This is my custom control. When I try to add a image, I got the following
error message.
"Parameter must be of type Image. Parameter name: value"
public class AControl : UserControl

when using the 2-parameter form of this shared function, where the hell is it getting the colors from? neither of the colors appear in my system palette; one of them is black, which is not one of my system colors. the other is close to 2 of my "shadow" colors, but doesn't match. ...

I've searched around for this and have found some VB examples but 1) I'm not
sure that they're VB.NET and 2) If they are VB.NET, then they're not working
once ported to C#. I'll be doing this in .NET 2.0 w/ VS.NET 2k5
Below is my code:

I want to handle events in a container (eg. MouseMove in a Panel). Problem
is: when the panel contains Controls and the mouse moves over that control,
MouseMove is no longer fired in the container. How can I force this?

I've posted the same question on msdn forums, but I'll try it here too since
I'm lost here.
I'm creating a custom TreeView with custom TreeNode classes nested.
This is a sample what I want to do:

I want to get the value of a property of a control from a thread other than the
thread the control was created on, as far as I can see this is not the same as
invoking an operation on a control on a different thread I have used the
following code as per the guidance in the msdn ...

I've mastered basic drag'n'drop, but I want to display more than just a
simple cursor when dragging an object, I also want to display a
semi-transparent representation of what I'm actually dragging as I move the
mouse, which in my case will be some text in a box with a fill image ...

I have a textbox that should be numeric, so I've written some code in the
Validating event. When the text was changed (and if it's valid!), I need to
compute some other values. I've done this in the Validated event.
However, when the users tabs over that field, the Validating & ...

In a VS2005 app with VB.NET.
In a mdi child window I open a messagebox to ask a confirmation from the
user. After the user clicks on the yes or no button, the main application is
hidden behind all other open application windows.

If you want to do some operations on a UI control from a thread other than
the UI thread, you've got to first marshall the call to the UI thread using
Control.Invoke or Control.BeginInvoke. So i've created in my application a
UI control solely for the purpose of marchalling ...

I develop a WinForms application with capability to import data from a large
XML file into the MS Access database.
Which way is a best way to perform it?
Thanks in advance,

I am developing a module to an existing software (that is not changeble),
where I will put hyperlinks to the module.
This is a software where I have customers with a specific ID.
The hyperlink could look something like "c:\program

I have a Form containing a Label (Label1), a TextBox (TextBox1), and a
UserControl itself containing a Label (Label2) and a TextBox (TextBox2).  
There is an event handler for the Validating event of TextBox1, which checks
whether the TextBox contains a valid value and, if not, ...

I have a problem trying to localize an inherited form using VS2003. I have
inherited a form from a non-localized base form in a third-party assembly.
Since all controls in the base form is protected there's no problem changing
for example the Text property of inherited Label ...

The designer doesn't seem to like it but the question is why was it designed
like this?
Cheers, Rob.
PS. And can you do it in VS 2005?