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  • Complex user control not responding to click events
    by robalexclark
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    Last post by nobugz
      • Hi all, I'm wondering whether any of you people can help me out with this problem that I have with a user control that I have been trying to get working. The first part of the user control is a flat circular button ( called SampleButton) that toggles colour when clicked. This control has an OnClick method as follows protected override void OnClick(EventArgs e) { base.OnClick
  • Form Control Advice
    by thallish
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    Last post by thallish
      • Hi As I have never played around with windows forms before, I could use an advice on which control to use or mixture of controls if that is the case. What I am trying to accomplish is to make a program which I will use for when I am creating work-out programs. This is first iteration so only the basic features will be implemented right now. Firstly, I want the layout to be as I am writ
  • Short Cut To Different Outputs
    by Anthony Abate
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    Last post by PhilWilson
      • I created a utility project that creates an exe as an output that im including into the setup project. I can see the exe listed in the output section of the primary output.. It gets correctly included when i test the installer, however i dont seem to have the option to create a short cut to it. Similarly, I dont seem to be able to create a shortcut to other output types. is it possible to create
  • question on using Select method to update dataset
    by smhaig
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    Last post by smhaig
      • When I use the getchanges method to update a dataset, I can find out before hand how many inserted, modified and deleted rows exist using, for example Insertedrows = ds.Tables(1).GetChanges(DataRowState.Added) and I can check the row count. How do I determine the number of records that have been added when I use the select method: daOrders.Update(ds.Tables("Orders").Select
  • CheckedListBox Issue
    by ttriguero
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    Last post by Zhi-Xin Ye - MSFT
      • I have a CheckedListBox that is set to a certain size...lets say that it will hold 20 items. My datasource fills the collection with 5 items. so I have a bunch of whitespace within the CheckedListBox control. Now here is the problem, I click on one of the items(not clicking the checkbox, just on the row) and it highlights that item, it does not check it. Now I move my mouse down to the white space
  • Change the Background color of User Interface.
    by nisarg
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    Last post by Ghaznavi
      • Hi all, I am developing project of type Setup and Deployment using Visula Studio 2005. I am facing problem while changing the background color of each User Interface. I try a lot to change the background of Each element from the properties window of Element but i cant find the way to do that. I also used "ORCA" to do that but i am not able to find appropr
  • Mouse inside or outside the client area
    by pasha2k
    7 Replies
    Last post by nobugz
      • Hello everyone, How can I check if the mouse is inside or outside the client area.. To be more specific I have tried to make a calculation for inner controls but this do not work for the Form. I also tried to add a MouseLeave event which sets the mouseInside boolean to false and a MouseEnter event which sets the same boolean to true.. But interestingly when my mouse is over a control inside
  • Uploading app to website
    by wencey
    8 Replies
    Last post by wencey
      • Ive developed my program with vb express, and now i want to upload it on the website. How can that be done Does microsoft web developer 2005 help
  • Invalid value for 'Clrversion'
    by Thomas N
    6 Replies
    Last post by jwaters
      • When I try to publish my program i get this Error: Invalid value for 'Clrversion' I guess it is a problem with my framework. I don't get any errors when I build or debug my program. Any one who can tell my how to resolve this issue
  • Creating a Class Library for separate App
    by Loki70
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    Last post by Loki70
      • I am using a commercially sold software package that is used for touch screen applications. This software supports using custom ActiveX controls on it's design surface and it has VBScript imbedded in the application. I am struggling to create a control that can be used by this software. I read somewhere that only VB6 can create ActiveX controls - is this true If so, it would seem to be
  • auto repair problem
    by Ying06
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    Last post by PhilWilson
      • I created a project which include many files (about 3500). It seems works fine for a while after being installed. However, now there is a client report every time he tried to run the program from the desktop icon (or icon in program folder). The program tried to start the auto recover processes. I checked his installation folder, the executable files are same as before For further check, the
  • Winform Datagrid form doesn't respect the column widths or display checkbox for boolean column
    by Dave Alessi
    4 Replies
    Last post by Dave Alessi
      • In the winform designer, I create a data grid, and specify the styles for each column. I cannot get the table style to take effect. How does this get set When I run, I getr the default columns widths and all text fields. What is wrong
  • Inheriting the windows form from another windows form
    by Vivek Natani
    8 Replies
    Last post by Bigul
      • I'm trying to inherit one windows form (inheritForm) from another windows from (baseForm). I want to override the the baseForm's some events with the inheritForm events (let's day I want to override the form_click event). Can we really do this. I mean does the design of .net framework 2.0 support this If yes, it'd be gr8 if you can post few lines of code. Thanks, Vivek
  • Is there a msflexgrid to datagridview conversion guide?
