When selecting a Checkbox using the SelectNextControl() method, i've noticed
that the checkbox does not display the focus rectangle.
By writing a simple application with a button and two checkboxes (where the
checkboes have a tab index value greater than the button's), invoking ...

Environment : VS 2005 / .NET 2.0 / Windows XP SP2
Requirement :
class MyTextBox : TextBox
{

I am writing an application which displays a list of computers on a network
and then pings each one and displays the result.
To keep the UI responsive, I am doing the ping operation using a
BackgroundWorker component. The Ping method loops through a list of Computer

Is there an easy way to allow user to change application settings at run
time short of editing the configuration file manually?
Thanks
Regards

I'm trying to get the window that is currently on top in my
application, even if I'm currently working in another application.
Something like the P/Invoke call GetForegroundWindow(), but I want it
to operate only on my application's forms. I've also tried using

Let's say I build an app which includes a new sql Express database. I build
the database and it's a totally independent .mdf file
When it's distributed with the database file, does the end-user need to have
SQL Express installed on his computer, or will the application work with ...

I am attempting to set the font to bold in the header of a DataGridView.
I am drawing a blank at getting the syntax correct. I want to finish this:
gv.ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle.Font =
Any help is greatly appreciated.

I need to save print output to the database for future retrieval.
I assumed that the best way to do this was to use a BinaryFormatter to
convert my PrintDocument to a byte array - strore the binary stream - then
deserialize it upon recall.

in a VB.Net (VS 2005) application, there is basically three "states" in
which controls are to signal what can be done with them. Usually, values
loaded into controls may be looked at, but not edited ("Locked"). In
certain cases (simplest: user has the permission to change data), ...

We are trying to develop a brand new version of a more than 10 yrs old
16-bit application by state of the art architecture. Due to many views on
different business objects we decided to use the MVC pattern do decouple the
logic from the views. Since we do it the first time there ...

I'm trying to display values of an enumeration (below)  in a combo box.
As a proof of concept, I've attempted to do this via a TypeConverter; but it
would appear that the associated TypeConverter is never instantiated, let
alone called.

I've created an owner drawn control providing an animation. Within MyControl_Paint() I'm first drawing the background, then I add necessary bars and circles. A timer controls calls Invalidate() every 100 milliseconds.
I notice a strong flickering during the paint cycle. Is it ...

Suppose I have an object that looks like this:
public class thing
   private mOne as string
   private mTwo as string

I need a vb.net winform app to be able to query a service (also written in
vb.net) and get info in return. Is it possible? Is there a way to do this?
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DataSource is an ArrayList.
Some of the columns have Format = N2.
The problem is that if I enter invalid data into an N2 formatted column
I cannot close the form by clicking on the form's Close (X) button,