winforms

Webbrowser Control stealing shortcuts

Webbrowser Control in my .NET Windows Form application is stealing shortcuts when on focused. To able to use Alt + F4 I had to click a control first. Currently "WebbrowserShortcuts = false" but it's still same. Is there a way to stop this irritating behaviour? ...

What's the best way to remote Winforms apps?

So I've got a project, running all on a private network. I've got a computer interfacing to some specific pieces of hardware and presenting a user interface via Winforms to control them all. Now, I'd like the ability to split the app, such that all the interface and main business logic runs on one computer, but the GUI runs on anot...

Multiple Forms in C# Window

Hi people I'm trying to build a simple application to test the idea of having multiple forms in one application. For example, in Visual Studio, you have the IDE - design area, and on the right hand side, you have a form called Properties and Solution Explorer When you click on something in the design area, i.e. Textbox, on the right ha...

IoC/DI framworks with Smart Client Winform apps: How should I approach this?

I'm starting a new Winforms app, and I intend to use an IoC/DI framework (probably Ninject, but i'm also thinking about StructureMap and LinFu). It seems like nearly everyone who is using IoC/DI is doing so in a web based environment and have found virtually nothing on using Winforms with it. I'd like to know if anyone is using IoC/DI ...

Migration from Winforms to WPF

We are using Winforms using the Infragistic framework. We are considering the move to WPF. The problem is that we have already several forms, dialogs etc in Winforms. We need common look and feel thus we need to migrate all to WPF. Is there a migration tool to take Winforms and migrate to WPF? I know it is not possible to do it complet...

"Spy++ has encountered a problem in the message hook"

I am deep in the middle of troubleshooting some Windows API messaging problem and I find that Spy++ is not working anymore. It doesn't even work on Notepad. On some occasions, it brings up this message: --------------------------- Microsoft Spy++ --------------------------- Spy++ has encountered a problem in the message hook. To preven...

Window Media PLayer in C#

Hi i'm building a Music PLayer and so i choose to use the library of Window Media Player: Now i got stuck 'cos i wish show the song's name in a listBox and change songs in real time but i don't know how go on. I store songs from a Folder and so when the Music Player run the songs from the Url choose. I show you a code snippet : p...

Search in A ListBox

HI I'm trying to put a textbox to search in a listBox. I have a TextBox: SearchText with this code: private void SearchText_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { int i = listBox3.FindString(SearchText.Text); listBox3.SelectedIndex = i; } and a ListBox On the Load I have this code List<string> str = GetListOfFiles(@...

Can't assign control to custom winforms panel with VS2008 winforms designer.

I inherited the prototypical corporate application with a person form (with address, phone, etc). Now on that mentioned person form one label+textfield is a child of the form itself and not of the panel it visually belongs to. How can I change a control's parent from form to an existing panel in VS 2008 designer? Update: Ah, it seems...

Problems Closing a C# Windows Form

I am having problems closing out a C# windows form app. It will currently just give me a blank form with no title or anything. I need to find a way to close this little unknown window. I Have 2 form pages one for a login screen and one for the actual app. All being run by a program.cs file. program.cs ... static void Main() { App...

Export To Excel Fom DataGrid VB.Net Windows Application

I need to Export DataGrids' Contents to Excel using VB.Net for a Window based Application. How to do this.. any ideas ? ...

Temporarily Hide a Modal Dialog

I have a modal dialog displayed with the main application window set as owner (as in dialog.ShowDialog(mainAppWindow)) and I would like to temporarily allow the user to interact with the main application window before returning to the modal dialog again. How can I do this? I am using Windows Forms. Edit: AutoCAD does this well. ...

Plain image in Windows Forms StatusStrip control

I'm trying to put a plain image on a System.Windows.Forms.StatusStrip control (Visual Studio 2008, C# .Net 3.5). I remember being able to do it quite easily in earlier framework versions, but for some reason the only controls made available to me from this new StatusStrip are a StatusLabel, a ProgressBar, a DropDownButton, and a SplitBu...

Binding a winforms grid to subsonic classes .Net

Hi I am trying to bind a winforms grid to a subsonic DB Generated class. I come from a ASP.Net background where this works perfectly but when i try to do this using Win Forms it never loads the data and does not allow me to edit or update. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks ...

Trap mouse clicks outside of modal dialog

I have an application written in C# targeting .NET Compact Framework 3.5, running on Windows CE. I would like to provide a custom visual cue in a modal dialog if the user tries to interact with its owner window without closing the dialog first. Is it possible for a modal dialog to receive notifications of mouse clicks on its owner win...

Difference between Load event,Activate event and Enter event in the Form

Hi guys, I am using VB.NET for Windows applications. What is the difference between Load event,Activate event and Enter event in the Form and in which order the above event is executed.Please anyone help me. Sivakumar.P ...

DataGridView not showing Columns and Rows during runtime.

I have created a windows form with two groupbox (GB1 and GB2). GB2 is set to BringToFront and Hide. GB2 have Datagridview dgv docked in panel. GB1 has a button which invoke GB2 groupbox and fill 5 datagridview rows to perform 5 operations. But is not visible during runtime. It display all columns and rows after all 5 operations were done...

Dropdown binding in WinForms

Imagine these two classes: class Part { public string Name { get; set;} public int Id { get; set; } } class MainClass { public Part APart { get; set;} } How can I bind MainClass to a combo box on a WinForm, so it displays Part.Name (DisplayMember = "Name";) and the selected item of the combo sets the APart property of the MainClas...

Single instance windows forms application and how to get reference on it?

I have a Windows Forms application that allows only one instance to be running at the time. I have implemented Singleton by using Mutex. The Application must be startable from commandline (with or without parameters). Application is started and exited by script. User can not take any action on it. So, application purpose is simple "indi...

How to disable a WinForms TreeView node checkbox?

I need to be able to disable some of the checkboxes in a TreeView control of a WinForms application, but there's no such functionality built-in to the standard TreeView control. Of course, I googled for a solution, but found nothing I would be comfortable using. Does anyone have a simple and robust solution? ...