    by jerrykur
    1 Replies
    Last post by Ken Tucker
      • I have an old piece of VB6 code that I am converting and need some assistance in trying to map the old calls to the datagridview equivalents. Thanks, jerry
  • Datatype Mismatch- VB.Net or VS 2005?
    by Vaish
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    Last post by Damiaan
      • Hi I have a filed (ID) in a table and its datatype is number (long integer). I have select command in 'windows form' and textbox (TextBox1)control in the windows form, will be populated by the filed (ID) from the 'access 'database. If I change the datatype of ID field in table from Number to Text its works. But if the field ID's datatype is number I am getting 'datatype mismatch'. Could a
  • Synchronising Display Values
    by booler
    5 Replies
    Last post by timvw
      • Hi folks. I am having a problem with synchronising the properties of two controls. I have a user control on one tab page, and a user control on another tab page, and these user controls are of the same type and display exactly the same data. When the user changes a property in one, this should be immediately reflected in the other. The user controls' data is populated from a custom business obj
  • Disabling the Tab pages at form load time
    by zenwalker
    5 Replies
    Last post by Mick Doherty
      • Hello Guys, I am facing a bit problem in disabling the tab pages (graying out them) at form load itself. I tried tabpage.Enabled=false; as well. But it disables the tab components being disabled. But not the tab itself. The user should not even select the tab page. It shouldnt be acccesible at all. I have searched all MSDN pages. But no luck. Thanks. P.S: If any more info is required, then plz a
  • The requested URI is invalid for this FTP command.
    by Mahesh819
    2 Replies
    Last post by Alden Snow
      • Hi, I keep getting the error "The requested URI is invalid for this FTP command." when trying to upload a file from local machine to the FTP server using code below in C# 2.0. I am getting error on the bold line below. I would appreaciate if someone can guide me to proper solution. thanks Mahesh public void Deliver() { FtpWebRequest request = (FtpWebRequest)W
  • WebBrowser ActiveElement Focus
    by Norb
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    Last post by Norb
      • Well my problem is this, on app I have multiple WebBrowser in a tab control and when I change tabs I capture what was the last active element so when I get back to the tab I can send the focus back to the element, this all works fine if the element is a regular html element but if it was an ActiveX or a java Applet where the focus was actually lets say a TextBox inside the object I cant find a way
  • CellValidating Event being fired on Load of Form
    by Neil Harper
    2 Replies
    Last post by BonnieB
      • I have had a nagging problem with a CellValidating event in a DataGridView being fired when the form is loading. If you have a DataGridView on a form that has an event handler for CellValidating and you fill the grid during the OnLoad event of the form, the cell validating event will be fired. After much experimenting I found that if you load the DataGridView during the Shown event then the CellVa
  • Find a window control at a point on the screen
    by michael447887
    10 Replies
    Last post by michael
      • How do I find a control (such as a text box) from a window running in a separate process based on an X,Y screen coordinate
  • Datagridview RowLeave Exceptions
    by Yiannis
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    Last post by Yiannis
      • Hi, as i figure it out (i dont know if it's like this but anw) when leaving a row in a datagridview it saves that row in the table. So where i can handle the exception thrown there like an empty primary key column or a wrong formated cell in the row. I tried in the rowvalidating event but what do i put in the body of try Thanks
  • Display multiple fields in a DataGridView cell
    by Leon Tayson
    6 Replies
    Last post by Zhi-Xin Ye - MSFT
      • Hi All! How do I display multiple fields (1 line per field) in a DataGridView cell... i need to display it like below:    Cell1    | Cell2 -------------------------------------------    ID       | Desc   Name      | Other Field  Address    | etc. ---------------------------
  • Forms: Picture box
    by eniger
    3 Replies
    Last post by Andrej Tozon
      • Hi, May I know how am I going to change the images in a picture box in codes For example, when I click ButtonA, PicA will appear in the picture box. And later when I click ButtonB, PicB will appear in replacement of PicA in the same picture box. Thank you!~
  • What control to use to have ability to group items, and also to delete selected item?
    by Sepetar
    3 Replies
    Last post by .Binny
      • I need to have control similar to listbox, but items need to be grouped. When I'm adding item in control it needs to be added under appropriate group. Also, I need to be able to delete selected item. Thanks