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• MTaqi Acrobat ActiveX Control in WinForms

  Hi, I'm using the Acrobat ActiveX Control in a SmartClient application. This is used to view generated pdf reports and hosted in a Dialog. However, whenever I close the dialog the acrobat process often doesn't close properly .. so it hangs at 100%&n ...Show All

• tonino24 Build of project reloads User Controls in Toolbox every time.

  Hi, I have noticed that the toolbox in VS 2005 contains a tab for every projects in my solution that contains a component derived class. During builds of the solutions each of these tabs are being refreshed / rebuild and it can take a little time. Is there anyway of stopping this refresh, or is it a matter of removing the tab from the toolbox Maybe this is a bug that has been fixed post Beta 2 Thanks for your help Graham ...Show All

• Mehmet Bicak Null datetimepicker values

  I am annoyed that you cant assign a null value to datetimepicker control. does any one know of a control that allows you to databind a null value to a custome datatimepicker control. that is free :) yup dateTime is a value  ...Show All

• mcerisano Stop DataGridView from re-drawing itself?

  Hey everyone. I know this is probably a stupid question but it's been bugging me for several days now and I could really use some help. OK. I have a DataGridView on a windows form listing student names, majors, etc. If the user double-clicks on that datagrid, a separate form opens up with the fields for the user to be able to edit that record. Here is the code I use to fill the datagridview (on the main form): Public Sub GetStudentList( ...Show All

• kitchen Saving changes and new rows in DataGridView

  I feel really stupid for asking this, but how do you get the new rows or modifications to the data in a datagridview back to the table   I have a datagridview connected through a bindingsource.  Whenever I add a new row, type in my data, then tab to the next row, everything I just typed in goes away.  It doesn't work the way I expected it to work, so I need somebody to tell me how it really is su ...Show All

• Dan_BIT Try catch End Try block inside a loop in vb.net

  I have a code block that has the following structure: FileOpen(1, txtFileName.Text, OpenMode.Input) Do While Not EOF(1)        xxxxx Try        xxx        xxx        xxx Catch ex as Exception       & ...Show All

• Jim Glass - MSFT Accessing the row after a call to AddNew

  I'm using VB2005.  How do I access the row created when using the new button on the Binding Navigator.  I have to add some default info into some of the columns before the EndEdit is called.  Thanks Mike You can specify default values for the DataSet column using the DataSet designer.  To do this, riight-click on the DataSet in the designer and select "Edit in DataSet Designer...".  Cl ...Show All

• Ricardo Ibarra C/C++ vs C#

  Given that Microsoft is said to be strategically moving towards .NET, is it still worthwhile to learn C/C++ or should I just concentrate on C#  - regarding Windows applications, Windows based games, etc Are all parts of Win API accessible via .NET m ...Show All

• Caltor ClickOnce deployment and Dotfuscator

  Dear All, I am using the VS.NET 2005 and I would like to use the clickonce deployment. I would like obfuscate the exe file before publishing the deployment package to web server. I was trying the PreBuild and PostBuild events in the project property to obfuscate the executable file but the clickonce doesn't use obfuscated exe file at all. Could anyone advise on how to obfuscate the exe file before publishing the project into webserver p ...Show All

• Bryan MacFarlane MSFT SQL Database item is not updateable

  within visual studio windows project i added a new SQL Database Item to the project. added a table.I then added a datasource that pointed to this and dragged from the table from the datasource window to the form. When running the app i can see my populated rows in the the DataGridView control on the form. but if i modify or add new rows and then click on the save button on the bindingnavigator control nothing happens. relaunch the app and the o ...Show All

• Steve Brennan Web Control in Windows Form

  Hi, I have the following problem (VB.NET 2003 ENTERPRISE): I have a .CFM web page and I have to populate, from VB, two textbox on it. I was thinking using sendkeys (even if I don't like it too much) but when I open the web browser and navi ...Show All

• Jan_B-K Databining from a web service

  Hi, I have setup a webservice that supplies a dataset for use with a datagrid which works fine if I use a button to fill the datagrid. (The service is called asynch and button enabeled after the result is retured) Is there a way to get&nbs ...Show All

• Tracy - MSFT Bonehead question

  I have a MDI Parent form.  I just want to change the background color (it defaulted to a control and controltext).   Why can't I change it   I mean I can change the forecolor and backcolor properties, but they have no effect. &nb ...Show All

• Nagaraju Palla MSFT Could I build applets with WinForms to run in a Browser?

  Could I build applets with WinForms to run in a Browser If yes, where could I find same samples Thanks in Advance José Augusto Guimarães I Find out it! http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/01/UserCtrl/default.aspx yes you can you can i ...Show All

• Gordon Glasgow Whidbey BackgroundWorker component fails in Form Load event

  I'm trying to use the new BackgroundWorker component (Whidbey) in a sample VB.NET WinForms project. I've followed the examples on MSDN and can successfully recreate and run those examples. All of those examples though have the background process kicked off from a button on the form; i.e. the RunWorkerAsync method of the BackgroundWorker object is called from the click event of a button. If I do this same thing but instead try to kick off the b ...Show All