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.NET Forum / Windows Forms / WinForm General / July 2006BindingNavigator Location
Hi all, I am just getting into VS 2005 from VS2003 and working through some exercises from a book. Drag & Dropped a couple of datasources onto a form and VS added all the controls including a bindingnavigator and toolstrip. The bindingnavigator is located above the toolstrip and I would like to have the toolstrip above the binding navigator. Neither control is locked, but I can't find any way to move them. Even if I change the location in the properties, they just go back to the original as soon as I leave the location row. Can anyone tell me how to relocate the controls? TIA  SignatureAG Email: discuss at adhdata dot com Hi AG, Thank you for posting. In VS 2005, when you drag&drop a datatable or a field of a datatable from DataSource panel onto a form, VS will add corresponding controls such as a DataGridView or TextBoxes and a BindingNavigator on the form. But I don't see VS add a ToolStrip on the form. Do you mean that VS adds a ToolStrip besides a BindingNavigator onto the form when you drag&drop datasource onto the form? All the controls that are dragged&dropped onto the form are modifiable in my test. I don't see your problem on my machine. The version of VS on my machine is Version 8.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200). The OS on my computer is Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1. Would you tell me the version of VS and OS on your machine? What's the kind of the form onto which you drag&drop datasource? Is it an inherited form? I think you may have a try resetting all settings. To do this, go to the Tools menu, select Import and Export Settings. In the Import and Export Settings Wizard, select the Reset all settings option, press Next button and following the directions. Hope this helps. Sincerely, Linda Liu Microsoft Online Community Support ================================================== Get notification to my posts through email? 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Linda, Thanks for the reply. Windows XP Pro Version 2002 SP2 VS 8.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) Working in VB. Reset all settings > restart VS. Project > Add Windows Form > Drag & Drop a stored procedure (1 input parameter) data source (option details) onto the form > VS add a bindingnavigator, a toolstrip and some textboxes with associated labels > The binding navigator is at the top of the form and the toolstrip is below it. Dock=Top, Locked=False, for both bindingnavigator and toolstrip. I would like to have the toolstrip above the binding navigator. How do I do that? SignatureAG Email: discuss at adhdata dot com > Hi AG, > [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no > rights. Hi AG, Thanks for your update. I have performed a test and did see the problem that you decribed. The BindingNavigator is above the ToolStrip that VS adds to the form. If I set the BindingNavigator's Dock property to None, the ToolStrip moves to the top border of the form. Then if I set the BindingNavigator's Dock property to Top again, the BindingNavigator becomes above the ToolStrip again. I think this is because the ToolStrip is added to the form after the BindingNavigator by VS. Then I have a try exchanging the code of adding the ToolStrip to the form's Controls collection and that of adding BindingNavigator in the InitializeComponent method in the form.designer file. In my test, the code of adding the ToolStrip to the form is "this.Controls.Add(this.fillToolStrip);" and that of adding the BindingNavigator is "this.Controls.Add(this.getCityBindingNavigator);" What I do is just exchanges the places of two statements. It works. Switch to the form's designer, the ToolStrip becomes above the BindingNavigator now. Hope it helps. If you have anything unclear, please feel free to let me know. Sincerely, Linda Liu Microsoft Online Community Support Thanks Linda, That does work. The only question is - will VS at some point change it back? There is the warning at the top of the method ... 'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer 'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer. 'Do not modify it using the code editor. SignatureAG Email: discuss at adhdata dot com > Hi AG, > [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > Linda Liu > Microsoft Online Community Support Hi AG, Thanks for your response. No, VS won't change the code in the InitializeComponent method back unless you delete the ToolStrip and BindingNavigator on the form and then put them back to the form again. It is recommended not to modify the code in the InitializeComponent method using the code editor. Instead, VS IDE will generate the code automatically. It is because if there're errors after you modify the code in the method using the code editor, VS could not open the form in the form designer at next time. Hope this helps. If you have anything unclear, please feel free to let me know. Sincerely, Linda Liu Microsoft Online Community Support Thanks Linda, I am in the process of reading a new book and just found the 'correct' way to change the order via VS. View > Other Windows > Document Window. One can easily change the order of any control. SignatureAG Email: discuss at adhdata dot com > Hi AG, > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Linda Liu > Microsoft Online Community Support Hi AG, Yes, you have found a more formal way to change the orders of the controls that are added onto the form. I think it will benefit all readers in the newsgroup. If you have any other questions in the future, please don't hesitate to contact us. Have a nice day! Sincerely, Linda Liu Microsoft Online Community Support
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