This is probably overly simple to fix, but I can't seem to find how. I have
a form with a TabControl, and when the form loads, it puts the focus on the
first tab by default. I want to put the focus on a text control ON the first
tab, but I can't find where to do that. If I give ...

OK, here's a mystery for you guys. It's a bug, I'm sure, but my question is:
is there a workaround?
Set up a Double-click event handler for a ListBox. In that event handler,
either close the form (this.Close()) or call another method that closes it,

This is a strange and rare bug (feature?).  This winforms application is
working fine on 99% of the machines but not on mine and also once in the
past a customer reported this strange behavior: when I start the application
all texts from labels, buttons, prepopulated lists, etc. ...

I'm using the FontDialog to select a font and its size. When I return from
the dialog, the size returned by fontDialog.Font.Size is always a bit off
from the size I selected. For example when I select size 11, the size
returned by the dialog is 11.25, when I select size 10 the ...

Dear group,
I posted this question before but still don't have a clue why
DrawImage _occasionally_ drops pixels. I don't want to be pushy but
am under increasing time pressure to find a solution. So I hope

I would be grateful if some one would tell me if there is a way to pass a
parameter to the Load routine of a form as with New in a Class
Roger Stenson

After 2 years i come back to DOT NET development, so it is a little bit hard
in the beginning.
Here is my problem :
I have a table with a field whixh tells me if a person is a boy or a girl,

I am developing a Windows Forms application that is supposed to stay
maximized and immovable all the time. Unfortunately, this approach:
   WindowState = FormWindowState::Maximized;
   MaximizeBox = false;

I have a mnuNew_Click event that I am attempting to reset a forms textbox,
checkbox and picturebox's.  The attached code is an attempt to loop through
the forms controls and reset them but I cannot find any option within the
controls class to set the properties for the checkbox ...

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Hi, I'm using Visual Studio.Net 2002 and I can no longer open my windows
forms in Design mode.  In the Solution Explorer, I see the white "VB" icons
instead of the grey "Form" icons.  I already tried rebuilding the whole
solution and made sure and all of the references are ...

the PrintDialog does not return the correct value for the Orientation of
the page if it is first initialized to false.
The following code demonstrates the problem:
  PrintDialog pdlg = new PrintDialog();

We have a MdiParent that calls Show on a MdiChild.
Inside the MdiChild Load Event handler, we do a database trip.  The db trip
causes a SqlClient.SqlException.
Back in the MdiParent, we catch and handle the exception.

I have a question and before everithing thanks for reading. I have a
custon control in windows forms and i want to expose a property with
enum values. i have three values and i want that property takes those
values from the list. Can anybody help me in this topic? I'm kind of

I have a datagrid with a checkbox column.
How can I make a messagebox appear if a cell with the checkbox gets checked
or unchecked?
thank you in advance.