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Score Trouble Shooting .NET Framework repairs
CrankyCheryl - 27 Oct 2007 6:44 PM - 1 message
I thought I was quite organized for this repair I have started, I printed all the instructions and downloaded all the files I need, but I am now stumped with the Windows Installer SDK (Msizap.exe). I have never used this utility ...
Score RE: Help.ShowHelp and CHM Files with Embedded CHM Files
SteveCat - 27 Oct 2007 5:07 PM - 1 message
Brian Yours was the only post I found that worked, after a day of searching. Let me give an example that may help others. Help.ShowHelp(Me, HelpProvider1.HelpNamespace, "Operation2.htm") Where:    1. HelpProvider1.HelpNamespace is the path to the *chm file. ...
Score Re: User Control Instance/DataGridView.Columns in Visual Studio De
Siegmund Buamann - 27 Oct 2007 12:20 PM - 2 messages
Hello Linda, I ran into the same problem. Can you please send me your solution? Kind regards Siegmund Baumann ...
Score Re: User Control Instance/DataGridView.Columns in Visual Studio De
Siegmund Buamann - 27 Oct 2007 12:18 PM - 1 message
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Score Localization tutorial?
David Thielen - 27 Oct 2007 4:54 AM - 9 messages
Hi; Is there a good url somewhere that walks through how to localize the resources in a C# forms app? ...
Score CollectionEditor and objects that implement an interface
David - 26 Oct 2007 5:42 PM - 1 message
Hello, I am using Visual Studio 2005 (VB.NET) and I have encountered a problem that I am hoping someone can help me with. I am trying to get the CollectionEditor of a PropertyGrid control to allow the editing of a collection of objects that implement a custom interface ...
Score How do I (cleanly) dispose of a row in DataGridView DataError even
B. Chernick - 26 Oct 2007 3:29 PM - 5 messages
I'm writing a Winforms project in VB/Dot Net 2.0 and I'm having some trouble handling the Data Error event.  The grid is bound to a filtered binding source.  Part of the primary key is ...
Score Question about best practices when using ListView in VirtualMode
Rostislav - 26 Oct 2007 3:27 PM - 3 messages
Hi, I am working on an app which - for a given period of time - frequently receives messages in background thread (every 2-5 ms). These messages are then translated and should be sent/added to ListView. I understand that I ...
Score How to limit TextBox buffer size ?
Rostislav - 26 Oct 2007 2:37 PM - 3 messages
Hi, my small app listens on a channel and then writes all incoming data (formatted in text strings) to a multiline textbox. Now I am trying to set limit on this textbox buffer (i.e. max number of lines in textbox). It should ...
Score A Must Read!!!
clarke.ricky1@gmail.com - 26 Oct 2007 1:43 PM - 1 message
I have found an excellent resource on understanding Windows Application concepts and exam 070-306. [link] ...
Score a .net framework bug
Shwu - 25 Oct 2007 7:12 PM - 7 messages
I don't know where to report a bug to MS. Here is the bug description: I have an activeX created by ATL/C++, which shows a tree view with multiple state checkboxes and icons. It works fine to embed the activeX to the main ...
Score ErrorProvider on a UserControl
Andy - 25 Oct 2007 6:35 PM - 2 messages
Hi, I have a user control, which is a bunch of textboxes and dropdowns.  I also have a bindingsource component, to which an object is bound. Also, an ErrorProvider component as well. The bound object correctly implements IDataErrorInfo as well.  When ...
Score localization - disabling the localization of control properties?
Sergei Shelukhin - 25 Oct 2007 2:51 PM - 2 messages
Hi. Is there any way to prevent standard .NET localization from "lozalizing" control locations and sizes? Or, preferrably, all the properties that are put into "other" resource type in resources. We have an application where the changes to control positions on the ...
Score ANN: VintaSoftTwain.NET Library v3.0 has been released.
vintasoft - 25 Oct 2007 10:46 AM - 1 message
VintaSoftTwain.NET Library is a pure .NET Library which allows to control work of scanners, cameras and any other TWAIN devices. With this library you can fully control the image acquisition process, use the automatic document feeder, clean up images using noise removal, ...
Score Securing Windows Form Controls In VB.Net 2005
squig9 - 25 Oct 2007 1:48 AM - 2 messages
Hello, I am am trying to come up with a way of securing controls inside of a VB.Net 2005 application. I have searched and found information on Window Security but it all seemed based on ASP.Net. I am looking to ...
