Does anyone know how to set the background color of the tab control itself
so the color of the tabs is changed?

I'm quite new to Visual Studio & asp.net and I'm trying to use a Regular
Expression.
When trying to create the object using:
MyRegEx = New RegExp

Does anyone know how I can keep the PropertyGrid from sorting the category
names when I set the PropertySort field to Categorized?
I'm not talking about the items within the categories, but the categories
themselves.  I'd like to use the order the categories first appear in the

How do I change the normally white text background to yellow on a
DateTimePicker?
For a TextBox, I simply use this code:
TextBox1.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Yellow

I'm looking for a simple line control to put on a form to break up UI
components. I don't want to use a GroupBox, but I need something to seperate
a few buttons from the rest of the form. If I was using HTML, I'd use a
simple <HR> tag. Is there a lightweight control that will do the ...

Hi, I have set & atached 2 datagridboolcolumns to a datagrid <- dataset;
when i fill the ds from server with data
the AllowNull, TrueValue, FalseValue dont work; i get the columns half
checked instead of checked/unchecked

I dropped a tab control on my form and wanted to create an event to
capture a Keypress. Looking at the events, I couldn't find a KeyPress
event, only to find it in my form. So I created it there and then
manually moved it to hook into the tab control. It all works fine but

I am working on a UserControl in VB.NET.  I cannot get DefaltValue to
work with the Color structure.  Here's the code:
<RefreshProperties(RefreshProperties.All), _
DefaultValue(GetType(Color), "SteelBlue"),

I have two textbox controls on my form. One textbox is used for entering
text,numbers, other char's, etc. The other textbox control is used for
displaying the same info I type in the first textbox.
As I type each character, it should automatically add the same value to the

   I'm having some problems HIDING a TreeView. The control is 'hosted' in a
TopLevel Form that is displayed as a  drop-down window for a control,
following the pattern at:
http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/NET/Code/Controls/Popup_Windows/Popup_Windows/
article.asp

I have made a custom control that has a property that is a custom component.
When I put the custom control on a form in the designer, the propery is
listed in the Properties window with a default value of (none).
I then put the custom component on the form and it goes in the ...

Is there a way to move a control on a form, as if it were a floating toolbar
(but it's not; it's a datagrid, actually, a small one)?
Thanks for any help.
Bernie Yaeger

Where is the best place to put some code to load my form's controls
parameters from the registry, and to save them to registry ?
I have 2 functions in my form : loadFromRegistry and saveToRegisttry, that
recursively load/save my controls & custom controls parameters..

I created a vb.net windows application and i'm using the
crystalreport control. i added to the project a .rpt file
and i have 2 buttons that should populate the file with db
data, and send it - one to the printer and the other to

I am writing a custom textbox control derived from the original textbox
control.
In one of my requirement, I have to right align the controls text when its
numeric , and it should be left aligned when the control has the focus.