I'm developing a messenger-style application, and everytime a new chatter
comes up, a new window should be opened.  Of course, this window should not
get the focus, so I tried ShowWindow API with the SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE flag.
Now the problem is that the new window, although not ...

I'm facing difficulty in coding. I have a win App that has a web browser
control that host a website. Code is in VB.Net. The website have many web
pages. I want to execute win App methods from script in web pages.
I got some info but its in VC++.

if you not sort the grid and then click "del" button,no problem.
but if you  sort the grid (column caption is "DNAME" ) first and then click
"del"
button, a exception occur(System.IndexOutOfRangeException) .

In my Windows Form, I have a io.File.Delete(filePath) command. Everyone has Full Control to the folder and file. I watch the file with FileMon and nothing opens the file in my code. (There is no code to open the file before the delete command.) I get an ...

I am trying to create a form that has a notch in the Upper Left corner.
Currently we use the Transparent propertry to see other forms behind the
current one. That is causing some problems when the user is interacting with
it. So we want to notch a corner out or only make that corner ...

Is this possible? Any ideas on source code available?

I am trying to format the summarie band as a numeric field or currency but
I don't know what string I need to entered in the displayformat.
I tried "###,###,###", "c","999,999" and did not work.
I tried to get the value to use format() function but I cann't find it.

I have a simple .exe application that I need to invoke from my C#
application. I need to send it two strings and then get the result back.
Can anyone advise me on how this is done?
Also, I'm currently using a windows forms application but I would like to

I have a long running task and while it is being performed I wish to show a
modal dialog that displays the progress of my task..
what I am doing is this
'start task

1) I have created one windows application, In the main form ( form1) i have added one usercontrol (usercontrol1), In that user control i am drawing one image.
2) In the UserControl1 i am showing one transparent form (form3) when ever user preseed left mouse button.
3) The form3 ...

i have a parent form and have some menuitem to load midi form. how can i  only allow use can only load ONE midi form of the same item

is there a way to extract the directory-name out of a filename that includes
the path ?
thnx
Chris

in .NET 1.1
Graphics.DrawIcon(Icon, int, int) doesn't clip the icon according to the
graphic object's current clip region

I have a problem looking for a property/method in TabPage
class that will return the same rectangle as the
tabControl.GetTabRect().
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Just to be clear, I've pasted the message below. I'm doing:
IF IO.File.Exists(filePath) then io.File.Delete(filePath)
It pukes. I know it's security. What I'm trying to do is download a file. I want it to overright the file. (Version checking is done already.) I'm sure it's ...