how do I make sure that user select only the options available in a
ComboBox. In other words, I do not want want them to key into the ComboBox
themselves.
Thanks

we have a big problem with re-using a user control as component inside
another user control. The Visual Studio designer often generates code for
the *inner* user control in InitializeComponent of the *outer* user control.
But this code was already generated in the ...

Does anyone know if it is possible to add verbs in the designer to controls
that are NOT created by me?  For instance, whenever the user has an instance
of one of my manager components on their form and selects a control (such as
a Button, Label, or any other control not created by ...

I am new to this so I may not explain myself very well.
1. I have an inherited TreeView control that I would like to have a partner
control set at design time using the properties window; like the
ControlToValidate property in some web controls. When a node is clicked in

I am using the .NET licensing pattern to license some custom
WindowsForms controls.  Everything is working fine except when I
cut/copy and paste the control.  The problem is that
LicenseManager.GetLicense has a parameter of type LicenseContext.

Whenever I add images to imagelist and running my application I
encounter this error:
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An unhandled exception of type

i have a generic form with alot of controls on it, when i inherit  a new
form, i can not see the design of my new form on the visual studio and get
an error on designtime.
Error is:

Is there any way to copy a whole solution ?
I want to copy everything so that in the new solution all the internal
references are redirected too so the new solution is still self-contained.
And this should not affect the original solution - it should still work on

   I've searched around and can't seem to find a solution to this.  I have
a component that builds a tree of controls / components that are placed on a
form.  The walking the controls was easy and is working great.  The problem
is the components in the ComponentTray.  I've added ...

I have one class, say AcmeWidget that contains a complex property call it
legend defined like so:
public class AcmeWidget : Control {
 ...

Could someone please explain how I overload the Show() method of a form?
Suppose I select a record from a datagrid on Form1, then I want to show the
details of the selected record by opening Form2 using say the CustomerID as
an 'argument' to the Show method.

I have a property which is a basic type and I have a custom editor on the
property. The value of the property shows up as editable with the "..."
button to launch the custom editor. However I want to PREVENT the user from
editing the value by simply typing it in. I want to force the ...

Let's say there is a component (component A) with a collection for a
property. This collection is a collection of components (component B) with
DesignTimeVisible = False, so they don't show up in the component tray.
When adding to the collection, there is a variable declared for ...

My goal is to extent the VS.NET button with some more custom
properties. I've created an inherented control which exposes a custom
class containing these new (sub)properties.
I ran into the following problem:

I have a component witch have to execute some tasks when the form is loading
but i can't tell my component to do this because i don't know how to
eventhandler the load event form.
Can you help me ?