I am working on a dynamic code generation tool and I have run into a
problem. When I add the declaration statement for a control, I cannot
find how to make it add "WithEvents" to the declaration for vb language
thereby not surfacing any events when you pull the result file into the

I have a Windows form application that creates
a report and display data in Excel.  When I open the
Excel file with Explore I can only see the Excel Menu
without the workbook.  If I click on the View menu and

I'm new to windowforms programming.
Is there away to make template columns on a datagrid like you can do
with the ASP.NET datagrid ?
I have a column that is a integer in my dataset, but i want to display a

I'm new to windows form programming, but have experience with ASP.NET
I have some questions about the datagrid for windowsforms.
I know how to databind the grid. No problem there.
What i want to know is the following things :

Does anybody know what's the best way to lock the window's position in .NET besides using Windows API?
Basically, it will prevent the user from moving the windows form.
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From: Rommel Ladera

I'am checking in separate thread does the connection with
internet is estabilished. But program freezes
for 2-3 secs. How to do that user
doesn't feel this checking?

I'm developing a Windows Forms app that requires a fixed set of
graphical nav buttons along the top of the app window, then a number
of forms (or panels? or...?) that appear below, one at a time, based
on the selection the user makes from the nav bar. I've seen in other

Hi is it possible to capture just an area of the screen using BitBlt
only and not StretchBlt or Graphics.DrawImage to crop the area of the
screen. I don't mind using some other APIs to accomplish this. Maybe
SetWindowRgn? But I don't know how to use.

I have the following problem:
   I've several modules compiled in DLLs each one with their forms, etc...
   To centralize this I have an exe that has a MDI form in wich the mdi
childs forms are called.

Is it possible  to put in the Clipboard, an object which implements the
IDataObject interface but that knows only a format that is not defined in
the DataFormats?
What i want to do is to pull an object from the clipboard lke this:

Is it possible to setup a listview control with two columns so that the
second column is editable?

I have a base class that has a form that inherits from it. On this form is a
control I need to get a handle to. How do I get this handle from the base
class? I don't have a FindControl that i've been able to get intellisense on
like I do in a web form.

Every time I add a particular form to my VS 2003 C++ project, the project
can no longer compile.  The error message indicates an ambiguity because
IDataObj is defined both in System::Windows::Forms and also in objdl.h.
I have no idea why objidl.h is being included in my project, but ...

How can I get name and location of my default web browser?
Thanks for wrote.

Ok, here's what I did all day ( besides baking an Eggplant Parmesan ).
The SupraText Editor version 0.0001a :
http://home.earthlink.net/~jabailo/Windopes%20SupraText/
Take down the binary and the four sample files here: