I developed a form designer using the PropertyGrid control. The commands
pane is not appearing for controls that have "hot commands" (example Tab
Control: AddTab and RemoteTab). I set the "CommandsVisibleIfAvailable"
property for true. Anybody has some idea (or sample) of what it ...

I have a datagridview with datagridviewcomboboxcolumn bind to a nullable
integer datatable field
When I add  a new row I can do it without select any item on combo and the
NULL value in inserted on the datatable

We have a SmartClient application built on the .NET 2.0 Framework.  I
am using the publishing feature of VS2005 to publish the updates to
this program.
For example, let's say the publisher is Acme and the application is

PropertyGrid has property SelectedGridItem, that lets you get and set
the selected GridItem. Fine, but where do you get the GridItem? I know
you can get sub items of a Griditem by its GridItems property and its
parent with Parent property, but where do you get the initial GridItem?

When my main MDI form is loaded, I use a backgroundworker component to
do some work.When the worker starts, I set this.WaitCursor = true.
When the work is completed, I set this.WaitCursor = false. But, still
the WaitCursor remains...but if I move the mouse, it changes back to

I have a solution with a couple .dll projects and an .exe project.  In the
.exe project there are a few UserControls and some classes that inherit from
Panel.  They all appear in my Toolbox under "<solution name> Components".  I
can drag them onto forms and such and that all ...

Does anyone know how I can trap F1 to activate help when a menu item is
active, preferably without creating a "ToolStripMenuItem" derivative (so I
can quickly wire this up using the designer). I'm doing this when my users
activate a menu from my main form. I simply want to ...

Hey guys,
Lets say I have an object, MyObject, that has a couple of public properties.
I want to serialize this object and include it in a larger xml message.  So,
I have some elements in the xml message that have nothing to do with the

I am looking to get a good set of third-party controls for use in .NET
that can simplify programming WindowsForms in C#. Controls like
Browse for Folder, Button Edit, Grids, etc. would really help in
creating applications. Any recommendation is greatly appreciated.

I need to allow the user to select a folder for further processing
of a procedure. How do I do this in C# code?
Thanks in advance.
Andy

I am trying to set a Combobox's SelectedItem property to an object but
without any success.
Code Example:
           for (int i = 1; i < 10; i++)

The following code is giving me a timeout problem.,  no matter what I do I
can't send a piece of mail using .net2.0 System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient via port
465 and using ssl,  if however I try using outlook or outlook express it
works fine..

I have a common mousemove/down/up handler for any control placed on the panel
at runtime .It's Working fine .
I need for moving and resizing controls (labels/textboxes/checkboxes/etc) and
shape controls (LineShape ,RectangleShape, OvalShape which are from

I have encoutered the error show below after attempting to save a new
record. This happens about 90% of the time under a set of conditions
described later below.
The main form contains a dataGridView and a button on that form opens a data

I need some help in understanding what events to use to detect if the user
has begun to edit the data on the form (dialog).
I want to detect this because I am intending to change the configureation of
the form depending on its current state. (For one thing, I want the "Save"