138
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    - ListView.tag loast object Hi, I have a Form with two ListViews; The ListViews are diplayed on the Design surface, but I progmatically adding the items to each ListView. When adding the items to the list view I am iterating through and setting the following: ... With myListViewItem .Text = drArticles("Title").ToString .ToolTipText = drArticles("Summary").tostring .Tag = CType(drArticles("ID"),Guid) End With myListView.Items.Add ... This works fine and the items are displayed. The problem arises when I respond to a SelectedIndexChanged event I can retrieve the .ToolTipText and .Text values from then SelectedListViewItemCollection but the .tag property is always empty (it knows the object type is GUID but does not have the value. I know the value is being set as I can set the ToolTipText to same ID as the TAG and it is stored correctly. Any ideas? Many thanks in advance Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95137
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    - Close all windows in a VB.Net program I've got a VB.Net program where under a condition I want to close all of my windows (logging out the user due to inactivity). Is there a way to close all of the currently open windows without going through each one to check if it exists? TIA - Jeff. Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95136
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    - General Windows Forms and Memory Question I am seeing an interesting memory issue with a winform in my application. I've noticed everytime I show a form in my application, the memory usage increases. When I close the form, the memory isn't released. The only time the memory is released is when I "minimize" the application. Eventually, overtime, my application consumes a good amount of memory. Has anyone experienced this? Thanks, Yosh Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95135
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    - ClickOnce returns XML instead of starting application Hi I just deployed a ClickOnce Application to a Windows 2000 Server, which only has .NET 1.1 installed. When I launch the application via the auto generated html page I get the .Application XML back. I was expecting the application to launch. If I deploy the same SmartClient to my local XP machine with .NET 2.0, the applications installs and starts just fine. Am I missing something? Do I need to install .NET 2.0 on the Windows 2000 server, or do I need to register some MIME types on the server? If so, could you please provide a link (I can't find anything in the documentation... but I found place that said that I should be able to deploy to any HTTP 1.1 compliant web server). Please help. Thomas Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95132
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    - .NET 2.0: ToolStripTextBox with Caption? In a Winforms 2.0 application, I have a StatusStrip which hosts a ToolStripDownDown item to display a small menu. The menu consists of two checkable menu items and one ToolStripTextBox . Now I want to display a simple caption on the left of the textbox. I cannot seem to find an easy possiblity to do this, altough this seems a very common scenario to me. After all, which programmer wants to just display a textbox without any caption? Can somebody help me? Do I really have to bake my own control inherited from ToolStripControlHost just for this? Thanks for any help Urs Eichmann Tag: How to show transparaent label in window forms Tag: 95129
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Hi,

I try to add a label to a windows form, but as background is image, the
label need to be transparent, but it seems no transparent property
available, I found a one in web tab, but it does not work.

Help

Thanks

Jessie

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Re: How to show transparaent label in window forms by Jacky

Jacky
Wed Dec 07 20:04:57 CST 2005

Jessie Niu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I try to add a label to a windows form, but as background is image, the
> label need to be transparent, but it seems no transparent property
> available, I found a one in web tab, but it does not work.
>
> Help
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Jessie
>
>

The Dotnet2.0 Label can do so. When its background color is set to
transparent. It will copy the parent control's background a its
background including background image.

In dotnet1.x, I will suggest you directly draw the string by "DrawString
function" if your label text in fact does not change.

--
Jacky Kwok
jacky@alumni_DOT_cuhk_DOT_edu_DOT_hk
jacky@compose_DOT_com_DOT_hk

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Re: How to show transparaent label in window forms by Jessie

Jessie
Wed Dec 07 20:40:44 CST 2005

Thanks a lot

Jessie
"Jacky Kwok" <jacky@hkcompose.com> wrote in message
news:ekpTgv5%23FHA.228@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Jessie Niu wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I try to add a label to a windows form, but as background is image, the
> > label need to be transparent, but it seems no transparent property
> > available, I found a one in web tab, but it does not work.
> >
> > Help
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > Jessie
> >
> >
>
> The Dotnet2.0 Label can do so. When its background color is set to
> transparent. It will copy the parent control's background a its
> background including background image.
>
>
> In dotnet1.x, I will suggest you directly draw the string by "DrawString
> function" if your label text in fact does not change.
>
>
> --
> Jacky Kwok
> jacky@alumni_DOT_cuhk_DOT_edu_DOT_hk
> jacky@compose_DOT_com_DOT_hk

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