winforms

How to verify if a DataGridViewCheckBoxCell is Checked

Hello, I have a problem which I can't seem to solve. I have a bound a data table to a datagridview, this datatable has a column called "Status" which is of type boolean. I can set the value to true or false just fine for via code. However, I can't figure out how to check and see if the a give row is already checked or not. This is t...

embed a WinForms app in a web page?

Is there a way to embed a WinForms app in a web page (assuming the browser is running on a machine with .NET)? ...

Manage muliple windows forms in c# app

Any thoughts,recommendations, patterns on a good way to manage an app with multiple forms. First page is login, that loads a "main form", from there a user could launch a number of other "sub forms" (could grow over time). User should be able to cancel out of whole app at any point. I know the way I do it right now is not always ele...

Are .NET automatic data forms a good idea?

I'm a Linux guy usually, but at the moment I'm trying to evaluate .NET for a Windows desktop application. All it needs to do is to display some forms that link to a database, let the user edit the data and then produce reports based on it. I found a walkthough at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171884.aspx that automatically pr...

How to Rename winforms application?

Hi I've created a winforms application abc. I renamed it to xyz. when i try to run my application in my task manager it is showing abc.exe is running even i rename it to xyz. How can i change it? ...

confusion about transactions and msdtc

I have some basic confusion about how transactions and msdtc work together. I have a basic server/client winforms app. The app uses transactionscope to encapsulate several sql commands that are executed on the sql server. The app seemed to work fine when I enabled msdtc network access on the server only. Then one day it stopped working...

Problem with windows setup project (c#, winforms)

Hi, I've created a windows application in c# now i added a new setup project to this application and i build it. It is executing successfully. When i try to add project output to user desktop. There are two files adding in the desktop one is exe file and another one is xml file (configuration file). Why it is happening. How can i add onl...

draw table in c#.net 2008

How to draw the table in c#.net 2008. or suggest any control as table? i want to display the data in that table. help me. ...

Displaying multi table values in a single GridView column

I have a GridView bound to a table using BindingSource and Linq to SQL classes. The table structure is like this: MainTable ---------- ID Name FormReserveId 123 asd 15 FormReserves ----------------- ID FormId Number 15 33 some number Forms ------ ID FormName 33 form name MainTable.FormReserveId foreign key to FormReserves.ID Fo...

highlight a win forms checkbox when cursor is inside it.

I have a checkbox with no text specified. Now whenever I tab down to this checkbox, it doesnot get highlighted.I even tried setting focus in checkbox_Enter() event. I checked for focus in this event and focus is there in this checkbox. How to get it highlighted so that user can know that the cursor is there in checkbox. ...

Is it possible to provide a resize indication (resizer-grip) on a form without adding a status bar?

I would like to have a resize indication on a windows forms Form (the same resize-grip as when you have a status bar). I do not want to add a status bar to the form - that would break the design of the form. The form can have various controls inside that are docked (Fill). I have not found any solution to this besides drawing the resize...

How to provide custom code for InitializeComponent?

When you modify column headers of a ListView at design time, the designer generates code to serialize column headers at run-time: private void InitializeComponent() { this.listView1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ListView(); this.columnHeader1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader(); this.columnHeader2 = new System.Windows.For...

Dragging and dropping a control from one form to another results in moving the control

Hi, I want to have another copy of some control upon dragging and dropping it to another form. My code results in moving the whole control. Is there a way to have the two of them being displayed at once given that I want them to have the same reference because the source updates values every second. here's my code public partial c...

Viewing a EmbeddedResource PDF in VB.NET

Hello, Yes, this question has been asked before, but I don't feel there's been a good enough answer, or a solution I can relate to. Leading from this question - Displaying a PDF on a Windows Form, I'd like to display a PDF in a WebBrowser Control, but I'd like the PDF to be an EmbeddedResource. This question - Describing res protocol...

Run multiple UI Threads

Skip to the bottom for the question; this is just some extra info I am using a component (GeckoFX) to render some websites, well fine, yet it can only be used in a Windows Form; as it has to bind to a WinForms object that can be drawn. Because all the WinForms are running in the same thread, I can only use one GeckoFX instance at a time...

Creating a form on non-gui thread

You can't access gui controls from a thread they were not created on, at least so says the message of an exception that is sometimes raised when you do it. Recently I was puzzled by seeing that forms created on background threads work just fine. My mental model was that all actions initiated by UI input is handled on the GUI thread. Cli...

C# - How to fill a multicolumn listbox

Good afternoon. I know how to create the listbox but i am having some problems to fill a multicolumn listbox. How can i do it? Thank you. ...

Display lookup value based on foreign-key in bindingsource

Hi All, I am looking for "best-practices" to display the value of foreign-key in a BindingSource. Sample data: PetID---PetName---PetTypeID 1---Tom---1 2---Jerry---2 PetTypeID---PetType 1---Cat 2---Mouse I have a Pet class and Pet form. The following code is on the Pet form to return data from the database as a Pet collection and ...

How can I make the cursor turn to the wait cursor?

I have a C# application that has users login to it, and because the hashing algorithm is expensive, it takes a little while to do. How can I display the Wait/Busy Cursor (usually the hourglass) to the user to let them know the program is doing something? The project is in C#. ...

How do you access a Control in a collection by its Type?

How does one target a control by its Type? I have a Control collection "TargetControls" List<Control> TargetControls = new List<Control>(); foreach (Control page in Tabs.TabPages) { foreach (Control SubControl in page.Controls) TargetControls.Add(SubControl); } forea...