I have, what i think, is a simple question.
On my main form, i have a tabcontrol that contains 10 tabs. In my class, I'd
like to be able to reference the form so i can set properties on the tab
control.

if i have a button the programatically toggles the topmost property and
ShowInTaskbar of a form (topmost=true, ShowInTaskbar=false  OR
topmost=false, ShowInTaskbar=true), the mouseenter and mouseleave events
stop firing on my picturebox controls on my form. It's the ShowTaskBar

When I use MessageBox.Show(owner, ...) to display a modal dialog box the
'bong' sound is made immediately but the message box is not painted.  For
some reason, pressing the ALT key will cause the message box to appear.
The application contains around 15 windows forms, spread over ...

Can someone give me an example of the PROPER way to create a singleton
form in Whidbey?  I've done it in the current .NET, but I've been
reading that we can't mess with the constructor in the designer.vb
code.

Hi,
I need to change the cursor generated by the effect given on the DoDragDrop
method, when drag drop is started. I want to put something like in windows
explorer an image under the cursor or something like that, not only the

Now I am developing a tool, just like VS.net Form Edition environment.
User can edit a component's properties by a PropertyGrid control.
Now I have some questions about this PropertyGrid control:
1. How to verify a property's validifity?

I created a context menu. But I don't know how to link each command to my
event handler. Any idea?
Thanks in advance!!!
Cindy

Hope someone can help me out there I'm struggling with a particular
problem...
I have a form with many tab pages. On one tab page I've got a button
which when clicked with a mouse adds items into a datagrid. When a

I am storing application data as a byte array in my database.  In this case
the application is a Media Player file of the form c:\medialfiles\file1.wmv.  
I guess the question could also apply to application files of form .doc or
.xls, etc.  What I would like to know is that when ...

Is there a way to remove the close icon on the title bar and replace it with
some other closing mechanism?

I've created a form and bound it to a dataset, and I can save the
information to the database.
I have a second table, a reference table, that I am now using on the form
via a ComboBox.  I see the code descriptions in the ComboBox that pertain to

I have a situation where I need to only display the month and day of a
specific date in my Datagrid Column while keeping the underlying value
(which includes the year) intact.
I am currently using a DataGridTimePickerColumn class I got from the

Does anyone know how to adjust the size of the propertygrid's help panel
programmatically?   I want to increase/decrease the size of the help panel
when I load a specific object into the propertygrid.
I tried getting the help panel in the propertygrid's control collection and

Please help us!
We wasted a couple of days debugging a slow list view control in .NET
and we realized that if you try to update the listview's listitems from a
class other than the form on which the listview is placed, it will get REAL

Hi, If you understand the subject of my post that means you would know
why i want this. Please dont give me the code for Volume number as i
am talking about manufacturer serial number. I am working on C# and I
know about win32_PhysicalMedia to retrieve the manufacturer serial