Score Toolbar buttons in inheriting form are read-only
Tom Dacon - 24 Oct 2007 3:52 PM - 1 message
I've got a base windows form that has a toolbar with a number of buttons on it. The scope for both the  toolbar and its buttons is Protected Friend, as set in the Modifiers section of the properties window. ...
Score Determine previously focused control in winforms
adiel_g - 24 Oct 2007 3:20 PM - 4 messages
I have a couple of textboxes and a button.  I also have other controls in the same form.  When I click on the button, I want to know the previously selected control, specifically I want to know if it was a ...
Score Form.ShowDialog() causing complete system lockup in win32k!GetRealOwner
Dave Parker - 24 Oct 2007 3:13 PM - 1 message
I have an interesting problem in one of my applications in which a call to Form.ShowDialog() is causing a complete system lockup. Ctrl+Alt+Delete has no effect and after a few seconds the mouse cursor will no longer move. I'd ...
Score Scrolling Multiple ListView controls at once
Jarppi - 24 Oct 2007 9:35 AM - 1 message
Hi All, Not sure how to go about this one.  I've got a windows form with five ListView controls, each listing the files in a seperate folder.  What I want to achieve is this: When I scroll any of the ListView controls, I'd like the other ...
Score Databinding concepts
Amb k - 24 Oct 2007 8:22 AM - 2 messages
I have defined a picturebox control defined in the common class and i am loading the picturebox to a panel defined in form1. Now when i load two form1 screens at the same time only the last displayed form shows picturebox. How can i show the same picturebox on both ...
Score Help with custom control and event.
David - 24 Oct 2007 1:46 AM - 2 messages
I have a custom control that I'm working on. Everything was going swimmingly until I needed its containing control to subscribe to an event. The problem has to do with a separate event being raised unexpectedly. This is some code ...
Score Just found datagridview crash problem - anyone else ever see this?
B. Chernick - 23 Oct 2007 8:28 PM - 1 message
Just thought I'd post a solution instead of a problem for once.  I'm running Visual Studio 2005 and doing a Winforms project. This has been plaguing me on and off for weeks.  I thought it was some sort ...
Score How to read xml file nodes (vb.net)
Elmo Watson - 23 Oct 2007 6:51 PM - 5 messages
Scenario - I need to open up (dynamically) an xml file - in this case I'll use the infamous 'books.xml': - <catalog> - <book id="bk101">   <author>Gambardella, Matthew</author>   <title>XML Developer's Guide</title> ...
Score Invoke Assembly Interface from Another Assembly.
Ibrahim. - 23 Oct 2007 3:33 PM - 2 messages
Hello, I have a DLL Project with some user-controls which implements a Interface (Exit), this is used to warn the user if any changes done when trying to close the user-control. the interface is defined in the DLL project it self, but ...
Score localisation - satellite assemblies
sunny - 22 Oct 2007 10:14 PM - 1 message
Hey guys n gals I am using resource file to localise my user interface. But i have an issue with it. When i use assembly key file does not become strong!! and localisation does not work... When i take out the assembly key ...
Score User Controls/ VS 2002
kalamantina - 22 Oct 2007 6:57 PM - 2 messages
Hi everyone, I am having a problem with a user control. I have a winform roject and I built a user control for it, the project builds fine and I was able to drag the user control from the toolbox ...
Score Getting Encoding info for HttpWebResponse
Tedmond - 22 Oct 2007 6:24 PM - 3 messages
Dear all, Is there any way to get the encoding info from a HttpWebResponse?  Should I use HttpWebResponse.GetResponseHeader?  If yes, what is the parameter should I use? Thanks for any help, Tedmond ...
Score KeyPress Not Firing
HaySeed - 22 Oct 2007 6:45 AM - 4 messages
I have a series of graphical User controls on the screen which which do not posess any user input controls so no tab stops.  I need to have them respond to key press events to move left or right (arrow keys) or Delete. My problem ...
Score GAC assembly deployment nightmare
phcmi - 21 Oct 2007 4:25 PM - 1 message
I've recently inherited a nightmare of a project. My predecessor created 18 assemblies where only 2 were necessary. These assemblies provide common implementations for our 7 and growing applications, so he decided that the deployment strategy is that each application will place all 18 into the GAC. ...
Score Downloading file using WebRequest
Tedmond - 21 Oct 2007 3:53 PM - 4 messages
Dear all, Is System.Net.WebRequest the correct class that I can use for downloading file over http?  I can easily get a page contents using that class but have no way to get a file from the web server.  Can anyone give me an idea how I ...
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