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• Santiago Caceres Default sizes and Windows Forms Guidelines

  I am looking for the Windows Forms equivalent of the "Official Guidelines for User Interface Developers and Designers".  Specifically information like: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnwue/html/ch14e.asp I'm also perplexed by the fact the heights of the&n ...Show All

• jonte datagrid changing datasource at runtime not working 2nd time

  I need to display results of different queries into the same datagrid. The query results are from the same table and go into the same dataset. I can only display to the datagrid the query results the very first time. After that I see  ...Show All

• miztaken COM reference and VB.NET sluggishness

  I had posted a question some time back about my VS .NET 2003 work environment being really slow. I had received answers sayin that my machine wasnt capable enough of processing such a large program. In response to that I did some extensive  ...Show All

• SAM SAM richtextbox convert to html

  I have a richtextbox and in it I change fonts, colors, etc. on certian words. When this is read from the code behind, how can it be changed to pure html Thanks, Zath You would have to interpret the rtf codes and transform them into html. Try searching the internet for rtf to html converters. ...Show All

• ie1jch Forms application development with an Sql Express database

  Hello all, I've posted this to the Sql Express forum with no responses. I'm trying here too... I would like my newly converted to .NET 2.0 Windows Forms application to use an Sql Express database instead of MSDE. Previously, development was done on the default SQL Server instance using the full SQL Server 7.0. When deployed, MSDE was used with a named instance. The connection string in the application settings needed to be modified as par ...Show All

• cworkman29729 Treeview AfterCollapse help

  When viewing the VS 2005 Help on Treeview AfterCollapse event, the example given has nothing to do with the AfterCollapse event. instead, it looks like its an example for handling something to do with Checks. I wanted to find out which argument I can rely on to check the collapsed state of the node. Is it e.Nodes.SelectedNode Heres what I need to do: I need to modify the Node text in case it is collapsed. That is, I want to provide sum ...Show All

• v0lcan0 Updating Listbox Items

  Short and Simple: How do I do this   ;)  I am reading in a file and placing each item into a listbox. Then when the user clicks a line, they will be able to edit the text. A button is triggering the update.&nb ...Show All

• Vlek Norris MenuStrip and CloneMenu() ...?

  How can I clone a MenuStripItem In a book, I have seen an example: ContextMenu myContextMenu = new ContextMenu(); // Clones fileMenuItem and fills myContextMenu with the cloned item myContextMenu.MenuItems.Add(fileMenuItem.CloneMenu()); // Assigns the new context menu to myButton myButton.ContextMenu = myContextMenu; But in 2.0 version there is not a function like CloneMenu()... Thanks very much... Yes, it moves it. C ...Show All

• Tobin Titus IIS Can't Kill WINWORD.EXE...

  I've posted a message before, but my question wasn't really answered.    I'm using VB.NET to open, print and close a Word Document.  Thing is it leaves an instance of WINWORD.EXE in TaskManager - and it seems nothing will kill it. Aft ...Show All

• Paxxer Execute and script agains a database in winforms?

  Hello, I am trying to make an installer that ask for SERVER and then what I need to do is to load a very large. SQL file to execute it, any idea I'm not quire sure this is the optimal solution but it is what I'm doing. 1. Create setup and deployment project 2. Add installer Class to your application project 3. Create a form to get input from user. Call it from installer class 4. Use SMO (You will have this SDK if you install ...Show All

• Tidane Double Click between Datagrid Columns to Expand Column

  How does the datagrid know to expand the width of the column to the length of the content (text) in the column.  I would like to programmatically mimic this behavior.  My app allows the user to select the column that they would like&n ...Show All

• Todd-TSIC Load User Controls in my toolbox service

  Hi, I am building a form designer and I would like to load assemblies (User Controls) into my toolbox, so the user can drag and drop the control into a panel like visual studio.  How can I do that using code   I need so sample code!  Thanks I don't think I quite understand your question. What do you mean by toolbox services There are two options you could go for: 1. Immediately create ...Show All

• Manu_Raj Regarding Array as DataSource to ComboBox

  I was just wondering what if i dont want to pass a DataTable as a DataSource to the    ComboBox and i want to pass an array as a datasource then how would i set the display member and value member. Can we pass two dimen ...Show All

• Larry Bynum can the GUI of windows forms be customised in.NET similar to Picasa's Interface?How?

  hi, Can i code a customised look of every form,button or whatever,that appears on my app through.NET How to achieve it Any suggestions Thanks.... What feature do you need from the Picsa what control or behaivor maybe we can direct you to more specifiec solution. Yes, learn how to OwnerDraw the controls with GDI+, there are many "how to" tutorials you can find on the ...Show All

• Uanto Standard to Professional upgrade

  I have VB.Net standard I have recently discovered that in order to do what I need to I need Professional.  Does anyone know if it is possible to upgrade just to VB.NET Pro or if I must get Visual Studio  If so how and can an ...Show All