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Score System.Drawing.Internal.GPStream - tons of memory used
David Thielen - 9 Nov 2007 11:20 PM - 4 messages
Hi; I'm doing a memory profile and it is showing that System.Drawing.Internal.GPStream  has a ton of MemoryStream objects created and using up memory - even after I close my form. Any idea what's going on? ...
Score AttachedProperty naming changes behavior of Xaml loader
Wak-em-up - 9 Nov 2007 9:23 PM - 1 message
This isn't as complicated of a question as it may appear.......as long as you know something about attached properties. I have an attached property called AttachedFooProperty (see code below).  I use this in my XAML file and can get it to work fine (I am attaching the ...
Score NotifyIcon.ShowBalloonTip() not working in Vista
Tim Mackey - 9 Nov 2007 5:32 PM - 4 messages
hi, i have a really simple win forms app that just has a notifyIcon, context menu, and timer. no forms. the problem is that the ShowBalloon method refuses to display anything in Vista, although it works albeit inconsistently on a Server 2003 box.  the ...
Score How does SuspendLayout work?
MariusI - 9 Nov 2007 11:35 AM - 1 message
I calling SuspendLayout() on a parent control, then changing the Size property of one of its child controls two times before calling ResumeLayout(true). Now, both size changes are rendered to screen. I was hoping to suppress rendering of the first size change of the child control. ...
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luguangbo - 9 Nov 2007 9:53 AM - 1 message
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Score Mouse free button
Arne Garvander - 8 Nov 2007 10:58 PM - 7 messages
I need a shortcut key for a button on a windows form. I have tried to put mybutton.text = "&Click", but that doesn't seem to work. ...
Score Tool for clickonce maifest and application signature validation
Jediah L - 8 Nov 2007 8:43 PM - 7 messages
Is there a tool (command line or otherwise) that can be used to validate the signature of a ClickOnce manifest or application file? Thanks in advance! Jediah L. ...
Score TableAdapter Insert and Identity Syncing
Evan M. - 8 Nov 2007 7:11 PM - 1 message
I have a TypedDataSet with a TypeDataTable, representing a table in my SQL Server database, whose primary key is an Identity column. When I insert and delete a new row in my database, the Identity value gets incremented, leaving gaps. When I fill the DataTable from my ...
Score Context menu position
LUZZEL - 8 Nov 2007 5:59 PM - 2 messages
I have a tree view to which a context menu strip has been assigned. When the user right clicks the first time on a tree node in the tree view to show the context menu, it always shows at a position near the top of the tree ...
Score Message Sequence Chart control
kelvin.koogan - 8 Nov 2007 11:19 AM - 2 messages
Is anyone aware of a control for Windows Form which can generate message sequence charts? TIA, KK ...
Score Localization and satellite assemblies, need help ASAP!
Mike - 8 Nov 2007 6:24 AM - 2 messages
I am having some issues trying to figure out my localization/resource file problems.  Here is the scenario.  I have a strongly typed resource file called LocalizedStrings, and I use it during application startup (on an Add-In-Express component, which ultimately extends the 'Component' base ...
Score Simple question about bound combobox at update
sandal - 8 Nov 2007 3:23 AM - 3 messages
I'm new to vstudio and have the 2008 beta installed. From the data source windows I dragged a detail form set of controls over to a form and vs created the four fields for me complete with the navigation and ...
Score vs 2008 any improvements?
John - 7 Nov 2007 10:03 PM - 11 messages
Hi Have there been any improvements in windows forms programming specially in terms of better or new controls? Many Thanks Regards ...
Score vs 2008 any improvements?
John - 7 Nov 2007 10:02 PM - 1 message
Hi Have there been any improvements in windows forms programming specially in terms of better or new controls? Many Thanks Regards ...
Score Create a control using a string that contains the control's name
geweiss - 7 Nov 2007 9:39 PM - 2 messages
I am a seasoned PL/B programmer but pretty new to programming in .NET 2.0. I would like to create a control using the control name (a string). Can this be done? Here is the current logic: ====================     Public Shared Function GetControlByComponentID(ByVal ...
Score Global Data
Arne Garvander - 7 Nov 2007 9:02 PM - 4 messages
What is the best way to handle global application data in a windows forms? How about a VB module? ...
Score Re: MenuItem.ShortCut as DEL
Alexander Vasilevsky - 7 Nov 2007 7:12 PM - 1 message
Please try Ctrl + Del shortcut key [link] - Audio tools for C# and VB.Net developers ...
Score custom controls
dragonslayer008 - 7 Nov 2007 9:42 AM - 2 messages
Hello, When I add a custom control to the toolbox (via "Choose Item"), I navigate to the release folder and choose the DLL of my control.  My question is, will Visual Studio use the debug version of the control ...
Score control embeded document from a Windows Forms application
AG - 6 Nov 2007 10:50 PM - 1 message
Hi all, I am trying to manage a excel sheet from a windows forms application through a Microsoft Web Browser ActiveX control. I have read several threads in the news like this one : [link] ...
