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• Amit Ghosh Help file (.CHM)

  Hi, Is it possible to link to a CHM file that is located in the same map as the solution I want to open the CHM if I press on a button. thx We suggest you to use Systems.Windows.Forms.Help Class which can be used to display the help files in your windows application. This approach will help you in deploying the application where in it gives the advantage of client machines should be removing the dependency o ...Show All

• Hemant Virmani Control's Leave event handler masks move to next control in tab order

  If a dialog (VB.NET: MessageBox or a form using ShowDialog) is shown from within a control's Leave event handler, then the focus does not move to the next control in the tab order when the dialog is closed. This is a change from the behavior in VS 2003 and results in the Leave event being fired multiple times (and consequently the dialog being shown multiple times).   Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create a form (Form1) with two text box controls ...Show All

• POSKOK Is it possible to add images to a DataGridViewCombBox Column

  subject says it all. Just wondering if anyone has any sample code that can do this. I'd like to use icons in the combo box column. Thanks Thanks Augusto, do you have any sample code that illustrates this Well, I suppose you can create a Custom Column whose editing control is a combo box with custom draw, so that you can paint any icons you need... Check out this post: ...Show All

• The Zigzag ComboBox issue

  Hi all, I'm having serious trouble with an thing that is supposed work without troubles. I'm using VS 1.1 with XP pro for an Win32 app. Thing is: Have an form with an ComboBox, that is filled from an Business Object, to have the name displayed,  ...Show All

• Philly Command line arguments passed through URL?

  Is it possible to access/pass command line arguments for a Windows Forms exe launched from browser Hi, use a main method like this: public static void Main (string[] args) public static int Main (string[] args) then youl fin in args[0] the first argument in args[1] the second, etc. Thanks for the answer Patty. I understand what you are saying and actually I should have said it before, but isn't it possible at all in v1.1.4322 ...Show All

• NickReiser datadirectory and vb .net

  Hi guys, Sorry for my stupid questions. I want to use Clickonce to deploy my vb .net application. Besides the exe, I need to deploy some files for it to use e.g. help file, xsd ... I search around the net and found that I need to select these files as "data file" and they should deploy to the client's pc's "Datadirectory". However, how can I get the path of these files (so i can reference them and check whether ...Show All

• ruslan ovechkin Changing the size of an MDI Parent client area

  Is there a way to reduce the size of an MDI Parent frame's client area after I dock an MDI child window to one of its sides ...Show All

• johnny83 How can I make update version for application which was signed with certificate now expired?

  If I change expired code signing certificate to new one and publish updated application, client will fail to launch. And code signing fails if I try to use expired certificate. How can I make update version for application signed with old certificate Sameer Murudkar - MSFT wrote: Hi, If your certificate has expired you need to renew the certificate from Certificate authority like Verisign or sa ...Show All

• LeviS Windows Media Video 9 Codec Settings

  Hey everyone, I'm trying to create a .avi file out of a set of .tga's, and I'm using the Windows Media Video 9 codec. But I have no idea what to put for certain settings. I know it needs to be a single-pass VBR and thats it. I would normally use a different codec like DivX or something but my client needs it in WMV9. Here are some screenshots I took of the program that show the options, rather than me typing them in. If you guys can help m ...Show All

• __den rubber banding two images in vb.net

  hi i am doing my final year project in vb.net (i am using 2003 version). my project is a learning package which wil demonstrate ospf and eigrp algorithms. now i can create my routers and endusers by clicking on the buttons at runtime (they are represented by image boxes) and drag and drop them. now i need to set up the links among routers and endusers. ( i want to make them work as in packet tracer software) i have got some code working for rubb ...Show All

• Abdulelah Dandachi Windows Form Size Problem!

  hi, guys, I have a small problem, but don't know how to fix it. I have a windows form, and the size is 916*600, and I want it always keeps it in this size. So I set both MaxSize and MinSize to this value. It is displayed perfectly in 1024*768, but in 800*600, when it comes up, the size is 800*600, not 916*600. Is this because the max screen size is 800 in 800*600 mode I tried to call this.Size = new Size(912, 600) in FormLoad(), but it doe ...Show All

• seattleboatguy Windows forms and avalon

  How we can place avalon controls in windows form application Don't know why my post was moved here, but anyways, ive been to the links above before and have not found any info-on-adding Avalon controls to a WinForm in a VB application from Visual Basic 2005 Express!!!! I have only been able to find how to start an Avalon-Indigo application and work from there...which is not what I was looking for! I read that Avalon is to replace GDI/GDI ...Show All

• Chris O'Brien What is going on behind the scenes for Bitmap objects?

  There is obviously a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes for Bitmaps that isn't discussed very thoroughly in the documentation. My latest problem with this is with an app where I draw a bunch of triangles at different orientations with various&n ...Show All

• viki Loading bitmap from Resources (VS2005 July CTP)

  I've added a string and a bitmap to Resources.resx and the designer creates static properties for these in the Resources class. if I call the following in my Mainform OnLoad:- string name = MyApp.Properties. Resources .ProductName; Bitmap splashImage = MyApp.Properties. Resources .Splash; the ProductName is returned successfully but the Splash bitmap fails with the following NotSupportedException:- 'Cannot create uninitialized instances ...Show All

• phamdachoang toolstrip progressbar

  Hey i have this "webbrowser" i sort of made myself, but i want a "ToolStripProgressBar" but i cant make it show the progress from my browser. what du i need to do what cammand will i need to call in which event //Martin Sorry, now I understand... I've asked our expert on WebBrowser (Itizk Katzav) and gave me this answer: "The WebBrowser has event called ProgressChanged that informs ...Show All