i must start this year a very big application.
i think 2 possibilty :
1) Visual Studio (2008) with WindowsForms
2) Delphi 2007 VCL

I have a form with DataGridView on it. Also I have hooked for Shown
event of Form. Now when I click DataGridView header to sort column,
Shown event of Form also gets called.
I just want not to call Shown event of Form when header is clicked on

I'm looking for advice or samples regarding the implementation of what is
essentially a bound grid, most columns are bound, however there are a couple
of unbound columns which are basically calculated totals (read-only) of data
in the bound columns (which are read/write).

I'm trying to grab printer status for a printer with WMI
I got a mo("PrinterState").tostring of "128" for a paused HP printer. What
is "128" equate to?  It did give a mo("PrinterStatus").tostring of 1 =
"paused" which was correct but it took a while to display the correct state.

When I set DataGridView's DataSource property to Binding Source,
DataGridView becomes invisible. If I comment that line, DataGridView is
visible again.
I am using another thread to get data from server and then using

I have a user control with a public property, when I try to set the
attirbutes of the property as so:
   <Localizable(True)> _
   Public Property DisplayText() As String

Has anyone succesfully built and app with 'Orcas' and deployed on machine
with only NET 2.0 installed.  I would think that if it doesn't reference any
of the 'new' assemblies all should work OK.
TIA

Does anyone know how to (generically) determine the currently active form for an application using a "static" function (so I can call it from anywhere). There is no offiical way I've been able to find so I've written the following for starters:
public static Form GetActiveForm()
{
 ...

Is the introduction of these new technologies going to change the way that
CAB works or will CAB still use basically the same architecture?
Bill

I've been searching but I can't find if is it possible and, if so, how
to set the space between characters (I have to fill in a already printed
 form and every single character must fall in its own little square).
I thought it was possible to set something with System.Drawing.Fon ...

All,
I have a form that currently displays an integer value in a label to a user
but want it to now display the text equivalent.  For example, if I have 54,
it should say fifty four.  Any class examples on doing this or should I just

With .net2, how do I get the path of where the .EXE is located for a WinForms
app?  e.g. for "h:\myapps\testapp\test.exe" ,  "h:\myapps\testapp\" should
bee returned

I am needing a backup program as I have to wipe the hard drive it has way too
many problems.  also I'm looking for help in reinstalling all the moicrosoft
stuff.  I have Windows XP and small business, and it's a dell computer.  I s
there a backup program within windows xp?  or do ...

hi Window Control Error
start project [windows control]
create project -> Window Form ->Form.Designer.mode Error
Error Msg :

Hey guys,
I've been trying to figure this out for a while now.   I have a form with
some labels.  The labels' click events are handled fine if I click inside the
label but if I position the mouse directly on the border of the label (a