Score control embeded document from a Windows Forms application
AG - 6 Nov 2007 10:50 PM - 1 message
Hi all, I am trying to manage a excel sheet from a windows forms application through a Microsoft Web Browser ActiveX control. I have read several threads in the news like this one : [link] ...
Score Extending ComboBox class, need to add my own items but when??
0to60 - 6 Nov 2007 9:34 PM - 2 messages
I'm extending the ComboBox class to create a combo for entering times like in Outlook 2007.  I'd like the combo to drop down and let the user select from different times.  I would like to set the interval for these times in ...
Score Select Case Question
Elmo Watson - 6 Nov 2007 8:33 PM - 2 messages
Based on a filename (var: sFilename), I need to check it, via a Select statement, for certain letter combinations Here's what I've got that's not working: Select Case sFilename     Case sFilename.ToUpper.Contains("xxxxxx") ...
Score Windows Service - folder permissions
Elmo Watson - 6 Nov 2007 3:10 PM - 3 messages
I've got a Windows Service I'm testing right now, on my local computer, but I plan on moving it to a server later, so the answer that I need will need to pertain to both situations. This service is very simple - I have 3 folders (Dropped/Archived/Moved) on ...
Score In-Memory Assemblies
ThunderMusic - 6 Nov 2007 2:25 PM - 13 messages
Hi, I'm trying to make something work and I'm pretty sure it can be done, but I can't get it working. I have a encrypted file that contains everything my software needs: exe, dlls, et al. I want to make a "loader" that will decrypt the file and get ...
Score Windows Forms app in Win32
S Clough - 6 Nov 2007 11:20 AM - 3 messages
The help page ms-help://MS.MSDNQTR.v80.en/MS.MSDN.v80/MS.VisualStudio.V80.en/dv_fxmancli/html/0a26d99d-8135-4895-8760-c9a2b5f67f14.htm states that: "with the exception of Microsoft Internet Explorer & MFC, Windows Form controls are not supported in applications designed to host ActiveX control. ...
Score One data source, two combobox lookups
Scudder Consulting - 6 Nov 2007 3:10 AM - 6 messages
In a database there is a County lookup table that is used to provide the county names for display.  The Contact table only stores a numeric code for county.  I have two county ComboBox controls on the form.  One is for the ...
Score DotNet class for message only window?
PLS - 6 Nov 2007 2:56 AM - 4 messages
I'm not sure this is the right place to ask, but does DotNet have a class that wraps a message only window? I need a window that will only be used to receive messages, never to do anything visible. ...
Score The value violates the MaxLength limit of this column
Scudder Consulting - 6 Nov 2007 1:29 AM - 4 messages
Im my application is a Winforms C# 2005 front end to a SQL Server 2005 database.  I have several phone number fields in which I use a MaskedTextBox to format the phone number.  All is good until I create a new ...
Score Richtextbox memory consumption
reeset - 5 Nov 2007 10:15 PM - 1 message
So, I'm trying to figure out if what I'm seeing with the richtextbox is something that I have to live with using the .NET framework or not.  Basically, if I load an 88 MB file, I'm seeing memory consumption spike at ...
Score Including VSTO.exe in One-Click Installation
Ross Culver - 5 Nov 2007 9:29 PM - 1 message
I have a Windows application that is distributed/update via one-click from our Intranet web server.  That process works great, halleluya. I want to include an Excel, document-level assembly to the publish process to include my managed-code Excel workbook in the project.  To utilize the ...
Score Disable ToolStrip
Techno_Dex - 5 Nov 2007 9:16 PM - 2 messages
Does anyone know of a work around for getting a ToolStripButton to refresh/repaint itself so that it does not show as selected after the toolstrip is disabled?  I have a toolstrip with a toolstripbutton on it. Inside the click event handler I do some functionality, then I disable the ...
Score problem using reportviewer inside a tabcontrol
billyburditt - 5 Nov 2007 9:00 PM - 1 message
I'm having some problems using the reporting services reportviewer control inside a tabcontrol.   If I place the reportviewer in a form, it loads the report without running it.  However, if I embed the reportviewer control inside a tabcontrol, the report tries to run ...
Score anchoring in inherited windows form not working properly
Dolot - 5 Nov 2007 7:20 PM - 1 message
Hey all, I got a problem.  I have a form that I've created that I'm trying to use as a base form for several other forms.  When I first create a new inherited form from this base class, everything seems to work fine.  I can resize the form ...
Score dragging a picture box
dk60 - 5 Nov 2007 6:12 AM - 2 messages
I want to allow the user of my application to drag a picture box around, so I wrote these simple event handlers:         private void pictureBox1_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)         { ...
Score row validate fires also when binding
Tavo - 4 Nov 2007 1:21 PM - 3 messages
Hi. I am binding a datagridview to a BindingList. I put some actions to be performed after RowValidated Event is fired. I have the problem that this event is also fired while binding for every bounded row. Is there anyway to avoid rowvalidated to occur while binding? ...
Score How to update my data bound control?
billr - 4 Nov 2007 2:08 AM - 5 messages
This sounds like a real stoopid question I know, and it would most likely take me less to to do a bit of reading than to write the question, but here I am in fornt of my PC and well, the books are all the way over the other side ...
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