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Score Devloping Help like Office 2007
BillG - 24 Nov 2007 9:41 PM - 3 messages
Does anyone know what tool was used to develop the help documents in Office 2007? Bill ...
Score Passing paramter to Assembly.
Ibrahim. - 24 Nov 2007 3:18 PM - 3 messages
Hello, I have DLL library, this DLL im invoking from Client application, I need to pass some paramter to the DLL library (user id). something like static Main method declared in the assembly (DLL library). how can i achieve this? ...
Score Help on Microsoft DLL based SQL Engine
David - 23 Nov 2007 9:29 PM - 3 messages
I know that Microsoft was working on  DLL based SQL min-Engine, eg. you install the DLL with the app.  Was this product released and, if so, what is the name?  Thanks ...
Score vs2005 Saving to File
Don - 23 Nov 2007 9:23 PM - 3 messages
I can print a Report, with Grapics etc, directly from vs2005. I would like to know haw I may Print to File OR save a File, to be printed later. Hope there's help. Thank you ...
Score View PDF Inside a Form
George Shubin - 23 Nov 2007 7:04 PM - 3 messages
Does anyone have a recommendation for a PDF viewer component or control? Preferrably low or no cost. Thanks. GS ...
Score Seeking Code Editor component
Alexander Vasilevsky - 23 Nov 2007 8:13 AM - 1 message
Seeking Code Editor component [link] - Audio tools for C# and VB.Net developers ...
Score scrollbar maximum
jonpb - 22 Nov 2007 9:08 PM - 3 messages
Hi, My scrollbars never hit their maximum value. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a work around other than setting the maximum to a higher number? The scrollbar increments a value that is used as an angle of rotation from 0 to 180, it cannot have a value greater than 180. ...
Score Trouble with tablelayoutpanel
Larsemann - 22 Nov 2007 2:38 PM - 1 message
Hi everybody. I am having a problem adding controls dynamically to this control ( using tablelayoutpanel.add(col,row)). I am doing this to a cell where there is an existing control. I thought this would just move the existing control to the next ...
Score Keyup event firing when it shouldn't!
Gav - 22 Nov 2007 11:39 AM - 2 messages
Hi all, I'm creating a MDI program, so far when it runs, it shows a dialog box for logging in (modal dialog form with acceptbutton/cancelbutton set, accept button validates username and password). After receiving the DialogResult if all is OK I make a treeview visible (that is docked to left) and load the ...
Score How do I disable a Post
Don - 22 Nov 2007 1:47 AM - 2 messages
I would like to be able to clear aPost so I may rephrase it. Thanks for reply. ...
Score How do I clear a posting
Don - 22 Nov 2007 1:35 AM - 3 messages
How do I clear a posting, that has not been answered, so I may rephrase it. Thanks ...
Score DataGridView and images column
rodchar - 21 Nov 2007 9:33 PM - 2 messages
hey all, i'd like to place one of two images in a column of my DataGridView based on a value that's coming in for that row from the database. can someone please show me how to do this? ...
Score How to keep focus on a control?
Andrew - 21 Nov 2007 9:22 PM - 3 messages
Hello, friends, In VB6, we have SetFocus() to keep cursor in a masked box if the format is not right. In c#.net 2005, what is the corresponding function/method? I tried BringToFront(), it did not work. Focus still left from wrong-formatted-date ...
Score Clearing Question
Don - 21 Nov 2007 8:59 PM - 2 messages
How do I clear a question I have entered?? I nkow dumb question for me. thanks ...
Score PasswordChar property in ToolStrip textbox
Junior - 21 Nov 2007 7:46 PM - 3 messages
Hi everyone, As I noticed, there's no such property in a toolstrip textbox. So, if I need to collect a password in a toolstrip, what would be the best approach ? Thanks ! ...
Score frm.visible=true vs. frm.show
moondaddy - 21 Nov 2007 6:46 PM - 3 messages
using vb.net 2.0: What's the difference between: frm.visible=true vs. frm.show ? dim frm as New Form1 frm.Visible=True or frm.Show Thanks. ...
Score Security issue when rolling app to Network
Richard - 21 Nov 2007 5:10 PM - 1 message
The dot Net 2 based VB.NET app works fine when used on the server When used by any machine other than a machine loaded with VS on the newtork it fails with this error: ************** Exception Text ************** System.Security.SecurityException: ...
Score Determine when dragging a form has stopped.
