A probably trivial question but i can't figure out the answer  myself.
When you call ShowDialog() on a Form to display it modaly, the code located
after the ShowDialog call is not executed until the Form is closed. So it
looks like the thread in which the form runs is frozen or ...

I have an application I am writing that is using multiple threads to pull
down files from a web service. I want a thread to run for each file needed to
pull down. The code I have written works wonderfully. However, when I add in
the ability to control the number of threads ...

I would like using a DataReader to fille a listbox with descriptions, on the
other hand i need to store somwhere an ID (to the respective Descriptions),
that i can use as a key when a listbox item has ben selected.
I know i can use a second invisible listbox that stores the ID's ...

We want to learn about your interest in building windows applications
using declarative or markup-based programming techniques. Microsoft
will enable some of these technologies as part of Longhorn/Avalon, but
is less focused on bringing these new ideas to Windows Forms

I am feeding a class as the DataSource of the DataGrid. When the processing
is done this data grid then displays the data in four columns. Now, I know
you can specify table styles for a data grid, but what about being able to
specify the width of each and every one of the columns ...

I am using the embedded ActiveX IE WebBrowser component in my C#
application.  I want to be able to Enable/Disable javascripting
programmatically.  I was wondering if there was a way to achieve this?  I
was hoping maybe there was a registery entry I could modify directly.  Any

Hi! I'm feeling the burn of .NET; Still getting used to it :)
I'm trying to populate a combo box with instances of a class:
Public Class Shortcut
   Private Name As String

how can i get the unique error code that is associated with each
Exception.
there is one Property of Exception class named HResult. but that is
protected so i can not access it.

How do you create controls like Toolbox and Solution Explorer that expands
OnMouseOver and lsides back when looses focus?  Also, it has bookmark.

I am just beginning learning Dot Net, though I am a fairly experienced VB6
traditional developer.
I have a Solution which contains of libraries of classes which I want to
reuse widely in multiple projects , including some forms which I want to

I have datagrid with 5 items. Out of which 1 items is checkboxe. The bool
column(checkbox column ) in added in datagrid.  The rest of Data is binded
dynamically to the datagrid
Based on some values from the database I have to check or uncheck the

I'm developing a class library and need to know if the application is
running a message queue, to kow if I can use a System.Windows.Forms.Timer.
How can I know that?
thanks.

I have a dataview that accepts input from the user before being applied.
That's fine except where the text they want to search for includes the %
character.  How do I do Fullname like '*a%b*' where I want the % handled as
an actual character?

in my winform,there is a datagrid,i want to fire some actions when the
selected index is changed,but i fail to find the SelectedIndexChanged event
to the winform datagrid,why? how can i implement such a function with the
winform datagrid???\

When running a program in Virtual PC, using dynamic screen resolutions if the
resolution is something off the norm, ie 1048x805. DirectX 9.0 installed,
.Net Framework 1.1 SP1 install, Virtual PC Extensions SP1 and a new installed
program installed.  Running Windows 98,98SE or ...