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• Rob Hershfield Is there a way to ONLY install the source code...

  I'm getting an 80005000 error on the install. I'm only after the source code at this point. Is there a way to just innstall that and not the db or web pages Kyle! click on the source code download link.  Install that and yo ...Show All

• Pete Newman Customize ListView?

  Hello,, Is there a way how to add a custom control to one (or more) column/s in listview control for example I would like to store date information in one column and for easy editing I would like to have a date picker available. thanks Yeah,, maybe I will do that. thanks for help. Anyhow, I just found an app that has the same functionality I'm trying to get:  http://www.iliumsoft.com/site/lp/listpro.h ...Show All

• FormerMarine view designer error - there is no editor available for c:\tmp\windowsapplication1\form1.vb file

  I allready checked the http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/showpost.aspx postid=75492&SiteID=1 post, but i didn’t understand how to solve this problem. Thank you ALL ...Show All

• Eclipsyo DataGrid Header Resize

  In design, I dragged and dropped a dataset, and created three columns in this dataset. Then, I binded this dataset to my datagrid. The three columns in the dataset can be previewed in the datagrid in design mode. I tried to resize these th ...Show All

• BLOODream shutting down the computer

  hi, can i make my Windows Application shut down my computer  Varun Hi Varun, You sure can. I don't recall the API you use, but you'll need to call the Win32 system APIs to do it. I don't recall that there is a .NET fra ...Show All

• mickhardy Help! Error in deployment compilation

  I have a deployment project which includes media files. It is about 2GB altogether. Single file can be up to 300Mb. When I start building the project it gives me an error. :) "ERROR: Could not find file 'I:\ ... \ 'Not enough storage is available to complete this operation.' " Well... all files are there and what is strange it was successfully compiled a month ago on VS2003 (but not on VS2005 it gave error above) and I have not touched it ...Show All

• DanielClaici resize form based on DataTable

  How can I resize a form based on the width and height of a DataTable I have a form with a DataGrid control. I programmatically insert a DataTable. I want to then programmatically resize the form to show the entire DataTable unless the size is larger than a predefined threshold. In that case I would resize the form to a predefined maximum. I'm struggling with obtaining the width and height of the DataTable. ...Show All

• markdrury Is using this.object (C#) or me.object (Vb)more efficient?

  Just wondering whether more explicit code:  this.object.Property=true; is more efficient than using just:    object.Property=true; Many thanks in advance, It is exactly the same thing.  The pointer to the current object is implied when it is not&n ...Show All

• Trial and Error programatically add new row to datagrid

  Hello, I'm quite new to windows forms, so maybe this question is a simple one. But I have searched for some solutions for a while now and can't seem to find it: I have disabled the users from adding a new row to a datagrid (bound to&n ...Show All

• A. Nagy disposing a control created at runtime

  hi ...  this is my first post,.. yah for me :) sorry for a long drawn out question. but from the replies I have seen here.. I think some one could help me :) my question is a 3part question 1) if I dispose a control(tabs, panels, ...Show All

• hermitte Transparent pictureBox

  Hello. I'm trying to develop a transparent pictureBox. My aim is to use several pictureBoxs all with the same location and size. One will have a loaded image, and this pictureBox won't be transparent. The other pictureBoxs will be transparent. With this transparency I expect to see the solid picturebox and each transparent pictureBox has different drawings that are seen over the solid pictureBox. I've been trying several ways to do this but unf ...Show All

• DND Tips & Tricks in Whidbey - New Whidbey Enhancements

  The new version of Microsoft Visual Studio code-named "Whidbey", will be released soon. Some of the advantages for C# developers are  1.  Innovative language constructs 2.  New compiler features 3.  Dramatically enhanced developer productivity 4.  An improved ...Show All

• eralper Manifest files and VS.NET

  I created a manifest file to enable Windows XP themes in my app.  It works if I manually copy the manifest file into the same directory as my EXE.   However, I don't want to have to manually copy the manifest file into the E ...Show All

• dotnet4me2 Getting a list of printers

  Is there an equivalent in the .net framework for the Win32 EnumPrinters method   I want to present a list of the printers available to the machine without using the standard print dialogs. Thanks, Todd you mean: PrinterSettings.StringCollection printers& ...Show All

• jsedlak How do I get a static background image in a ListView

  I've got a nifty little program written in C# 2.0, that has a ListView as one of it's primary controls. It takes up some 3/4 of the form. I've got a background image in it, so it looks good on the load of the form, but when the ListView is scrolled, the image scrolls with the text. Everyone I've talked to at Microsoft about it has told me that it makes sense to have a static background image, and they aren't sure why it isn't like that, but nobo ...Show All