I'm trying to create a WinForm with a Linear Gradient background.
That's easy enough, but any Labels I have on the form do not have their
background painted correctly. Even though I have Label.BackColor set to
Color.Transparent, it is using the original BackColor of the Form. Here

How can i change TabPage Header color?

Is it possible to dynamically load a user control on a windows form similar
to the way you can load a web user control to an aspx page.  Basically, I
would like the database to determine which controls are loaded to a form.  I
am trying to mimic the IBuySpy portal functionality in a ...

I am having a problem closing a window form.  Calling Close() or click X does close it after a certain combination of events.  When I overrode OnClosing, I found that the CancelEventArgs's Cancel property was set to true.  Would some one help me out why CancelEventArgs's Cancel ...

I followed the MSDN example that uses a StringConverter to display states
(like Ohio, Florida,) in a PropertyGrid using a DropDown list. This works
fine for strings, but I would like to do this with objects I create on the
fly.

Is there anyway to get the menu's to appear like Office
2003 or VS.Net 2003 in .Net?
I was using Application.EnableVisualStyles() but this
works for textbox and buttons if the FlatStyle is System

2nd posting ...
How do I force messagebox to close after OK button click? I don't explicity
'close' the dialog. Maybe
I should somehow? See code below, where I do some database work after OK

I found that when I apply application.enablevisualstyles. all the button
image and listview image are not shown up.
pls help me, anywhere to show the image when i apply that features
Thank you

Hide and Visible have no effect.
this.tabControl1.TabPages[iField].Visible = false;
this.tabControl1.TabPages[iField].Hide();
I hear that the TabControl in the .NET framework is a wrapper of the Tab

I have 2 textboxes. Each show a field from a different table (2 tables). The dataset has a relationship defined. I want my navigation button to navigate through the records. So that when the record in one table is selected, the textboxes bound to the other table change ...

I've a winform app and want to start the program without
beeing visible in the task manager on a Windows ME box.
I've seen some programs that start using the "Run" option
in the registry and not appearing in the task manager. These

imagine having an INI-file with entries like:
# key=Control / value=Text property of control
controlA=bla bla bla
controlB=bla bla bla

I'm attempting to print graphics to a printer using a PrintPreviewDialog.  The PrintPreviewDialog correctly displays what I intend to print, but when I press the Print button on the PrintPreviewDialog the printer spits out a single blank page regardless of how many pages are ...

Hi, I have a tough one..
I have a datagrid that is bound to a typed dataset the following way
Dim ds as New MyDataSe
Datagrid.Datasource = d

Is it possible to check the session object from a windows form?
I'm making a shared assembly and I want it to work with my windows forms and
my asp.net forms.  If asp.net is calling it I want it to check for somehitng
in the session object.  If the windows form is calling it then I ...