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• GAINSCOM set client area of control that inherits from panel

  Hi everyone  I have a control that inherits from the panel control, but I need to be able to do some custom drawing in the top 30 pixels of the control and add some controls, the rest of the control area is for controls to be&nbs ...Show All

• Panos Modifying TargetDIR via Command Line Property

  I am creating a Visual Studio Installation project that we will use to build the MSI for our application (we were using Wise Installer). Based on a property being passed in via the command line, we install one of two versions of our application. Based on this property, we need to install the application to one of two folders (e.g. c:\program files\app -- or -- c:\program files\app\test). What is the easiest way for me to accomplish this C ...Show All

• Frank Roberts MissingMethodException at Login

  Has anyone encountered this issue Deployed Taskvision client to pocketpc 2002 device (ipaq) and receive the following error: MissingMethodException Addtional message: The Web service location is http://www.notouchdeploy.com/TaskVisionWS/ Please make sure the URL is correct. Exception type: System.MissingMe ...Show All

• Tim Reid multiline datagridview cells?

  In beta1, datagridview cells could contain display multiline data by default. In beta2, the data is shown on a single line with some control characters. (1) Can I set the cells to display multiline (2) Can I replace the control characters with something else (eg a double space) to make it look a little more professional Thanks You need to set the WrapMode to True to enable multiline DGV cells. This is a chang ...Show All

• JOhnDSm Can't close a WinForm app

  I have a WinForm application. When I click the X button at the top right cornor of the MainWindow, it could not be closed and there is no exception. Could anyone explain why Thanks! Hi, The only way this can be done is by actually having a EventHandler for FormClosing and then cancelling the event there: Check if something like this exists in your main form code. private void Form1_FormClosing( object sender, FormClosingEventArgs ...Show All

• Amaltea NET and Access

  How can I add a "pop-up" input box for selecting a date or date range in a query Thanks in advance for any suggestions! Have a look at the DateTimePicker and MonthCalendar controls. ...Show All

• Dave Jenkins Using the DataGridViewComboBoxColumn

  Hi, I have a table with around 100 records, one of the fields in the table is a priority field which has a value of high, medium or low. I am bindins all the columns in this table (around 20) to a datagridview. For the priority column I want to use the DataGridViewComboBoxColumn. I am writing the following code for binding the data to the column : comboboxColumn.DataSource = ds.Tables[0]; comboboxColumn.ValueMember = "priority"; comboboxColumn.D ...Show All

• Sr Rob Help with Custom Form Design

  I'm referenced my 2 books and they just dont go into detail at all on Building a Custom Form Sytle until i can buy either Pro .NET 2.0 Windows Forms and Custom Controls in C#2005 or Pro .NET 2.0 Graphics Programming... Which i do plan on buying both of them sooner or later...lol I'v been trying to get a Flat Appearance with a Round edges..I tried using the Code in several spots with no Prevail...So please bare with me as i'm still fairly n ...Show All

• C Dunn ObjectDisposedException

  Same problem as the one I've been reading, but identifying the SplitterPanel as the one with the issue, "cannot access a disposed object."  I have the same code compiled in VS 2003 without any issues.  The .NET 2005 was done from scratch no gui code transfer.  Hope this issue is resolved by the time VS 2005 actually comes out. Any words of wisdom will be appreciated! Cheers, Alex If you thin ...Show All

• QuinnKirsch Single Instance app, Activate

  Using this in Main to enforce a single instance of the app: Dim firstInstance As Boolean Dim safeName As String = Application.UserAppDataPath.Replace("\", "_") Dim mtx As Mutex = New Mutex(True, safeName, firstInstance) If Not firstInstance Then Return End If Application.Run(New Form1) ... But instead of just returning if its not the first instance, I would like to Activate the existing instance's window. I guess the question is how can I get ...Show All

• zcz Inherited Form not Persisting Properties

  Check out the following code for an inherited form. The form adds one property, TestProperty, and two properties from a nested class. Only TestProperty is persisted. If I set values for all three, then close and reopen Visual Studio, the properties  ...Show All

• bertuahki Access dev > .Net FindRecord

  HI All, I am in the transition of moving my companies database front end from Access to .Net... I have a list box control, now in access as the user entered information to the lst, I could use the syntax "DoCmd.FindRecord " at the after_update event to start populating the control with matching entities as they typed... I cant seem to put my finger on the same control in .net I apologise for the simpleness of this query, I cant seem to find an ...Show All

• Brandan C Smart Client Updater Problem

  Hello I have a smart client application that uses Updater Component (little one from gotdotnet) for self updating.  The application is initially installed using self-extracting Install Package that checks for presence of .net framework.  It worked perfectly until  ...Show All

• theplastictoy Cant Select Generate Update, Delete.

  I am trying to use the Grid View and enable the Generate UPDATE, DELETE under the Advanced button, but it is grayed out. I have tried to just use a basic select * from tbl_mytable just to see if it will work. Any help would be appreciated. Make sure your table has a primary key Moving thread to Winforms Data forum. ...Show All

• Kelly Ann How to activate a jscript link with WebBrowser Control

  Hi! I'm trying to navigate in a website, but my problem is: The website doesn't have the "normal" links like <a href="link.html">linktext</a> but rather: <a href=void(vxLoadpage('link.shtml'));"> linktext </a> INFO: before the void there is javascript:  (I don't know why it's missing, when I send my post... So how do I navigate on this link with the webbrowser-control   Thx, Alex ...Show All