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• WPFMonkey Making child controls of UserControl editable

  I have a UserControl subclass, CompanyInfo, with various controls (Labels and Textboxes) on it. When I'm designing this class, I can edit the controls, move them around etc., which is fine. However, when I build CompanyInfo into a DLL, then add it to the Toolbox and drop it onto a form in the Designer, I can no longer edit and move the various controls that CompanyInfo encapsulates. I have tried setting these controls to public access, but that ...Show All

• David Maynard Create Form from Async-Callback

  Lo All I'm trying to create a Form from an AsyncCallback. The Form creates well but after that it doesn't react in any way. It's rather clear that the Form was created on another Thread (the callback Thread) and so it doesn't have a MessageLoop where it can catch Messages. So I somehow need to call the "Form-Creation-Code" in my Main-Thread where the MessageLoop is running. But I can't figure out how to do it. I played around with ExecutionConte ...Show All

• Tmac Who should use ClickOnce?

  I have been testing the ClickOnce technology for weeks now, and I am continually asking myself the question: "In what way is ClickOnce designed to be used " Using VS 2005, or the Mage SDK tools requires the developer to know the application URL ahead of time. This is not feasible if you normally vend your software to a business or organization that will then distribute it to their workstations via their choice of web servers, file servers, etc. ...Show All

• SQLChamp WebBrowser and file:// URLs?

  Hi folks, Is there some reason why file:// URLs don't work in an embedded WebBrowser If I make an HTML file with this link in it: <a href=" Test file:///D:/Profiles/mabster/Documents/nocover.png">Test</a > ... then launch that HTML file in Internet Explorer and click the link, the file pops up just fine. However, in the WebBrowser control, if I load that HTML file, the link doesn't work. Heck, the "Navigating" event isn't even fired ...Show All

• KeWin How to Force a Cell into Edit Mode in a DataGridView

  Any ideas on how to programmatically force a cell into Edit Mode in a DataGridView Background: I have an ImageColumn which allows user to popup a list of 'favourite items' and select one. On selection i am populating another cell with the chosen value, and would like to automatically put that cell in edit mode. (I am not using a ComboBoxColumn because they can edit the value in the column to any value they like). Also, I know the row and c ...Show All

• lilithinzion Testing Methodology

  I was wondering if the experienced developers out there would mind sharing their thoughts on how they test their critters.  I'm currently planning on creating some test harness' so that I can write some nunit tests, but I can foresee some poten ...Show All

• terry62 Expanding a ListItemCollection

  How can I resize an existing ListItemCollection I have a listview that I wan't to populate using ListItemCollection.Insert(). I am using Insert the Instead method of the Add method because I wan't to control where the item is inserted. I get an exception when I try to add an item at an index that is beyond the size of the ListItemCollection. How can I expand the ListItemCollection before I call Insert I am missing a Resize method. Do y ...Show All

• raceirolg Licensing

  Can anyone simplify control design time & runtime licensing using the licensing provider in the .NET Framework ...Show All

• Lea41263 How to drag & drop a FileName to another application ?

  hello, i didn't find much help about it, except for the reverse. i would like to drag and drop a string to an external application that already accepts dragging. is it the same way as drag inside   thank you the method works, the cursor shows 'copy' mode but, it doesn't do anything Private Sub TextBox2_MouseDown( ByVal sender As Object , ByVal e As System.Windows. ...Show All

• Jake Reynolds datagridview to be connected with an object

  hi there, I am trying to build a grid that is connected to an object I dont know how exactly works but when I use the automated datasource with my object nothing appears on the table. My question is in order to see some data on the grid do I have to build my class in a specific structure Thank you all Adam No - but you do need to provide a runtime instance of your object (or list of objects) to the DataGridView.  When you setup desi ...Show All

• Patrick Martineau How to render ToolStripSeparator margin

  Hi, Is there a way to control how the margin around a toolstripseparator is rendered For example in a menustrip the separator line color is set through the forecolor property, but the backcolor property doesn't seem to change anything. There also doesn't seem to be a suitable method to do this in the ToolStripRenderer or any of it's variants. Why isn't it possible to simply draw a custom rectangle over the whole area in OnRenderSeparato ...Show All

• Mike Flasko - MSFT single event to trigger multiple dynamically created controls

  I am unsure how to approach this issue I'm having: I'd like to know what is the best way for a single control (which is dynamically generated) to signal a number of other dynamically created controls.   What I'm tring to do is have the&nbs ...Show All

• nfurno Strongly-typed DataColumn change events

  The DataSet Designer in Beta1 produced strongly-typed DataColumn change events, event args, and event handlers. These seem to be gone from Beta 2. Are these gone permanently When u declare the dataset.. U can see the events and u can hook them. DataSet1 d =  new  DataSet1();  d.DataTable1.ColumnChanged     .RowChanged events are here... but I couldnt see them in property window. if u want to fire ...Show All

• JReuben dissecting vs...

  Hi, Does anyone know where visual studio stores the information whether we want the start page to open when we open vs.net, or the open file dialog, etc  In what file... Thanks I think it's in \program files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\C ...Show All

• jbourne Custom Paint MDI Window Background

  How can i paint simple gradient on MDI Window Background You can set the BackgroundImage of the form, or override OnPaintBackground to do custom painting. Thanks, Background image works but overrides sub does not work Yes it helps. Thanks!! You don't say if .NET 1.x o 2.0 (and I don't know if there's a difference), but if you refer to the area of your main window behind MDI children, see this article on The CodeProj ...Show All