I am creating a round edge panel by inheriting from the panel. What I do is
create a graphics path with desired shape and in the Paint method I fill the
graphics path and draw the graphics path border with desired color. This
would look as if the panel has round edges. So far I ...

I want to copy some portion of a bitmap(source bitmap) to another
bitmap(destination bitmap) using a reference mask bitmap. This task can
be acomplished in GDI using MaskBlt function. Is there any such
function in GDI+ for doing the same?

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How can I acquire the area where it is drawn to checkBox that changes
externals by CheckState such as CheckBox and RadioButton?
SystemInformation.MenuCheckSize ???

I need to be able to read a word document into a string, can someone post
some sample code or point me in the right direction please. I've googled on
this for ages and can't turn up anything useful.
Many thanks,

We are trying to build a .NET MDI application with several child windows -
some of which should be treated like dialogs and some as true child windows.
We keep getting an error when we call Form.ShowDialog(Me) after having set
the MDIParent property.

I'm using VS2003 and SQL 2000.
Is it possible for a SQL trigger to raise an event in my C# program?
Thx.
Andy Jacobs

I was wondering if there is a framework in .NET world similar to what
Eclipse is in a Java world. Could "Composite UI Application Block" be
compared to Eclipse?
Thanks.

I have a window with multiple inspector window.
When the *Application* lose the focus I would like to hide all inspector
windows.
I cannot use the activate/deactivate event on the main window, because it

I would like to create an Outlook style navbar on the left of a splitter bar
(like Outlook's Mail,Calendar,Contacts categories).
How do I do that?
Thank you,

I have an image that i want to use as a toolbar image. Its been created with
a transparent background in Photoshop. I have tried saving it to both a png
and a gif format and loading them into an image list and reference that for
toolbar button images.

How do I rotate focus among controls inside a groupbox/panel?
I have 10 controls in my form. Once the focus reaches control5 (using
my TAB key), I would like the focus to go to control1.
Thanks in advance

I am currently using the CurrentCellChanged event to trigger updates. But I
feel like a one-armed paper-hanger with all the different issues involved.
Is there a better event or easier technique of catching changes and updating
them (VS2003)?

I'm having an issue with  ListView control. THe list view contains
items that are dynamically added and removed at run time. The problem
comes when I try to remove an item. Whenever an item is removed, the
ListView seems to automagically 'select' the item which sits in the

Does anyone know of a simple method to allow you to change the row height of
an owner-drawn listview control in .NET 2.0 (VS2005) ?
Thanks in advance
Steve

I use web browser control(shdocvw.dll) in my winform application. When I put
a strong name into the project and change the assembly, I got following error
message.
"Assembly generation failed -- Referenced assembly 'Interop.SHDocVw' does