I would like to set a Windows.Form into a non responsive state, i.e. that it
does not respond to user input of any kind, similar to the state a forms
gets when another modal form is opened ontop with ShowDialog(). Form.Enabled
= false is not what I'm looking for, it changes the look ...

There is a main form. On some user request it creates another modeless form. By the default behavior that new form becomes active. I do not want that. So, I set focus back to main form, executing mainForm.Activate. But it makes forms to flicker a little - and it looks bad
Are ...

   When I create a UserControl-derived object, I often expose various
public properties. One of the things that I hate about the WinForms designer
is that if I decide to embed one of these controls in a form (or another
control), the designer likes to "touch" each of my custom ...

Using the DataGrid control.
User can select multiple rows by click and drag of mouse
Anyone any idea how program can determine which rows are
selected?

I haveseveral textboxes which are being populated by clicking on a row in  
a datagrid.
           Dim CRI = DataGrid1.CurrentRowIndex.ToString
           txtRegCode.Text() = DataGrid1.Item(CRI, 0)

I am finding for a way to draw a logo bitmap in the Main Menu of an application window (similar to Internet Explorer main window).
I tried 2 ways to do that. Neither of them worked out.
1. I can create an additional menu item with ownerdraw style, but I can't make it align to the ...

Does anybody have any success stories regarding embedding a PDF viewer
control into a .NET Windows Forms application?
I have tried talking to Adobe, and they seem to want everybody to pay up and
join the ASN befor thy will tell you if they can help. I was even shown a

I have added my own button in the titlebar of a form next to the close
button. Everything works fine but when I resize the dialog, the button does
not get redrawn at a correct location.
I calculate the button position relative to the close button and draw a

Can I add a ToolBox control to my forms app? or is it just reserved for the developer platform
Other developer platforms (like Flash) call this an accordian control. Is there a way to trick the tab control into behaving like a toolbox
TI
Jerry

I have resx files that contain the strings for all my localizable
items.  However, I open .net dialogs, like FolderBrowserDialog.  How
does the text in there become localized ???
-- THanks, Andrew

Is there a way to hide the icon in the title bar for a dialog.  I have tried
setting Form.Icon to null and the default icon still appears.

How do I enable sorting (Ascending / Descending) on a list view control in C#

Looking through the newgroups and google, I can't find any good information
regarding catching exceptions in the PropertyGrid component. If the user
sets an invalid value for a property in my object and my object throws an
exception, the PropertyGrid component displays the error in ...

MS VC# Version 7.1.3088
MS .NET Framework 1.1 Version 1.1.4322
I create a form and set its FormBorderStyle to FixedToolWindow. MSDN says
that it's a :

I use a MSIE control as an Active'X control in a .NET form for generating reports. I need catch "click" events in
loaded HTML page and handle them in application. Everything works fine when page is first loaded into control, but when I move the form window, application doesn't ...