Does anybody know if the Parent of a form can safely be set to a form runing
in another thread? I know that it is not possible to call a control's method
from another thread but i didn't anything about my particluar problem.
Thanks.

Does anybody knows how to run a *.reg-file silently on a computer? I need
this to do automatic updates of my application without user-interaction.
So I don't want the user to be asked a confirmation before writing
everything to the registry, and I don't want a ...

There seems to be a memory leak problem in loading an image in .NET
I am trying to load up an image, which is 1MB in size on the disk. When I load up the image it expands out to atleast 25MB in memory. THIS cannot be right!!
The line of code I am using is:
"formImage = new ...

I'm currently creating a system to be used by an Optometrist for the
term project. For this deliverable, only the user interface is required.
The system will connect to a MS Access Database.
I need to create a calendar to be able to schedule appointments for the

Ok, I'm used to VBScript with stuff like IsNumeric and the like...
How can I test a value is a numeric value in .net / win forms?
I have multiple text boxes and the user is able to enter numbers like thus:
1.01

I have added 4 radio buttons to a form, when I run the form it only allows
me to select one of them, as if they are already assigned to some kind of
group by default.
Can someone tell me how I configure the radio buttons' properties to tell it

While creating a windows service using .NET and C# I had to call
myForm.ShowDialog() from within a thread I have created inside the OnStart()
method.
When this window is closed, my thread terminated and the tray icon displayed

I've built a Window Form application which main form contains only a Tab
control. Each tab contains a different functionality of the application so
the class representing the main form is growing bigger and bigger as
everything has to be put in this class.

I?ve got a form which maximum size is 400x500 pixels.This form can be
resized and maximized, because I don't want  Disable Maximize button and set
FormBorderStyle = Sizable.At run-time if the user sets the window state to
maximized, the forms locationis set to 0,0. It's possible to ...

Hi All,
I have 2 forms in a project. I enter some values in some text boxes on the first form then open the second form using the following VB code:
   Dim frmForm2 As Form2
   frmForm2 = New Form2

In my windows applicaiton, I have two forms that the user may set to "Always
on Top" - by setting the TopMost property of the form.
However, if both of these forms are set have their TopMost property set to
true I wish one of these to be on top of the other top most form whatever

I need a good advice!
How do I separate my .exe from my gui?
I want something similar like for instance MSDE running as a service and
possible to administrer through a GUI.

Given a DataRow, is it possible to efficiently (wihtout trawling
through them all) get hold of the corresponding DataGridRow.
I have a value and want to programatically select the row in the
datagrid that contains the value. I can get hold of the DataRow by

I have a control that I'm drawing a colored Gradient backgound on (using the
"OnPaintBackground" override method).  What I'm wondering is:
How can I get a sub-control within the painted control (an Label for
instance) to reflect the gradiant colors at the point it is situated within

I want to enable the right click option in my RichTextBox which allows the
user to copy, pase, cut operations etc. In a normal textbox, when I right
click, I see this menu. Could anybody tell me how to enable the same for a
RichTextBox?