I would like to use Form's AutoScroll property, but only partially.
Everything is ok except scrolling when ActiveControl changes (the first
part of "AutoScroll").
For example my code calls someControl.Focus() which results in scrolling

I'm interested in using .net windows forms controls (datagrid, etc.) in my
app. My app, however, uses an embedded web browser control for its UI (for
easier content authoring). Pages are loaded locally (using file:// urls).
I've read examples of how to do this with IE and http ...

I am trying to extend a TextBox and require that I assign a default value to
it's Text property. However the problem is that the Text property will still
get the default .NET framework value (usercontrolnameXXX).
The code I am using is as follows:

I've got a strange problem:
While searching the newsgroups for something else,
I've come across a post that discusses a bug with restoring MDI child forms.
(for any body who is interested, the post is in

Is there something that can change the TopMost=true status of a form to
become false at a later time during running?
My code only has the statments
this.TopMost = true;

How can I enable/disable Main Menu Item on MDI Parent Form
when a Child form is loaded?
Is it possible?
In one child form i the code below on the button click event.

Can someone tell me how I would go about setting up a form the accesses the
controls on another form in VC.NET? I have a graph set up on the main form
and would like to open another form that has formatting options for the
graph. Changes on the options form will update the ...

I would to chand the default colors used to make a button look 3d. How do I
do that in c#.

I am writing an application that draws text directly on the on the form
surface.  The App must run on both .Net Compact Framework and the Normal .Net
Framework 1.1.  I need to use Monospaced Font like Courier New (or
FontFamily.GenericMonospace).  It is very important that each ...

I have a combobox whose datasource is a lookup table populated from the
database.  However, the record whose field is bound to the SelectedValue of
the combo uses DBNull to indicate no selection, in which case the combobox
should display "<default>".  I convert the DBNull to zero ...

I have a DataTable with "FirstName" and "LastName" columns.
How can I get my bound combo to show both these values as DisplayMember?
Thanks!
- Peder -

how do you make all child forms part of the container?
the container opens the form and it is a child (stays withing the container)
but when the child opens a form it is free floating.  is there a way to make
the child's child stay within the container?

My C# library is not compiling anymore with express C# beta 2 because I
was using MaskedTextBox.InputText.
The new msdn documentation still references this property from the
overview page of this control but does not contain the actual page for

The SelectedIndexChanged event of TabControl object occurs when a tabpage is
selected.
I need to do some processing when user selects a new tabpage but before the
SelectedIndex has changed to the newly set tabpage index. I would call such

I've created an ImageList and added a few images to it from various places
on my hard drive.
I can see that the images haven't been copied to my project, or included in
it's resources. Do the images get embedded in binary form as part of the