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• Boozy Nice Threads!

  I could really use some help here... I am using C# 2005 and have created a splash screen that runs on a seperate thread. I can invoke the splash screen in the Main() method, but then I can't get rid of it! I am attempting to put a line in the Form1_Load (or maybe Form1_Shown) that calls a static method in the splash screen to close that form. But, when I do so, it complains about an invalid cross-thread operation. How can I get this screen to ...Show All

• RajeshMCA Icon

  Ok. I have no problem setting the icon I want for my program. But when I install the program on my machine, it has that box with a play button on it, as its icon. I do I change this I suspect the problem may be that you need to set two icons, a 32x32 and a 16x16. You should create a 32x32 icon... Hello, Did you set the icon in the project properties (applications - resources) A single Icon can contain different sizes and ...Show All

• Vladimir S. Does .NET V2.0 Framework work with app built with VS2003?

  I have developed an app using C# in VS2003. However, when attempting to install the app on another machine that has .NET framework V2.0 installed I get an error saying that the install needs .NET V1.1. Does V2.0 framework not work with prior apps developed on V1.1 Must I downgrade to V1.1 to run my app on the new machine A quick workaround could be: re-build your application with v2.0. I dont think that would ...Show All

• mani85 How to get data out of an XML file in C#

  Hi there, I'm a newbie to programming with C#, so please help in anyway you can Thanks. Using: MS Visual C# 2005 express edition on Windows XP. What I'm trying to do: I would like to extract just a couple of pieces of information from a data file, for example this XML created file: =======File starts======= < xml version="1.0" > <!-- created by the MBM 5 logger.dll --> <MBM_INTERVAL> <Log Date="05/ ...Show All

• JustinW how do i change the font color of a String.SubString in a textBox?

  for example txtBox.text = "The color is green"; i want to display the word green as "green". is there a way to do that You can't do this in the TextBox control, only in the RichTextBox control. Use the Select method to select a piece of text and set the color. Then re-select something else and set the color. if ( myRichTextBox.TextLenght >= 5 ) { myRichTextBox.Select( 0, 5 ); myRichTextBox.SelectionColo ...Show All

• QualyLee datarow

  hi,    i already have the data from the database in a datatable. i have a column for date, reghours, othours, status. i want to get the data of a certain date and sum of reghrs(which means there's a possibility that there would be more than one row in a certain date). i have 7.0 in my textbox1. in my textbox2 it will display the difference of my textbox1 and total reg hrs. hi,    t ...Show All

• Pela06 Touch Screens

  Hello people, I am going to create an application for a shop, this application should be used through a touch screen, should I take this into account when programming the application I mean, I would create the surfaces in the screen using buttons for example, but I do not have idea how to connect them with the touch screen, any help Thank you! Thank you! The touch sc ...Show All

• Debugger Image Manipulation using c#: Help

  Hi. What i want to do is to create an application that fills a certaing image with its small thimbnails. Lets say i have a picture and I have created its thumbnail....whats the way to fill the initial image with its thumbnails I have tried with the following code but it does not seem to be working private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { Color clr; Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(pictureBox1.Image); Bitmap bmp2 ...Show All

• Display Name Not When Using a "C" style comment /**/ how do I disable the automatic * on every line?

  How do I disable or stop the IDE from adding a new * on every line after hitting the enter key when I am creating a "C" style comment /*  * I don't want this line to start with *  * I don't want this line to start with *   **/ Like This: /* My comment is now easier to read. Because, there is no * in front of every line */   Thanks. :)  Keeps us motivated. :) Yeah, I agree that we ...Show All

• John_123456789 ComboBox Items

  Here is the situation: I have a program that has two ComboBoxes. ComboBox1 has the following items: Month, Day. What I would like is if the user chooses "Month" in ComboBox 1, ComboBox 2's Item List would display (Jan, Feb, etc). If the user chose "Day" in ComboBox 1, ComboBox 2's Item List would display (Mon, Tue, etc). So, basically how do you edit the items in ComboBox 2 at runtime to reflect the user input in ComboBox ...Show All

• spids How to store list using Settings Designer (in 2.0)?

  Using the Settings Designer I can easily store individual items (string, int, double, etc...), but how do I store a list of items.  I used the Browse... selection to set the Type to ArrayList, but I couldn't figure out how to set the default value.  So, in the constructor of my main form, I added the following code... Settings.Default.MyList = new ArrayList(); Settings.Default.MyList.Add( "abc"); Settings.Default.MyList. ...Show All

• -andy- Programatic set of ListView SelectedItems does not increment Count

  I am programatically setting the selected item for a list view control.  When I then check the count of the selected item it is still zero.  However, the UI displays as it should at runtime, meaning the programatically set selected item is indeed selected. Here is some sample code: // Set the first item to selected someListView.Items[0].Selected = true; // Check the Selected Item Count .. it should be 1 BUT isnt someCount = someLi ...Show All

• TAG275 ClickOnce

  For my application I use an access database and ClickOnce for installation. When I run the application after installing everything works just fine. however, if I change something and run setup to update to the latest build the changes to the access file are gone. I figured this was because ClickOnce will install updates to new directories so I decided to move the access database to an outside directory. I figured ClickOnce would not be able to t ...Show All

• XnakX MultiSelect in MonthCalendar

  How can I disable the MultiSelect in the MonthCalender Set the MaxSelectionCount Property ...Show All

• JSheble Accessing Network Drive with Credentials

  Not sure exactly how to go about doing this. I need to access a network drive programatically, but with set of credentials different then the ones the application is running under.  Any ideas IMHO, you cannot do that, it's managed by windows... hmm, that seems weird. Accessing a secured resource with credentials seems like something that should be pretty standard. Just not sure if I need to use a W ...Show All