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• xsfidoo designer can't load form. Where is 'more information'?

  after going from beta2 to rc1, the designer all of a sudden cannot load my forms anymore. instead, i get the infamous window with the red top that says some errors may go away building the project, while other need code changes. needles to say: the file compiles fine, the form could be opened with the beta2 and vs2003 designers and obviously doing a rebuild doesn't help at all. now what the additional error message says; Unable to load one or m ...Show All

• Christian Burgener Does anyone know where I can get the last stable build of the Terrarium Setup for v1.0 that worked?

  Does anyone know where I can get the last stable build of the Terrarium Setup for v1.0 that worked I wanted to start building in my own sandboxes locally but obviously with the overflow error thats a little impossible. If some one has the  ...Show All

• Gogou DataGridView GetFirstRow() problems

  Hi all I'm using the GetFirstRow(DataGridViewElementStates::Displayed) function to work out which the first row displayed on the list at the current time. There are two problems with this though. First is that the docs say that it is meant to be for internal use of the framework rather than being used by plebs like myself. The second problem is that if the DataGridView isn't actually visible, the function returns -1. Not surprising I gu ...Show All

• LBNLD I wish this bug would go away...

  Steps to reproduce: Add a listview to a form.  Set its "view" property to "Details".  Set its "checkboxes" property to "True".  Add a column to it.  Put this code in the form load event:      Private Sub Form1_Load...&n ...Show All

• Amirc Source code, server and future

  So as several of you have noticed, the source code for 1.2 hasn't been released yet.  I am trying to figure out what is the best approach for releasing the source code and the future of Terrarium 1.2.  Here are the current thoughts.&n ...Show All

• kavithasiva TreeView custom property problem

  I am creating a databound treeview but i am having trouble with one property. I created a collection to hold  labels. and i added to the designer. I can create the labels, however, i do not know how can i save it; I do not have a problem with the string and int properties, .net saves them in the designer.cs. PS: i am using the 2005 beta. public class MyTreeColumns // this is my class containing the string label public class MyTree ...Show All

• kwarnke Permission problems after enabling ClickOnce

  Hi, After enabling Clickince in my app which uses Composite Application Block (CAB), I have run into some problems. When I got Clickonce to deploy my app and I got it installed, I tried some different settings as it crashed on startup. Now, my app which worked flawlessly in VS before, won't start when launching from VS. I get the following error when loading assemblies. I tried adding new references and recompiling everything etc. Nothing s ...Show All

• Pittsburgh IIS on XP Home - missing module in hacks

  Does anyone know if IIS can be installed on XP Home or not as I'm trying to deploy an ASP script that requires ASP and IIS with its virtual SMTP service Ooops... Sorry Vance, I made a BIG typing mistake.. What I want t ...Show All

• adamhearn Add/Insert Items to a ComboBox

  In asp.Net I do it like this: DropDownList1.Items.Insert(0, New ListItem("Display Text", "Value")) I need to use the add and insert methods of the windows forms combobox to add both the Display and value items to a combobox. I know both methods ...Show All

• archraja Binding nullable integer to textbox from designer

  I'm moving from .NET 1.1 Windows Forms development to .NET 2.0 and I'm checking out the new databinding features. It looks like it's going to rock! So I build a simple base class that has integer, string, and nullable integer properties. I then built a collection class and just inherited off of the generic List<T>. Worked awesome. I dragged a DataGridView onto my form, and set the datasource to my new collection class. I then added a ...Show All

• mdfq10 Distributing required updates?

  Our company has written a WinForms application. Since not many of our customers have the .NET framework yet, we've put the download links on our homepage. We've also linked the required updates for .NET framework to make installation as convenient as possible. It  ...Show All

• Regent2 Listbox refresh problem

  Hi all, I have a wierd problem with listbox refrsh event. I've created panel contains 2 listboxes: first contains all available items taken from database , second contains desired items user choose. Data taken from database stored in ArrayLists. The main  ...Show All

• Frank Ran ListView ColumnHeader.TextAlign can not be set other than Left for Col 1

  VB 2005 Beta 2. When editing the columns in the IDE properties page for a ListView control, I am not able to set the TextAlign property of ColumnHeader1 to anything other than "Left" - for example, "Center" or "Right".  It also does not work in code: ListView1.Columns(0).TextAlign = HorizontalAlignment.Center Has no affect. Does anyone know why this might be Just a note, this is still happening in the f ...Show All

• XiaoYu Windows Forms tip: use Spy++!

  I wanted to share a great little tip with all of you on how to debunk the inner workings of Windows controls. While .NET Windows Forms is a great library that makes creating forms very easy, there are limits to what you can do with Windows Forms. Luckily, it is just a wrapper around ancient technology, and we can still have a lot more control over the controls than you might think at first glance. Windows messages are still in the core of the . ...Show All

• Lee Brimelow best way to use excel with dotnet windows apps

  I would like to know the best way to work with excel in a dotnet windows app. I am currently using the getobject(). I am trying to retrive data from a worksheet and importing it into a dataset. I am using excel version 9.0. I und ...Show All