The length of the ToolTipText in my TabPage ToolTipText does not seem to display all the text I included in the ToolTipText property. Is there a maximum length? Can this value be changed
(Repeat the above quickly for yuks, but please still answer the post!
Michael

I'm about to modify the message loop in my winform to process the
WM_CAPTURECHANGED message and fire an event, before I do I would just like
to check there isn't already an event present for this? Haven't noticed one
so far, but it seems strange to have it left out! :)

The following (shrinkwrapped) code works ok on Windows 2003 but not on Windows 2000 SP4 and XP where ALL events are blocked (e.g. context menu does not appear, impossible to write in search TextBox etc.)
Framework: v1.1.4322
Dependencies on W2000:
mscoree.dll 1.1.4322.573

Is there a simple way to suspend a form repaint? I have several things I
need to do with a form, and I want to suspend repainting it until the last
item is done. Thanks.

Sure this has come up plenty of times before but couldn't find it
I've a form I want to display modally within an MDI app and get a "Only top level forms can be shown modally.....
Any solution to this.  I can't beleive it is that difficul
Eldon

As always, I am asking a stupid question
1)  Creating a Direct3D graphic program
2)  Create my Direct3D scree
3)  I want that screen to have an icon (note that I create form through code)

I have a control that holds a ComboBox. When the ComboBox gets filled the
text are too long, so, it is possible to read just the half part of the
text. I would like to show the whole text in a box (like the tooltipbox)
while the user moves over the ComboBox's Items. Does anyone can ...

Hell
In my windows application I need to save runtime printer settings to an XML file when it is shutting down
The next time the application starts I restore them
Now there is one big problem

hello ng,
is there a way to show a file from a database (example pdf-file), without
saving the file first on hard disk?
thanxs simon g.

I have created a custom column for a datagrid and if I manually modify the
code it all works fine.  However, when I click on properties, etc., from the
design time environment the custom column is never displayed.  Nor can I add
a column of the custom type...

How do I determine what column the user sorted the textbox by and wether its ASC or DESC? (they click the header and a little arrow shows up.
When they leave the form, I want to pick up what column they sorted by so when they come back, I can sort that column for them
I already ...

i'm building an application and i want my window to always be on top.
The perfect example off this is the windows task manager.
I've translated dutch back into english, so i don't know if it's the exact
translation:

Is there a way to control the color of the text that appears in the Category
headings area of the property grid.  I assume that it is tied to a system
color -- the text is hard to read with the "dark-gray" color that ends up
being the default under standard XP settings.

This KB talks about the fact that onMeasure and onDraw are not handled by
NotifyIcon, nor are they passed to associated context menus, breaking
ownerdrawn context menuitems associated with notifyIcon.
Does anyone know of a work around for this yet?  Microsoft - do you know if

I want to compare two DateTime values but only down to seconds, so how do I
truncate DateTime values to second granularity ?
Similarly, I may want to truncate to the minute granularity.
I also may want to round to the nearest minute.