I'll can't seem to find something very basic in the docs
What are the winforms equivalents of SendMessage() and PostMessage().
I can see how to create a System.Windows.Forms.Message struct.  I see how to
add a message filter.  I can't seem to figure out how to send or post the

  I'm calling my ui from a thread which is different from the ui thread.
Accordingly I need to use the BeginInvoke or Invoke functions. Now I'd
rather the calls be non-blocking so I'd like to use BeginInvoke. But the
documentation says "CAUTION   Always call EndInvoke after your ...

ERROR: Not Found
Now I guess I am missing something very basic here, but it has now taken
nearly a full week to get my app launched from a browser URL - and still I
haven't succeeded.

I am using the VbPowerPack that was released recently.  
One of the controls provided is the ImageButton.  On this
control the Click event has no parameters, i.e. there is
no (ByVal sender as Object, ByVal e as EventArgs) that

I'm having a form that acts as some kind of OSD layer on top of the current
active window, however when I alt tab or click it, the focus can still be
given to that form. I don't want to happen.
I've been experimenting with the focus / enter / validating events, but I

I create a custom control and I have added the 16x16 bmp embedded in the project. All works properly (the icon is correctly displayed in the toolbox) but I haven't figured out how to set the transparency color. Since the .bmp format doesn't have this feature, I think that Visual ...

I am writing an order entry app. The main data entry windows is an MDI child window, which contains a tabcontrol with 5 tabpages, each representing a step in the order entry process.
At the beginning of a cycle only a single tab page is shown; when a step is completed the next tab ...

I have 2 MDI children on a MDI parent.
Each children have the Window FormBorderStyle=none and I am making my own
Graphical window style.
If I open the first window, it all works fine, but on the second window, the

I'm trying to build in C# a simple tool that should be used in dual mode:
1. Windows Application when called without any arguments (or simply
double-clicked)
2. Console Application when called from a command line with some arguments

Hi all;
Private Sub cmdShow_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles cmdShow.Click
       frmAbout.Show()

Is there any naming conventions MS prefered about WinForm/WebForm controls?
For example,
1. lblCustName, txtCustName, btnOK
2. CustNameLabel, CustNameTextBox, OKButton

I've got a base image for an item and some common adornments. The adornments
reflect the state of the item being shown in the list. Stuff like padlock
for locked, cogs for in-use and the like. I've got the code that dynamically
generates an appropriate image based on the state.

I'm creating a database application for a research group in a hospital.
There are a lot of information they want to be store and retrieve from SQL.
the problem is there will be a lot of cases for searching the database. if i
create search form with textboxes and combos and so the ...

I am looking for my program to be notified when a user right clicks on a
particular treenode.
I have placed my code in the "click" event, and I am indeed notified when a
user clicks on the node.

I am populating a tree view in vb.net. I would like to ask if there is a way
for the treeview node to have a "hidden" ID asssoiated with it.
when the user clicks on the node a wish to go away to a database and look a
record up based on this "hidden" ID.