I'm embarrassed to say I asked this before but the original answer scrolled
off the list.
I use configuration files with my VB.NET winforms apps. The application is
configured to find them in the same folder as the executing assembly, and

   I'm developing an aplication using vb.net 2003, the aplication is MDI.
   My problem is that when I show child forms, I want them to appear in the
"fill" space, but I can't do that.
   Can anyone help me with that.

I have a datagrid, doubleclicking a row opens a form. I edit the data in the form and update the data in the underlying Dataset.  When I close the edit form the grid displays the old data. When I close the grid form, then re-open it, the changed data is displayed
How can I see the ...

I have several forms in my wizard application.
I need to know when the user closes the form by clicking on the X button,
Like queryunload event in vb6, we can know what causing the form to close.
thanks

I can't find a Form method that returns the current focused control in the
form.
Is there such a method?
Thanks, Hagay.

I was wondering, is it possible in a windows form datagrid to set up a
mouseover / mouseout style event where when you hold the mouse over a row,
it changes the background color of the entire row (i.e. highlights it), and
then when you move the mouse away from that row, the ...

When I use the Show() method to position a form, the runtime engine seems to
decide where to put it, normally just below and right of the parent window.
It does not seem to allow me to specify the co-ordinates in the Show(), and
it does not follow the Location property of the ...

I'm trying to draw a bitmap on the screen, but I'd like to embed the bitmap into my assembly so I don't have to include the .BMP file with my executable
Anyone know how to do this?  And how do I retrieve it from my resources in memory so I can display it?  I figured I could just ...

I have an application where the login to the server could take 30-40
seconds. I have a main form with a "Login" button on it and a handler:
private void btnLogin_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
    Cursor.Current = Cursors.WaitCursor;

Is it only the RichTextBox control that allows the font to be changed for
different sections of text ? I would really like to be able to employ this
in a tree control, where each node displays a normal black bit and a bold
red bit. Can this be done?

Is it possible to put a label (or more labels) to datagrid on any position and when datagrid is moved also label is moved with it.

Does anyone know if I can programatically obtain the appropriate icon (as
shown in the toolbox in the IDE) given a specific control? eg. obtain a
button icon, a checkbox icon, a label icon, etc. I would imagine not since
the images would not automatically be distributed as part of ...

How to display multiline tooltips for any control at run time ?

Dear Guys
I developed a Win form application using C#. In my application, I used Login
form to enter into application. In this login form I used three buttons( OK,
Close and Cancel). The OK button call the web service and check the login

I have a base form (FormBase), which defines things like the value of the
WindowState. Other forms inherit from this base form to reflect the layout
given in the base form.
Is there a way to prohibit the inheriting form to change the value of the