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• Dan Hess Tooltip redisplay issue

  I have an issue with tool tips being redisplayed once a checkbox is checked/unchecked or a radiobutton is selected.  The tips display just fine initially. Steps to reproduce: Create a new form Drag a checkbox on the form Add the following code to the Load event of the form: ToolTip tip = new ToolTip (); tip.IsBalloon = true ; tip.ToolTipIcon = ToolTipIcon .Info; tip.ToolTipTitle = "Sample ToolTip ...Show All

• Alexander N Mikhaylyukov Property DefaultValue of type Point or Size

  I have a usercontrol with many public properties and I want to set their default value.  For those that are int and string, I know how to do that ( [ Category ( "Layout" ), DefaultValue (10)] ), but how do I do it with type point or type size Thanks JGA figured it out...I still hade the defaultvalue for that font.  The shouldserialize works great! thanks Well you can do this for point: [DefaultValue(typeof(Point), "0, ...Show All

• Northern Ferret Another DataGridView Bug in VS.NET 2005

  Hello there, I think I've run into another bug within the DataGridView control. I've got some kind of bigger project here where I use DataGridView in several forms. But everywhere I use it, I can't get access to its properties. They simply aren't displayed. The property explorer remains empty when I select one of those DataGridViews. It seems to be a bug 'cos VS.NET crashes when I select the DataGridView via the DropDown list right above the pro ...Show All

• Bob SDG Datagrid losing currency

  I have a form that fills a datagrid on load and binds it to controls.  If I  move the currency manager in code, the grid's selected row does not follow.   However, if I fill and bind the grid after load, then moving the currency& ...Show All

• david cantrill backgroundWorker.ReportProgress() method

  Hi, I have been testing the backgroundWorker component. It works great but I have a suggestion on the ReportProgress() method. This method accepts an integer (percent). Why an integer, why not an object. This would make it possible to report not an  ...Show All

• sassenach "Feature packed" datepicker control released!

  Looking for a "feature packed" DatePicker control, with Outlook style drop down calendar Binarymission has released its most comprehensive, feature-packed WinForms .NET control library - BinaryDatePicker .NET - An outstanding Outlook-styled Calendar control with numerous am ...Show All

• Marlyn How to set column size in DataGridView contorl

  hi,   I want to set a coulumn size in DataGridView control . Suppose if i have 10 coulumns in my DataGridView contorl i wan to set its coulumn size that i don’t need to scroll to see all the columns in the Form. thanks in advance. hey, at first u need to get the width of the gridView. then count your columns in the gridView.. your code can be like this... for example; int ColumnWidth = gridViewW ...Show All

• Stian Myrland VB.NET vs AS/400

  Many of my programs make repeated calls to our “elderly” AS/400 to get data based on account numbers, then process that data and write back to the AS/400 before moving on to the next account number.  Using the .NET ODBC classes has worked& ...Show All

• Dazzler Bug in CurrencyManager.OnPositionChanged - eats exceptions

  I have a problem with exceptions that never shows. Looking (with Reflector) at the code in System.Windows.Forms.CurrencyManager, you can see that the method OnPositionChanged eats all exceptions. This is a major bug if you ask me. Why does it do this (Same for 1.1 and 2.0) protected virtual void OnPositionChanged(EventArgs e) {       try       {        ...Show All

• nikkah Replicating VISIO Functionality (IMPORTANT)

  I have to replicate VISIO's ability to create the FLOWCHARTS using VB.NET.  Please provide me a basic roadmap, as to how should I proceed . I am new to GDI and am going through the basics through the material and source code availaible ove ...Show All

• Ceres629 How to copy a row?

  Hi guys, I need to copy the selected row and add it to the same datagridview. How can this be accomplished I tried all kinds of thing but it simply won('t work :-/ Can't be that hard, can't it Regards, Nick This is an example of how you can do it: Private Sub CopyRow( ) Dim dgvRow As DataGridViewRow = dgvDataGridView.CurrentRow Dim dt As DataTable = Me .dsDataSet.Tables( "Table ...Show All

• pender Detect control movement in screen ???

  yes, indeed we can use Control.Move event to know when a control moves. But, what if the control moves in screen because we move the form  Yes, we can solve this by adding event handler to the form's Move event. But again, what if the ...Show All

• Badajoz95 Problem with Dataset designer

  Hello I have problem with DataSet designer in VS2005 professional. Im created empty dataset and drag couple of tables into it form server explorer to have strong typed dataset. If I try to open it again, designer crashes with exception like this. One or more errors encountered while loading the designer. The errors are listed below. Some errors can be fixed by rebuilding your project, while others may require code changes. ...Show All

• abzA selecting text and check for spaces

  Hi there, I am developing a tool which generates notes. The requirement is that the created note can not be longer than 400 characters (including spaces) If it is over 400 characters the color of the font is changed and the first 400 characters are copied to the clipboard. There is only one problem. It cuts the note exactly at 399 characters, hence it could cut a word. How can I check for the first space below 400 characters in th ...Show All

• Guru2228 Adding extra controls to a User control as a container

  I would like to create a UserControl as a base for a set of other controls for a common look and feel. I create UC1 inheriting from user control and add in a groupBox and a inside the group box a small panel containing some labels and stuff that will be common to each inherited control. The group box is dock.Fill and the panel is dock.Top. e.g. +-Groupbox---------+ | +---Panel--------+ | | | Label1  Label2 | | | +----------------+ | |  ...Show All