I have a typical vs 2008 winfrom app with a start-up form and a splash
screen managed by the framework. My question is what makes the splash screen
disappear as I want to keep it displayed for a few more moments than it
does?

I created a designer in c#. Everything is working excepted the
property grid.
I want to show only the properties I added. So I created a class which
inherits of a button. And I added properties.

Howdy,
I'm a seasoned ASP.Net developer and I have a customer who needed a small
windows app that consumed a web services and dumped it into their Access DB.
I have the app done, and I must say it was easier than I thought, and now I'd

I have been experimenting with sample code recommended by some folks on MSDN
for globally hooking the Keyboard in C#. The sample is by Michael Kennedy and
it's a System Hook class library.
Anyway, his class does the job of allowing me to receive Key-Down and Key-Up

I'm struggling with this, I've googled it to death but can't find any
solution.  So at the moment I'm thinking that what I want to do is not
possible.
It's pretty basic, I want to authenticate a user logging into a

I am trying to create (not open) several forms in the background threads
using the code given below at the end.
1. Am I doing it correctly?
2. How can I get handle sot these forms in the calling sub so I can access

Hey all you fine technological geniuses! I have seen some of you having some
problem as I have encountered the last week. When starting up the computer
says: 'Bootmgr. missing - press ctrl.-alt-delete to restart'. I think I might
have tried everything you have suggested and more ...

Is there a way to Override minimum form height?
It seem to have a minimum height of 27?
Thanks,
Schneider

Recently I posted a message here on issues with setting ShowInTaskBar at
runtime; no one's responded yet, but I am not complaining :)  I've always
felt that getting a response in groups like these is a "bonus," and I'm
always appeciative of the generous gift of time by experts ...

is it possible to use the DataTime Picker for month selection only? What's
the easiest approach for this?
Thanks for any hint
Adrian

I've got a Treeview, in which I'm adding file names/paths
How can I add the System image associated with that file (dynamically), in
the Treeview?

I was wondering if somebody could show me on how to use relative path in
windows application that will work during DEVELOPMENT as well as after
DEPLOYMENT. In short, here's my situation. During development the files in my
project are located as follows:

All,
I am trying to stop users changing tab pages on a tab control if the
tab page has not been validated.  This I can do by adding a tab
control selected index change event handler and a tab page validating

Not sure why I am not able to log on..all my attempts say"The user profile
Service service failed logon, user profile cannot be loaded"
I have all the software that came in a box of original purchace.
Help

I have "installed" the following updates from the Microsoft website, however
they do not appear in my add/remove program file on my pc., however appear to
have done so on the Microsoft site.
KB936181 and KB927978