I am in the process of migrating a VB6 component over to C#.  This component
uses Win32 API calls such as FindWindow, SetForegroundWindow, SetWindowLong
and EnableWindow.
Should I be using these APIs to achieve the same results in C# or should I

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I had a problem getting the Windows Forms Invalidate() method to work on a
UserControl. Calling the method should force a repaint of the form, but the
repaint wasn't occuring. The solution is to add a call to the Update()

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I display the print dialog using the ShowDialog() function. On the print
dialog there is a properties button.
I need to detect when this properties button has been clicked as i want to
re-calculate the total pages possible to print as this value can change when

I've done a lot of reading about multi-threading (I come from a VB6
background so these things are new to me) but I can't find an example of my
exact scenario.
It's very simple, I've got a worker thread which needs to read the Checked

I'm getting started building a composite control, with my control being
derived from UserControl.  For some reason, my override of
UserControl's OnLoad is being called four times for a single instance
of my control.  I haven't been able to figure out why this is.

I have a form with a pictureBox that should change from visible to not
visible depending on a status.   The form receives events from a
communication thread in an object called commDriver.
In my form I register the event

I'm trying to access public properties of the parent form of a dialog form,
using the example within Visual studio, i still can't get it to work. I keep
getting an error that
*** Object reference not set to an instance of an object *****

I have a quick question.
Let's say you have the following situation. You have a parent table and a
child table. If I wanted to update both parent and child at the same time.
What would be the best way to do this. The reason why I am asking. Doing

I am trying to load an icon file (.ico) into a PictureBox control using C#
.Net.
This type of file worked fine under VB6.
According to .Net documentation, it should work fine here:

How do I bind a TextBox to a DataGrid? If I bind it to the DataGrid
DataTable, the TextBox doesn't get updated when I select another row. Do
I need to handle some DataGrid events?
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Is there a way to check whether the current value in a NumericUpDown control
is valid? Whenever I check the 'Value' property, it always automatically
brings itself back within the limits specified by the Minimum / Maximum
properties which makes it impossible to check the compare ...

I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out how to do this, help would be appreachiated:
I have a windows form inside an exe called frmWizard, it is just a wizard
interface with some navigation controls and a header. The form loads wizard
steps via. the type Wizard.Interop.Step ...

If i have a Sys Tray Application, with a ApplicationContext but with no
main form - How can i then call methods that e.g shows forms ???
The problem is that because there is no main form, there is no methods
like invoke ??

I am trying to write an application (an OOS exercise tool) that will
periodically  display a form in the foreground, and move back to the
foreground every time it loses focus, or once every 1/10th of a second
by a timer.