I have a MainForm class and a second class which initializes an
instance of a second class which I call CommunicationManager.
This is just a simplified representation of the MainForm class:
   partial class MainForm : Form

We have implemented a few years ago a "zero touch" deployed smart client
application for .NET 1.1.
We ported now this application to .NET 2.0 and deploying it with ClickOnce.
Because we have still .NET 1.1 clients around, we made a small ASP.NET

Hello, friends,
As you know, there are 3 control boxes in a window form to allow users to
minimize/maximize/close the form. How can we disable one of them and leave
the others to work as usual?

I have two forms (created by launching two different processes).
I want one of the forms to own the other.
I tried to use something like:
SetWindowLong(otherForm.Handle, GWL_HWNDPARENT, h.ToInt32());

Hi;
Is there a good url somewhere that walks through how to localize the
resources in a C# forms app?

When I publish a winform app with clickonce my users get a "publisher
cannot by verified" due to a missing certificate. If I buy a code
signing certificate at verisign will this message "go away" and the
app install instantly, or will there pop another message up saying

I want to move and resize a window without border. I solved the problem of
moving thanks to internet search by using
ReleaseCapture();
SendMessage(Handle, WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN, HT_CAPTION, 0);

Can you help me figure out how i can open a windows folder from code?
I want a user to click a button to open a windows folder as you would when
you click on a folder in "My Computer".
Thanks for your help!

I've created a small n-tiered application similar to the one created in this
demo video:
http://windowsclient.net/learn/video.aspx?v=14625&CommentPosted=true#commentmessage
The application has all of it's data access code in a seperate class library

My Properties\Settings.Designer.cs file someone got deleted.
Is there anything I can do short of creating a new project ?
Thanks.

I saw in wpf books that Expression Blend is recommended to develop wpf
application. In the Expression suit there are some other products.
My question- in order to develop desktop application is there any need to
the other products and in what way?

Is there a way to restart a winform app in case of a serious error?
Thanks
Regards

A user control is placed at different locations in a form, but this not
affect the location where the individual elements of the user control are
finally placed in the form's coordinates. This seems odd and counterintuitive
since moving the control at design time in the form ...

In a DataGridView, the first "column" (where you can click to select a whole
row for example) has a fixed width - I think.  How can we find out the
current or fixed width and what are the units used?

I'm currently developing a program to manage my image collection. The main
form contains a llistview in which the location and filenames of these
images are displayed.
When switching the listview to Tile mode, I want to display the thumbnails