If one control has already captured the mouse, how to completely
prevent the mouse from getting captured by any other controls
(objects), even if a dialog popups, for example.
thx.

I would be pleased if someone gives me a general idea; how I am going to do
this.  I am using visual  C++ .NET 2003.
I made a simple program using conventional C++ code.  This program accepts
data from the user, does some calculations and outputs the result back to

I want to have a combobox with some commands in it and a data source.
Basically the list should look like
command1
command2

Is there any event like Shown for User Control?
I am instantiating User control once and adding and removing to and
from parent form panel dynamically. I wanted a event which would fire
every time the User control is shown (when added to parent from

Lets say I have a control at the bottom of my form and I have it set
to anchor Top, Bottom, Left, Right
That does exactly what I want it to do....
Ok here's my issue. I have recently taken the contents from that form

Do you know how to enable the use of a PNG as a form background and
hence enable per pixel alpha transparency ?
I have found some code on the code project but it either does not work
with Visual Studio 2005 (the form editor stops working because I need to

I want my application to load any file that is text based (php, txt, rtf,
asp, etc) - - just not any binary file
In the Open file dialog, that's easy, but I want users to be able to load
the files by drag/drop - - so therefore, I will need to check for the types

Could someone provide a quick example for .NET 2.0 WinForms of how to
dynamically add a control "btnDynamic" to a form when button
"btnStandard" is clicked. I don't want to hardcode "btnDynamic" to the
form and make it simply visible, I don't want it to exist at runtime

I mean, to know if mouse button is pressed, especially, at any time.
thx.

Hey guys,
Is it  possible to install VS 2003 on a machine that already has VS 2005
installed?  I am not sure what the ramifications would be.  Would VS 2003
overwrite newer components that VS 2005 installed or mess up file

I need bind a Treeview control in my windows form with xml file and also,,,
display icons for each tree node....
how can I acheive it?

I created a custom control which simply is a data-bound ComboBox. It
has a custom property that causes an ArrayList of KeyValuePair
elements to be passed to the DataSource property. It also sets the
DisplayMember and ValueMember properties.

I have a DataGridView from Windows.Forms and need to be able to copy the
contents of the current cell to the clipboard, yet have not found the way to
do so.
Any pointers will be very appreciated.

I have a line like resources.ApplyResources(this.label1, "label1"); in
Form1.Designer.cs. But because of this line my form load event is not
firing.
When I comment this line, everything works fine.

I'm trying to give user something to look at while a ReportViewer based
report runs.  It takes a while because app connects to data over the
internet.  Problem is report locks-ups when launched in DoWork event.
Backgoundworker seem to work with non-visual stuff.  Is the problem ...