Let's say that I have two classes: Franchise and FranchiseOwner.
Suppose that the Franchise class has a property, called
FranchiseOwners, which is a List(Of FranchiseOwner).
Now, suppose that I have a form, with a module-level object variable

I have a DataGridView binded to DataTable.
In the DataTable I have an "ID" field.
How can I create calculated column in the DataGridView that gets as value
object (string) from my list, where item index in the list is equal to value

I need in my Windows Forms application to allow user to enter a rectangle and
later resize it. In the other words, I need to display a rectangle that (if
selected) shows control points that user can grab (with mouse) and drag to
resize the rectangle. Can you recommend an ...

Environment : VS 2005/ VC# / .NET 2.0
By default Windows Form provides a window. One can programatically change
the look and feel of the windows .
But I want to create a reusable Window , so the user does not need to

I have a class, MerchantList, which has a property, Merchants which is
a List(Of Merchant). I am trying to figure out how to "replace" one of
the Merchant objects in the Merchants List with another new one. I
created a simple test, coded as follows:

I use
Mytextbox.text = "Default"
mytextbox.focus
How do I focus on the first character in the text box?

In my application I use an mdi form in which I display several forms,
What is the best way to preload this forms ? during the load event I goto
the database to fill my comboxes....
thx for your quick response!

The control added is derived from TabControl with 5 Tabs each of which has a
DataGridView on it.  The DataGridViews are DataBound to a BindingList
Collection of Business Objects.
The really interesting part is it only happens when the DataGridView on

I have a user control inside another user control.
Is there a way for a Child Control to call back to the parent, raising an
event in the parent or anything such?

I have a text box that represents Hours worked, I also have a text box that
represents Adjusted Hours worked.  If user wants to override the Hours worked
they enter a value in the Adjusted Hours worked text box.  In doing so the
Adjusted hours worked field in the database would ...

Heya,
I am writing my own class, that is inheriting from Form and only adds
few additional properties. However question is how to add this custom
class to toolbox??

Does anyone know how to resize a form at runtime using the compact framework
2.0?
I have tried using form.Height to set the new size but the form does not
change size (This apparently works on the full framework but not on the

I have been developing web applications. Now I have got a task to implement
an application to simulate an exam. I'm thus thinking to make it a windows
Forms app. as one of the requirements could be to stop students from using
any other application on the computer.

How can I set the value of a progressbar in a wait window?
frm (it contains the progressbar) is a form that is called from another
program.
I get a compilation error at the first line below.

I'm upgrading/rewriting an apllication written in VB6 to VB2008.
The main form had an outlook-like navigation with a vertical buttonbar in
the left side of the form and a bunch of frames with controls on them in the
main area. All these frames were placed exactly on top of each ...