I would liek to create a window in C# and pass the handle and the hInstance
to an unmanaged c++ dll for some DirectX stuff.  I have many iterations and
get nowhere.  The HWND gets an null reference exception.  The HINSTANCE in
the C++ is not the same as the C# instance.  Anyway ...

    I am using Graphics.DrawString in the paint handler of a label.
The text comes up and behaves as expected on all events such as resize of
the lable control.
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Would anyone have an example showing the ToolStripRenderer using Whidbey
like colors.
Regards
Craig

I want to know wether the application is active or not.
I have inspector/tool windows, not attached to a particular window.
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I've tried to setup an IMessageFilter listening for:

I would like to find out if I create global variables in my windows forms
application and this application sits on a system where the system have other
applications running, will the global variables exposed to the other
applications sitting on the same system?

I have bought a collection of professional icons in different sizes and
formats like png, bmp, ico, gif.
Now I have placed in one form the icons on navigation buttons within my form.
I don't know what happens but whatever I do, the icon is not visible so I

I want some expert's advice.
Two ways we can use source safe.
1. Use Souce Safe explorer and Check In / Check Out from there
2. Add Project to source safe and do Check In/ Check Out from from Visual

I've got myself a C# .NET 1.1 application I'm making where a docked
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Visible and not. Basically a user drags some photos into the window and
it activates a background thread that shows the panel, does some work,

I use the designer in Visual Studio .NET 2003, and I really don't like
the way it automatically generates some things. For example, I don't
like the extra bloat of everything having System.Windows.Forms when
it's alread imported. I know there are situations where it can cause

I've got simple C#/WebForms VS.NET app that ostensibly populates a table
server-side,  but no table is displayed client side.  I tried a couple of
other dynamically generated pages with no luck there either.  The code is
provided below.  Any ideas?

Why do I not get Mouse-Events like MouseClick, MouseUp or MouseDown from the
PropertyGrid?

So far we were using No Touch Deployment (Framework 1.1) to run the
application.
Using No Touch Deployment when we run command Application.ExecutablePath it
gives the full url from where the application executed. Like

I have a ComboBox that contains values 0, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300,
350, 400, 450, 500. Let's say the user types in a value of 425, and
then clicks the drop down list.  When the list drops down, the first
item in the list is 0.  How can I set the first item in the list to the

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including pictures etc. I am using ExecWB method of WebBrowser control
with OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER  flag (as in folowing statement)
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I'm running into a strange problem (or at least it seems strange to me). I
have a standard list box (System.Windows.Form.ListBox) on a form and I'm
trying to trap for activity on the SelectedIndexChanged event. It works fine
if you change the selected item via the keyboard (arrow ...