Bob Johnson - 20 Nov 2007 8:47 PM - 10 messages
How can I programmatically determine when a MDI child form has been dragged from one location to another within its MDI parent form? Ideally I'd like to trap some event that occurs when the dragging has stopped. Thanks. ...
Score Changes to Attached Database not updated
Crazy Cat - 20 Nov 2007 8:05 PM - 2 messages
Hi, I am deploying a ClickOnce application with an attached database. I set the BuildAction to Content and set Copy To Output Directory to Copy Always. When I make changes to the attached database in the deployed application they appear to be written, however when I open ...
Score Need Advice on GUI design
BillG - 20 Nov 2007 5:23 PM - 2 messages
I am creating a Wpf app that will have a Navigator bar (Group bar) on the left hand side of the main form that will display groups like Customers, Invoices, Deposits etc.  When the user clicks on the Customer group bar for ...
Score Model View Controller with .Net
Martin Widmer - 20 Nov 2007 2:21 PM - 1 message
Hi Guys We are trying to develop a brand new version of a more than 10 yrs old 16-bit application by state of the art architecture. Due to many views on different business objects we decided to use the MVC pattern do decouple the ...
Score Free Windows Control
Max - 20 Nov 2007 1:22 PM - 3 messages
Hi, where i found a free window control ? Thanks ...
Score Window service
AMP - 20 Nov 2007 12:59 PM - 2 messages
I am trying to find the details of all the services that are running a  machine I have used Dim services() As ServiceController Dim i As Integer services = System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.GetServices()    For i = 0 To services.Length - 1 ...
Score How to simulate HelpButtonClicked event
clkurtz - 20 Nov 2007 9:56 AM - 2 messages
I'm working on an windows application, framework 2, language c#. I'm debugging on Windows Vista and XP. I need to have the [?] button in the caption bar, but also minimize box and maximize box. The only way to have the [?] button visible is to disable minimize and ...
Score Using multiple async windows forms
Piotr Strycharz - 20 Nov 2007 8:56 AM - 1 message
Hi, I am trying to write an application that uses several windows. The windows are almost independed. That is: they are communicating using events, but are running their own code. For example - when browser downloads page, the second windows displays html tree. ...
Score Windows Service - FileWatcher doesn't work on D drive
Elmo Watson - 19 Nov 2007 3:41 PM - 6 messages
I'm using a windows service, with a Filewatcher, to poll a particular folder. I can always get it to work correctly if I set the folder somewhere on the C drive (which is the boot drive also), however, it never works at all if I ...
Score Redraw events for overlapping controls
HeroOfSpielburg - 19 Nov 2007 12:23 PM - 1 message
Hello, I'm a .NET newbie (long time MFC guy), so please forgive the ignorance of my post. I'm working on a .NET Forms rect tracker overlaid on a Direct3D viewport.  Essentially, the user can select 2D areas of the rendered ...
Score Databind enum to a ComboBox
Rowland Shaw - 19 Nov 2007 12:10 PM - 2 messages
I'm trying to display values of an enumeration (below)  in a combo box. As a proof of concept, I've attempted to do this via a TypeConverter; but it would appear that the associated TypeConverter is never instantiated, let ...
Score New Namespace in .Net 3.5 for building CBT apps... I can't remember what it's called!
Jason Kendall - 19 Nov 2007 11:49 AM - 3 messages
A couple weeks back I read an article about a new namespace available with the .Net 3.5 framework that allows easily doing things like moving the mouse, clicking buttons, and such.  It was really a great way to do things that used to require API calls. ...
Score Mdi Child Form - Limiting Placement Within Mdi Parent
Bob Johnson - 19 Nov 2007 8:29 AM - 3 messages
..NET 3.5: I have placed two controls at the top of an Mdi parent form. The top-most control is a Panel that is docked to the Top. Immediately below the Panel is a user control that is Anchored to the Top, ...
Score System.OutOfMemoryException in System.Drawing.dll
Evan - 19 Nov 2007 7:52 AM - 3 messages
I've been working on a Windows Forms application for some time now, but I'm having some trouble when I call Application.DoEvents(). When I do this after the program has been running for a few hours it causes a ...
Score ControlDesigner for a custom form (not a child control)
vmantrana - 18 Nov 2007 12:28 AM - 1 message
Hi guys: I have been learning about design-time support and I have question about this. I have test how it works for my own controls and it did great; however I tried to attach a ControlDesigner to my custom form ...
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